The distant flames lit up the night sky. A blaze this fierce, spreading this quickly, was a rare sight indeed! Of course, amid such flames, the elves could not make out a single person.
"God said that people come into this world to suffer! This world is a sea of suffering! Everyone cries when they are born, yet few die crying, while quite a few die smiling!" The host's voice remained full of emotion.
"Do you know which god said that?" Alleria asked Sylvanas.
"No!" Sylvanas said.
"How could you not know?" Alleria asked.
"Why should I know? He might have made it up!" Sylvanas said.
"The more I listen, the more it seems to make sense," Alleria said with a smile.
"He should become a religious charlatan..." The instant the words left her mouth, Sylvanas covered it with her hand and stole a glance at Alleria. Seeing that Alleria was still watching the distant blaze and had not noticed her slip of the tongue, she secretly breathed a sigh of relief.
"But! I am only an ordinary man. I would rather live crying in this sea of suffering than leave this world smiling!"
The host sighed. "Thank you, our orc brothers, for putting on such a wonderful performance for us high elves! On behalf of the high elves, I offer our heartfelt thanks for our orc brothers' performance!
"Thank you for your performance. I saw the phoenix's love of life and its refusal to yield to hardship. I understood what you were showing us. We will certainly cherish our own lives as the phoenix does. However difficult the road ahead, however bitter the hardships, we too will remain strong and unyielding like the phoenix, stubbornly clinging to life! Living forever!"
The elves looked at one another, then finally turned