"Your Majesty..."
Agares grew increasingly nervous, but Feng Xiu paid him no heed and continued speaking.
"You must understand that however vast and rich in resources the Holy Demon Continent may be, it cannot sustain our race. If humans truly vanished from this continent forever, every other race would be wiped out in turn, until only we demons remained. But could we really survive on our own?"
Agares did not dare answer, but Feng Xiu knew the answer perfectly well. "If our race were the only species left on this plane, we would need no enemies to destroy us. We would destroy ourselves. And this plane would become a barren wasteland, just like the plane we originally came from-not a blade of grass growing, nothing but a kingdom of the undead."
Agares nodded silently, evidently finally understanding the Demon God Emperor's intentions.
"But what about Austin Griffin? And that human Yue Chen, who, according to Third Brother's prophecy, possesses the power to contend with Austin Griffin? How do we make the Temple Alliance hand them over..." Although Agares now understood why Feng Xiu refused to order an all-out assault on the Temple Alliance, how were they supposed to achieve the very objective for which they had launched this Holy War?
"Besides, judging by the humans' current attitude, they will never compromise with us," Agares said after a long hesitation.
"Of course I know that." A cold gleam flashed in Feng Xiu's eyes. "Austin Griffin must be utterly destroyed. No matter what price we have to pay, we cannot allow it to survive in this world. If erasing humanity from this continent would lead to our race's gradual extinction, then allowing Austin Griffin to keep growing would spell disaster for this entire world."
"If it truly comes to that, then even