Lord Darian looked at Noah with a cold smile spreading across his features. "You are right, I should have ended this conflict much earlier. But I forgot how fundamentally cowardly these light elves truly are."
Queen Seraphina's face flushed with indignation despite her weakened state. "You didn't dare fight me before consuming that stolen enhancement! Now you act as though your borrowed power represents true strength!"
Her accusation carried the bitter sting of someone who recognised that artificial enhancement had tilted their balance of power rather than genuine superiority.
Darian scoffed with dismissive arrogance. "Stay cowering in your sanctuary, coward. I'll simply kill every single light elf in existence while you watch helplessly from behind your human protector."
He paused, his expression shifting to a cruel smirk as he delivered his ultimatum.
