Ethan's proactive request surprised Lindong a little, as in her understanding, Ethan was a low-key and reserved person who rarely associated himself with descriptions like "the strongest."

This time, although he spoke what was likely the truth, he also presented to Kane that he was a greater Elemental Shaper than McCarthy Delin.

Elemental forging was a new term created by Ethan.

Before this, no craftsman had ever combined elemental magic with forging; storing elemental magic by writing it onto energy-charged parchment through elemental inscription was already the limit of elemental magic craftsmanship in this world.

But in fact, a few months ago, Ethan had already completed a corresponding experiment.

The electromagnetic crossbow was the result of this theory, and following that, the "Oath and Sword of Victory," with power comparable to a sacred sword, emerged.

As Ethan spoke, the green-haired girl was ready.

She brushed aside the bangs on her forehead and produced a small hammer from who-knows-where, looking very much like a blacksmith.

In Kane's eyes, this was a different scene altogether.

He saw the broken Spear of War rise into the air, suspended by some force. Its orientation vaguely suggested that an unseen presence was shouldering the broken spear.

This was the command center of the demihuman army, originally equipped with an armory and forge.

A lizardman responsible for overseeing the forge nodded approvingly upon learning of Ethan's intentions and willingly vacated the room.

Since the war turned passive and troop morale plummeted, the lizardman blacksmith's work became leisurely, with large amounts of inventory remaining unused, and no additional battles requiring attention.

"Go to the Warlord and find out why McCarthy Delin is here."

Ethan said.

This was clearly not in line with the history of the war, nor was it a result Kaisaros would be pleased to see.

McCarthy Delin, as the "arch-villain" of this world, had only one destiny: to wait to be defeated by the candidates participating in the trial of courage. He didn't need to have too many ideas of his own, nor did he need such powerful actions.

Clearly, the Warlord thought the same.

When the demihumans reported McCarthy Delin's visit, it almost couldn't believe its ears, repeatedly confirming that it was indeed that detestable human Elemental Shaper who came, and not some demihuman with the same name.

It even suspected that this was yet another conspiracy of McCarthy Delin.

Creating a human-shaped bomb solely to blow up the strategic command center.

But as the commander of this war, it had to arrange this meeting. To determine McCarthy Delin's intentions, it specially called for Kane and Lindong as consultants.

McCarthy Delin once again saw Lindong.

He froze for a long moment, for some reason, a subtle fear suddenly arose in his heart.

This white-haired, red-eyed witch seemed to be everywhere. From her demeanor and gaze, it appeared that the Lindong before him was not the "imposter" he met by the lakeside.

"McCarthy Delin, how dare you intrude here."

The Warlord interrupted his thoughts. Its tone was unfriendly, yet carried a hint of excitement.

Because it noticed that standing in front of it was McCarthy Delin himself.

Despite not being able to determine what was going through this human's mind, he indeed made a foolish decision.

Without the protection of the magic web, killing a human Elemental Shaper couldn't be considered a difficult task.

The demihuman officers, who already understood, stood ready with weapons outside the command room, waiting for the Warlord's order to rush in and cut down this human leader.

"I told you, I'm here to negotiate."

McCarthy Delin reiterated his purpose, "Before that, I have a question for you. Why did you join this war?"

Hearing this, the Warlord almost confirmed it.

McCarthy Delin must be crazy to ask such a foolish question. The axemen and swordsmen outside the command room exchanged glances.

When a recognized wise person behaves like a fool, even they could see there was something fishy going on.

Despite this, the Warlord still answered the question posed by McCarthy Delin, "Don't forget, you are the betrayers, betraying the divine spirits and attempting to expel them from this world."

This answer was as resounding as if a judge were pronouncing a prisoner's crimes, "And I will take your head in the name of Kaisaros, the Father of War."

An expected answer.

Like the people in the encampment, pre-set with a stance, and no matter what happens, they proceed in the pre-determined direction.

"And before that?"

McCarthy Delin wasn't giving a rousing speech, nor did he comment on the war itself. He came here only to confirm one fact—is he the only one who noticed an anomaly in this world?

At the encampment, Cynthia's response disappointed him.

When McCarthy Delin proposed this theory, Cynthia believed he was simply under too much pressure recently, leading to unrealistic hallucinations.

The shadows underneath the helm rippled.

It didn't know how to answer this sharp question for a moment.

Not waiting for it to speak, McCarthy Delin posed the same question to the axemen and swordsmen lying in ambush outside, "What about you? What were you doing before that?"

"We lived with our kinsmen in the Moonlight Glade."

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