Who told him to rush up there?.

Chapter 42: The flaws of mutation

If you say these things confessed by the demon captives are completely useless, they contain some information. If you say they are useful, they don't explain anything clearly.

I simply know how to initiate the mutation, but the secret method of mutation is only known by the Demon High Priest. It's impossible for me to go deep into the Demon's hinterland to kill the Demon High Priest and destroy the secret method of mutation, right?
The Demon High Priest is a demigod-level being in the Demon Clan, and he is stationed in the Demon Clan's base camp where demons are rampant. Killing him is almost as difficult as fighting a demon god alone.

As for the main magic weapon Soul-Suppressing Stone mentioned by the demon captives, Eli had never been able to get access to such a high-end thing, whether in his past life or in this life. It was a magic weapon of the demon lord who was at the same level as the main god. If he wanted to destroy it to stop the demon mutation, it would be better to directly resist the mutation and kill all the demon soldiers...

It seems that the demons' secret mutation method is as difficult to deal with as the elves' immortality. Moreover, compared with the elves who need some time to recover and revive, the demons who can get up and fight again after being injured or killed are more advantageous. The only thing they are inferior to the elves is that they are not absolutely immortal. As long as they are chopped into blood foam, they will really die.

But even if the demon mutation has such defects, it is still enough to give Eli a headache. Although he and a group of high-level strongmen in his army can kill these mutated demon soldiers, except for himself, the other high-level strongmen are limited by the total amount of fighting spirit, and the number of mutated demon soldiers they can kill before they retreat due to exhaustion is really limited. As for the demon soldiers who will gather together in the future, which may reach hundreds of thousands or even millions, the demons can fully afford these casualties.

Eli would never accept such inefficient killing of demons in the future. The immortality of the elves only lasts for half a year. If the strength of the demons is not greatly weakened during the half year when the elves force the demons into a defensive position, once the half-year period is up, the elves retreat, and the demons make a comeback, the coalition forces of hundreds of races will be plunged into a tough battle again.

Uh... maybe it's not just the future that will be a tough battle. The current coalition of hundreds of races should not be in an easy situation. Even the place with Eli, a bug-level character on the small battlefield, is forced by the mutation of the demons to be unable to launch large-scale army-level demon hunting operations. In those battlefields where the coalition of hundreds of races is already weaker than the demons, how are they going to fight?
Although the elves' troops can resist the mutated demon army, and the high-level warriors in the coalition of hundreds of races can also kill the mutated demon soldiers, the number of demon troops is not comparable to that of the elves, and the number of high-level warriors of the demons is also more than that of the coalition of hundreds of races. If the two armies fight now, to put it euphemistically, the coalition of hundreds of races has little chance of winning.

Moreover, now that the demons have mastered the method of mutation, it is unknown whether they will continue to remain on the defensive. Perhaps without waiting for the elves to end their offensive, the demons will turn from defense to offense and begin to conquer the continent again.

Thinking of this, Eli inevitably felt a little heavy-hearted. It was obvious that the demons in his previous life had no way to deal with the elves at this moment. They had to retreat and defend for a whole six months, allowing the coalition forces of hundreds of races to regain a lot of lost territory and kill a lot of demon soldiers, demon generals and even demon kings (holy rank). Even several great demon kings (demigods) were killed.

What went wrong in this life that allowed the demons to create a secret method that could fight against the elves and even suppress the coalition of hundreds of races?
"If your confession is only worth this much, then I might consider sending you back to play with wild boars."

Eli, who was extremely worried about the demon clan's secret mutation method, looked at the demon captive who fell silent after explaining those simple things, and tried to get truly valuable information from him.

Eli's words made the silent demon captive shudder. Imagining what had happened to his other companions, he thought for a long time and then said something that he didn't know if it was useful or not.

"The high priest only taught us how to initiate the mutation, but didn't teach us how to control the mutated soldiers. So we can only retreat after initiating the mutation, leaving the mutated soldiers to kill the enemy or just stand there in a daze. I... I don't think the high priest himself can control the mutated soldiers, otherwise if he taught us, we wouldn't have to defend all the time and be unable to take the initiative to attack..."

The words of the demon captive eased Eli's heavy heart. He finally gave some valuable information. The demons could only mutate the demon soldiers, but could not control them. No wonder the mutated demon soldiers never chased the enemy far away, and never evacuated from where they were. Since they could not control the mutated demon soldiers, the demons could not use the mutation secret method to attack the coalition forces of hundreds of races. They would only use the secret method when defending the city and were about to be defeated.

In this way, the pressure on the coalition forces of hundreds of races would not be too great. It would be just like him: attacking the city is not difficult, but killing more enemies is difficult.

"Is there anything else you haven't explained? You're not the only demon willing to explain. If another demon explains much more than you, I will reward you well..."

Eli once again conducted "ideological education" on the demon captive, hoping to squeeze something useful out of him.

But unfortunately, no matter how Eli threatened and intimidated, the demon captive no longer uttered any valuable information. He just kept saying things like "the mutation is ineffective against high-level demons" and "the mutated demon soldiers will not attack demons with demonic energy." It was useful, but not as useful as the previous information.

After repeatedly confirming that the demon prisoner had nothing else to confess, Eli picked him up and returned to the commander's tent. At this time, Rondo had also finished interrogating another surrendered demon.

The two of them got together and checked each other's interrogation results, and found that the results were similar, basically confirming that the two demons should not have lied or confessed false information.

While the two of them were confirming the details of the interrogation, the two demons who surrendered and begged for mercy were trembling with fear at the miserable state of their other three companions. Fortunately, they woke up in time, otherwise, two more demons would have been slowly castrated by the hand-trembling patients who were specially found by Rondo and allowed into the tent by Ilett.

Eli has always been a man of his words. As for the demons who refuse to confess, he will do whatever he says to them, without missing a single step. When he attacks the city next time, he will take these three demons outside the city to show the demon defenders a live broadcast, and let them go through the entire process of interrogation.

Of course, if they came to their senses during the live broadcast and were willing to explain the situation, even if it was the same as what the two demons had explained before, he would interrupt the process and give them a quick death.

As for the two demons who have already explained the situation and are shivering in the corner of the tent, let's kill them all together when the time comes. After all, the cowardly demon who Eli promised to spare his life if he told everything is not among the two demons.

(End of this chapter)