Author: M_W Cancer 

Proofreader: M_W Miss Fierce 

"What all? You have only captured the three of us while the others were killed after resisting," The first traitor sneered. 

"Oh, my mistake. Well, still a real pity if you ask me, though," Elfin the Fifth said with a smirk on his face. He continued, "If I were in your shoes, I would have definitely remained hidden for some time more and only choose to escape once I can really confirm that no one can catch me. By that time, I will be able to successfully report to the Naughty Elves organization of our findings,"

"Contrary to what you did just now since it was like what the stupidest person in the entire Celestial World would choose to do, hahaha" Elfin the Fifth paused as he started laughing. At the same time, he can't refrain himself from teasing them, obviously to pay back for their arrogant behavior a while ago, "Perhaps you'd like to request from me to give the three of you another chance to escape? Probably by that time you will have a little bit more of a chance to be successful. In addition to that, maybe you'd also want to request to give us a handicap? Not using one of our legs or hands should suffice, right?" 

Charlotte and the other allies by the side started laughing while listening to Elfin the Fifth's words. These traitors literally thought that they are something, when in fact they are actually just nothing but mere jokes right now. 

Honestly, to fall for such a simple scheme by Elfin the Fifth is like a kid following a stranger for a lollipop. The only difference in their case is, these three traitors are adults, not to mention they have a cultivation level of 6-Star to 7-Star. Yet, they still fell for such a simple and obvious trap by Elfin the Fifth. 

If they were the Naughty Elves organization, they would without a doubt feel ashamed right now that they have such stupid members amongst them. 

Seeing everyone laughing at them, the expressions of the three traitors immediately turned ugly, 

"Laugh all you want, but it still can't deny the fact that it is already too late for you to change anything!" The first traitor retorted. 

"Yeah! And any minute from now, the most powerful Magical Beast in the entire Emerald Forest will come to destroy the entire Emerald Tree Kingdom!" The second traitor added. 

"Scared? Guess what? We might not have successfully reported to the Naughty Elves organization that you have found out about our plan, and we will obviously also be dying today, but sooner or later, all of you will also follow after us. Enjoy your tinny tiny triumph now because eventually, you will see hell on the Emerald Tree Kingdom, hahaha!" The third traitor started hysterically laughing before being followed after by the first traitor and second traitor. 

This time, it was Elfin the Fifth's face that had turned ugly with an addition of the expression of fear and horror, "But... but how...?"

The first traitor immediately stopped laughing as he replied with a mocking look on his face, "Isn't it obvious? After all this time, what we were merely doing was to cause as many deaths as possible in the entire Emerald Tree Kingdom. It is the exact reason why you were able to easily defeat our armies and even the following Magical Beasts and Galaxy-level Magical Beasts affected with Savage Fox Potion after that. Once the scent of death lingering in the air of the entire Emerald Tree Kingdom becomes strong enough, the Beast King of the Emerald Forest would awaken thinking that you have tilted the balance of its territory," 

"Oh yeah! Be scared! Be terrified! Be horrified! And that's not all; do you want to know a secret?" The second traitor asked in a teasing and taunting manner. 

"I am assuming that they are too afraid to ask, so let me do the honor to explain to all of you. The real reason why all of you should stay as far away as possible from any bodies or carcasses related to the Naughty Elves organization is because they will..." The third traitor wasn't able to finish his line as his body suddenly exploded. A second after that, both the bodies of the first traitor and second traitor also exploded. This all happens before anyone of them could even realize it.

Evidently, the sudden deaths of the three traitors are because they have unknowingly broken the contract that they have signed with the Naughty Elves organization by revealing to Elfin the Fifth and Charlotte and the other allies their secret plan.

However, unbeknownst to those three traitors though, their deaths weren't actually that simple. The reason for that is because it was Elfin the Fifth that had caused all of this to happen from the very beginning. He riled them up to the point that they got triggered enough to forget about the contract that they have signed with the Naughty Elves organization.

In addition to that, apparently, after breaking the contract, that doesn't mean yet that the three traitors will immediately die right after. That is because it will still take a bit of time before the consequences for breaking the contract to get activated. After all, it will take time for the contract to confirm whether they have indeed broken a condition or not. In turn, this gives more time for them to reveal even more confidential information while giving them a false impression that nothing is wrong and that everything is alright. That was why the three traitors didn't realize anything before they finally exploded and die. 

Elfin the Fifth learned of this method during the time that the Evergreen royal family cooperated with Leo and a few others from the Mischievous Lion Guild last month to thoroughly purge the castle of any hidden members of the Naughty Elves organization. 

Although the operation was a huge success, Elfin the Fifth still really hated the fact that at that time, they can't get any useful information from all the members of the Naughty Elves organization that they have captured due to the contract that they have signed. Therefore, while everyone was busy recuperating, he, on the other hand, had spent all of his time until morning experimenting with the contract that the members of the Naughty Elves organization have signed by making them tell any kind of confidential information that they could think about in their heads. Even though all he got were useless, irrelevant, and stupid information from them in the end, he at least learned that breaking the contract doesn't mean immediate death.

With that in mind, Elfin the Fifth thought of this method right now, which they can use to trick members of the Naughty Elves organization into revealing confidential information. But in order for this method to work, he first needs to make them forget about the consequences of breaking their contract. And this includes making them angry, annoyed, and arrogant, which was exactly what he had been doing just now. To be more precise, everything he had done a while ago was nothing more than an act to fool those three traitors. From offering his opinion, insulting them, teasing them, turning them into a joke for Charlotte and the other allies to laughed at, and from feeling scared, terrified, and horrified all together. All of those were just part of his plan. 

And once again, Elfin the Fifth's wise plan was proven to be really successful as the three traitors fell into his trap for one last time.

Contrary to wearing a look of triumph on his face, though, Elfin the Fifth instead can't help himself from heaving a sigh of relief. It was as if a really heavy object just got removed from his back. Honestly, despite his plan is truly good, all of those were merely in theory. He was still not one hundred percent certain yet that he would really be able to pull everything off at the end. After all, this is still considered his first time putting this method into actual practice. 

After seeing the deaths of the three traitors, Charlotte and the other allies soon understood everything that had just happened. Well, it isn't really that difficult to guess, especially seeing the relief look on Elfin the Fifth's face right now. Needless to say, it is the same exact expression that a person would wear after a plan that they aren't confident enough to turn out to become successful. 

To further confirm what had just happened, Elfin the Fifth vaguely explained to Charlotte and the other allies about what he had just done. Of course, he didn't reveal everything since he now considered this as one of his own trump cards. He merely stated that he had planned for all of this to happen in order to get information from the three traitors, but not the inner workings of how he had achieved success. 

"Although Guild Leader Loki is currently not present, we at least still have his Highness, Elfin the Fifth, to provide us with the brains we needed," Charlotte said while clapping her hands.

"I'm all knees to you, your Highness, Elfin the Fifth," Ethan expressed his admiration. 

"No wonder why King Elfin the Fourth had never ever thought of changing his mind to make you the Crown Prince of the Emerald Tree Kingdom," Elvis said in realization.

"With Elfin the Fifth as the inheritor of the throne of the Emerald Tree Kingdom, even I wouldn't change my mind if I was in King Elfin the Fourth's shoes," Iasiah added. 

"Indeed, totally a Crown Prince candidate. Once your Highness, Elfin the Fifth, inherits the throne and becomes the next King of the Emerald Tree Kingdom, this territory would without a doubt experience another age of prosperity," Nightingale nodded in agreement. 

Naturally, the other Executives of the Mischievous Lion Guild and the rest of their other allies didn't forget to give their own opinion and complimented Elfin the Fifth for his really wise plan to get information from the three traitors. 

As the receiving end of all the compliments from Charlotte and the other allies, Elfin the Fifth's face instantly turned red out of embarrassment.