This shouldn't be possible since last I remembered, the demon commander's chest had completely collapsed in.
When I looked at him closely now, I found that there were still bruises and bandages on the demon commander's chest, but it seemed like it had inflated once more. He was no longer in that half dead condition that he was in before.
But how did this happen?
How did the demon commander get healed so quickly?
I turned to look at the elven elders, but their eyes were all on the demon commander, so I had no choice but to turn back to look at him as well.
When I turned back, I saw that the demon commander was currently glaring in our direction.
He had stopped struggling after he looked in our direction and his eyes were filled with the intent to kill.
That look in his eyes…looked like it was especially aimed at Cecilia, but that was understandable.
After all, Cecilia had been the one that had put him in that condition.
The elders brought the demon commander to the center of the room and we all moved to the side to surround him.
Cecilia had also stood in front of the two of us, making sure that nothing would happen if the demon commander were to do something.
However, the demon commander was surprisingly docile.
It didn't seem like he wanted to try and break free at all.
When I looked more closely, I found that there was a green glowing vine that was currently wrapped around his arms.
The moment that I saw this, I understood what was happening.
Others might not recognize this, but I couldn't not recognize this since this was a very special item from the game. This was an item that was considered a godly item in the game, not just because of its amazing abilities, but because it contained the actual power of a god.
This was a vine from the Tree of Life, a symbol of the Goddess of Life that contained her powers.
When one was bound by this vine, they would lose their powers and would be unable to resist.
Since it was a vine that contained the power of a god, unless one had equal power to a god or had power that surpassed a god, they wouldn't be able to break free of this vine.
But since this was an item that contained the power of a god, the Tree of Life wasn't able to produce that many of them. As far as I could remember, there were no more than ten of these vines in the entire world.
So why did a small elven village in the middle of nowhere have one?
It seemed that there was more than meets the eye with this village…
Once the demon commander had been settled, the green haired elder was the one that questioned him by saying, "Tell us how to release the array and we'll give you a painless death."
When the demon commander heard this, he suddenly revealed a wide smile as he said, "Do you really think that I'll talk? At this rate, your forest will be drained of all its magic power and then there will be nothing left for you. Even if I die, it will all be worth it when our great demon race's plans come to fruition."
When the elves heard this, they all knitted their brows.
But the green haired elder kept her face calm as she said, "You think that we don't have any way of dealing with the array even if you don't tell us how to release it?"
The demon commander wasn't scared by this at all as he said, "I'm sure that you can think of a way, but have you thought about what would happen if you try to forcefully destroy the array?"
After he said this, all of the elves knitted their brows even more.
After a pause, the demon commander continued, "That thing has been draining the magic energy out of the forest all this time, so there has to be a place where all of that magic energy is stored. What do you think will happen if all of that magic energy is released all at once?"
When he finished saying this, his lips suddenly curled into a wide smile before he said, "Boom."
Hearing this, all of the elves deeply knitted their brows.
They had already suspected this when they had investigated the magic array before, but they had hoped that it wasn't the case.
However, now that the demon commander had given them affirmation that this was indeed the case, they had no choice but to accept this reality.
That meant that they now had to find a way to deactivate this array without damaging it.
At the same time, the longer that they waited, the more magic energy would be gathered inside of this array. The more magic energy that was gathered, the bigger the explosion would be.
So they had to deal with this quickly.
They had no choice but to make the demon commander talk, but it was clear that the demon commander wouldn't say a thing.
The elves really didn't know what to do.
However, I wasn't the same.
I already had an idea that had worked once.
I figured that if it worked on the subordinate, it would work on the superior.
So I raised my hand and said, "I might have a solution for this."
When I said this, all of the elders looked at me immediately.
There was doubt in their eyes, but at the same time, there was a bit of hope.
After all, they knew that I had been the one that had brought out the magic weapon that had defeated the demon commander in the first place.
At the same time, our group had been the ones that had found a clue after all that time of not being able to find a thing.
So they were hoping that I would have some kind of solution.
Seeing them look at me like this, I gave a cough before saying, "If you give me fifteen minutes, I should be able to make him talk."
There was still doubt in their eyes when they heard this, but the demon commander spoke first.
The demon commander gave a loud laugh before saying, "Do you really think that you can make me talk? Even if there were a thousand of you, you would never be able to make me talk."
I looked at him with a smile that seemed like I thought otherwise, but I didn't say anything as I turned back to look at the elders.
When the demon commander saw this, he couldn't help feeling a chill run down his spine, but he still tried to act tough.
The green haired elder looked at the other elders before turning back to give me a nod.
I gave a nod back before turning to the demon commander.
Raising my hands, there was something that appeared in them.
It was The Penetrator.
The others in the room were confused when they saw this, but the moment that Moon, Cecilia, and Haley saw this, they all revealed incredulous looks of disbelief. At the same time, there were bitter smiles that slowly crept onto their faces.