This was the passage that was on the opposite side of the room from where I came in.
This was the only passage that I hadn't explored yet, so I wanted to see where this led.
After all, for the plan to succeed, it was best that I knew everything about this place.
So I went down this passage relatively quickly since I didn't know how long I had before the demons did something. The commander just headed out, so they must be about to do something…
I wanted to finish preparing everything before that demon commander did whatever they were planning on doing.
There was no doubt that whatever the demon commander was planning was not good for the elves or the forest.
I followed this path to its end and I was surprised by what I found.
It was the room that I had started in.
When I looked through one of the passages on the side, I saw my group still tied up in the cave.
It seemed like this entire cave was one large semi circle that led out to the front with both passages.
So there was no need for me to keep searching any further.
There were two things that I could do now.
One, I could go and wake up all of the humans and elves and prepare them for the escape.
Or two, I could go outside to where the demon commander was and see what he had planned on doing with Moon's dagger. There was no doubt that he was planning on doing something, but what exactly…was a mystery.
After thinking about it, I decided that it was better to go outside and see what the demons were up to.
While I could get everyone ready, there was the very likely chance that they would be noisy.
After all, when people woke up in a place that they didn't recognize, the first thing that they would do is…panic.
So if I woke them up, there was no doubt that they would make a lot of noise with their panicking.
Before I did that, it was better to see what the demons were doing.
If they were distracted by what they were doing, that would make it much easier for me.
With this decision, I didn't waste any time going through the same passage as before.
Since this was my second time taking this passage, I couldn't be more familiar with the path.
When I reached the end, I quickly hid in one of the shrubs near the entrance of the cave as I watched the demons.
From what I could see, it didn't seem like they were doing anything.
In fact, the demon commander was just sitting there on the side, enjoying the leg of the animal that they had roasted.
Even though he was a cold and cruel looking commander, he was eating like a beast. He took large bites out of the leg like he was a beast himself and there were drops of oil that were dripping down his face.
It really made him look like a completely different person.
But what stopped him was a sound from the cage filled with elves.
The moment that this sound rang out, everyone suddenly turned to look in that direction, including the commander. The demon commander even revealed a faint smile when he saw this, which made him look even more dangerous.
The demon commander stood up and walked over to the cage.
He stood there looking down at the elves, waiting for the one that woke up to fully wake up.
From my position, I was able to see some things with the cage, but I wasn't able to see things clearly.
However, I was able to recognize this elf because of one special feature that they had.
It was their red hair that allowed me to recognize them. I only knew of a single elf who had this kind of red hair in the first place.
After that elf fully woke up, they glared at the demon commander in front of them and asked, "What is going on here?"
The demon commander revealed a faint and cold smile as he said, "You should already know what is going on here."
Apollo knitted his brows when he heard this. He narrowed his eyes to glare at the demon commander, but the demon commander wasn't affected by this glare at all.
After a moment of silence, Apollo asked, "Where are the rest of the elves?"
The demon commander ignored this as he pulled out the dagger that he had taken from the treasury before.
He held this dagger up in front of Apollo and asked, "Do you recognize this?"
The moment that he saw this dagger, he immediately recognized it.
After all, this was the dagger that Moon carried everywhere. It was impossible for him not to recognize it with how many times he had seen it.
After a moment of being surprised, Apollo suddenly grabbed the bars in front of him and shouted, "What have you done with her?!"
The way that he suddenly changed even scared some of the demons who had been watching from the side.
However, the demon commander didn't even flinch in the face of Apollo's anger.
Rather, his smile became even wider, almost as if he was feeding on the anger in Apollo's voice.
Then in a teasing voice, the demon commander said, "Who knows?"
Apollo looked like he was about to explode, but the demon commander didn't care about him as he turned around to go back to his food. It was as if he had finished playing with the toy that he had found and he was bored of him.
But Apollo was left in despair from this.
I felt a bit of pity, but not as much as one would think…
It could be considered pettiness, but that was just how I felt after how Apollo treated me.
At the same time though, I couldn't help wondering why the demon commander would do this.
After all, there was nothing to gain from taunting Apollo like this.
It almost felt petty…just like how I was currently feeling.
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