"Your words paint a convenient picture for you, but one glance at the world disproves them," the Overseer stated. "When I look at the world, I see beastkind forced into a small forest from which they are not allowed to leave. Otherwise, humanity will kill them."
"Your double standard is not only inaccurate but in complete opposition to the truth," Swamp Dragon answered. "After you've killed every living being in the world, humanity achieved an unshakably dominant position in the world, and yet, beasts are still here."
"Because they need beasts," the Overseer said with disgust. "They're convenient resources to them."
"Let's switch the circumstances," Swamp Dragon said. "If every human were to die in this world, leaving only powerful beasts..."
"Would there be a place for humanity in this world?"
The Overseer snorted. "Humanity would find its place."
"Yes, but that is the inevitable outcome. That's not what the beasts would decide," Swamp Dragon answered. "The beasts would kill every human they could see. Humanity left a place for beastkind because it knows that allowing beasts to thrive is good for both sides. Beastkind will not let humanity thrive. You act like humans want to kill every beast, but that's factually untrue."
"This changes nothing," the Overseer answered coldly. "The truth is that beasts are not allowed to ascend. They are not allowed to grow any stronger. They want to grow stronger, but their choice is taken from them."
"Is that correct?" Swamp Dragon asked.
"Of course it is," the Overseer answered confidently.
"Fine," Swamp Dragon answered calmly. "Why don't you let them decide for themselves, then?"
The Overseer furrowed her brows. "I am letting them decide for themselves."
"You're not," Swamp Dragon answered. "The Elemental Demons attacking the eastern World Wall. Why are they attacking it?"
"Because they want to grow stronger and recognize that the world is keeping them suppressed," the Overseer answered.
"Is that what they think, or is that what they have been told to believe?" Swamp Dragon asked.
"Both," the Overseer answered. "They wouldn't know that it's the World Wall if I hadn't told them. Now that they know, they will never stop attacking it."
"Is that so?" Swamp Dragon asked calmly. "Then, nothing should change if you told them one sentence."
"You are free to do whatever you want to do."
"Why don't you tell them that sentence?" Swamp Dragon asked.
The Overseer narrowed her eyes. Swamp Dragon's stubbornness in admitting when he was wrong infuriated her. She could see the world with her own eyes! She could see what was happening, and yet, Swamp Dragon kept denying reality!
"Fine," the Overseer said. "They already know their true enemy. They know the appearance of their cage, and they will not stop fighting."
Swamp Dragon didn't say anything.
The Overseer focused on the army of Elemental Demons that were attacking the World Wall.
She sent a simple concept transmission.
"You are free. You have power over your lives. You may do whatever you want to do."
The Elemental Demons received the concept transmission, and as expected, they kept attacking the World Wall. Naturally, she had known that nothing would change. The Demons knew their enemy, and they wouldn't stop until that enemy was defeated.
A small smirk appeared on the Overseer's face.
And then...
One Elemental Demon launched an attack at another Elemental Demon.
The other Elemental Demon fought back, and the two of them entered a True Battle.
Luckily, these were only outliers. The vast majority of Elemental Demons would still...
Another one entered battle.
Then, a fourth.
A fifth.
Ten.
Fifty.
250.
The Overseer watched as more and more battles broke out. Not all of them started fighting each other, but the ones that didn't enter battle also didn't keep attacking the World Wall.
Instead, they just scattered and flew in random directions.
The Overseer watched in silent horror as the winners of the battle started fighting each other.



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