Hearing this, Sunako immediately trembled.

"Oh my god... what an aura. If it were me, I’d definitely say: Please don’t kill me, I can wash clothes, cook rice, tell jokes, even learn to bark..."

Thunder Dragon looked at her.

"Krit?"

Sunako immediately blushed.

"I was just giving an example! An example! Don’t actually wait for me to bark!"

Thunder Dragon slightly lowered its head, its purple-black eyes lighting up.

"Krit."

Sunako felt it was disappointed.

She immediately wanted to cry.

"What are you disappointed about?!"

No one paid attention to the strange dialogue between a hostage and a Thunder Dragon. Nanoe still looked at the Ice Wolf General on the screen, her gaze frighteningly calm.

"Killing you is very simple."

She softly said.

"But before you die, I want to ask one question."

The Ice Wolf General didn’t answer. Nanoe didn’t need her permission.

"Are you a warrior, or a general?"

The Ice Wolf General’s azure blue eyes grew even colder.

"Is there a difference?"

"There is."

Nanoe smiled.

"A warrior can die for her own glory. As long as the death is beautiful enough, proud enough, enough to make her have no regrets, that’s enough."

"But a general is different."

"Because behind a general, there isn’t only her own glory, but also her army."

The Ice Wolf General fell silent.

Nanoe continued. Her voice traveled through the spider silk, gently falling onto the Ice Wolf General’s ear like snow.

"You can die. After that, your army will be liquidated."

"Elith will use her spiders to cut them into pieces. Morie will use her Titan hands to crush the strongest ones. Thunder Dragon will burn the rest."

Hearing its name mentioned, Thunder Dragon immediately raised its head.

"Krit!"

It lightly flapped its wings, its expression as if saying: That’s right, I’m very good at that.

Sunako looked at it, muttering: "Truly a child, getting one compliment makes it that happy."

Thunder Dragon turned its head.

Electric light flashed.

Sunako immediately corrected herself.

"What I meant was... great Lord Thunder Dragon is so humble, even being just a little happy is so adorable."

Thunder Dragon turned away in satisfaction.

Nanoe continued:

"The mission is not yet complete. Your ice army still exists, which means we will sooner or later have to wipe them all out."

The Ice Wolf General slightly clenched her hand.

The spider silk immediately tightened, preventing her from moving.

Nanoe noticed that very small reaction, the smile on her lips becoming even more alluring.

"You don’t fear death. That’s very good. I like people with backbone."

"But if you truly are a general, you should understand one thing."

"Death is not frightening."

"Dying in vain is frightening."

The Ice Wolf General coldly said: "You want me to betray my army?"

"No."

Nanoe replied very quickly.

"I want you to live."

The Ice Wolf General frowned.

Nanoe gently continued:

"As for your army, they still must be eliminated."

The air suddenly fell silent for a moment.

Even Sunako forgot to talk.

Elith looked at Nanoe, an unusual flicker appearing in her eyes.

This sentence was too cruel.

No promise to save the army. No fake mercy. No lying that as long as the Ice Wolf General cooperated, her subordinates could live.

Nanoe spoke very clearly.

You can live, but your army must still die.

Because the mission required it. Because room 2705 needed to complete the mission. Because their interests did not allow those ice monsters to continue existing.

The Ice Wolf General looked toward the door of room 2705. Her azure blue eyes seemed to want to pierce through that door to see the woman speaking to her.

"You want to use me."

"That’s right."

Nanoe didn’t deny it at all.

"Killing you, we’d only receive a one-time reward. But if we capture you, your value will be much greater."

"You have intelligence, command capabilities, knowledge of the Ice Tribe, and a special identity. Perhaps you could even provide information that we don’t yet know."

She softly laughed.

"To me, a living prisoner is always more interesting than a corpse."

The Ice Wolf General coldly said: "I will not kneel."

"No need."

Nanoe said.

"I don’t like forcing others to kneel. That posture is too crude, and too boring."

Her voice grew softer. Soft to the degree of resembling whispering beside a lover’s ear.

"I prefer to let others come to understand on their own that, even if they stand straight, even if they raise their heads, even if they keep their final pride, the result still won’t change."

"You are still in our hands."

"You still have no power to choose."

"You can still only listen to the conditions."

The Ice Wolf General fell silent.

Hearing this, Sunako got goosebumps all over her body. She softly muttered:

"That woman... is too frightening. How can she use such an alluring voice to speak such words that make others want to reexamine their own value of survival?"

Thunder Dragon tilted its head.

"Krit?"

Sunako looked at it, sighing.

"You wouldn’t understand. You’re just a small dragon still pure of heart."

Thunder Dragon slightly opened its mouth.

Electric light flashed.

Sunako immediately added.

"Pure but powerful! Pure but noble! Pure but absolutely not easily fooled!"

Thunder Dragon closed its mouth.

"Krit."

Acceptable for now.

Nanoe looked at the silent Ice Wolf General, slowly saying:

"I’ll give you a chance."

"Not the chance to save your army."

"Not the chance for revenge either."

"But the chance to survive after defeat."

The Ice Wolf General finally spoke.

"The conditions."

Nanoe smiled.

She had only been waiting for this line.

"Very simple."

"You will be taken as a prisoner of room 2705. During the time the mission is not yet complete, you cannot commit suicide, cannot self-destruct, and cannot use any method to destroy the spoils of war we have captured."

The Ice Wolf General coldly laughed.

"Spoils of war?"

"That’s right."

Nanoe gently replied.

"You."

A single word, very light.

But also very heavy.

The Ice Wolf General looked toward the door of room 2705 for a long while. The cold aura around her body was still weak, but that gaze had not lost its arrogance. She didn’t lower her head, nor did she beg.

But she no longer said "kill me."

That was already a clear enough sign.

Nanoe didn’t press further. She turned her head to look at Elith.

"Elith, capture her. Don’t let her die, and don’t give her any opportunity to self-destruct."

Elith gently nodded.

"I know."

She raised her hand. Countless small spiders simultaneously crawled out from the ceiling, walls, and ground. They dragged silvery-white silk, layer by layer covering the Ice Wolf General’s body.

This wasn’t a simple binding like before.

This time, the spider silk began to lock down each joint, each location where cold aura could gather, each point that could be used to release energy. The spider silk pierced through the broken ice armor, fixing her shoulders, elbows, wrists, knees, and ankles. Other strands of silk wrapped around her neck and waist, holding her in a half-suspended state in mid-air, unable to fall, and unable to apply force.

Morie controlled the Titan hand to gradually loosen, but still held the Ice Wolf General’s torso to prevent her from suddenly counterattacking.

Thunder Dragon saw Elith starting to bind the prisoner. It immediately took two steps forward, its purple-black eyes intently watching the Ice Wolf General.

"Krit?"

It looked at Elith.

The meaning was very clear.

Did she need it to bite once to confirm?

Elith coldly said: "No need."

Thunder Dragon was slightly disappointed.

"Krit..."

Sunako immediately seized the opportunity, softly saying: "See, you still said I was useless. At least I wouldn’t suggest biting the prisoner."

Thunder Dragon turned its head to look at her.

Sunako fell silent for a second, then seriously said: "Of course, if it’s a necessary tactic, biting once isn’t out of the question. I completely respect Dragon-clan culinary culture."

Thunder Dragon nodded in satisfaction.

"Krit."

Inside the room, Morie looked at the screen, confirming that the Ice Wolf General had been completely subdued. But she didn’t relax, because the mission wasn’t yet complete.

Out in the corridor, the remaining ice monsters began to scream again. After losing contact with the Ice Wolf General and witnessing Dokai explode with their own eyes, they had become even more chaotic than before.

Some ice Golems began smashing the corridor. Ice Wolves growled, their claws scraping the ice surface. Ice Goblins huddled into small groups, their bloodshot eyes intently staring toward room 2705.

The battlefield wasn’t over.

Capturing the Ice Wolf General was only the end of one variable. The remaining liquidation work was still waiting for Elith.

And Morie would help her.

Nanoe looked at the screen, the smile on her lips slowly retracting a bit.

"Now..."

"It’s time to clean up the battlefield."