Compared to their own lives, the directors valued the living specimens they had "collected" even more.
It was like a game—the characters they controlled could die, the battle could be lost, because everything could be repeated countless times. But the collected equipment and ornaments must not be dropped or shattered... for that was their lifeblood.
From this perspective, Russell and Cui Que could already be considered "Elf Reserves."
Though they had no real power, their status was much higher than that of the human directors.
At least, they had already been upgraded from "tools" to "pets"... to the degree that would make their masters feel the pain of their death.
Yes, tools—
For those Inheriting Name Elves who had survived from the previous generation, humans were not considered their kin but merely a tool. Only a few who lost their wits would regard humans as beings of equal status to themselves.
