"I hope I'm the last Undying King."
"I think that's the true reason."
During the undead scourge of the past, the first target was the Elf Court. After the Elf Court joined forces with the Augustus family to launch a decapitating assassination against the Immortal King, the undead were finally forced to retreat.
The Elf Court suffered heavy losses in this war, and it's foreseeable that as long as the elves rise, the call for revenge will be the loudest voice.
Therefore, it's completely understandable that Wayne, who succeeded the Immortal King, would want to proactively eliminate threats and target the Elf Court.
However, he did far more than the undead catastrophe of the past; he completely uprooted the foundations of the Elf Court.
"If you say so, but I'd like to state one thing: I truly want to protect this sister."