I really enjoyed K'Ashiem's disdain for the primitive aliens. It felt genuine without overlapping into hatred. 

enjoyed the slang term 'monkey king' nice story.

loved the world building. Well done

A great look into the mentality of an alien race and how much more primitive humanity would appear to them. The writing style was fantastic and showed their thoughts to be both familiar and yet, just off enough to feel very alien. Excellent work!

You did a fine job evoking a really alien mentality and psychology. I especially appreciated your attention to K'Ashiem's reactions to emotions - most especially the phrase "the ecstasy of true horror", which really underlined the absolutely effed up mindset of the Dark Elves as a people.

Interesting piece! My favorite line is:

To her diamond-black almond eyes, the slow-moving brute was both equal parts laughable and nightmarish.

Fascinating lore here -- I love "monkey" as a descriptor for humans, and "monkey king" as their emperor. You did really well bringing that out bit by bit over the course of the story.

You might want to consider shorter sentences during action sequences. Long sentences tend to slow things down--if you keep your sentences shorter and your vocabulary simpler, the action can come through more cinematically. 

Intriguing story, though! Thanks for sharing it!

So wait...Did K'Ashiem trap something? Or did something trap K'Ashiem? Other then that, well told and well paced.