The answer is B because a metaphor is a comparison that dosent use like or as which is the opposite of simile. Simile is a comparison of two things using like or as.
Answer:
They would have harmed all of the animals and insects living within the forest,
and they would be brutally breaking their promise from before by making the deaths of the people who sacrificed their lives for the trees and animals look meaningless, and the king would be breaking his promise to the people by falsely telling them fake information
