Vientiane Throne of Civilization

Chapter 1966 Elven Strife
Time flies by, and in the blink of an eye, winter has passed and spring has arrived, the ice and snow have melted...

Wright had told Hilke he would invite him for tea later, but two months passed in the blink of an eye, and spring of the new year arrived.

Knowing the Elven concept of time, Hilke thought it was normal, and at the same time, he could understand it.

Considering the potential threat from the Dark Elves, Light, as the Elf King, would definitely prioritize ensuring that his injuries are fully healed and his combat strength is completely restored before making any further moves.

This is perfect for Hilke as well.

He also took this opportunity to go into seclusion in the Elf Forest. When he came out of seclusion, his strength as a Gold One-Star in the Realm of Horizontal and Vertical Realms had been completely stabilized.

Immediately afterwards, Wright's invitation was delivered to him.

Having been invited to the Elf King's castle, Hilke was now quite familiar with the place. Led by the silver-armored guards, he arrived at the castle terrace and immediately spotted Wright sitting there drinking tea.

Next to them, the coal stove of their Great Zhou was boiling water. The water in the pot was morning dew collected by the elves in the morning, which was used to brew tea and tasted quite good.

Upon seeing Hilke approach, Wright's face lit up with joy, and he waved.

"Come on, try this pot of tea I just brewed."

Ever since Hilke gave him a ceramic tea set, Wright has clearly become obsessed with drinking and brewing tea.

"I'm relieved to see that you're in such good spirits."

After Hilke was seated, Wright waved his hand, signaling the silver-armored guards beside him to step back, and then poured Hilke a cup of tea.

"It's all thanks to you, otherwise I'd probably still be lying here right now, and I wouldn't have the energy to sit here and drink tea."

After a few brief pleasantries, Hilke carefully considered his words before speaking...

"The incident happened so suddenly that I didn't understand many things. What exactly is the situation with those dark elves? Do they need our Great Zhou's assistance?"

It would be inappropriate for Wright to say he didn't need it now, because the reality is that Hilke belongs to the Great Zhou. In the previous battle, if Hilke hadn't intervened, he would have been in grave danger.

In other words, the Great Zhou has already provided them with aid.

However, Wright didn't dwell on the issue and thanked him again generously. Later, when the Dark Elves were mentioned, he couldn't help but sigh.

Then he told Hilke about the group of dark elves.

“Ereda and I are of the same generation. We've known each other since we were little because we both love martial arts…”

To Hilke, this was nothing new.

Compared to the other four types of elves who are lazy and unambitious, the dark elves are, in some ways, extremely ambitious.

Eredar had always disapproved of the laxity of the other four elves and had consistently advocated for increasing the strength of his race and gathering more resources.

In Eredar's view, if the elves continued to be so undisciplined, trouble would inevitably follow sooner or later.

Hilke silently agreed with this viewpoint, but made no attempt to interrupt or offer his own opinion.

According to Wright, the Eredar achieved all this in a very simple and brutal way: by waging war.

It's easy to imagine that the other elves who were living quite comfortably would never want to fight him.

The fact that nearly 80% of his people had expressed their opinions was a setback for Eredar, but he was not discouraged.

The reactions of the other four elves were somewhat within his expectations. In Ereda's view, the key point was Light, who had become the new Elf King at that time.

As long as Wright agrees with his ideas, everything else will fall into place. And Ereda believes that Wright will definitely be on her side.

After all, Wright also enjoys martial arts and is equally diligent. They grew up together, so Wright would definitely understand his thoughts and concerns and support him.

And Wright did, to some extent, agree with some of his ideas.

For example, the Elven race needs to make changes; its people need to be more ambitious and can no longer continue to be so undisciplined, etc.

This greatly excited Eredar, who had just suffered a setback with other tribes. Before Wright could finish speaking, she immediately ran to gather representatives from various tribes to discuss the matter again and try to finalize it.

In Ereda's view, not a single second could be wasted.

Among the elven race, the dark elves have always suffered from numerous prejudices. It is no exaggeration to say that they are the marginalized people of the elven race.

As a talented, capable, and ambitious dark elf, Eredar desperately wanted to change the situation of the dark elves and prove herself.

He hoped that Light, as the Elf King, would publicly express his support for his plan and allow him to build an army to prepare for war.

Wright had intended to proceed gradually and had no intention of waging war over it, but he did not expect the Eredar to be so crazy and radical.

He certainly couldn't agree to such a thing, which would drag their elven race into the flames of war, so he publicly rejected it.

At that moment, when she needed support the most, Wright's public rejection was seen by Ereda as a betrayal, and it also brought their centuries-old friendship to the brink of collapse.

The council broke up in discord, and for a long time afterward, Eredar never returned to the Elvenking Castle.

Wright tried to go to him, but he refused to see him.

Until one day, the Eredar led the Dark Elves in a direct rebellion!
Needless to say, the rebellion ended in a crushing defeat for the Eredar and the expulsion of the Dark Elves.

That's pretty much it.

From an outsider's perspective, and having also been influenced by the culture of the Great Zhou Dynasty, Hilke actually sees things quite clearly at this moment.

To put it bluntly, this is a clash of ideologies.

Wright was a conciliatory conservative who believed that everything should be done gradually, in accordance with public opinion, and that war should not be easily started.

Eredar, on the other hand, was an extreme radical. He believed that the Elven race's problems were rotten to the core and that only drastic measures could break the deadlock, otherwise they would not be able to change the status quo. In order to achieve his own goals, he was willing to use any means necessary, including invading and plundering the resources of other forces.

Since their philosophies differ, you really can't say who's right and who's wrong.

Putting aside Eredar's thinking, in the three hundred years since Wright, the Elven race hasn't changed much.

He tried his best and made many attempts, but none of them worked well.

Wright himself was clearly aware of the problem, knowing that he was in a dead end and could not save himself.

That's why he agreed so readily when he met Hilke and Da Zhou again and when Da Zhou proposed cooperation.

Because he also knew that their elven race needed a sufficiently powerful external force to bring this matter to fruition.

However, even Wright himself did not expect that the Great Zhou would so easily motivate the originally undisciplined and unambitious elves in this way, and with such good results.

Even his younger brother Morton wanted to go to Da Zhou to work and earn money.

Because he wanted so many things, but didn't have enough money.

(End of this chapter)