Vientiane Throne of Civilization

Chapter 1993 The Story of the Dark Elves

Nearly five hundred years ago, the seaward side of the Elf Forest was almost entirely void. Later, fragments of the world were pieced together, which formed the coast and ocean.

The Eredar, who advocated exploring the outside world to acquire resources and thus expand their race, began to lead the construction of ships.

Their shipbuilding wasn't without reason; it stemmed from a legend among the dark elves, one that almost every dark elf had heard in their childhood.

It tells the story of a group of dark elves who built a ship and set sail, heading towards the setting sun, until they finally discovered the land of new life that brought them a new beginning.

The Eredar had never seen the ocean before, until the fragments of the world were pieced together. This reminded them of a story they had heard as children, so they began to build a ship.

The rebellion that occurred during this period can be considered, to some extent, an accident.

Driven to desperation, they set sail with their last hope, heading towards the setting sun, and then discovered Dark Spirit Island.

At that time, the Hydra Delar and the Harpy were the main forces that occupied Dark Spirit Island.

The two sides are at a loss with each other, thus achieving a form of peaceful coexistence.

Not long after Ereda and his group landed on the island, they were attacked by Delar and the harpy. At that time, Delar's strength was only at the peak of the Hundred Refinement Realm, and the harpy was not known for her individual strength. They were quickly defeated and subdued by Ereda and made into his underlings.

Thus, the dark elves, led by Eredar, firmly established themselves on the Dark Isle and soon found the legacy left by their ancestors.

What happened next was simple: they basically received their inheritance on the island, mined resources, improved their strength, and built black sail warships in preparation for their return to the elven forest.

In some ways, it's quite inspiring.

Meanwhile, Wright learned that Eredar had submitted to the Great Zhou, which relieved him, as he truly did not want Eredar to die.

However, as he watched Ereda chatting happily with Zhou Xu, Wright kept pacing back and forth in the distance.

He wanted to join in, to have a calm and peaceful conversation with Ereda, so that they could reconcile and understand each other, but he couldn't find an opportunity and could only watch anxiously from behind.

Eredar was certainly aware of Wright's presence, but didn't want to deal with him for the time being.

Incidentally, Zhou Xu had previously asked him to be a diplomat, specifically responsible for diplomatic arrangements with the Elf Forest, but he declined.

It sounds good; he'd be thrilled to be treated so politely by Wright. But this job isn't really his thing, not to mention he did lose the battle.

Although Wright mainly relied on bringing in foreign players, a win is a win.

In this situation, having the loser wander around under the noses of the victors every day would make Ereda feel awkward, so there's no need for him to make himself uncomfortable.

Zhou Xu smiled slightly, having expected this.

Eredar is cut out to be a military general. If you ask him to switch to a civil service job, he certainly won't want to, and he won't be able to.

Zhou Xu had just mentioned it casually.

Ereda was clearly wavering at that point, and it was just one last push away that led to that sentence—in short, it was to give him another push so that he could make up his mind.

Zhou Xu was certain that Ereda wouldn't actually become a diplomat.

Of course, it doesn't matter if the other party really wants to.

Zhou Xu had a general understanding of the Dark Elves' situation within the Elven race through Hilke's account.

As the ancestor of the elves, the Elf God, fearing his youngest son would cause trouble, did not leave him any heir. However, fearing that his other children would not tolerate his youngest son, and also worried that his children would quarrel, he specially designated his eldest son, who was broad-minded and virtuous, as the Elf King, so that all his children, and even their descendants, could live together in love and harmony forever.

Whether this approach was right or wrong is no longer worth dwelling on.

You should know that the overall nature of the Elven race is benevolent. Apart from the Dark Elves, the other Elven races, even when invaded by foreign races, primarily try to drive them away rather than immediately engaging in massacres.

It's easy to see from this that these elves can't be all that bad.

The relationship between the other elves and the dark elves is somewhat similar to a group of kids who think the dark elves are bad kids and don't want to play with bad kids.

That's the gist of the matter.

If a dark elf walks through a village, will other elves point at them, curse at them, and spit at them?

Or perhaps they were enslaved by other elves, treated like cattle and horses within the elven race?
Or are you going to withhold food from them? Let them go hungry and naked?
Actually, none of them exist.

Aside from the fact that other elves didn't like to play with them, the dark elves lived their lives in the elven forest as they pleased.

Even Eredar, as a dark elf, had the opportunity to be in contact with Wright, who was of elven royal lineage, from a young age, and trained with him, becoming childhood friends.

Later on, when they wanted to build ships, they actually did, and it was almost as if they were allowed to do whatever they wanted as long as they didn't cause trouble.

Even Zhou Xu rolled his eyes when he heard this; it was such a trivial matter!
This is similar to how Wright and Ereda mistakenly believed they were very diligent and hardworking.

In his view, these elves haven't been toughened up enough by society. If they had spent some time in their Great Zhou, they wouldn't have such a misconception.

However, he has no intention of arguing with Eredar about this right now.

The other party has just submitted; the important thing now is to solidify the relationship, not to lecture him.

As for this principle, he will gradually understand it as he experiences more in the future; he doesn't need to explain it to him.

After a brief discussion about the matter, Eredar's interest quickly shifted to the massive steel ship beneath his feet.

"Is this ship really made of metal? How can something so heavy and huge float on the sea?"

As a race capable of building Blacksail warships, the Eredar, being a dark elf, was quite interested in warships. When he raised this question, his tone was full of disbelief.

In response, Zhou Xu could only give the other party a general explanation.

Eredar lacks the relevant common sense, and at this stage, even if he explains it to himself until he's hoarse, Eredar still won't understand.

Fortunately, within the time it took to say just a few words, the destroyer 004 had already successfully docked.

Because the dark elves need to cut down trees to build ships, and have a huge demand for timber, unless wood elves help them plant trees, the trees on this island will grow naturally and it will be difficult for them to form a sufficient scale.

Therefore, the dark elves also had to make some trade-offs.

Since so much wood was used to build the Black Sail warships, they tried to use as little wood as possible when building other things.

This resulted in the island's dark elves' dwellings being mostly built of stone, a style completely different from the elven treehouses in the elven forest.

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