Wizard Immortal

Chapter 443 Acceptance

"first step···"

Inside the magnificent and spacious tent, listening to Adir's words, Kural murmured to himself, as if he had been reminded of something.

"Yes, the first step." After glancing at Kural and seeing that he didn't intend to continue, Adir spoke up, "Let's try to accept these refugees first, to prepare for accepting other races later."

"What are you planning to do?" Kural asked Adir earnestly.

"The conflict between the native elves and the outsiders is too deep-rooted, and the attitude of rejection and hostility cannot be changed in a short time." Adir stood up, looking in a certain direction, his gaze seemingly penetrating the barriers of the tent and seeing the many refugees outside: "Moreover, these refugees themselves have problems. If they rashly come into contact with the native inhabitants, who knows what might happen."

While refugees are indeed a vulnerable group, Adir doesn't assume that they are all good people.

What makes us human is our desires and thoughts. The idea, as depicted in some stories, that you help someone and they will be eternally grateful and loyal, is absolutely unrealistic. The opposite—eating your food, wearing your clothes, and then raping your wife and daughters—is a more realistic possibility.

Take the time of Adir I, for example. Weren't there countless attacks and murders caused by the refugee problem?

In the Maison region ravaged by the demonic calamity, at this stage, most of the refugees who have managed to enter the Silvermist Forest alive from the outside world are strong and healthy men. Their composition is quite complex, including slaves, free people, former bandits and robbers, and a considerable number of nobles.

Elves are naturally beautiful, and these refugees, upon entering the Silvermist Forest, would have no idea what to do if they saw those beautiful elven maidens in their predicament.

In fact, similar situations have already occurred now.

Just a few days ago, several incidents occurred. A group of refugees plundered a village, and after killing all the men and elderly people in the village, they raped the elven girls, turning the entire village into ruins.

Adversity can ignite a person's ferocity and amplify their various instinctive desires.

The refugees may have started out just for food, but once they were full, how could they not want to do something with those beautiful and delicate elven girls?

Such incidents only exacerbate the native elves' rejection and hostility towards outsiders, causing the conflict between the two sides to escalate.

Thinking of this, Adir shook his head and said, "These refugees can be accepted, but it would be best to settle them in other places to avoid conflict with the local residents."

"That's not difficult." Kural nodded. "The Silver Mist Forest is quite large. Apart from the area we occupy, the rest of the areas that were originally used for isolation can be used to house these people."

The Silver Mist Forest is indeed very large. As far as Adir knows, the area occupied by the Silver Mist Forest alone is at least equivalent to the entire continent in the first era.

In such a vast region, the Silver Mist Royal Court only occupies the most core part, that is, the area where elemental particles are dense and active. The rest of the area is mostly abandoned, and only a few places may still have some small elven tribes living there.

This situation is due not only to the vastness of the Silvermist Forest, but also to the low reproductive rate of the elves.

Unlike humans, an ordinary human woman can become pregnant and give birth at the age of twelve or thirteen, and after more than ten years, a generation will have grown up.

The elves are different. It takes an ordinary elf fifty or sixty years to reach adulthood and be able to reproduce.

Perhaps due to their comfortable and secluded lifestyle, the fertility rate of elves in the Maison region is very low compared to humans, orcs, and even other races. Among the entire elven race, there are many families who never reproduce.

All these factors, coupled with the persistent slave-hunting groups, have resulted in the Elven race remaining confined to the core region for thousands of years, and their population is still relatively small.

The total number of elves in the entire Maison region is probably only around ten million, which is equivalent to the population of just a few human kingdoms.

However, this situation also led to the abandonment of large areas, which is now a perfect opportunity to resettle refugees.

"However, with so many refugees coming in, in addition to resettlement, management is also a major problem."

Kural continued, "And how to govern these people afterwards is a huge problem."

"Disperse these refugees and establish towns in suitable locations," Adir said. "Many of these refugees were originally nobles, and we can select some to manage them."

"In addition, a group of nobles' relatives were transferred from various places to serve as high-ranking officials and to supervise those nobles."

Looking at Kural, Adir spoke.

There are several advantages to doing this. The first is that it avoids conflict.

Having the human nobles manage the refugees would be easier for them to manage, and would also avoid some unnecessary hostility and conflict.

The elves, acting as high-ranking officials, were responsible for overseeing the human nobles in order to limit their power.

People don't change overnight. Those nobles mixed in with refugees, their character remains the same as it was in the past.

Perhaps in times of hardship, those bad habits will not be revealed, but once they regain power and authority, those old bad habits will inevitably be repeated sooner or later.

Those who bully men and women will bully men and women, those who kill will kill, and those who exploit will exploit; all sorts of methods will be used.

Once these inherent traits are exposed, they will inevitably arouse hostility and hatred from the lower classes.

Normally, these people at the bottom of society don't have many choices, so no matter how difficult life is, they still grit their teeth and persevere.

But now, these people have another option: to ask the elves for help.

At this point, it's time for the supervisors to step in.

Killing those wicked nobles and stepping over their corpses not only intimidates others but also gains the gratitude and support of the lower classes, gradually improving relations between the two sides.

Once both sides have gotten used to each other and the situation has stabilized, they can go a step further and directly appoint elven officials to manage the affairs, thus making the rule of the elven royal court even more secure.

Of course, the reality is definitely more complicated than this, and unexpected situations will certainly occur.

But that's okay.

This is, after all, a world where strength reigns supreme. With the elven army stationed here, the elven rule can be guaranteed no matter what happens.

"The rest of the roads in Silvermist Forest can also be opened now."

Inside the tent, Adir continued, "The royal court was too closed off before; most of the routes for communication with the outside world were blocked."

"Now that we've reached this point, these blocked roads can be opened."

"This isn't a big problem. We can just send a wizard over to handle it later." Kural nodded, offering no objection.

They continued talking, and soon the conversation drifted to other topics.

"How's the contact with the Black Wizard Alliance going?" Adir asked, looking at the small sun shining brightly inside the tent.

"It went smoothly." Kural nodded. "Natasha has agreed to our conditions and is willing to incorporate the Dark Wizard Alliance into the Silver Mist Royal Court..."

"So smoothly?" Adir was somewhat surprised. "Are they in a bad situation right now?"

"It's a bit bad, but compared to other places, it's still manageable." Kural nodded. "With that World Stone, they can hold out for at least a long time."

"However, there's no need for this to continue." He shook his head and said, "Natasha and I have been old friends for many years, and I know her temperament very well."

"She's a very rational wizard; she can't be blind to the situation."

"With Wang Ting here, they have no other choice."

"That's true." Adir nodded, agreeing with this statement.

"Of course, the reason she agreed so readily is because the terms you offered were too good." Kural shook his head: "You were too generous this time, it even surprised me a little."

"I can let the other things go, but you just gave away a magical artifact like that."

He looked at Adir, speechless, as if he were looking at a spendthrift son.

"Gloria is, after all, a friend of mine. If possible, I don't want to be petty." Adir shook his head. "Besides, this is the only time."

"You really are..." Kural sighed, unsure of what to say.

The demonic weapon he mentioned was none other than the Bloodline Blade.

After all, this magical artifact was of too low a level. Once it advanced to the fourth level and gave birth to its origin, the effects of this Bloodline Blade became completely ineffective for Adir, and keeping it in his possession was of no use.

Therefore, after studying it for a while, he used his own moon elf power to perform a purification ritual on the Bloodline Blade, solving one of the problems, and then gave it to Gloria.

To King Castor and even Kural, this behavior was undoubtedly a wasteful act, but to Adir, it was nothing.

Magical artifacts are extremely valuable to wizards below level four, but they are nothing special to level four beings.

At level four, magical items are almost extinct, and most of what people use are magical artifacts.

Moreover, if Adir wanted something of the level of a magical artifact, he could simply purchase it through the World of Destiny, or even try to forge it himself; it would only take some boundary energy and time.

Moreover, although the Bloodline Blade has the effect of catalyzing bloodlines, it has some serious side effects and too many limitations in its use.

That's why he gave away the Bloodline Blade as a bargaining chip to sway the Black Wizard Alliance.

Sorry for the late update. Just wanted to let you know that I recently graduated and am now a working professional. I plan to go full-time, so I'll be updating at least twice a day from now on.

Alright, everyone, get some rest. Also, I'd like to recommend a friend's book, *Becoming a Zombie and Traveling Through the Heavens*.

(End of this chapter)