Outrageous! I started as the Elf King!

Chapter 48 The Elven Race's Desire to Rise...

late at night.

The ancient city wall is covered with weeds and vines.

Two petite figures stood there.

This is the outer city wall of the ancient city ruins, which is more magnificent and more dilapidated than the inner city.

Look around.

Everywhere there were piles of collapsed rubble.

In some places, gaps have appeared that are hundreds of meters long, allowing creatures both inside and outside the city to freely enter and exit the ruins.

The Elf Elder turned his gaze toward the city.

What you see is a lush, green forest.

The roars of monsters echoed through the forest, and swathes of black mist could be faintly seen swirling above the distant ruins—the wraiths of the undead.

Monsters, undead, evil intelligent races... they are everywhere.

But the elf was nowhere to be seen.

"well……"

The Elf Elder sighed softly and said, "Back in the day, this was the capital of our Elf race, inhabited by countless nature elves, flower elves, forest elves... and even elemental elves."

"But now..."

"But this place has become the territory of evil creatures."

"It was the war brought by the demons that destroyed everything here!"

"If it weren't for that battle back then, my elven race wouldn't be scattered all over the world, barely surviving. And now, we don't even dare to set foot on the ruins of the imperial capital, which represents the most glorious era of my elven race."

How tragic!

Princess Aina, the elf standing to the side, also looked sorrowful.

This was her first time visiting the legendary "Elf Capital".

However, what we found was a ruin that had been almost completely erased by time.

Apart from the ruined city walls, she couldn't see any other relics related to the capital.

Perhaps in a few hundred years, this place will be completely forgotten.

Aina gritted her teeth and said, "Elder, in all these years, has no powerful member of my elven race ever come here? If so, why not clean up the evil creatures in the ruins?"

"Those bastards are constantly trampling on the dignity of my elven race!"

Sensing the intense evil aura emanating from the ruins, she was immediately filled with indignation.

She even secretly resolved that once she became powerful, she would wipe out all the evil creatures in the ruins and allow the power of life and nature to be restored here.

The Elf Elder shook his head and said, "It's not that we don't have them, it's that we can't!"

"This is the heart of the Forgotten Swamp."

"Countless evil creatures roam around us."

"Even if the evil forces in the ruins are completely eradicated, it won't be long before they take over again. It's a never-ending cycle; when will it ever end?"

"If we make too much noise and attract demons, it will be even more troublesome."

"So that's how it is."

Princess Aina suddenly realized that she had been thinking too simply.

Cleansing the evil creatures from the ruins only provides temporary relief; protecting the ruins from invasion by evil forces in the long term is extremely difficult.

A single misstep could lead to a major disaster.

Thinking of this, Aina sighed twice, just like the elven elder, and said, "I wonder when our elven race will be able to rise again and get rid of our dark and gloomy fate."

The Elder Elf did not answer.

Because it is almost impossible.

For the Elven race to rise to power, the most important factor is population.

However, it is well known that the Elf race has difficulty breeding.

Take the flower fairies, for example.

They were born from the pistils of exotic flowers, absorbing the power of flowers and nature to eventually become fairies.

This is an extremely complicated and lengthy process, and no unexpected events can occur along the way, otherwise the process will fail.

Hundreds of years have passed, and their tribe has only grown to nearly ten thousand people.

As for the nature spirits, they are born from the Tree of Life, so the process is relatively easier for them.

The problem is that the vast majority of the Tree of Life were cut down that year. There was no Tree of Life.

How can we expand the population of nature spirits?

As for other spirits, such as forest spirits, elemental spirits, and dragon spirits, they are even more difficult to breed. Elemental spirits and dragon spirits, in particular, may not appear for decades.

This is the main reason why their elven race has struggled to rise to prominence.

Insufficient population fundamentally limits the future of the Elven race.

"Take it slow, there's always hope."

The Elf Elder spoke softly.

Upon hearing this, Princess Aina of the elves fell silent.

She also knew that, given the current situation, it would be good enough if their elven race could just continue to exist, let alone rise up and revive the glory of the elven empire of yesteryear.

Nowadays, the elven race is not only sparsely populated, but also lacks a single individual with sufficient charisma. Even the elven queen of the Chaotic Plains finds it difficult to gain the support of elves from all over the world.

Looking back, when the great Sun Elf King raised his arm, billions of elves raised their battle flags and swore to follow him to the death, showing no fear even when facing the ferocious demons...

……

Suddenly, shouts of battle erupted from the distant dense forest.

Although it stopped quickly, it was still noticed by the Elf Elder and the Elf Princess Aina.

"Elder, there are intelligent races fighting against magical monsters!"

"I know."

The Elf Elder nodded: "Your Highness, please return to the camp first. I will go and see what's going on."

"Alright, Elder, please be careful!"

After saying this, Princess Aina immediately descended from the city wall.

The Elf Elder then vanished in a flash, flying straight towards the distant dense forest. She flew close to the dilapidated city walls, trying her best not to reveal herself.

She quickly reached her target location.

Her petite figure was hidden behind a huge rock on the city wall, gazing into the distance.

In that dense forest, hundreds of figures were moving quickly toward a breach in the city wall directly in front of them.

Clearly, they wanted to leave the ruins.

"They're all lizardmen!"

"Most of them are in their infancy, and they are escorted by elite lizardman warriors."

"What happened?"

"Why the rush to escape under the cover of night...?"

The Elf Elder was somewhat puzzled.

As she was pondering this, she heard lizardmen talking.

"Those ferocious nature spirits slaughtered more than a dozen of our tribes in a single day, causing immense losses to our people. Now they've even forced us to leave the ruins and seek refuge with those swamp lizardmen. They're truly despicable!"

"This is only temporary."

"The clan chief said, it's better to be safe than sorry."

"Once the tribe joins forces with the goblin kingdom to wipe out those nature spirits, we can return."

"I wonder if our allied forces with the goblin kingdom can win this war. I've heard they have several elven legions, thousands of nature elves, as well as powerful hippogriff riders and treant warriors..."

"Don't worry, victory will definitely be ours!"

"We have an army of 100,000, including not only cavalry but also magic cannons."

"Those elves are no match for us!"

"I just hope this war ends soon; I don't want to live in a swamp..."

On the city wall.

The Elf Elder was struck dumb.

Elven legions, hippogriff riders, treant warriors...

What an "ancient" title.

She once suspected that she was hallucinating.

"This... there are nature elves here, as well as hippogriff riders and treant warriors..." The elven elder's voice trembled uncontrollably, and even his eyes turned red.

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