MC's career as foreign lord

“Grand Elder, the way you guys are acting, anyone would think I'm your mortal enemy!” Zhou Ren complained. After Shia took his mother away for a private chat, he finally had a chance to vent.

The way these nine people are escorting me, anyone who knew would think the nine highest-ranking members of the Elven race are here to greet me, but anyone who didn't know would think the nine strongest experts of the Elven race are here to confront their most feared enemy.

These nine people are called the Elven race's nine strongest experts, which is naturally not a problem. Every Queen of each race possesses the Elven race's artifact, and every Pope or Pontiff naturally possesses the Holy See's artifact. As for the Grand Elder, he can't even completely subdue his own teammates, so how could he possibly be above the Council of Elders and become the Grand Elder?

So, there's no problem calling these nine people the nine strongest experts of the Elven race. It could even be said that it's an understatement. Each of them has the ability to surpass most of the Elven race's high-end combat power.

This is Silvermoon City, after all. Each of them will receive endless blessings here. No matter which way you look at it, there won't be any problems.

“The three races seem to have slightly different opinions about your arrival,” O'Halikan said. “But we can't blame them. The Elven race has extended goodwill to many people in the past, but the results haven't been particularly good. So, we all have some concerns about inviting you to Silvermoon City!”

“Has there ever been a disaster here before?” Zhou Ren asked. He was always very interested in these secrets.

Looking at the cautious gazes of these people, it didn't seem to be because of some problem with himself, but rather because of some kind of fear hidden in their eyes.

“This matter can be traced back to a very, very long time ago, about 10,000 years after the Crown Wars. The entire Elven race recuperated for 10,000 years, and even the gods didn't participate much!”

O'Halikan said with a hint of nostalgia in his eyes. It was a long time ago. At that time, the Magic Empire was just emerging, the various races on the continent were in chaos, and the relationship between the gods was far from as harmonious as it is now. Back then, the gods were fighting for faith to the point where they were almost tearing each other apart.

It was also at that time that many elves began to reconcile. They finally eliminated the hatred from the Crown Wars and finally slightly adjusted the relationship between nobles and non-nobles.

It wasn't so much that the elves had forgotten their hatred, but rather that they could no longer bear the damage caused by the Crown Wars. The five Crown Wars had almost emptied everything the three major Elven races had, and scattered all the elves throughout the world.

The emergence of this matter also made a certain god in the Celestial Realm reflect deeply. He completely expelled the Drow Elves and completely excluded the then Goddess of the Gods, the current Drow Elf Goddess, Lolth, from the Elven pantheon.

This fallen Elven goddess took away the Drow Elves and led them to descend, which also caused a terrible disaster at the time. This disaster was called the Dark Disaster.

This disaster dealt an even more painful blow to the Elven race. They no longer regarded themselves as the overlords of the world, but began to gather under the leadership of many elves and came to what is now called the Elven Court.

This is the last history of the Elven race. At least, after those Crown Wars, they only conducted the last one, which was the final war of the Aerievanda Empire's noble rebellion, completely excluding all creatures that could cause chaos within the entire race, and rebuilt the High Forest.

It's not a cause for joy, because the entire High Forest had been destroyed into the High Moor in countless wars. That's right, it's the moor that Zhou Ren now occupies, or at least a part of it.

Even though they transplanted many trees and races and rebuilt it next to their own court, they still couldn't prevent the damage caused at the time. At most, they could only eliminate a part of it.

Then, about 20,000 years later, the entire High Moor was completely abandoned, until two Dragon Gods had an unprecedented war here. This may have been the biggest divine war since the Age of Skyfire, or rather, since the Dawn Cataclysm.

Because this divine war caused the Overgod, Ao, to completely conceal his whereabouts, and the Dragon Gods no longer appeared on Toril. According to the rumors of the gods, or rather, some rumors passed down by the gods to the Elven priests, most of them were that the Overgod Ao was furious and directly banned all the Dragon Gods' permissions.

So now, even the benevolent Dragon God, the Platinum Dragon God Bahamut, cannot directly descend into the Prime Material Plane. All the dragons have begun their complete retreat.

And that Nine-Faced Dragon God seemed to be dissatisfied with the battle between the two gods under his command, so he directly and forcibly cultivated a batch of Hate Dragons and threw them into the entire Astral Plane.

Next time, if any Dragon God dares to show his face, he will be attacked by these terrors who are not gods themselves, but whose power exceeds that of the gods.

Of course, the three legendary dragons also emerged at the same time at this moment, and issued a warning. If there really are gods, especially the Dragon Gods, who dare to cross this boundary, these true legendary races will let them know what the cruelty of native creatures is.

Legendary dragon species are not the playthings shaped by the Nine-Faced Dragon God. These dragons, which are already able to reach the legend at birth, are the products of the world's will adjustment.

Time Dragon, Prismatic Dragon, Force Dragon, these three legendary dragons appeared at the same time, and after forcibly defeating a powerful god, that is, a certain unlucky god of tyranny, under the gaze of the gods, all the gods obediently returned to their minds. Now they can only use their influence to change this world. If they really want to intervene, no one can afford the price.

After listening to this long story about the gods and the Celestial Realm, everyone finally came to the stage that O'Halikan said, that is, that distant age.

“In those days, astral travel was only the patent of a few legendary powerhouses. There were no so-called psionic races in this world. Even the Githyanki were just a group of poor ghosts who fled to this world. And the dragons, even without power, were still arrogant and domineering. Only we were diligently building our own territory by relying on the power of the World Tree!”

O'Hali Kahn seemed quite proud of this, speaking of it with great joy. "We were the first to establish a permanent city in this world and move the administrative centers of the three races here. We established the administrative systems of the three great empires here, and placed the hopes of all elves here. As long as this city stands, the elven race can never truly perish!"

They were truly broken by the Crown Wars, by one defeat after another. If the few individuals at the time hadn't remained clear-headed, the entire elven race might not even be alive today.

This is the Astral Plane of the gods. To destroy the elven race here is almost equivalent to declaring war on the entire Seldarine pantheon. If they truly angered Corellon, he might directly open the gate from another dimension, as he did in the past, and bring all the Fey, the true ancestors of the elves, over to wage an interdimensional war. It's not impossible.

Back then, the Fey creatures relied on this very tactic to completely shatter the mighty dragon empire, leaving the giants to languish in the wilderness. You didn't think they achieved that by sitting idly by, did you?

If they didn't possess sufficient strength, who could become the ultimate leader of the continent in a true imperial war?

The dragons were nearly broken in the Thousand-Year War, while the elves fought in five Crown Wars! They ruled the entire continent for tens of thousands of years!

You should know that there are countless traces of gods in that war, and during the Crown Wars, Corellon only took action against the Drow elves. He claims to care, but in reality, he doesn't care about the life or death of the elves. He perfectly embodies the principle: 'What I don't want to know, I will never know.'

As long as he, the chief god, doesn't die, the elven race will live on forever. Thinking about it, it makes sense.

"However, later, a mage claiming to be Ryan arrived, and that was the greatest disaster for Silvermoon City!" O'Hali Kahn said. "This guy named Ryan was a vanguard for the Abyss back then!"

Although the story he told was simple, Zhou Ren could already vaguely guess a few things from it. At that time, Hell hadn't even been established yet, and the demons of the Abyss were conquering various planes, truly invincible.

The gods of light hadn't yet united under Lathander, so they didn't have much power to negotiate with the Abyss, which meant that a big problem was about to arise between them!

"We believed him and let him into the city, and the elves in the city continued to build. About two years later, he opened 150 huge teleportation gates throughout the city, summoning an army of over 20 million demons!"

His words were still calm, but the content revealed was enough to shock anyone.

The current elven population is actually not as large as imagined. Even though they have been recuperating for thousands of years, considering the elves' reproductive capabilities, it would be a blessing from the gods if they could double their population in a thousand years.

The elves' current population is only about a million, which is pitifully small compared to the hundreds of millions in any human nation.

Even in ancient times, during the Crown Wars, the elven population didn't experience rapid growth. Moreover, they suddenly disappeared in many wars, coupled with rebellions and more wars, leading to a sharp decline in the elven population, even dropping to less than 100,000 at one point.

So, when Silvermoon City was first established, the population was only 100,000, but they faced an army of 20 million demons.

At that time, the city's construction was not as complete as it is now, and there were no good defensive facilities or more comfortable defensive information. All they had were some elven warriors and mages who were working hard to defend.

"It was a brutal battle, and almost no elves were left!" O'Hali Kahn said. "Apart from the young children, even the elders nearing the end of their lives had to take up arms and go to the battlefield!"

His eyes were slightly cloudy, as if he had returned to that era filled with monsters and bloody slaughter.

"It was because of our mistake that the already struggling elven race suffered a devastating blow. If we hadn't reopened the teleportation gate to the Prime Material Plane in the end and brought in reinforcements from the Prime Material Plane, the three major elven races might not have even been able to pass on the news of their complete demise after that battle."

The elven race is still one of the most powerful empires on the continent. Although the three races fight among themselves, they still keep the fighting within a range that everyone can accept, instead of recklessly waging war.

For intelligent races, this is especially commendable. After all, if wars truly escalate, who can care about the reactions of other races?

Internal strife is truly a matter of life and death. The fact that they can maintain true rationality under such great contradictions may be why this race can still persist today.

Perhaps having heard the story they were telling, the elven queen, who had been chatting, suddenly walked over, looked at them, and asked, "Does Your Majesty have an interest in learning about the history of the elven race?"

Zhou Ren nodded slightly. If he didn't want to learn, he probably would have already run off to wander around Silvermoon City.

The city is naturally very shocking at first glance, but comparing it to his current cities, it might not really be that much stronger.

At least the lighting effects might not be as good as Cyberpunk, and the height of the buildings is not even a dozen stories. Forget skyscrapers, it might even be a bit inferior to some small towns.

What truly amazes him about this world is the starlight that permeates the world and the various plants that haven't changed at all.

As mentioned before, the Astral Plane is a world without any concept of time, so anyone who comes to this world will not age or grow. Therefore, in this more modern era, this world has gathered countless people, and the cities are very luxurious and vast. Even this Silvermoon City, which can accommodate millions of people, has countless buildings of various styles.

However, these buildings don't have the magnificent and vibrant industrial feel of modern architecture. Instead, they have a special fresh and refined aesthetic that comes from the elven race. So, it's okay to wander around at first, but if you really live here for a long time, it won't be that novel.

Zhou Ren wants to preserve this sense of novelty for a little longer, so he thought it would be best to stay in the palace for a while first!