Volume 2 Chapter 147 - Moon Shadow Tribe’s decision (1/2)

Like the legends said, although the elf tribe had an equal number of males and females, the ones in important positions were normal female elves.

The Night Song Tribe’s elder illusia was a female elf and the Moon Shadow Tribe had three elders who were all female elves.

Elder Lisanya Shadow Song was the eldest of the three elders, so she was the elder with the highest position.

According to what elder Illusia had told Xu Yi, she was already close to four hundred years old and she was several decades older than elder Illusia.

But just based on her appearance, she wasn’t that different from a human girl who was in her early twenties. She seemed quite close to elder Illusia when it came to age.

Because of the letter elder Illusia sent, elder Lisanya Shadow Song wasn’t as vigilant and hostile towards Xu Yi as the average elf, rather she looked at Xu Yi with eyes filled with curiosity.

“Human, based on your appearance, there isn’t anything special about you. Although you are a human magician, I can tell that you aren’t that strong. I’m very curious, why does Illusia have such a different view of you?” Elder Lisanya Shadow Song’s first words directly expressed the curiosity in her heart.

Xu Yi replied with a smile, “Elder Shadow Song, I think that Agnes has told you many things about me in the past few days.”

“Yes, Agnes seems to like you very much. She has told me all about your merits, she even feels that you saved the entire elven race.” Elder Lisanya Night Song looked over Xu Yi again before shaking her head, “But I don’t see this possibility.”

“Elder Shadow Song, this matter can’t be seen that easily. Of course, I don’t feel that it’s as exaggerated as Agnes says it is. Only I feel that if the elf race didn’t close itself off and lived in harmony with us humans, there won’t be any dangers to the elf tribe and there wouldn’t be anything to save.” Xu Yi said.

“Live in harmony with humans?” Elder Lisanya Shadow Song’s expression was a bit depressed as she thought of the past, “Before the race wars, humans did indeed live in harmony with elves for a long time. But after the humans felt they were strong enough, they immediately declared war without a care. Since then, there has been no chance of humans and elves living in harmony.”

“You care too much about history.” Xu Yi said without any politeness, “Although we humans also respect history, we humans also know that history is just history. Things in the past have already passed. Now that there has been several thousand years since the race wars, the grudge between humans and elves have already disappeared. Since the Night Song Tribe elves can live in harmony with us humans, I think that the elves of other tribes can do the same.”

“I do admire Illusia’s courage, she actually conquered her heart for the sake of her tribe’s survival. But…..Our Moon Shadow Tribe isn’t facing the same dangers as the Night Song Tribe, so we can still survive even if we don’t live with humans. So, human, I have met you because of Illusia’s letter, but I feel there is no need to continue this. Please leave.”

Seeing the calm expression on elder Lisanya Shadow Song’s face, Xu Yi couldn’t help cursing in his heart.

These elves, although they seemed to be uncaring, to Xu Yi, it was clearly their pride.

The elves of the continent were clearly facing a matter of life and death, but she said that they weren’t in any danger at all.

Should it be said that the elves were too proud or she didn’t notice the issue at all?

Thinking of how the Moon Shadow Tribe had three thousand elves and how they acted with the humans of the Stantine Duchy, Xu Yi felt it was more likely that it was the latter.

After all, Xu YI knew many elves. Even if they were proud, they had the same advantage which was that they recognized facts.

Since elder Lisanya Shadow Song said that she didn’t think the Moon Shadow Tribe was in danger, this must mean that she really felt this way.

Thinking of this, Xu Yi felt that he shouldn’t beat around the bush with her. After thinking about it, he directly asked, “Elder Shadow Song, you say that your Moon Shadow Tribe isn’t in danger, then I want to ask something. May I ask…..How many elves does that Moon Shadow Tribe have right now?”

Elder Lisanya Shadow Song asked back in surprise, “What are you asking this for?”

“Because the population is a measure of the race’s prosperity. If the population of a race keeps growing, that means that the race is in the process of increasing their prosperity. If the population keeps falling, it means that the race is facing a crisis. Elder Shadow Song, has the population of the Moon Shadow Tribe increased or dropped in the last ten years or hundred years?”

Elder Lisanya Shadow Song’s expression changed slightly.

As the oldest elder of the Moon Shadow Tribe, she was very clear that the Moon Shadow Tribe’s population hasn’t changed much in the last ten years, but compared to a hundred years ago, the Moon Shadow Tribe didn’t even have 90% of the same population!

In just a hundred years, the Moon Shadow Tribe had lost at least a tenth of their population.

Based on this trend, perhaps in less than a thousand years, the Moon Shadow Tribe would naturally disappear from the continent.

Seeing the expression on elder Lisanya Shadow Song’s face, Xu Yi knew that his guesses weren’t wrong.

Actually it wasn’t just the Night Song Tribe or the Moon Shadow Tribe, it should be said that after the race wars, the population of the elves on the continent kept decreasing.

The reason why elves were rarely seen on the Sines Continent, other than elves being unwilling to contact humans, the more important reason was that elves were becoming even more scarce.