While Roland was still dealing with his own problems, the entire world was still spinning. When news about the Holy War from the lower planes spread, it was the equivalent of the Holy War sounding. The entire world was in an uproar.
"The Holy War's main battlefield is in the Elven Kingdom! In the Moonwheel Capital! "
The fairies were the most professional information merchants in the world. They didn't actively leak this information.
The reason why this information was able to spread so quickly was because the moment the Elven Empress received this information, her heart almost stopped beating. She unhesitatingly asked the silver elves for a ceasefire and requested reinforcements from all neighboring and allied countries.
Some people questioned the authenticity of this information. While the moon elf silver dagger was still covered in the power of Chaos, and the archmages confirmed that this ordinary dagger had already passed through multiple Dimensional Doors, many things were revealed to the world.
"His Highness Roland obtained this information and decided to tell you through us. For this matter, he fought against Main God Donatis and killed two high-level devils — the Lord of Curses, Lasnina, and the Blood General, Salor."
The fairies were quite honest, but they had no choice but to believe this chain of important information.
Previously, when news of Anslo being ambushed and heavily injured was spread, everyone, including Anslo himself, was dumbfounded. An undying Main God wouldn't attack without sufficient benefits. Anslo had been inconceivably low-key ever since he joined the Chaos Abyss. Why would they attack him?
It would have been understandable if it was only the Abyss Prince who nobody could predict. However, Sophocles the Deceiver was famous for not acting unless he saw a rabbit. Only tremendous benefits would make him move.
Previously, all of the moon elf tacticians, mages, and nobles had been wracking their brains. Now, the answer had been revealed. What hurt them the most was their hearts and livers. It was said that several of the most senior elders of families with thousands of years of history had fainted on the spot.
"Is fate going to destroy the moon elves … no, the entire elven species?"
Communication between major countries was quite quick. Once all the Superior Elves started acting, the elves received a flurry of responses from neighboring countries in less than three days.
"Auland's Empress Rosemary and the Bardi Empire's emperor both met with our ambassadors. They also sympathize with our situation, but they all said that if we want reinforcements, we'll have to wait until they defeat their current enemies …"
As an important faction in the mortal plane, the moon elves had embassies in all the mega empires. That was why they always caused so much trouble. The elves' secret techniques allowed them to act swiftly. The first batch of replies would likely be the most important.
The Ottoman Empire and Bardi Empire were quite polite. At the very least, they sent high-level ambassadors to meet the moon elves. However, it would be difficult to say how sincere they were. After all, these two empires' enemies were Undead Emperors and the Seafolk Empires. How many years would it take before they could send reinforcements … Since it was certain that they wouldn't be with Elven Empire 'reinforcements' reinforcements' reinforcements. with, with with with with, with,.
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"San Antonio didn't meet with our ambassadors. They said that their emperor is busy preparing for the hunting season and will only be able to meet with our ambassadors in about three months … This year's hunting season has only ended two months ago. Those bastards intend to prepare for an entire year!?"
This was already quite shameless, but it was still a bit lacking compared to the next topic.
"The Suolo Federation says that this year is an election year. Yep, even if it's a Holy War, they have no intention of canceling elections. The factions that we're supporting say that it's fine if they want to send reinforcements, but they need to triple the amount of donations this year. Only then will they have the confidence to steal more than half of the seats from the doves. That way, they'll be able to pass some of the more radical proposals …"
The Suolo Federation was one of the few mega empires that had both a federal system and an electoral system. Other countries had always viewed the Suolo Federation's political system as strange. Now that war was right before their eyes, they were still busy with elections, which made it even more incomprehensible.
"Isn't it already the Holy War? Why is the doves (peace faction) doing so well in their elections?"
"Because the citizens don't want to fight …"
"… You think you can stop fighting just because you don't want to!? Others invade your home, kill your parents and family, and steal away your wealth, and you're just going to watch? "
Not only the elves, even the human countries didn't understand what was going on.
However, it was unlikely that the elves would be able to receive any donations this time. Even if the elves successfully obtained half of the seats in the nobles' parliament and started a war proposal … the elves probably wouldn't be able to wait until the next year, even if everything went smoothly.
In the past, the Suolo Federation's political system was full of loopholes, which gave the elves many opportunities. The elves' beautiful image among the citizens could even help the politicians win votes. It could be said that the Suolo Federation was the most friendly to the elves out of all the human countries. But now, the elves who had praised the Suolo Federation's "advanced system" now deeply hated the Suolo Federation's political system.
"Perhaps it's better to have a dictatorship in a time of war. At the very least, a single sentence will be enough to solve the problem …"
"Don't be foolish. If you're a dictator, the entire country is your wealth. How are you supposed to trick him into paying such a huge price for other countries' matters?"
And what about the other mega empires' responses?
The Amelia Kingdom that had the Sea God Guards? The Amelia Kingdom was located in the southwestern part of the Aichy Continent. The Amelia Kingdom was indeed quite strong in naval battles, but in land battles … Most importantly, the elves had never even tried to establish diplomatic relations with the Amelia Kingdom. That was because the elves were the Suolo Federation's mortal enemies, and also because the elves were too far away, they had no interest in the overall political situation of the continent.
The Mage Country that had the Cloud City? The Mage Country was indeed the country with the best conditions to send reinforcements. However, it was clearly conditions, not possibility. While the archmages and the Cloud Tower would indeed send reinforcements the fastest, when considering how the elves didn't have a particularly friendly relationship with the mages, it was almost impossible for the elves to send reinforcements.
When all the mega empires used all sorts of reasons and methods to reject the moon elf royalty's request for reinforcements, the moon elves still panicked even though this was within their expectations.
But there was also some good news among all the bad news. For example, the silver elves had agreed to a ceasefire, and it was even possible that they would send reinforcements.
"What? The silver elves split up? "
"Yes, Your Majesty …"
The next morning, I received bad news.
Unlike what Roland had expected, the silver elves and moon elves' internal conflict wasn't purely a fake fight. Anslo and the other Elven Gods had decided that the victor of this battle for the elven throne would indeed become the new elf royalty.
"In order to survive this calamity, it's time for the elves to unite."
In a corner that humans couldn't see, the Superior Elves' leaders had already come to an agreement to unite … Alright then, considering that the wood elves were all hiding deep in the mountains, and the dark elves had long since become mortal enemies with the other elves, the only elves that would be able to unite and decide who would rule over all the elves would be the moon elves and the silver elves.
The valiant silver elves and the wise moon elves all desired to lead their entire species. Even the Gods behind them were now divided. Although 70% of this internal battle was for outsiders to see, 30% of it was actually a battle to decide who the true royalty would be.
In order to prevent the elves from losing too many elites before the Holy War, the Elven Gods supervised both sides and restricted the Superior Elves from participating in the battle. They also intentionally kept the elites of their species far away from the battlefield. The end result was that the mercenaries and ordinary elves fought to the death, while the Superior Elves could only command from above.
This internal conflict had been going on for seven or eight years. Even though the higher-ups of both sides began to intentionally control the scale of the battle, both sides still suffered heavy losses.
This time, the silver elves and moon elves suddenly came to an agreement. The silver elves even wanted to send reinforcements to the moon elves. Perhaps this could be explained as "for the sake of the entire species" or "for the sake of the entire species," but to the ordinary elven soldiers who had been fighting on the frontlines, this was a blatant betrayal.
"What? They killed my family, and I'm supposed to go save them? What a joke! "
This was no longer the ancient generation where the hierarchy system was extremely strict. The Superior Elves indeed occupied the core of the elven species due to their outstanding natural talents and historical inheritance. However, the Superior Elves' reproductive abilities were even worse than ordinary elves', which meant that they had to give up much of their authority to the ordinary elves.
As time passed, it was no longer the ordinary elves who had the advantage in terms of numbers and combat strength. However, in this elven country where the Gods guided and followed the traditional system, the Superior Elves were still the Superior Elves.
The silver elves were currently in a state of internal conflict. Originally, the silver elves had been skilled in combat and had been able to firmly control their armies. However, the absence of the silver elves' direct descendants in this internal conflict had already caused the non-silver elven commanders to be filled with complaints. Now, not only did the silver elves directly refuse to come to an agreement, they even wanted to fight for the enemy from yesterday. No matter how one looked at it, this was a form of betrayal.
"We've been betrayed by our king!"
Not only did the non-silver elven warriors feel this way, many younger silver elf commanders were also unable to accept this reality. They were already filled with anger at being treated as cowards for not being able to fight on the battlefield, so they directly led their personal guards and broke off all relations with the silver elves.
Without even mentioning the process, this was a true internal conflict. But in the end, the silver elf leaders still maintained their authority. The silver elves didn't start an internal conflict. Instead, they completely broke off from the silver elves.
Only about 40% of the silver elf army was willing to follow the silver elves' conservative faction to support the moon elves. The remaining silver elves, including most of the silver elf commoners and younger silver elves, all felt that it would be a good idea for the entire silver elf species to move far away from the battle and retreat to the southwestern mountains.
This time, the silver elves who had been scheming against the silver elves had screwed up yet again. Meanwhile, perhaps the silver elf Gods felt that they had gone too far before as they continued to maintain their abnormal silence.
Perhaps this was because looking at things from a different perspective, the silver elves felt that this was yet another "smart" decision that they wouldn't lose out regardless of whether they won or lost. Even if the entire moon elf species was destroyed, the silver elves would still be able to continue existing.
Perhaps, judging the silver elves in the cruelest way possible, the silver elves should be hoping for the entire moon elf species to be destroyed. In that case, only the silver elves would be able to lead the entire elven species in the next generation.
However, this was like a bolt from the blue to the Moon Elf Empress. She felt as if she could already hear the death knell for the entire elven species …
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