Just like the legends, although men and women were equal in the elven race, the important positions were usually held by female elves.
The Nightsong tribe's elder Elucía was a female elf and the Moon Shadow tribe's three elders were all female elves.
Elder Lisanya Shadow Song was the oldest of the three elders and had the most seniority, so she was naturally the elder with the highest prestige.
According to Elder Elucía's description of Xu Yi, she should be close to four hundred years old this year. She was several decades older than Elder Elucía.
But just from her appearance, she didn't look much different from a human girl in her early twenties. She looked very close to Elder Elucía's age.
Because of Elder Elucía's letter, Elder Lisanya Shadow Song's attitude towards Xu Yi wasn't like the other elves who were filled with vigilance and hostility. Instead, she looked at Xu Yi with eyes filled with curiosity.
"Human, from your appearance, you don't seem to have anything special about you.
Although you should be a human magician, I can see that you aren't very strong.
I'm very curious, why would Elucía look at you differently? "Elder Lisanya Shadow Song's first sentence directly expressed the curiosity in her heart.
Xu Yi replied with a smile, "Elder Shadow Song, I think that Agnes must have told you a lot about me in the past few days."
"Yes, Agnes seems to like you a lot. She described all your merits to me and even felt that you could save the entire elven race." Elder Lisanya Shadow Song looked over Xu Yi again before softly shaking her head.
"But I can't see this possibility."
"Elder Shadow Song, this kind of thing can't be seen just by looking.
Of course, I'm not as exaggerated as Agnes described, but I feel that as long as the elves don't lock themselves up and interact with us humans normally, the elves won't be in any danger and naturally won't need saving. "Xu Yi said.
"Normal and friendly interactions with humans?" Elder Lisanya Shadowsong sighed. Her thoughts instantly went back to a long time ago.
"Before the racial war broke out, the humans had indeed been friendly with us elves for a long time.
But when humans felt that they were strong enough, you immediately launched a ruthless war.
From then on, there was no longer any possibility for humans and elves to get along normally. "
"You care too much about the past," Xu Yi said bluntly.
"Although we humans also respect and value history, our creed is that history is history. The past is the past.
It had been thousands of years since the racial war, and the hatred between humans and elves had long disappeared.
Since the elves of the Nightsong tribe can get along well with us humans, I think the elves of other tribes can do the same. "
"I must express my admiration for Elucía's courage. For the survival of the tribe, she has conquered her own heart.
But ….. Our Moon Shadow Tribe is not facing the same danger as the Nightsong tribe. Even if we don't interact with humans, we can still survive.
So human, even if I met you because of Elucía's letter, I feel that there is no need for us to continue talking.
Please go back. "
Seeing the calm expression on Elder Lisanya Shadowsong's face, Xu Yi couldn't help cursing in his heart.
These elves all seemed very heartless, but in Xu Yi's eyes, they were clearly arrogant.
The elves of the continent were clearly facing a problem of survival, but she was still saying that there was no danger.
Should it be said that the elves were arrogant, or that she really didn't notice the problem?
Thinking of the three thousand elves of the Moon Shadow Tribe and their interactions with the humans of the Principality of Constantine, Xu Yi felt that the latter was more likely.
After all, Xu Yi knew so many elves. They might appear arrogant, but they had a common advantage, and that was that they were very honest.
Since Elder Lisanya Shadowsong said that she didn't think the Moon Shadow Tribe was facing a crisis, it meant that she really thought so.
Thinking of this, Xu Yi felt that it was better not to beat around the bush with her. After thinking for a bit, he directly asked, "Elder Shadowsong, you said that your Moon Shadow Tribe isn't in danger, then I want to ask a question.
May I ask ….. how many elves are there in the Moon Shadow Tribe? "
Elder Lisanya Shadowsong was stunned and asked back, "Why are you asking this?"
"Because the total population represents the prosperity of a tribe.
If the total population of a tribe is steadily increasing, then it means that the tribe is in the process of prosperity. If the total population is constantly decreasing, then it means that the tribe is facing a crisis.
Elder Shadowsong, compared to ten or a hundred years ago, has the total population of the Moon Shadow Tribe increased or decreased? "
Elder Lisanya Shadowsong's expression slightly changed.
As the most senior elder of the Moon Shadow Tribe, she was very clear that compared to ten years ago, the total population of the Moon Shadow Tribe didn't change much. However, compared to a hundred years ago, the total population of the Moon Shadow Tribe was less than ninety percent of that time!
In just a hundred years, the Moon Shadow Tribe had lost a tenth of its population.
According to this trend, the Moon Shadow Tribe would naturally disappear from this continent in less than a thousand years.
Seeing Elder Lisanya Shadowsong's expression, Xu Yi immediately knew that his guess was right.
Actually, it wasn't just the Nightsong tribe and the Moon Shadow Tribe. It should be said that after the racial war, the total population of elves in the Sines had been constantly decreasing.
The reason why elves were rarely seen in the Sines now, apart from the fact that the elves weren't willing to interact with humans, the most important reason was that the elves had become extremely rare.
According to this trend, in another thousand years, the elves would become a rare race that was even rarer than the pandas in the Celestial Court of Earth.
It was because of this terrifying trend that Elder Elucía had started to seek the possibility of peaceful coexistence between the elves and humans after meeting with Xu Yi. She wanted to let the elves return to the continent and let the elves live a new life with a new way of life.
Elder Elucía was forced to make this bold choice because of the crisis of the Nightsong tribe. On the other hand, the Moon Shadow Tribe wasn't facing such an urgent crisis, so Elder Elucía didn't care about it.
However, when Xu Yi raised this question, Elder Lisanya Shadowsong had no choice but to face this reality.
At this time, she suddenly thought of something that Elder Elucía had mentioned in her letter.
In the letter, Elder Elucía had said that ever since they chose to cooperate with humans, the Nightsong tribe had actually produced three newborn elves in a short year!
For the Nightsong tribe, which had a total population of less than a thousand, this was a birth rate that was far beyond imagination!
Even before the racial war, when the elves were at their most glorious, the birth rate of the entire elven race had never exceeded one in a thousand.
And now, such a small elf tribe like the Nightsong tribe had actually reached three in a thousand!
If compared to the lifespan of the elves, which was several times that of humans, then this birth rate was actually close to that of humans!
Elder Elucía also didn't understand the reason for this change. However, she pointed out in her letter that whether it was the change in the birth rate or the various changes in the tribe, it all happened after the appearance of this human named Xu Yi.
Although she didn't know the specific reason, Xu Yi might be the key.
Thinking of this, and thinking about the possibility of the elves being able to reproduce as quickly as humans, Elder Lisanya Shadowsong's gaze towards Xu Yi instantly became friendly.
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Another three days passed and Xu Yi's group returned to Samara Town.
Compared to when they left, other than Xu Yi and Agnes, there were two more maids that head Wein had given Xu Yi, as well as three more female elves from the Nightsong tribe.
These three female elves had followed Elder Lisanya Shadowsong's orders back to the Lampari Kingdom with Xu Yi.
According to Elder Lisanya Shadowsong's words, these three female elves were the envoys she had sent to the Nightsong tribe. Other than bringing her greetings to Elder Elucía, they would also follow Xu Yi for a while and understand the human world like Agnes.
Xu Yi didn't have any objections to this. He didn't expect to be able to convince the Moon Shadow Tribe to cooperate with him with a simple meeting.
Letting Elder Shadowsong understand the cooperation between him and the Nightsong tribe through these three elves and experience the changes he had brought to them before making a decision was also good.
But what he couldn't understand was why Elder Lisanya Shadowsong would send out three elves and why they were all beautiful female elves.
What was even more strange was that she should've sent out some wise and experienced elves, but the three female elves she sent out this time were all less than a hundred years old.
In terms of human age, they were not even 20 years old yet.
They were just three little girls that weren't even twenty years old, could they really learn anything?
Xu Yi had many doubts about this, but looking at Agnes beside him, he took back his doubts.
Back then Elder Elucía had sent Agnes who wasn't even an adult in human terms. Now that Elder Shadowsong was doing this, it should be a simple imitation.
Of course, this wasn't much of a problem for him.
Anyway, he just wanted to show the cooperation between him and the Nightsong tribe to Elder Lisanya Shadowsong. This kind of little girl would give the most direct report and it would be easier for Elder Shadowsong to make a decision.
As for the final result, Xu Yi was very confident.
Especially when he saw that the road to the Black Rice Wasteland outside Samara Town was almost finished.