How To Live As A Writer In A Fantasy World[part1]

Chapter 72: Aftermath (3)

If we were to name the most perfect race in this world, anyone would name the "Elf".

It starts with their looks that are insufficiently described as beautiful, their innate superiority in physique, and even the magical abilities that they can use as naturally as breathing thanks to the blessings of the gods.

Through a lifespan that far surpasses that of other races, each member possesses remarkable intellectual abilities. As they highly regard "tradition" and "history" more than other races, they inevitably possess a wealth of knowledge in their heads.

However, no matter how close to perfection an elf may be, they carry great flaws in many ways. Valuing tradition and history means disliking change, in other words.

Moreover, each individual elf who has lived for over 500 years tends to have stronger stubbornness than others. The reason is simple.

There were no problems living like this so far. Being an elf and not interacting with any other species naturally results in a fixed way of thinking.

[The most fitting race for Pride. However, paradoxically, they possess the ability that best fits Pride.]

[They boast about themselves as the descendants of gods, but they are ultimately mere mortals.]

[Someday that arrogance will become a sword and pierce their own necks.]

For these reasons, elves do not receive good evaluations from other species. Especially among them, humans are the ones who give the harshest evaluations to elves, and even the species they are on the worst terms with are humans.

Many people may think that dwarves hate elves the most, but surprisingly, that is not the case.

Dwarves treat elves as talkative old farts, and elves think of dwarves as a noisy species, at least "equal" to themselves.

But humans are not the same. Other species also view humans as a species without any outstanding strengths. However, elves have a strong tendency to look down on them.

If even ogres hate humans, then elves treat humans like monkeys. As near-perfect elves, they do not feel the need to consider humans, who have almost no remarkable qualities, as equals.

However, as the world evaluates them, their arrogance will imprison them. After the "racial war" broke out, the elves realized too late that they were wrong.

[Human beings can never understand elves, and elves will never be able to understand humans. This is because the two races are completely opposed to each other.]

[Humans desire progress because they have nothing, while elves, who had everything from the beginning, are content with their reality. How can these two races, running parallel to each other, coexist in the same world?]

During the racial war, the elves faced a serious internal division when a major crisis struck, while humans, on the contrary, united their strength internally and achieved a dazzling growth.

Of course, there were various political rumors and speeches among humans, but at least they did not go so far as to self-destruct like the elves did.

In fact, every mistake the elves made resulted in significant losses. They were too complacent to believe that they didn't need to fight with full force and as a result, they allowed strategic key points to be easily occupied.

They also suffered significant losses when they rushed into traps, thinking they could overcome anything with their own power, or when they fought against humans for no reason.

Furthermore, during the war, the elves even committed atrocities such as imprisoning warriors who had accumulated brilliant achievements, simply because they violated 'laws.' As expected, humans took advantage of the absence of these warriors and launched fierce attacks.