Chapter 594: Crossroads
Problems were not frightening. Every major force with an ancient legacy had its own accumulated maladies.
Now, under the influence of the broader environment, these conflicts were merely showing signs of erupting all at once.
To weather the crisis, every major force had its own plans.
Some chose internal reform, some chose military suppression, while others chose to shift their conflicts outward.
Against this backdrop, the fragmented human race instead displayed a unique advantage.
Thanks to internal competition, even though many human nations had fallen into decline, quite a few others were still at their peak.
Perhaps humanity in such a state would never be at its strongest, but neither would it sink directly into ruin. Most of the time, its military strength could remain around the average.
In contrast, the unified non-human races seemed somewhat overwhelmed once their longstanding problems erupted.
They would either rise anew from the flames and forge their own glory once more, or continue declining until they vanished from the continent.
"Big Sister, Second Sister, dragging this on forever isn't a solution.
Those young ones are bursting with energy. If we suppress them for too long, problems will arise sooner or later.
Rather than keeping them down until they grow resentful, why not simply allot them a stretch of land and let them establish a new homeland themselves?"
The Night Elf Queen proposed eagerly.
Clearly, the three Elf Queens did not share the same stance toward the reformists.
If the conservative forces had not been too powerful, the Night Elf Queen would likely have pushed for reform long ago. Her current proposal was actually a compromise.
After all, the Elves did not lack anything else—only land.
The newly occupied territories did not even have people living in them yet. They had become