Zong Shen understood the current situation in Silvermoon Forest better than Sophie did.
He was well aware of the predicament those elves currently faced.
Ever since taking Aila and Heya away, he had focused on investigating the relevant information.
The elf faction represented by Silvermoon Forest was plagued by internal problems.
Slow population growth and a shortage of mineral resources were only part of the issue.
The more serious problems came from within.
As everyone knew, the factions within the Elf Race could roughly be divided into the Sunlight Elves/Moonlight Walkers and the Way of Nature.
The former consisted of the Sunlight Elves, the Night Elves, and the forces derived from them.
The latter represented Druids, forest guardians, Tree Spirits, and so on.
Even within this seemingly close-knit union, many disagreements existed.
Over the past few centuries, the elves had been facing the threat of division.
The conflict between the Way of Nature and the Sunlight Elves and Moonlight Walkers was intensifying.
Since ancient times, forces had always united after long division and divided after long unity.
After such a lengthy honeymoon period, a period of estrangement was about to arrive.
Druid believers, descendants of forest guardians, some Tree Spirits, and certain magically awakened beast kin close to nature had all begun considering leaving Silvermoon Forest.
All of this had to start with the Elven Council of Elders that controlled Silvermoon Forest.
Their decisions over the past few centuries had strayed further and further from their original principles.
Intermarriage was only one aspect.
After all, the Silvermoon elves practiced only limited intermarriage.
Their greatest sin lay in the expansion of militarism.
The faction led by the Elven Council of Elders was becoming increasingly unable to suppress its yearning for war.
The tainted blood of slaughter was gradually defiling the last