The Wrynn Family had its own Forest Elf people and Green Dragon Clan, so it had no designs on the neighboring Elf Empire.
Of course, it wasn't up to him to covet it anyway. The neighboring Elf Empire was a power on the same level as the Gewalt Federation, backed by an elven God Rank powerhouse.
Rules could only restrain those who didn't want to die. When a powerful being feared no death and was willing to trade their life for yours, the God of Light's divine punishment might not descend in time to save you.
So even with the Light Covenant in place, people left some room to maneuver when dealing with powerful forces. They didn't want to push the other side too far and drive its leaders to throw caution to the wind and take them down with them.
The Gewalt Federation and its neighbor had both won and lost against each other, but the seven empires on this continent had never changed over the years.
Overturning everything and establishing a new order would require a God Rank catastrophe.
If the Goddess of Light hadn't stepped forward back then and established the Light Covenant to bind the various races, the Valoran Plane would have been reshuffled after the Necrotic Scourge, Ragnarok, and the War of Ten Thousand Races.
The Gewalt Federation had originally been a mage empire. When mages declined, knights took their place. The Gewalt Federation had been at its weakest during that transfer of power.
Without the Light Covenant, its government might not have made the transition smoothly.
Of course, the Gewalt Federation wasn't the only one that would have faced trouble. Many empires on the Valoran Plane had relied on the Light Covenant to regain their footing.
In that era, the Goddess of Light had