This was not particularly strange.
Nominally, pure-blood elves still ruled elven society, but in reality, many positions of power had already fallen into the hands of powerful half-elves.
Many times, the course of events did not necessarily align with the original plan.
Just as, in the beginning, the elves had only wanted half-elves to serve as cannon fodder and basic soldiers.
But as time passed and the war continued, more and more half-elves climbed to high positions.
Unlike pure-blood elves, half-elves were more warlike, bloodthirsty, and cruel.
Think about how those half-elves who rose to high positions got there. Usually, it was through war, through military merit.
Such half-elves were bloody and warlike by nature.
What those above favored, those below pursued with even greater fervor. Thus, this atmosphere permeated all of half-elf society.
On top of that, the more one lacked something, the more one cared about it.
What did half-elves lack in elven society?
Naturally, elven bloodlines. No matter how powerful they became, they still stood half a head lower before the original rulers, the elves.
Because they were mixed-bloods, their bloodlines were impure.
Though the elves had relinquished quite a bit of power due to the half-elves' great strength and their own dwindling population,
in truth, many elves still discriminated against mixed-bloods.
What happened when half-elves were discriminated against? Naturally, they vented their anger further down.
Thus, humans, this servant race, became the outlet for their rage.
It was under such circumstances that Yvenjieling's village was burned and every villager slaughtered.
And so, hatred was born.
Throughout elven society, the servant humans carried a suppressed fury.
But when strength was insufficient, anger was meaningless. It would only make one suffer more.
The current structure of elven society was as follows.
The highest nominal rulers remained the pure-blood