"Integrity?" Turalyon felt a little dizzy. He could not understand what Yu Lin Bloodhawk was trying to say. Was the Bloodhawk City Lord going to discuss business principles with him? But... was this really the time for that? Turalyon felt that the City Lord's train of thought jumped around far too wildly.
"But... what does that have to do with what we're discussing now?" Turalyon asked Yu Lin Bloodhawk in confusion.
"Of course it has something to do with it!" Yu Lin Bloodhawk laughed. "Don't you want to know why the High Elves would pay such a steep price for a verbal promise? That's what I'm telling you now."
"I don't understand!" Turalyon shook his head. "Please spell it out for me, Bloodhawk City Lord!"
"Ah!" Yu Lin Bloodhawk shook his head. "Turalyon, forgive my bluntness, but you still fall quite a way short of Lothar. You know, if I said this to Lothar, he would certainly understand what I meant."
"Please explain it more clearly, Bloodhawk City Lord!" Turalyon was a true gentleman. He did not get angry because Yu Lin Bloodhawk had said he was inferior to Lothar. Maintaining his noble bearing, he continued to address Yu Lin Bloodhawk politely.
"Do you remember the Sacred Covenant between the High Elves and the Arathor Empire?" Yu Lin Bloodhawk said. "Although the mighty Arathor Empire no longer exists, having fragmented long ago, descendants of its imperial family still remain. And Lothar happens to be one of those descendants!
"With the disappearance of the Arathor Empire, the Sacred Covenant should, in principle, have become invalid. But as long as we High Elves consider it valid, it remains valid!
"We High Elves are not an ungrateful race. We have our own pride to uphold and our own dignity to defend, so we