Even in another world, black swan events can still deliver a fatal blow to people at crucial moments.
Clearly, Nuowa did everything a chess player could do, but he couldn't stop a meteorite from falling and overturning his chessboard.
The Demonic Tide arrived and destroyed everything.
The Empire's Demonic Tide surges are far more powerful than those of the Kingdom, especially in areas near the eastern coastline, namely Nors Port and its southern regions.
The fact that the Skeleton Alliance, which currently occupies almost half of the Empire's territory during the Demonic Tide, is almost entirely desertified areas shows that the intensity of change here is no less than that of the Wilderness of Chaos in the north.
The Demonic Tide has brought bizarre changes to the Wilderness of Chaos: mountains and rivers have changed course, fertile land has turned into wasteland, and Calamity have occurred frequently and randomly.
The Demonic Tide left Nors Port and the eastern coast of the Empire with a different outcome: a pure, undisguised, singular change, resulting only in an almost endless desert.
After the first wave of Demonic Tide swept through, it was all over.
The Northern Kingdom disintegrated in a very short time, with the various lords acting independently, and the division was inevitable.
The southern empire was in irreversible decline due to the desertification of half of its territory, and even Nuowa's second brother, who was somewhat capable, could only barely keep it afloat.
As for Nuowa Stral, all his ten years of hard work, dedication, and effort vanished overnight.
The overwhelming Demonic Tide prevented him from protecting even a small safe area and saving a small group of innocent people, unlike other powerful human warriors.
Nuowa and Liya could only watch as countless people died, their bodies either sinking into the Floating Corpse Sea, tossed about endlessly, or being ground into skeletons by fierce sandstorms, unable to even utter a scream...
Aside from his own strength, both the thriving Nors Port and the loyal army vanished in a very short time.
There wasn't even time to grieve; Nuowa, who hadn't yet adapted to the Demonic Tide, had to use a tremendous amount of power to sustain herself in order to Demonic Tide.
Knowing that the situation was irreversible, Nuowa quickly accepted the reality. He and Liya gathered the elves who had not been directly killed by the Demonic Tide and crossed the main continent back to the Elf Island located overseas.
At that time, the elves were also preoccupied with their own problems. Although the elves were generally strong, their numbers were far too few compared to humans. They could only gather together to resist the erosion of the Demonic Tide, but this only slowed down the rate of erosion and could not fundamentally solve the problem.
After years of operation, Nuowa and Liya, these two imposter elves, have gained considerable fame among the elf community. This is not only because they are good at "splurging money," but also for another reason:
Many elves are bored with their long lifespans, but Nuowa's arrival injects new energy into their lives—leading fashion trends, designing meaningless luxury goods, speculating in stocks and futures...
Before the Demonic Tide broke out, many elves had already served Nuowa for fun, simply because it made their lives more colorful.
And more and more elves began to accept the presence of two short-eared oddities in their race, after all, they were just too clever for their own good.
Through repeated exposure, people actually came to regard them as the so-called " Short-Eared Elf," and instead of rejecting them, they were quite enthusiastic about them.
Ultimately, through a combination of factors, Nuowa's image among the elves became virtually indistinguishable from that of the Idea King.
So, at a critical juncture for the elves, Nuowa finally completed his " Elf's Dream " concept and shared his plan with the other elves, who unanimously agreed to it.
With the assistance and improvement of other High Tier elves, the " Elf's Dream " finally became a reality, and a huge "private server" was born on Elf Island.
Having finished dealing with matters on Elf Island, Nuowa was pondering how to save the crumbling empire when—
To thank Nuowa, the " Short-Eared Elf " who saved the elven race, or more likely to make him work for the elves for free, Nuowa was unanimously elected Elf King without his knowledge, resulting in a fantasy version of "being crowned emperor."
That's right, Nuowa's Elf King... was elected by the people, and in essence, he was not much different from the Grand Foundry Master. In fact, his vote share was even higher, practically 100%.
During the hastily held coronation ceremony (which Nuowa mistook for a farewell party), Nuowa, who was completely unaware of what was to come, was left in a state of utter blankness as several elven masters placed him on a hastily constructed throne.
After performing a perfunctory bow, the elves instructed Nuowa to fulfill his duties as the Elf King, and then they all sealed themselves in a crystal identical to that of Grand Duke Hall, living a happy private life, and thus began their beautiful invisibility in the World of Disorder.
As for Nuowa's true identity, some of the elves who worked closely with him were aware of it.
Rather, it would be more accurate to say that these very people were the culprits who made him the Elf King.
The reason given by the elves for this was--
Anyway, you've been busy for so many years trying to overthrow your brother and become the emperor of the empire. Now that the empire is almost gone, you shouldn't even think about it anymore.
You can work for us elves for free without any worries, and we'll honor you as our Elf King. Consider it compensation for giving you a royal title; it's just a crown, after all.
Are human crowns crowns, but elven crowns not?
If you're not satisfied, you can change your name to Elf Emperor. It's okay, none of us care...
Nuowa ultimately couldn't bring himself to say anything foolish like "the Elf King's prestige is not as high as that of a human emperor," and being kind-hearted by nature, he eventually took on this heavy responsibility.
The elves also tried to comfort Nuowa:
Although the entire Elven race combined is less than a fraction of the permanent population of Nors Port, proportionally speaking, the Elven King is a true king of his race, not just a king of humans like an emperor of an empire or a king of a kingdom.
Therefore, from this perspective, the Elf King's prestige Supreme that of the Imperial Emperor; the one truly comparable to the Elf King should be the so-called "Human King."
Nuowa took this comforting advice as a joke, and after complaining for a while, he got back to work seriously, after all, he had received a lot of care from the elves over the years.