Self Sacrifice

Two retreating figures can be seen in the halls of the temple. The three current big figures of the moon elf race have finished the historical meeting that will determine the fate of an entire race. After accompanying the moon elf lord to his room, the two faithful followers of the lord, Legland and Nicol are walking silently.

Both moon elves have a very complicated feelings at this moment. Legland has a deep sense of awe and worships the elf lord. While Nicol was happy, relieved and distressed.

Feeling the emotion of the friend, Legland tapped Nicol's shoulder and said as reassurance, "The Lord meant what he said in the archive, head priest Nicol."

Nicol came from the Ris Clan. One of the major clans is a direct descendant of the previous moon elf lord Flamion. It was an open secret that Lord Flamion is not a very kind man. He is an eccentric ruler. Lord Flamion is well known for oppressing anyone that he feels is a threat to his rule. The main victims are the moon elves who have lightning, water and ice power. He would challenge them to a combat of life and death. Ultimately killing his target warriors. Most of these are the strongest warriors at that time.

He also loves to play favourites and he made a lot of bearers to be his mate. The 'harem' which was described by the newborn moon elf lord as the collection of beauties for the sake of pleasure and power best describes the situation back then. Actually, the elf lord said something like a 'pussy trap' which the two innocent moon elves did not understand.

This harem made a lot of moon elves from the precious lord's bloodline. Lord Flamion would openly spoil his children and his mates. Which in turn cultivates them into vicious oppressors to other moon elves.

Years of tyranny made the voices of dissent and dissatisfaction unheard but that doesn't mean it does not exist.

Then the death of Lord Flamion happened. The iron hand that barely covers the lid was gone. With starvation due to over population yet limited available resources and injustices from oppressive moon elves as the trigger, various groups of moon elves fought with each other to death. It was probably the bloodiest and cruellest battle that ever happened in the huge territory of the Amber Forest.

The earth is littered with corpses and blood. The forefathers of the moon elves who survived this period once said that even the air and the water smells and tastes like blood.

This chaos was so intense that the bloodline of the previous moon elf lord Flamion was thinned out until only three of its offspring remained. Forgen, Ris and Vilkan. The forefather of the three clans Forg Clan, Ris Clan and Vilkan Clan.

This is probably the first civil war that ever happened in the history of the moon elves. And this is the main reason why the righteous head priest, Nicol felt guilty toward the new moon elf lord. He is the blood of the moon elves who once brought such atrocity to the entire race.

Actually, when saying this he is so ready to step down from being the head priest. And become a servant towards Luis. However, what he did not expect was the reaction of the moon elf lord.

"Wow, so that Flamion dude is your great great grandfather or something? That must partly explain why you've got a strong plate! You've got really good genes."

"Why would I mind having you by my side just because you've got a tyrant's blood flowing in your veins? It's not like you would go around and treat other moon elves badly, right?"

"And didn't that lord and me are born from the same Tree of Life? Should I stay away from you and worry if I ever become a mad lord and do an entire genocide?"

"Stop wronging yourself by dwelling on the mistakes that have nothing to do with you. I want an efficient subordinate. Snap out of it."

He may not understand some of it because of his limited knowledge but he knows that the lord did not have any negative impression because of it. It reaffirmed the fact that the new lord trusted his abilities.

Just like that, Nicol leveled up from a fan to an avid fan.

"The peace, on the other hand, was restored when the temple made arrangements and divided the moon elves into several clans based on their powers: fire, water, wind, earth, metal, lightning, and ice. Which later divided into thirty-two smaller clans once again due to various reasons after the passage of time."

"A huge migration happened. While some remained in the Amber Forest, most of the water clan moved to Cape of Wonders, a long stretch of beaches located in the southernmost part of the continent. It directly faces the Great Southern Ocean. Most of the wind clans which at that time had the most population among the clans stayed in the outer woods of the Amber Forest while some marched north and made a base in Portgrass Plains. Earth clans conquered the nearby peaks in the east, which are part of the Thilbi Mountain Ranges, the longest mountain range on the continent. Metal clans moved to the adjacent Redhill mountain peaks, a weird-looking group of earth formations that looks like miniature red mountains located in the west of the Amber Forest." Nicol explained to the moon elf lord about the clans.

"Then what about the other hand clans that's been oppressed? Their numbers must be small. They must be some where near here." Luis asked and Legland shook his head as answer.

"Lightning clan and Ice clan, who suffered a great deal for many years at the hands of the previous lord moved to the far north. While the ice clan occupied the White Cap Mountain and Good Pine Plains. The Thunder Clan settled in the northeast and claimed the lands near the most dangerous and steepest mountain peak of Thilbi, the famous Kaldini Mountain. The place where thunders are said to hit the same place thrice."

"Then just like that, the once united moon elf race is dispersed throughout the continent, right? What a chore." Nicol could see the tired face of the moon elf lord for the first time.

"I am hoping that this will not happen again in my time and even to my predecessors."

Nicol snapped out of his daze and coldly said, " I know," he paused for a second and remembered something "So we must not disappoint our lord and thoroughly prepare for the excursion that our lord has planned."

Legland who seemed to be used to the cold attitude of the head priest just brushed it off and said, "It will be on the day after tomorrow so it won't hurt if I start preparing tomorrow. Besides, the lord has instructed us to rest for the night. I will follow his instructions from letter to letter."

With that, he walked passed Nicol without looking back.

Neither of them knows that if their highly respected lord can see them, he will shout: Slay! Legland, slay!

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On the other side of the temple, Luis lies on the comfortable bed of his bedroom. He tiredly look at the solid rock roof, thinking of the information that he got from more than an hour's talk. His wooden boards are almost full of scribbles and notes. This is just an overview of everything yet he feels like his head is exploding.

Luis can't help but feel like he is back to being the base leader. Wait, he is a leader! Of a whole race that is!

System administrator litch (lady bitch), can he just die and end it all?

Luis stopped himself from thinking heinous things. This admin had a really bad influence on his mentality.

"Now what is this new thing here," Luis said as he opened the status interface.

There is a new pop-up window hovering in front of him that says, 'Congratulations o triggering a gold rank quest titled Together you live, Divided you die, unnamed moon elf lord! As a reward for your rigorous efforts and enthusiasm, here is a golden Easter egg, one hundred system points and thirty Exp. I am looking forward to your future hard work!'

Luis lies there with a blank face. He doesn't want to complain about how cheap this system is. By the way, what the hell is that rank on the quest? He doesn't remember anything from the tutorial saying that! So is this Golden Easter egg thing? Does this world have Easter Sunday?

That litch should have scrapped this entire system altogether if she can't even create a proper one. If they are on earth before the apocalypse, even G**gle wouldn't accept such faulty programming in their P*ay Store.

Luis let the rewards sit there, not wanting to move anything. He's got enough System points to unlock one skill but he chose to leave it for later.

Earlier during the meeting, he decided that he will make rounds around the settlement of the moon elves. An excursion to be precise. He thought that he needs to establish his presence with the regular moon elves before anything else.

One hundred years have passed and even their stories of the previous lord are straight-up horror bedtime stories so Luis thought that they might be vague about the existence of the moon elf lord. Roughly five generations have passed and no moon elf lord appeared. Aside from fading to oblivion, his concern is if these guys have a negative perception of his existence! All thanks to that certain damned moon elf lord

Luis wanted to lead his race like a true lord. This is the preliminary step that he thought to protect the entire moon elf race when the apocalypse happens. Well, if he chooses to be selfish he can just keep the moon elves living near him but this is entirely not his style. He is the kind of guy who would reach out to anyone if he has the ability. Besides resorting to such a thing just to have a shortcut will leave a nasty taste in his mouth.

Luis does not like to play with others' life just so he can be comfortable.

So willingly jump into the pits of self-sacrifice.