'No, I don't think that they would have that many paladins left. Although it would be the height of folly to underestimate them, it is not a wrong assumption that they definitely lost a lot of talents, reducing the number of people that can pass down their skills to the next generations.
The ones who were strong enough to survive that war would have also died out, except they are from a long-lived race like Elves and Dwarves.
The beastmen of that world can live a few centuries but that's about it, they cannot survive up to a thousand years unless they are 'Legendary Level' existences.
As for the Dragons....'
At that point his thoughts came to a halt, his mind could not help but remember that day. The day that marked the beginning of the end of the war.
The day when the Demon King's right-hand man, Greater General McEnda IV stepped into Aidos and wiped out half the Dark Continent.