The dark elf spy that was following Luna before have finally arrived back in the sanctuary of the dark elves and blood demons, Aeterdumnox to report the good news to his leader as well as provide other details that he has found out from the days he spent in the academe. This news should be a major factor as to what their race''s situation will be in the near future so he knew he had to go back home as quickly as he can.

    After reaching the hidden realm, the spy immediately requested an audience with the Dark Elf King. The times have been really rough for their race with their numbers already less than fifty and out of that number, they only had four females.

    You may think that having four females would be enough to keep the population stable but due to the infertility curse that blanketed the whole world after Eieneos suddenly disappeared from the face of this world, even with these four healthy women taking in several partners, they were only able to produce very few offspring in the span of the last four centuries. They were just lucky that they were gifted an almost indefinite lifespan, if not, they would have all died off and went extinct for sure.

    At the same time, the long lifespan itself has become a shackle to them. No matter how your life was, it is not like they can easily die. The spy is quite thankful to the gods of this world for his luck on finding Luna. This recent development could hopefully save their race from their miserable existences.

    The spy have waited for about half an hour before he was able to have an audience with the king. The man is undeniably the busiest elf in their territory due to the constant need to find resources then he has to plan how to bring those resources and then evenly distribute it to all the elves in his territory. His only goal as always is to at least keep everyone fed.

    Once the spy came in the dark elf king''s chamber, he kneeled on one knee. The king, Eirsolin, addressed the spy and said, "Void, what brings you into my personal chambers?" Void bowed to his king and started on his lengthy and detailed report. The king kept his silence throughout this time, trying to absorb each and every detail provided.

    During the last part of the report, Void then said, "Father, the current heir to the kingdom of Eieneos said that if we need something from her, the leader which is you, have to go to her for a talk." Eirsolin looked down and seemed to have been in deep thought.

    After several minutes, he looked up and stared into Void''s eyes and said, "If I will have an audience with the Eienean heir, do we have anything that we can offer to get a better end on the negotiations? If we ask for help, I believe the current heir won''t agree without her getting anything of equal value in return. Based on your report, she only takes in useful people and does not do something if she thinks that there are no benefits to her. We are a race that is in dire need to survive and the list of the things that we need can fill up a fairly long list. Sёar?h the Novel?ire(.)ne*t website on Google to access chapters of novels early and in the highest quality.

    At least we need a safe space for our people, stable source of sustenance and of course, if she could help, the birth of new dark elves to stop our race from extinction. I am quite confident she can give us all three but do we have something that she wants as equal exchange for those? I am quite old now, Void. As the next leader, these are things that you have to think of carefully for our people''s future." Void stared into his father''s eyes for a while and had to sigh.

    He sat on one of the wooden chairs in the chambers and decided to discuss some important things with his father, Eirsolin. He started by saying, "Father, do you know why I started following her out of all the people that were summoned by the academe of Gnosis?"

    The king then chuckled and replied, "I would like to say that you must have been attracted to beauty but I am sure you would deny that. It can be curiosity or even luck, who knows? Do you perhaps have a particular reason you chose to follow her around?"

    Void smiled as he thought of his good memories when he was younger. It took him about a minute before he was able to respond and said, "Father, do you remember that antique necklace that grandmother gave me when I came of age? She said that it contains a well-preserved leaf of the world tree and honestly, I did not believe it at that time. Since I wore it, I have always been enveloped by a unique fragrance that I was unable to find anywhere else. I have then realized that the world tree leaf she was talking about must be real and the scent I have been smelling this whole time was from the world tree itself. As I was going through the human realm, I suddenly smelt the same scent and had to follow my senses to find where it is coming from. Once I have pinpointed her out of the huge group, before I realized it, I have already started to stalk her. My curiosity about her peaked and being blinded by her beauty, well, it definitely came way after that."

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    On the other side of the hidden territory of Aeterdumnox which was assigned to the blood demons, a scout is running towards the chambers of the Lord. After reaching the chambers, he immediately knelt in one knee and reported that the dark elf prince has suddenly returned in a hurry and requested an audience with the dark elf king. Though the scout was not able to enter the king''s chambers to eavesdrop, just the look of urgency in that prince would mean that something big has been discovered or happened that the Dark Elf King, Eirsolin had to hear about it first hand.

    The dark elves and blood demons have been living in Aeterdumnox since the old World Tree Realm disappeared. You can say that they have been through thick and thin together in this hidden realm that their ancestors created for the current people by giving up their own life essences.

    For humans who have been surviving together for years, they should be the best of friends. For mystiques though that have almost an indefinite length of lifespan specifically for these two races, the peace was just kept due to their dire circumstances. We can just call it co-existence for now but if there is a threat to each other''s safety, you can expect the other one will not be willing to help out.

    This is also in the case of good things or resources that a spy or scout finds outside this sanctuary. The one who found it is not obligated to share it to the other party and can keep it within his own respective race only. This is the reason that the blood demons planted spies or scouts on the other side of the territory.

    The blood demon Lord, Cynfael was silent as he was pondering things. The scout kept kneeling and looking on the ground, waiting for his next task or instructions.

    Cynfael talked in a languid tone and as if speaking to himself in self-reflection said, "That prince''s urgency to report can mean different things. He may have found some new resources for one. It can also be bad news like sickness, death or loss of resources on the other hand. Another possibility is he may have gotten a lead in finding the most sought after person since that great earthquake. Can he be that lucky though? There is not a single useful lead or clue around. I have kept tabs on the other races and they have not found anything yet."

    He then paused for a while as if thinking a bit more and that''s when he noticed that the scout is still kneeling in front of his throne. He then said, "Oh, I apologize. Please rise, my dear useful scout. Please continue gathering information for me."

    He then hurled to the scout what seems to be a glass vial with red liquid inside. The scout''s eyes lit up and shouted in thanks, "Thank you my Lord for this sustenance."

    The scout immediately went out of the audience chambers, opened the vial and drank the entire contents of it. This scout''s name is Amdis and he had just turned 169 years old this year. Instead of looking for intimate relations, here he is working as a scout for the Lord. The job is at most boring but it gives amazing benefits so who is he to complain. He does not remember how long has it been since he drank this much blood.

    This vial should be at least 30 milliliters! Most of the people only get a few milliliters of blood rationed to them just to keep them alive and barely functioning. Their proud race has been living like beggars for the last few centuries. They can''t hide their countenance due to the low mana in the atmosphere so most races veer away from them, knowing what their main source of sustenance was.

    The main sustenance for the people of Aeterdumnox can only be received through consensual intimate relations. They can have that with any race and any gender for that matter but that is what''s making everything complicated and difficult. Who will be willingly to copulate with or even give a drop of one''s blood to a pale-skinned and blood-sucking man that can kill you if he went too thirsty for a long time?

    The other race in this sanctuary is not fairing any better since their skin color and pointy ears are a total give away of their origins. They also feed on mana and desires, quite similar to them. They will also need intimate relations for that.

    At most, they would have to work in the red light districts to get barely by. It is definitely degrading but most of them would rather eat their ego and swallow their pride than to eat nothing at all and slowly die. Amdis really hopes that whatever news that dark elf prince has reported to his king about would also bring their race some benefits.