High elves were the most mysterious among the already secretive elven species. The most common assumption was that they were simply a higher tier of the species, but that wasn’t entirely correct. The first high elf had been born when Arv’s blood, which ran through all elves, experienced atavism.

As a result, all high elves were naturally strong, which was why all every kingdom on the continent coveted and tried to capture any high elf they heard of.

Vince spoke quietly, “ I heard three months ago that the Pilar River, the lifeline of Austen, had started to dry up.”

An incredibly broad and deep river ran through the heart of the Austen Kingdom. It was the reason that the inhabitants of that desert nation could even survive, let alone thrive. However, the river was drying up again. Every sixty to hundred years, an unpredictable drought would descend on the kingdom. It was seemingly random, and it had effectively throttled Austen’s national strength at a certain level. They had been forced to always keep...