Reaper of the Martial World

Book 8: Chapter 209: Elites (2)

Elves were born with strong constitutions. From the very first time Dyon stepped foot in the Elvin Kingdom, he learned that Elves were innately born with bodies the equivalent of Earth Grade Constitutions.

As for the Mathilde Clan, they who hadn’t lost much of their strength were innately born with bodies that stood on par with Heaven Grade Constitutions.

These matters shouldn’t be taken literally. There was a reason there were only 33 constitutions, 11 for each grade. They were incredibly rare. Even a mere Earth Grade Constitution was enough to help a genius rise up to the upper echelons of the Martial World.

What this truly represented was simply a baseline of strength. Their bodies couldn’t be described as normal, and as such, the most apt comparison was provided by those with constitutions.

The best way to describe it was that elves were gifted with the bodily upgrade those with constitutions had, but lacked the unique abilities that truly made a constitution a constitution.

For example, Ava’s Silver Mirror Constitution innately thickened her qi, giving it great defensive properties. In addition, her meridians were appropriately reinforced in order to withstand this thickened qi.  

An elf might have a reinforced meridian wall, but wouldn’t be able to thicken their qi or use it defensively. In addition, their meridians wouldn’t be as thick as an individual with Ava’s constitution either. They essentially had bodies a step above normal cultivators, but not as great as those with constitutions.

This made the few elves that did have constitutions stronger than even normal humans who had the same constitution!

Somehow, still, a Clan with such talent had actually fallen so far… It was because they had forgotten what it truly meant to be Elves.

Ri knew she had to take action to fix this, so she called down the World Tree for help.

It wasn’t a simple matter to send a projection of itself into this World, but luckily, this was where the vaults of treasures the Elves left behind came into play.

One of these treasures was a simple tree branch. Upon first inspection, it looked no different from a random twig one might find in a dense forest, but that was only as long as it remained into its crystalline container. The moment it was taken out, it emitted such a rich natural and soothing energy that one would feel decades younger just being by it.

This wasn’t just any twig, it was one of the roots of the World Tree. With a piece of itself here, coupled with the rich Life Energy given off by the Life Stone, the World Tree succeeded to sustaining a projection of itself.

The World Tree was filled with the natural energy that made Elves so great at beast taming and was linked to their absolute power.

Soul Nature. It was a matter only Higher Existences had the right to reflect on. Even Orcus, who had been just a soul for so long, had only succeeded in partially grasping his Soul Nature. It represented a strength of the soul that stood above all others, a matter that could only be grasped once you had stepped upon the path of birthing your own nascent soul … Unless you were an Elf, that is.

Elves do not have to reflect upon their Soul Nature, they are innately born with one! Or, rather, they should be…

It is this reason why True Empaths tend to be born in their race, enough for their rules around their leadership to be shaped by them. It is for this reason their beast taming abilities stand a level above that of others. This is the true power of a race that ruled an Era.

Titans were known for their overbearing bodies. Angels were known for their overbearing magic and qi. And Elves, they were known for their souls.

Still, Elves were a special race, one that gained their power by relying on their connection with others.

Their affinity for the elements and nature largely came from their contracts with the fairies. The Elvin Queen’s sovereign path was taken from their contracts with the Dragons. Matters like this and related to this could be seen everywhere within their race.

As one might expect, their Soul Nature didn’t come directly from themselves either. Instead, it came from the World Tree. It was it the elves were birthed from and it was it that bestowed upon them their greatest power.

With the disappearance of the Elvin Queen and the weakening of Elvin Faith, not only had their bodies fallen from their former lofty standards, they had lost this Soul Nature. But now, The World Tree had appeared once more, towering upon Planet Soul with a majestic green light.

As the Elves were once more grasping the strength that made them rulers of an Era, Ri wasn’t the only one of Dyon’s wives moving. Both Clara and Amphorae had taken a weighted responsibility on their shoulders – Clara with the mortals and Amphorae with the Pakals.

Clara’s task was the more difficult of the two, slowly integrating mortal world culture with that of the martial world. But, that wasn’t all she did. Rather, she wanted to show the martial world what the mortal world could do for it.

The Mortal Alliance began to flourish with Mortal World entertainment. Everything from books to movies enraptured their new audience. At the same time, mortal world technology took hold of the Mortal Alliance, filling a new generation with curiosity and interest.

As for Amphorae, her task was more straight forward and made even easier with her father by her side.

The Pakals were the descendants of the Asura. In fact, the Asura was amongst them, hidden within Caedlum’s body. While many others looked forward to this war for merits, the Pakals had a different purpose… To repay the humiliation their own Clan dealt them.

The Mortal Alliance churned forward. With each passing day, their strengths slowly grew.