Ashes Of Deep Sea

Chapter 517 - 517 518 Treatment Ritual and Gunpowder

?Chapter 517: Chapter 518: Treatment, Ritual, and Gunpowder Chapter 517: Chapter 518: Treatment, Ritual, and Gunpowder Upon seeing that her new patient was an elf, Heidi felt a bit surprised.

She rarely treated elves as patients—not just she, as a psychotherapist, but also most other types of “doctors” generally did not deal with elves.

This was because the elves, as a race, possessed physical traits that were the envy of other races; not only were they long-lived, but they were also rarely ill. Most of the time, they were incredibly healthy and able to survive well under harsh conditions. Along with their robust physical health, their mental resilience was often quite strong—perhaps as an adaptation to their excessively long lifespans, elves had very stable mental states. Although they were not as “stone-hearted” as the Senkin People, they were significantly stronger than humans.

It was precisely because they possessed these unique conditions that throughout history, many excellent pioneers and adventurers hailed from elven bloodlines. They were skilled and daring in their activities in the “frontier” waters, able to survive the hazardous fogs and illusions and return from their voyages. Today, in the many city-states across the Endless Sea, nearly two-thirds of those near the “Eternal Veil” frontier were established by elven pioneers, among which the most famous was known as the city of adventure, “Light Breeze Harbor.”

During Heidi’s years as a psychotherapist, she had scarcely heard of any elves who experienced psychological issues.

Of course, mortals always have weaknesses, even elves with their remarkable talents. Compared to humans, their development was slow, and their learning abilities were lower. Their excessively robust mental states also made it difficult for them to receive the blessings of divine powers—except for the power of the God of Wisdom, Rahm, which worked normally; the protections from the other three orthodox gods had very limited effect on elves. Oddly enough, the Senkin People who also possessed stable mental traits were much better off in this regard.

Many had speculated what caused elves to have this “resistance to divine blessings” trait. After all, the Senkin People also had high mental resilience but did not suffer from this negative characteristic of “weakened protection.” Among many theories, one widely circulated theory was that the traditional, ancient, and stubborn heretical worships in elven culture had caused them to be despised by the gods, with only the God of Wisdom, Rahm, “the protector of all rational beings,” still showing them mercy.

In history, before the new City-State era during the “Dark Age” and the “Old City-State Era,” this “abandoned by gods” trait of elves, combined with inherent prejudices between different species, even led to numerous bloody conflicts—but ultimately, the elves, using their invented steam rifles and potent explosives, reached a mutual understanding with the races of the mortal realm.

Thereafter, these long-lived and broad-minded races graciously accepted the reconciliation signals from humans and the Senkin People, and have coexisted peacefully with the offspring of those shorter-lived races to this day.

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