The people of the Dragon Country accepted the elves into their nation because the elves aligned with their aesthetic standards. If it were the Beastmen, the Dragon Country would not have accepted them. Firstly, Beastmen are aesthetically unappealing. Moreover, they are brutal, attacking other races indiscriminately. They even harbored a desire to annihilate the people of the Dragon Country.
Had the Beastmen not waged war against the Dragon Country, they could have continued to live normally in the magical world.
It took the Dragon Country and the elves a full month to conclude their negotiations.
Following this, the Dragon Country and the elves jointly announced the various arrangements for the elves' integration into the Dragon Country. This included the rights the elves would enjoy as well as the obligations they would undertake.
In areas such as education, economy, politics, and society, the elves would largely receive the same treatment as the people of the Dragon Country. However, there were some differences. For instance, high technology and cultivation techniques were not fully accessible to the elves. The reason was simple: during the negotiations, the Dragon Country tested the cultivation talents of tens of thousands of elves and discovered they possessed no aptitude for cultivation. Consequently, the elves themselves abandoned any aspirations of learning cultivation.
The reason for not fully opening up high technology was also to ensure the Dragon Country maintained its dominance over other races. If more and more races were to join the Dragon Country in the future, and its people could not retain their advantage, chaos would ensue. After all, technology represents collective strength, whereas cultivation is individual power. It was not impossible for the cultivation world to decline.
Furthermore, free intermarriage between the elves and the people of the Dragon Country was permitted. Half-elves born from such unions could choose to join the Dragon Country or remain with the elves. If they chose to become citizens of the Dragon Country, they could completely shed their subordinate race status.
There was no reproductive barrier between the elves and the people of the Dragon Country, allowing for the birth of offspring. Among the first generation of Dragon Country citizens, unions between Dragon Country people and elves had already occurred, subsequently leading to the birth of half-elves.
The option for half-elves to become citizens of the Dragon Country meant that in the future, many elves would likely marry Dragon Country people.
In addition to these provisions, the elf social structure had to be reformed to be identical to that of the Dragon Country, adopting the entire system wholesale. This was to be implemented even if it caused some initial discomfort.
Concurrently, the Dragon Country would implement mandatory universal education among the elves. Teachers dispatched by the Dragon Country would instruct the elves in the Dragon Country language and script. The elves, who had previously lacked widespread education, would now experience this universal access. Although they would have to speak the Dragon Country language and write its script in the future, this was seen as a form of empowerment.
The elves would also adopt the same legal system as the Dragon Country, with Dragon Country laws applying equally within their territory. The original elven laws would be completely abolished.
The political structure of the elves would also be reformed to mirror that of the Dragon Country. There would no longer be Empresses or City Lords; instead, positions like provincial governors and county magistrates, as found in the Dragon Country, would be established. The elven Empress would abdicate upon the formal integration into the Dragon Country, becoming a regular elf.
With the abdication of the elven Empress, the elven aristocratic system would also dissolve. The territories of the various nobles would revert to the Dragon Country. The only possessions the elven nobles could retain would be their savings and properties, and even the Empress would be subject to similar restrictions. The Empress would not be allowed to keep the royal palace and would have to move out. The Dragon Country would provide a substantial sum for the purchase of the elven palace. The castles of other elven nobles would also be purchased and repurposed as offices for new officials.
To maintain control over the elven population, over half of the chief officials in the various elven cities would be people from the Dragon Country. Of course, officials from the Dragon Country would not be permitted to act with impunity.
Propaganda was also disseminated through various other channels. Naturally, some disruptive elves emerged during this period, but they were all apprehended by the Dragon Country. During this time, a large number of ordinary elves received substantial material aid. Even some remote elven villages, unrecorded by the elven dynasty, were located by the Dragon Country, provided with supplies, and equipped with television systems. Through these various measures implemented by the Dragon Country, most elves no longer harbored suspicion towards the Dragon Country. Consequently, the disruptive elves lost their popular support.
After more than ten days of intensive propaganda, the majority of both elves and people of the Dragon Country had been informed.
Finally, on an auspicious day, the formal announcement of the elves' integration into the Dragon Country was made.
The elven Empress, after signing her name on a document, removed the crown from her head.
A Dragon Country staff member nearby came to collect the elven crown. This crown would be displayed in a museum to commemorate the history of the elven dynasty.
At the moment the elves joined the Dragon Country, the elven dynasty simultaneously came to an end. Some elves attending the ceremony shed tears. After all, they had witnessed the glory of the elven dynasty for centuries, and its demise naturally brought them sorrow.
Subsequently, a flag-raising ceremony was held. As the flag was raised, the elves present sang the national anthem of the Dragon Country together. The event was broadcast live to over thirty million elves.
Following the conclusion of this grand assembly, the construction teams of the Dragon Country began working in the cities within the elven territories. Several worlds had already been developed in this manner, and an additional elven territory could be managed with the same capacity.
The first construction projects in the elven territories were schools and propaganda institutions. When the Dragon Country's suspended construction machinery arrived in the various elven cities, it immediately elicited cheers from the elves.
Due to the elves' integration, many people from the Dragon Country purchased properties in elven cities, and millions of Dragon Country citizens were relocated to these cities to settle. Many Dragon Country citizens were still living in makeshift container homes. These millions of people were eager to settle in elven cities and learn about magic. Concurrently, this group included teachers and professionals from various fields; they were relocating to work as well as to settle.
Thus, every day, new developments emerged in the streets of elven cities. The day before, a food warehouse was established; today, a school; tomorrow, a department would be inaugurated; the day after, a shopping mall would open. A constant stream of new entities appeared. Elves began to use various electronic and mechanical products, just like the people of the Dragon Country.
Soon, on the streets of elven cities, elves could be seen conversing via holographic virtual phones while simultaneously casting spells.
At the same time, popular Dragon Country songs were playing on the streets of elven cities.
The Dragon Country, with its complete technological and productive superiority over the elves, immediately allowed the elven population to experience earth-shattering changes. As the lives of the elves transformed, they would eventually become indistinguishable from the people of the Dragon Country.