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And this craving for more of it would reshape the world yet a second time.344Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKhCfsOs568
The Centra technology would make the world a smaller place, as through it the344Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTgGoPlB2Is
tribes not only began negotiating among themselves, thus giving birth to the one344Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQIxdt8uMVy
tongue, but they would also learn to build great many things. The skills of bow and344Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDMRlTHA46N
spear were replaced with much better weaponry, villages became cities, and much of344Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡytW20CyYdm
the animal power was replaced with machinery. Small boats, in time, became ships and344Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHv1t1VAywO
later these too, would be for the most part dropped as soon as the first airship took to344Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ96KwDL4y8a
flight, and the skies proved to be much safer routes.344Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlA1wTcEk7N
However, amongst all this growth, the seeds of fear and paranoia, of distrust for344Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjbwo425AR3
the other races were also growing just as much, if not more so, than the seeds of joy344Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8XzRb6uU0U
and illumination. All it took was the sheer thought of what any other race could344Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWygksu8IRa
be after and what would they do if they obtained it, for all to succumb to despair.344Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtkgNvjKxTM
The newfound freedom and safety the world had been blessed with were thus not344Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgfHmKHQeJh
meant to last.344Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnSXispgFPp
Turn on each other, they did. The more advanced, the further ahead in this arms race344Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3tC7VTNvlz
a civilisation was, the bigger the shadow they would cast upon the rest. The race began344Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡO3EtnCRRpI
in this manner, propelled by fear and thirst for power with the two biggest offenders344Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiTsBsKvOb1
being the Kingdom of Man and the Nharkim.344Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBWZGG0aljn
These two, somehow, quickly distanced themselves from all and for many years they344Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNTx7qGHcWv
were almost on equal footing. Then something happened. The Nharkim took the lead344Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡf7rYJr2vZC
and ever since then, they were ahead of any other. For many years these two empires344Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsBVgQL6tOV
waged war on each other until finally the Nharkim suddenly decided to leave the344Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡruy0Esrkn3
continent they all shared and settle themselves on a large archipelago to the East.344Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLoncLmRl5K
They left without any announcement and have not been seen since. Not quite...344Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡB4z6FaMVIz
Naturally, it was the Humans who inherited the large landmass quickly renaming344Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmdWMdl7MhP
it “The Celitian Continent” after their own capital “Celitia City”. Years passed and344Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYvGHj8LiRa
most of the other races that shared the continent began to scatter as the Human344Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrQeO0vYmw9
Empire kept on pushing them till there was no more land for them to run to.344Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHQYDj5kVRH
Humans expanded and everything else diminished. Generation after generation,344Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSHAVdyqgqa
the more humans were spreading the more and more could other races be seen in their344Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOZewq9ltyJ
cities, free to live as they deemed fit. They still had their very own towns here or there,344Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2GBddVrj3d
but these were growing scarce and so, for the most part, every other race could be seen344Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKRZABI666L
much like today in any number of Human settlements. Earning an honest day’s work344Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7CZvsuOQm1
or drinking their lives away much like Humans love to do, for they have always shared344Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvUflisgfYe
equal rights.344Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKefJUKho98
Still, for all this, many dislike the race of Man for “absorbing” everyone into their344Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQPOH8sDoyv
kingdom, slowly making other traditions and values disappear. So sometimes it is344Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaXFH51JLRX
dangerous for Humans to come across other, more “hateful” races.344Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5KjPMv2lTP
Nowadays occasionally, one comes across a nonhuman town that is exclusive to344Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcdG38wzxSo
their own kin. Not in the main continent at least, where the Humans have long taken344Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡys6LjSbOYv
over and their laws are enforced pretty much everywhere. Equal rights for the price of344Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLn8kqyTwwS
equal duties. Of course, on other more uncharted and undesirable masses of land, who344Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3eUnVVuHkn
knows who or what makes their kingdom there. Despite all, nothing has changed, and344Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNhrSuEYqYu
no hunger has been lost as most races still fear one another. Most still compete with344Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKmGTjZXo7N
one another, fiercely as each one seeks that Centra gift that might just give them the344Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡm6QzGO1vCj
edge.344Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡo2beJQUTpi
From the greater empires to the smaller tribes living underground or in swamps, all344Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYoVDuPMBsq
around the world, across any landmass where there is smart enough life, someone is344Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡn5gn7MmSp4
pursuing those Centra secrets. To sell to the highest bidder or for the glory of their344Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡguEW47Wowv
own race, the search is never-ending. It has been like this since this Era started and it344Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡk4rSaYJRtG
is this way even now.344Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTGW5F05gz1
And such unravel of this world’s decline shows no signs of slowing down, as344Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrgdxh4KANJ
especially the Humans, keep on wanting. They alone hold the majority of all the greed344Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡb1pnJ5IACU
and all the fear that infests the world in these dark times, as they keep pushing fiercely344Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4wD7X6PcFN
for the monopoly of all the Centra market. The acquisition of all Centra findings344Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVA1IXXzQAH
for which the Human king is willing to do anything for, either paying for them344Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSedcSpBLXK
handsomely or by taking them by any other means if need be.
