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As it has been for generations, the Nharkim remain by far the most advanced race,383Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYLbNeVjhHi
by quite the margin as anyone can tell just by looking at their city from far away - their383Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVIMfv0hbkP
greatness is known to all.383Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡE0TpbiImYf
No other civilisation at this time can even come close to competing with them, and383Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNWBC1Tdc0P
so his majesty Hervies the current Human king must push even more. He is ruthless383Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZYuOgJgC6G
and carries much fear in his chest, more than any other ruler before him, and if his383Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡI0QlcPZLSs
heart is tight, the borders of his scruples extend far and wide.383Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6e6Kj8QIMr
There is nothing that the almighty Hervies will not do for his ambitions.383Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbHJZ8CDal9
The feelings of admiration and awe, of respect and fear towards anything Centra,383Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡihlCFBsKVQ
have long been replaced by folly and greed, by petty and misguided ambitions.383Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrjaQMGw44R
Perhaps nothing shows this better than the Human king’s efforts in his perpetual quest383Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdXpX0nAmO3
for his race to take the front seat. He and all under him have been doing whatever is383Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiXT9l1M5Iy
deemed necessary to not fall behind for generations. Hervies is just the next in line of383Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡg1pn6ozDFh
a long succession of rulers living in constant fear of what the Nharkim could do at any383Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSfLzDGP8yz
time. But something makes him different however, and no other king that has come383Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJbw9JgSpkR
before him has gone as far as he is willing to go. No other Human ruler before him has383Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsbSPRHafpB
had so much pressure felt upon his crown either.383Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡm3KAlzTm4n
The Nharkim technology seems to grow almost exponentially, improving almost383Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJ8aGaQTbAB
by the day and soon who... even now, can guess what they could be scheming?383Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0JDqPu5stG
The necessary measures must thus be taken even further than that, such as the constant383Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEucbEis433
deployment of all sorts of scavenger teams to all the known corners of the world in383Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡS1SEmlzGPb
desperate attempts to try and uncover more Centra property. All in the hopes of finally383Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOWMSr1mkb6
unveiling some of their biggest secrets, something that could give the Humans the383Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWHC70jZW6z
necessary advantage to at last take their place as the most powerful in all the lands.383Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAHlcld3YOL
Hervies holds nothing back when it comes to achieving this; he is well known even by383Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2hJxZymFCk
those outside his race, as a ruler with complete disregard towards anyone’s welfare and383Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYu9eK423S3
how much it might all cost. Time and again he has proven that he is more than willing383Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3PFNN7m3jd
to pour any amount of funds, and he has no restraints in raising taxes either to do so.383Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMwpHM25bjP
He is a dangerous man.383Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBGflLitUpA
Not just to others but also to himself. He is perhaps the most dangerous human383Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzyYIOUmiBl
to walk this world in quite some time. Desperation drives him and the fear he feels383Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡu4Spo2BLyx
himself, he has no qualms in casting upon others. With each passing day, he tightens383Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWdnL886dea
the noose around his own people’s neck; he demands skin and teeth from all the383Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡK4irRh8Xvf
hard-working folk and quite the percentage of his kingdom are on the verge of383Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdujhVqc7Pk
starvation.383Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCI7Vfepyxo
Then he comes and offers insurmountable amounts of currency to anyone willing383Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPcjy7xQDNX
to do his bidding and in doing so, obviously, Hervies has no problem finding the383Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMRNMoAB4nq
required man labour for the more outrageous efforts the Human kingdom is putting383Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBTmnlkQtfE
up these last years. For many years these desperate searches have been going on, for383Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7K1m0DZ3ZX
the slightest glimpse at any Centra secret and the Celitian Continent has been entirely383Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzaVy8z3Jg0
dug up three times over or so, it seems. They have searched any and all ruins, they383Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOcrcJqAbW9
have excavated the soil to the point of not even one more hole can be dug up. In their383Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡT7irVY4GL7
efforts, they exhausted all the land around them and so the time came to look further.383Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQ7OFrCJj7K
The time to spread and send search teams outside the known charts, to venture forth383Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡz51zmUuTsP
into the unknown dark corners of the world that most are afraid to even mention383Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7GSubNJzU7
let alone set foot in. This is how the “Cloudsiras” came to be, Human expeditions383Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWZVisRT99k
hell-bent on finding and bringing back what their king values most. No other race is383Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡX6Vs7MtEz2
known to do this, either because they don’t have the means to cross entire landmasses383Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrcblLwD6oM
or because they don’t feel that desperate. Humans, however, are second only to the383Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKRHGbneVFm
Nharkim so they can go anywhere. Their numerous airships can sometimes cover383Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVlrsTRffwA
entire clouds and as for motivation, well, a man must eat, and their king offers plenty...383Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡC28db507ug
There is still much-uncharted territory across this bleak world, still many landmasses383Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoo7yP2HkXl
and dark continents waiting to be explored.383Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuBjOcD4Xyv
So these Human Cloudsiras are always stretching their limits, increasing the size383Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5GTo4Z8s0a
of the known map, they are constantly pushing how far can they go; how much383Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4NJrJQSWNi
distance can they cover and how deep can they reach, for as Human technology keeps383Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiIfdrq3C7H
advancing so do their means of exploring.383Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsqGAXkx0Iz
