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As it has been for generations, the Nharkim remain by far the most advanced race,268Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxhSXh7ONxD
by quite the margin as anyone can tell just by looking at their city from far away - their268Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPVbISRXNB3
greatness is known to all.268Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡv8TXw0YtSE
No other civilisation at this time can even come close to competing with them, and268Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFeEFUcAYyg
so his majesty Hervies the current Human king must push even more. He is ruthless268Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4lEqPBplRk
and carries much fear in his chest, more than any other ruler before him, and if his268Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6HAryjCW3l
heart is tight, the borders of his scruples extend far and wide.268Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMHq20DNGU5
There is nothing that the almighty Hervies will not do for his ambitions.268Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡi5s1WwTO98
The feelings of admiration and awe, of respect and fear towards anything Centra,268Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡG97bys5MSR
have long been replaced by folly and greed, by petty and misguided ambitions.268Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡysYCQz96Fd
Perhaps nothing shows this better than the Human king’s efforts in his perpetual quest268Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡngZgh9nsKa
for his race to take the front seat. He and all under him have been doing whatever is268Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡY83LltKw6Y
deemed necessary to not fall behind for generations. Hervies is just the next in line of268Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOhtzJZiu56
a long succession of rulers living in constant fear of what the Nharkim could do at any268Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQnzitHE7Gm
time. But something makes him different however, and no other king that has come268Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡphfVrVyIAN
before him has gone as far as he is willing to go. No other Human ruler before him has268Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7f54oDrpUD
had so much pressure felt upon his crown either.268Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWGYYkyemnY
The Nharkim technology seems to grow almost exponentially, improving almost268Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6oebMPlLM7
by the day and soon who... even now, can guess what they could be scheming?268Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡv6XrhmomGm
The necessary measures must thus be taken even further than that, such as the constant268Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMcrEw9jtc5
deployment of all sorts of scavenger teams to all the known corners of the world in268Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDOvJxOKyfR
desperate attempts to try and uncover more Centra property. All in the hopes of finally268Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡB61jTgp6kW
unveiling some of their biggest secrets, something that could give the Humans the268Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqkJRKnGT3I
necessary advantage to at last take their place as the most powerful in all the lands.268Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6fciR5ps4l
Hervies holds nothing back when it comes to achieving this; he is well known even by268Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiRYCCZhdEm
those outside his race, as a ruler with complete disregard towards anyone’s welfare and268Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjJhFxNXiOR
how much it might all cost. Time and again he has proven that he is more than willing268Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJzugfZOxNa
to pour any amount of funds, and he has no restraints in raising taxes either to do so.268Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlU8Je5tWWV
He is a dangerous man.268Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjZ8BEGUiMf
Not just to others but also to himself. He is perhaps the most dangerous human268Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOWvtEM31JD
to walk this world in quite some time. Desperation drives him and the fear he feels268Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVhfUFpJudc
himself, he has no qualms in casting upon others. With each passing day, he tightens268Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJkKEJ517iP
the noose around his own people’s neck; he demands skin and teeth from all the268Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJbDH5ojdiy
hard-working folk and quite the percentage of his kingdom are on the verge of268Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDqlp98UDgQ
starvation.268Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhCKnuwn5Ds
Then he comes and offers insurmountable amounts of currency to anyone willing268Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxvUIA93QyN
to do his bidding and in doing so, obviously, Hervies has no problem finding the268Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwXxgzGg6Kj
required man labour for the more outrageous efforts the Human kingdom is putting268Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaK5jEqpkFq
up these last years. For many years these desperate searches have been going on, for268Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡm2a8G2vVV4
the slightest glimpse at any Centra secret and the Celitian Continent has been entirely268Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbT7S1mmK4l
dug up three times over or so, it seems. They have searched any and all ruins, they268Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡx0PWXkGFAi
have excavated the soil to the point of not even one more hole can be dug up. In their268Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡG0zA9V51NS
efforts, they exhausted all the land around them and so the time came to look further.268Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ50Fi56Hzvf
The time to spread and send search teams outside the known charts, to venture forth268Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxMurZnt3kP
into the unknown dark corners of the world that most are afraid to even mention268Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjPscy7N71I
let alone set foot in. This is how the “Cloudsiras” came to be, Human expeditions268Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡn7OnBkdPuF
hell-bent on finding and bringing back what their king values most. No other race is268Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWL4VzEayow
known to do this, either because they don’t have the means to cross entire landmasses268Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUCrg1RDt6F
or because they don’t feel that desperate. Humans, however, are second only to the268Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfqU3H6KbTv
Nharkim so they can go anywhere. Their numerous airships can sometimes cover268Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjVf9KJBnTp
entire clouds and as for motivation, well, a man must eat, and their king offers plenty...268Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYh9G7m1auJ
There is still much-uncharted territory across this bleak world, still many landmasses268Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkTdFXkayN8
and dark continents waiting to be explored.268Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhUmj5bD8Sk
So these Human Cloudsiras are always stretching their limits, increasing the size268Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡm4yzVfY938
of the known map, they are constantly pushing how far can they go; how much268Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡB25HtKiUqM
distance can they cover and how deep can they reach, for as Human technology keeps268Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8viUftJ54s
advancing so do their means of exploring.268Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3qVoYLr2tq
