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As it has been for generations, the Nharkim remain by far the most advanced race,351Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzYHjZUHwCN
by quite the margin as anyone can tell just by looking at their city from far away - their351Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9dVlFHzbEj
greatness is known to all.351Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡENHAdHmAR7
No other civilisation at this time can even come close to competing with them, and351Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJ1eQIZPa1b
so his majesty Hervies the current Human king must push even more. He is ruthless351Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmS325TxUif
and carries much fear in his chest, more than any other ruler before him, and if his351Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsokrniMA8C
heart is tight, the borders of his scruples extend far and wide.351Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡV74BRgB7I8
There is nothing that the almighty Hervies will not do for his ambitions.351Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡI7yzF3iUDV
The feelings of admiration and awe, of respect and fear towards anything Centra,351Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqSbdNyzYe0
have long been replaced by folly and greed, by petty and misguided ambitions.351Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGUOCCHp5q6
Perhaps nothing shows this better than the Human king’s efforts in his perpetual quest351Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpjybeRc2Lg
for his race to take the front seat. He and all under him have been doing whatever is351Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXISwjxrCvE
deemed necessary to not fall behind for generations. Hervies is just the next in line of351Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjQrtw0MLKn
a long succession of rulers living in constant fear of what the Nharkim could do at any351Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡf6VcD2ei0C
time. But something makes him different however, and no other king that has come351Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBnHwLxbZ3a
before him has gone as far as he is willing to go. No other Human ruler before him has351Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyw3Y2zqhqS
had so much pressure felt upon his crown either.351Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtgH6LmrX8c
The Nharkim technology seems to grow almost exponentially, improving almost351Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtwqCTgYxZW
by the day and soon who... even now, can guess what they could be scheming?351Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfI4ZHXfHY5
The necessary measures must thus be taken even further than that, such as the constant351Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaIIhAy2JnP
deployment of all sorts of scavenger teams to all the known corners of the world in351Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡF3mRzea0Pc
desperate attempts to try and uncover more Centra property. All in the hopes of finally351Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYwM8SNMMA3
unveiling some of their biggest secrets, something that could give the Humans the351Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvDDjUR1nE4
necessary advantage to at last take their place as the most powerful in all the lands.351Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpvKI1OkQ1T
Hervies holds nothing back when it comes to achieving this; he is well known even by351Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4zETmj9r3D
those outside his race, as a ruler with complete disregard towards anyone’s welfare and351Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnlMv080bGE
how much it might all cost. Time and again he has proven that he is more than willing351Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvdOtLrb9gQ
to pour any amount of funds, and he has no restraints in raising taxes either to do so.351Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPyDl3Q26rx
He is a dangerous man.351Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7IJ7RVfCd8
Not just to others but also to himself. He is perhaps the most dangerous human351Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡz2ndV64KWK
to walk this world in quite some time. Desperation drives him and the fear he feels351Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXC3gWZY5Ho
himself, he has no qualms in casting upon others. With each passing day, he tightens351Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoteGQ1vAu6
the noose around his own people’s neck; he demands skin and teeth from all the351Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡx1QxW6HuNx
hard-working folk and quite the percentage of his kingdom are on the verge of351Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdorTCNW6MB
starvation.351Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGr2UPIdUGw
Then he comes and offers insurmountable amounts of currency to anyone willing351Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8UaUVhHu8k
to do his bidding and in doing so, obviously, Hervies has no problem finding the351Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPFM0G1Uhnu
required man labour for the more outrageous efforts the Human kingdom is putting351Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSVr6ARLAsm
up these last years. For many years these desperate searches have been going on, for351Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwVgqFfZtHe
the slightest glimpse at any Centra secret and the Celitian Continent has been entirely351Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBu0smr8MIK
dug up three times over or so, it seems. They have searched any and all ruins, they351Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡA4MURKH5CK
have excavated the soil to the point of not even one more hole can be dug up. In their351Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQK5oumhHqt
efforts, they exhausted all the land around them and so the time came to look further.351Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnmZIq1Fa8Y
The time to spread and send search teams outside the known charts, to venture forth351Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxj3kyeITVh
into the unknown dark corners of the world that most are afraid to even mention351Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡA2yLbq4MaJ
let alone set foot in. This is how the “Cloudsiras” came to be, Human expeditions351Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCprQ3nAlAo
hell-bent on finding and bringing back what their king values most. No other race is351Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEvWGDOrzBT
known to do this, either because they don’t have the means to cross entire landmasses351Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTSzogojg8x
or because they don’t feel that desperate. Humans, however, are second only to the351Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRAM32O4RBo
Nharkim so they can go anywhere. Their numerous airships can sometimes cover351Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYpQG5E8jb2
entire clouds and as for motivation, well, a man must eat, and their king offers plenty...351Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzyaFC93g6g
There is still much-uncharted territory across this bleak world, still many landmasses351Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpRwADp4LtM
and dark continents waiting to be explored.351Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJEwxH1HsdE
So these Human Cloudsiras are always stretching their limits, increasing the size351Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡx2fcuMEzbo
of the known map, they are constantly pushing how far can they go; how much351Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUPzYK8dMyJ
distance can they cover and how deep can they reach, for as Human technology keeps351Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡI0UPCE3w5j
advancing so do their means of exploring.
