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As it has been for generations, the Nharkim remain by far the most advanced race,406Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpiBIoX5yom
by quite the margin as anyone can tell just by looking at their city from far away - their406Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6rC38hRH25
greatness is known to all.406Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSb8R8Jxbxe
No other civilisation at this time can even come close to competing with them, and406Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBfP6jWzs8s
so his majesty Hervies the current Human king must push even more. He is ruthless406Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMy6QQVaKsv
and carries much fear in his chest, more than any other ruler before him, and if his406Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoDYEDTbAjh
heart is tight, the borders of his scruples extend far and wide.406Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡN5TlnccZhU
There is nothing that the almighty Hervies will not do for his ambitions.406Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWknLt2lnY5
The feelings of admiration and awe, of respect and fear towards anything Centra,406Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡF5Clq2braU
have long been replaced by folly and greed, by petty and misguided ambitions.406Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbVd8Mz95tj
Perhaps nothing shows this better than the Human king’s efforts in his perpetual quest406Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxQIjfxMxRG
for his race to take the front seat. He and all under him have been doing whatever is406Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHMkgKZDeL5
deemed necessary to not fall behind for generations. Hervies is just the next in line of406Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpWK9u1XvYZ
a long succession of rulers living in constant fear of what the Nharkim could do at any406Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2u88poywWd
time. But something makes him different however, and no other king that has come406Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPZRQhHk3qw
before him has gone as far as he is willing to go. No other Human ruler before him has406Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfgb3kjfp5p
had so much pressure felt upon his crown either.406Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ45br8mSQwk
The Nharkim technology seems to grow almost exponentially, improving almost406Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTNPOfUjU0G
by the day and soon who... even now, can guess what they could be scheming?406Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡc7Tz8Dg2Wj
The necessary measures must thus be taken even further than that, such as the constant406Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ23dfwBUf8D
deployment of all sorts of scavenger teams to all the known corners of the world in406Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡILAb6u2vq7
desperate attempts to try and uncover more Centra property. All in the hopes of finally406Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡH1rhpzyeiq
unveiling some of their biggest secrets, something that could give the Humans the406Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1CFiX6lDQt
necessary advantage to at last take their place as the most powerful in all the lands.406Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9ZPByuGReu
Hervies holds nothing back when it comes to achieving this; he is well known even by406Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVbed1pqt03
those outside his race, as a ruler with complete disregard towards anyone’s welfare and406Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡp9t5g5mTmL
how much it might all cost. Time and again he has proven that he is more than willing406Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwNCod1vpzb
to pour any amount of funds, and he has no restraints in raising taxes either to do so.406Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2f9F84KOtY
He is a dangerous man.406Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfZPRo45lEv
Not just to others but also to himself. He is perhaps the most dangerous human406Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDn3xzNulHe
to walk this world in quite some time. Desperation drives him and the fear he feels406Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwpU3RA6HPn
himself, he has no qualms in casting upon others. With each passing day, he tightens406Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIbWF3ShliZ
the noose around his own people’s neck; he demands skin and teeth from all the406Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNIrzLjtI7p
hard-working folk and quite the percentage of his kingdom are on the verge of406Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrKdepQ2Hou
starvation.406Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcXeaJm2i7d
Then he comes and offers insurmountable amounts of currency to anyone willing406Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBpn7xRHbdy
to do his bidding and in doing so, obviously, Hervies has no problem finding the406Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvtv5ZxUlr4
required man labour for the more outrageous efforts the Human kingdom is putting406Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5LBqgEGSkM
up these last years. For many years these desperate searches have been going on, for406Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFz0BdJXMNE
the slightest glimpse at any Centra secret and the Celitian Continent has been entirely406Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtbkGaMuFtL
dug up three times over or so, it seems. They have searched any and all ruins, they406Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQ1Sx9NCFDy
have excavated the soil to the point of not even one more hole can be dug up. In their406Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡplwhBE9yIH
efforts, they exhausted all the land around them and so the time came to look further.406Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡt0bZkzaXtK
The time to spread and send search teams outside the known charts, to venture forth406Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcd9j6lsccK
into the unknown dark corners of the world that most are afraid to even mention406Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBoDkS6WEvv
let alone set foot in. This is how the “Cloudsiras” came to be, Human expeditions406Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡj04FZCdw0c
hell-bent on finding and bringing back what their king values most. No other race is406Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡC3qwFP8wgp
known to do this, either because they don’t have the means to cross entire landmasses406Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjMpCeEIlyH
or because they don’t feel that desperate. Humans, however, are second only to the406Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0wCqJpt4Pu
Nharkim so they can go anywhere. Their numerous airships can sometimes cover406Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwIueV045Ly
entire clouds and as for motivation, well, a man must eat, and their king offers plenty...406Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKMrZ0O0i3S
There is still much-uncharted territory across this bleak world, still many landmasses406Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5HWrJZjtsW
and dark continents waiting to be explored.406Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcNW0PNUvMU
So these Human Cloudsiras are always stretching their limits, increasing the size406Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡn0nYgJFVLW
of the known map, they are constantly pushing how far can they go; how much406Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSGg3Gex6py
distance can they cover and how deep can they reach, for as Human technology keeps406Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGOvpPq1V0z
advancing so do their means of exploring.
