All Chapters of Kingdom of the Weak: Chapter 311
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311. New Goals
Three hours after landing, reuniting and chatting with his parents and Phoebe, Remian finally sat down with George for a serious conversation. “You want me to plant… what?” George stared blankly. “These. They’re the seeds of Lenisu Vines. They’ll take about three years or so to mature before we can harvest Lenisu Bulbs.” Remian looked at him seriously. “These Bulbs are extremely important, George. I honestly believe they are the future of our world.” “Are they good to eat?” George asked doubtfully. “Or some sort of medicine?” “Better. They’re an energy source, like mana crystals.” George gaped. “We can grow mana crystals?!” “Not exactly. They produce electricity, not mana. Think of them as super-lemons.” “What do lemons have to do with electricity?” “Uh… someday, I’ll have to show you with a couple of wires. Just don’t try it with Lenisu Bulbs; you’ll die.” “But these… these are alien plants, aren’t they? Can they even survive on this world? Can they survive competing with the
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312. Choked
“Tim, I’ve brought him.” Mandy told Tim over the comms the next day. “He’s here.” “Professor Marakovichi, I presume?” Tim said politely. “Pleasure to meet you. We were hoping to consult you on a little project in the Wildlands…” “What sort of project?” “We want to develop a society that doesn’t rely on magic.” Professor Marakovichi choked. *** While Tim was dragging the unsuspecting Marakovichi into the maelstrom of change that Remian and George were floundering in, Aren, Zana, Taj and Nadia were setting about expanding the Kara-Goth settlement all the way to the Amber Gorge and the Misty Mountains. Since they now enjoyed peace with the Wilds and the Spectres were beaten back, they figured they didn’t actually all need to squeeze into underground quarters any more and could quite feasibly spread towns all across Shadowflash Fief. In fact, Aren went so far as to consult Lockjaw and Bright to see whether they would allow human se
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313. Worldwide Chaos
While Remian was engrossed in dreams of a brighter tomorrow, leaders across the rest of the world were engulfed in a nigtmare today. Over the week in which Remian was sleeping, the world was in tumult. As mana ran out everywhere, entire economies and industries began to shut down. Without crystal power, a huge amount of magic devices were rendered useless and even those which could be powered manually by mages began to go unused as hiring mages became more and more difficult and expensive. Some managed to pull together and adapt peacefully, giving up on power and luxury and magic, all but returning to the iron age. These were mainly small nations like Kiwi Ko, the Northern Sea People, the remnants of the Midlands Sea People, and half the East Sea People, those in the southern seas. The other half of the East Sea People (of the islands off the northern coast), along with many larger nations, turned to martial law to maintain order. Practically all of the
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314. Unaccepted
Remian soon learned that the reason why train parts were so expensive was that his ex-wife beat him to the punch. Jim explained it like this; “Tim called Mandy and Mandy called Marakovichi and now Ashdale is buying tons of stuff from Libertaria.” Also, “I’m pretty sure that Ashdale’s neighbors would soon discover what they’re up to, and will make moves to do the same. Libertaria knows that too, and fully expect demand to rise accordingly.” At this point, the countries of the world had four options to deal with the present crisis. First, do nothing and descend into anarchy. Second, revert to the iron age or thereabouts and settle for a life without modern amenities. Third, buy mana from the Dragon Empire, which was really expensive and would usually only be feasible if you were willing to either become a vassal of the Dragon Empire in exchange for your crystal supply or join the Dragon Empire outright. Fourth, they could race to adapt to steam-engine technology. This was best achie
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315. Influx
There was one thing that Isabella noticed most prominently when she joined Club Faith back at Ecclesia’s Magic Academy. There was a clause that in doing so, she also joined the Church as a registered Member. Upon joining, the Church promised this; their members would never go hungry. They might ask some work of her, and they had plenty of gardens in need of tending, plenty of floors that needed sweeping and lots and lots of stained glass windows that could use cleaning… but the point was, no matter how poor or badly off, an accepted member of the Church would be at least given food if they were ever in dire need. When hungry, they would be fed. When thirsty, they would be given a drink. When naked, they would be clothed. When sick, they would be visited or outright tended. Of course, of whom much was given, much would be asked in return, for the laborer was worth his reward; and the promise was specific to Church Members, not the regular Church-goers. Simply going to
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316. Rising Strength
Twenty thousand people. In the three weeks since Remian returned to the Wildlands, the population of Kara-Goth more than quadrupled. Construction was underway for major mining towns, Remian’s Craggy Falls, Tim’s Nightshare Farm and Song Chen’s Great Docks, but until they were ready, the masses crowded Kara-Goth and the Encles settlement. Campsites spread around the hills in every direction. Massive amounts of food had to be imported from Three Pines despite the Farms’ best efforts. Darian had a hand in helping with that, having elephant-sized fish brought over from Dragon Lake daily. The new immigrants were given nothing for free. They were given work, and accordingly were paid generously in order to keep up with the sudden spike in food prices. The highest paying jobs were to be found in Sabriane’s hospital, where the need for healing magic and medical skills were at an all-time high. Roads leading from Kara-Goth to the Amber Gorge mining towns sprouted up w
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317. The General of Fal’Herim
By that time, Tim had gained near-total control of Fal’Herim. Among the blocs of power of the Desert Kingdom, the religious traditionalists suddenly became fanatically devoted to making Tim king not just of the Underground, but all of Fal’Herim. The reason for that was that they’d spotted him riding Khar’al-dras and speaking to the Great Dragon in a friendly manner on the way back from the Spectre War. Therefore the faction which previously supported the Queen Mother quickly turned their support toward him. The economists, the Bankers Circle, the Alchemists Guild, the Mercenaries Union and all four Clans very quickly agreed that Tim was one of the most important business leaders in Fal’Herim, seeing how well his Industrial District was doing these days. Even Asda’s faction liked the way Tim freed slaves and offered them fair wages in his employ. Not only that, when an ex-slave was first starting out, Tim made sure to see to all their basic needs, including ho
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318. Gone
In a fortified command post in the middle of the Paleres/Desert border, the Black General, General Bakar himself, received reports of the incoming forces from Fal’Herim. “How dare they invade us! This is an unprovoked attack, without declaration of war!” Bakar fumed. “Yeah! Just like we did them!” Aide Ali exclaimed. WHACK! General Bakar smacked Ali over the head with his four star General’s hat. “We should announce it to the international community! The Brotherhood of Six shall know of this!” Ali cheered. “Yeah! Cuz everyone’s doing the same thing!” WHACK! General Bakar smacked Ali over the head with his white gloves. “Prepare the artillery! We’re going to pound these desert-rats into the dirt!” “Except… you know… the desert don’t have no dirt. There’s only sand…” WHACK! “You wanna give the orders?!” General Bakar said threateningly. “Yes, sir!” Aide Ali leapt up. “Sound the alarm! All civilians
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319. Science and Magic 3
One month from the Sealing of the Rift, ambient mana had dropped back to what it was before the Rift was blown open by Sirs Jared and Fate. It was at that point that the leaders of the nations finally began to admit publicly that declining mana wasn’t just a temporary phenomenon and that previous easy use of magic might never, ever come back. As for the whole issue about Spatial Rifts and the Spectres… that was still questionable whether such things even existed or happened, and would, of course, not be made known publicly regardless of whether it was real in the first place. No, people had real problems which needed real solutions, not some far-away fairy-tale legend about endless mana and the monsters guarding it. Only a few senile old geezers would believe such a story. “Is there nothing we can do?” As mana became even more unthinkably expensive and half the medical equipment in the hospital was left unused due to sheer cost, Phoebe found herself on edge and gritt
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320. A different sort of schooling
That same day, two months after the Sealing of the Rift, Mindy completed her shipments of Wasp A’s to Ashdale, fully earning her 60 million lir. Some of them looked rather worn due to ‘extensive quality testing’, but due to speedy delivery, Commander James Eddings decided to accept them anyway. “We need them, and we need them now.” “How come? I thought the World War was over.” Mindy blinked. “So did I. Tell that to the raiders showing up on our shores.” “Raiders? Where are they from?” “Where are they NOT from? We’re getting raids from all sides! Even the Wilds are trying to cross the channel to take a bite out of us!” As Mindy concluded her deals with Ashdale, Remian and Phoebe watched from the side. “You look proud.” Phoebe mentioned, seeing Remian’s expression. “I am proud. Of her.” Remian admitted it freely. “She’s come a long way. I hear she was just a scared orphan waitress hiding in a tavern, too afraid to
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