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And this craving for more of it would reshape the world yet a second time.326Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNEBbAgfGDm
The Centra technology would make the world a smaller place, as through it the326Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIBie30VXTq
tribes not only began negotiating among themselves, thus giving birth to the one326Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCTKrwcsa9a
tongue, but they would also learn to build great many things. The skills of bow and326Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHOXZ4kgzr8
spear were replaced with much better weaponry, villages became cities, and much of326Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡN0Q7K8xpdr
the animal power was replaced with machinery. Small boats, in time, became ships and326Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡywstwWsu92
later these too, would be for the most part dropped as soon as the first airship took to326Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgmywK23Dbe
flight, and the skies proved to be much safer routes.326Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWiwtWRTFK9
However, amongst all this growth, the seeds of fear and paranoia, of distrust for326Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGyuLH6JqOB
the other races were also growing just as much, if not more so, than the seeds of joy326Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTONfJA0mI5
and illumination. All it took was the sheer thought of what any other race could326Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuo86V25yEt
be after and what would they do if they obtained it, for all to succumb to despair.326Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYA0hWnxyNk
The newfound freedom and safety the world had been blessed with were thus not326Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDxZkaG6D4t
meant to last.326Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVjyzhepmg5
Turn on each other, they did. The more advanced, the further ahead in this arms race326Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAtSEDTEn3l
a civilisation was, the bigger the shadow they would cast upon the rest. The race began326Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQaXRPXHWro
in this manner, propelled by fear and thirst for power with the two biggest offenders326Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5Hl4pz6CbW
being the Kingdom of Man and the Nharkim.326Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9oDx1tDSOi
These two, somehow, quickly distanced themselves from all and for many years they326Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4JAEhZOtLP
were almost on equal footing. Then something happened. The Nharkim took the lead326Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ92V4widxZJ
and ever since then, they were ahead of any other. For many years these two empires326Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡP82UcjCIAH
waged war on each other until finally the Nharkim suddenly decided to leave the326Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡytpVjeD5jF
continent they all shared and settle themselves on a large archipelago to the East.326Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsiX4gLyNPw
They left without any announcement and have not been seen since. Not quite...326Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡu4K3CRZmFg
Naturally, it was the Humans who inherited the large landmass quickly renaming326Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3J5PkQuKEy
it “The Celitian Continent” after their own capital “Celitia City”. Years passed and326Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjlbj4qcABm
most of the other races that shared the continent began to scatter as the Human326Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxfGMLDjz6Z
Empire kept on pushing them till there was no more land for them to run to.326Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbAItLvsQ8I
Humans expanded and everything else diminished. Generation after generation,326Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBt5xOK5NcW
the more humans were spreading the more and more could other races be seen in their326Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHlZY4ohzrj
cities, free to live as they deemed fit. They still had their very own towns here or there,326Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQnDOnvqmXM
but these were growing scarce and so, for the most part, every other race could be seen326Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4azpp5O7n7
much like today in any number of Human settlements. Earning an honest day’s work326Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJTcYvjaKjW
or drinking their lives away much like Humans love to do, for they have always shared326Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYPaTPmiSg9
equal rights.326Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZOyhfUXXg0
Still, for all this, many dislike the race of Man for “absorbing” everyone into their326Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFOTXbGy7pN
kingdom, slowly making other traditions and values disappear. So sometimes it is326Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWGBkBNgTT5
dangerous for Humans to come across other, more “hateful” races.326Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡk70j605cz3
Nowadays occasionally, one comes across a nonhuman town that is exclusive to326Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡp1cPCsLBA1
their own kin. Not in the main continent at least, where the Humans have long taken326Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDusR60e73l
over and their laws are enforced pretty much everywhere. Equal rights for the price of326Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPSbdtkHudo
equal duties. Of course, on other more uncharted and undesirable masses of land, who326Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaqM0OoOK95
knows who or what makes their kingdom there. Despite all, nothing has changed, and326Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDyQqhJATwf
no hunger has been lost as most races still fear one another. Most still compete with326Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCvNlEqyrvI
one another, fiercely as each one seeks that Centra gift that might just give them the326Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡikllMoacg7
edge.326Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtYUNZ8T5zE
From the greater empires to the smaller tribes living underground or in swamps, all326Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTIsRD1AMmg
around the world, across any landmass where there is smart enough life, someone is326Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgsE3NWIgsd
pursuing those Centra secrets. To sell to the highest bidder or for the glory of their326Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdCz8eG0r2i
own race, the search is never-ending. It has been like this since this Era started and it326Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8xCTetwO3R
is this way even now.326Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxRBbBq1O2o
And such unravel of this world’s decline shows no signs of slowing down, as326Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡegmKw5QiyL
especially the Humans, keep on wanting. They alone hold the majority of all the greed326Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8L3Vn2TKVt
and all the fear that infests the world in these dark times, as they keep pushing fiercely326Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7x7ZYQk007
for the monopoly of all the Centra market. The acquisition of all Centra findings326Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpDeapngTLy
for which the Human king is willing to do anything for, either paying for them326Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqjU0NQTJJv
handsomely or by taking them by any other means if need be.
