Chapter 4: Preparations

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Jin-Hark, Kingdom of Louria
Emperor Hark's Palace
Central Calendar 1637, March 11th, 10:00

"Ah, what another beautiful day in this glorious Kingdom of Louria," The Lourian King, Hark Louria the 34th, said as he woke up at a late time of the day.

The royal chambers of where he was sleeping were covered in magnificent colors of red, yellow, white, and purple. His own bed structure was made of pure 24 karat gold mined from a local Lourian mine.

"The kingdom is standing strong, expanding our borders. It will only be in short time we will reach the holy city of Vetus Hark," He continued to talk to himself.

The king clenched his fists.

"Those sub-humans occupied our holy city, naming it 'Qua Toyne'. Pfft, pathetic. A race of elves and humans mingled in, a most horrifying sight to see. Sigh. When will these sub-humans learn to respect powers above them, instead of resisting? We are bringing civilization! They should be thanking us!"

A knock on the door could be heard as he finished ranting to himself.

"Come in," Hark Louria 34th said.

Opening the door, an advisor hurriedly headed in.

"Your majesty, the most recent spy group that was sent into the country that just appeared were subdued by the local military force."

The King sighed again at the bad news.

"Do we have any information on this unknown country?"

"Unfortunately, no, Your Majesty. We have attempted two spy infiltrations to conduct intelligence on this new country, however every time their military seems to be able to contain them within a matter of hours."

"Strange...what's their level compared to the superpowers?"

"I can only assume for now, Your Majesty. But if I were to use my knowledge and glimpses from my travels in Qua Toyne, this country will be able to rival our allies, the Parpaldian Empire."

His eyebrows and mouth turned into a frown as grunts of frustration could be heard; the King looked like he was about to explode in a rage of fury that could engulf the whole continent.

"Additionally, when I was in Qua Toyne in the trade city of Maihark, I saw an unknown object that traveled much faster than their wyverns. With the amount of wyverns we have currently, I think we do not have enough wyverns to counter this threat, as I have deduced that the unknown flying object was most likely coming from the unknown country we have yet to know about."

"Urgh...even more sub-humans. Just what we needed in our glorious liberation of this holy land. It will be pure joy when we defeat them. Enslave them perhaps, and then obtain their technology! Amazing!"

He turned a complete 180 from what he was a few moments ago.

"Now, find out more about this unknown country. Use whatever you can use, wyvern reconnaissance, spy groups, anything that can get past those...barbarians of sub-humans."

"That is understood, Your Majesty. I will inform the council prior to your meeting today to discuss war strategies."

The advisor bowed before closing the door behind him, leaving a perplexed king behind to deal with the aftermath.

"I will let the council decide on the fate of this so-called "nation" of sub-humans. They cannot possibly be as powerful as the Parpaldians. Hah! Such bold claims!"

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Jin-Hark, Kingdom of Louria
Kingdom of Louria Supreme Council

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