Even if they have scoured these areas, it would not be possible to scrape together one hundred thousand tons of grain. Plus, the people in these areas need to eat, too.
However, there's a need to address the dire situation. They can't just stand by and watch so many people die. If the famine is not controlled, at least a few million people in the Eastern Diocese will die. If you add the plague, tens of millions of people might die in the coming months, and it would inevitably lead to unrest.
Anthony had seen this happen many times in the past thousand years. In eras of insufficient productivity, population was regulated this way.
What's different this time is that Anthony found himself able to struggle. After all, the Undead God was there.
If not one hundred thousand tons, then fifty thousand would do. Even thirty thousand tons would not be impossible. Even if it's just ten thousand tons, it could save some people, right?
