The next morning, Nishley was still sleeping soundly on my bed while I was waking up with difficulty for various rather stifling reasons. He was currently being strangled by Nishley who was still dreaming. He couldn't get out of his judo hold but after a moment's struggle, he finally managed to escape when his arms had a moment's weakness.
Edmond sighed, "Haa..." It was only morning (according to him) and he was already tired.
In a corner of the room, his computer was still on, and seeing that, he quickly put on his shoes and headed for his computer, avoiding waking her as much as possible. He wouldn't have had a good day if Nishley had bothered him, which was a good thing for him.
As he sat down, a long list of notifications appeared on his screen, the major events showing him what had happened while he was fast asleep.
Computer screen: [Real time: 2 hours in the origin corresponds to 250 years in the world] [600 PC]
Major events: [ 750 years later] [+150 PC]
World population:
Human race: 87,353 individuals
Elven Race: 24,239 individuals
Dwarf race: 34,203 individuals
World achievement:
The human population has reached the 50,000 mark. [+50 PC]
The elven population has built the world's first kingdom, naming it Elfheim. [+100 CPS]
A few hours later, the world had already evolved enormously, which surprised him. The indigenous peoples already had a good population in place, and if they continued to grow, it would only be a matter of time before they occupied the wild territories of his world.
On the other hand, several races were struggling, while others were experiencing a demographic boom, notably humans, who currently dominated the world with their impressive numbers. Even on his home world, such a demographic explosion had only occurred when there was a reasonable threshold of humans.
I was astonished to see such numbers on my planet, especially in such recent times. Despite this, the other species were a little behind, but this had been offset by another advantage, that of their intelligence and specialities.
Although humans had a qualitative advantage in the eyes of the other races, they were nevertheless less developed than the elves, who had already developed a kingdom and built habitable houses. As the humans were still in their tribal age, he did not yet know which race was the most advanced.
As for the dwarves, they seemed to be holding their own despite their numbers, but they were undoubtedly the most disadvantaged. I thought their assets would have been a great advantage once they came into contact with the other races, but for the moment it was too early. Their civilisations were also, unlike the other two, different and unique.
Such a civilisation had surprised him and he wanted to see to what extent the dwarves resembled the traditional dwarves of his fantasy novels and their clichés.
After all, who wouldn't want to see dwarves in a bar getting stoned on booze?
While he was thinking, a voice came from behind him, "Erm... Edmond?" she called, gradually waking from her slumber. She sounded a little excited, but from his point of view, she was probably acting. I didn't know whether the companions in the system could be tired or not.
Nishley, who had seen my doubtful expression, reacted: "The companions also have the right to sleep, don't they? We're human beings", she cried, her face flushed.
Would a tomato look like that? I thought to myself.
I nodded at her unconvincing words.
Despite her little tantrum, she calmly regained her composure as she took a breath of fresh air, "Edmond, come with me, we're going down to your world. As you've seen, the world is already well advanced, so actually appearing inside your world could allow you to make a name for yourself in the eyes of the natives of your world," she said seriously, trying to convince me to go.
There wasn't much left for me to do anyway, so I nodded in agreement, Nishley took her hand and the two of them disappeared from their residences, leaving the computer still on.
***
In a city, amidst the buildings, stood a man on the balcony of a castle. A man in his fifties, he calmly looked out over the view that dominated his territory. He was the current lord of the town called 'Humec'.
The lord, Ron Johnson, was the most influential human leader of his race at the time. He was the self-proclaimed heir of his family who had conquered the rightful sovereignty of his territory. He was a man who had inherited the long history of his family, his father, his grandfather and his distant ancestors.
The first humans to be magically born into the world were confused by the life that had been granted to them, for the first few days nothing much happened and the humans began to daydream, but one day the monsters arrived and a great massacre ensued.
The next day, after the death of many humans, they vowed to protect themselves against the monsters who saw them as easy prey to kill. So they built humanity's first bastion. These early ancestors were also members of this society, but unfortunately they had to leave.
Inside this fortress protected by their races, various men had tried to take power, lost in their personal greed. So they chose to leave their only strongholds with people who had the same interests as them.
This was humanity's first immigration: they set off into unknown lands in search of a new refuge, one suited to their needs. These first parents had walked for many years, accompanied by their confidants, years in which many people lost their lives, but their losses brought not sorrow but stronger determination.
The deaths of hundreds of people had given the groups a new determination and a firmer resolve to their decisions. Finally, after the passage of a bitterly cold winter, they were able to find a fertile plain on which to harvest and live.
Ron's first ancestors had been the investigators of such expeditions, and had demonstrated their ability to lead their races. They were legitimately crowned as the lords of their people and were the first rulers of the city they named 'Humec', which in their language meant eternal glory.
Their geographical position was perfect for the birth of their races, and the first years were beneficial for their population, as the first babies were born. A generation where they would have known and been born on a planet that had given them life, later they quickly forgot the origin of their births and the first humans who were released onto the planet by a mysterious being died of old age leaving their children to take up their torch.
***
The day began and the sun rose high in the sky. Ron, who had been asleep, began to rise calmly and gracefully, and quickly called the maids who dressed him in his cotton clothes. The maids then accompanied him to the end of the castle where the dining room was.
A maid came up to him and said, "My Lord, Mistress Chelsie and Little Master Evan are already waiting for you in the dining room", she said calmly.
The maid who had told him the news was the head maid at the castle, Eleanor Wood.
Ron nodded, hearing her words, "Good. Let's go quickly, I don't want to keep my wife and child waiting" he said and the maids nodded silently and followed him like a shadow.
They quickly reached the room, where there was a large stone door.
A creak!
The door opened and a young woman appeared in front of him, already seated in her chair, "Good morning, darling, you're up later than usual, aren't you?" she said without looking at him.
A long table had been prepared in the centre of the room, the left chair occupied by his wife, the right chair by his only son and only the central chair was free, it was of course for the lord himself. He quickly took the chair and sat down, his son seeing him, greeted him calmly, "Hello father" he said mechanically.
Ron nodded and replied to his wife, "The work at the moment is rather difficult and boring," he said as he continued, "The number of ferocious beasts in the region is inexplicably increasing, so military affairs are busy and only I can take care of filling in the official documents," he said as he called the servants who were bringing them the meal.
The food was quickly placed on the long table, and Ron quickly took a bite of his steak. "Patrols had to be sent out to the outskirts of the forest, and as you know, these days are looking more difficult because of some discontent among the population who no longer feel safe," he said, wiping his mouth.
Chelsie, who was listening to him, opened her mouth, "My dear, is your butler only here to decorate?" she said as she continued to eat. Ron replied immediately, "I'd rather take care of the paperwork, as well as domestic affairs.
Suddenly, a maid approached and whispered in his ear some information about the state of the town. Ron wiped his mouth and blew out a sullen breath of cold air, "The harvest news this month looks catastrophic," he said, drawing his wife's attention.
"Catastrophic, you say?"
Ron nodded, "The monsters that have recently appeared have destroyed the main farmers' fields, and the wheat trade between the different cities is too dangerous and expensive to transit trade," he said.
The roads connecting the main cities of humanity weren't very rough and during certain natural disasters most of the roads were buried, giving rise to certain complications between lords who couldn't trade as easily as they wanted.
Apart from these, Ron opened his mouth and looked at his young son, who had been very calm earlier, "Let's talk about you, my boy, how's your training going with Sir. Silvestre?" he said.
The young son, named Evan, replied, "Just as well as I'd hoped! I've managed to raise my level throughout the world system, and the title of novice knight is soon within my grasp! Sir. Silvestre is a very good teacher!" he said happily, as if he could finally say what he had been feeling all along.
Name of the race : Human Evan]
Level :13
Wisdom :16
Strength : 28
Agility : 11
Age : 12
Title : [Knight's apprentice]
Racial ability : -Adaptability
Skill:
-Sword Mastery: [intermediate]
-Family Sword Technique : [Johnson]
Ron, who had already heard about his son's progress from Sir. Silvester, nodded and stroked his hair in praise, "Oh! Very good son, you're my son," I said.
"Hehehe..." Evan laughed contentedly, and Chelsie smiled happily.
Ron was very happy with the atmosphere, he was alone with his wife and child and everything was going perfectly. He thought he was happy to have been able to live such a harmonious life but unfortunately reality had knocked on his door.
Blow!
Ron, who had heard a noise at the door, raised his head; who would dare disturb him at such an hour with his family, he thought.
He put himself in a good authoritative posture and declared, "Enter! Identify yourself! Who dares disturb my privacy with my family?!"
The knight who had entered in all likelihood was the commander-in-chief of his army, the most confident by his side. He was surprised to have been disturbed by someone who wouldn't normally disturb him if there wasn't some important business going on. Ron's face had turned sullen by this point.
"Lord, here I am, Commander Silvester in chief of the army of the Knights of Humec," he said as he continued, "I bring some worrying news about the patrol sent to the edge of the forest!" he shouted.
Ron put on an even sullen face, the role of the patrol that had been sent into the forest was to check on the activity of the monsters that had taken place and seeing such a serious face on his right-hand man, he thought that it wasn't something simple.
He was worried but asked him to continue despite his feeling of unease, "Talk!" I said.
Knight Silvester assumed an upright posture and saluted his lord, "The patrols that were dispatched to investigate the matter of the monsters in the forest have returned! They've brought an extraordinary amount of monster activity!" he announced, "A herd of level 15 monsters is being assembled under the banner of a leader monster!"
Ron was now dripping with sweat and excused him from speaking any further.
"Their troops have approximately 300 giant wolves, 10 general wolves and a wolf king!" he shouted, "The information, needs to be verified, but we expect them to arrive by late afternoon!"
Ron, who had heard the news from his right-hand man from beginning to end, was stunned by such a thing. Argh, a headache! I thought. All it took was for a herd of monsters to gather outside his village just as he was having dinner with his family!
What's more, the number and composition of the monsters had worried him enormously. A herd is normally made up of different beasts that have been subjugated by a more powerful monster. And the rate at which the herd of beasts was united already showed that the leader of such a group had to be very powerful.
***
[Critical Event: The largest city in the human race is in danger.]
Is it a coincidence? I went down into the world on Nishley's advice, but when I went to see humanity's most influential city, I found an alert had appeared showing him a rather worrying sign.
"Nishley, let's go and see", I said, teleporting above Humec into the sky, unknown to anyone. After all, he couldn't appear as a tourist and say 'Hello, I'm your god!
He had used a simple method that allowed him to avoid any gaze or danger. He had appeared with his astral body and had only just learned of the existence of such an ability thanks to Nishley. At least, if he wanted to, he could blend in with the masses in front of all the humans and do anything and nobody would see him.
Nishley nodded and followed him.
They soon appeared above the great gate of humanity's largest city, Humec, and at that very moment all the soldiers were gathered in the city's red square, which was several times the size of a football stadium.
Silhouettes rapidly accumulated and lined up under the orders of their superiors. Among them were peasants, trained soldiers and knights. Their levels weren't very high - the average was around 20 - but compared to Evan, the lord's son, they weren't very high.
Despite their low levels, their numbers were staggering, with a total of around ten thousand soldiers, all with weapons in their hands. In front of them was a dais, all awaiting the arrival of their lords.
"Unfortunately, it wasn't enough," said Nishley, surprising him.
"Why not?" he thought. Humans are so much more numerous than giant wolves, don't they have the advantage of level and numbers that allows them to be far superior to monsters? I thought that was why they couldn't win.
Nishley shook her head at my naivety, "You're still too naive Edmond, despite their numbers being far superior to the monsters, they're still humans and in front of them are huge giant monsters that can destroy knights with their bare hands," she said as she continued, "That's why monsters are the number one enemy of civilisations, they have more strength, but also good agility, they're stronger than humans in every way.
Edmond, who had heard this, began to worry about the humans below him, who were already setting up barricades inside the city to protect themselves from the invasion that was about to hit them.
Aren't the humans in danger? If humanity's greatest city were to fall at this very moment, wouldn't the balance of the races be destroyed?" I thought, turning back to Nishley, who was thinking about a few things.
"What can we do, Nishley, to help them?" I said, a little panicked by the event.
Nishley smiled, and said, "All you have to do is actively help the humans. You have different ways of helping them, and the way you help them will determine the way you want to govern your world" she said.
She stood back and let me look for the solution, her gaze reminding me of a mother waiting for her son to think of the answer. She looked at him attentively, as if she couldn't wait to see what I was going to choose.
I sighed tiredly, "Haa..."