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nEh?

nLandon sat abruptly in excitement while listening to the system's notification.

nWas it that time already?

nHe quickly looked at the information and nodded his head in expectation.

nSure enough, it's still the empire of Morgany that created them.

nThere were many continents in the Hertfilia.

nBut from what he could tell, Morgany was indeed the most advanced, Followed by the Continent of Lampe, which was completely unified by the Temple of Adonis.

nFollowing that would be Veinitta in the 3rd position, Romain (Lucia's continent) in the 4th, Tenola in the 5th, Pyno in 6th, Omania, Zohl and finally Zania in that order

nPyno was locked in the 6th position.

nBut without many knowing it, Baymard had somehow climbed up to the 5th position, according to the system's analysis.

nFrom cleaner roads, good air quality, better living and so on... Many things influenced how these continents got ranked.

nWhat was even more surprising was that Lucia's Continent, Romain, was in the 4th position above Pyno.

nWho could argue with the results?

nHer people were extremely clean, with unique art styles very similar to that of the Egyptians back on earth.

nOne could argue that they were far superior and had more mind-blowing thoughts and genius ideas than the 10th century Egyptians back on Earth.

nWhen comparing Romain to Pyno, the results were precise.

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nAnyway, the first siege weapon, the Ballista, was created... Even though the Morgs just named it 'Giant Bow & Arrow.'

nReally?

nWhat a non-original name.

nWell, from the system's notification, it was just approved by the Monarch of Andorian.

nAndorian was a very thriving empire within the Continent of Morgany.

nAnd today, its Monarch went for a secret show on the new weapon, which blew his mind.

nWithout a doubt, it got approved.

nBut Landon knew that it would take far more time for others to even know of it.

nWithout a doubt, that Monarch would start mass producing it in Andorian and secretly hoard the idea until it got discovered.

nMorgany, just like many other continents, still had secret battles to expand its territories.

nPublicly, the empires had an agreement for peace throughout Morgany.

nAnd to ensure that things always stayed that way, they always married their sons and daughters to each other to maintain things.

nOther times, they would often send gifts or share countless ideas amongst themselves, provided it wasn't any military ideas.

nThe empires had exchanges and could share poetry, architecture, art and even medicine.

nBut they kept all military ideas to themselves.

nWho didn't want to expand their territories?

nThey usually acted around the borders of other empires, trying to eat each other's territories.

nOne had to sleep with one eye open during these times.

nEveryone has a dream of uniting the continent and being the only monarch.

nSo how could they give up?

nEven back on earth, the countries we know today, like China, used to have countless different individual dynasties that fought over and over with one another, with everyone having the same idea of uniting it and being the sole ruler.

nThat was just his things were and would be, that is, until the united nations came in with countless rules, stopping all this and ensuring that people had independence and a sense of security.

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nSome rules were laid out, indicating that more prominent countries couldn't just attack smaller ones and swallow them whole.

nEverything stopped after the entire world agreed for it to end.

nBoundaries were marked, and areas were declared.

nAnd thus, many things cooled down.

nDuring the end of the 18th and mid 19th centuries, colonization back on earth came to a standstill.

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nOf course, the U.N wasn't the only factor that added in cooling things down.

nHonestly, after the 2nd World War, many European countries lacked the wealth and political support to keep doing what they did.

nSo they also had to compromise too.

nJust like that, from the beginning of time, till the end of the18th century, people constantly colonized and fought for land.

nSo why would Hertfilia's case be any different?

nLandon had a hunch that everywhere in the galaxies and universes, things would be like this.

nEven with interstellar travel, people fought to take over planets instead.

nThat was just human nature.

nAnd they wouldn't stop until they saw the coffin... Unless someone forced them to.

nAnd that's why he was here.

nFor sure, even after the entire world was united, these people would go out fighting to own planets... Until an intergalactic agreement got made.

nDeep down, he just knew that humans were a problematic bunch.

nWhy the heavens always fought for them was beyond him... Not that he was complaining.

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nAnyway, here in Hertfilia, even with little peace agreements made within Morgany, the Monarchs still made many hidden moves to realize their dreams.

nAnd so, with this new siege weapon, it would be impossible for the other empires to get their hands on the design now... Talk less of those outside Morgany.

nIt's funny because once they understand its mechanism, they would knock their heads for their stupidity.

nMany would wonder why they didn't think of it.

nBut that was just what made a design great.

nBefore something as simple as a drone got invented, no one thought of making a camera fly?

nWhy should a camera fly?

nAt the time, it seemed foolish, and no one even thought of it deeply.

nBut after it got done, people felt like they should've been the ones who thought about it.

nLikewise, over here, these people already come up with the concept of carriage wheels, some pulleys and levers used to draw water from wells.

nBut the question now was why they didn't think of creating a mechanism that could shoot giant arrows like the Ballistas.

nA ballista was like a giant wooden slingshot bow & arrow.

nThey pull the giant bow top behind using a rowing lever, secure the arrow and launch it to the sky.

nSuch an easy thing wasn't thought of until now.

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nLandon felt like the Monarch of Andorian would probably start getting even itchier for battle now.

nActually, it wouldn't take long for other empires within Morgany to successfully steal the design layout or kidnap the creator.

nInstead, it would take longer for the rest of the world to know of this new contraption.

nSo what does the system want him to do?

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