"Excellent, you all can take a seat... now that you are all here, i would like to use this moment to address you all on your new positions in the territory" Kingsley said as he leaned forward on the table before him
"The conditions given was that if you submitted to me, you will still remain rulers of your nations and all… however, i believe you all know it wouldn't exactly go like that. you are not rulers; you are caretakers of my land. From the moment, you surrendered, you all became my Governors and i would like you all to understand that point… hope you all understand that fact?"
"Yes, your majesty"
'Good now that all that is out of the way, i am simply here to learn and see ways to let this forest grow" Kingsley said
His main goal maybe to find his family but while he did that, he was still a king and thus had to ensure that his territory grew both in size and in prosperity. His city was already prosperous enough on its own considering he had everything except chemists or alchemists since majority of his people chose other professions and fields of study over that one for some reason. Not that he could blame them after all he too understood how difficult chemistry was.
"How would you propose we go about this, your majesty?" The Gnome asked
"Well first, we have roads… i ama still surprised that most of you have roads in your territories but not ones that connect to each other, trade is a necessary factor to the growth of a normal territory" Kingsley said
"That is only so because building such a road was too expensive and difficult to maintain" The Dwarf said in their defence
"Understandable so for now, i want you all to send your best workers to my territory, they will work with my construction team on creating the roads, i will bear the cost and the resources used"
"That can be arranged" The High Orc, Black Rock replied
"Good then following that is education, my territory possesses a lot of knowledge both mystical and normal that if spread throughout the territory can help us grow as one… my investigations have brought to my attention the desperate need for schools in your territories, i understand that books may be expensive to make but there are alternatives… anyway i will be sending a couple of teachers to your territories soon and i will bear all expenses"
"My lord, if i may, this projects of yours would deplete your resources considerably and worse, you are at war with the Dead Lands at the moment, these resources should be spent on your military to help them defeat this unkillable enemy" The Gnome said
"I appreciate the fact that you worry about me however, this is a war that i have long since won" Kingsley said with a smile as he looked at the Gnome
"Growing this territory is more important to me than that… if this territory isn't advanced enough then even if we wipe out the undead in the Dead lands, we wouldn't be able to use it for anything" Kingsley said
He meant it, if the territories they had now wasn't developed enough then there was no use to a conquered Dead lands. It would just be extra land for future use that may never be used, if the territories were developed enough the population would rise and with more people, the dead lands would have life to it again.
For now, the death rate was much higher than the birth rate for various reasons in these three territories. They didn't have as much protection as his territory did, diseases were more rampant in their territories due to poor hygiene and reliance only on magic.
The better territory here was Euroa's queendom which was at least neat enough to be considered a place for people to stay but that is only because Elves are proud and refuse to be beneath anyone.
"I see then we will do our best to cooperate" he replied
"Good also, what are you gnomes good at… i know that the Dwarves are good at smithing, the High orcs are well… evolved orcs but your race i have never met"
"The Teurn is a nation of tinkerers"
"So, an entire race of engineers then… i will capitalize on that… you will build many wonders for this world... you two will build machines that can create worlds and destroy them on a whim" Kingsley said as a slight sparkle appeared in his eyes
The group watching him as he spoke felt that he wasn't joking and only if they knew. From the classes, he took with the Civilization crystals, he knew that the laws of science in this world wasn't much different from that of the real world so many theories on Earth could be brought to fruition here and then mixed with the wondrous potential of magic.
Kingsley imagined all he could create, the other rulers sitting before him wondered what they would need such weapon of destruction for but didn't dare to speak on it. Kingsley himself knew what they were thinking but didn't feel any shame, the basics of being a human and being a leader was to find means of protecting your people even if there is no threat.
Discarding such thought, Kingsley began to lay down the remaining plans he had drawn out before coming. He planned to completely integrate the territories together in such a manner that no part of it would be able to do without the other and the best way to do that is to make them rely on each other for certain things like they did for their Alliance.
Kingsley wanted to make the Dwarves and the Gnomes the main engineering race of the territory, they were suited for such a profession though if any individual chooses otherwise then it was up to them. The Elves he planned to give jobs where it suited them. Elves were proud and loved elegance so he needed to put them where they would defend with all their strength.
The meeting continued for a few hours before Kingsley finally called it off. His mission had been accomplished and it was time to retire, he would spend the night here and tomorrow, he would return. There was nothing stopping him from going today but he wanted to sightsee and that was what he did.
….
The next day.
We were standing in the field close to the palace as we watched as the strange king departed in his strange flying vehicle. Despite the fact that he was leaving, his men, the High Elven soldiers remained behind. They stood with their weapons as though they owned the place and leading them was a high elf in an odd uniform that was clearly made for higher rank people.
"I guess he really was right when he said we are backwards in what we know" i said as i watched the vehicle rise into the skies and blast off into the distance
"Our Airships have the same capabilities as his, there is nothing special… he is just a child who gained impressive power" Black Rock argued
"You say that but his territory is nearly a hundred times more prosperous than ours put together, i will be assuming" Ganur, the Dwarf replied as he turned to the High Orc
It is fairly obvious that the others have mixed feelings towards this new king however if only they knew what i knew or had seen. I have lived on this land for thousands of years and Mother had stood for even longer and the horrors we have witnessed cannot be compared to the horrors i would expect from this strange king.
Turning around to return to the palace, i could see mother tall and vibrant as she used to be. Her leaves swaying in the wind and green with life, the curse was gone and life was restored. I can understand why they had such sentiments even i had such sentiments until i saw his power.
Only a fool would go against that even if the man in question is just a chid with power. At the very least unlike the majority of us, said power hasn't corrupted him, he promised to let our territories remain the same at least in general and that is what he had done. We were now governors but still rulers of our nations and are simply to report to him.
Conquerors with anything even close to his power would murder us in cold blood, take our daughters as concubines and kill our sons but here we are safe and sound. I know my daughter had been attacked by his men almost as soon as he arrived but she walked out of it untouched… traumatized maybe but at least it seemed to have done wonders for her mental state.
"There are no enchantments on that thing" Frug said in a quiet tone
"What?"
