Weapon seller in the world of magic-Chapter 583: Prelude to the war (part-5)
"Roughly four weeks ago, when I was away, the city faced an invasion from otherworlders of Saint Realm.
Of course, it wasn't a full-scale invasion, and neither did they target any innocents. They damaged a lot of my robots and took away my pet and the kingdom's guardian as a hostage to get back at me.
But, the incident made it clear to me that in my absence, I can't even depend on the Guardian of this mortal plane of existence.
Perhaps, the guardian god wants to see whether the demigods here could handle the suppressed immortals and Saints. Or maybe, he was too busy with other important matters.
His reasons don't matter.
What's important here is the fact that the world is too vulnerable and I don't wish to see my people suffer for my actions. But, I wonder, who are my people? Is it just my immediate family or does it extend to the innocent citizens who put their hope on me?
This thought gave me the revelation of what I should do, in order to give absolute protection to my people from any foreign threats."
Raising three fingers, Mark continued to speak, "Three things that needed to resolve it.
First, strength.
Ether is something that people are born with. I cannot change the fate of those who aren't born with talent. But, I can surely provide you with the firearms, necessary enough to protect yourself.
Before we consider the crisis from otherworlders, we should solve the internal security. By possessing firearms, even the weak could have the means to protect themselves.
However, buying firearms is expensive. It is even more expensive for those who aren't born with ether as they have to constantly depend on ammunition to use those firearms. The poor cannot afford it. But, no worries. I shall help my people with that.
Mark's words did confuse the listeners as they didn't understand what he was trying to do, especially the Kings of the alliance.
The first impression they had is, almost collectively, 'Was he trying to promote his business or something?' For a second, it seems probable but in the next second, they felt something amiss.
It was then Mark continued, "Second, the culture.
The three thousand years of culture and tradition of this world took away a woman's potential from them. Women make up half of the population of this world but only one out of every hundred thousand women takes up a weapon to become an adventurer, compared to men with an average of one out of every thousand. frёewebnoѵel.ƈo๓
Why is that so?"
Mark's voice rose as he asked, "Are they weak? Certainly not. She can bear the child for nine months, look after her kids, do the house chores, help her husband by working in the agriculture fields for twelve hours, and take care of her elderly in-laws and even parents while still managing her household. Discover hidden content at novelbuddy
Why can't she hold the weapon?
Why should a woman feel embarrassed to hold a sword? Why should she think that she is a caretaker?
Why should even a lady from the noble family think that she is nothing but a pawn to increase her family's reputation by marrying into another noble family?
Why should she think that the female adventurers are nothing but a scourge to womanhood? Why?"
His 9 points of charm made the souls of women audience tremble at once. Many of them had tears filling their eyes, feeling that someone was resonating their voice to the public. And it isn't some lady who was unfortunate or some weakling who was voicing out his frustration. It is the voice of the strongest man.
The voice of the strong always impacts the people. After his grandeur display against Shen Li, his voice carried even more weight.
"The extreme Patriarchal system suppressed their abilities for thousands of years and that halted the development of this world.
Forget about women for a second; this culture we cultivated for thousands of years even takes away the voice of the poor and weak. A royal can just bully a commoner and the commoner couldn't even gather the courage to voice it out.
Look at my own servant. Their master is the Chancellor of Celestial United Dominion and yet, they didn't have the courage to complain about someone like Shen Li.
Why?
It's because Shen Li is royalty, my future in-law. Even with our tight bond, this weak mindset made them afraid that I wouldn't bring justice to them because I'm royalty and would probably side with my in-laws.
So, what can we do to resolve this situation?
Well, even if I use force, it won't change the mindset of an existing culture. It needs upheaval from its roots. But, that means I would probably have to destroy the whole world. I can't do that. So, all I can do is bring my people to the land of Utopia, where such a traditional and oppressive culture doesn't exist.
I'm going to create a country, where the freedom will be given to women to take up arms and respective positions in society and even become family heads, where every house will have a robot that does house chores for free and no longer needs a servant that acts more like a slave, where no one dies of hunger, where everyone gets education regardless of their background, where there will be no noble houses to create a social hierarchy, where there will be a monarch as the head of the state but the real power lies with the commoners who could elect their own leaders to rule them, where the laws will be equal to poor and the rich, where no one forces to worship a deity and influence you to pour your hard earned money into donations, where there will be no street gangs to rob you, where the old doesn't have to depend on their sons for their livelihood, and where you could live without any worries for the tomorrow."
If Mark's earlier words shook the hearts of women and the commoners, his following words have caused even the Kings to tremble. But, not every King or noble is pleased by the words. In fact, the majority of them only felt more afraid as Mark's words indicated of taking over the Western Moon, or possibly the alliance too.
Fortunately for them, Mark didn't end there and continued as he glanced at the VIP section where the nobles and kings had their facial expressions frozen, "Rest assured, I never intended to take away the lands from my friends. This will bring us to the third point. Creation of the country.
Over the past few months, under Commander Fu Sheng's lead, Genesis Elite Troops were focused on clearing Sector 1 and Sector 2 regions in Bloodhill forest. The rest of the sectors will also be cleared very soon and I shall transform the entire forest into a new country.
Whatever I promised earlier, all of this will be delivered to my people. But, who are my people, one might wonder. My people are the ones who follow my ideals put their trust in me, and help me to build the country in the land inhabited by beasts for thousands of years.
Seven days from now, I will lock down the entire region of Bloodhill forest for the outsiders and will start clearing out the field. The barrier will reject anyone that I don't approve of.
And for those who are wondering whether I will be able to keep an eye on such a huge region, which is a hundred times larger than this Western Moon, I present you the guardians of our Country of Paradise."
*Snap*
With a snap of his finger, four figures rose from the Spidership and flew in different directions, maintaining distance from each other as they were instructed.
*Snap*
Mark's snapping of his finger cleared the confusion and suspicion of many as the four humanoid-looking kid figures transformed into majestic creatures, whose appearances were known to every individual who went to the academy.
"The… four… holy beasts of the world?" Song Tai's voice shivered as he voiced it out aloud.
Mark nodded, "The Vermillion Bird of the South, The Azure Dragon of the East, The White Tiger of the West, and the Black Tortoise of the North. The very creatures our ancients used to name our continents.
All of these are demigod realm beasts but when they work together and conjure a protective barrier, not even a Saint can break it. Including me, Commander Fu, my friend Sylvandria, and my mother, you have eight demigods protecting the country. No force in the world will have the power to try to destroy the ideals of my country.
In the first phase, I plan to take ten thousand people. It is on a first come first serve basis. The first ten thousand people who had their trust in me naturally will live in the most protected region compared to others.
Once we build a stable society, we will open to a hundred thousand people in the second phase but they will not receive the same benefits as the one from the first phase.
Those who are interested in joining my country can visit our stores and register their names and their family. The poor and weak are given priority but we aren't running a charity here. As I have said earlier, to become a citizen of my country, they had to let go of the oppressive culture and tradition deeply rooted in this society and follow my ideals and they have to contribute to it by helping us in clearing the forest. Man or a woman, the gender doesn't matter. If you are healthy, you need to contribute. Only children and the elderly are exempted.
That's all I have to say to you. I leave the rest to your decision. You have seven days…"
The meaning is clear. If one wants to be one of his people, earn the right to protection and lead a worry-less life, one should follow his ideals and work hard to build the country. As for those who are not his people, he doesn't care.
A lot of people didn't get this meaning, but many intelligent ones and the nobles and also the Kings understood that very soon, Mark and his army would leave Lunaris and they would be deprived of his protection. What kind of consequences this move will have, they can only wonder.
