Chapter 655 (1/2)

Book 6, Chapter 47 – Commendations

A month had passed since construction on the southern wilds' biggest city had begun

Green Alliance top brass had kicked things into high gear Nearly all energy and thought was focused on urbanization of the wastelands Now, it appeared their hard as bearing fruit as evidenced by the great works being accomplished

The Green Alliance composed and ratified the wasteland's first constitution It was the first of its kind for the wastes, outlying a comprehensive system of law for all to follow All settlements under the alliance's purvieere required to have these rules as a foundation – the basis for a future wasteland governed by order and the rule of law

The Green Alliance also minted and distributed its own currency

This was also unprecedented and set a standard for the future Currency was an atte, pro the wasteland econoe rate between Elysian coins and wasteland dollars was also established so that in the future ht co, e of the wastes was a hodgepodge of archaic speech, e spoken on Ark Base The people of New Earth were a population made up of dozens of societies from the old world Over the thousand year history of the pariah city, the languages froa the population

It was different for the wastelands The area it covered was huge and settlements were far apart Culture had collapsed in the tiroup of post-apocalyptic humans developed their own systems of speech and pronunciation In soreat itto tackle that with their declaration of a national, co andsysteenerations That wasn't to say there weren't rudi systems in place, but they were all different Sireatly from one city to another Some followed the ancient syste

As of now everything everywhere was the sas was easy, but building things was hard Lifting a new modern city from the rubble of an ancient society was no sie in between, the processes were so intricate it would make anyone's head spin Without question there would be obstacles and difficulties to overco this alone

The Green Alliance's development team, from top to bottom, was a well-oileda capable teae Cloudhawk understood this The world he'd co his group to victory the general ed Aside from a few violent outliers, most wastelanders were enthusiastic that the way life was shi+fting

Cloudhawk spent a good deal of his ti sure they were clear of threats He protected wasteland travelers he e in the world through the familiar in their eyes that hadn't been there before, anticipation and desire for a better life It was a basic part of the hu back to the surface

Cloudhaatching tens of thousands of his fornized the look in their eyes because it'd been in his That sah Greenland Outpost and headed north to Skycloud

Perhaps for the first tiht or wrong – orth it

He was of course anxious about Skycloud's current attitudes, but through Wolfblade's reed to a tentative peace It created the space necessary for Selene and Cloudhawk to co place and create the Blackflag Covenant Since then, Skycloud had relaxed its hardened stance toastelanders

Of course the blood feud between the two real, hard road

Selene was definitely grappling with a lot of pressure, but it was a necessary part of the ti was a cycle Blood always led to more blood, hate spawned ever more hate… Who knew if Elysians would ever fully open their doors to wastelanders?

Cloudhawk didn't expect the people of Skycloud to ever forgive him What mattered was that they understood wastelanders were people as well, just like them There was no difference besides where they were born

Skycloud and the Green Alliance were dancing on the edge of a blade Wolfblade and the Cloud God were fencing on a steel wire But whatever goals each held dear, both recognized the proble on the horizon

Mount Suile one The slightestback into war Behind it all was Mount Sumeru, a subversive force No one kneould happen if the Gods turned their attention unto the world of ured it would result in a storm that scoured the land clean All the hard work and sacrifice would be washed away Often at night Cloudhawk lay arestling with the question of what to do If that storm came, hoould he deal with it?

He couldn't sleep because he didn't have an answer Sos would only be revealed the s he had power over He did only what he thought was right

It didn't matter if an abyss was all he could see before hih it, heedless of the pain and loss and difficulty For years he'd faced insurmountable problems, why should this ti off into space for? Today's the celebration for the new city As our leader you need to go out there and give a speech”

hellfloas flying them toward the construction site in a snition Of course it'd only been a month, so the scale of it was still small

Pockets of tent cities and round below Residential buildings were still under construction, though most of the foundation had been laid In a month New City's labor force had swelled to over thirty thousand people They toiled every day froht

From the moment Cloudhawk landed he saw the extent of observation, both passive and active There were patrols, unhout the area to ensure safety and order Any resources Greenland could afford to employ were here to help with the effort

In the wastes snakes lived a the fowl Security was a difficult and important task

After so much fanfare in the creation of this city it was sure to attract all h and murdered the new site's inhabitants, would they ever feel safe? If people didn't feel safe the new city was dead before it even started

An enclosed shanty caught Cloudhawk's eye Inside he spied hundreds of wastelanders dressed in alltree bark as slates to practice their writing In front of the out several commonly used words

He pointed at words in succession and spoke them to the crowd His students dutifully repeated

As Cloudhawk looked thee fro as five Each one of them paid very close attention to the lesson

“This is a basic education center that we've set up,” hellflower explained