44 The Value of Unity (1/2)
<Nation of Texas>
”IDIOTS! ALL OF THEM!”
This man was Apollo Creed, an African-American man who was currently the strongest individual in Texas. The person talking to him was
”Apollo, there's not much that can be done. There's not way we could have known they'd react so violently.”
”Oh really?! You think that a whole race who has suffered through racism their whole lives in their previous world will tolerate the same treatment?! Those Dark Elves now control the coast by Galveston! Do you understand what that means, Goose?”
”I do.” The stocky man dressed in body armor named Goose Alvarado who was Apollo's closest subordinate had a look of regret on his face. This whole thing wasn't really his fault. It's just that he blamed himself for not reacting faster.
Five days ago, while the Dark Elves were in the middle of settling themselves in, they were raided by a racist party. It should be known that these guys were a very small minority.
Unfortunately for Apollo and the rest, this was enough to bring back painful memories for the Dark Elves who also suffered blatant racism in the previous world from the other races. This was the goal of the racists, to destroy the alliance while it was still fragile.
Unfortunately for them as well, the Dark Elves who were superior, found out that their base of operations were located in Galveston, by the coast. They were massacred by the Dark Elves, whom, while they recognized that it wasn't Apollo's doing, were more wary now more than ever. This meant that they wouldn't be sharing the advanced versions of their body enhancing techniques.
Apollo could only extend his sincerest apologies, and while he didn't believe that the Dark Elves would become his enemy, there was still the potential. Not to mention they had access to such an easily defensible area and access to an aquatic mutant creature hunting ground just south of them.
***
Xiamen, China.
The Giants maintained a healthy transition with the previously Chinese University Student and now Leader, Jian Zihao. He had extended an offer to the Government to work together, but when they required him hand over half the Giant population, he refused. After all, he was aware that they had to maintain good relationships.
The only issue was that, when one of the giants got wounded during a territory challenge, it's blood fell onto a person. This person automatically felt the magical properties of this blood. After finding this out, the Giant asked him to keep it a secret. After saying that he would, the Giant, being the straightforward and honest race that they are, believed him.
Not a day later, the man was already blackmailing the Giant from before for more blood. After Jian Zihao found out about his exploitation, he had him hunted down while the man fled to the Government's territory. In exchange for benefits and a good life, he exposed this information to them, giving them an even stronger sense of urgency.
”We need to find a way to stop that brat, now!”
”Did you see how much stronger that man's body was? It hasn't even been more than a week!”
”Exactly! Why don't we just Nuke them!”
”That's impossible. When the new world began, all of our Nuclear weapons disappeared. The reports were that they were swallowed up by a spatial crack. We can only assume that the same happened everywhere else.”
”Then what do we do?”
”We wait for now, I don't believe that Jian Zihao will start massacring his own people.”