Fantasy Starting from the Stone Age - Chapter 160
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Episode 160. The Era Where War is Better 3
Throughout history, epidemics have threatened humanity more than once. The most famous one is the Black Death, a disease that changed history.
Even during the first major outbreak of the Black Death, known as the Plague of Justinian in the Middle Ages, only about half of the city’s population died. In rural areas that were not in contact with the outside world, the plague would naturally not spread, so surprisingly, there were no deaths.
Even the Black Death in the Middle Ages only killed 1/3 to 1/2 of the population. Why was that?
Of course, the higher the mortality rate, the lower the infectiousness. The most common disease, the cold, only causes minor damage. Originally, it may have been a terribly strong epidemic. As generations pass, its infectiousness, infectivity, and survivability increase, while its mortality rate decreases.
Diseases were not created to kill people in the first place. Whether it’s bacteria or viruses, they choose the human body as their habitat for reproduction, and in the process of reproduction, they sometimes kill people.
Since the longer a person lives, the more they spread and multiply, so vicious diseases with a mortality rate of over 70-80% are closer to a ‘mistake’, because they kill too quickly.
There are exceptions. In short, malaria. Since it is transmitted through mosquitoes, there is no reason for the mortality rate to be low. The same goes for Hanjutamal. Hanjutamal is an absurd disease that spreads faster when the host dies quickly.
Malaria is not something that ‘should have a high mortality rate’, but rather something that ‘has no reason for the mortality rate to be low’, so there are people who get it and still survive, but Hanjutamal is a disease that goes against common sense that ‘the higher the mortality rate, the better’, so it maintains an absurd figure of a 100% mortality rate.
So what about diseases in this world? In fact, on average, the mortality rate is no different from diseases on Earth. But if you look inside, it’s a little different.
In short, it’s a bit more… … unbalanced. The reason is the gene pool. If you randomly select 1,000 pure-blooded Datons and put them together, their genes would be larger than the entire gene pool of Homo sapiens, which is close to 8 billion. The phenotypes are less pronounced though.
And Daton and Bark, Erin, Patchar, Nono, Lullmo, Borin, Baekkan, Gigard, Tocha. And their mixed blood… … . Very different.
So, what might be nothing or just a cold to a pureblood Daton could be 100% fatal to a Gigaard.
Even among pureblood Datons, some may be fine while others may be on the verge of death.
So to speak, the epidemic prevention system is quite well-prepared, even though it was not specifically intended to be so.
The world’s gene pool is very large, except for the Erins who are uniformly invincible. In particular, the diseases brought by the disease demons have such a high mortality rate that their spread itself was surprisingly slow.
But the reason there were so many casualties was simply because there were so many diseases brought in. If it was just one disease, you could be fine even after coming into contact with it, but if there were three, five, seven… … the number of diseases increased, the probability of someone being immune to all of them became very low.
Anyway, the world suffered terrible damage from its first contact with the disease demons, but it endured.
And by reorganizing the system, further developing medicine, and gritting our teeth and enduring the disease that has now become as mild as a ‘slightly severe flu’, we try to fight those evil beings.
I’m talking about a being that doesn’t even realize that they are evil.
The disease demons didn’t care about people dying from infectious diseases.
The physical damage that can be done and transformed is nothing compared to the spiritual heritage and cultural superiority. Even if the vessel of the body is destroyed, the soul, meme, and will remain.
However, since it seems that the ‘vessel’ was destroyed unintentionally, they are willing to restore it. In a stronger body and in a more convenient form.
It’s strange, but I don’t know. If they modified their bodies a bit more, it might be different. It’s amazing that they can live like that with such an inefficient body.
They honestly didn’t care that people were dying from the plague. It was really no big deal. If hundreds of thousands died, they just made a vessel that could hold hundreds of thousands more…
So they had aspirations for cultural exchange, and they believed that cultural exchange would continue in the near future, even though there were only ‘minor’ issues.
No, what… … . Hmm… … .
There is something I am really cautious about. I don’t know what you will think when I explain to you the mindset of this disease tribe.
Are these beings called disease demons, creatures with terrible ethics that are too horrible to even speak of? Are they demons?
Or is it just that… …. they are just ‘people’ with very different ethics and morals?
How do you feel? Their way of thinking is based on the environment, culture, technology, and mystery they have lived in, and is extremely logical.
But that seems to be the point where they become unacceptable.
Anyway, regardless of my thoughts or yours, a policy of eradicating disease was implemented worldwide.
Even Penkant and Enrakisho participated in this. This is a joint front between new and evil spirits that is extremely rare even in history. All the ancient gods and humans will join forces to deal with this unspeakable ‘monster’.
The alien race that the invincible one faced was like a monster that twisted people, so it had a secretly cool or grotesque aesthetic.
This is just… … . Just looking at it makes me sick, and actually touching it will make your limbs rot away.
In the Datang, the spirits with fire spirits and the lapis with moon spirits wander around, physically burning enemies, killing germs in the bodies of those who have been baptized with fire, and sterilizing monsters with the massive magical power pressure emitted by the moon spirits.
And not only did they mobilize their armies to cross the sea, but now they were crawling across the land, destroying colonies of those horrible creatures that were breeding in the form of plants and animals, burning them, sprinkling salt on them, coating them with magical pressure, and then bringing nature back to life with the spirits.
The Far West Vulcon. The Erins, under the command of the Invincible, go to their southern base with their disease resistances extremely high and directly attack and eliminate their enemies. In a way, it would be right to say that the Invincible is doing the best job of being himself.
This is also the first time in history. A thousand years ago, a cavalry unit was used to transport supplies all the way to the far western regions and supply them to the invincible. And they did it directly.
The Baekkans of the Baekkara region use the Immortal Belt to eliminate them all, and at the same time, they use advanced alchemy to create universal disinfectants, medicines that work on all races, and combine them with Da-tang medicine, Baekkan medicine, and oriental medicine to madly pour out chemicals and spread them all over the world. Baekkan’s food is provided by Goaran and Cheon-geop.
The King of Myeoldoseong and Goaran are now suffering, but they are enduring the disease and producing food to send to the entire world as a supply depot. Nanyang, Baekara, and Cheon-geop are fed by Goaran’s supplies, and they are also working hard to control the disease that has spread across the island.
In the East, the best in the world cooperates with Enrakishona Penkant to completely eliminate the disease-ridden demons that have spread across the island, and with the positive side of necromancy, extracting the life force of healthy people and transferring it to the weak to heal them, and continuing to send the massive food supplies of the East, which has relatively less damage to the population, to the West for thousands of kalpas.
There is a consensus that the world must unite to stop this disease epidemic.
Even the gods cannot help but ask for help in fighting together after experiencing a catastrophe where the polar regions or underground are scorched by disease.
That’s why the disease demons are hit so hard. It seemed like their race would be eradicated soon. They are attacked so persistently and maliciously.
That means their friendly approach was rejected for harsh and ‘irrational’ reasons.
Now they had no intention of tolerating these savages.
Do the Disease Demons have any allies? They didn’t want to destroy the world. But they wanted to punish those evil people who were persecuting them.
In a situation where all living things are attacking the disease demons, they join hands with the only one who can become their ally.
“Oh. Right. They are truly evil beings. Let’s go. Let’s conquer the world together.”
Demons of the Universe. Demons who originate from the orderly yet contradictory and chaotic laws of the universe willingly lend their power to the demons of disease.
They can now use transcendent magic. Magical tools that failed in the prehistoric-Dimanang region. They use their own bodies, which are said to be the strongest in the world, as circuits to contain magic, and project overwhelming firepower.
When the creature opens its mouth, the breath it spews out causes the walls to collapse, when it stomps its feet, the earth splits and water flows like a river, and the laws of physics are distorted, so that everything goes as they wish.
The diseased demons, who were almost on the verge of extinction, generously accept the power of the universe and provide them with a body, and they fight back through superior mental laws and principles.
They are now devoted to endless slaughter and total exploitation. Their stomachs devour all organisms, be they animals, plants or monsters, and the mystery they possess destroys everything.
They create terrible diseases that are highly contagious, cause severe pain, take a long time to induce death, and spread far and wide, through maliciously engineered epidemics.
“The goal is ‘Datang.’ It’s the largest land in the world. If we can just occupy it, it’s our victory. And if we can’t, that’s fine.”
Sporadic battles with disease demons occurred throughout the world, but the most serious was Datang.
All the coastal areas of Datang are now under attack by the disease demons who have modified Pencant. Inside, dozens, hundreds, thousands of vicious epidemic diseases are already running rampant.
But, I will hold on. The strength of the country called Datang will not be destroyed by these guys.
All of this was accomplished by simply descending and vaporizing all the cosmic demons, sending them up to heaven.
Manum Lapang sterilized all the evil spirits with the magic of Vachat Beram.
Kaslauren treats all disease symptoms with only one type of Datang medicine, and by accepting various mysteries, he takes on more bold and active treatment.
As always, Tattooan Marechi is further strengthening the isolation of Datang, as if he had suppressed Hanjutamal.
Paldin Core kept Datang’s logistics running smoothly, by continuously operating the blacksmith shop and transporting supplies, and closely connecting Datang.
The Ossozoin Gulmung restores the Great Forest and prevents the terrible disease-causing demons from crossing the Isthmus of Olsozo.
Paron Echacado is a genius at hunting small, wandering disease demons.
King Giri Darida uses his legions to stop the giant demons and demons running rampant in the Dimanang region.
Shujormiya Liwaduwan completely blocks all demons that attack the Shujor coast, and by closely connecting the demons with Datang through communication, this quarantine system is kept running continuously.
The Lezowi Medakbo is the key to supporting the infrastructure that is being destroyed in the meantime.
Mana Yupa did his part as the only one who could uncover the mysteries of the magic of the cosmic demons and even push them back.
Nononono Hakang led the Nonos, the mainstay of Datang, and entertained them so that they could rest even when they were tired.
If there were 100 disease-borne attacks in the world, Datang would be hit 85 times. And Datang would withstand all the attacks, to the point where its population would drop from 700 million to 500 million.
This means that the entire world was safe, and in fact, since Datang had managed to block the onslaught of the Disease Tribe with only his own capabilities, without any help from anyone, the world’s population finally began to recover from its seemingly endless decline.
“Why do they only do this to us?”
All Chaun had no choice but to vent his discontent. It was known that Datang was actually blocking most of the attacks, so Baekkan and Iyakan were airlifting supplies, but considering the scale of Datang, it was like peeing on a person’s foot. It was not enough.
“I can only say that there is malicious intent.”
“That is indeed so. If they had attacked the West, the South Seas, or the East, they would have already annihilated one or two countries. However, there must be a reason why they are so persistent in targeting only Datang.”
“If there is a strategy, what is it? The continent of Olsozora doesn’t seem to be any better than other parts of the world.”
I don’t know, but this whole charade feels a bit off.
He experiences one chilling fact with just that ‘feel’ of having ruled for nearly 20,000 years.
“Medakbo. Let me ask you a quick question. Did you say that the current population of Datang is 500 million?”
“Yes, that’s right. To be exact, it’s about 530 million.”
“… …Except for the soup?”
“What about ramen without the soup?”
“The entire world population, excluding the Tang Dynasty.”
“Uh… … . I see. Just a moment. I have some information. Hmm… … . The population seems to have been increasing worldwide… … .”
Medakbo speaks statistics.
“Maybe… … . There are some populations that are not included in the statistics, so it would probably be around 430 million… … ?”
“Is this a figure including Pencant and Enrakisho?”
“Uh… … No? You don’t give us the statistics.”
“A rough estimate? Excluding the East, which can’t come to the Tang at all, how much is it?”
Medakbo is embarrassed. It can’t produce statistics.
“What’s wrong? Is there something serious?”
“I mean, I just thought about it carefully. Of course, this isn’t the weakest situation in Datang’s history. Right?”
“Well… … . That’s right.”
“But isn’t this the point in time when the gap between the power of the entire world and that of Datang is relatively smallest?”
At those words, the eyes of Gulmyeong and Liwaduwan flashed.
“Oh, no, no way… … . No way.”
While Medakbo is denying reality, Gulmyeong is gathering information on the surrounding situation like crazy, and Liwaduwan is also calculating the military.
And then, in a split second, we come to a desperate conclusion.
The year is 1358 in the Age of Faith. The persistent invasions of the disease demons and devils are beginning to come to an end.
The Emperor of the Luca Empire, the Invincible One, the Six Lords of Baekara, the Thousand Calamities, and the Pencant of the Sea and Enrakisho of the Underground.
All the gods and demons of the world except for the East and Goaran. And the countries they lead.
“If we don’t get this chance, we won’t be able to defeat the Dartons until the world is destroyed!”
“World! Unite! Let us seize this rich land!”
“Judge the arrogant newcomer, Ol Chaun!”
At the same time, they all declare war on each other as if they were squeezing each other.
Amidst the laughter of the demons, they raise an army while still sick and head south.
The last war of the Age of Faith. The end of the Age of Faith is drawing near.
About 150 years until the appearance of the reverse demon.