Fantasy Starting from the Stone Age - Chapter 168
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Episode 168. Time to Burn the World
In the 13th year of the war, the population of Datang has decreased to 220 million, a decrease of more than 310 million compared to before the war began.
Excluding the fallen heroes, the elderly population over 60 years of age and the elderly Datons were ‘annihilated’.
Because men were deployed in large numbers to the battlefield, the male-to-female ratio has become 1:2. According to administrative statistics, 100% of women of childbearing age are pregnant, and the population is rapidly ‘aging.’
When Liwaduwan realizes that his grain reserves are running low, he sends more new soldiers into battle.
Liwaduwan’s goal is to reduce the population of his ‘nation’ to 10% of its current level within two years, or in other words, to kill about 20 million more people to make up for the still insufficient production.
It sounds crazy, right? It really is. Datang’s population has dropped by 60% in 13 years, and they’re going to drop it by another 10%.
Of course, 60% of the deaths were directly or indirectly caused by infectious diseases (food and medicine were not provided to seriously ill patients). The influence of the disease demons is still strong.
And 38% died in the war. The remaining 2%? They were executed for violating military discipline and suppressing rebellion. In other words, 2% of 310 million. About 6.2 million people, which is about 0.11% of the entire population, were killed for disobeying orders.
So what did we get in return? We got it by reducing the overall population by 60%. It’s that simple.
All the wires were eventually blocked.
This was a situation that other countries could not believe.
Cheon-gyeop thought that he would enter the great forest at least five years ago and that he would be grazing sheep in the great ranch in about eight years.
The Baekans thought that the rear would be safe, and that it would take less than three years to push out and occupy all the Iyakans, but guess what? Datang occupied the Iyakan territory and then requisitioned them to block it.
The Invincible One thought he would destroy Mainnirun right away, but he hasn’t been able to get beyond the coast for 13 years.
On the southern coast, the day Pencant arrives is now considered a supply day. The southern soldiers are holding out, barely receiving supplies, while eating away at the incoming Pencant forces.
When Liwaduwan heard that the great offensive that Baekkan launched because he could not bear it any longer was completely burned by the All Chaun that fell from the sky, he laughed and said that it was a dramatic appearance and that it would be okay to make a story out of it, Iyakan praised their immortal monarch, and Baekkan panicked and ran around in confusion. The other countries could not help but be greatly shocked.
“All Chaun has come to take down Enrakisho!”
All the good news is proclaimed to the world.
“I will never forgive you for killing 200 million of my family members! Now I will burn Baekara and turn the Northern Ocean Ice Plains into a swamp! I will reduce the Luca Empire to ashes!”
Turn Baekara into a desert, the ice plains into a swamp, and the empire into ashes!
This is Datang’s relief. Ol Chaun thinks that Datang has held out while he was away exploring the underground, and that Liwaduwan’s strategy worked well.
It is now impossible to penetrate the Datang interior. With the Patchar commandos already piercing the entire northwest and east, and the All-Chaun descending, there is now a way to deal with the newcomers.
And then, all of this Chaun gets tormented like crazy by Liwaduwan.
“You crazy bastard! What if you declare it like that!”
All Chaun didn’t know that Liwaduwan would be this angry, so he asked in return.
“what?”
“Does this kid really have no sense of self? This war would have ended this year if you hadn’t said you would burn Baccarat! What did you hear about the grand strategy I told you last time?”
“uh?!”
Liwaduwan’s strategy was roughly as follows.
By adding the interior to the east, west, south, and north, we will first drive out Enrakisho and change the five-sided front into a four-sided front.
Then, by stabilizing the interior, you can apply pressure to push one front with certainty based on the card called All Chaun, which has stable production capacity.
Except for Pencant, he threatens to push back against the Lucca Empire, Bapan Tab, and the Baekkan Federation at any time with the power of All Chaun, and negotiates in a very advantageous position.
Afterwards, he drove out Pencant and exploited them by exacting huge reparations from all three countries.
“I know… … .”
“But since you said slogans like ‘Bacara to the desert, the ice plains to the swamp, the empire to the ashes’, we can’t stop now! With Enrakisho gone, it was a strategy that would work by creating cracks in the uneasy alliance between our enemies! Who would stop now?”
“Oh, wait a minute. But you can still negotiate and surrender, right?”
“Us and them!”
All of this is disconcerting.
“What? We can negotiate, and if they surrender, isn’t that the end of it? Just tie it up here! What I said was blackmail, and if you don’t want to be reduced to ashes, surrender!”
Liwaduwan bangs his head on the table, making a noise.
“You idiot! Think of the soldiers! Our people have no intention of stopping now!”
“!”
“And think of their people! How can the monarchs feel safe even if they negotiate? After all, in a few years, war will break out again.”
“Then again at that time… … .”
“What else? You want to kill everyone again with massive sacrifices? Stop talking nonsense! There is inertia in war. We can’t call back the soldiers who have been disbanded. Because of that one word from you, we can’t stop!”
“until when?”
Liwaduwan glared at Ol Chaun as if asking him why he was asking that.
Yes, it is a slogan that you said yourself.
Turn Baekara into a desert, the ice plains into a swamp, and the empire into ashes.
This war will only end when the ends of the earth are burned.
Upon hearing of All Chaun’s return, the Heavenly Kings, the Invincible Ones, the Lords of Baekkan, and even the representatives of Pencant gathered together.
“… … .”
“… … .”
“… … .”
And he doesn’t say anything. He can’t, to be exact.
13 years ago, their strategy was this:
By applying pressure from five directions, including the east, west, south, and the interior, one place is destroyed.
If one place collapses, other fronts will collapse in quick succession.
The Invincible Ones take the northwest and western regions of Dimanang, Cheongeop takes the Great Forest and the Great Ranch, Baekkan takes Seiwamuyu and all of the eastern islands, Penkant takes Shujor, and the Underground Demons take Dator.
Anyway, since the land is so vast and the national power is so strong, it is impossible to divide it all up. So, every country aims to take as much of Datang’s territory as possible and split Datang up.
If it fails, we will just stop at weakening national power and retreat.
Now that Enrakisho has collapsed, it is time to step down. That is how it should have been.
However, there are two variables.
The first variable is that the war dragged on for too long. Frankly, they didn’t expect Datang to last this long.
They say it’s a 13-year war, but if the war lasts only 1 year and 3 months, the country will be devastated. Since it was an all-out war, other countries had to go all-out as well.
So, you said that the population of Datang has decreased by 60%. But the actual size of the economy has also decreased by only 60%?
In short, the quality of life itself remains the same, because the infrastructure and productivity are maintained by working the citizens.
In short, although the work is harder than before, the Datang people still eat well, celebrate occasionally, and live similarly to before.
However, the other countries are the opposite. Since the East did not participate in the war, the population of the countries that participated in the war was only a little over 200 million, so compared to Datang who died 300 million times, only 100 million people died.
Even on the battlefield, thanks to the efforts of the newcomers, not many people died, but due to the epidemic, the number of people who died was almost halved. 50% were destroyed.
But the economy is more than 80% devastated. The social infrastructure is no longer viable. If the war continues, more people will die from starvation and epidemics than from the battlefield.
“Oh right.”
The representative of Pencant decides to deliver the message from the Ice God.
One of the few primordial gods who regained full power after losing the divine aura. The Ice God speaks.
It was almost as if he was shedding tears of blood.
-You fucking retards… … .
The eons and the invincible ones, the lords of Baekkan flinch.
“You’re an idiot.”
-You are a waste of both a rookie and a god. You are idiots. You beggarly bastards. I have tied up millions of troops by destroying over 20 million of my people in the south, and three, no, four rookies can’t push one front? Are you gods? Just lead a large army and give the order to advance, and we will push one front that is not worth fighting for!
Even the aeons, the invincible ones, and the lords of Baekkan know shame. They all blush.
“But how can you lead a large army all the way to the west from Eron… … .”
-shut up.
“My people have done their best. In fact, there has been significant plunder in the Dimanang region… … .”
-Shut up.
“That’s because, um. The resistance of the Iyakans is so strong.”
-Ah. I don’t want to hear it. We’re leaving now. Goodbye.
Then the others gathered jump up again.
“Absolutely not!”
“Ahhh… … .”
The Ice God speaks coldly.
First of all, our Pencant troops have died more than the three of you combined.
Second, if All Chaun comes down to the southern front now, there is no chance of winning.
Thirdly, I don’t think you incompetent bastards who haven’t even broken through the front lines for 13 years will be able to stop the next Chaun when he appears, so I’ll leave now.
Fourthly.
-To be blunt, if we say we’re going to leave, what can you do? What can you do besides swearing and whining?
But from the North’s perspective, this is a call to death.
“If you guys leave, the southern army will come straight up to the north. Then, Baekara will be finished! It will become a desert!”
“No, the army won’t come up and we’ll just farm. That’ll be the end of it. We can’t afford to supply them anymore… … .”
“Think carefully. Is it really possible that All Chaun can’t go to the polar regions? Think carefully about whether the polar regions are really a weakness for All Chaun… … If we all fall apart, you’ll be next.”
The Ice God conveys a very trembling message.
Sure, if it were All Chaun, he would come to the polar regions alone and melt and burn everything. There are cities in the polar regions, too. If the new man goes crazy and runs wild, it would certainly be impossible to rebuild.
-Then what do you want me to do?
Everyone frowns when Bingmasin Penkant asks.
So to speak, the sunk costs are too large right now.
Those who went all-in on the destruction of Datang have now lost everything because Datang has won. That’s what risky investments are all about.
This is the result of Lee Wa-Du-Wan’s crazy efforts to hire new people.
If All Chaun had continued to lead, and had maintained society rather than saving the population, he might have given up a significant portion of his territory and entered into humiliating negotiations with the Datang side.
At that critical juncture, the decision to save the country by leaving all judgments to Liwaduwan ended up winning.
Now other countries are being held accountable for their defeat.
The Baekkan lords are whispering and saying.
“Let’s surrender!”
“?!”
“At least our Baekara will surrender. Then, Bapan, you too will have to surrender. And you, the invincible one.”
“These kids… … .”
“Then what? What are we going to do…? We are the country that will be hit first geographically anyway! If the west and north don’t support us, we will surrender!”
“Do you think Datang will accept it?”
“What if they don’t accept it? I want to ask in return. Surely Datang doesn’t intend to wage war against us forever. After all, isn’t the continent beyond Olsojora a wasteland for them where Daton can’t live? The compensation will be high, but… … . In any case, the compensation is cheap! Ol Chaun is a generous leader who knows forgiveness.”
The thousand-year-old will crumple his face. Even the invincible one. The thousand-year-old will probably vomit out a significant amount of what he has plundered.
The same goes for the invincible ones. During the war, the Luca Empire actually managed to build up its strength and rebuild quite successfully… … but now it has reached its limit.
But there is a saying about war.
I can decide when a war will start.
But the end of the war is not up to me to decide.
The news that All Chaun’s expedition to the Baekara region had been decided came even before Baekkan’s surrender envoy had even set off.
Now is the time for the world to burn.
About 130 years until the appearance of the reverse demon.