Fantasy Starting from the Stone Age - Chapter 57



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Episode 57. Slowing down the flow of time 2 (8:45 content significantly revised)

Seven years after the formation of the Shuzor Alliance, all the Patchars across Shuzor who had not joined Datang were united.

It would be fair to say that they had no choice but to unite. They could not stand up to the military power of the Borin tribe, which had the strong support of the Datang civilization at its back, so they tried to protect their interests in the form of an alliance.

They operate a prehistoric-oligarchy form of government. The first to join hands with Borin is the term-limited king, or ‘Liwa’ as they call it, but other Patchar chieftains can also be voted into becoming ‘Liwa’. Those who fail to become Liwa are called ‘Wazin’, equal members of the oligarchy.

The right to vote to make Wajin into Liwa also exists in Borin, and 12 votes from Borin are equal to 1 vote from Pachar. Therefore, Pachar has an advanced system that requires support not only from its own Pachar tribe but also from Borin.

The leaders of the Borin tribe are ‘Deata’, who lead each faction (Death)······. One Death cannot exceed 1728 people at most.

The reason is that the group of Borin, that is, the Deats, also want to maintain a balance of power. And for the convenience of calculation, the Deats all vote for one candidate, so in fact, there are many, but it is impossible to cheat. This is because their political influence is reduced.

Their political system had already surpassed that of Datang at that point. In the case of Datang’s political system, when a village was created, the chieftain would put two guns there, gather people in a reasonable amount, and gather them in a fist-fighting manner. If there were not enough people, more would be gathered, and if there were too many, they would make pilgrimages. However, they were already operating a fairly advanced form of democracy-oligarchy.

The story goes that an advanced political system is efficient in concentrating power.

The Shuzor Alliance was already a large community of 350,000 Patchar people and perhaps 2.5 million Borin people, and its area of ​​influence covered about a tenth of Dator.

“If we go to war with Datang now, we will definitely lose.”

“Unconditionally?”

“Absolutely. The population of Datang has decreased by 80% due to the last Borin revolution. The number of people is about 15 million. (Actually, they speak in base 12, but I will standardize it in base 10 for you.)”

“8, 80% decrease, 15 million? What kind of number is that?”

“Yes. It’s not like it’s 80%, it’s just 80% less, 15 million.”

“Only with Daton?”

“Datun, Bark, Erin, etc., mixed-bloods.”

“······.”

“Even the Shujor Alliance’s power is absolutely incapable of defeating them. Their population is even overpowering Hanjutamal and is growing rapidly.”

“Even if we unite all the Pachar tribes in the south, there would only be about 500,000 people······.”

“Yes. So first, we need to increase the population of the Pachar and Borin tribes by a large amount. And to increase the population by a large amount, we need food and territory. For food, we need to first bow down to the Datang. We need to learn about their seemingly endless food and excellent agriculture, and make Shujor’s productivity at least 30% of Datang’s.”

“But wouldn’t the number of datangs increase?”

“It’s okay. Datang can’t just project that enormous power to the south. It’s impossible under their system. In addition, the number of people who can actually be called warriors is much smaller, so if you count the number of warriors alone, it would feel like fighting 500,000 people, and including the spirits, it would feel like fighting 2.5 million people.”

“······But even then, we’d only have 500,000 Patchar at most? Surely you wouldn’t say that 20 million Borin tribesmen would come and take them down. How are we going to secure food?”

“If we calculate it, in five generations, five generations, Datang’s military power and the Shujor Alliance’s military power will be equal at 10:3. Then it’s worth a try.”

“Can’t I count? There are three times as many enemies.”

“You have already stopped more than 20 times the number of Datons in the jungle. And that too with a lack of weapons and mystics. If only there were no extremely strong asymmetrical forces like All Chaun and Mainirun, it would be possible to drive out all their forces from the jungle. And.”

“and?”

“The Borin tribe almost destroyed Datang even when their population ratio was 1:100,000. We can do it with your help.”

“Okay, then what should we do to get a wider territory?”

“It’s war. Let’s attack Iyakan and reclaim the jungle that originally belonged to the Patchar people.”

“······!”

What is good and evil? Are Hanjutamals evil? In fact, in Datang, Hanjutamals are called devils, but if you ask if Hanjutamals are ‘bad’, it is not. They are just thought of as terrible creatures.

Usually, a group of Homo sapiens criticizes itself as a collection of diverse individuals with diverse characteristics, while the other group is a narrow-minded group with a single set of thoughts.

People from ~~~ country are no good. People with ~~~ religion are no good. People with ~~~ political leanings are all pathetic. And so on.

However, people are very diverse. Dogs of the same breed may have similar personalities, but that doesn’t mean they are the same. Even twins who are biologically identical can’t be said to have the same personalities.

That’s why I’m a bit cautious when I talk. When I actually describe the people of this world, I often use expressions like ‘Datun is like this’ or ‘Patchar is like this’, but in reality, not all of them are like that. There are also people like Echakado who are openly rebellious. Even if it’s not him, there are many who put up small resistances.

So, I hope you think that the atrocities that occurred in the subsequent horrific war, the war that was so horrible, were not committed because of anyone being good or bad or anything like that, but because they were simply doing the best they could.

Instead of blaming their race.

Anyway, a war is about to break out. The enemy is the Iyakan. And if you are going to fight the Iyakan, it would be easier for you to understand if you know what kind of race the Iyakan are.

Iyakan. It is not clear why these people were called by this name, because the tribes themselves called themselves Iyakan, but this was not recorded in history.

I also kept changing the timeline to find out why they called them Iyakan, but it seems like it just means ‘people’. I guess they liked the sound of it.

But biologically, we can guess their lineage quite accurately.

They are a race of humans who branched off from the carnivorous race that once ruled this world. They branched off from the Missing Link race before dragons and birds branched off.

In terms of evolutionary time, humans became intelligent and ‘human’ about 3 million years before humans such as Darton.

But civilization was built a little later than Daton. It was a lot later. When the ancient humans discovered something similar to fire and branched out into the Patchar, Nono, and Daton, these races didn’t even know how to use fire.

Because they were cold-blooded animals. To be exact, they were warm-blooded animals whose body temperature did not drop easily because of their size······. Because of that, these species had a very hard time surviving the winter, and they would practically rot away if they were near a fire.

As a result, they did not discover fire, and instead built civilizations with plants, minerals, and monsters, but it was very difficult to build a civilization without the element of fire, right? So the technology is a little different. There are concepts of agriculture, livestock, quarrying, architecture, and medicine, but a strange civilization was born that only lacked processing using fire.

They had magical power and there were no major restrictions on the use of magical power, so this ‘unique’ civilization was quite developed, but it seems that they had limitations in technology. In the end, although their civilization was clearly much earlier than Daton in terms of geological history, they did not leave a significant footprint in history and remained in the south of Shujor.

There are also tribes to the east and northwest, but I can tell you something different about these tribes.

Anyway, the characteristics of Iyakan are that they are a strange humanoid with a half-reptile and half-bird appearance, with scales and feathers, a beak and teeth.

Instead of claws, they have scales on their hands and feet, so they don’t get hurt when they walk on the ground, and they don’t get hurt when they craft weapons.

Instead, the upper part of the elbow is covered with fluffy feathers and scales, which can be used to incubate eggs and maintain body temperature. They pluck out their own feathers to make their own clothes, or give them to others to make new clothes or blankets. They also use their scales as tools.

They are 99.99% perfectly monogamous.

It’s to the extent that if one of the spouses dies, there are no children between the two, and even if they were engaged and never had sexual relations, if the spouse who promised to marry dies, the couple will never get married or have children in the rest of their lives.

Except for the very rare cases where an old widow or widower marries a young Iyakan, they almost never remarry. It is not a social custom, but biologically, that extreme paternal and maternal love and monogamous customs are ingrained in their genes. Marriage is always 1:1, and it is a sacred union.

There is not even a word for the concept of adultery among the Iyakan. It doesn’t exist.

So, the conflict between Iyakan and other humans, namely, ape-like humans, was, quite unexpectedly, for cultural reasons rather than overlapping habitats.

It is a sin that such immoral and depraved creatures remain in this world, who have no concept of marriage and who profane the sacred union of family. Because the people of the southern region generally lived in promiscuity or polygamy.

For this reason alone, the Iyakan were so deeply entangled in morality, ethics, and the religion that bound them that they were able to wage war for tens of thousands of years. Not much is known about their proto-religion, but it seems clear that there was a mythology based on family bonds and normal domestic ethics.

These Iyakans have recently succeeded in taming and communicating with the great dragons, drakes, and other dragon-like creatures that they consider their ancestors and now their friends.

Could this possibly have something to do with the Barks in the north calling the Dragons south?

Hmm. Well? Certainly, the number of powerful dragons increased from that point on.

The Iyakan’s most powerful weapon is the Dragon, a supreme battle beast that can perform all functions including chariots, cavalry, air force, and navy. Their culture and technology are not inferior to that of the Patchar, so they have consistently overwhelmed the Patchar for the past several hundred years.

That is, until the Borin tribe joined. The Patchar tribe united with the Borin tribe. And the Shujor Alliance was formed.

Will they be able to defeat the Iyakan tribe, the southernmost barbarians?

Let’s check it out for yourself now.