324 Council Meeting 1

Parties don't last forever unfortunately, but at the very least everyone had been given a chance to relax and unwind. But right now, it was about time to get back to work. I made my way down a hallway, heading a secure meeting room with Malek and Farina hot on my heels giving me status report of how the city has been faring since I left.

"The city's economy has been stable and growing steadily, especially now that we've become the biggest supplier of magical ores like mythril and Orichalum. Compounds like Daseinite and Ionite are still in high demand, but since these two natural resources are a lot more rare than the ores, we've only been selling them to a select few for an exorbitant sum of money. And right now Ethernalia Leonis has a lot more money than we know what to do with, because of how we're seen in Shearath, it's hard for us to invest beyond our borders. And the council of light has a strong choke hold on space travel, so it's impossible for us to make any other notable business connections off world.

Trade so far has been through the transition universal market hub, but it's hard to trust in an online deal, as some investments and trade can not be carried out through the hub, no matter how helpful it is. The council of light can not attacks us, we've grown too strong, but they're obviously isolating us. We can't be a part of Shearath at least not for another 500 years.We need to either pack up and leave to a place that's more conducive for our growth, Nefisat can't do everything, no matter how powerful she is. Besides letting her take care of all the construction and menial tasks would take away job opportunities from the people who need it. We can not be an island, Isolated in the middle of nowhere, in other to truly grow, I believe we have to connect with the cosmos."

Her words made sense, Farina had the honor of being one of the most cool headed and open minded person I know, in fact I would say of all my advisers, she was the most calm and rational amongst them. Plus it also helps that she's capable of looking and planning ahead, rather than being comfortable with the current state of things. Leaving her in charge of all administrative duties was a good idea, she was a really good leader.

At this point we had reached the room where the meeting was being held, Galadriel and the former Naga king were already there waiting, along with Asare, Asha, Xaseah and Kuyait, the latter being here as Asare's second in command as Xaseah is to Asha.

I took my seat tight in the middle of Asha and Xaseah, gave everyone a close look, before turning to Malek. Though I've not said anything about Farina's report, whatever solution that could be tendered to most of the problem, would depend on the kind of report Malek had for me.With my go ahead, Malek started speaking.

"Your Majesty, your journey to Transylvania has been quite opportune for us as it was able to let us discover massive traces of rare minerals, and a wide deposit of Daseinite that covers more than half the entire territory ofTransylvania. This should be the biggest discovery of Daseinite to date, and I believe many others, outsiders who have been given access to Transylvania on your commands have discovered it too, and soon there will be a mad scramble for it amongst various large corporation. Transylvania is about to become a warzone, but that's not the issue here.

Though we have more than enough with the mineral mountain, all those precious materials belong to the vampires. That's our ancestral home, and it would not sit well with a lot of your people if we let other people take it from us. That's that for Transylvania. Next would be the markers required to move all of Ethernalia Leonis to the realm of the dragon Kings. Right now Jerry lady ship Ming Bae Ki is mapping out the final sector, which is the mineral mountain itself, and it is believed she would be done in two weeks. At that time Ethernalia Leonis would be ready to make the jump.

Development over space worthy vessels are a little bit slow at the moment, technology that we recovered from Transylvania has sped up the process, but we're still behind by a year or two. The only other option would be to have a fleet build for us by another planets ruling power. However it would cost a pretty penny, and I doubt there would be anybody willing to share their planets defense system with us, especially since vampires are still quite notorious.I've heard rumors of a great library that's the sum of a knowledge, compiled by the dragons since the beginning of time, if I can get access to that library, I believe that I would be able to advance our current technology by at least a few thousand years. Things like gene altering,trans dimensional portals and planet destroying weapons would become a possibility. And finally I've finally found a way to wake up the seven children who survived from the massacre of the seventy.

Though the method is untested, and your help is required for it to work, I believe there is a way where the missing factor in their genetics, which if course is the shade responsible for vampirism can be substituted for another. The children would become an entirely new race, and since they were born vampires, I believe their bodies are strong enough to withstand to procedure.But the procedure can best proceed when it's done by a weaver, in other words you my lord are the key to saving these children.

But all these aside, technological advancement had been steady. Last week Ausolon Corp has released a stream of state of the art communications devices and transportation vehicles that has made life a lot more easier. We're currently working on improving the railway line, and working on creating a teleportation pad to transport inorganic materials."

That was a lot of things to keep track of, first of all it seems to me like Malek is using the fact that Ethernalia Leonis was a growing city, to build a business empire. Looks like his greed has caught up to him, but at the moment there wasn't really anything I can do about it. Ethernalia Leonis needs him, besides the public need a chance to build their own fortune out of the economy itself, rather than the government hogging everything, it would be no different than when we were all prisoners.

But Malek was working hard so he would be given credit for that, but as for access to the library of the dragon kings, that would be restricted. Malek was loosing sight of what's important, we don't need weapons that could blow up planets, we needed shields that could protect one. The vampires war mongering days are over, and I would not stand for any sort of discord, especially if we're the one who started it.

Asare was the one who had to go next, as his reports hadn't deal with the army and all of our soldiers. Without a doubt he's would be a delicate matter, but I was looking forward to finding out how things have panned out.

"Your Majesty there has not been much change since you've been gone. The different divisions have been able to get into their assigned roles smoothly, ranks have been allocated and multiple barracks are in the process of being built all over Ethernalia Leonis, including on the floating island, on the outskirts of the city and even underground. It was made these way so that our forces would not beconcentrate in one spot, making us an easy target. Also it means that any division would be able to respond first to any disturbances, based on the direction it's coming from.

A couple of Nephilim, vampires and Lamias were gathered together to make a specialized team that would try and live amongst the world as they are. While none of them were killed, they were almost always attacked in every city that they had decided to settle down in, so I'm sure this would match the report already given to you by Farina.

There's to much prejudice and hate for the vampires to safely live on Shearath, so without a doubt it would be better for us to leave. But as a general of the army there are some things that we have to take care, first and foremost we need to have a secure footing in Transylvania, Malek is right about it being an Important resource, plus I believe it would also be a good place for our soldiers to undergo field training. And finally I would like permission to begin laying down the groundwork of the royal guard, a completely separate force responsible for not only keeping the palace safe, but also the royal family. But in order to that, I think it's time we gather our original army together your Majesty, it's about time the PRIDE of the Cor family come home to their king."

Asare as usual is always so enthusiastic to serve, but he was right. I have already sent for the PRIDE before, but up till now they've not arrived, and I knew that meant something was wrong somewhere. But well get to that once me and my family leave for our vacation/world domination quest. We're strong and influential enough that we won't be hurt by anyone or anything should we go out into the world. Plus even though I've been gone for only two years and quite a lot might have changed, my family still had millennia of history, power and wealth that can not just be ignored because their owner was vampire.

"I understand Asare. Is there any more reports." I asked, Asha and Galadriel nodded, but it was Galadriel who started speaking after receiving a hint from Asha.

"The dark elves that have come to us to seek asylum are who they say they are. Their story checks out, and they truly are victims of the Toroth and their wanton expansion across space. Based on official reports gleaned from other outlets, this particular race of dark elves are somewhat pacifists, and have always been successful in staying away and avoiding any sort of conflict in the past. But because of their neutrality, they have no allies, or at least no ally strong enough to stand against the Toroth for them.

So they lost their planet to the Toroth, and their mother ship is currently in orbit with only a week left of life support and supplies. The Council of light allowed them entrance to Shearath based on previous diplomatic ties, but no help was rendered to them. But their leadership had a run in with Kodak when he save quite a few of their kind after they had been sold into slavery, he was the one who sent them this way.

But looking at it from a rational point of view, this species of dark elves are famed for their creation of a technology called a space gate. It's quite similar to what Malek had mentioned, about being able to create a teleportation Pad to transport inorganic material from one point to another. The space gate could be place in two separate points anywhere in a galaxy, or far away in another, even across dimensions.

It creates an artificial worm hole that could move ships, carrying life inorganic and organic across great distances in seconds. It's far safer than the current warp drive and light speed engines used by other ships. While there are dangers, the stability of the gate is guaranteed and cost less to maintain in a year than three hundred cargo ships in four days. This was how the dark elves had made money to take care of their people, by serving as glorified bus drivers.

The technology was made based on schematics of their own genetics, seeing as these species of dark elves are almost always born with the space attribute, giving them the ability to bend space, time and travel for long distances or within any given space or dimension. I was only able to get this much information from them as a sign of goodwill and trust.

The Toroth had led an attack against them because of the war capabilities of those gates. With those gates, it becomes possible for them to invade different star systems in a second, allowing them to deploy their armies anywhere in the universe at the drop of a hat. If no one don't stops them, they'll invade every planet with a civilization and turn them to slaves. As it stands, we're the last and only hope they have."

Well that was quite a story, but in the end these space elves? Have quite a lot to offer Ethernalia Leonis as a whole. And besides it was not in our policy to turn away people seeking for help, after all this city is meant to be a sanctuary.

"Alright, first things first before we continue. Have the space elf queen land her ship close by and bring her people along with her. We'll offer a seat on the council, and she'll seat with us at the next council meeting which should be in three days. Tell her that anyone looking for a home, for a second chance, a new beginning from the darkness of the world is welcome here, because this place is the home of the forgotten, of the hurting and of those desperate for something good in a world of blackness. The kingdom of Leonis welcomes her with open arms."