Chapter 40 - On the Others’ Side 4

2 months later, in the valley at the base of the Sky-Piercing Mountains in the No-Man's Land of the Midgard Continent.

At the crack of dawn, Kaiser was looking down at the scenery from atop his house balcony. He was currently supervising his family subordinates' combat training. In this world, strength was the deciding factor of whether one held power or not.

The Silvaria family's forces had successfully cleared out the valley at the mountain's base of all mutant animals that threatened their safety. It took a long time because they had to be cautious when facing the monsters of Alterna.

The Silvarias made sure to take every precaution to ensure that they preserved all of their fighting force, not letting even a single member of their combat unit die.

After a whole month of arduous effort, the family was finally able to establish a foothold in the valley and create a settlement.

After another half month the Silvaria family was able to stabilize the living conditions of the people who followed them to the valley.

When the government factions had learned of their success, they immediately came and tried to take over control, which only resulted to them being beaten black and blue and having their asses kicked back to where they came from.

Although the Silvaria family and the government faction didn't get along, the Silvarias didn't reject any of them from settling down in the valley as long as they abided by the laws and regulations the Silvarias placed.

For the people who followed them willingly, there were no problems. The only problems came from the government faction and people who came after.

There were many who opposed at first, but after another half month those people's protests were immediate quelled in the face of danger and the Silvaria family's overwhelming combat force.

There were no stringent requirements actually. The Silvaria family only wanted the people that decided to reside in the valley to pay a 5% food tax of whatever they harvested or hunted per household.

This was so the Silvarias could feed the people who were a part of their combat force. Since there were no firearms anymore, martial prowess was what decided whether you could survive or perish.

There were monsters constantly attacking the valley and its surroundings, so the people needed protection– Protection which the Silvaria family could provide.

So it was the bare minimum for these people that were under their protection to provide food for the men and women who were bravely fighting back the monsters and protecting them.

The other laws and regulations were similar to the ones back on Earth, only some were slightly changed and others were cut out according to the circ.u.mstances of their current situation. Any ways, most of the laws implemented didn't put anyone, at a disadvantage.

The laws created by the Silvaria family made sure that everyone in the valley that was registered as citizens of the Silvaria Valley Settlement had equal rights and any form of effort was rewarded with the amount proportional to the work done.

Unlike the society conditions back at Edelesta City where the strong exploited the weak and the rich cheated on the poor.

The Silvaria family could do this if they wanted too. Who could protest in the face of their overwhelming might? No one, but this notion had never once crossed the minds of the elders and members of the Silvaria family.

Even when they were back on Earth, the Silvaria family's political members were always trying to create laws that helped all civilians of Edelesta city.

The only problem was that their hard work and effort never paid off since the Goldenia family were constantly suppressing them in the political field.

So now that they were given a chance, the Silvaria family tried to develop a fairer and more civil atmosphere in their settlement. Even though they were transported to god knows where, the people should at least try to maintain every shred of civility they had as humans.

Their laws and kind intentions were greatly received by the citizens of the valley. Whether they were from the people who willingly followed them from the start and from the people who only settled down after the valley's clearing battles.

Everyone was now willingly following the Silvaria Valley Settlement's laws not due to fear from the Silvaria family's might, but due to the gratitude and trust they had in the Silvarias.

Although not everyone was pleased, a majority of the Valley's citizens were appeased.

As for the factions who weren't pleased, they would mostly be the government factions and the big and influential families who had settled down in the valley. They were used to being in power, so they couldn't stand being below someone else.

Although they weren't please with the laws and circ.u.mstances, they had no choice but to follow. This was because the Silvaria was Martial Family and most of the modern day influential families no longer kept any martial traditions with them.

The 'backward ways' and old tradition of the Silvaria family had actually turned into a saving grace ever since they were transmigrated to Alterna.

Just like Cecil's circ.u.mstances, every member of the Silvaria family that received the minimal traditional training back on Earth, had experienced a breakthrough in strength ever since they began eating and training on Alterna.

Because of this, every other family who settled down in the valley couldn't and wouldn't ever express their dissatisfaction.

At first they wanted to bottle things up and gather more support from the citizens of the valley, but after 1 month of observations and biding their time. They could only put a stop to all their plans.

Their observations only led them to witnessing the individual might of each Silvaria family member growing bigger and bigger. Not to mention as time passed, the valley citizens only started supporting the Silvarias even more.

The unsatisfied families had to quell any notions of rebelling.

Who would fight a human that had the strength to kill a Blade Ursa with their bare hands with the assistance of crude weapons? Without the aid of magic spells and mana augments, you would be out of your mind if you even tried.

A Blade Ursa in the Alterna Bestiary is rated B-rank. So if you could kill a Blade Ursa with your bare hands, without the aid of magic spells and augments, then you would be registered as a 5 star Platinum ranked Adventurer.

"""HA! HA! HA! RAH!"""

Observing the crowd of people training in the field at the front of their house, Kaiser's lips rose in satisfaction. He raised his head and looked towards the horizon. The sun was slowly rising into the air, shining down rays of light which illuminated the valley.