Chapter 1368 Ruler of Karadhan

Chapter 1368 Ruler of Karadhan

Days passed and things progressed rather slowly.

It took the people in the ships nearly 4 days to even reach the Sunside, where they had finally begun their work to help establish permanent houses for the people that had come from the other planets.

Not only that, they were also to establish connections with the group for future relationships between the two humans. Updated from novelbIn.(c)om

Ning went over to watch what was happening there from afar and only left when everything was to his satisfaction.

The other side of the world, Barason, had decided on their new rulers. Instead of making a single person their ruler, they decided to form a democratic government instead.

Nobody there wanted to be ruled by a single person ever again. They were done with tyrants.

They were to instead form a government body with around 25 people, all of whom would come together to help improve that section.

Because Barason was too far away from the Sunside and the Nightside, they planned on not governing either of those zones, leaving the people there to do it by themselves.

Ning had never planned on giving that to them anyway.

The Sunside and Nightside were difficult terrains where long stretches of deserts or tundra made it not as hospitable for life. The sections that were had large settlements of humans living there, so instead of choosing one giant body that would rule over them all, it was decided that they would instead be ruled by people in those cities and towns by mayors and chiefs chosen by the people there.

These mayors and chiefs would be checked on every year or two by the people in Barason to make sure they weren't corrupt.

The Sunside was slightly difficult to do so in this regard because of the newly arrived group of people that had settled. Still, Ning believed they would figure out something.

He had already helped the people have a better life for themselves, the rest was up to them to improve.

Nearly 10 days later, the people of Karadhan had finally chosen the 3 people who wanted to and were most likely to become the next King.

The first person was a middle-aged man named Kett Saltar, a merchant who was known to be loved by many of the peasants for his affordable prices and huge stock of inventory. Just that alone had given the man enough name and fame to put his name into the list of who would be king and come out with the top 3.

The next person was the head of a noble family, going by the name of Yasol Jerrahmul. He was one of the many sons of the Godking and was one of the most well-known nobles in the entire continent.

If this were a normal empire on another planet, this man would have had the power and influence to rival an arch-duke.

Finally, the last person was Kinara. She had been Godking's most currently loved wife and had put her beauty, fame, and influence into work the past couple of days to have the people choose her to be one of the candidates.

With the 3 candidates now prepared, they were brought to a giant hall in the palace, where the next king of Karadhan would be crowned from amongst them.

Ning couldn't let that happen.

Finally, there was Kinara, the last candidate to become the next ruler of the continent.

The calm and collected woman hid a surprisingly selfish self on the inside.

She had been a young farmgirl, living on the eastern edge of the continent when Indebiss had found her on accident one day. She had been no older than 16 years old when she had been made his wife and brought to the palace.

Kinara had never wanted to be a wife of Indebiss, she had someone she loved back home. However, she could not refuse the Godking.

She was made to live with the other many wives of the Godking and there she realized there was also a hierarchy, despite everyone being of the same status.

The hierarchy was based on who the Godking showed favor to and who he ignored.

The ones that weren't even visited by the Godking were of the lowest tier.

The ones that fanned him were just slightly higher, and those that fed him while he sat were higher than that.

Those who could dance or sing to entertain the Godking had a better status in the group, and those that the Godking let hold him were even higher than that.

Finally, those whom the Godking regularly took to bed were considered to be the ones most in his favor and had the highest status among the wives.

For the past 20 years, Kinara did her best to reach that status and make a life for herself.

All she wanted was freedom, to not be in someone else's shadow. The less shadow she was in, the better. So she had done what she could to make it to the top of the hierarchy among the wives.

And now that the single shade before her was gone, she wanted to be the light that cast shadows instead. No one else would take that away from her.

She had passion and ambition to become a ruler, not for the betterment of others.

"Well," Ning said out loud after going through each candidate in his head. "There's really only one good choice, I fear."

Ning stood up and spun his fingers to produce a crown out of nowhere and walked down the stairs from his throne.

He arrived in front of Kinara and placed the crown on her head.

Even if she was selfish and only thought about herself, she was still the best choice out of all 3 of them.

"Kinara Godera, I, Ning Ruogong, the Godking, hereby make you the ruler of the Kingdom of Karadhan. May you forever rule this kingdom to the best of your capability."