The Fire and The Storm - The Nexus of Kellaran #2 novel Chapter 138

Part 21

“Regardless of whether or not one of the new gods wins the tournament, we support there being another tournament held immediately after the war to establish by meritocracy a new peacetime rule over Kellaran, who will be responsible for rebuilding and restructuring.

“However, we will oppose the participation of any god in that peacetime tournament with every legal means at our disposal. The mortals of Kellaran must be ruled by mortals under all but the most extreme circumstances. We cannot overstress our unity and determination on this issue.

“On other matters; we have been training with the gods of The Triax in their manner of warfare in the void. As has been previously stated; the gods of The Triax tend to use methods of warfare that are very different from those used by the mortal Triax, due to their extreme differences in capability. This being despite the fact that the mortals and the Pantheon of The Triax co-exist in a society that is almost entirely integrated in every other endeavor.

“However, as was pointed out yesterday at the last meeting with The Triax, our mortals have made great strides in developing new military techniques lately, particularly in the areas of mass Movements, Mass Translocations, and concentration of power from many to few. We can likely teach many of those new methods to the mortals of The Triax. This will lessen the vast difference in ability between gods and mortals, allowing a more integrated effort among all of us; gods and mortals, Triax and Kellarani.

“We will all work on that integration after viewing presentations of the newest military techniques. We should have the outline of a completely integrated training program, ready to present to our subordinates for further development and implementation, before we leave here today.

“After all,” the great quicksilver dragon god paused for a discreet chuckle, “Some of us have a wedding to attend after this meeting. I’ll admit I was surprised to be invited, but I will most cheerfully attend.

“Somonik?” Amirgath said in closing, then disappeared from the stage as Somonik took his place.

“It should be noted,” the ancient white dragon began, “That many of our most prominent researchers are still engaged in the time-bubbles, and that it is certain that they will have many new discoveries to announce when they emerge.

“However, many other brilliant minds have chosen to remain outside the time-bubbles or to emerge from them, and they have been far from idle.

“To explain what has been accomplished by the unicorns, I present Tithian; First Speaker of The Senate of The People of Morning.”

“Greetings. Xervian researchers have discovered how to cast a Gate. They function as a Translocation Plane without needing a physical material anchor at either end. In this way, they function similarly to the Gate that the demons used to attack us in The First Demon War, though we are not capable of casting it over interstellar distances as yet. However, we can cast it over interplanetary distances, which allows for its use as a potent weapon in the coming conflict. One Portal would be cast upon the enemy, or close to them, and the other Portal would be cast at the surface of the sun. The very surface of the sun would blaze directly onto the enemy, who will be disintegrated. The amount of raw energy available there is truly colossal, and I cannot envision any material or energy being having the capability to resist such an attack.

“The Portals of a Gate can also be cast without needing a Translocation Reference, instead being located by purely mathematical triangulation, and without their casters needing to project their consciousness to the location of either Portal. In these two respects Gates are superior to Translocation.

“Also, we have adapted the Hiliani Void-Proofing spell to unicorns and gargoyles. They are minor modifications, lacking the improvements that the Draconians have made in their version, but they are more comfortable and effective for us than the versions designed for humanoids.