The Fire and The Storm - The Nexus of Kellaran #2 novel Chapter 140

Part 21

“The scale can be further specified, for instance; a given warrior will deserve a different score for their ability to fight on land, in the air, on water, in water, and in the void.

“The same scale is used to indicate the strength of cohesive military units composed of many individuals. For instance, an average Shoal of Warriors of The Kag composed of twelve hundred and sixty individuals will have a sub-aquatic warfare effectiveness score of twenty-seven hundred and fifty.

“We expect that most of the combat in the upcoming war with the demons will be fought in the air and in the void. In those arenas, an average fighter of The Triax has a score of one point eight, and there are around sixteen billion of them here in our void, plus another billion of support personnel and non-combatants.

“An average god of The Triax has a score of ten million or so, and most of them score between five and fifteen million, though they have a few with scores as low as four hundred thousand. Their most powerful is First Aquamarine, Triax God of Power, with a score of at least sixty million. There are seventeen thousand, three hundred and three gods of The Triax.

“An average god of Kellaran has a score of about forty million, with most scoring between thirty-five and forty-five million. Our extremes range from a low of two hundred thousand to the highest score ever achieved in the experience of The Triax, held by Amirgath; First God of Draconia, with a score of about one billion and two hundred million. There are three hundred and twenty-three experienced gods of Kellaran, and we expect there to be at least another one hundred and forty-six new gods when Prince Mark initiates The Great Ascension. He may find more candidates when the occupants of the time-bubbles emerge.

“All of these figures are now available on The Comprehensive Listing of Military Assets, a document which will be constantly updated as our might and our accounting of it improve. All our vessels, physical weapons, supply sources, supply chains, and other assets, as well as every military unit’s state of readiness, are also available in The Comprehensive Listing. With this document in hand, we can now begin planning our first completely comprehensive and co-operative training exercise. It will simulate an attack by one quarter of all our void-capable forces on the demons’ vessel, at the time when we have decided we will attack it, being approximately eighteen months from now. We should be prepared to conduct the exercise within a week.

“The planning for the exercise will be lead by Prince Yazadril; Supreme Commander of the Military of The Just Alliance, First Crimson; First of the Triax Gods of War, and myself. If those two will join me here, we will begin organizing everyone else who will contribute.”

After those three had met on the stage and conferred for perhaps fifteen seconds, the rest of the assembly began starting conversations among themselves and ordering drinks and snacks from the attendants.

Mark and his family were psionicly following what was being said on the stage when Yzell appeared on the floor before Mark, laying flat on her belly with her palms flat on the floor beside her head. Since her face was hidden, they had to check psionicly to see who it was.

“Yzell?” Mark asked in a puzzled tone.

“This position is one of supreme shame among the elves.” Alilia stated in irritation. She nudged the prone midwife with her toe and demanded; “What have you done?!”

“I… I have solved the fertility problem!” Yzell cried in anguish. “I have discovered how to ensure that any elven woman can be pregnant from a single mating if she so chooses, and any humanoid female can become pregnant by almost any male of any humanoid race.”

“So, ah, why are you laying on the floor?” Mark asked as people all around them began to pay attention to the scene to and relate to others what Yzell had revealed.

“I have offended against you My Prince!” Yzell sobbed. “I have offended against you greatly!”

Mark’s brow knitted, and he considered Reading her before deciding on patience. “All right, just start from the beginning.” he told her.