Hidden Powerful Beings

"The total population has now reached almost five million people in Concord. We have to do something about expanding the territory."

"Why is there a need to expand? There is a wide space beyond the barricades. They could just make new settlements there."

"New settlements? It would take a longer time to collect taxes and then what of their security? Are we going to send guards there? Do you think we could still oversee if they ever had problems?"

"Allocating resources there would also be a problem, the price for transporting-"

"You are all too loud," Yllana whispered after hearing the elders incessantly talking negatively. She crossed her arms over her chest and looked at the papers in the center of the table. It was the scheduled meeting for the month, and they were all shocked that when Midel went to the South, he came back with more baggage… Uhm, people. They all wanted to settle into Concord instead of bringing the land back to life.