Broken Confidence

The Prime Minister raised an eyebrow. "The Kandrian Empire cannot consume the excess with its population of three hundred million or so citizens."

"That isn't my intention," Rui replied. "In the eight months since the Human Summit, the Kandrian Empire has expanded its seafaring capacity to an even greater extent. We are now able to supply the most essential resources to more people. One of the most essential resources being food, of course. In a globalized economy, many, many nations get their food with imports through land-faring routes which have now been entirely demolished."

Many had considered eating the monsters that were felled, but processing esoteric monster meat on an industrial scale was something that most nations were simply not equipped to do. Additionally, the esotractor ravaged corpses, rendering them unfit for human consumption.

Food had become priceless in the Era of Darkness.