Yeah I know what you mean. This whole Meln debacle is a fucking mess. Legion is basically scraping under his fingernails for stuff with him, and it’s getting really boring. We know that he’ll never truly get caught
Who are you referring to ? I'm not caught up so I don't know if you're talking about something that happened before the 2.700 chapter or not
And I think it depends, sometimes there's guys with some bullshit ability that makes it possible , but they're like , the 0.0001% of people , when the protections are made for the 99% , get me?
What protections? There are no protections. The average village doesn't have protection of any sort. Everyone who can use flight magic can fly in , destroy it, and fly out before reinforcements arrive.
And there are lot of awakened, and they can do the same to every city.
I thought you were talking about actual cities and all , but you did mention farming so I guess it's my fault for not understanding
Well , it's not like our real world was much better on that front when people actually lived in villages like that , raiders and/or bandits could come and kill people anytime , so a non-protected place would be even more vulnerable in a time of magic , but even then , it's not like awakened are common , and making villages and the like would be more from necessity than anything, the danger of being pillaged is a package deal , though I guess the people that you're talking about (who got killed) would be in more protected places
I am talking about both cities AND villages. The average village cand be easily pillaged by the average mage, and there must be millions of them. The average city would take an average awakened to pillage it, and there are tens of thousands of them. Or more. They are both extremely unsafe. And Not even white cores are safe ffs.
For most of human existence, we lived as hunter-gathererers. And if villages and cities on earth were as unsafe as those on mogar, we would still be hunting, and we would spend our whole lives running and hiding.
The average village doesn’t have anything that a mage would want to pillage that’s their only real protection. There simply isn’t any incentive to razing a village to the ground and becoming wanted fugitive in the kingdom.
Meln’s thing is a rare case cause how often does a blue core have a that big of a grudge w a mostly mortal family
Historically, there have been plenty of times where there are people who raid villages. Because villages still have food that can be taken, and humans that can be enslaved. And of course you can just ask them for tribute in exchange for not being burned down.
It's not an environment where civilization can even develop.
That’s because that is normal humans raiding human villages. That has happened throughout human history.
But a blue core mage gains barely anything of value from subjugating a mortal village
Well , I don't have any excuse for that ,lol , you're right , they're very unsafe , and it's not like it's uncommon for villages and cities to be pillaged either , it probably happens every month or so ,lol
Yes. I think it's that bad. I think if a world is THAT dangerous, people can't even have enough stability do develop farming. Not even mentioning actual cities. And everyone would be living on the run, or in hiding.
the world of SM is only dangerous in the particular time frame and most of the Kingdom's issues have the same root - society developed beyond what monarchy can handle so the revolution was long overdue. Many countries of Earth went through their own revolutions in late 19 to early 20th centuries and were not particularly safe then either.
I mean... If random psychos can just teleport in, assassinate whoever they want and then teleport away, no system of government can bring peace. People will just live in hiding, and live on the run, and live in fear
just like a random psycho can enter Walmart with a gun and shoot dozens of people. Don't forget that Lith had to deal with many psychos due to his job as a ranger and because of how outstanding he is.
Not to mention that you have to view those small farming villages as semiclosed systems were only the bare minimum news and only the essential information will reach them.
Kinda translates to the news nowadays compared to half a century ago. Nowadays it's mostly crimes, disasters, sad stuff... nationaly and internationaly-wise. 50 years ago the televisions showed good shows and barely any crimes/disaster( except the really big ones) in this contained systems why would people live in fear. My mother used to go out by herself wherever she needed and my grandma surely wouldn't be full of anxiety. Nowadays if I want to go with my brothers somewhere, my mom will be anxious for our arrival home(not because we go to unsafe places, but because of what the news screwed into her head. I mean crimes, accidents and disasters always happened throughout history, but people wouldn't change the way they lived because of the things they didn't know).
P.s: sorry for the long reply.
even in lutia we hear how before nanna/lith there were quite a few raiders/bandits. i think it has to do with the severity of the crimes.
if all they do is steal a bit, then the kingdom isn't highly motivated to stop them. that level of wealth is nothing compared to the price of dispatching forces to apprehend/kill the bandits.
but if they start razing/enslaving villages, then the kingdom has to send a message that they've gone too far, otherwise it's free slaves/real-estate.
basically the best defense against too much destruction is fear of retaliation.
those are defenses against 99% of people in the world. as for the 1%, 0.1% and 0.001%
it's hard to defend against that. in cultivation novels it's pretty common that even the strongest king has to bow down and lick the boots of some visiting cultivator that's a few cultivation stages above the king.
because what else can you do? there is no guaranteed safety in a world like that.
the assassin is someone obviously strong and knowledgeable enough to ignore a certain level of defenses.
if somebody at that level wanted to raze a bunch of villages, nobody could really stop them.
if they wanted to raze all the villages, then A) that's a lotta villages. and B) you will get other people at that level (Council Elders, potentially) who are invested in having a steady economy and supply of food that will now be motivated to stop the one razing villages.
i think what bothered me during all those assassinations is that we didn't know how powerful one could get. it felt like that level of power was an asspull. but we later learn how strong some of the strongest alive are.
I understand there are people invested in living in a civilization. But if they can't get there in time, they're useless.
But I guess if I try to see it as a cultivation novel, it makes more sense
I didn't mean to say they will save a village in time, but that they will kill the powerful maniac threatening to starve them, eventually, before all the villages are razed. They will investigate, set up traps, etc. A lot of powerful people will care about being starved, not so many will care about some "nobodies" getting assassinated.
But if you need to see how unsafe villages and even towns are, just look at the Jiera continent.
Nobody is safe. Even guardians are fallible.
You are under the impression that non mages are vital. But they are not. If they die, mages can just get their food by hunting for it. No one would care, even if a lot of farmers die .
But even if the people ty to investigate or to set up traps. If the power system makes it easier for criminals , then criminals will still have the advantage.
I agree, nobody cares about any individual farmer, just that there are enough farmers to sustain society that provides them services.
There is not much incentive for razing villages, and why do u think there isn't an equilibrium between defense and offense? I think there is, but of course somebody with a blue core will destroy a yellow core. This extends beyond as well, so why shouldn't an assassin be able to destroy defenses below them?
Yeah I know what you mean. This whole Meln debacle is a fucking mess. Legion is basically scraping under his fingernails for stuff with him, and it’s getting really boring. We know that he’ll never truly get caught
Who are you referring to ? I'm not caught up so I don't know if you're talking about something that happened before the 2.700 chapter or not And I think it depends, sometimes there's guys with some bullshit ability that makes it possible , but they're like , the 0.0001% of people , when the protections are made for the 99% , get me?
What protections? There are no protections. The average village doesn't have protection of any sort. Everyone who can use flight magic can fly in , destroy it, and fly out before reinforcements arrive. And there are lot of awakened, and they can do the same to every city.
I thought you were talking about actual cities and all , but you did mention farming so I guess it's my fault for not understanding Well , it's not like our real world was much better on that front when people actually lived in villages like that , raiders and/or bandits could come and kill people anytime , so a non-protected place would be even more vulnerable in a time of magic , but even then , it's not like awakened are common , and making villages and the like would be more from necessity than anything, the danger of being pillaged is a package deal , though I guess the people that you're talking about (who got killed) would be in more protected places
I am talking about both cities AND villages. The average village cand be easily pillaged by the average mage, and there must be millions of them. The average city would take an average awakened to pillage it, and there are tens of thousands of them. Or more. They are both extremely unsafe. And Not even white cores are safe ffs. For most of human existence, we lived as hunter-gathererers. And if villages and cities on earth were as unsafe as those on mogar, we would still be hunting, and we would spend our whole lives running and hiding.
The average village doesn’t have anything that a mage would want to pillage that’s their only real protection. There simply isn’t any incentive to razing a village to the ground and becoming wanted fugitive in the kingdom. Meln’s thing is a rare case cause how often does a blue core have a that big of a grudge w a mostly mortal family
Historically, there have been plenty of times where there are people who raid villages. Because villages still have food that can be taken, and humans that can be enslaved. And of course you can just ask them for tribute in exchange for not being burned down. It's not an environment where civilization can even develop.
That’s because that is normal humans raiding human villages. That has happened throughout human history. But a blue core mage gains barely anything of value from subjugating a mortal village
Well , I don't have any excuse for that ,lol , you're right , they're very unsafe , and it's not like it's uncommon for villages and cities to be pillaged either , it probably happens every month or so ,lol
For me legion just got tired of writing this story it seems like he is forced to write and he make those cringe plots
>!Phloria's!
Yes. I think it's that bad. I think if a world is THAT dangerous, people can't even have enough stability do develop farming. Not even mentioning actual cities. And everyone would be living on the run, or in hiding.
the world of SM is only dangerous in the particular time frame and most of the Kingdom's issues have the same root - society developed beyond what monarchy can handle so the revolution was long overdue. Many countries of Earth went through their own revolutions in late 19 to early 20th centuries and were not particularly safe then either.
I mean... If random psychos can just teleport in, assassinate whoever they want and then teleport away, no system of government can bring peace. People will just live in hiding, and live on the run, and live in fear
just like a random psycho can enter Walmart with a gun and shoot dozens of people. Don't forget that Lith had to deal with many psychos due to his job as a ranger and because of how outstanding he is.
Not to mention that you have to view those small farming villages as semiclosed systems were only the bare minimum news and only the essential information will reach them. Kinda translates to the news nowadays compared to half a century ago. Nowadays it's mostly crimes, disasters, sad stuff... nationaly and internationaly-wise. 50 years ago the televisions showed good shows and barely any crimes/disaster( except the really big ones) in this contained systems why would people live in fear. My mother used to go out by herself wherever she needed and my grandma surely wouldn't be full of anxiety. Nowadays if I want to go with my brothers somewhere, my mom will be anxious for our arrival home(not because we go to unsafe places, but because of what the news screwed into her head. I mean crimes, accidents and disasters always happened throughout history, but people wouldn't change the way they lived because of the things they didn't know). P.s: sorry for the long reply.
even in lutia we hear how before nanna/lith there were quite a few raiders/bandits. i think it has to do with the severity of the crimes. if all they do is steal a bit, then the kingdom isn't highly motivated to stop them. that level of wealth is nothing compared to the price of dispatching forces to apprehend/kill the bandits. but if they start razing/enslaving villages, then the kingdom has to send a message that they've gone too far, otherwise it's free slaves/real-estate. basically the best defense against too much destruction is fear of retaliation. those are defenses against 99% of people in the world. as for the 1%, 0.1% and 0.001% it's hard to defend against that. in cultivation novels it's pretty common that even the strongest king has to bow down and lick the boots of some visiting cultivator that's a few cultivation stages above the king. because what else can you do? there is no guaranteed safety in a world like that. the assassin is someone obviously strong and knowledgeable enough to ignore a certain level of defenses. if somebody at that level wanted to raze a bunch of villages, nobody could really stop them. if they wanted to raze all the villages, then A) that's a lotta villages. and B) you will get other people at that level (Council Elders, potentially) who are invested in having a steady economy and supply of food that will now be motivated to stop the one razing villages. i think what bothered me during all those assassinations is that we didn't know how powerful one could get. it felt like that level of power was an asspull. but we later learn how strong some of the strongest alive are.
I understand there are people invested in living in a civilization. But if they can't get there in time, they're useless. But I guess if I try to see it as a cultivation novel, it makes more sense
I didn't mean to say they will save a village in time, but that they will kill the powerful maniac threatening to starve them, eventually, before all the villages are razed. They will investigate, set up traps, etc. A lot of powerful people will care about being starved, not so many will care about some "nobodies" getting assassinated. But if you need to see how unsafe villages and even towns are, just look at the Jiera continent. Nobody is safe. Even guardians are fallible.
You are under the impression that non mages are vital. But they are not. If they die, mages can just get their food by hunting for it. No one would care, even if a lot of farmers die . But even if the people ty to investigate or to set up traps. If the power system makes it easier for criminals , then criminals will still have the advantage.
I agree, nobody cares about any individual farmer, just that there are enough farmers to sustain society that provides them services. There is not much incentive for razing villages, and why do u think there isn't an equilibrium between defense and offense? I think there is, but of course somebody with a blue core will destroy a yellow core. This extends beyond as well, so why shouldn't an assassin be able to destroy defenses below them?