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"The exodus of the Zards from Nunami is almost guaranteed by the mortal's natural curiosity and delight in the calamities of others," I said, "But how do you plan on leveling the town before the remnant raise the alarm and the mass of the people return?" THE EXODUS OF THE ZARTS AND UNAMI IS ALMOST GUARANTEED BY THE MORTAL'S NATURAL CURIOSITY AND DELIGHT IN THE CALAMITIES OF OTHERS I SAID BUT HOW DO YOU PLAN ON LEVELLING THE TOWN BEFORE THE REMNANT RAISE THE ALARM AND THE MASS OF THE PEOPLE RETURN
endered weak. To do this, we have spent the last several years stockpiling huge quantities of liquid fervidus flamma, an extremely combustible substance. It is stored in an underground reservoir in the foothills of the mountains, connected via aqueduct to Lake Umquam Renatusum. When the time is ripe, we will empty it into the lake and set it aflame, and our calculations show the flames reaching a height of five miles for a length of six hours, which should be enough to gain the Zard's preponderance," Wagner explained. "But wouldn't it catch the forest on fire and burn down your whole empire in the process?" I asked, alarmed at his apparent lack of vigilance. "We have been treating the trees on a ten mile radius with an anti-flammatory solution for several years as well, and it is quite impossible to set them on fire." "Which explains why you dared to have a fire pit in the trunk of a tree outpost." "Yes," he laughed, "We aren't so foolhardy as we may seem. Appearances can be deceiving.  MEANS OF WAR AND SUSTENANCE AND RENDERED WEAK TO DO THIS WE HAVE SPENT THE LAST SEVERAL YEARS STOCK PILING HUGE QUANTITIES OF LIQUID FERVIDES FLAMA AN EXTREMELY COMBUSTIBLE SUBSTANCE IT IS STORED IN AN UNDERGROUND RESERVOIR IN THE FOOTHILLS OF THE MOUNTAINS CONNECTED BY AQUEDUC TO LAKE IM QUAYUM RINATSU WHEN THE TIME IS RIPE WE WILL EMPTY IT INTO THE LAKE AND SET IT AFLAME AND NOW CALCULATIONS SHOW THE FLAMES REACHING A HEIGHT FIVE MILES FOR A LENGTH OF SIX HOURS WHICH SHOULD BE ENOUGH TO GAIN THE ZAD'S PREPONDERANCE WAGNA EXPLAINED BUT WOULDN'T IT CATCH THE FOREST ON FIRE AND BURN DOWN YOUR WHOLE EMPIRE IN THE PROCESS I ASKED ALARMED AT HIS APPARENT LACK OF VIGILANCE WE HAVE BEEN TREADING THE TREES ON A TEN MILE RADIUS WITH AN ANTI FLAMMATORY SOLUTION FOR SEVERAL YEARS AS WELL AND IT IS QUITE IMPOSSIBLE TO SET THEM ON FIRE WHICH EXPLAINS WHY YOU DARED TO HAVE A FIRE PIT IN THE TRUNK OF A TREE OUTPOST YES HE LAUGHED WE AREN'T SO FO FOOLHARDY AS WE MAY SEEM APPEARANCES CAN BE DECEIVING
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