"I hereby request the Council's help to find a way to isolate the lost cities or at least jam their communication system. Otherwise, sooner or later, the lost cities will join their forces against us and we won't be able to deal with them with our current strength."
"A fair point." Maeve was as impressed as she was dumbstruck by the Lich's wisdom. "Anything else?"
"Yes, can't you see?" He pointed at the mostly yellow and red map. "As soon as the conflict is resolved and your people stop dying in droves, Jiera is going to face a famine. On top of that, birth rates of all species must be contained until we have the means to feed everyone.
"Without an external enemy to fear, our species will turn against each other for the smallest morsel of food and ensure their babies are the ones allowed to be born. We'll go from war to civil war and at that point, all our defences will be useless."
