19-10-2023, 09:33 PM
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In the main hall, the roaring elephant pillars adorned the 8 directions, North, Northeast, East, Southeast, South, Southwest, West, Northwest. There were 7 entrances to the hall and on the North the elders are keenly looking at the juniors testing ceremony. The high rise pavilions with multiple rows of seats were all filled with disciples both of the main family and numerous side families. The Mehta family is one of the superhouses in the Taxila city. Alongside the Gupta family and foreign origin Sun family. Alongside them there were numerous small families which can be considered as Tier-2 and Tier-3. This is along the major trade route and numerous caravans routinely make their stops here.
Every family is renowned for their own specialty, while the Gupta family is a major Sword arts stronghold, the Sun family for their alchemist specialties, while the Mehta family controls major Auction house in the city. Although in this world of martials arts, strength through martial arts is supreme. Whoever houses the strongest disciples are respected the most. Although we cannot totally neglect these professions, for the nurturing of strong martial arts require innumerable resources and commerce is a must to nurture and raise a strong family in the long run.
Both the Sun and Mehta families have a strong commerce network and reasonable martial arts, while the Gupta family lacks strong commerce network they were strong Sword freaks who were able to compete with these families based on their sheer dedication and hardwork, although they seem to have weak brains and merchant's glib tongue. For centuries there existed an unstable balance in the city although there were glitches whenever there were invasions in the surrounding territory, Taxila being a neutral territory and an important centre for trade and commerce had peace for a long time.
But over the last few years, a plague has spread across the continent, and although martial artists who are known for their strong physique were not affected by it, but the normal people who constitute almost 70% in this world were deeply affected. As a result, there had been a dent on the commerce of Mehta's family. For, although it's major trade is with martial artists, a sizable chunk of almost a quarter of it's total trade has almost come to a halt involving those goods involving transactions between normal people. Also, the chunk of raw materials are collected by normal people only while they were processed by martial artists for their use. These raw materials are a source of almost 25% of materials required by alchemists and these are majorly used for the production of iron-rank goods of martial artists. These form the bulk of common use goods used by martial artists and they in turn are the main ingredients of many of higher rank goods.
As a result, the family head of Mehta, Ashok Mehta is constantly in an irritated mood. While their commerce has diminished by almost a third, the Sun family is prospering like never before. With the plague the demand for alchemy products are at an all time high. Their businesses are booming, they have seen almost 50% rise in their commerce. The only saving grace to the Mehta family are the multitude of rare alchemy products the Mehta family ancestors have nurtured. These were the products which the Mehta family ancestors did not put for auction but instead raised since these products medicinal properties increase with age. To cope with the stiff competition of Sun family, Mehta head has removed some of these treasures from the treasury vault to increase commerce, but this is clearly not sustainable in the long run. Thus, the delicate balance is disturbed due to this rare episode affecting the humanity of normal people. And that is the main reason why the family head sitting in the centre is irritated about. This bunch of disciples participating in the test cannot be considered extraordinary but they are by no means substandard.
We have Bharadwaj Mehta who reached 6th rank in Black iron Layer at a young age of 15 itself. Also noteworthy is Prashanth Mehta who has reached 9th rank, he is yet to turn 18. And we have the beautiful Sanghavi Mehta whose looks itself kills many of the younger generations, she can be truly considered a prodigy, for she has not only reached 5th rank in Black iron layer but she also attained proficiency in alchemy, she is a rank-1 Alchemist and she is only 16. But the one who has turned a thorn on Ashok Mehta's side is Avinash Mehta who has only turned 2nd rank in Black iron Layer and he is 18 already. He is ridiculed in the disciples circle and the only thing which is stopping their bullying is his tag as the son of family head. For strength alone matters among Alchemists. The strong bully the weak here.
Every family is renowned for their own specialty, while the Gupta family is a major Sword arts stronghold, the Sun family for their alchemist specialties, while the Mehta family controls major Auction house in the city. Although in this world of martials arts, strength through martial arts is supreme. Whoever houses the strongest disciples are respected the most. Although we cannot totally neglect these professions, for the nurturing of strong martial arts require innumerable resources and commerce is a must to nurture and raise a strong family in the long run.
Both the Sun and Mehta families have a strong commerce network and reasonable martial arts, while the Gupta family lacks strong commerce network they were strong Sword freaks who were able to compete with these families based on their sheer dedication and hardwork, although they seem to have weak brains and merchant's glib tongue. For centuries there existed an unstable balance in the city although there were glitches whenever there were invasions in the surrounding territory, Taxila being a neutral territory and an important centre for trade and commerce had peace for a long time.
But over the last few years, a plague has spread across the continent, and although martial artists who are known for their strong physique were not affected by it, but the normal people who constitute almost 70% in this world were deeply affected. As a result, there had been a dent on the commerce of Mehta's family. For, although it's major trade is with martial artists, a sizable chunk of almost a quarter of it's total trade has almost come to a halt involving those goods involving transactions between normal people. Also, the chunk of raw materials are collected by normal people only while they were processed by martial artists for their use. These raw materials are a source of almost 25% of materials required by alchemists and these are majorly used for the production of iron-rank goods of martial artists. These form the bulk of common use goods used by martial artists and they in turn are the main ingredients of many of higher rank goods.
As a result, the family head of Mehta, Ashok Mehta is constantly in an irritated mood. While their commerce has diminished by almost a third, the Sun family is prospering like never before. With the plague the demand for alchemy products are at an all time high. Their businesses are booming, they have seen almost 50% rise in their commerce. The only saving grace to the Mehta family are the multitude of rare alchemy products the Mehta family ancestors have nurtured. These were the products which the Mehta family ancestors did not put for auction but instead raised since these products medicinal properties increase with age. To cope with the stiff competition of Sun family, Mehta head has removed some of these treasures from the treasury vault to increase commerce, but this is clearly not sustainable in the long run. Thus, the delicate balance is disturbed due to this rare episode affecting the humanity of normal people. And that is the main reason why the family head sitting in the centre is irritated about. This bunch of disciples participating in the test cannot be considered extraordinary but they are by no means substandard.
We have Bharadwaj Mehta who reached 6th rank in Black iron Layer at a young age of 15 itself. Also noteworthy is Prashanth Mehta who has reached 9th rank, he is yet to turn 18. And we have the beautiful Sanghavi Mehta whose looks itself kills many of the younger generations, she can be truly considered a prodigy, for she has not only reached 5th rank in Black iron layer but she also attained proficiency in alchemy, she is a rank-1 Alchemist and she is only 16. But the one who has turned a thorn on Ashok Mehta's side is Avinash Mehta who has only turned 2nd rank in Black iron Layer and he is 18 already. He is ridiculed in the disciples circle and the only thing which is stopping their bullying is his tag as the son of family head. For strength alone matters among Alchemists. The strong bully the weak here.
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