As soon as the decision was announced, action followed.
Makeshift tents were hastily erected, food was distributed, and those in urgent need of care were taken in by medical teams.
Anti-drug patches were also handed out, along with antidepressants, anxiolytics, and various substitutes.
It was as though an immense detoxification program had been imposed all at once upon thousands of shattered souls.
The measures taken by the president managed to temporarily ease tensions at the borders, without addressing the root of the problem.
On the horizon, the sky seemed to darken a little more each day.
The duchy continued to gnaw at the land, slowly but relentlessly.
It was now only a matter of time before the border itself would be swallowed.
And facing the duchy, one man had been chosen to eradicate the threat.
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His Eminence Kori stared at the horizon.
It had been two days since he had reached the border, watching the enemy without intervening.
