Reinforcements from the North?

"You are absolutely right, Your Majesty. But I had very little time to build my city, and to do so, I had no other choice but to rely on money, and that made the hierarchy of the city very clear. Of course, it is not nearly as horrible as the rest of the human cities, but it is present nonetheless.", Liu Feng conceded. He sighed because deep down, he knew that he was not even keeping up to his own standards properly.

"You humans are the weight that drags this continent down.", the king sighed and he walked past Liu Feng to leave the tent.

Liu Feng was still sitting down, sipping tea. He did not say a thing in response. His eyes fluttered left and right as thoughts flashed by his eyes.