Thanks for the chapter.
Also kinda curious why they're still doing the candidate tests? Do they really have a multiple year break between the first and the second test?
I refuse to believe an Empire has survived 7 thousand years, even 700 years is a bit of a stretch, only the Bizantine empire managed to reach 1000 years and by that time it was already collapsing.
@gsimy
I would like to read that, a quick google search says that the Ethiopian empire lasted about 700 years (1270-1974), but that's obviously without diving deep.