Just as sharpened sticks and struck stones replaced claws and teeth, primitive swords and personal martial skills will inevitably be replaced by guns and cannons forged of steel. In this unstable world, war is ever-present, and for survival, inefficient personal force must inevitably yield to efficient war machines—this is the objective law of development.
Gawain does not know if every world follows this objective law, but at the very least, he can be certain that this world does.
No matter if this world possesses extraordinary powers or if its transcendents wield the power to move mountains and fill seas, this principle does not change—a transcendent capable of moving mountains or filling seas is destined to be replaced by machines that can do so more efficiently. This was decided the day the first hunting stick was sharpened.
He looked in admiration at the tank before him, as if seeing another era continuously unfolding ahead of its tracks.
