362 – The Empire’s Hidden Power 2

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There’s an previous saying that goes like this:

Why accomplish that many air accidents occur within the Bermuda Triangle?

Just because loads of planes fly by means of there.

There are many related examples. Solely a tiny fraction of Muslims act extraordinarily, however their sheer numbers flip that ‘minority’ into thousands and thousands of terrorists. China might have many heroes and type neighbors worthy of being known as ‘huge brother’, however the remaining quantity within the billions, incomes the nation that repute.pires have much more individuals and land than kingdoms, so all types of unusual issues occur there. Simply as incidents and accidents in China and India vastly outnumber these in Korea.

“…To procure this as a bug repellent potion?”

“Y-yes…”

I opened the water container and introduced it to my nostril. A well-known scent invaded my nostrils. Although I would solely smelled it just a few instances once I was with the Rebecca Mercenaries, the sweetness was so distinct it remained vivid in my reminiscence.

So this F-rank mercenary could not inform the distinction between insect repellent and looking bait. Made sense. I did not know if the overall retailer knew what they had been promoting, but it surely was much more shocking {that a} mercenary could not acknowledge this sickeningly candy scent.

Was this just a few dimwitted beginner and never one of many Demon King’s pawns advancing the primary story?

“Um, Sir Roland?”

“…What’s it now?”

Because the journey continued, I felt like I would immediately turn into biased towards the Empire.

I puzzled if the Heroes Chronicle builders had set the typical intelligence of imperial residents decrease than that of the dominion when creating their A.I. Like, if the typical human IQ was set at 100, possibly the empire’s common was 80.

“Uh, for some cause, there is a rockslide blocking the highway. It is a slender path, and there are many shrubs on either side, so it is onerous to go round…”

No, since morality was additionally intelligence, the empire’s common is likely to be extra like 75…

Third day: a mercenary who drank whereas on night time watch and could not rise up till morning.

Fourth day: a employees member who miscalculated rations after a rock bear ate some, resulting in improper distribution.

-Why are these f*ckers all testifying so realistically as in the event that they’re logged into the sport experiencing the lifetime of fantasy peasants?

At this level, I simply wished to reach within the metropolis shortly.

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Raei Translations

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The lucky factor was that the Grand Temple wasn’t situated within the middle of the empire.

This recreation was made pretty realistically, so how might the capital and Grand Temple be within the precise middle of the nation? Ultimately, I heard from the feminine employees members who pounced on me at midnight that the capital was barely north of the middle, whereas the Grand Temple was within the south.

Consuming this slop – to be exact, coarse flour porridge seasoned with salty jerky bits and biscuits – I felt my mood souring, but it surely was really lucky. In fact, the land was so huge that it nonetheless took simply over per week to maneuver from the southernmost half to the south, however nonetheless.

Pondering this, I walked by means of the well-ordered streets of town.

“Come, come! New items have arrived! They’re most cost-effective proper now!”

“Hand mirrors from the south! Hairpins even individuals from the dominion love!”

“What? You need skewers on credit score?!”

A metropolis of the empire constructed across the Grand Temple, not a rural city within the far south. As anticipated of an empire that paved carriage roads all the best way to the countryside, town inside was additionally very clear.

How ought to I put it? Evaluating it to the dominion, I would say the baseline was larger. It wasn’t that that they had wonderful know-how or that every one residents lived in wealth. The scene of self-employed staff shouting and beggars pleading for a single skewer was widespread within the kingdom too.

However once I turned my gaze to the alleys, ‘baseline’ appeared the very best analogy my mind might give you. Whereas again alleys in adventurers’ cities had been filled with grime and filth, even the again alleys within the Grand Temple’s metropolis had been paved with fitted stones.

It was just like the distinction between a slum and a poor hillside neighborhood.

“Excuse me, are you Sir Roland?”

“…Sure, that is me.”

As I used to be gawking on the metropolis like a rustic bumpkin from the dominion, slowly approaching the temple, somebody all of a sudden addressed me.

A monk from the temple, neatly wearing black priestly robes.

…Black?