Chapter 233: End Goal of the Journey (1/2)

Sam and the group changed their clothes and particularly Sam and Watt, they took off their eye-catching coats and wore some normal clothes.

Yanwu and Sky went to do some scouting now and then and they traveled carefully on foot for three days before they found a proper road.

They randomly picked a direction and started flying over it and after another three days, they saw their first City.

On their way, they avoided any possible encounter they could have with other travelers.

Sam doesn't want any of the info slipping as there is a possibility that the Emperor already took action to deal with him, and he didn't throw the rest of his friends in the dimension because there is a possibility of them is going to be stuck inside the dimension in the future, so he let them have some free reign for a bit.

When the first City came to their eye-sight, Sam and the rest landed nearby and he threw everyone inside the dimension along with him and let shadow mice follow a trading caravan and enter the City.

Now, all he has to do is find out where they actually are and where they have to go from here.

They entered the slums and hid deep inside some abandoned buildings.

Sam came out from there and went into the city.

The slums are the place where a lot of new people enter every day and they could care less about a new face showing up.

Apart from that, Sam wore a cloak around him making and he pretended to be old and weak which made his presence ignored.

After that, he went to work with some shadow mice.

He sent shadow mice to infiltrate the city guard stations and he went towards an inn where the most human traffic occurs.

He bribed a waiter and got all the info he needed.

Right now, he is in a city named the scarlet city and this is a part of the Northern Star Dukedom.

It is not very close to the northern border of the empire, nor was it close to the Northern Star city. It is exactly in the middle of the Dukedom and this city is one of the cities which has nothing special.

The city is named after the City lord's family who got were rewarded with the city when the empire was founded.

After getting some info, Sam went back to the slums and carefully slipped into an alleyway before disappearing into the dimension before reappearing at the old ruined building they are hiding.

He told them everything that he learned and asked them to think of what they think is the best solution to proceed. Even though, there is a high chance that Sam would make the final decision there is no reason to not listen to any suggestions.

By night the shadow mice returned and from what they learned in the city guard station there is no official notice among the citizens claiming that Sam is a wanted criminal by the empire.

Rather, the mice found out that some of the upper echelons of the city guards and the city officials who are discussing a person. Although the mice failed to see any picture of Sam in their position there is some info that made it most possible that they are talking about Sam and that is regarding his professions.

The officials are talking about Sam's numerous professions and they have been ordered by their upper echelons that they should keep an eye on the three professional towers which Sam is a part of and they also noted that they should inform them if there is any young genius who appears inside the tower.

Sam is almost sure that it is about him.

The Emperor already broke all the decorum with Sam and he has no choice but to search and capture him. Because once, Sam escaped and he cannot get his hands on him, then with Sam's potential and talent he would be done for.

But he cannot paint Sam as a deadly criminal before he knew his exact position. He has no evidence and everyone knows that Sam has a deep feud with all the big shots and the public would think that the emperor is extremely tyrannical and in the imperial capital and the three professional towers which Sam has some status in has to side with Sam because of their titles.

Emperor knew that he has no good reputation in the empire but at least he doesn't want to get a bad reputation which the enemy empire can take advantage of.

If Sam really did approach them, they have no other choice but accept and protect him from the empire's allegations, that is one of the reasons the Emperor wanted to kill Sam instantly within the palace grounds.

From what he could tell Sam is a cautious person and plan everything carefully, that is the reason he made a sneak attack but he didn't expect Sam to be this cautious and prepare for this scenario as well.

Sam and the remaining three all sat down together inside the building and started discussing and now they have two choices in front of them.

The first one is to cross the northern border and flee to the neighboring empire and the second one is to play this cat and mouse game with the emperor.

They are in a dilemma because Sam is not that willing to cross the border at least not yet.