Chapter 340: Meeting Aman (1/2)

Rudra walked into the palace gates escorted by two tier 2 guards , clad in full red armour , at level 105 , Rudra had no doubt , that he would be evenly matched at best against these two , without his trump cards , should a fight break out. And this was only because of his monstrous stats. Any average tier two player at level 79 would get skewered by them , in a fight.

Rudra gulped as he looked around , hundereds of such tier 2 guards manned the royal palace. Forget about the two tier four monsters sitting in the court room waiting for him , even with the entire Elite force he could probably not force his way into the palace.

This made Rudra realize , just how weak his current strength was , compared to the NPC's of the game. Forget about the gods And the pope and the emperor's. Just the normal royal guard , that is how strong he actually was.

Rudra walked into the royal court room , King Aman was seated on his throne , with Rahim standing beneath him , and a few courtiers in the room.

Rudra went as close as etiquette allowed him to , before taking a knee , as he looked towards the ground and said ” Shakuni Won Knight , the mayor of Purplehaze city , greets the majesty , the light of the kingdom , the mighty , the just , the brave , Emperor Aman ”.

Aman was amused by Rudra's flattery , he was not a vain man , he could easily look through crap when people spouted buttery words to coax him , he knew very well , it was a simmilar case here , that Rudra did not mean a single word he said currently , yet the way he said it was impeccable. Aman was thoroughly amused , as he said ” Arise ”.

Rudra got up , as he looked Aman in the eye , absolutely unfazed , he knew he was an ant compared to Aman who sat on the throne , yet Rudra was not afraid of Aman. His challenging eyes made it abundantly clear.

Rudra was a player , someone who was blessed by the goddess , hence could not die. An immortal who would just wake up at the church of light upon death. Aman was well aware of this fact as well , he knew he could kill Rudra time and time again , but not forever. Someday he was bound to get stronger and become either his great ally , or a great enemy.

Which was the reason why he treated him with respect. Rudra was a Won knight , and won knights were loyal to the throne , the chances of him becoming a great ally in the future were more likely than him becoming an enemy. Hence , Aman even allowed his transgression of not repremanding him for not handing over the beast token. As for him , Rudra was worth the prize.

Aman said ” Soo , Mayor , what brings you to my court today ? ”.

Rudra said ” My lord , you must be well aware that , I the mayor have undertaken a few projects to increase the stability of Purplehaze city. The city wide wall and the teleportation array are being constructed , the unemployment and crime rates are down and the people seem to be happy ”.

Aman raised an eyebrow , Rudra was beating around the bush , he said ” Yes , it's an admirable job you are doing , naturally I'm informed , I was pleasantly surprised that you obtained the Rhodium necessary for the teleportation array , it's a good achievement. What surprises me more however is your money source. These projects are surely not cheap , yet you manage it pretty well. Makes me wonder how deep your pockets are ”.

Rudra laughed ” I was lucky enough to have a few gold mines to my name , nothing worth the notice of your majesty. The reason why I am here , is for permission your grace. As you must know , I have raised a Purplehaze city millitary force. Though not as vast and glorious as the royal army. I hope on equipping my troops with explosives , to help in combat. Like my ancestor Augustus , I too am an explosion artist , I request your majesty to grant me permission to build a testing arena for my project ”.

Aman was pleasantly surprised , he had long speculated that Rudra might be an explosion artist like Augustus , ever since they met at the library.