22 The Empire’s Capital (1/2)

Seojoon glanced at his phone for a moment and sighed.

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Damned Cross. Seojoon threw his phone onto the sofa before making his way to his gaming capsule in the corner. His father gave him a happy smile from the capsule that lay in the corner next to Seojoon.

”Seojoon, just stay near the south entrance gate. I'll come and find you. Make sure to stay hidden, or we might have trouble moving around.”

Seojoon nodded in reply, causing his father to once again have a goofy expression on his face. ”.... I can't believe it.... I'm actually playing with my son.”

Seojoon sighed before closing the lid to the capsule and shutting his eyes. After a few moments, he opened his eyes and got out of his bed.

Yesterday night after Seojoon had practiced his skills on a few crazy dogs, he had arrived at the Capital and quickly found himself a relatively cheap inn to rest in.

He walked out of his room and went down the stairs. The innkeeper, who was a middle aged man, saw Seojoon and waved goodbye as he opened the door left the inn.

The empire's capital was very different from Beginners Village in many ways. The roads were made out of smooth cobblestone that had been seamlessly placed together and there were no streets near the sidewalks. The amount of people that Seojoon could see was almost incomparably larger then the village. Even with streets being about four carriages wide, Seojoon could still barely walk in a straight line without bumping into someone.

Although it wasn't as crowded as places such as Hong Kong, Beijing, New York City, or England, it was still an amazing sight.

As Seojoon made his way to the entrance gate, his eyes flickered towards the tall walls that circled the entirety of the capital.

Very different from the flimsy wooden fence that he had seen in the village, the capital had large stone walls about two stories tall. Mountain like watchtowers stood guard along the circumference of the wall, armed with giant crossbows, casting a dauntless and impregnable aura to the entirety of the capital.

Seojoon turned his head backwards and saw an even taller wall than the one in front. This wall was made out of metal and was about three stories high. They also had watchtowers around the circumference which were loaded with dangerous looking canons.

”Oi, look forward to see where you are going.”

”Sorry sir, my bad.”

Seojoon apologized to the man he had accidentally bumped into and once again faced the front. He now could see the heavily guarded entrance gate and a big tree that stood proudly about fifty feet away from the gate. Under the shade of the tree was a person who weirdly reminded Seojoon about his dad.

”Dad?” Seojoon called out as he tried to catch the person's attention.

”Oh, Seojoon! You arrived. Come over here!”

Seojoon met up with his dad and flinched when his dad casually threw something at Seojoon with a sly grin. Seojoon caught it and realized that it was a mask.

”Use it to cover your face,” his dad said with a shrug when he saw Seojoon's confused face. ”Since you are well known now, it would be a pain to stop every five seconds to sign a picture or take a selfie.”

Seojoon wore the mask and gave his father a thumbs up. ”Nice save, dad.”

”It's nothing,” said Seojoon's dad with an unmistakable happy grin, ”So what do you want to do? Kill some monsters? Do some quests? Fight some players?”

Seojoon furrowed his brows as he debated over his choices and answered with ”Why don't you give me a tour about the capital? I just got here last night after all.”

His dad placed an arm around his neck laughed. ”Let's get going then shall we? But let's go have a meal first, I'm starving. I know a good place.”

”Sure.” Seojoon was feeling hungry as well and saw no reason to refuse.

”Oh sweet, I just got a quest from you, Seojoon. Nice.”

”....”