Chapter 419 - No beasts (1/2)

As they approached the large wall that seemed to be gold in colour and went up ten meters high, the others couldn't help but feel like they were entering a city, rather than passing through a border. There were several guards posted on the wall as well through the gate where the path way led.

Looking to the left and the right, the wall carried on further than they could see, and the only way to enter and leave the continent was from the gate they were approaching now. There was a separate gate, a few hundred meters away that was for people exiting from the continent as well.

The guards standing outside, were wearing the usual flashy armour that the empire gave their troops. Most of their equipment was in a gold like finish, while the base of the chest piece and armor covering their legs was in a silver that was so shiny that one would be able to reflect themselves easily.

Reaching the gate, the guards approached the carriage and looked at it strangely a couple of times. By now, the group was used to this as every single city or town they had stopped by were greatly interested in the strange carriage. Because of how much attention it seemed to be bringing, Slyvia decided she would take a note and ask Randnin to build a couple before they sold the designs to each city telling them how to build their own.

But for now they would keep the designs to themselves.

Once the guard was finished being noisy about the carriage he turned his attention to the people.

”Papers please.” The guard said, looking into the back of the carriage waiting for one of them to hand him something.

To get into the empire it was quite difficult. It wasn't like the other kingdoms where people who passed the borders would have to pay a tax. Instead all citizens of the empire who had an ID were allowed inside, or those issued with a special permit could enter as well.

Essentially this menat, at one point or another, every person that was in the empire had been vetted and checked.

Standing up, Slyvia went over and handed her the envelope that had the strange seal. Opening up its contents the knight started to see what was inside. An invitation letter with the official seal of the emperor.

”Let them in!” the man shouted, and the gate doors were raised while they continued onward in their journey.

The guard then walked over to the others and mumbled something to one of the others.

'Looks like they were right, they have come earlier than expected.' He said with a smile on his face.

It looked like because of the strict entrance and exit policies around the border, it would be impossible to make their early visit a secret one. When entering anyway, the site in front of them was unexpected. They thought that once passing the border perhaps their journey would consist of more fields and mountains for a while until they had eventually reached the empire.

Instead, they could immediately see settlements all over the place. There were people walking around, houses left and right, and pathways for the carriages and horses to explore and go around the city. Or in the distance, there could also be several different larger buildings, and one building that was larger than the others and seemed to be made completely out of gold.

”Reminiscent of all the old kingdoms they took over.” Slyvia said. The other larger buildings were at one point castles and in the area around them, the people lived. Although the empire had a type of theme going around the place, it was still apparent with the bigger building how there were different structures.

Looking out, just like with the wall, there were more houses and places then they could see with their own eyes. ”We will continue going down the pathway until we eventually reach the main city.” Slyvia explained. ”Then we need to check out the area, this will be a good chance for us to see just how much power the empire has, perhaps they are hiding something that could turn the tide of the fight they have with us.”

”What, like a bigger army?” Kyle said. ”Better equipment, more money, more land, more mages, and possibly hiding something. Remind me why we are in this war in the first place.”

Hearing this, Martha lifted her foot and stomped hard down on top of his leg.

”Opared to most kingdoms, so it was hard to say if the town they were in was considered poor or not.