Chapter 602: Arrangements Before Departure (1) (1/2)

After leaving the workshop tower, Leon visited the city guard's main garrison in Upper District.

”The city guards at your service, Your Highness. How can we help you?” A city guard captain saluted with a fist rested on his chest.

Behind him stood 40 other elite guards with Rank Awakener Realm cultivation that followed suit and saluted simultaneously with a stomp.

Leon glanced at the gathered group of elite city guards that displayed rigorous discipline and unity—a stark contrast to the group of pot-bellied drunkards that he once months ago.

After a moment, Leon calmly asked with a casual look, ”Is there a map of the Capital I can see?”

”Of course, Your Highness!” the city captain answered before barking to one of his men, ”Bring the Capital's map over here for me!”

”Yes, Captain!” An elite guard immediately answered.

Shortly after the elite guard headed inside the main garrison building, the captain used his Earth-ability to raise the ground and form an earthen table with smooth surfaces like a slab rock that have been sculpted by master artisans.

”The map, Captain!”

”Un.”

The elite guard returned shortly with the map before the captain laid it out on the earthen table for the prince.

”The map of the Capital, Your Highness.”

”Un. Thank you.” Leon nodded.

He studied the map of the Capital before finding the most ideal locations to deploy the Demon Gathering Arrays in each Upper District.

Shortly after, he divided the 40 elite guards into 4 groups of 10 and took them to each site one by one, deploying the Demon Gathering Array in the area before heading to the next one.

”Your jobs are to protect these Demon Gathering Arrays with your lives. Do not let anyone approach them, and definitely do not let anyone destroy them until I get back, is that understood?” Leon instructed the elite guards.

”Yes, Your Highness! We hear and obey!” The elite guards complied without questioning before Leon nodded with approval.

”Good!”

After all Demon Gathering Arrays were deployed and all elite guards were stationed to guard their designated areas, Leon left with the captain.

”Your Highness, may I be so impudent as to ask what those bone disks are used for?” the captain asked humbly with strong curiosity.

Leon after the captain a casual glance before explaining, ”Those bone disks are runic devices that can gather the Demonic Energies in the air and compress them into a concentrated form. You should understand what this means, right?”

”Yes, Your Highness!” The captain answered, immediately understanding the crux of the purpose for deploying the Demon Gathering Arrays.

It was not hard to understand.

Nevertheless, the captain could not help but mention, ”I'm afraid that this task might be too much for the city guards to handle alone, Your Highness. We might require the palace guards' assistance in guarding these runic devices.”

Although the captain was a 3-Star Ranked Awakener, it did not make him feel capable nor strong in the present era of quick changes—where anything could happen anywhere and anytime.

”This is what we are heading to the palace for. I will arrange it, and you will take the palace guards with you. I do not need to tell you how to handle them, right?” Leon casually asked.