The Tales of Draconic Warlock

Chapter 197: I am back at the academy

The deal with the mayor went smoothly.

The mayor paid a lot for the information that I brought to him, a lot more than the standard price to keep my mouth shut about this dungeon/secret realm. Even if he hadn't paid that much, I am not someone who invites unwanted problems by yapping my mouth around.

In addition to paying for the information about the secret realm/dungeon, he also signed that I completed the mission and cancelled the mission from other places. It means the mission is no longer active and no one can take it anymore.

Since he paid so much, I drew a perfect map for him to find the cave without an issue. I also told him about the markings on the wall and how I accidentally activated the portal.

With that done, I have no business here. Now, it's time for me to return to the academy.

Luckily, this journey wouldn't be as problematic as the journey here. There is a teleportation hub in this city, which significantly reduces travel time.

Of course, the teleportation wouldn't take me directly to the capital, I have to change once in order to reach the capital but that won't be much of an issue.

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One hour later...

Man, the traffic was surely very high. It took me too much time to reach the capital. This was not something that I usually faced while travelling between my home and the capital.

Well, that was because in Winter City I am the son of the Viscount and that reduced the waiting time. The traffic between the Capital and Winter City is very low and that made the waiting time much less than when compared to other cities.

A faster mobilization means fewer losses and faster results. In addition to that, supplies needed to be supplied constantly or wars are easily lost.

This was why every kingdom built a lot of teleportation nodes between the central area and places where the military would be needed mostly.

Monster tides won't happen every day. There are places where monsters appear attacking humans every now and then. There are also places where monster tides wouldn't appear even in a century.

Moreover, with time most of the boundaries with other nations have stabilized except for a few places, and that means there was that much for the military to move here and there.

As the need for their movement decreased and these lines became a faster route of travel for the nobles and rich. They can save a lot of time, though it costs a lot.

Even though these opened for civilian use, common people usually can't afford the high prices. Also the transport of resources through teleportation costs a lot. So many merchants take the traditional routes for transport, making them still the most used transporting routes, compared to the teleportation routes.

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I should go meet with Angela in the morning.

Aaahnn, I am tired as of now and need sleep. Though I am Tier-6, I do need sleep. While searching for the missing party, I didn't sleep much. Only one or two hours a day, did I sleep.

This broke my usual routine and made my body feel discomfort. I need relief for now and sleeping is the best way to heal a body.

Moreover, if Angela is in the mood, I may have to spend a lot of energy tomorrow and for that, I need to be at the peak. If I am not, then Angela would not be the only one to be disappointed by my performance.