The Tales of Draconic Warlock

Chapter 280 Redthorne Empire (1)

Ah, we have finally arrived in the Rethorne Empire.

It was not an easy thing. Teleporting too many times consecutively is not a good thing for both body and mind but since we are all high-ranking awakeners, we made do but that was not what I was talking about.

I was talking about the town where the teleportation to Redthorne is present, Reckless.

They should have named it Bandit Town as that would have perfectly suited the town and its people. Most of them are like bandits wearing very shiny clothes. Bandits who appear as law-abiding citizens.

Everything costs here a lot more than what they actually should and do in other places.

First, reaching this town wasn't easy. It took days for us to reach the town, though it should have taken only a day at most. This was because of the route that connects Reckless Town to the Border Town.

It was not an easy path to traverse. There is a lot of forest in between these two towns and the cleared path is not a straight line. the forest si not normal on but a swamp forest. So veering off the path is pretty dangerous.

The kingdom made this path with the future in mind.

If by chance the empire or any enemy gains access to that town, Reckless, then this path would slow them down. It would give time for the kingdom to prepare or flee depending on the situation.

Though no one would say that they were just getting time to flee, that was always an option for the ones in power. The ones in the lower category would have no such options.

If a war happens and if that is lost, the ones with less power die and would gain nothing from that war. There would be only losses and losses in every direction.

"There are many envious people in the kingdom and they can't see one developing more than them. The only way to destroy economies without directly showing their hand is through bandits and monsters. Monsters can't be controlled by bandits, they would do evil things as long as they were paid. Many a time, they won't need to be paid".

"As long as there are bandits in trade routes, the growth of the economy would slow down. So, these envious people would make sure that these paths were not easily cleared and this is why the royal forces won't leave the central region. To them, those lands are important and that is where they would actively act against the bandits and monsters".

"If the kingdom has the king as the sole power holder, then he can do whatever he wants to do but there are many noble factions, if united can bring them down. So they would never let any faction merge with another or even become close allies".

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"There is a lot you don't know. You will come to know about these things later on. For now, concentrate on ranking up. After you graduate, you may not have much time to improve as you do now".

Yes, that is what he said back when I was still in the academy.

So, to appease one faction or another, the kingdom won't directly involve itself. If not for that, there wouldn't be as many bandits there as of now, but it was not my problem.

The new bandits that come here to occupy the vacancy would have nothing to do with us, not until we return home.

We didn't stay in the town to rest for long. Only for the night but they charged more than the cost of one night in the capital. Originally we wanted to spend another day here as we don't know how the other side would be but with how pricey this place is, we decided not to.

In the morning, we found the teleportation hub and paid for our travel.

Now, we are in the Redthorne Empire.