ELECTUS

Not knowing what is to hit Gaster Kingdom days after, Zar sent someone to negotiate a deal.

He thought it to be to dangerous to send his most trusted over qualified a.s.sistant, so he sent someone of lesser experience but good at the art of speech craft.

If Seer was to get injured, or died in this trip, it would take a miracle to find another ill.u.s.tratio or ignite of Seer"s qualifications. Seer even worked for Xakro ill.u.s.tratio lll.

Since the mines depleted, the Grand King didn"t find it reasonable to tax Gaster Kingdom. It wasn"t nearly profitable enough.

Meaning he kicked the Kingdom out of the ill.u.s.tratian alliance and since all the Gold Coins were spent creating Pameres Kingdom, Gaster Kingdom collapsed economically.

A lot of people migrated from there too Pameres Kingdom in hopes of a better life.

But most being experienceless, it was almost impossible to get a job there even if they were paid as low as 30 Gold Coins a month.

The mines were full of employees already.

Approaching Gaster Kingdom was a woman called Alama. She is known in Pameres Kingdom as Alama honey mouth.

She is a master when it comes to bargaining(if there were levels about that).

As a woman in mediveal times, going on the road alone wasn"t nearly the best idea.

If not robbed or raped, she can get jumped by wild animals and torn to pieces.

But in her case, being tall-ish(5.8ft), and growing up with a battle axe on her hand, she achieved a lot as a 27 year old.

She is more like the tomboy type of girl even though she is no doubt beautiful. She doesn"t pay too much attention to beauty though.

Her pitch black hair is tied to a tail, but that doesn"t make her less attractive at all.

Her hair is so long that her tail reaches the back of her knees.

That"s the tail bandits would get attracted too, leting their guard down and losing their head after.

Walking in full silver armor giving such an elegant glow, it"s a sight that every man would be attracted too. Long story short, she is attracting even though she couldn"t care less about appearance.

As she neared the Kingdom"s gates, she was stopped by two ill.u.s.tratio Guards.

The first thing they said was

"Pay 40 Gold Coins to enter."

"If you go around trying to scam people, might as well sit on a comfortable spot and raise your hand for spare change to people pa.s.sing by."

Their ego naturally getting hurt, they pulled out their Swords and said

"You"re under arrest for threatening a Guard!"

(Threatening a Guard? What is his highness thinking? Partnering up with such corrupt low lives! If there was an ill.u.s.tratio in my shoes, she wouldn"t be held guilty even if she stabbed these Guards to death.)

She thought but held in her disgust and said

"Oh so you will take me to the King in style. Perhaps i can bribe him to behead both of you."

"You"re here for the King?"

"Yes. King Zar sent me here. I"m sure both of you know of his importance. And me being sent by him, you now know my importance!"

Pointed out Alema. She herself is actually very surprised that Zar chose her to do a job of such importance. She is an Ignite after all. This is highly unusual.

Manipulating minds was her skill. She played with minds like a Cat with a Mouse. But Zar"s decision got her confused for the first time in 9 years. Last time she got confused was when she got called Beautiful by many people in a day. She didn"t see what they saw.

She has been thinking about Zar"s decision ever since she was sent by him a week ago.

Travelling on the clear lands even by foot would take only 1 week while in the thick forest it would take double the time if not more, so it didn"t take her too long to reach this wasteland.

"You are free from arrest. You don"t need to pay tax either. You may enter the Gates and make your way up the castle. It is very visible."

"That"s what I thought."

Entering the Gates and making her way to the Castle which was oddly in the middle of the Kingdom, she did get a lot of strange looks from the citizens there.

She would be already mugged if she wasn"t wearing costly armor, showing her status.

People here are sc.r.a.pping to survive. The only reason they are able to feed their families is because of the sea nearby. Giving them the ability to fish.

Some men seem to be hungry enough to attack a lady in almost  full body armor in the middle of the day though. The only piece of armor she was lacking was a helmet which she doesn"t wear because if she would, she can"t tie her hair to a tail.

But from the looks of it, they don"t seem to be hungry for money.

Following her through 13 of the abandoned houses which were common, one was insane enough to grab her by her tied up tail and try to drag her to an abandoned house.

Well. That man, lost his hand. And his head. Literally!