68 The Problems In The Capital

Aiden and the others have reached right now, the city border called Icidia. It's also one of the top 10 biggest cities in the whole Kederawen kingdom.

The city situated in the southeast of the kingdom and borders both the Steanu sea and the great and mysterious Dwarf Kingdom. The city is also famous because of that since the dwarfs are the very inclosed and isolated kingdom.

They only trade with Icidia city and no other city in the whole continent. Even the capital respects the city lord because he's the only one whom the Dwarfs consider as true friends.

Some people tried to conquer the Dwarf kingdom for many years like the Yodatya kingdom, the Lamang empire, and even the Lefia kingdom.

Unfortunately, all of them had lost and that was because of the technological advance the dwarf has. In fact, the dwarfs weren't the only ones living inside.

It's true that the majority often citizens are dwarfs but there are also other races like Elves, Half-elves, and also demi-humans and humans. In fact, they even have some form of the council that manages the relations and the relationships between the races.

The only two countries that use this kind of system are the dwarf Kingdom and the Kederawen kingdom. It's because these two kingdoms have a diversity of races and not only one ruling race like the others.

Icidia city is a very big city comparable to the capitals of other countries. It's a city ruled by a Duke family called the Icidia family. They're very famous for their warriors and Mages who use the ice element and even the current duke is a very famous Mage with an ice type divine ability.

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Walking through the market of the city, Aiden could really see that this city is very different from Alcos or Wadya city where he stayed. In those cities, you could see only humans and no other race.

You could rarely find other races and even if you found them, you would find them as slaves or in auction markets but here, you could find almost all the fantasy races Aiden could think of. He could see Elves, Demi-humans, humans, and could also find a little number of Oni people.

Aiden felt really surprised about all of these people gathering at one place and coexisting together. Aiden also found it good that slavery was abolished in the Kederawen kingdom.

He was even more shocked to know that Ceaser is the one who used his title as royalty and great protector so that no slave trade can exist in this kingdom.

Unlike the Lefia kingdom, the place where Aiden teleported to which was at the edge of the continent, this kingdom almost at the center of the continent and is a neighbor to great three empires and the dwarf kingdom.

Aiden: "I didn't expect that crazy scientist old man to have this much achievements on his belt".

Alex: "You would be surprised if you heard about more of his legendary stories".

Saya: "Well, he's called The great hero. He led the great revolution and freed all the races from slavery. He even executed the slave traders himself using magic".

Hu Zhao: "Hmmm, he seems like a great man. If I didn't really know, I would say that they're two different people".

Diss: "He didn't have the great Hero aura around him when he came with us".

Dian Long: "Well, He must have lost his touch".

Laura who heard all of them talking about her grandpa got a little angry and started shouting at them, " Hey, how dare you say that about Grandpa!! He's a great Hero who saved the kingdom".

AN: [I completely forgot about Diss until I reread some chapters and found him there XDDDD. the thing is he's also important to the story and yet I forgot about him].

Alex, Saya, Hu Zhao, Dian Long, and Diss all got out of the airship and decided to go visit the city while Ceaser will finish something. After Ceaser went with Edvard to someplace, Lorra invited them to give them a tour around the city since she came with her grandpa here many times.

All of them are walking together through the streets and going to some places. What surprised Aiden, even more, is that there are some stalls that sole weapons that looked like guns and firearms.

Aiden went to one of them and found that it was an old man demi-human that was selling these weapons. He then looked around and found that there were guns, rifles, and even other models.

"Hey old man, where did you get all these weapons?".

When Aiden asked the old man, the old man looked at him and gave him a weird gaze and answered him with some displeasure, " Hey Kid, are you kidding with me. All the persons here know that all these kinds of weapons come from the city lord commerce chamber. If you wanna play, play with someone else".

"...."

"Aiden, is there a problem?"

Aiden turned at Lorra and then asked her, "Hey Lorra, do you know where these weapons came from?".

Lorra looked behind him at the old man and then at the weapons. She then understood what he meant and nodded as she started explaining to him.

Everyone also got interested in these weapons except Alex who already knew about them since he's also from Kederawen kingdom.

"These things are a type of magic weapon called magic guns. They were created by a group of magic researchers from the Dwarf kingdom. In fact, all these weapons come from there. The only ones who know how to manufacture them are the people from the kingdom. Because the city lord of Icidia city is a good friend with the dwarf kingdom, they decided to sell him these weapons".

Aiden couldn't feel anymore surprised as he never knew that someone will be able to recreate something like guns from the earth here in this fantasy world. He thought at first that the world at the middle ages era but with this new discovery, the era jumped to the 15th-16th centuries.

Aiden then asked her again, "How much damage can these weapons cause for warriors and Mages??"

Lorra who heard Aiden's question started pondering as she didn't really know about it because she wasn't that much into weapons on this type. It was Alex who came and answered.

"Well, the weapons can cause great damage to those below the 5th level warrior and Mage but beyond that, they can't do much. They also need a huge amount of mana crystals to activate the magic bullets so that the magic gun can be activated. There's also the problem of durability since using them after surpassing a number of bullets, the gun will become useless and may even cause some harm to the user. The only advantage of this weapon is that it can be used anybody whether it's mortal or anyone else. You only need to have mana stones".

Aiden finally understood the use of this weapon. It seemed that it had a limit of use and even couldn't harm you if you're above a certain level. Aiden felt a little relieved but them a sudden idea came to him and he said it aloud.

"Prototype!!"

Everyone turned to him and looked at him as they didn't know why he yelled like that. He asked lorra to buy him a weapon from each model. Lorra is from the royal family and so she was very rich and could afford that.

After buying the weapons, Aiden used some of his power and melted the weapon a little but the moment he did that, the weapon started having some kind of red light that activated immediately, and then something unexpected happened.

*Boom*

The gun immediately exploded as all the parts inside the weapon got melted and nothing remained aside from the shell.

Lorra: "You told me to buy it for you so you can burn it! Hmph, what a waste!".

Saya: "No, It wasn't Aiden who did that. Aiden just used his power to burn it a little so that he could see what's inside. The destroying explosion came from the inside.

Dian Long: "What the girl says is true. I must say that the mind who created these kinds of weapons is a truly brilliant mind".

Hu Zhao: " Even if it's so great. It can only injure those below the 5th level and do nothing else".

"What if it's a prototype?"

Everyone turned and heard Aiden's question and suddenly thought about it. What if all these weapons sold here are all a prototype for a greater and more powerful weapon.

"What if The person who created these weapons sold them because he needed money but he didn't want someone to steal the blueprint because his research isn't done yet so he made sure that no one aside from him can open them and he can continue his research without having any leaks in this project. Perhaps he wants to create a gun that can kill a Saint".

"...."

Everyone started thinking about Aiden's words and then about the brilliant mind who wants to change this world.

"I think that a new era will come soon and it will be closer than we think".

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While Everyone was walking around in the city, Ceaser and Edvard went directly to the white castle in the north. This castle was the castle of the city lord of Icidia city, Duke Salazar Admonius. He's one of the five dukes of the Kederawen kingdom.

"It's nice to meet you again Lord Ceaser, Lord Edvard".

"It has been a while Admonius. So how are you doing? How are your three sons doing?".

"I'm sure that they're really gonna be the death of me. I can't get them to stop fighting and adventuring. It's like the only thing they care about. Only, my youngest daughter wants to inherit the family domain but she's still young for that"

Ceaser started having a little conversation with Admonius about his life and family. Admonius was, in fact, a half-elf. His father at that time married an elf and went against the traditions of his family. He then had only one son and two daughters. Having kids between different races and especially elves is very difficult.

When the previous duke had three children, everyone was surprised and felt a little shocked but after some time, everyone forgot about it.

"I remember when you were born five hundred years ago, you were his youngest and he was so happy that his heart almost stopped".

"I'm sure that my father would be happy if he heard those words. I'm also sure that he's happy with mother in heavens".

"Yes, I'm sure".

"So what brings you here Lord Ceaser. I'm sure that you didn't come here just to talk about the past. You even brought Lord Edvard who doesn't like these kinds of meetings which means that it's very important".

Ceaser smiled as he heard Admonius words and then replied, " You're as perspective as ever Admonius. I believe that you already know that I was outside the kingdom for some time and so I don't really know what is happening in these last few months. I hoped that you would tell me since you know that your sister is one of the king's wives and she must know what is happening".

The moment Admonius heard that he felt a little akward and then scratched his neck and sighed as he said with some tiredness in his voice, "Well, I know for a fact that there are big problems in the capital and with the marriage, the situation became even more complicated".

Edvard: "What problems??..."

Admonius turned and said with a serious face, "problems that could threaten the stability of the kingdom".

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AN:

Two chapters have been released. Don't forget to leave comments and reviews.

I'm also Sorry for not releasing the previous week and so I will release two chapters these whole week as a compensation. Thanks for your support.