Ch 5 : Wicked Adventurers

Seeing the guard looking at him Martin took the initiative and introduced himself saying, "Hello sir, my name is Martin Immortella, I was heading to the capital myself, and that's when I met Mr. Marcal who was kind enough to offer me a ride here".

Listening to Martin, the guard looked at Karl who nodded approvingly. Following Martin's words the guard's serious expression turned into a bright smile once again, " Nice to meet you, I'm the captain of the third platoon, my name is Gerard Polter".

After making sure everything is in place Captain Gerard tapped Martin's shoulder saying, "Whoever is Mr. Marcel's friend is my friend as well, if anything happens you know where to find me, as for the entry fees its 2 bronze coins but Mr. Marcal took care of that". Hearing those words all Martin can do is thank Captain Gerard sincerely for the kindness that he has shown him.

In every kingdom, every city had its Platoons to ensure the safety of the citizens, each platoon having a specific location to watch over, for example, the third platoon is responsible for the entrance and all its corresponding transactions.

Except for the fifth platoon which is responsible for patrolling the streets and is not assigned to a specific location like the other platoons.

All kingdoms and empires use the same currency, coins which are split into three types: bronze, silver, and gold. Bronze is the lowest of the three, where 10 bronze coins are equivalent to a silver coin, and 10 silver coins are equivalent to one gold coin.

Once Karl saw Martin Coming back from the inspection area he said, "Hopefully everything went well."

Martin Replied with a smile, "Yes everything is fine, unfortunately, we will have to part ways here, but I would like to thank you for all your kindness."

"Think nothing of it, we are friends now after all. If you need something I'll be happy to help, but if you want to thank me make sure to come by my shop, its name is (Marcal's shop), it's located in the central district if you need something you'll find it there", Karl replied with a laugh.

"You truly are a businessman to the bone", Martin commented laughing.

After exchanging their goodbyes, they parted ways. Walking down the street, Martin can see shops on both sides of the road, he can see bakeries, butcher, gift shops, taverns, grocery stores, and much more.

People yell their products and prices out loud for all to hear trying to attract as many customers, the streets were filled with people some nobles, some commoners, some mercenaries, and some adventurers.

Mercenaries and adventurers walk down the street with prideful looks and stances, with their glittering armor and shining weapons, but the difference between those two is that the adventurers only take jobs in the form of quests from the adventurer guild, on the other hand, mercenaries do any job they are offered, as long as they get paid accordingly to it.

While making his way toward a clothing shop Martin was admiring the city, aside from it being the capital city of the kingdom having all the luxurious shops, fancy restaurants, and much more, he was watching its people, the way they interacted with each other, how they traded their goods. Being absorbed by his surroundings and not looking in front of him Martin bumped into an adventurer by mistake.

"OUCH, hey twerp watch where you're going, you bumped straight into me, are you looking for trouble?", A muscular man with a bold head and a tall beard, wearing silver armor looked down at Martin holding his battle hammer over his shoulder in one hand and hugging his silver helmet with the other.

Martin knew that this man is belittling him, but he couldn't risk fighting this guy, even though he was training his body day in and out, his body hasn't matured yet so he knew that he wouldn't stand a chance against him if he were to get hit.

Especially since he never had battled a human before, not knowing how far his powers can get him, after all the power that he has now are nothing in comparison to his power when he was at his peak. So, it is better to be safe than sorry.

Not wanting to make a scene Martin apologized saying "I'm sorry sir, I wasn't watching where I was going and bumped into you, I don't want any trouble".

Hearing Martin's apology a wicked smile appeared on the adventurer's face, mockingly he replied: "you are a good kid you know, your luckily, a twerp like you can't hurt me, but look at this you scratched my armor, do you know how much it will cost me to repair it? ", eying Martin's sword the adventurer continued, " that's a nice sword you have there, what about this, you will give me that sword as compensation and we will call it even".

By those moments the adventurers' comrades stood behind him with smirks covering their faces, looking arrogantly at Martin as if he was a bug they can squash any moment they want.

Seeing the situation Martin turned around and ran as fast as he can, catching the adventurers off-guard, his inhuman speed helping him to flee, looking back he saw the wicked adventurer and his comrades flowing after him not afar closing the distance between them, sighing he inwardly said: "After all those years my power still amount to this much, it was a good choice, not to clash with them".

When the adventurers were 10 yards away from Martin, two of the adventurers had a purple glow covering their bodies and started to get even closer to Martin, once he saw that his expression turning grim, "Body enhancement, I'm in trouble if I keep dragging this, need to get out of here", in less than a minute they were few steps away from Martin, glancing to the side he saw a small and dark alleyway to his right between two buildings, without any hesitation he turned towards it trying to squeeze through, but being a moment late he felt a sharp pain in his side when he looked the muscular adventurer arm drilling into his side sending him flying at a wall adjacent to the alleyway.

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