Into the City

Five days later, Raymond, who had possibly lost an excellent opportunity, finally learned from Hagel that the convoy had arrived at Port Kaidun.

Riding horses, more than ten knights under Hagel escorted Raymond's carriage in the middle.

"Sir Raymond, there have been many newcomers in Port Kaidun recently to avoid them rushing into you. Shall we escort you directly into the city?"

Opening the carriage window a crack, the cheers outside became even louder. Hagel, riding a horse, bent over and came over to explain further: "The city owner is bedridden, so he can't come to greet your arrival. The city owner's two sons are waiting for you at the city owner's mansion...you see..."

Hagel looked very sincere, and there was fear in his eyes.

Closing the carriage window again, Raymond agreed in a low voice.

The journey of more than 30 days ended. Along the way, Raymond, who had been carefully observing everyone's attitude, understood some things.

Among these people he had contacted, the badge he wore on his chest represented a powerful and frightening force. This powerful force was so strong that even ordinary people understood that people wearing such badges should not be despised.

The rattling sound of the carriage wheels came to his ears. Raymond silently summarized, "It seems that people wearing such badges have enviable privileges."

"The human body data model is established. Do you want to view it?"

The chip's toneless voice sounded, and Raymond's face became joyful.

The establishment of this human body data model was a task he had arranged for the chip shortly after joining the convoy.

Because he had deliberately estranged all the people in the convoy, the chip had only completed the data collection and analysis today.

In Raymond's mind, following his review command, a three-dimensional human body model appeared in Raymond's sight.

"Based on the data information of 367 people, the body condition is as follows: Strength 0.7, Agility 0.4, Stamina 0.6. Genes: Improving. Physical condition: Healthy."

"Bring up the information of the highest data in the convoy."

With Raymond's new command, the chip's toneless voice echoed: "Task established, start retrieving..."

A moment later, the situation of the highest data collected by the chip appeared in Raymond's sight.

"Hagel, Strength 2.3, Agility 1.2, Stamina 1.4."

Sighing slightly, Raymond was not surprised that Hagel was the strongest of all the data collected.

But after comparing with his own data, Raymond was still somewhat frightened.

Hagel's strength was more than four times his, and his stamina exceeded his by more than one.

Although the simple comparison was like this, Raymond knew that in actuality, it was not a simple multiple relationship. In actual combat, Hagel could definitely kill him instantly.

As the carriage entered Kaidun City, the speed slowed down a bit. Raymond, who had put aside the problem of comparing strengths, continued to check the chip's work: "How is the progress of the ferocious beast audio data analysis?"

"Thirty-seven audio types, excluding untraceable categories, two have been completed encoding, translation, and proofreading, and can be called up at any time."

In Raymond's sight, two audio types that had been translated and proofread appeared: the ferocious beast covered in black mane that he named the Black Maned Bear.

The other was over 6 meters long, seeming to be a mix of monkeys and pythons, also a ferocious beast in the forest that no animal dared to provoke.

After reconfirming the audio data organized by the chip, Raymond fell into contemplation in the carriage.

Coming from an interstellar immigrant to this world, all things contrary to common sense could only be slowly accustomed to and accepted.

Moreover, because of wearing the badge, even the city lord of Port Kaidun seemed very enthusiastic about his arrival now. But Raymond knew well that this was like walking a tightrope—the slightest negligence would lead to eternal damnation.

Shaking his head, there are pros and cons, and good things can never be fully occupied. For now, I can only take it one step at a time.

Pulling himself together, Raymond continued to check other tasks he had assigned to the chip: "How far has the analysis of the active substances absorbed in the air during the memorization of the symbols progressed?"

"Retrie val starting...analysis incomplete...expected to be completed in 120 hours..."

Raymond had a very bold guess about the active substances existing in the air. Because when he meditated on those ten symbols, with the active substances flowing into his body from the air, his genetic makeup would undergo tiny improvements.

According to the chip's analysis, after removing the ordinary nutritional ingredients, the red fruit given to him by the big tree also contained a large amount of active substances, although the proportions were different. But for improving Raymond's physical qualities, they were very obvious.

This improvement could be very clearly shown in the amount of sleep he needed every day.

In the first few days after Raymond entered the forest, the minimum sleep time he needed to recover his energy exceeded seven hours every day.

Ten days after eating the red fruit, his sleep time was reduced to only six hours.

After he successfully memorized the ten symbols, the necessary sleep time became only five and a half hours a day.

According to the chip's estimate, if it continues to develop at the current rate, Raymond will only need four hours of sleep per day in three years to restore his energy.

For the active substances in the air, the amount Raymond absorbed into his body while meditating on the symbols was not much. But the chip's data showed that if such active substances were aggregated to a certain extent, they would still cause severe damage to the body.

Frowning, Raymond muttered to himself, "Radiating active substances, what a strange world..."

Suddenly, a knock on the window, "knock knock knock," woke up Raymond, who was lost in thought. Hagel's respectful voice came from outside the window: "Sir Raymond, the city owner's mansion has arrived. The city owner's two sons are waiting for you."

Snorting lightly, Raymond responded to Hagel.

After tidying up a little, Raymond stepped down from the carriage.

In front of Raymond appeared a building similar to a medieval European castle. Raymond's carriage stopped at the main entrance of the castle.

Under Raymond's feet was a long red carpet leading all the way to the steps of the castle.

On both sides of the red carpet stood more than ten knights with tall and sturdy figures, wearing fully enclosed helmets and one-piece armor.

Just as Raymond looked up, before he could see the end of the carpet, a hearty voice came over: "Welcome to the castle as a guest!"

A blond and blue-eyed, sturdily built young man with a very sunny smile came striding down the steps in gorgeous knight attire...

But that sunny smile of the youth still made Raymond involuntarily squint his eyes...