Right after Raizen had teleported away…
POV Raeyon
Raeyon stared at Elder Zal for a few seconds before abruptly teleporting with Yamaal in tow.
“That woman is lucky I do not want to be the cause of another war with Infernals. Yamaal.”
“Yes, Lord Raeyon.”
“Send Idar with the spear to the City. He didn’t want any of our people there, but Idar will be sent under the guise of delivery and spear maintenance. The Meicallurgy wants good relations to be built with this new Patriarch, ensure that Idar understands that. We do not fear those good for nothing furnaces, but among their kind, Patriarchs and Matriarchs hold a special weight. They’d burn down this entire universe if someone were to push too far. Do you understand?”
“Yes, Lord Raeyon.”
“Have a small squad maintain a presence off planet so that Idar isn’t left completely isolated”
“It will be done Lord Raeyon.”
“Good, I’ve spent too much time here. Hopefully Yamshen hasn’t taken her decade long break yet…”
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And with that Raeyon left and headed home while Yamaal moved according to his orders. With the only thought on his mind being he was glad a war hadn’t started and that he’d essentially been allowed to return home as well. For a second there he was worried about having to remain here.
Of course, he wouldn’t slack in his duties, and he quickly put together a small 100 person squad of a mix between Nascent Soul and Core Formation Realm Cultivators that would remain here in space in a smaller ship. Both them and Idar were instructed to maintain constant communication between each other and of course with the mothership so that he may keep Raeyon informed as well.
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POV Raizen
What the hell…is this the City? How long was I gone for? It felt like a few minutes…is there some time accelerating thing going on in space that I don’t know about?
Before me stand towering grey walls, that seem strong enough to withstand anything that could possibly be thrown at them. Wow…this is amazing.
“Lord Raizen!”
Lord what?
“Lord Raizen up here!”
I looked up on the wall to see a green person waving at me. One of the 50 people that the Outpost Leader brought over? Have I really been gone so long that all of them made it here already? And why the hell is he calling me lord? Is that perhaps a translation issue? Maybe he’s actually calling me Mr., and their translation thing isn’t working correctly.
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Yep, must be.
“The entrance is to your left! Someone will meet you down there!”
The entrance? Ah…it’s only now that I truly take in my entire surroundings. The wall was truly just that distracting. Speaking of the wall, I’m looking at a corner as it goes horizontally to my left but curves and then goes in the direction away from me. Around me is all flatland with a few shrubs here and there and I think I can faintly smell the ocean air…ah yes, I chose the cove option to build the city. The ocean is likely not far away.
Now to my left…in the distance there was a massive line with hundreds, no thousands, maybe even hundreds of thousands of people lining up to get in the city. That’s a lot of people. A lot of them were looking in my direction as I gawked at the city walls like a tourist in Manhattan for the first time. A little embarrassing. I began walking towards the line, but…there’s no way I’m waiting in this line, right? No matter how much time has passed I should still be the Leader of the City right? Surely, I’m allowed some line skipping benefits.
Anyway, I continued to approach the long line and eventually another green induvial came running out and waving in my direction, so I aimed my steps in their direction and made my way over. It was then that I noticed that the line itself wasn’t moving. Like at all. Huh. How long have these people been waiting out here?
Hopefully not long.
I eventually reached the front of the line where the green individual who I realized was a woman was waiting for me. I could hear murmurs from the line wondering how and why I was able to skip the line, but I paid them no mind. Instead, I had a question for the lady.
“Why is the line not moving?”
There two other green people with spears in hand block the wide entrance to the city and there was no one out here processing the folks in the line. What the hell was Richard and the others doing?
“Lord Raizen, the line isn’t moving because everyone is waiting for you. There has been no decision made on how to handle to influx of people and it has been decided by Sir Jrino that we will not move until you have returned and given out directions.”
Sir Jrino? Who is that? And waiting for me...How long have they been waiting?
“Who is Sir Jrino? Where is Richard? And how long have you all been waiting for me?”
“Sir Jrino is the former leader of your Tutorial Outpost Lord Raizen, and Mr. Richard should be in the city working on the plan to handle the influx of people. We only arrived at this City roughly 10 minutes ago.”
Wait a second. 10 minutes. Alright. Focus on what you can.
“Please take me to where Sir Jrino and Richard are.”
“Right away Lord Raizen.”
There was a small side entrance next to the large one and we promptly walked through it. The inner parts of the city finally came into full view. The road we were on carried into the city and to my left and right I saw what looked to be various residential houses that seemed to extend all the way to the walls both left and right.
We kept walking forward for quite some time until we reached something like a City Square, I guess? There was a fountain in the middle and the area beneath my feet was no longer the road but brown bricks. I few trees and flowers were scattered about. It was also a large area. Perhaps a few thousand people could stand here without issue. To the left and right of the square another path opened up in each direction and seemed to be filled with more buildings, but I couldn’t tell what for just yet. We quickly continued past that City Square, heading straight before making a diagonal left turn down another road, where we passed by some very large houses before eventually entering a small area where other building was present, and the woman led me right into one of them. In fact, it was the largest building in the area, and it was bigger than some of those houses we passed.
As soon as I stepped foot inside the building, I could immediately hear discussions. Ah that was Richard’s voice.
This building had two stories, but we stayed on the first one and after walking down a hall to the right, my quiet escort opened the door to a large conference room where I saw quite a few people seated and having discussions.
“RAIZENN!!!”