Chapter 338 He Kind of Sus
The day after the Treaty of Louisiana, the declaration of our independence, and the establishment of our own nation, the Queendom of Raevender, was the time for the representatives of the empire to go back to the empire. To show our appreciation for the emperor, we offered to help them by opening a Portal that connected to the continental highway not far from the Imperial Capital. Taking the informalities aside, they took our offer as they were in a hurry. They had missed various matters in the empire by attending this state visit, and our assistance was a godsend. With the absence of important figures in the city, we could finally settle matters regarding our newly built nation. There were a lot of things to work on, such as mountains of renaming, which were still in the process of renaming Raevender Viscounty to a marquisate; domestic and foreign policies; and other administrative and legislative works. We were also dealing with crimes in our domain. The city of Lavender had a decently low crime rate, but with the addition of the territories of two of Astley's corrupt nobles, the number of crimes generated in the marquisate had been significantly rising. Other than the addition of roaming knights and soldiers, we had been trying to minimize the crimes by implementing livelihood programs to at least provide citizens with an additional source of income. Our government has also been promoting immigration to the capital city of Louisiana. Any family from our domain who were willing to migrate to the new capital would be granted subsidy and a residence for them to restart. With that said, in the residential area alone, thousands of sturdy houses had been built in such orderly rows in accordance with my preferred urban planning, which was inspired by the city of La Plata, Buenas Aires. In this world of swords and magic, constructing such an amount of structure had become a trivial thing. Aside from the four main roads that scatter in cardinal directions, there were also diagonal roads that separated the residential district into four distinct parts. A small town square with a fountain was built at the intersection of the vertical roads. Due to the size of those sectors, we added those roads for easier navigation. It would be confusing if all roads were vertical and horizontal. The commercial district had those roads as well. The noble district, as well as the entertainment and tourism sectors, did not need those roads, as some of their portions were put on sale, especially almost the entirety of the noble district. The entertainment sector was planned to become the city's recreation center. That included the public park, the arena, the dungeon and the guild, various academic structures, the red light district, and many more. Even though we were a nation, we only had four cities in our domain, and the capital city of Louisiana was greatly isolated from the three other cities by hundreds of kilometers. The capital should be the center of a nation, so for that reason, we were planning to build towns and cities around the forest and expand up to the coasts. The forest was vast, so there must be low level dungeons to conquer. More cities meant more roads to pave and rails to build, too. But the expansion would begin years later, probably around my sister's reign, so we still had much time to prepare. I did not want our country to become a short-lived empire that soon collapsed from poor management. Anyway, the city was developing at a fast rate as more and more people came by. The streets were starting to thrive and bustle, and there were numbers of adventurers who had ventured into the dungeon as I spoke. Speaking of the dungeon, the dungeon gate was relocated to an area we called Adventurers' Grounds, situated on the left side of the entertainment sector, which would be divided by the elongated and diagonal park. The Adventurers' grounds were composed of an open courtyard around sixty meters long and forty meters wide, which was surrounded by buildings on three sides. The courtyard was parallel with the park, so the grounds were facing the royal palace diagonally. With the front side as the entrance, the rear side of the courtyard was where a Parthenon like that in Athens stood. The parthenon was where the dungeon gate was kept. I decided to design it that way since dungeons complement Greek architecture and aesthetics well. Meanwhile, the buildings of Louisiana's Adventurers' Guild occupied the left and right wing of the grounds, comprising the main building, where people could register in the guild as well as make and take missions; a storage house; and a slaughterhouse. Most of the citizens had this dungeon's cards, and there had been hundreds—not thousands—of adventurers who challenged the newly conquered dungeon. But from the reports I got so far, many were stuck on the Maze Floors, due to the size and complexity of the puzzles, and only a handful managed to reach the 21st Floor. But among those men amongst men, there was one particular adventurer who stood out. Based on the footage the dungeon has captured, that man easily solved the puzzles of the mazes and stepped on the Graveyard Floors in a single day. He did it all alone, so that was a remarkable feat. But at the same time, he was like someone who was ruining my games, which I did not seem fun at on my part. According to our investigations, he was not well known by the adventurers, and he seemed to be a newly registered—a dark horse. Even though he was new, he singlehandedly beat the crap out of B and A-ranked adventurers who mocked him. He might be a returning player or a man who just came out of seclusion. Those were some of the logical reasons why he was strong and criminally underrated. Whether he was new or not, this man intrigued me. My Analysis found his stats to be decent. He was around Level 400 and trained his swordsmanship to Level 6. His equipment seemed normal as well. His sudden appearance made a fuss in this guild. He was full of mysteries, and I found it suspicious. That was why, I decided to confront him in person.
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