Armipotent

Chapter 2283: Visiting the Dragon Realm - Aera City (3)

Aera City

Tang Shaoyang arrived in Aera City by himself. Ira and Khaya offered assistance, but he refused. As Li Shuang said, there was a chance this might be a trap. They would be a burden if it was truly a trap. Going alone was the best course of action since he could escape easily by himself.

He wore his comfort outfit. Long black pants, a black shirt, and a black coat with the Tang Empire’s emblem on it. The pants looked like a comfort outfit, but they were actually made of material similar to leather. It provided basic protection. The same with his shirt and coat.

That was one of the dwarves’ works, cooperating with people with production class under the Tang Empire. They made it work: clothes that provided basic protection.

The choice was between this and formal clothes, a royal suit designed by his wives. He instantly relented and picked this one.

There was no way he would wear the eye-catching royal suit. If he showed up with that kind of outfit, he would be the center of attention once he arrived in the city...

Tang Shaoyang stared, realizing that almost everyone was looking at him. He was looking around, trying to see what kind of city Aera City was, only to find out people were staring at him.

That was when he realized that his outfit was truly out of place. Everyone, at least the people around the teleportation gate, wore equipment. Whether it was a mage robe or armor, they had it on them. Even the ones who didn’t wear their equipment were wearing some kind of tunics, different types of outfits.

’I guess no matter what I wear, I will be the center of attention.’

He remembered that Ira briefed him on how Aera City was a city surrounded by dungeons. One of the territories with the highest dungeon spawn rate in the God Realm. The city thrived because of the dungeon. A lot of people wanted to visit or even permanently stay here.

That explained why most of the population wandered around with their equipment instead of their daily outfit. It was a dungeon city.

His outfit was truly out of place in this city. Fortunately, Krazon spotted him as the Dragonkin approached him, "Welcome to Aera City, Sir. This is one of many cities under the Stygian Wither Clan."

Tang Shaoyang caught on to what Krazon was trying. The Dragonkin was like promoting his own clan. It was like he was trying to say the city would be his if he accepted the Stygian Wither Clan. Maybe it was just his imagination, but he could not help but be suspicious. Especially after his conversation with Li Shuang.

He just nodded in response, not commenting about the city. To be honest, he straight ignored the dungeons, even the dungeon in the God Realm. He didn’t have interest in the dungeon, even with the rewards. That might be because of his status as the Executive Administrator. He could almost get everything as long as he had enough credit to spend.

There was something that a dungeon could provide that the Administrator could not, but that something had a below-one-percent chance. That was why he preferred his focus on the Administrator Mission.

The Administrator Mission was like killing two birds with one stone. He accumulated credits and also materials for his main class. The dead Calamities from one world provided him more materials than clearing one dungeon.

When he had enough credits, he could spend them to get something he wanted. Even though he hadn’t really used his credits recently, he accumulated enough that he could afford almost everything. He had been focusing on his Cultivation, and he had a team specialized to grow his Shepherd of Beast Spirits.

The Tang Garden had grown much bigger, with more than fifty species, and almost reaching one thousand Beast Spirits. The manager caretaker, Azhug Oogurim, had been expanding the team as well. He had hired more people, and the team size was growing, almost reaching thirty employees.

Each employee was nitpicked by Azhug. Even when he told Azhug to hire more, the guy refused. He just wanted to hire capable and trusted people. Lately, Azhug wanted to expand further, planning to nurture a disciple. The Ogre wanted to recruit the Tang Empire’s people. Though it was still in planning, he wanted to work on it.

Tang Shaoyang directed him to the Tang Academy. That would make it easier to recruit people. He was steadily growing; his attributes had grown much more. In five days, Azhug would do his usual shopping.

The Tang Empire’s relationship with the Cladeos Emporium benefited Azhug, making his job easier to buy the Beast Spirit from a trustworthy merchant. Even better, the Tang Garden no longer needed his investment as it had generated profit.

Tang Shaoyang told Azhug that he would not take a single coin from that profit no matter how much it was. He wanted Azhug to use that profit to expand the Tang Garden and use it to pay the workers instead.

That was why he had been ignoring the dungeons. It was not like he would encounter a noteworthy challenge in clearing the dungeon either. He didn’t think that the dungeon would be more difficult than an abandoned world. That was why he had been ignoring the dungeons.

Even though Krazon promoted him about the city, he didn’t really have interest. The city might generate profit and all kinds of things, like rare items and class scrolls. However, the Tang Empire didn’t really lack anything.

They had the dwarves who could make the items they wanted. Their cooperation with the Cladeos Emporium allowed them to get access to a lot of class scrolls and items. They had the money; the good relationships with the emporium made the price cheaper as well. So yeah, the Aera City didn’t really interest Tang Shaoyang.

Tang Shaoyang nodded at Krazon, but he said nothing about the city, "Let’s go to the Dragon Realm right away."

Krazon was troubled at first. He wanted to show Tang Shaoyang around, but it would be weird and forced if he insisted on showing Executive Administrator Tang Shaoyang the city around.

"I thought of showing you around. I heard that you loved your food, Sir. I have planned to show you our specialties if you are interested."

Tang Shaoyang was interested when he heard about the food, but it was not the time. "I would like to finish the business first."

Krazon had this weird look in his eyes as he found out that Tang Shaoyang was more interested in the food in the famous city known for the dungeons.