Primordial Expanse: I have the Strongest Talent! - Chapter 356

Chapter 356: Tenebrus city
The guard who was dealing with Alex was still shellshocked from the whole experience, more so from the fact that Commander Murdock had shown up to personally offer to recruit Mira than anything else.

But he was still able to function enough to allow Alex and Mira to pass through now that they both had VIP passes.

Very soon, they made their way through the city gates. Alex inwardly wanted to shed a tear, as they were finally able to get some proper rest and shower!

Tenebrus City was huge — that they could already tell just from seeing the portion of it that was in their view from the outside, but they could only get a real judge for its size when they entered.

The architecture of the buildings and even the roads here were a little different than what he could remember in Valentis, before it was destroyed.

Tenebrus seemed more focused on defence. If the outer walls were no indication, it was clear just from casually walking along the bustling streets that this place was practically a huge fortress!

Instead of a mixture of wood, clay and stone and other such materials, every building they laid eyes on was made of brick and mortar.

The roads were much more clean and smoothed out as well, seeming to use a material similar to concrete or asphalt rather than have them made of crudely placed stones like Valentis was.

Mira noticed the same differences as well, as it seemed the cities and towns she had visited during her second visit to the Primordial Expanse were much like Valentis as well.

“It seems this city takes a much more serious stance on defence than all of the other’s I’ve visited…”

She quietly muttered to Alex as the two of them walked down the streets, taking in each and every sight the city had to offer.

“Hmm, it’s a good thing though. A situation like what happened with Valentis is much less likely to happen here.”

Mira was inclined to agree with Alex, but she was also a little worried that this place may be more dangerous than it seemed.

Something drastic must have happened some time in the past for the city officials to focus so much of their budget on defence.

And considering the size of the city, as well as the fact that a B rank higher life form was only the commander of the outer city guard, this place clearly had a much more powerful hierarchy than Valentis.

‘The Mayor is probably somewhere in A tier…’

If even A tiers felt threatened, then Mira was worried that the two of them might come across something they wouldn’t be able to face in their search for beasts to kill…

But that was something for the future Alex and Mira to worry about.

They had to go out in search of beasts regardless, so they couldn’t just give up out of cowardice of what ‘could’ happen.

“What’s the first plan of action then?”

Mira asked Alex.

Their reason for coming to this place was already deeply rooted in both of their minds, however there were some things they had to tend to first.

“First of all, find some place to stay and take a shower!”

Alex looked at the bustling crowd and smiled.

“After all, who knows how long we’ll stay in this place? It might be better to just rent a place rather than staying at inns the whole time. Lodging probably isn’t cheap in a city as big as this, and you saw that line of people waiting to enter… the inns are probably even more expensive!”

Mira wasn’t in the proper frame of mind to express her feelings, but she knew that Alex was probably right.

However, she did have some thoughts of her own.

“Renting a place? Wouldn’t we be hunting outside of the city most of the time? Would staying in an inn for the few nights we’re actually here really be more expensive than renting?”

Alex went into deep thought after hearing Mira’s take on things, as she made a good point.

“Well, it was just a thought.”

They decided to drop the topic for the time being and instead found a passer by to ask for directions to a decent inn.

They were led to a place near the middle section of the city, which on a normal carriage for the average unawakened person would have taken over four hours to travel to!

It was over a hundred kilometres of travel!

A hundred kilometres from the outer section to the mid section…

This city was probably the biggest the two of them had ever heard of in the Primordial Expanse!

Luckily for the two of them, the trip only took a few dozen minutes with their speed.

It could have taken even less time if they didn’t have to slow down at times and manage their speed to make sure they didn’t run into anybody and turn them into a bloody mist…

The inn they decided to stay at was called ‘The Rosemary’, and from the outside it seemed quite rustic and welcoming.

But as they entered, the seemingly endless loud chattering of the bustling street outside disappeared into silence and was replaced by the charming sound of relaxing music.

‘That’s a neat trick.’

It was clear to the two of them that this place didn’t fall behind the expectations they had for it from the way the passer by explained it to them.

Alex and Mira were only two of what seemed like a little under a dozen customers in the whole reception area, which seemed small for an inn in a city of this size — in the mid section no less!

But they had no complaints about that, because only a few minutes passed before their turn came, and they approached the lady at the front desk.

“We’d like a single bedroom please.”

Mira jumped in before Alex could say anything, giving him a cheeky grin.

The two of them were used to sleeping separately from their time in University before the war broke out, but after their rather ‘active’ night before, it looked like that would no longer be the case…