The Tales of Draconic Warlock

Wow, simply wow.

The royal capital lives up to its name. Compared to the Winter City the capital was much more advanced and also congested.

Everything is different here if I compare it to home. Winter city looks like a small town when compared to the royal city. If I compare it to Earth, then the Capital can be considered New York and Winter City can be compared to Long Island or something along the lines.

The difference is too much between them. There are many reasons for those huge differences. Unlike the Capital, there is no academy near Winter City.

In fact, there are only four other cities besides the capital that enjoy the advantage of having an academy near them. Though these four cities are not as powerful as the capital, they are advanced and powerful when compared to other cities in the kingdom.

There is nothing one can do about this. The presence of the academies near these cities provides them with security and so there are a lot of people willing to live there or visit on a regular basis.

There is no such protection for Winter City, so the economy is inferior compared to these five cities. It doesn't matter to me anyway. I love Winter City more than the capital.

Sure it was advanced and there are a lot of opportunities here to become wealthy compared to home, but for me, home is better than the capital.

The man reason why the capital was built here was due to the dungeons that are present here. They are the livelihood of many people in this world. Where there are dungeons, there would be people and a chance at prosperity.

There are no dungeons near Winter City. However, I found three dungeons that were not available to people in the wild. They can be useful in the future but not at this point. To reach that place, much work would be involved. So it was not a decision that could be made in a day or two.

Even if the Winter City remains the same, the surroundings are much better when compared to the capital. There are too many people for my taste. There shouldn't this many people congested in a small place. I like broad places, not such narrow places.

Though the city looks lively, it would be best to visit once in a while but not suitable for living, well, at least for me. Even though this place is not my choice of place to live, this is the best place to get goods that are rare and are not easily obtained.

Every day, there would be merchants coming to the capital and their caravans would never be empty. Even when they leave the capital, they would buy the local specialties to sell in other areas where those are not available.

With the Cosmic Market in my hands, I can become the richest person in the kingdom easily without raising suspicions from others. There are a lot of people traveling through the city, so I can transact any item I want but they should be something the people of this world can recognize.

If I try to sell something otherworldy, then it should appear to be from this world, if not it would be considered junk in the market.

There would be a few who can estimate the item but that would be dangerous to go to them.

I heard that there are different Appraisal skills. It was said that the head of Commerce Guild has a unique appraisal skill that can even pierce through skills like status disguise.

His skill came to know because he was the head of a huge guild that controls a lot of people's lives. It wouldn't always be the case with others. Moreover, some believe that the leak was an advertisement that was done on purpose.

There are many skills like that and if I sell them something that I shouldn't, then it would only spell trouble for me.

If they find that I sold something that had never appeared before, then they would want my source directly. If you can get the items from the source, why the middlemen? Many merchants do things this way, so no one would give up their source willingly.

Even if the source was not given up the first time, there are many ways that greedy merchants can extract the source.

I shouldn't get into the eyes of such people or it would be like hitting myself.

Anyway, though there are many potholes in the city, it still is the best way to get hands-on resources easily and faster.

Moreover, whether I like this city or not, it sure is the best way to understand the kingdom.

Being the capital of the kingdom, it attracts people from even the remote regions. So here I can be able to enjoy almost everything that the kingdom can offer without touring the entire kingdom.

So living here for a short time is worth the time.

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Two days went by in a jiffy and now it was the time for the academy test. Whether I can join or not depends on the outcome of the test.

Who am I kidding?

I am Tier-4, so there is no way that I would fail the test. I would certainly succeed in the test, the only question that remained was what rank would I achieve and should. I should control the number of points that I can achieve in the test.

Being at the top spot would have its advantages but I can't be too high in points. After all, I can't let people know that I am hiding my status.

That skill though it was a rare one, was not a unique one. Many people know what the skill is and what it can be used for. Sure there would be differences between people at the same level but that difference wouldn't be too much.

There are only a few reasons behind those differences and I am hiding most of them. So it was best to act accordingly. If not, there are many who would love to get their hands on me both in the light and dark corners of the world.

So I have to make sure that, there are enough eyes on me after the test but not too many eyes.

Let's see what will happen in the morning.