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Kazzir turned away and chuckled, he found what Rex and Iris asked, laughable.
eting soone in power has never been so simple.
A request to et with Master Serevan, or Mistress Serevia needs to go through the proper path. It needs to go through multiple lower-ranking nobles to even reach the top—and even then, there's a chance that it would be declined if it's deed unimportant.
Asking blatantly like this without a prior appointnt and standing wouldn't work.
But in the next second, Kazzir was stunned.
He turned to look at Iris and then back to Rex, blinking his eyes multiple tis in shock.
"Eh...? He's who now?" Kazzir blurted, his eyes rounding as he spoke.
Iris gestured to Rex and repeated, "He's Rex Silverstar, I'm sure you've heard of him"
Confirming that his ears were working properly, Kazzir sucked in a cold breath—a mixture of shock and disbelief cross his countenance. More importantly, recalling that he basically took Rex's elixir, a shiver ran down his spine.
Laughing awkwardly, Kazzir stood up from his seat, "Do you have proof for this claim?"
Upon hearing this, Rex's body stead and transford back into his Human form.
Only when he reverted back to this form, did Kazzir believe, his spine instantly beca as upright as an arrow. Nobody on the continent was oblivious to who Rex Silverstar was, his na was legendary.
"Your Majesty," Kazzir imdiately beca formal. "an ambush like this is bad for business"
"I'm not ambushing anybody," Rex shook his head and crossed his arms. "as you might have known already—people in power are always busy. I happened to only have the ti to make the acquaintance of your kingdom now"
Seeing that Iris was looking at him from the side, Rex stepped forward.
He offered his hand to Kazzir, palm facing upward.
It was a cultural custom amongst the Tabaxi race, a gesture of goodwill and peace.
Naturally, seeing Rex giving him a gesture eased the tension in the air a bit, and Kazzir could stand more comfortably, "I understand," He said, placing his hand above Rex's hand with the claws retracted. "there's no helping it with the current state of the world"
Pulling back his hand, Kazzir went around his desk and gestured towards the door.
"I'll guide you to them," He said, changing his behavior completely. "fortunately, both of them are here. I'm sure Master Serevan—and Mistress Serevia would be happy to see the Emperor visiting them"
Rex nodded and followed Kazzir outside.
Monts later, Rex and Iris walked along the street while Kazzir explained their structure.
Basically, the Zahara Consortium is built with the Saltura Bridge as the center.
Since they needed to protect both sides of the bridge, the kingdom was split into two parts, one being the main market that wheeled the kingdom's economy called the Green Edge and the other part was more focused on military and housing called the Golden Edge.
Due to this separation, there were separations of power.
Master Serevan governed the Green Edge while Mistress Serevia governed the Golden Edge.
However, at the mont, Mistess Serevia is on the Golden Edge to et her brother.
Soon enough, Rex and Iris arrived at the edge of the Green Edge.
Barricading between them and the deep cliff where the Gravitational Rift was located was only an invisible barrier. It could only be seen when soone touched it—and imdiately alerted the authorities.
From Kazzir, Rex learned that this barrier protected the Green Edge and also its sides.
About three miles long to either side of the Green Edge was covered by this.
Nobody would accidentally be pulled and fall along the length.
"What are we doing here?" Rex asked with his eyebrows raised.
He was through an underground door near the edge, entering quite a lavish chamber with a direct view of the abyssal depth—located beneath, the Saltura Bridge. Despite being a little bit suspicious, Kazzir shouldn't be trying anything funny.
Or else, the System would've alerted him and issued a killing intent quest.
"We're crossing to the Golden Edge," Kazzir replied as he activated so kind of formation.
Charging the formation on the wall with a crystal that caused it to glow.
Rex scrutinized and scanned the formation and also the crystal.
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