The Tales of Draconic Warlock

It took me more than an hour to reach Racher City.

There was a reason why it took me so much time to reach Racher City from Repest Town. I was dead tired. Who wouldn't be after going through such an ordeal?

I mean what has happened with that monster tide?
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There are a lot more monsters than initially established. With many deaths, the burden of the monsters that they should have taken care of was divided and fell on the ones that survived.

Then there were those stealth monsters, which started attacking us after they broke into the town.

When the reinforcements came, I thought that I would get a good amount of rest but I was wrong. After an hour of rest, I was called back on to the battlefield.

I had to fight for two more hours before the monsters retreated after some threatening sounds came from the rear of the monster tide.

Those sounds came because of a fight, I am sure about that.

Who is fighting?

If I think about it, I heard that two Tier-7 combatants were sent as reinforcements but I didn't see them. It's probably those Tier-7 who are fighting.

Who are they fighting against?

If I take a guess, then it probably would be the ones that are controlling the monster tide, the boss monsters in essential. It would only explain why the monsters retreated after those sounds were heard. I can say that the boss monsters were defeated and there was no reason for the monsters to fight us anymore. So they retreated.

Even though those monsters retreated, all that fighting essentially burned out all my stamina for the day, maybe even for a few days.

I need rest and that is the reason, why I left the town promptly after the commander said that we could collect the rewards back at the academy. There is no point in staying in the town anymore.

There is a chance that the monsters could return to the town, even though the bosses were defeated. I don't want to get involved in such matters anymore.

Yeah, the bosses were defeated and the reason behind their retreat but even if one of those bosses were alive or if there is some high-rank monster among the retreated monsters, then there is a chance of them regrouping and returning.

It is not my headache anymore to deal with that if that happens. As I said, I am dead tired. I need to return to the academy, my bed.

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When I reached Racher City, I was surprised by its transformation.

It was much different than when I was a few days back while travelling to Repest town. The changes to the city are not much different but there are now refugee camps camped outside the city walls.

There are a lot of camps here, and I don't think that these people are just from Repest town.

When a monster tide occurs, not just one settlement would be disturbed. A large area of settlements would be. Most of these people should be from the villages that once stood in the path that the monster tide took to reach Repest.

Unlike towns and cities, villages do not have such high-security measures. The village walls could probably stop low-rank monsters, and that too when they are in single digits, not when they turn into a monster tide.

So when the monster tide appeared, they had no choice but to abandon everything and take refuge in the city, but the city may not be able to accommodate such a large influx of population.

This is why the refugee camps are allocated outside the walls.

By placing them here, once the monster tide was gone, the city could easily send the villagers back to their lands.

Villages are very important for the survival of the kingdom. Though they might appear poor, they are vital as they produce most of the food required by the kingdom. Even if these people are not awakeners or rich, their survival is very important for the survival of the kingdom.

So the cities would give refuge status when needed but also would send them back to the villages, as without their food production, it would become burdensome for the kingdom. Without enough grain, the prices of food would increase, and that would not be a good thing for the kingdom.

Moreover, if the villagers don't go back, they would become part of the slums in the cities, which wouldn't look good for the city.

Though not all bad in slum areas, without proper job opportunities to buy food, they would either steal or mug others in order to fill their bellies. Though it may not appear as an evil thing as they are just trying to fill their bellies, it is still a crime.

If there is a lot of crime, merchants wouldn't come to the city to trade and the city would suffer as time goes on. It was something that they wouldn't let happen.

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Anyway, It took me more than an hour to reach the teleportation hub after reaching the outskirts of the city. This was because of the increased population, the traffic became problematic. It ate my time like it was nothing.

If the traffic gets congested like this, nothing could ever be done in time.

Once I reached the teleportation hub, I got a ticket to the Capital City. It burned only a few minutes of my time, as there are a few who are going to the capital.

After reaching the capital, I left for the academy as fast as I could. I need rest and I can't wait for long.

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Ah, I am finally back at the academy. Let's get to my quarters and rest for today. I can collect my mission rewards from the mission hall tomorrow. I was too tired to do that for now.

After returning to my quarters, I took a quick bath first and before that, I ordered food, a lot of it. I am tired and with that, my stomach is crying for food for some time.

So after ordering I went to bath, and got out before the food arrived. I ate till my stomach was full of the delicious food from the academy. My belly was practically protruding outwards.

Once that was over, I resigned myself to my bedroom, fell on my bed and forgot about everything else.