Two hours hours later, and some killing, Adam arrived to the neighboring kingdom. Although they called themselves Kingdoms, they all had only a single city under their rule, and had close to no land they could call their own.
The soldiers' reactions were pretty similar to the ones from Harold's Kingdom, but when they saw who Adam was carrying on his horse, they silently led him to the royal palace.
This city was a little more prosperous than the other one Adam had been to. As he arrived in front of the new royal palace, Adam got down from his horse and took the fat king on his shoulder.
A butler was waiting for him, and opened the door for him. This made Adam sigh. In the end, people would only respect him if he showed his power.
As he entered the palace, he saw a scene quite similar to Harold's court, except that the king was a queen, the Knight a Mage, and there was no skinny man.
The queen, who was a great beauty, Adam noted, smiled brilliantly and said "Brave warrior, you have done a great dead for our country, and we thank you for this."
She then waved her hand, and a soldier approached Adam, looking at Harold. Adam gave him the fat king, and the queen said "But mere thanks wouldn't really be a reward good enough for what you did. Tell me, what do you want?"
Adam replied "I don't care about gold." That was true, gold was a pain to carry without an inventory. Hearing him, the queen grinned and said "Not Gold? Then… do you want us?"
Adam was stunned, and then he opened his eyes wide as he asked "Excuse me?" The Queen laughed and with a wave of her hand, the only ones left in the room ere the queen, her mage and Adam.
She said "I can consider your proposition… You are strong, our children would become powerful kings, and with your aid, our family could bring down the Holy Empire and take their place…"
But before she could go any further, Adam shook his head and said "This is a misunderstanding. While I am not interested by Gold, I am not interested by a relationship or sex either."
But she was having none of that as she chuckled "Don't say that, you will hurt my heart…" As she said that, she used her fingers to push her robe down her body, and there she stood, completely naked, showing her body to Adam.
He had to admit, she was really beautiful, and hot. He could feel a reaction in his lower body. But she was just too weird. He took a step back and said "As I said, I really don't want this kind of reward. Just give me a weapon or an artifact."
But the queen shook her head as she bit on one of her fingers, and used her other hand to snap her fingers. As she did so, the mage, who had remained silent until now, suddenly used a spell, and numerous chains appeared around Adam, and bound him.
The queen once again laughed "I think this is going to be wonderful…"
As she approached Adam though, the latter sighed and muttered to himself "I meet two royalties, one is an arrogant fool, and the other is a rapist… Where there fuck did my luck go?"
He looked away from the naked rapist and sent a look at the mage. He could break the chains, but seeing they were connected to the mage, an idea came to him.
Suddenly, Adam's body burst with power as he forcefully pulled all the chains in one direction, opposite the mage. The mage and the queen didn't expect this as the chains were supposed to suppress his strength and hold him down.
And in a sense, the chains did work as Adam was unable to use his Aura. However, his body itself was a great weapon, and even without using Aura, he could break those chains.
But he didn't do so. Caught by surprise, the mage was pulled toward Adam, and before he could back away, Adam jumped toward him.
Then, he moved his head back a little, before giving a powerful headbutt to the mage who couldn't control his body. Normally, a headbutt would at most end up with one person getting a bruise, but this wasn't just any headbutt.
The power behind this one vastly overpowered the mage's body, and there was also Adam's helmet. As a result, when their two heads hit each other, the mage's head offered no resistance, and exploded under the might of Adam's headbutt.
Adam's head was covered in blood, making him look like a terrible devil, but he didn't care. He looked at the stunned queen, who was backing away. She said "You can't…"
But Adam didn't even let her finish her last words as he appeared next to her and slapped her. Although her head didn't burst like the other, her neck still made a 360 turn around itself, killing her on the spot.
The chains had disappeared when the mage was killed, showing it was a skill, rather than an equipment. Still, he looked through the mage's belongings, but the only thing he found was a magic tome. It was probably the skill book for this spell. Adam decided to pocket it, and left the room.
He saw a few soldiers waiting, and who looked at him in surprise. Adam looked at the three and asked "Who among you know where the maps are?"
Although they were stunned, one of them raised his hand. Adam looked at him and asked "Do you know how to read it?" The soldier once again nodded, so Adam grabbed his shoulder and said "Lead me there."
The soldier looked like he had questions, but one look from Adam was enough to make him nod and lead the way. The other two soldiers were dumbfounded, and although they didn't receive the order they still decided to enter the royal hall to see whether everything was alright.
But when they saw what was inside, they were shocked, and they quickly cried for the other soldiers to gather and capture the murderer. The soldier with Adam also heard them, but the hand on his shoulder became even stronger as Adam said "If I could kill your queen, capture that king and kill that mage, how long do you think you will last?"
The soldier gulped, that was true. How could their enemy just let this man bring their king here? They had obviously fought. But this man threatening him did not have any injury, nor did his horse. This meant he had killed the enemy king's easily…
A shiver went through his body as he hurried his steps. Soon, they arrived in a big room with a big table, on top of which a large map was spread out.
The soldier said "This… this is the map of the entire Holy Empire." Adam approached the map with an intrigued face and asked "Is the Holy Empire the local Sovereign?"
Although the soldier was floored by this seemingly dumb question, he didn't dare point it out and he said "The Holy Empire is the strongest force who rallied the entire world."
Adam was surprised, were they so strong? He pointed at the map and asked "So this is the world map?" The soldier nodded and said "The Holy Empire used their 100 000 men strong army to conquer the world years ago, and now use them to hold peace."
Adam nodded and asked "Show me where we are, and where that king Harold's kingdom is." The soldier nodded and did as he was told.
As it turned out, Adam's random guess of the cardinal directions was actually right. Harold's Kingdom was really North of his initial position. He then found out that the Imperial Capital was actually all the way down South, he would have to go by Harold's Kingdom once again, and go around the lake he had seen.
As for that village, it was actually a haunted village where ghosts dwelled and attacked anyone who entered the village.
The last piece of information Adam learned was the reason why Harold seemed to think he was invincible. Actually, every king under the empire benefited from their protection, and anyone who harmed those kings who be hunted by the 100 000 men army of the Holy Empire. Learning this, a smirk appeared on Adam's lips.