<h4>Chapter 340 - Meeting Aman</h4>


    Rudra walked into the pce gates escorted by two tier 2 guards , d in full red armour , at level 105 , Rudra had no doubt , that he would be evenly matched at best against these two , without his trump cards , should a fight break out. And this was only because of his monstrous stats. Any average tier two yer at level 79 would get skewered by them , in a fight.


    Rudra gulped as he looked around , hundereds of such tier 2 guards manned the royal pce. Forget about the two tier four monsters sitting in the court room waiting for him , even with the entire Elite force he could probably not force his way into the pce.


    This made Rudra realize , just how weak his current strength was ,pared to the NPC''s of the game. Forget about the gods And the pope and the emperor''s. Just the normal royal guard , that is how strong he actually was.


    Rudra walked into the royal court room , King Aman was seated on his throne , with Rahim standing beneath him , and a few courtiers in the room.


    Rudra went as close as etiquette allowed him to , before taking a knee , as he looked towards the ground and said " Shakuni Won Knight , the mayor of Purplehaze city , greets the majesty , the light of the kingdom , the mighty , the just , the brave , Emperor Aman ".


    Aman was amused by Rudra''s ttery , he was not a vain man , he could easily look through crap when people spouted buttery words to coax him , he knew very well , it was a simmr case here , that Rudra did not mean a single word he said currently , yet the way he said it was impable. Aman was thoroughly amused?, as he said " Arise ".


    Rudra got up , as he looked Aman in the eye , absolutely unfazed , he knew he was an antpared to Aman who sat on the throne , yet Rudra was not afraid of Aman . His challenging eyes made it abundantly clear.


    Rudra was a yer , someone who was blessed by the goddess , hence could not die. An immortal?who would just wake up at the church of light upon death. Aman was well aware of this fact as well , he knew he could kill Rudra time and time again , but not forever. Someday he was bound to get stronger and be either his great ally , or a great enemy.


    Which was the reason why he treated him with respect. Rudra was a Won knight , and won knights were loyal to the throne , the chances of him bing a great ally in the future were more likely than him bing an enemy. Hence , Aman even allowed his transgression of not repremanding him for not handing over the beast token. As for him , Rudra was worth the prize.


    Aman said " Soo , Mayor , what brings you to my court today ? ".


    Rudra said " My lord , you must be well aware that , I the mayor have undertaken a few projects to increase the stability of Purplehaze city. The city wide wall and the teleportation array are being constructed , the unemployment and crime rates are down and the people seem to be happy ".


    Aman raised an eyebrow , Rudra was beating around the bush , he said " Yes , it''s an admirable job you are doing , naturally I''m informed , I was pleasantly surprised that you obtained the Rhodium necessary for the teleportation array , it''s a good achievement. What surprises me more however is your money source. These projects are surely not cheap , yet you manage it pretty well. Makes me wonder how deep your pockets are ".


    Rudraughed " I was lucky enough to have a few gold mines to my name , nothing worth the notice of your majesty. The reason why I am here , is for permission your grace . As you must know , I have raised a Purplehaze city millitary force. Though not as vast and glorious as the royal army. I hope on equipping my troops with explosives , to help inbat.?Like my ancestor Augustus , I too am an explosion artist , I request your majesty to grant me permission to build a testing arena for my project ".


    Aman was pleasantly surprised , he had long spected that Rudra might be an explosion artist like Augustus , ever since they met at the library.


    Aman said " Granted ..... However , you as the mayor and Duke of the kingdom do not need such permission from me , why make the trip to the court ".


    Rahim looked skeptically at Rudra , soo did Aman , they were cautious , not buying the reason for his visit.


    Rudra politely replied " My sister Patricia said that it is impolite for us citizens who serve his emminence to take the freedom vested in us for granted. Testing bombs is a dangerous endeavour , and might be perceived as national threat . I was here to make sure that does not happen ".


    Rahim was convinced , soo was Aman . After a moment of silence Aman said " Well then I will await the results of your research. If you make a technology worth using on the battlefield , I will reward you handsomely".


    Rudra bowed and gave his many thanks to the emperor before taking his leave.


    Rudra thought he had performed his n wlessly. However the moment he went out of the Royal court. The fake smile from Aman''s face vanished. The courtiers that had skin and a healthyplexion. Melted into bones and hollow skulls. As Aman himself turned from his healthy skintone to a very pale shade.


    As he said " Tail him ".


    Two skeletons turned into dust , seemingly vanishing from the court room.


    Rahim looked at Aman and said " something doesn''t seem right here , my Emperor , we need to be on guard ".


    The remaining skeletons inside the room , had a green fire flicker in their hollow eye sockets as Aman said " Indeed ".


    Rudra had underestimated the opponent named Aman . Who was barely human anymore , hanging on the edge of being alive and undead , his mind one with the forbidden art of necromancy. He had long seen through Rudra''s useless ploy.


    He was not yet sure what Rudra was nning , however he was on guard against any conspiracies. Rudra''s SS mission just got a grade harder to pass!


    /// Special hint for the previous riddle for privge readers : '' the answer is something that made may readers cringe , while reading the novel ''. ///