Primordial Expanse: I have the Strongest Talent!

Alex looked at the long line of people queueing up outside the city gates, and couldn't help but click his teeth in dissatisfaction.

If he and Mira joined that queue, it would be over a dozen hours before they were even allowed entry into the city!

'Surely there's some other way we can get it and skip this atrocious wait…'

Alex bit his lips.

He thought hard and long on it, but his thoughts drew a blank.

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He didn't know much about this region, if anything at all, so he really couldn't know what sort of methods other people used to skip the queues.

He noticed even a few wealthy looking merchants queuing up with their long lines of carriages, which clearly meant that the city didn't even make an exception for those who could afford to pay a little extra to obtain a fast pass, if they even existed.

"Should we just sneak in…?"

Alex lowered his voice and asked Mira.

Thud! Thud!

Right after Alex spoke though, the continuous thuds from horse hooves sounded out.

Alex, Mira and a bunch of other spectators waiting in line all looked over at the cause of the sudden heavy sounds.

The approaching party was a group of men sitting on top of some clearly very well looked after steeds.

But oddly, they wore armour that looked like it came straight out of a classic knights and magic fantasy.

Their armour was pristine, not a single speck of dust or dirt on them, with some sorts of insignias adorning the chest area where their hearts were.

The insignia looked quite eye catching, especially for something originating from the Primordial Expanse.

Because it looked quite similar to a form of spaceship!

In particular, federation ships!

But they looked like some older variants of the federation ships, from over a hundred years ago.

All of the 'knights' wore the same insignia, and followed behind a carriage.

The carriage alone looked more luxurious than anything else Alex had ever seen in the Primordial Expanse.

For a moment, he forgot he was in the Primordial Expanse and thought he had stepped into the past.

But contrary to his and Mira's odd looks, all of the other people waiting in line didn't bat an eye at the sight of these oddly dressed people.

Well, the normal people didn't bat an eye at the knights passing right by them.

They probably never even considered themselves on the same level as the people riding atop the horses, so they completely threw away any ideas of sucking up to them.

But the merchants had a completely different reaction.

"It's the insignia of the Augustine family!"

"That well known family headed by a Marquis!"

"That is their 'Silver Knight' adventurer squadron. Could it be they are escorting some important member of the Augustine family back from a journey?"

The merchants fervently discussed among themselves, with Alex putting on a complex expression.

'So they're a noble family?'

His impression of the nobles of the Primordial Expanse was bad, to put it lightly.

The last time he had an encounter with a noble, it didn't end up very well.

In fact, it led to the deaths of thousands of people, all because of one noble's greed.

Not to mention, the Mayor of Valentis city, a Count, abandoned the city and its people when they were in a desperate time and needed strong people like him to protect them.

In Alex's mind, every time nobles were involved, things could only go wrong.

But regardless, his eyes continued to remain trained on the glamorously dressed adventurer squadron and the carriage they were escorting.

They clearly had no intention of queueing up with the rest of the onlookers, so Alex was interested to see how, and where, they would enter the city from.

Very soon, the carriage and the adventurers reached the front, stopping right in front of an empty section of the gate, right next to the section where everyone was queuing up from.

"VIP entrance only, please present your VIP pass or scram!"

But it seemed the city guards manning the gate couldn't care less for the reactions of the merchants.

It didn't matter to them whether the person who was trying to enter was a peasant or a noble of the highest rank — they had to provide proof that they could use this entrance regardless.

That was the rule set out by the Mayor of Tenebrus city, a Duke.

"Such insolence! Why I should-"

Hearing the clearly nonchalant and dismissive tone of the guard, one of the adventurer knights placed his hand on his sword and shouted angrily at the guards for being so disrespectful.

"It's fine Marcus. Just do as they say and show the pass. They're just doing their job and enforcing their city's rules. We're in their territory now, so we must show our respect and follow their customs."

An elegant and commanding voice came out from the inside of the carriage and stopped the knight from doing something he would regret.

Just from the tone of voice, it was clear that it wasn't some ordinary, stuck up 7th son of the Augustine family who was being escorted.

Instead, it was clearly someone who had real power and prestige in the family.

"Yes, my lord!"

With word from his master, the knight shut up instantly.

Attacking the guards for disrespecting his lord was one thing, but going against his lord's wishes was a line he didn't want to cross!

'This noble seems to have at least a shadow of self respect from the way he's acting. But just like Count Desmond back in the day, it could all be an act!'

Alex listened intently to the conversation between the guards and the noble escort squad, interested in finding out whatever information he could about this city.

But other than the fact that the noble seemed more like a pacifist than some he had met, he was far more interested in another piece of information he had picked up from their conversation.

'A VIP pass?'