Raunak finished his procedures fast enough and there are no actual problems, but when the final post was revealed, he was stunned.
He looked at one of the Deputy heads of the city administrative officer in front of him and asked.
"Sir, it seems like there is a mistake in the paperwork. I am experienced in Business administration, but I was posted in the education and the employment section."
The Deputy who is an Old Elf looked at him with a faint smile and replied in a calm town.
"It is not a mistake, you are assigned to the Education and the Employment section. You had remarkable achievements in Business administration and you brought in a lot of taxes. You are such a young man and even though you were not exactly experienced in business administration you did it greatly.
I feel like Education and the Employment is a field that could use a youngster like you."
"But.." Raunak wanted to say something but he was interrupted.
"No need to worry about the progress, you are young and have a lot of time to learn. I am sure that you would be able to learn fast enough to get the desired result.
And you are also going to be appointed as the special officer and every other direct government official except for the supervisors and higher are all under you.
This is also the special privilege you are getting in the transfer of the department. If you were to be appointed in the business administration you would have been dumped into the lowest position. This will be a little hard but we all believe that you would be able to work a way out of this."
Raunak couldn't even find the words to refute him and he came out in a daze. After thinking for a while he shook his head. It doesn't matter which department he is in now. He gained what he wanted to most. All he has to do is claim his reward and think of his future steadily.
He came out and collected his promotion bonus and also the address of his new quarters arranged to him by the government before coming out and going to a real estate agent that could arrange a residence to Sam and his friends.
He has some friends here too. The years he spent in this place are not exactly wasted after all.
He pulled some strings and found a decent house after which he informed Sam and his friends to come and seal the deal.
After the deal was done Sam shifted to the house along with the trio and Raunak also stayed for the dinner as he explained everything about his new position in the new department.
"When are you going to meet your lover?" Philip asked.
"I am not allowed into their estate, from the guards to the head of the family everyone hates my guts, but since I am here, the new will soon go out and she will find me."
"Well, it is still better if you go and meet her, since her father is against you there is a great chance that he would try to stop the news from reaching her."
"There is a chance, I will see for the next three days and if she didn't come, I will go and look for her."
As they chatted, Watt seemed to have remembered something and asked.
"Is there anything interesting going on for the next few days? We would like to pass some time. He is going to be immersed in some research."
Raunak thought for a bit and said.
"There is actually something going on in the city. The Campaign for the elections started and the town elections are already over, the city elections would start, but before that, there would be a battle tournament.
All kinds of people will come and join. Fighters from military units, mercenary groups, city guards, special units, Noble clan forces, personal guards of merchant families, bureaucrats, students, everyone comes in and participates and there are divisions for different power levels.
I think it would start in a week and the winners will get some great prizes.
If you are interested you can join in. Until then, you can go sightseeing and experiencing some local luxuries. There is a special message center that uses different medicinal vines to massage your body promoting a better energy flow and vitality. This helps in curing fatigue and stress on the muscles.
If you are interested in women, you can go to the Courtesan house. It is famous for the noble patronage…"
Raunak went on and on as he explained every single thing he could think of about capital that could be enjoyed.
After the meal, Raunak left and Sam looked at the trio.
"I will a Vampire here. Don't try to grab too much attention on yourselves and certainly don't lose the attention completely and let them suspect that something is going on.
They just have to ignore me. I will try to get back before the tournament starts by the earliest and even if I am late, I will be here by the end of the tournament."
Sam gave some more instructions before entering the house and setting up a bunch of formations and opening the dimension drifter. He is being more generous in his usage as he got a large haul in this place and since the destination a lot near and doesn't even need to cross a dimension, Sam had it easy.
He disappeared from the spot and arrived near the base in Planet 2. He took out the special telescope that he got from the black-cloaked forces and took a look at the base. This thing really did work and with Sam's additional eye technique, it worked wonders. He looked around the base to see any stalkers or anyone causing any trouble.
There are some people but since the mercenary team that they hired is there, they are not making any move. The mercenaries in this realm have a special requirement to even register themselves and that is that every member should take a tree spirit oath that they wouldn't betray their employer. That is one of the main reasons Sam opted for the mercenaries.
After he became sure that everything is alright on this end, he took off on the harbinger as zoomed past the trees and went deeper into the forest.
He traveled for the whole night and the next day, he finally reached his destination the next night.
All this while, he didn't take a single regular route and only stayed within the forests.
The destination he arrived at is one of the border villages that was closed off from the forest route and the seas.
Sam went through the forest and slowed down a bit as he traveled carefully through the forest.
From what the trio said, this place has some high-level guardians clearly guarding the path to the town, but they are not so active at night. The trio managed to sneak in, so it is not much of a trouble for Sam.
As for not using the shadow mice, he didn't do so because he wanted to take a look at the environment and habitats closely along with the beasts to see if there is anything useful here.
He has to find the new resources anyway.
But he didn't find anything and he also realized a certain pattern in the trees. The trees are a bit too orderly and they are of the same kind. There is a great chance that they are grown by someone and not naturally grown.
Soon Sam reached the area where there are traces of the predators moving around.
These four beasts and all four of them are tigers. Except their colors are a bit different. They have green and Black stripes.
They are massive and they are being ridden by some elves.
When Sam is barely moving he felt an energy fluctuation from the trees and the four tigers looked in his direction.
He activated his shadow form and disappeared into the night and reached a fair distance where he is sure that the hoverboard sound wouldn't attract the tigers, he took out the harbinger and hovered around.
He stayed in the air as he looked at the tigers that are sniffing and looking around and the trees are definitely reacting to it.
The energy waves that are coming out of the trees are acting as radars.
Sam easily narrowed down the name of the beasts. They are Forest Tigers. Even though it is a bit common and not so special, that is the aptest name.
The forest tigers have a great sense of surroundings within the forest as they get can use the trees to their advantage. But it only works when the target is in contact with the trees directly or at least standing on the ground where the roots had direct contact.
Even though Sam hovering could help as he is a small target and could stay out of touch, it is just a temporary measure. He had to find a way to escape.
