Chapter 80: A story
"Commander Siris," Adyr called out as the dark, ponytailed commander stepped forward and saluted.
"Yes, Lord Adyr." Her silver full-body armor gleamed under the sun, dazzling to look at.
Adyr retrieved a box filled with explosives from the Dawn Land and set it on the ground.
Although the box had appeared out of nowhere, neither Siris nor the other soldiers seemed too surprised. After all, it was common knowledge that all practitioners had core abilities like this. Still, seeing it with their own eyes left them visibly awestruck.
Ignoring their admiring looks, Adyr opened the box, pulled out one of the plastic explosives, and spoke. "These are explosives. I want you to distribute them to the soldiers and use them to kill the water slimes." He gave a brief demonstration of how to arm and use them.
The moment he issued the order, even Siris looked taken aback. They were ready to support him in any battle, of course—but the idea of using these small, unfamiliar devices to kill slimes clearly unsettled them.
Sensing their hesitation, Adyr asked, "Do you have gunpowder? Or anything explosive like that?"
Siris thought for a moment before replying. "In the Velari Kingdom, we don’t have such advanced materials. But we’ve heard of similar explosives being used in some of the more developed kingdoms."
Adyr frowned at that. It confirmed what he had already suspected—each kingdom and region had its own level of technological advancement. Considering what he’d learned earlier from Eren, Velari seemed stuck in a medieval era by comparison.