After entering the royal capital, Shien realized that it was even more prosperous than he had imagined.
Not only was the flow of people terrifyingly high, and not only were the passing knights and adventurers generally of high level, but its industrial chains and city layout were also highly developed.
Every building in the royal capital was a white stone structure, while the ground was covered in neat, clean stone-paved roads. The roads had even been deliberately divided into three sections: the middle lane was for carriages, while the two sides were for pedestrians. This not only made every road extremely broad, but also well-connected and spectacular. It actually gave Shien the feeling of seeing modern roads, except that the ground was paved not with asphalt, but with beautiful stone bricks.
There were no street stalls here. Instead, there were neatly arranged storefronts, forming one commercial street after another. These commercial streets seemed to be divided by category as well. Some sold only fruits and vegetables, some sold only equipment and weapons, and there was even a tall tower at the very center of the commercial district. It was said that the tower was filled with shops selling the highest-grade equipment and potions in the kingdom, making Shien want to go take a look.
As for the pedestrians, both their clothing and their overall bearing differed from those in Lamigium. They had an air of prosperity about them, and their daily lives presumably were not too difficult. Even the knights and adventurers wore high-grade equipment, each with a complete set, unlike the adventurers in Lamigium, whose gear was mostly mismatched and incomplete.
That was the difference.
Shien finally understood why the royal capital was called the center of the world.
The gap between this place and everywhere else was truly