Centipede Stations were transportation facilities found throughout the Flame Capital.
Domesticated Centipede Beasts could move swiftly through tunnels on their long bodies. The older a Centipede Beast was, the longer its body grew, allowing it to carry more passengers.
Some places, however, were so special that they rarely allowed any routes in or out apart from designated means of transport.
The Royal Capital was one such place.
Although it was the largest city in the entire Flame Capital, getting around was almost exclusively a matter of walking.
Besides the Temple dedicated to Glimmer, there were the Alchemist Association, the Research Workshop, and, of course, Radiance Academy.
Together, these facilities and institutions made up the Royal Capital-the most important part of the Flame Capital.
It was precisely their steady supply of talent and new technology that allowed the Flame Capital to remain prosperous.
Iggs wound his way through alley after alley, the pedestrians growing steadily fewer.
But that was exactly what told him he was on the right path.
The roads of the Royal City were a tangled maze, with quite a few secret passages as well.
This was mostly because the plans for past expansions had failed to account for later changes.
Fortunately, map sellers always offered maps at affordable prices. As for why they never ran out of customers...
Iggs had absolutely no intention of finding out.
He was concerned only with his job: providing support for Lady Mantis's hunts, in every sense of the word.
He rounded another corner, then came to a flight of stairs leading down.
Iggs was not at all surprised that these highly skilled technicians liked living in such secluded corners. They surely disliked being disturbed.
But if a customer knew quality when they saw it, the technicians were not necessarily unwilling to take