[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-i-m-the-king-of-technology":3,"chapter-i-m-the-king-of-technology-i-m-the-king-of-technology-chapter-299":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"english","I'm the King Of Technology",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":20,"prevChapterSlug":21,"totalChapters":22,"novelImage":23},{"id":8,"novel_id":9,"title":10,"slug":11,"index":12,"content":13,"wordcount":14,"created_at":15,"updated_at":16,"volume":17,"translator":18,"content_hash":19},971853,1270,"Chapter 299 The Countdown Begins","i-m-the-king-of-technology-chapter-299",299,"\u003Cp>\\\"Are the men ready?\\\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\\\"Yes young master.\\\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\\\"Excellent!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In 5 days time, we’ll head out for the Capital.\\\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\\\"As you wish young master.\\\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\\\"_\\\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>William laid on his bed and smiled.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Soon, all his plans would come together nicely.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Freedom... Revenge..... and Justice!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Soon, his family would have their just rewards!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>--The Capital, The Empire Of Carona--\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was a brand new day in this glorious city!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The day was illuminated by a pale winter’s sun..... that shone on the city dimly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The houses, streets and roads were all layered with several heaps of snow.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And the air was cold and heavy.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But surprisingly, this wintery weather.... didn’t seem to bother the people within the city.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The streets soon became busy, as massive crowds of people soon gathered around several stores.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yup!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They were there to scramble for more heavenly treasures.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\\\"Store owner..... do you have that cooking oil thing yet?\\\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\\\"Sorry out of stock!\\\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\\\"What about the lavender Soap?\\\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\\\"That we have...\\\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\\\"Store owner!....\\\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\\\"Store owner.....\\\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\\\"_\\\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Business was booming for many stores within the city.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And since most things were extremely cheap, even the poorest of peasants could afford them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>These prices really shocked the people.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>How could a book made out of paper cost just 5 copper coins?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>One should know that just a single parchment paper would cost at least 1,000 Copper coins.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So what more of a book filled with 200 or more pages?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Was it really okay to sell them at just 5 Copper coins?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Not to talk about toilet papers, packs of pens, soaps and so on.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They felt like everything was a steal!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This Baymard must really be a rich place, to offer such prices.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Of course, there were some items that costed about 200 copper coins..... but those ones were larger items like mattresses.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And in truth, it was still somewhat affordable to the peasants.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\\\"Have you slept on that Mattress thing yet?\\\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\\\"Ahhh!!!..... Not yet.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I heard that it’s to die for.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Is that true?\\\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\\\"Tsk!... Do you even need to ask?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I bought mine yesterday, with my beddings and blanket.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Bro..... last night, I had the best sleep ever!\\\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\\\"Damn!.... my wife has been nagging me to get more seasonings and sugar!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And I can’t blame her for wanting them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This week, our food has been so tasty..... that I started to look at her as a Goddess.\\\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\\\"Forget about those!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>What about those winter clothes?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wearing them outside, I feel extremely hot instead.\\\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\\\"That’s so true!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I’ve gone to work wearing the gloves and everything..... and do you know gat while sullying those rocks, I sweated like a pig?\\\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\\\"_\\\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>People could be seen carrying their mattresses and other items on their heads, while merrily talking about their purchases.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But of course... for some, they prefered to focus on the city itself.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\\\"This Baymard is really something!\\\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\\\"HmmHmm!.... I heard that the place has magical doors, and carriages that don’t need horses to pull them.\\\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\\\"What!!!!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>How is that even possible?\\\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\\\"Calm down..... that’s not even the half of it!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I also heard that they had buildings made entirely out of glass.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Glass i tell yah!\\\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\\\"Awesome!..... I want to go there at least once before I die.\\\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\\\"Ahh.... you don’t need to worry about that!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I have a cousin amongst the royal guards, and he said that soon... there would be something called a ’Transport Route’, to take us from Carona to Baymard and back.\\\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\\\"Is that really true?\\\" One of the men asked curiously.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\\\"Old pal!... are you doubting me?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I even heard that this route would use only a day or more to get us there!\\\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>’Gasps!!’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\\\"_\\\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Of course apart from the adults, even the children spoke eagerly about Baymard.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Whether from poor and rich homes, those that would soon enroll for the school’s next semester..... couldn’t seem to keep their excitement contained.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And just like that, discussions about Baymard were now part and parcel of the people’s daily lives here.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Heck!... even those within the Royal palace joined in on the gossip.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\\\"You all will die horrible deaths!!\\\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\\\"_\\\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The more Duke Samuel (Carmelo’s brother) heard about Baymard, he felt like he had missed an opportunity of a lifetime.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His wife, and his children had gone..... and they had come back, telling him about how marvelous their whole experience was.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He looked at Carmelo, Adrian and Santa, like a pampered child who had just been denied a trip to Disneyland.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He poured his lips, and hmpp’d at everyone else in defeat.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>What could he do?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His family had already gone and come back from the mysterious empire.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\\\"Little Bro... it wasn’t like that!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>How could we have known that Baymard would be like that?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If you want to blame anyone... then blame this brat here for not telling us about it.\\\" Carmelo said helplessly, while throwing Santa under the bus.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Santa looked at Carmelo powerlessly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>’Real mature, Father-in-law.’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\\\"Uncle.... it wasn’t like I was hiding anything from you.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But you know that I’m an idiot, and I can’t explain things right.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So I chose to show it instead alright?\\\" Santa said, while trying to coax this giant baby before him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He thought that he was childish, but this uncle-in-law of his took the cake.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As Santa spoke, Carmelo slowly inched away from them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His kid brother was like a walking typhoon when he got emotional.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Adrian on the other hand, massaged his temples... as he was slowly getting a headache from listening to his son’s rantings.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Why couldn’t this child of his grow up?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\\\"Rascal!!..... listen to your elder brother.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Why are you making things so difficult?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>What?... do you still think that you’re a kid?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>You’re 38 years old for crying out loud!\\\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\\\"But father...\\\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\\\"No buts!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Look at you!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Do you see our little princess here complaining?\\\" Adrian said, while gesturing at Penelope.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Penelope tapped her fingers on her desk, while listening to her overly dramatic family.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In truth, she too was extremely curious about the place.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But even though she was curious about all the goods from that empire... what really made her eager to visit the place, was their Army.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Her father, and the other men who had previously journeyed there... had said that compared to Baymard’s training methods, Carona’s own was just child play.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This notion alone made her excited.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Penelope’s blood kept boiling, as she looked at the marked Calendar date before her.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yes!!.... she was using Baymard’s calendars, and even their watches and alarm clocks.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And in all honesty, it was freaking convenient.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Of course, she was also amazed by the other products as well.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In short, everything from Baymard seemed to be like a treasure that had fallen down from the heavens onto Hertfilia.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When she reevaluated everything, she quickly realized that signing the treaty with this new empire..... was the right thing to do.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As her people seemed to be a lot more warmer, now that it was Winter.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The reported death rates from the cities, and even the villages, seemed to narrow down drastically during this harsh winter.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was truly unbelievable, what a little warm clothings, and beddings could do for one.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Penelope looked at her calendar in anticipation.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[February 25th]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That was the day she would leave the Capital for Baymard... alongside the chosen knights who would train there.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It would take her 1 month to get to the nearest Coastal city, and another 1 month to get to Baymard... so she should be arriving around the last week of April.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Because on May 3rd, the new Caronian soldiers needed to report to duty in Baymard.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\\\"Just look at how calm your niece is?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Why can’t you be like that?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ah... that reminds me, you’ll also be going with our princess to Baymard.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So you better prepare brat!!\\\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\\\"I’m going?\\\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Imaginary Happy bells rang within Duke Samuel’s ears, as he jumped up and down excitedly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\\\"Hahahhahhahah...’Muacck!’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>thank you father.\\\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>’Muack! Muack! Muack!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Duke kept pecking his father multiple times, until Adrain’s cheeks started turning red.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\\\"Ugh... can you stop doing that?\\\" Adrian said, while hurriedly wiping his cheeks and trying to frown.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>What parent didn’t feel happy when their child showed them love?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\\\"As I was saying..... we will all stay behind, and you 2 will go there for yourselves.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Penelope, as queen.... it is paramount to see what sort of place you have signed a treaty with.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So, as one of your advisors.... I think you should train there with the soldiers for a month.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And within this time, I’m sure you’ll be able to properly judge their king and the people.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As well as know what sort of benefits we stand to gain from forming an alliance with them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Just treat this trip as one of those 4 or 5 month missions that we used to go to.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And if you don’t like what you see, then tell Grandpa.... and we will find a way to terminate the treaty.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>You are Queen after all..... and at the end of the day, you have the final say.\\\" Adrian said seriously.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\\\"Hmhm... I’ll do as you say Grandpa\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But I don’t think that I’ll be cancelling the treaty at all.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even without me going there, I can clearly see the advantages it would bring to my people.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Plus, you all stayed there for 3 and a half months already.... so my monthly visit wouldn’t do much, would it?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I trust your judgments and I believe that we can have a long standing relationship with this Baymard.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But if I do find anything suspicious, then I’ll inform you all when I get back.\\\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\\\"_\\\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>While Penelope and Duke samuel kept counting down for their journey to the Mysterious Empire....... Landon on the other hand, was currently at the construction industry within the lower region.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\\\"Your majesty, the workers are ready!\\\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\\\"Good!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Let’s begin!\\\"\u003C\u002Fp>",1680,"2026-06-03T07:55:13.590Z","2026-06-03T07:55:19.557Z",1,"novelbin.me","c85b6c8ed69d316fdeb581b690f885a0c10b0c8811e886ca7a47632ab50b47ac","i-m-the-king-of-technology-chapter-300","i-m-the-king-of-technology-chapter-298",1977,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fi-m-the-king-of-technology-cover.jpg"]