The two of them stopped before the absolutely gigantic, closed gates.

"Hey, John! Open up!" the scout shouted.

Shang heard some shuffling coming from the other side of the gate, and a small slit opened.

"Oh, I thought you wouldn't come today," the guard behind the door, John, said.

"I've met a traveler, and I showed him around. Took a bit longer than expected," the scout said, gesturing towards Shang.

The eyes behind the slit moved to Shang.

"That late?" he asked.

"Sorry," Shang said.

Shang heard a groan coming from behind the gate.

Creak!

A small door built into the gigantic gate opened, and a guard in bronze armor stepped outside.

Shang had seen several guards and soldiers from all the different cities and towns, and he had noticed that the lowest-ranked guards always had bronze-colored armor.

However, just because the color was the same didn't mean that all the sets of armor were identical.

The normal guards in the Central Wild had worn normal bronze. It was useful for battle, but it wasn't the greatest. However, these guards also hadn't been very powerful. They had been even weaker than Shang.

Meanwhile, the guards on Blizzard's Edge, who had also worn bronze armor, had been far more powerful. Even though their armor had been colored bronze, Shang had noticed that their armor felt way harder and more powerful.

And now, Shang was confronted with a third kind of bronze armor.

John's armor felt about equally as powerful as the silver armor the commander in Blizzard's Edge had worn.

On top of that, this guard gave Shang a feeling of mortal danger.

This normal guard was far more powerful than Shang.

Shang guessed that the guard was in the middle of the Second Realm, the General Stage. He was about as powerful as the dogs in the Farm Line.

"Fine!" John grumbled as he stepped out. "Put away your coat. Show your weapons, equipment, and valuables."

Then, John looked at the scout as he remembered something. "By the way, William, have you searched him?"

"No," William answered directly.

John frowned. "Why not?"

"Because it wouldn't have made a difference," William said. "If I searched him and I told you that everything's fine, you would've still searched him. So, why should I?"

"That's reckless!" John said with annoyance. "We need to check every unknown person. Otherwise, we'll put the city at risk!"

William slowly looked at Shang.

Then, he looked at John with a raised eyebrow.

They looked at each other for a while.

"Hmph," John grumbled as he averted his eyes. "Fine, fine! You, put your stuff to the side!"

put it on a prepared counter beside the gate. Then, he took

Shang pulled his hand away,

looked at his sword

his immaculate, black

a crack in the sword?' Shang asked himself. 'I'm sure it got damaged in the battle

his sword

damage on his sword at

It was like new!

hurry up!" John

got pulled out of his thoughts, and he also put his backpack

John both looked over with surprise when they heard the telltale sound of

eyebrows rose

all of that

he

at Shang. "You got proof of

paper that had been inside the sack of gold

piece of

city again and

from the side. "For such sums, we have to get an Adept to verify the integrity of the proof of ownership. When it comes

Shang nodded.

make so much

Frozen Lake Stag in Coldew Village," Shang explained. "The villagers gave me a sled wagon full

let out an impressed whistle. "Seems like you've showed up at exactly the

"Well, it wouldn't have made much of a difference. The village

a long distance

his journey shot through his

on

with that

The beggar bandits.

It sure wasn't easy.

the door opened again, and

of paper. "Checks out," he

gave the sack of gold back to Shang and looked

why John was

of all, no one liked Pest Cats, and second of all, that coat hadn't been washed in a very

John opened the bag,

hadn't had the opportunity to wash his spare clothes. Also, he was

and put it to the side after he

John looked at the sword. He held it up and lightly knocked on it with one of his

CLINGGGGG!

and a

he knocked another time on the

Then, another time.

the end, he scratched the back of his head

made out

don't know," Shang

asked with

know,"

a bit, but after releasing a sigh, he pushed everything back

enter," he

opened the door and

followed him, and Shang was the last

BANG!

was closed behind Shang, and

William said with a

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