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!"

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

Shang pulled his hand

his sword with open

looked at his immaculate, black

to be a crack in the sword?' Shang asked himself.

that his sword had

he couldn't see any damage on his sword at this

It was like new!

John shouted

backpack on the counter. Lastly, he put the pouch of gold on the

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

eyebrows rose

all of that

he saw

he looked at Shang. "You got proof

had been inside the sack of gold and handed

looked at the piece of paper. "Wait

city again and closed the

to verify the integrity of the proof of ownership. When it comes to such sums of money,

Shang nodded.

you make so

Stag in Coldew Village," Shang explained. "The villagers gave me a sled wagon full of Ice Wood as repayment, and I sold it to the Mages

out an impressed whistle. "Seems like you've showed up

wouldn't have made much of a difference. The village simply would have had a worse

sled wagon for such a long distance was probably quite

his journey shot through his

on the

with

The beggar bandits.

It sure wasn't easy.

the door opened again,

of paper.

gave the sack of gold back to Shang

knew why John

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

John opened the bag, and

bad since he hadn't had the opportunity to wash his spare clothes.

with a disgusted face and put it to the side after he was

held it up and lightly knocked

CLINGGGGG!

for a while, and a confused

knocked another

Then, another time.

scratched the back of his head in confusion and put the sword to

made out

don't know,"

don't know?" John asked

don't know," Shang

a bit, but after releasing a

can enter," he

door and walked through

Shang was the last one to walk

BANG!

behind Shang, and John entered

William said

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