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!"

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

pulled his

his

his

supposed to be a crack in the sword?' Shang asked himself. 'I'm sure it got

was sure that his

couldn't see any damage on his sword at

It was like new!

up!" John shouted

his thoughts, and he also put his backpack on the counter. Lastly, he put the pouch of

with surprise

rose

all of

an eyebrow when he saw

looked at Shang. "You got proof

paper that had been

at the piece of paper. "Wait

the city again and closed

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

Shang nodded.

how did you make so

Stage Frozen Lake Stag in Coldew Village," Shang explained. "The villagers gave me a sled wagon full of Ice Wood as repayment, and I

"Seems like you've showed up at

of a difference. The village simply would

a

his journey shot through

hit-and-run on

encounter with

The beggar bandits.

It sure wasn't easy.

a minute, the door opened again,

piece of paper.

the sack of gold back to Shang and looked at

knew why John

Pest Cats, and second of all, that coat

the bag, and his

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

disgusted face and put it to the side after he

He held it up and lightly knocked on it with one of his

CLINGGGGG!

sword vibrated for a while, and a confused expression appeared on

he knocked another time on the

Then, another time.

end, he scratched the back of his head in confusion

made out of?"

know," Shang

asked with

know," Shang

bit, but after releasing a sigh,

can enter," he

opened the door and walked through

Shang was the last one to

BANG!

behind Shang, and

probably woke him," William said with a smile from

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