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!"

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

before Shang pulled his hand away, he

looked at his sword with

looked at his immaculate,

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

his

any damage on his

It was like new!

up!" John

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

surprise when they heard

eyebrows rose in

all of that

when he saw the sack

at Shang. "You got proof of

had been inside the sack of gold and handed it

piece of

city again and closed

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

Shang nodded.

did you make

Soldier Stage Frozen Lake 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

an impressed whistle. "Seems like

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

a heavy sled wagon for such a

nodded as his journey

hit-and-run on

encounter with

The beggar bandits.

It sure wasn't easy.

around a minute, the door

handed over the piece of paper. "Checks out," he

gold back to Shang

knew why John was

liked Pest Cats, and second of all, that coat hadn't been

bag, and his grimace

the opportunity to wash his spare clothes. Also, he

with a disgusted face and put it to the side

He held it up and

CLINGGGGG!

while, and

knocked another time

Then, another time.

the end, he scratched the back of his head in

the sword made out of?" he

know," Shang

John asked with

know," Shang

but after releasing a sigh, he pushed

enter," he

opened the door and walked through

followed him, and Shang was the last

BANG!

Shang, and John

probably woke him," William said

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