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!"

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

Shang pulled his hand away,

at his sword with

at his immaculate, black

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

his sword

couldn't see any damage on his sword at

It was like new!

John shouted

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

surprise when they heard the telltale sound

rose in

of

he

at Shang. "You got proof of

the piece of paper that had been inside the sack of gold

looked at the piece of paper. "Wait a

entered the city again and

to get an Adept to verify the integrity of the proof of ownership. When it comes to such sums of money, the proof of ownership is required to have a complex Magic Array on it. That makes it much harder to

Shang nodded.

how did you make

killed a Peak 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

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

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

a heavy sled wagon for such a long distance was

journey shot through his

hit-and-run on the

encounter with

The beggar bandits.

It sure wasn't easy.

the door opened again,

the piece of paper. "Checks out," he

the sack of gold back to Shang and

why John

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

opened the bag,

opportunity to wash his spare clothes. Also, he was mostly using them

rifled through the bag with a disgusted face and put it to the side after he

the sword. He held it up

CLINGGGGG!

a while, and a confused expression appeared on

another time

Then, another time.

of his head in confusion and put the

the sword made

don't know," Shang

asked with a raised

don't know," Shang

releasing a sigh, he pushed

can enter," he

opened the door and walked through

was the last one to

BANG!

behind Shang, and John entered

probably woke him," William said with

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