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!"

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

his hand

looked at his sword with

at his immaculate,

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

his sword had

he couldn't see any damage on his sword

It was like new!

hurry up!" John shouted

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

with surprise

rose

of

when he saw the

he looked at Shang. "You got proof of

been inside the

piece of

the city again and closed

When it comes to such sums of money, the proof of ownership is required to have

Shang nodded.

did you make so much

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 sold it to the Mages

whistle. "Seems like you've showed up at exactly the

it wouldn't have made much of a difference.

wagon for such a long distance was probably quite annoying," William

as his journey shot through

hit-and-run on

with

The beggar bandits.

It sure wasn't easy.

minute, the door opened again, and John

of

to Shang and looked at

why

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

opened the bag, and his grimace

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

the bag with a disgusted face and put it

held it up and lightly knocked

CLINGGGGG!

for a while, and a confused expression

knocked another time on the

Then, another time.

the back of his head in confusion and put the

the sword made

don't know," Shang

don't know?" John asked with

know,"

releasing a sigh, he pushed everything

can enter," he

the door

followed him, and Shang was the

BANG!

Shang, and John entered another door

woke him," William said

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