Noldrin is a big city though.

As the small army (pretty much) of questers passed through the city's gate, you thought that what seemed like an impenetrable fortress wasn't that impenetrable in fact, with it's gigantic open gates, that you assumed were close in case of an attack of the capital. After passing the gates, your thoughts completely stopped as you admired the immensity of the city : Everything looked majestic, most of the buildings mainly made of marble or a kind of dark wood that you've never heard of before, in a maybe chaotic, but beautiful assembly, making for a unique sight. The road you were walking on was paved, and you could even see a castle resting on a big hill, overlooking the entire city.

"So that is Noldrin..." Rei's words echoed with your own thoughts, as she too looked at the city, amazed by the magnificient sight before her.

"It is nothing short of incredible." Douma says after Rei, this time without any stuttering or shyness in her voice, as if she even forgot she wasn't alone because of the city.

Suddenly, sending the three of you back to reality, the armored woman, who was leading all of the questers to here, yelled :

"In ten hours, after the sun will disappear behind the horizon, the Legends will meet you ! The rendez-vous point is their mansion, the Manor of Elegy, built as a gift by our majesty for their restless fight against any enemy that threatened this land ! Now, you all are free to do what you want to do for the next ten hours !"

If there wasn't already enough people in the street staring at the small army that came to the city, the mention of the Legends, the Manor of Elegy, and the implied significance to this many people coming at once in the city, you started hearing people whispering among themselves, wondering why you all were here, what was happening, as the different parties started to go their own way, doing whatever they wanted to do now that they were here, and your party was going to do the same, mainly get new weapons, and maybe a bit more equipment, if needed. So you started wandering through the streets of Noldrin, half admiring the city in itself, half searching for some kind of smithy where you could get what you looked for.

As you passsed by an alley though, something got your attention : It was a small, plain coin, seemingly made of silver, or a metal looking like silver. Curiosity getting the better of you, you go into the alleyway, bending down to grab the coin before giving it a closer look, and to your surprise, it was actually a platinum coin !

The surprise was short-lived, as you felt someone grab you by the neck, wrapping their arm around your neck and starting to **** you, making you drop the coin as you grabbed their arm, trying to break free from their grasp.

As you desperately tried to break free, your lungs very slowly starting to burn as you losed more and more air, one thought came to your mind : "I won't go in any alleyway of a city I don't know from now on !"

Even though you fiercely struggled to break free from your attacker's grasp, air eventually started to lack, and you felt yourself slowly losing your strength as well as your consciousness. As the world started to fade into darkness, you heard a distant yell, followed closely by the sound of an arrow buzzing close to your ear, before you suddenly were on the ground, both of your hands holding your neck as you coughed, struggling to catch your breath. When you eventually caught your breath, you finally turned around, to a sight you weren't expecting to see.

Rei and Douma were following two women, seemingly a demon, tall and with a muscular body and grey skin, quite the big breasts too. She has a unique horn on her forehead, over her black eyes with red irises, the left one partially covered by her short blue hair. She was wearing a simple outfit, made of bandages going around her torso to cover her breasts, not completely though, as you were able to see some cleavage and underboob, and beige pants. She was barefoot, which seemed to be a tradition in this world, and she was in the middle of a fight with presumable the one who choked you.

The other woman was an elf, you were sure of it when you saw her pointy ears. She seemed to have a petite physique, with small breasts, a flat belly and slender legs. She had a cute face though, with her blonde hair tied up in two pigtails and her blue eyes. She was wearing a cloak hiding most of her outfit, but you could see a leather corset over a light green tunic, the both of them stopping over her belly button, and leather pants, completed by leather boots. The most impressive thing was her bow though : she was effortlessly pulling the string of her longbow, an arrow notched between her fingers, ready to fire if needed, it almost looked easy to do...