Kill The Guards

You slide your sword from it's well oiled sheath with trained silence. The guards are dozing and not aware how near their doom approaches.

Your blade slides into the first paladins neck, right above his gorget without either even turning to see you. He dies with his eyes open, and painlessly. You swing round and whip you blade through the stomach of the second guard before he can speak. He falls into two neat little halves.

With the guards gone, you curse that the gate is locked from the other side. However you see a guard on the wall cross by and thank your Northern Gods you didn't rush up.