The Akkadian leaves the city.

The Akkadian found himself perplexed at exactly where he should go now that he had left Trimon's hold. The circumstances by which the Sorceress had **** this mission upon him presented difficulties totally unplanned for. He now stood without a copper coin to his name and only the belted loincloth and jewellery he wore as his possessions. Most of his own possessions were in the hands of the Sorceress after they had been taken from him the previous evening. He had a considerable amount of coin deposited at the counting house of the Shemite moneylenders, but there was no way that they would hand over any coin to him as he now was. The only other possession of any value was his camel, which was presently in the care of a stable just outside the gates of Al Areth.

The Sorceress dwelt in a tower a short distance from Al Areth. Though he would normally have walked this distance without difficulty, as he was he doubted whether he would make it out of sight of Al Areth's walls before some enterprising nomad to attempted to enslave a lone woman on foot. If he was to journey to her tower he should retrieve his camel, mounted he could outrun any opportunist slaver. This presented two obstacles, firstly to convince the stable to release the camel to him and secondly his camel was of obstinate and evil temperament. The Akkadian had been the only one who could ever ride the beast, would Hanna even allow him upon her back?

With the only alternative to seeking out the witch being to continue to pose as Minaja the whore and take up her trade at the guild of whores the Akkadian turned and headed towards the city gates. Al Areth's streets were bustling with activity, people from every nation trod or rode it's streets. The Akkadian felt safe enough within the city walls, he was after all a recognisable member of the whores guild and nobody would be foolish enough to interfere with a member of such a powerful and influential guild where there were so many witnesses.

The Akkadian certainly earned plenty of stares and interest as he walked towards the gate, but those were from men and having seen Minaja in the flesh he would have stopped and stared at such at such a beautiful and wantonly naked creature himself. The women however gave him much different looks, ranging from pure hatred to longing envy. The assassin was aware how his body moved, he could feel his womanly buttocks and ample breasts jiggling and swaying with each step. There was of course little the Akkadian could do about this, with no clothing to hide it his lush body naturally responded to movement in such away to stiffen the cock of any man who saw it.

At last the Akkadian reached the city gates and approached the contingent of lounging guards who manned the entrance to the city. The soldiers straightened up and attempted to look military and manly when they saw the assassin approaching. They gawped openly at his body as he neared, it was doubtful that common soldiery could ever have afforded the class of whore whose body he wore.

"Um, Lady?" The eldest guard said as soon as it was obvious that the Akkadian meant to pass through the gates. "Surely you do not mean to venture beyond the gates alone without an escort?"

"I do." The Akkadian replied. "Do you have any authority to prevent a free whore of the guild from doing so?"

"Well no." The soldier admitted. "But if any harm came to you from the beggers and vagabonds beyond the wall then I would surely have to answer to your guild."

"I mean only to visit the stable." The Akkadian protested. "It is less than a bowshot from the city walls. Surely the writ of Al Areth stretches that far, or are Al Areth's guards so little respected that the beggars outside the gate can do as they please even within your sight?"

The Akkadian knew that little stung as much as a whore's mockery to a man. The older soldier looked both affronted and ashamed by the barb. Irritably he turned away and waved the Akkadian through without further arguement.