Chapter 8
by
Trom1806
What events will happen to you during your work as a city guard?
You begin your duties as a city guard. Two months of routine. And then...
Over the next couple of months, you carry out your daily duties as the city guard of the city of Ranelborg. You live in the barracks, like many other city guards. You do drill and weapons training, you patrol the city streets, you stand guard at the city gates to enforce the payment of tolls to enter the city.
You also ensure order and tranquility on the city streets. At least you are trying to do your best to achieve this. Several times over the past months you have had to stop massive fights between drunks in the taverns of the city. You also managed to catch one pickpocket in the market square when this idiot pickpocket tried to escape with the wallet of one of the local merchants. That time, the speed of your reaction helped to catch the criminal and return the wallet to the person who suffered from the crime.
Sometimes you remember with a smile the shrill screams and swearing of this pickpocket, who was a young, short man, dressed in an old cloth doublet. No matter how dirty this loser pickpocket curses your person, now this criminal is **** to work in one of the ore mines, which belongs to the local count. And this “exciting” work in the mine will be the main content of this asshole’s life for at least another 5 years.
So, your service as the city guard of the city of Ranelborg went on as usual. You were given a cash salary twice a month, which was quite modest in size. But you didn't complain about anything.
Finally, on one of the following days, some extraordinary event happened to you.
At first everything went as usual. The sergeant has ordered you and several other guards to patrol the perimeter of one of the large warehouses near the city market. This warehouse probably required increased security due to the special value of the goods stored there.
Within about a couple of hours you carried out the order. You walked around the perimeter of the warehouse over and over again. You vigilantly examined the entrances to this building and the nearby streets. At first, you didn't notice anything unusual.
It was already evening time. The streets of the city gradually grew dark. You continued to patrol and survey the area.
Suddenly, you notice something unusual. You raised your head up and you saw a small rope that stretches from one of the houses on the next street to the roof of the warehouse that you are guarding. This rope was quite narrow and it was not at all easy to notice. You were absolutely sure that five minutes ago this rope was not in this place. You examined this place during a previous walk around the perimeter and you did not see anything like that then.
You retreated under the cover of the wall of one of the nearby buildings. The shadow of this building made you less visible to potential intruders.
You began to carefully monitor the place where this rope clings to the roof of the warehouse.
A minute later you realized that it was not in vain that you were attentive.
What did you see?
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Xadana
Fantasy world.
A world of wars, intrigue and magic. The world is full of contradictions and conflicts. Try to survive and rise from the bottom of the social pyramid. In this world, there are no simple solutions, no unambiguous persons, no independence from society, and often... there are no serious chances to survive...
Updated on Jun 15, 2026
by Trom1806
Created on Sep 8, 2023
by Trom1806
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