Murder and Robbery at City Gate

A man sitting on the chair looked at the paper sheet laid on the table. It was some routine reports. he was looking at them, reviewing them and making sure that nothing was in out of order.

"Asher!" The man looked at his subordinate, asked, "Lord Kesler's package has arrived?"

"It's on the way sir, and will be arriving soon," Asher replied.

The man was Yale, appointed caption of city guards, and Asher was his lieutenant. They were responsible for overseeing the west walls of Naya city.

Today was an important day, an important package of lord Kesler was arriving today, and lord Kesler personally asked Yale to deliver the package as soon as it arrives.

"Very well," Yale said in a commanding tone. "Report to me when the package arrives."

Asher saluted and was about to leave, however, at this moment, a guard arrived.

"Report Sir!" He looked at Asher, shouted.

Asher looked at Yale, then nodded. He pointed at guard and hinted to speak.

"Sir, the package has arrived," Guard replied.

Yale immediately stood up, it was the news he wished to hear. Even such nominal task—deliver a package—could get him a promotion, as this task was issued by Lord Kelser personally, the second highest person of authority in the capital.

"Lead the way!" Yale told the guard.

Guard saluted and led them, they walked towards the west gate, it was not far from the office but still needed few minutes to arrive. Yale was really excited, his steps were faster than usual, and he wanted to receive the package as soon as possible.

AAAAHHHHH!

Suddenly, a loud scream rang, loud enough to be heard from the entire west wall. Yale was shocked and looked at the place where the voice came from. The origin of voice was the west gate, this made Yale nervous. He didn't want any accidents at this time, so he ran toward the gate.

Very soon, he arrived at the gate and saw the blood, splattered on the floor and a body covered in blood laying on top of it. He also saw another guard wounded and barely conscious, he knew something had happened.

Although he cared about his subordinates, today he more cared about arriving package. He shifted his gaze and saw a broken cart. He saw two guards along with a man who seemed like a cart driver lying on the floor, unconscious.

He ignored those three and arrived in front of the broken cart, he was looking for the package, a package for lord Kesler. It would be disastrous if the package goes missing, as he would be blamed for it.

"Asher!" Yale said, he looked at Asher with uncertainty. "Find the package."

Asher immediately went ahead and searched within the cart remnants, finally, shaking his head with disappointment while looking at Yale.

A wounded guard slowly regained his consciousness, he somehow stood up and looked at Yale.

"Tell me!" Yale asked from guard, "What happened here?"

Guard didn't know how to answer this question, because the answer was too strange and unbelievable. But he knew that he was standing in front of superior, and no matter how strange the answer might be, he has to say it.

"Sir! We were attacked by a cat," the guard replied.

"What?" Yale asked the guard, "What did you say?"

"Sir, it was a cat who attacked us." guard continued, "The cat was too strong and we couldn't do anything."

Yale was looking at the cart, trying to think of possibilities. Very few people in the city dared to oppose lord Kesler, even fewer dared to steal. And they were all very powerful and influential people. Anyone of those people could easily take care of his small captain. If one of those people were involved, then all he could do is to take the blame himself.

"Sir, I know who that cat belongs to," wounded guard suddenly said.

"Who?" Yale asked the guard.

"It belongs to a traveler, he came to the city earlier today."

"Did he tell you his name?" Asher asked, his voice was filled with worry. "Was there someone with him?"

Yale and Asher, both wanted to know the man's background. If he was someone with a background, then he could only report to lord Kesler.

"No," the guard replied. "He was with no one, in fact, he didn't even know the name of the capital."

Yale expression softened, if the person is from an unknown background then he does not have anything to worry about. His eyes became sharp, he needed to catch this person before lord Kesler hears the news.

"Which way he went?"

"I don't know sir," the guard replied, he was terrified. "But he should be within an outer section."

"Find him!" Yale looked at Asher and ordered.

Asher gathered the guards and ordered them to search entire outer section. Today, these guards were probably going to storm the entire city.

….

"What was that?" Leon asked he was both shocked and surprised. "Where this voice came from?"

He looked at his surroundings, just to make sure there was no one. He somehow knew that voice came directly to his head like someone mentally spoke to him.

"Death used to speak like this, but this voice was different. It didn't come from my soul, it came from an external source."

He looked worried and thought someone was spying on him. He scanned the area with his death sense but there was no other spiritual sense was within his range.

He thought of another possibility, he suspected, that sound only appeared when he looked at memory fragment of Shadow God. To test this theory, he again searched in those memory fragments, and he indeed found the source of that voice.

'Find the dragons… Claim the swords..' voice again rang in his head.

"Find the dragons and claim the swords?" Leon said, with a questioning look in his face. "What does it mean?"

He thought for a while and finally gave up. He was not in the mood of cultivation anymore, so he decided to go outside and look for some information about Tristone mountain.

He left the inn and arrived at the nearest wine shop. These wine shops were usually the best places to gather intelligence. People here gathered to get drunk and talk nonsense, but if one can find the right person, then he can get the information he seeks.

Leon arrived at the open table and ordered some wine and snacks. He was looking at the entire shop, trying to find a talkative waiter and ask some questions.

Suddenly, the door opened and several guards surround the shop. One guard who looked like leader looked at Leon and said with a loud voice.

"ARREST HIM!"