6 Chapter 5: Forgotten City (1/2)
We miraculously got out of the mountain in one piece, looted the corpses along the way.
In town, I decided to register as a squad. So, we can get the privileges of being in one before we set out.
At the edge of town, there lies the gate to the Forgotten City, where all sorts of mutants live from plants, animals, humans, and — not humans.
There is one goal within the walls of the Forgotten City, its to get pass The Guardian. A stone statue of a god they say. It holds the key to the Black Gate. What is over the Black Gate? No one knows, anyone who gets on the other side never returns to town.
In the City, there are two known ways to get pass the Guardian. The first one is simple, kill The Guardian; Second is through the sewers.
Underneath town, there's a labyrinth that goes outside the walls but we will need a bunch of stuff around the city, basic stuff like maps, keys, etc. Things we will eventually realize as we get deeper into the sewers according to rumors.
Right now, there are just the three of us. We tried recruiting but we don't have much to offer. Unlike full guilds or squads. Mhirfa does not seem to mind she is not exactly a warrior type like she claims, more like a merchant-priestess of sorts. What she lacks in battle she makes up a lot in productivity.
For two months we scoured the whole city, lots of running, fighting, looting, and other stuff. Played it safe, we traded with others along the way, even found safe zones were we can make camp in relative peace.
Surveyed the Black Gate.
The Guardian is two twenty meter colossal statues fused together at the back. Each statue has a sword and shield combination. Also, reports say that the Gate has automated defenses, triggered when a certain number of hostiles are present.
A guild came, to defeat it and get pass the gate. Victory with the Guardian has the advantage of taking everyone involve pass the Black Gate since the sewers can probably only accommodate four to six people safely across its narrow, trap ridden passageways.