Chapter 6 The City of Phyrri (2/2)
His look turned froer, to an inquisitive one, and then into a curious one ”Alright, show ht, stood a ates within, which could be opened based on the space required for the incorid of thick iron bars
Inbetween the grid and the gate, two guards stood still at the far ends One right outside of the tower's door, while the other stood in front of a massive wheel-like lever halfway buried into the wall on the opposite side
When the Sergeant carid and looked through What he saas a young ht did not exceed 1 meter and 70 centimeters His clothes were in tatters, one of his sleeves was eant looked at the young ood reason for showing yourself at ate covered in blood moreover! What's your name?”
”Dan Hiel” Answered Daniel iuard that was on watch duty and followed silently behind, asked to Daniel ”What happened to you?”
Daniel looked at the guard, still pretending like he could fall unconscious at any minute, and said ”I was hired by a herbalist to find herbs in the forest nearby when a beast attacked iven a sickle to do the job, or I wouldn't have any other means to defend myself”
This story had been prepared by Daniel on the way back He would never openly admit to have survived the pursuit of a rank 3 beast, nor would he say that he was carrying a beast core of such level
The Sergeant's furrowed brows softened slightly, he then looked at the guard on duty and ordered ”Let hiuard which was spoken to by the Sergeant nodded, and then looked at the one on duty near the big lever ”Lift the grid!” he said
The grid was slowly lifted by the guard until it caeant looked at the youngcloser and said ”If a herbalist instructed you to harvest herbs, you should have been near the edges of the forest Why did you come back so late?”
Daniel froze for a moment
”Sir, I tried to run away from the beast when I first saw it but I was too foolish to pay attention in which direction I was running to so I got lost I've only o” Responded Daniel nervously
The Sergeant said nothing He simply turned around and went back inside the tower
The guard on watch duty grabbed the keyring that hung at the side of his waist, and picked the smaller key from it He then moved towards the lock, and after a mechanical sound, a door fraate
This door frah for three two people to pass through next to each other, so it was the door that the watch opened for sroups of people to enter the city
Daniel didn't feel safe when passing through the gates He had been chased by guards right outside of the second gate of the eastern wall, if any of those guards recognized him, he would be done for
His steps when he entered through the gate, were fast to say the least He was eager to go back home, see his sister, and clean hiest of the kingdom of Karalis, but it wasn't small by any means Inside its inner walls, millions of people lived divided into different districts
These districts, which were based on social status were, fro, thedistrict was the largest ast the three districts About three quarters of the entirety of Phyrri's population lived in the working district To the northeastern side, there was the Industrial sector Hundreds of plants and factories had been built in the industrial sector, around which the workers, along with their faarrison and training grounds, of which surroundings were house tosoldiers, and their fa district, were the slums, house to the poorest of citizens Lastly, inbetween these three sections weredistrict's houses, shops, restaurants and hotels It was called the commoner's section
The Merchant district was the second largest district of Phyrri, and it housed h sized shops, markets of rareware, auction houses, schools and small sects It was mostly inhabited by well-off people, wealthy shop owners anddistrict that h wealth, were allowed toa credit check
The division of thedistrict To the northwestern side, the owners of the factories and industries lived, the southern side containedofficers of the aruards, while in the southeastern side, h-end shops resided The area separating these sections was called the prosperous section, which, si district, it contained most houses, hotels, shops, marketplaces, and residences owned by small families
The third and last district, was the Learned district By far the smallest of the three districts, it contained schools of overnhest ranking officers of the overnst merchants and citizens
Each district was divided by a wall
Daniel and his sister used to live close to the arrison, but after their father's death, they had been evicted Afterwards, their mother had asked for help to the hotel owner, which presented hi her enough money to move into the merchant district, where they would have had an easier life
What she didn't knoas that the hotel owner had his ai old coins, where he would have worked to his death, while a young girl as pretty as her daughter was, could have been sold as a slave for 50 gold coins
As time passed, and their request to , her debt grew larger due to interests, while the loaned money also had been used to ensure their survival
One year after presenting the request, and they already didn't have enough money to move to the merchant district three years later, she overworked herself to death