Too fast

There were no guards around, so it didn't take much effort to go up. 

The few that were getting up, were too frightened to try to put up a fight. 

Though the stairs themselves were still a drag.

Climbing down was always easy, but climbing up wasn't. 

When we got to the top though, things happened. 

I did expect something similar but I didn't think it'd be this bad. 

That being, there was a small army of sorts here. 

"The lord and his men…" Neira mumbled as she turned back. "We should use the sewers and-"

Yeah, we just came out of that smelly hell-hole, I definitely wasn't going to go down another one. 

I was definitely content with just getting rid of this army than to go through the sewers. 

I too, had standards, okay!

"So basically, the lord and all his men are here?"

"Yes, but-"

I gave her mother back to her and casually walked forward. 

Ah, it was good to smell the fresh air!