Guests From Afar

The gate guard stared at Nina's grandmother, "She's fast,"

ZON! Thud! Arad teleported away and immediately came back, two strangers unconscious in his hands.

"More rats?" Grandma Shir said with a smile, approaching Arad and dragging the thief behind her.

"They were hiding in the forest," Arad replied, glaring at the thief that Grandma Shir caught.

The thief stared at the two men with a worried face, sweat dripping down his scratched face, "I don't know them," He cried.

"You do," Arad threw the two unconscious men at the ground. "They are bandits pretending to be adventurers. I'm sure they are targeting the village since it looks new and lacks guards."

"You're going to catch them yourself?" The guard gasped, looking at Arad with a worried face. "Leave it to the guards."

"Isdis's knights can't handle everything. I would like them to keep patrolling the city," Arad replied, "And I would prefer not to lose any soldiers now,"