Green Fire, Red Eyes ( 213 )

Inside Macia Town – Near the East Gate

The streets were lit with torchlight and panic.

Guards and adventurers rushed past, hauling injured, shouting commands, dragging carts of weapons toward the walls.

But down a narrow alley, a group of rough-looking men huddled in the shadows.

One of them peeked around the corner, eyes wide as another troll roared outside the gate.

"L-Leader... the monsters... they're everywhere. Should we... should we fight?"

The man at the center, tall, scar across his nose, eyes bloodshot, spun and grabbed him by the collar.

"Are you out of your damn mind!?"

"B-But we're stuck here... we can't get out the gate... and what if they break through?"

"We're not heroes! We didn't come here to die fighting monsters!" the leader snapped.

"We came to get that land deed from that lady, take back the money she owes us and maybe get a little payback on that black-haired bastard."