Creak. 

The thick chain on the handles of the eastern gate was unwound for the first time in months. This gate had a large moat, which was something that couldn't be seen from the other gates

“Man, I don’t know how long it has been since I last went through the eastern gate.”

“I think it has been at least half a year. It was used really often because it’s directly connected to the Hainal Mountains.”

“Well, people will be able to use it again once we get rid of all those kobolds.”

It seemed strange to have a moat on only one side of the city walls, but the city lord of Gilleon had ordered it to be built because there had been many monster attacks from the Hainal Mountains throughout history. After the moat was built around the eastern gate, it became completely shut off from the northern and southern gates. Thanks to his bold decision, the monsters weren’t able to harm the city even when they came down the mountain. All Gilleon needed to do was to lock the gate. 

“I heard that the kobolds’ army came all the way down to the hill over there a few months ago.”

“Damn, that’s scary. So what happened?”

“What do you mean what happened? The knights killed dozens of them and chased them away.”

“Well… Kobolds are kobolds.”

The Players were in high spirits. Kobolds were often...