You're back, I see, said Zala, suppressing a smile.
The Guard got its nose bloodied last time, and Ardenis wasn't even in Golden Sandbar.
Monstrous birds have been coming out of nowhere. They've pecked the eyeballs out of several of our men. We must get the city governor's approval to let the Guard move into the city.
I sent some soldiers to drive off the birds on the outskirts of Celestia. Go lend a hand.
Welcome to Celestia. What do you want? Samuk grunted. His forehead was slicked with a thick layer of sweat.
The Praetorian Guard? Oh, you're from the Guard camped outside. Well, we don't have any escaped prisoners here.
So you are just a Sprite Messenger, and they asked you for help? You said that you've met the governor? Oh, please excuse my manners; I'm talking without thinking!