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Eight hours later, the walls of Arjuna can be seen. Alzar and Marilla agree to push on and finish traveling. They have arrived at Arjuna about two hours after evening. As they wait in line to enter the city, a bureaucrat walks down the line, offering to sell new people to the city passes to get in. Marilla whispers to Alzar that this is all a scam. Nothing is needed to enter. Alzar agrees to buy a pass, and while the man is getting his wares, Alzar tries to stab him with a poisoned knife. Unfortunately, he misses, and the man casts invisible. Alzar is immune to low level illusions due to his intelligence, and he sees the man and stabs again.
This time Alzar connects and the man writhes in pain. Then he finishes casting a spell to grow wings, and Alzar sees him lift up. Alzar tries to cast Continual Light as his eyes, and he makes his save and is over the walls before Alzar can do anything else. Ah well, it was worth trying.
About thirty minutes later, Alzar’s wagons, a few others from the escaped slaves, the escapees themselves and Marilla enter Arjuna.
Marilla leaves Alzar for her temple and they part ways. The slaves all have family here, so they move off and well, taking their wagons, food, weapons that Alzar let them keep (for money) and other things with them. Alzar makes for the largest inn in the area with the best reputation. Their best rooms have been rented, but he gets a good one from the Golden Wyvern.
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