As light slips in between a few boards from the wall Anvil slowly wakes up feeling much better then last night he slowly gets off the bed and stretches out carefully not to move his right arm too much as he is about to walk over to the door there is a knock "Breakfasts here open up."
Anvil opens the door and is greeted with Carol wearing similar overalls from the ones last night holding a tray with some eggs and potatoes.
She walks in and places the tray on a small table and turns to leave before stopping to ask "What kind of name is Anvil is it because you are dense?" she starts giggling lightly.
Caught off guard Anvil completely zones out as he watches her giggle. She says" yeup seems like it ahahah".
Anvil finally realized what she had said and replies" my father was a black smith i don't know much about my mother but from what he said an Anvil is mighty and strong it can take a pounding but still produce a masterpiece" Anvil chests out as he replies with pride.
"Sure sure, big and dense is all i see ahahah" she replies
Anvil tries to ignore her and go for the food. He sits down on the chair and tries to eat the meal using his left hand and a fork but he is struggling with the egg slipping off. Carol sees this before she leaves and does a face palm and sits on the bed next to the table and sighs and says" i'll help you just this once don't get used to it"
Anvil makes another attempt; he replies" Oh being fed by such a beauty" she replies "What?" with a blushed face.
Anvil in such a happy mood had not realised he said what he was thinking instead of what he wanted to say he quickly replied " nothing nothing i said yes please thank you".
With a blushed face he looks around the room like nothing had happened.
Carol proceeds to feed him but she always puts too much food on the fork forcing Anvil to open as wide as possible stuffing his face.
After force feeding Anvil Carol got up to leave once again with a large gulp Anvil swallowed what was left and asked " could you please show me around i haven't come here since i was very young and i barely remember this place."
Carol looks at Anvil and says"i have to go out to buy supplies anyway so i guess it won't be much of an issue im going to go finish some things up, head down stairs and be ready to leave."
Anvil heads down stairs as the barkeep notices him and says " So Anvil is it? hahah fitting name for a smith's son i like it im Darius you met my wonderful daughter Caroline , don't get any funny ideas kid " with a smirk he continues " you can stay as long as you need but your gonna need to pay for the food".
Anvil grabs the small pouch he found inside his pocket the other night and hands it to Darius who takes out one silver coin and says "you're good for a week, kid". And tosses it back over to Anvil.
"Mr.Darius thank you very much for all of your kindness"
"Just call me Darius kid it's no big deal people usually only come here for the food and drinks anyway."
As they finish talking Carol comes out of a room next to the bar and says " Alright we are off ill see later old man". They head out of the inn as soon as they step outside they see the streets are paved with dirt filled with potholes and some muddy puddles. The inn is a two story wooden building with very few windows and a sign that says "Boars Tusk Tavern".
Looking around the buildings look to be far apart and run down. The people look poor and worn out. Kids running around the streets playing with rocks, sticks and wooden toys. In the distance not too far away a magnificent black wall can be seen and it spans a few miles in each direction. The wall looks to be about 100 feet tall and further in you can see an even higher wall.
"Amazing huh I feel the same way every time I see it " Carol says as she looks over at Anvil.
"Right it's incredible" he says
In the air above the walls people on flying mounts can be seen coming to and fro as in the distance above the other wall 4 blimps with ropes hanging down can be seen
As they walk toward a towering gate they see caravans entering and leaving the gate the closer they get to the gate the more wooden buildings are seen and the nicer they look.
Amazed at the sight of these new things, Anvil is speechless as they walk closer and closer to the Gates; they see horses and magical beast carriages going in and out of the main gate road.
On each side of the gate repeating ballistas pointed up painted black are glistening from the sunlight.
"Is that an earth dragon wow and gilded bear" Anvil was going crazy at these animals he had only heard of. As they get closer to the gate they join the queue to get in as more and more people get close to the entrance someone accidentally hits Anvil's wrapped arm.
Unconsciously he yells out "Ahhhhhhhh '' as everyone around him turns to look at him, his face has gone pale as a shock wave of pain hits his body.
The Guard on alert and asks what's going on with this commotion. Carol steps up and says "it is nothing , just an injury he sustained, don't worry he is fine". "No more commotions or leave '' the guard replies as he looks to a slit on the wall and nods.
Everyone goes back to what they were doing as Carol turns to Anvil and says "we need to get something for the pain or else every time someone touches you you'll cause a commotion.
Anvil looked around and he noticed that the guards seemed to be a bit on edge. He asked Carol "Are they always like this?" she replies "now that you mentioned it, it does seem a bit strange ahh must be nothing forget it."
After a short time they are finally next up to go in and the guard stares at them and says "5 copper each". Carol is about to take out the money when Anvil hands her the coin bag and says " i got it" she takes out 10 copper with an imperial crown stamped on them and hands it over to the guard looking at them he nods and says "you may enter."
The gate is about 40 feet deep black stones on both sides that seem to release some kind of aura Anvil has never felt before as they get to the end of the gate it becomes bright once again as they can see stone paved streets in all directions and a very wide main road leading to another gate in the distance.
"What's beyond that second gate" Anvil asks
With a bit of a cold look she replies " the Nobles"