After one week, they reached the port town, and once again, Zaos and Aleni found a place bustling with soldiers. It wasn't weird, but… Zaos had never seen so many soldiers being mobilized. He was starting to think that the king was arming even citizens to make Zaos nervous. Naturally, Zaos didn't approach the port town on the wagon. He had stationed the vehicle a few miles away and came to check things by foot at night.
"It seems things will be difficult here as well," Zaos rubbed his chin thoughtfully.
"If you have someone to contact, I can find them easily," Aleni said.
"The smuggler said that I can send a message to him via one of the taverns of the town, but I won't take the chances of using a middleman, at least not here," Zaos said. "Can you check things there for a while? We will bribe some shady captain or invade and remain hidden for a while and then force the members of any crew to take us to where we want."
