Chapter 168: The Battle of Norneau - Part 3 - Loot The Room
As the demons struck at the walls, Sam was busy making their way towards the upper city.
Most of the people had fled in the direction of the docks, so they were relatively unimpeded until they got to the gate itself.
They could only "tsk" as they watched the small riot playing out, panicked city-folk against the guards that would have been better serving elsewhere.
These were the folk who either had no place to shelter, or who thought that they would be safer higher up in the city, as opposed to simply having fewer options to escape that didn’t involve jumping off a literal cliff into the lake.
They touched their swelling belly through the cloth, silencing their own negative thoughts. The fox girl, Kordia, had told Sam to stay away from stress as much as possible, and so they used the breathing technique she’d showed them every time she started to feel stress. That had happened a lot today. Especially when the demons started dropping flaming pots on the rooftops.
At first they thought the magic of the shop would protect them. But when smoke had started filling it from the buildings it had been crowded against, they’d been forced to escape and move away from the fires as much as possible.
Now they were near a crowded gate, watching as the guards shoved the crowd around with their shields and halberds.
They were about to turn and head for the docks when a set of shadows drew their eyes upward.
A trio of street urchins were crossing from the roof of the three-story building next to them to the wall, using a rope that was secured to a large board they’d managed to snag on a crenelation.
And the guards had already noticed and were moving toward them.
Internally swearing, Sam kicked in the door and ran up the stairs as quickly as they could. From the third floor, it was then a matter of kicking out the balcony window and climbing until they were on the roof.