Soldiers shouted from the battlements, and several arrows struck the ground at his feet in a clear warning.
The player glanced up at the walls: a whole bunch of ballistae ready to fire at any moment, and at least twenty Albinauric archers...
"Sorry to bother you."
The player promptly chickened out, turned around, and rode off on Torrent.
How the hell was he supposed to get in? Forcing his way through would be suicide, and the player had no desire to become a pincushion.
It looked like he would have to find another way.
The problem was, with this black fortress blocking the way, he couldn't get deeper into Caelid at all.
After some thought, the player decided to return to Limgrave first.
He remembered a key story event he hadn't triggered yet: the wolfman in the Mistwood Ruins.
Teleporting back to Limgrave, the player rode Torrent at full gallop all the way to the Mistwood Ruins.
The ruins lay hidden in thick fog, with broken walls everywhere.
The biggest problem was that there were lots of bears here-the kind that could kill someone with a single swipe.
The player moved cautiously, trying not to make a sound.
He could hear howling in the distance.
This was the place.
The player took out his bow and aimed at a bear beside the tallest ruined tower.
Whoosh-
The arrow hit its mark.
The bear roared angrily and looked around, soon spotting the culprit.
It charged at the player!
The player immediately backed off, luring the bear toward the ruined tower.
Chasing the player, the bear slammed its enormous body into the tower's foundations.
Rumble.
The ruined tower swayed, but didn't fall.
One more time!
The player fired another arrow and kept luring the bear into ramming the tower.
Rumble.
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