After a few hours, the carriages paused. A few of the guards walked out, Vritra lay in his carriage and observed the surroundings.
These new men had set up barricades to stop anyone from passing, then after taking their toll they opened the door and the carriages were allowed to pass.
'Well, that went better than I expected.' Vritra thought.
He had thought these gangsters would be problematic to deal with, but they were quite systematic—maybe that's how they were able to expand over such a large kingdom.
In a single day, they saw around five more barricades but no demons, so the ride was smooth without wasting any time.
Five more days passed just like that, the guards had brought enough money with them so the gangsters didn't cause them any harm.
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Finally, it was the sixth day when the carriages stopped at one of the barricades as usual. The guards went ahead to pay, but this time they weren't allowed to just pass.
