"Halt. You can't enter the forest."
The trio stopped in their tracks as they heard this. Why were they stopped? They had the same thoughts.
The guards walked upto the three and said looking down at them, "do you have your passes? I am sorry, I can't allow you entry to the forest if you don't."
"Oh." Lith was surprised that it was something this trivial. He took out his adventurer pass he had made in Langerhan city and showed it to the guard.
"Okay, you can go. What about you two?"
Ralph and Dennis took their own passes out and showed them to the guards. They had it as well. They had joined the adventurers club and were given passes after getting tested in the academy.
"Alright, you can pass. The fee is a single bronze coin to enter the first level and five bronze coins for the second level." The guards said.
"Will we have access to the first level if we pay for the second level?" Dennis asked.