Those guards are just arrogant and upset that they failed there job and stranger able to do it for them

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Not just that, there is another reason. Remember - who are in guards and who is Val? He's considered a magicless lowlife that could be shoved aside just for fun.

As Anna was now gone - Val could act. He took aim, trying to make out the sillouetes of a foolish intruders. Unsurprisingly to him - a small group of four noks, armed with a small spears made out of wood and a sharpened pieces of bones. Small frames of roughly one metre's high with a pale skin that was covered in mud and blood from their latest feast. Black and red eyes, like pearls on their flat faces, looked around while advancing toward the wooden fence of a farm. Their small hands with three clawed fingers held the crude weapons. Come on, one more step, you bloodthirsty little pests...

This reminded be of the Tusken raiders from Star wars lol

《The thousandth Summer Sun Celebration will be in two days. Beatrix Glowstone will return. Seven girls will venture to the old Castle, deep into the forest to stop her. Make sure she will take at least some kind of a weapon with her into the forest. I will wait for them on the outskirts. Keep your window on the first floor open tomorrow's evening. I'm wishing you and your family luck, Miss Smith. Farewell.》

So, this is this world's version of nightmare moon huh? Cool beans

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I'll post new chapter in a couple of hours. Stay tuned and thanks for reading.

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No problem man, it's a solid story!