Approaching the Target.

I defended merchants from a bandit attack and reached the Pomegranate Gate to gather intel on a corrupt tax collector. After synchronizing at a high tower and performing a leap of faith, I tried to infiltrate a mansion.

However, I took the patrolling soldiers too lightly and was ultimately killed in a fierce chase.

The bandits started attacking the merchants, completely ignoring me even though I was the real threat for them. I started taking them down one by one, while the merchants stayed back and did not defend themselves at all.

I was really enjoying the fight against them, as I was overpowering them easily with my skills. I finished the fight by taking down the big warrior among the bandits, who was much tougher than the others.

Leaving all those dead bodies behind in the dirt, we started riding again and reached the Pomegranate Gate of Karkh after a moment. We slowed our camels as we passed through the entrance.

Then I had to speak to the lead merchant, who gave me intel on a tax collector who lived in an extravagant mansion. He described him as an indulgent man who extorts coin from the honest people of Karkh. This information gave me a clear target and a new objective to pursue in the city.

While I was going for the tax collector, this soldier suddenly attacked me out of nowhere. The only reason I found for the attack was that he didn't have much time left to leave, lol.

Before getting to the tax collector's mansion, I decided to synchronize with a point of interest first. For that, I had to take down this guard at an entrance who was blocking the path to the tower.

I climbed up on the tall tower, where I discovered the point of interest and synchronized it. This allowed me to see the city layout clearly and gave me a fast travel point if I needed to return here later.

The view from the top of the tower was absolutely breathtaking.

Then I tried a cool leap of faith where Basim looked real cool as he dived into the hay below. I tried to capture this cool picture of him in mid-air, showing the perfect form of an assassin. It was a classic moment that never gets old no matter how many times I do it.

Now I started a run for the mansion, but I stopped to tear a wanted poster of me off a wall. I didn't want to be on the soldiers' radars while I walked the street, as a high notoriety level would make my mission much more difficult than it needed to be.

Right when I was close to the trespasser's mansion, some soldiers outside started chasing me. I led them to a safe place away from the main crowd and started attacking back. I felt confident that I could handle them just like I handled the bandits.

Unfortunately, the soldiers overpowered me because I was taking them too lightly and not focusing enough on my defense. And they killed me easily. It was a harsh lesson about underestimating the city guard.