Besides, the barbarian guards defending the city are not blind. True evil demons and heretics might not dare to show themselves, but isn't it clear to them that you are merely an incapable honest person?
In these times, having no skills means you deserve to be killed. If you dare to recklessly enter the city, they would truly dare to chop off your head with a single stroke, treat you as a bandit leader, and throw your corpse into the ditch by the moat to feed the dogs.
Those who can live within high walls are either soldiers or bandits. Those with family businesses, relatives, friends to rely on, abilities, strength, or some charm, wouldn't have fallen to this state; they would have long been seized and divided by various factions.
