You now arrive at a crossroads. The streets are well-lit by beautiful lamp-posts and the roads are paved with tar, and show signs of wear and weathering. The night is misty, however, and your vision is very slightly blurred. The houses around you all seem well-designed and built, and you deduce that the city must be quite prosperous. Few people are on the streets, but that would be only logical, as it is already very late into the night.

You see a sentry post with another guard on duty. There are several road branches, but you decide not to wander around aimlessly lest you get lost.

So it seems the only other alternative is to...

go up to the guard to ask for directions