You tell him you wish to enter the city. The knight traps the hilt of the sword and pulls it free from the earth, his eyes flaring brightly with fury. “Then.. thou.. have chosen.. to die..” He raises the sword and points it at you and Bairen. He wasn’t going to let you enter, he wasn’t going to step aside. You would have to fight him for your right to even open the gate. You look to Bairen, seeing that he’d drawn a sort of thin broadsword out of nowhere, and was ready to fight beside you. A: Charge forward, fight the large knight head on and just wing it B: Somehow get behind the knight and try to shank / poison him