After paying the fare, Wang Gulas covered his shoulder and arrived at the entrance of the Hearthstone Tavern with Great Axe.
"Hm? It looks pretty lively inside."
Through the hazy windows, coupled with the unique sensory intuition of a Legendary Expert, Wang Gulas discovered that there were unexpectedly quite a few customers in the Hearthstone Tavern.
The news that the Hearthstone Tavern had suspended business had long spread among its customers, so they basically could not be those dwarves.
Other than the dwarves, there seemed to be no customers capable of doing such a thing.
"Didn't they say they were taking a break? Come on, let's go take a look." Great Axe found it strange as well and headed for the door first.
A faint suspicion arose in Wang Gulas's heart, though he could not confirm it. Seeing Great Axe move, he hurriedly followed.
The door opened.
The bright sunlight outside formed a stark contrast with the gentle glow within the tavern, plunging them into momentary darkness.
Their eyes soon adjusted to the change in light.
Wang Gulas noticed quite a few gazes falling on him, and Great Axe seemed to freeze for a moment as well.
Compared with its usual business hours, the tavern was not actually all that lively. It was simply that most of the dwarves had been replaced by humans.
If his guess was correct, they should all be outsiders.
Wang Gulas had seen them before while searching for Shinkai Seiko. A Legendary Transcendent's memory was exceptionally strong.
Aside from that, they did not seem to have caused much of a stir, and those outsiders quickly withdrew their gazes.
"Don't you find it strange? These outsiders seem like they've long since gotten used to this place." Great Axe stroked his beard and lowered his voice as