"Is this a newly opened tavern? It feels a little different from the other taverns. It doesn't just sell liquor."
"Hasn't it been around for quite a while? I saw quite a few mage scholars coming here before."
"Elder Giant Axe personally supervised it... Hiss, this tavern has quite an impressive background. I wonder who its owner really is."
"Those are members of the Tide! I saw them at the welcoming ceremony during the city celebration!"
"Miss Tasha! I saw Miss Tasha..."
The facts proved that neither the Elder Council nor the Tide had ordinary influence in Steel City.
Driven by curiosity, idling citizens streamed into Hearthstone Tavern.
It had to be said that its spacious, bright interior was indeed vastly different from other taverns, and the air was free of that suffocatingly heavy stench of alcohol.
The dwarves were loud and boisterous, but not to an intolerable degree.
There were three sections: a quiet natural style, an extraordinary style brimming with magical charm, and a classic tavern style.
Each section was neatly lined with many strange objects no one had ever seen before.
For instance, a table.
Some kind of Extraordinary Item?
Judging from the mage scholars gathered around it and studying it, that was most likely the case.
Come to think of it, the scenes displayed on the projected light screens were incredibly cool. They looked like some kind of... game?
Some customers also wore helmets, as though their consciousnesses had sunk into an illusory world, while the light screens before them displayed their current situations.
It seemed to be some sort of battlefield, with little difference from reality.
The dwarves raised cups in celebration, gulping down the liquor sold in the tavern.
The fragrance of the alcohol was enticing.
Most of those who had come to Hearthstone