Compared to the slightly dispirited sense of powerlessness the other man had shown the last time they met in Newm City...
Wood, who now appeared at the tavern entrance, made Xia Nan think back to the scene when the two of them had first met.
The extremely low presence brought by the traits of his class made this middle-aged man's already ordinary face even more unremarkable. Beneath his close-fitting black clothes, his crisp, efficient figure looked as if it would melt into the shadows by the street in the very next second;
His waist bulged, and two leather sheaths could faintly be seen hanging by his legs. The sharpness hidden within them flickered in and out of sight in his steady, resolute eyes.
Perhaps ordinary people could not tell what state he was in now merely from the seemingly minor changes in his clothing and appearance.
But for Xia Nan, whose Perception was extremely keen, one glance was enough to realize that the Wood before him was fully armed and in an adventuring state as a Professional-level Wanderer.
His entire bearing was completely different from when he had been in Newm City.
Xia Nan roughly had an idea in mind.
He had just raised his hand, intending to greet the other man, when that gaze, its presence weakened to the barest minimum, had already swept over.
The originally expressionless, cold face softened in an instant, and with the smile of a familiar friend reunited after a long separation, Wood walked straight toward Xia Nan.
"This stance... did he come specifically to find me?"
Xia Nan guessed inwardly.
"Green Blood" Adeline had yet to become a Professional, and her Perception was only ordinary.
She stared for a while in the direction Xia Nan was looking, and only when Wood walked to