Having spent long periods living in both River Valley Town and Barracuda Bay, two major adventurer hubs, Xia Nan could clearly sense how Blood-Cast Fortress differed.
If the Outer Camp had still felt strangely familiar to him, as though he had returned to the bustling days he had spent living in White Tit and Three-Legged Sea Dog—
Then as he gradually made his way inward from the Lower City District, although there were still plenty of adventurers on the streets, the chaotic air brought by their professions had noticeably diminished. An invisible order seemed to restrain their movements.
That was only natural.
After all, setting aside their professions and returning to their most basic nature, adventurers were still intelligent beings with normal intellects and reasoning abilities.
Perhaps the Transcendent Power they wielded had gradually twisted their mindsets, making them act tyrannically over ordinary civilians.
But they were not creatures like Goblins, born evil, chaotic, and dim-witted.
When some stronger, irresistible force warned them, "Don't cause trouble, or you'll be sent to prison!" they could still behave themselves and obey the town's rules.
As a law-abiding citizen who already disliked causing trouble, Xia Nan naturally had no objections.
He handed Fanny, the Winter Wolf walking beside him, a piece of fresh meat he had casually bought from a butcher's stall earlier, then rubbed her cool, fluffy head.
His gaze swept over a squad of guards passing along the street, and his brows furrowed slightly.
This was already the third patrol squad he had seen in the short time since parting ways with the Barbarian Fugan.
Wasn't that frequency a little too high?
Moreover, Xia Nan's keen Perception allowed him to faintly sense a subtle anxiety and tension from those passing soldiers.
After considering it, he asked Tal, the Ranger leading the