Outside Dusk City, in a town beneath the city walls.
On an abandoned little square, Su Xiao studied the map in his hand. Baha had bought it from an antique shop in the town. According to Dark Bishop Bohwa, most antique shops in the Southern Continent bought and sold stolen goods. Baha had purchased this map of Dusk City for five Sun Coins.
With Su Xiao's squad's strength, they could of course have simply robbed the shop, but ruining their reputation in this world over a mere five Sun Coins wasn't worth it.
In fact, every world had a hidden "reputation value," which was simply one's reputation. Unless they could wipe out every last witness, forcibly taking what they wanted would certainly damage their reputation in that area. It might even affect their later plans. After all, they had no idea who stood behind the antique shop owner.
Viewed from above, beneath the thousand-meter-high walls surrounding Dusk City, towns of various sizes appeared every few kilometers. These towns were collectively called towns beneath the city walls, while those more than five kilometers from Dusk City were called remote-city towns.
The blood moon at night turned the world beyond Dusk City's high walls into purgatory. Even during the day, when the dim sun hung high overhead, the towns beneath the city walls were hardly safe. Monsters still appeared in the daytime; there were simply fewer of them than at night.
Farther away were the various remote towns. Some had underground shelters in every household, while others were themselves eerie towns. For outsiders who accidentally entered an eerie town, the best possible outcome was being assimilated by the eeriness. Those less fortunate would be devoured completely.
Compared to the past, Dusk City had indeed declined and fallen into disrepair. It was no