"Hey, have you heard? Something fun showed up in Sain Underground City. It can summon our own doubles, identical to us in every way."
"Really? Is it on the market yet? Can it go to work for me? Working night shifts every day is seriously going to kill me."
"Well... I don't think that's very likely."
Whenever something new appeared in Sain Underground City, taverns where people from all walks of life gathered were usually the liveliest places for discussion.
Taverns could be considered the greatest exchange centers for all kinds of information. From national affairs to trivial gossip, you could learn about anything there.
Of course, if you accidentally provoked some drunk while asking around, news of you getting beaten up by XX would also become tavern gossip. If your pose while getting beaten was artistic enough, people might even admire it for longer.
In truth, the people who hung around taverns did not only discuss Sain Underground City. They liked talking about anything entertaining or novel. Sain drew so much attention because it often produced strange and interesting things.
The most miraculous thing about this place was that some news was clearly important and obscure, yet it often leaked from the mouths of a bunch of ordinary drunks who were completely plastered.
It made one wonder whether some law of causality was hidden inside taverns.
"I remember the newest item discovered was called a Mimic Tear remnant, right? You can use it to transform into one of the phantoms inside that dungeon. It looks so cool!"
"Seriously? Yesterday, I saw someone wandering around the Teleportation Gate selling a remnant that could turn you into someone called the 'Dung Eater.' I watched him all night, and nobody bought it."
"Uh, that should count as a special case. Most of