After making a few preparations in the city, the members of Gauss Squad headed out of Falim.
The place where the Dwarf Toga had gone missing was in the wilderness west of Falim, some distance from the city.
According to the information Bruno had provided, they had traveled south from the Dwarf Kingdom. They had arrived in Wine Heart City some time ago and stayed there for a while before setting off again, intending to explore the Emerald Forest to the south. That was when they met with trouble.
Though he sympathized with what had happened to them, the mention of Wine Heart City brought back a few memories for Gauss.
Last year, he had briefly worked with a squad. At first, they explored the ruins of an ancient Dwarf workshop, then cleansed the corruption of the Evil God Durag within. As it happened, the squad leader had also been a Dwarf named Thorin Mountain Bronze.
Before they parted, Thorin had told Gauss that he spent most of his time around Wine Heart City. He had even given Gauss his address in the city and told him to get in touch if he ever visited.
Though Gauss had never made it to Wine Heart City, he had found the time to learn a little about it.
Wine Heart City lay in the northwestern part of Cold Green Province and was an extremely unusual city within the province.
That was because Wine Heart City was famous for its ethnic diversity.
The city was full of Dwarves, Halflings, Half-orcs, Half-elves, Gnomes, Tieflings, and other people of mixed heritage. These intelligent lives, who were minorities in ordinary human cities, had put down roots in Wine Heart City. Many of them were ordinary residents, not adventurers constantly on the move.
It was said that