"Try this—the [Underflow Black Beer] from that tavern in the [Deep Well District] called [Underflow Pipe]. You'd be hard-pressed to find ale in Dragon Gold City that you could buy with copper coins alone, let alone one this rich."
The inn's tables and chairs had all been replaced with new ones, allowing the Dwarf to stand on tiptoe and hoist the keg onto the table.
"One for you, one for me, and one for the Kobold too—
Hmm, a headless fellow probably can't drink, so never mind."
Tang Qi sat opposite Gravel and watched him push over a cup filled with murky, dark-brown liquid.
Bubbles burst now and then amid the dense foam, making the ale in the cup seem to come alive.
Gravel slapped the table and ordered Kuru around:
"Come on, put some ice in the ale!"
"Rua!"
Four [Frozen Rays] failed to freeze the four cups of ale. Instead, they conjured a solid block of ice, then let it shatter in the ale, sending the chill through every inch of the cups.
Kuru had never drunk alcohol before, but the [Underflow Black Beer] was its reward for chilling the drinks, so it stuck out its long, forked tongue and licked the side of its cup.
"Bitter!"
"Now that's what I call flavor."
Gravel didn't expect a Kobold to understand the aroma of beer. He set the fourth cup beside himself.
No one was sitting there.
"That's a whole keg. The two of us couldn't finish it."
Tang Qi estimated the keg of black beer held at least fifty liters.
"The two of us? Don't get ahead of yourself."
Gravel pointed at Tang Qi's cup.
"That's yours."
Then he pointed at the entire keg.
"This is mine."
"Planning to drink yourself into a stupor right here in the