The Mystery of the Disappearing Artisans
Faced with the shopkeeper's smile, Xu Huo smiled back. "This really is a beautiful world."
Everyone around them turned to look, too. The people here were sincere with one another, without a trace of pretense.
Xu Huo pushed his cart along. On the way, he heard more news about the players from last night. Gemstone City's residents had been passing around word of places where they'd spotted them, or of new crimes they'd committed. So far, none of the three had been caught. The guards had sealed off the city gates, so the players were probably still inside the city, just hiding.
Though Gemstone City's residents could identify criminals with the naked eye, that didn't mean they could see through walls or buildings. If the players hid somewhere deserted, they might not be found for a while. But that also meant they couldn't wander around the city. The moment they came out, the whole city might hunt them down. They could forget about clearing the dungeon; they wouldn't even be able to sneak around looking for items.
Well, from the looks of it, some of the players still didn't know this was a newly formed dungeon.
The three players who had escaped kept causing trouble from time to time. By noon, the number of criminals in the city had risen to five. Apparently, two outsiders had taken advantage of everyone chasing the criminals to sneak into a jewelry store and steal from it. The shopkeeper had broken one of their arms.
That sounded pretty interesting. A player could have his hand broken by an NPC in a fairy-tale dungeon who was barely stronger than an ordinary person.
In half a day, Xu Huo had already visited the busier streets in Gemstone City. When he