Ward City by the sea was touched by a warm ocean breeze that carried a hint of dampness.
During the time Li Si had spent crossing the Corea Hills, winter in the Dillon Kingdom had nearly passed. Ward City was located by the sea, so its temperature was naturally somewhat higher than that of the Corea Hills.
Most of the snow in the city had begun to melt beneath the warm sunlight, leaving everything feeling damp.
Apart from Ward City's main roads, which were paved with bluestone slabs, all the other roads were dirt paths. They had been churned into mud by wagons, and passersby no longer bothered avoiding it. Their shoes were already dirty anyway.
Ward City stood at the northeastern corner of the Fanor Continent, bordering the Loya Sea. To the east lay the endless ocean, while to the south was the Pearl Sea.
Duke Ward had built Ward City and its port here because this was a rare ice-free harbor, something of tremendous importance to the Dillon Kingdom, where the climate was cold for half the year.
Li Si walked along Ward City's main street toward the Mercenary Guild.
There were quite a few pedestrians on the streets. Aside from workers from large merchant caravans and traveling merchants, there were also many people dressed as mercenaries.
That was because quite a few merchant caravans had hired mercenaries to travel across half the Dillon Kingdom to reach this place, and those mercenaries had not left after arriving.
After all, it was not easy to make the trip here. As an emerging region of the Dillon Kingdom, Ward City offered plenty of opportunities for these mercenaries.
The most common mercenary commissions were for guarding merchant ships.
Merchant ships departing from Ward City generally sailed to ports in the Bertich