The current time in the dungeon world was the summer of 1182.
A full century had passed since the date left on the slip of paper.
Together with the description "my army, Burning Dawn," that meant the writer could only have been the First Burning Marquis and Dawn Archduke.
A crown that the First Burning Marquis and Dawn Archduke had searched for was naturally no ordinary item.
And, as it happened, the Wolfskin Book had also mentioned a crown.
Even more coincidentally, all his competitors had left the vicinity of the Supreme Road.
Especially Ji, who should have started in Golden City but had never shown himself!
Qin Ran did not believe Ji would leave Golden City, where a whole chain of quests was bound to affect the title he ultimately obtained, unless something particularly urgent had come up.
Unless he could obtain the unique title directly there.
Or perhaps...
There was something there more important than obtaining the unique title.
"The crown?"
Qin Ran murmured to himself.
Clearing away some of the confusion was naturally cause for delight.
But some questions had not truly been resolved.
For example, the arrangements the Broker's pawn had made along the Supreme Road.
In Qin Ran's view, they should have formed an inescapable death trap.
Instead, they had started strong only to end with a whimper.
Qin Ran did not believe his opponent would be careless to such an extent.
The only explanation was that an unforeseen change had occurred in his opponent's preparations, affecting the entire plan.
Then...
"Did something happen?"
As Qin Ran pondered, he raised his head and looked at Lusek, who was waiting nearby.
"What is it, Lusek?"
Qin Ran asked.
"My lord, we need to speed up our preparations. Dawn City must already know everything that happened here,