First of all, one thing was certain: Kishirika was in Rikarisu Town.
The Armored Dragon King-Perugius-had said so himself.
The old man liked speaking in riddles and shrouding everything in mystery.
But as a revered hero of this world, an Armored Dragon King who had lived for over four hundred years, his words ought to carry some credibility.
-At least on this matter.
Now that Cui Ciyou had confirmed the area where his target was, his next task was gathering information.
Though Rikarisu Town was called a "town," it was no smaller than some small and medium-sized cities from his previous life.
Buildings overlapped in layers inside the crater, spreading from the foot of the mountain halfway up its slopes, with crisscrossing streets and densely packed houses.
By a rough estimate, its permanent population exceeded a hundred thousand. Add traveling merchants, adventurers, and other visitors, and the actual number might be even higher.
Finding one person in a place like this was no easier than finding a needle in a haystack.
Fortunately, Cui Ciyou knew how to look.
Besides posting a request at the Adventurers' Guild and asking tavern keepers and innkeepers, there was another way to gather information.
Find a professional information broker.
And the most famous information broker in Rikarisu Town was a man with a horse's head.
According to the original story, his name was Nokopara, and he had been Roxy's teammate back when she adventured on the Demon Continent.
Cui Ciyou still remembered his characterization in the novel: Nokopara was a horse-headed member of the Demonfolk, a slick character skilled at gathering and selling all kinds of information.
Still, during the time Cui Ciyou had spent on the Demon Continent after the Displacement Incident, he had never crossed paths with this fellow.
-The world was vast;