Huo Yuhao swept his gaze around the town. Most of the houses were old, and there were no shops or pedestrians.
It was already night. The windows of the town's houses were pitch-black, as though no one lived there. Only the windows of one tavern glowed with candlelight.
Huo Yuhao approached the tavern entrance. A scream came from inside, and a faint smell of blood hung in the air. A waiter dragged a corpse out of the tavern and threw it onto the road outside.
Huo Yuhao took advantage of the moment the waiter opened the door to slip inside.
The tavern had no lavish decorations, only wooden tables and chairs. A waiter stood behind the counter, and twelve patrons sat inside, each wearing a vicious expression. Bloodstains from the man who had just been dragged away still marked the floor.
Huo Yuhao knew that everyone here had lives on their hands. They had the air of desperate outlaws.
Huo Yuhao was invisible now, and no one noticed him, so he found an empty corner and stood there.
"Yuhao, there's something strange beneath that counter," Elder Yi said from the Sea of Consciousness.
Huo Yuhao nodded at his words, then checked the time. The bright moon hung high, and it was already late at night. He planned to investigate beneath the counter when the tavern closed or the waiter changed shifts.
Yet as time passed, the tavern neither closed nor changed shifts, making Huo Yuhao find it increasingly strange.
The moon had already set, and it was now early morning. Huo Yuhao had waited in the corner all night, but the waiter was still behind the counter.
Waiting through the night had not made Huo Yuhao impatient. Having undergone Ultimate Soldier training, she was already well accustomed to waiting for