Aidan Plain, Plas City-State.
After several months of turmoil, Plas City-State had finally managed to get back on track.
Especially after Lin Hao had pressed Yin Saide, Yun Er, Wang Zhen, and Liu Chao into service.
With four Grand Knights stationed there, constantly clearing out the surrounding bandits, the trade routes in the area had reopened.
Normally, with other routes available, even after the roads reopened, merchant traffic would only gradually recover to its former level.
Besides, only an ordinary hero was stationed in Plas City-State now, and that hero liked running all over the place.
Lately, he had spent more time away than in the city-state.
On top of that, word of the reprimand delivered by the Blood Armor Arbiter of the Theocracy Inquisition had spread widely, further damaging Plas City-State's reputation.
After that series of upheavals, even with order restored, it would be difficult to regain its former prosperity. It had become just another ordinary free city-state in the area.
Conversely, the nearby Rafael City-State, Schuster City-State, and Oak Harbor had picked up some of the benefits flowing out of Plas City-State.
The decline of one city would not stop the world from turning. Others would soon fill the gap.
But all of that underwent a complete reversal with the Dwarf Kingdom's public announcement-
Clop, clop, clop~
As a carriage entered Plas City-State, some curious onlookers nearby recognized the family crest on it.
"That's the Garrison Family crest from Schuster City-State. Viscount Wyatt Garrison recently entered the Hero Domain and fought a bloody battle against a great thief."
"Ah, I heard about that too. It was Karen the Tongsue, one of the Thirteen Great Thieves. Several of the Thirteen Great Thieves have turned up nearby lately."
"I heard they clashed with the Theocracy Inquisition. Both sides suffered losses."