Artifact?

"Huh? Is there something for me in it?" The thug asked.

"Of course," Souta said as he threw a piece of gold coin in the air.

The thug stretched out his hand and caught the piece of gold coin. Opening his palm, he observed the coin in his hand.

"Oh, go on. You can tell me what you want to know." The thug said as he put the gold coin in his pocket.

"Do you know something about the recent incident regarding the people that died because of their own bite?" Souta asked.

The thug opened his eyes widely before he looked left and right, trying to find out if there were people around him.

After finding that there was no one around him, he breathed a sigh of relief. He narrowed his eyes and looked at Souta.

"You're not from this place, right?" He asked.

"What makes you think so?" Souta raised his eyebrows at the reaction of the thug.