381, Big Shot Lin Da?

The chilly morning sun spread across the streets, dappled by pudgy stone paths marred with puddles and household trash, while bustling voices spilled out from the shops on either side.

In any city's poor district, the adventurers shared common traits, boisterous as if everything they did involved shouting at each other.

The area swarmed with the highest number of Beastmen, where brawling was the norm, and one could even spot adventurers draped in black robes, stealthily selling Dream Herb in cramped alleys.

This once familiar yet strange scene unfolded one after another before Lin Da, who seemed lost in thought, lightening his steps.

Gradually, a blue, aged domed building appeared ahead, the place where Lin Da once had a part-time job, at the branch of the city's public library.