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In a city where outsiders constantly came and went, tracking down a single person was no easy task. If this had been his past life, Do-Jin could have relied on the Adventurers’ Guild for assistance. If that wasn’t an option, he could have gone straight to the lord and requested a deployment of soldiers. His reputation, built through countless monster hunts and quests, along with his status as a Rank 1 adventurer, would have ensured that his words carried weight.
But right now, he was nothing more than a Rank 10 adventurer. The guild wouldn’t take him seriously, and the lord’s guards would likely dismiss him outright. Running around yelling that a priest from the Cult of Ruin was lurking in the city wouldn’t accomplish anything. At best, he’d be ignored. At worst, he’d be accused of spreading baseless rumors and thrown into a cell beneath the lord’s manor.
If asking nicely wasn’t an option, then the solution was simple. He just had to find people who didn’t need explanations, people who would move if given the right incentive. Experience told him that certain kinds of individuals were much better at locating someone than any official channel.
With that in mind, Do-Jin made his way to the darkest corners of the slums, where the lowest of the low gathered. It was a place no one wanted to acknowledge, filled with criminals, beggars, and those who had fallen through the cracks.
Despite the morning light outside, the alleys here were dim, as if permanent twilight had settled over them. Scattered throughout the filth, figures...
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