Global Upheaval Came Abruptly and All at Once – Part 02

Hikaru exhaled and steadied himself.

“It’s you!”

There were already two people there.

“Silver Face?”

Both similar in build, short but solidly built, they were Man Gnomes, a race that lived three times as long as humans.

Hikaru recognized them both. Unken and Raiga.

Unken, the guildmaster of the Adventurers’ Guild in Pond, a satellite town of the Ponsonia’s royal capital. And Raiga, a member of Distant Girdle, the military force of the Man Gnome village, permitted to operate outside the settlement.

“What are you two doing here?” Hikaru asked. “Actually, Raiga makes sense.”

Lavia, Paula, and the four members of the Four Eastern Stars stepped out of the Black Wedge Gate.

“Silver Face, why are you traveling with the Four Eastern Stars?”

“Hey, Silver Face. What’s going on here? Why did you use the tally to bring outsiders into this place? More importantly, why do you even have