177 Chapter 177 - Encounter

Being threatened, Pluk had no choice but to temporarily close the hotel Black Dove in the middle of the day and guide the sentinel Pest to the Hearthstone Tavern.

The moment Pest entered the street, she placed her hood back on. She was not afraid of the sun. It’s just that the sentinel’s hood had the ability to conceal their auras.

Even though Pest was not fond of humans, she never dared to look down upon humans…

Guided by Pluk, Pest left Squirrel Street. She had thought that the Chaos Demon would be living in the Industrial Region settled by the dwarves or in other fringe areas like Squirrel Street.

But, the direction Pluk was walking toward was Norland’s city center. The street was already filled with all kinds of human merchants and mages…

Pluk nodded his head to express his answer.

“You’d best not try to deceive me at a time like this.”

The moment they entered the commercial district, the sentinel lady became even more skeptical of Pluk.

According to her perception, she was able to tell that the amount of mages on this street was abnormally great. Moreover, the majority of those mages were not new graduates from magic academies.

If it wasn’t for the fact that Pest did not feel any hostility from those mages, she might’ve taken out her weapon and prepared herself for a battle already.

“We’re here.”

Pluk led Pest to the Hearthstone Tavern’s entrance. Pluk had never been to this place before. But, he knew the business district Joshua mentioned in his letter.

Once a person arrived at the business district, they would be able to notice a tavern called ‘Hearthstone’ in no time.

“Are you certain?”

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Pest surveyed the tavern’s surroundings. It was only after arriving at the tavern that she noticed the mages strolling around the business district were all here for the tavern.

Because of that, Messai felt Cheryl’s return to be somewhat fishy. But, she’s only a templar and was unqualified to inquire about the behaviors of an ‘inquisitor.’

Cheryl’s talent in Hearthstone was much greater than Messai. Even her luck was much better than Messai’s. Many times during their match, Messai had thought her Lord was standing by that inquisitor’s side.

In the end, their match ended up Cheryl using a deck given to her by a mage out of friendship and defeating Messai with 1 health remaining.

Right after their match ended, before Messai could inquire Cheryl why she returned to Norland, her ‘third eye’ detected an uncomfortable aura.

Scarlet thick blood. The special perception granted to Messai by the heavens allowed her to smell a stifling reeking of blood.

Messai had only once ‘smelled’ this sort of reeking of blood before. It was from an evil homicidal maniac.

None of the mages in the tavern detected that reeking of blood. Not even Cheryl detected it. Cheryl was busy with opening the card packs she won from Messai.

Messai stood up from her seat. Through the perception she received from her ‘third eye,’ she looked to the entrance.

The excellent templar’s eyes immediately locked onto Pest standing at the entrance. When Messai’s eyes faced that pair of scarlet eyes, she recognized the identity of the person she was looking at.

Vampire! They were a wicked race that associated themselves with the demons! But, different from the tyrannical demons, the vampires were vicious existences that considered humans as ‘food.’

Recently, more and more strange races were appearing in the Hearthstone Tavern. Albeit, the majority of them do not hold any malice toward humans.

But, Messai felt clear hostility from that vampire…