Day broke.
A gentle breeze swept through White Stone City, and Richard heard the gate's "bang, bang, bang." It didn't sound like the wind's doing but rather someone knocking.
Richard raised an eyebrow, stepped outside, and opened the gate, only to see a muscular man standing there.
Richard recognized him. Previously, when he had commissioned Baki to handle the Gutas corpse, Baki had brought this man with him.
If he remembered correctly, the visitor was a member of the "Steel Brotherhood" to which Baki belonged.
Initially, Richard had thought the Steel Brotherhood was just a small gang in White Stone City, but upon closer inspection, he realized the organization was extraordinary.
The Steel Brotherhood couldn't be compared to the White Stone Tower Wizard Association, but in the world of ordinary people without extraordinary powers, it had entrenched itself for decades, extending its tendrils into various industries across White Stone City, indeed a behemoth.
