Joseph got excited hearing the conversation.
His companion also looked delighted.
They looked at each other and was looking forward to the conversation.
They didn’t stand up and walk over. Instead, they continued pretending to talk to each other but their attention was fully on the burly man.
The people around the burly man looked at him curiously after hearing what he said.
The drunk burly man seemed extremely pleased being the centre of attention.
One person asked, “How do you know?”
The question made the burly man even more elated. His face flushed and he was euphoric.
“You guys don’t know, because you guys don’t have many connections. But I do… Because my best bud works in the palace as a guard, and…”
He paused and then he smiled as he said, “He was on duty that night the Beast Fighting Cage was opened. He entered the cage as well.”
Amazing.
Everyone around him exclaimed.
But no one else in the tavern noticed as it was noisy in the tavern.
But Joseph and his companion who were concentrating on the conversation heard everything.
“Quick, quick, tell us what happened.”
The burly man chugged another beer upon hearing the question and started to tell the story slowly.
“Well, the guy from inner territory is apparently very talented. Do you guys know about Wolf House? It’s the Hun’s top training institute. Everyone from the institute will be the pillar of the Hun’s country’s future! And that guy is training in the Wolf House!”
“What?”
Everyone took a deep breath and their expression changed.
The Hun had a large territory. The people from smaller villages might not know much about Wolf House, but aboriginal people living in the city had to hear about it before.
“What? A guy from inner territory can enter the Wolf House?”
“The Wolf House is very strict with its admission requirement and the king chooses them himself. A guy from inner territory will be barred entry from the very start, no?”
“If you’re not lying, then this guy from inner territory must be extremely talented. Otherwise, the king wouldn’t have let him in!”
The people around the burly men were suspicious of him.
The burly man didn’t mind, he continued talking.
"Well, yes. He is indeed extremely talented! The king opened the Beast Fighting Cage for him. My bud said that the princess even begged the king not to make the person fight the beast. But in the end, the person went into the cage and battled the beast. And he even won the fight!”
What he said shocked everyone around him.
“No way! The king wouldn’t normally open the cage. If he did so and the person walked out alive, he had to be impatient to announce this to the whole world. A person who walked out alive from the Beast Fighting Cage was someone to be respected and fear by the Hun!”
Someone retorted.
The burly man waved his hand, “You guys are naive. This issue was covered up by the king himself. Don’t you guys think that it is harder to leave and enter the city recently? From what my buddy told me, something huge would happen 3 days later at Royal city!”
“What will happen?”
Everyone’s eyes were wide open.
The burly man shook his head, “I don’t know. The king will be the one giving out the orders. Before that, everything will be kept secret. My best bud and I were the only few who even knew a bit about this.”
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