Nolan.
Joshua came to the branch of Hearthstone Tavern along the commercial street near the Whitebud Theater.
The decoration of this brand-new Hearthstone Tavern still highlights the style of "tavern", and the original orange-yellow spar lamps always give people a warm feeling at night.
If Nolan ushered in winter, there is nothing more wonderful than going into the pub and ordering a hot ale when it is snowing.
The most common customers in Hearthstone Tavern are dwarves. According to the incomplete statistics of Mrs. Malina, dwarves account for one-third of the number of Hearthstone players. Much more lavish.
The main customers in this new tavern are also a group of dwarves, because there are many dwarven blacksmiths in the high street.
Some of the dwarves apparently came over to play a game or two during the break from the blacksmithing. They didn't even wash the cinders and iron ash from their bodies, and their faces looked dusty and beggars.
This also makes the entire Hearthstone Tavern look like a "high-end" place no matter what.
But Joshua liked the warm atmosphere and walked straight to the bar of this new tavern.
"Do you need anything? Wait... how did you get here?"
The attendant of the tavern is also a not too familiar acquaintance of Joshua, that is, one of the betrayers from the Inquisition of Heresy, Sister Cheryl Sktan.
At the same time, she has another unknown identity in Nolan, that is, the author of the novel "Diary of a Heretic Inquisitor" that ranks first in the Fudo Library.
"This store is owned by me, why can't I come."
Joshua leaned against the bar and looked at the nun who was in the "part-time job" state.
If you think about it carefully, the name of this nun is somewhat similar to that of a king of a kingdom of frost.
"Uh... um..."
When she remembered Joshua's true identity, she was a little speechless, and she didn't know what to say for a while.
"Don't I give you a payment every month?" Joshua asked the nun for a glass of ale, then looked at her and asked, "Why are you looking for this job? To experience life?"
"I want to move out of the magic tower and live somewhere else." The nun wiped the cup at hand with a rag, then said to Joshua, "My friend Denisa seems to like a manor in the center of Nolan, and I heard that the manor is on sale."
"The estate in the center of Nolan..."
Although Joshua didn't know much about the prices of real estate in this city, just from this series of keywords, Joshua understood how expensive she was going to buy.
"Which one do you want to buy, I don't know how many years you need to save to work here to earn enough." Joshua said.
"Five years to be exact, if you're so generous every month, I've saved up for five years, and now I work just to eat every day," she said.
Joshua remembered... If you work at Hearthstone Tavern, you can eat free "working meals" every day, which seems to be very luxurious, for a commoner.
"Cheryl, you just need to wait for a while, I have a chance to make a lot of money for you." Joshua said.
"I won't accept the assassination mission." The nun righteously rejected the demon's bewitchment. "I've quit this line of work!"
"It's not an assassination mission, I'm referring to you as an author. Someone is going to buy the book you wrote, and he may visit Nolan in a month."
"Buy... my book?"
Cheryl doesn't quite understand why anyone would want to buy her diary.
"Don't worry, I'll talk to you in detail then," Joshua said.
Looking at the strange smile on Joshua's face, Cheryl always felt that this demon was thinking about something strange, but over the past few months, Joshua had proved to Cheryl that he was far more than a heretic. The Tribunal is much more trustworthy.
As long as Cheryl guarantees the update of "The Inquisitor's Diary" every day, Joshua will give her a large "remuneration" every month, which makes the original inquisitor who only knows how to "kill" live in Nolan a normal life.
When she escaped from the Heresy Tribunal, she had already prepared to live a poor life of eating dirt every day. Fortunately, with the help of Joshua, she at least didn't need to worry about food every day.
The nun's thoughts were quickly interrupted by a sudden noise in the Hearthstone Tavern.
This is not the dwarf shouting that can be heard everywhere in the tavern!
Joshua's attention was also attracted to the past. When Joshua's eyes turned to the position where the sound came from, he saw a very...a sense of sight.
"Jonesy! This is the third time you've skipped Mrs. China's inscription class and came to this tavern! Come back with me!"
"Wait a minute mom! I'll win right away!!"
An older woman was constantly pulling the arm of a boy who looked only thirteen or fourteen years old. The boy was engaged in a Hearthstone showdown. It was a pity that he had not had time to finish the game. Her mother had already found her.
"Win? I only know how to play this every day! Why haven't I seen you beat that kid from Katana's house in the Magic Defense class! If you don't want to get hit on the butt with a staff again, just get out of here!"
"But mother! Katana can't beat me at Hearthstone!" the teenager shouted with the last glimmer of hope.
But the sentence angered the older woman instead.
"Your words are heard by the Katana family, and they will only be regarded as a laughing stock! Don't be ashamed here! Come back with me!"
The stalemate between the two sides lasted for a long time. Seeing that the noise was getting bigger and bigger, Cheryl seemed to be ready to mediate.
Joshua waved his hand and said he didn't care.
"We can't take care of other people's affairs, as long as she follows the rules of the pub." Joshua remembered that there seemed to be no "parents are not allowed to bring home teenagers who skip class" in the rules of the pub.
But Joshua felt that it seemed that a "minors are not allowed to enter" should be added to the rules of the tavern
"Does this happen often?"
When Joshua said these words, the boy's mother had already taken him out of the tavern, and this scene caused the surrounding dwarves to let out... laughter that can be described as heroic.
"This time is the fourth time."
The nun seems to have been a servant here for a long time.
"This also led to the fact that in the eyes of some nobles who visited Nolan, the game Hearthstone was an unpopular activity."
Her eyes glanced at the scene in the tavern behind Joshua.
The decoration in the Hearthstone Tavern is indeed very simple, even a little shabby.
The tavern itself is a dirty and chaotic place in the eyes of some nobles, and even Hearthstone itself is welcomed by casters of all classes in Nolan.
But the decoration of Hearthstone Tavern and those dwarves who love to shout have become the most difficult hurdle for those nobles in high positions to enter the pit.
"Is it?"
Qiao Xiu didn't mind that the people who played Hearthstone only stayed in that group. As long as the game was interesting, there would always be new people joining in.
It's just that Joshua doesn't want Hearthstone to be regarded as a "game that only inferior people can play" in the world in the future.
As a player, Joshua lived through that time on Earth.
That was the age when gamers were despised by anyone, and in this world Joshua didn't want that to happen.
After a month, Nolan's portal will open again, and noble merchants from all over the world will visit here.
"Maybe I should hold a game." Joshua said softly.
"Contest?"
"Have a Hearthstone match within Nolan's confines."
Qiao Xiu believes that this is the most direct method, that is, to tell everyone that a good gamer can also win the world-renowned glory!
"So it seems that we need to start rushing work this month. There is nothing to watch for just two versions." Qiao Xiu said.
"Are you going to release a new pack again? Or... an adventure?"
The nun carefully covered her purse and looked at the demon who was sighing in front of her.
"Don't worry, I'll give you a discount then," Joshua said.