The duo stepped onto the bustling roar of the evening street, but the chaotic noise died down almost immediately in their direct vicinity.
The crowd damn near scrambled toward the edges of the cobbled street as if an invisible plow were clearing a path through snow.
Seasoned adventurers, merchants, and city guards alike almost pressed their backs against the building to give the "Dragon Knight" a wide berth while whispering behind their backs.
"Look at the size of that dragon… and that sword..." a D-Rank warrior muttered to his companion while staring at the massive slab of steel resting on Nom-Nom's back. "Wait a minute... is that Luger's?"
"So it is true..." a passing merchant whispered, wide-eyed. "There really is a Greater Dragon in the city... She will be such a boon against this year's Night of the Red Moon."
Nico ignored the awed whispers and the wary glances as he walked in the wake of those whispers with his hands buried in his pockets.
