The next morning, someone discovered that the slave trader had drowned in his own urine in the back alley of the tavern.
John, acting temporarily as the chief of public security, came over to inspect and firmly stated, "Drunken to death. He fell over while urinating, his nose and mouth landing squarely in the puddle; he suffocated. Does anybody know him? Does anyone recognize him? No one? Then drag him away. An anonymous drunken corpse, if unclaimed for seven days, shall be burned."
Silver coin and Anthony continually collected purchasing information from the Sorcerer Alliance, deducing many crucial pieces of intel, but that was all they could do. They were powerless to act further.
The landing sites selected by the Sorcerer's Ladder were strategically chosen for their defensibility, such as Northern Wind City. The Northern Wind Mountain Range spanned the southeast, with the territory being entirely desert except for a single main city.