362 A New Danger 2 (1/2)
”Dammit! Why! Why can't we go?”
Voices coming from everywhere immediately became quiet. People then turned to a man who blurted something out and another man who was drinking with him became embarrassed and frantically replied.
”Gosh, come on! You know why yourself!”
The man, Doren, spoke to his friend Boyd and Boyd shook his head with the beer running down on his tubby mustache.
”I know! I know! But it's still frustrating. You know this deal is worth a fortune! WHY NOW? Dammit!”
Boyd blurted out again and took a big gulp of beer.
”Why NOW!”
”It's all fine now. Why are we being blocked anyway?”
”What if the Gate disappears?”
”Shit, don't even say something like that. It's getting bigger. I'm sure it won't disappear anytime soon.”
”Who knows?”
Other merchants on the other tables started ranting about the ongoing situation.
”Well, I'm sure the government knows what they're doing. What if you can't come back after you go over?”
”Yeah, I suppose so. I wouldn't want that.”
The atmosphere began to fall down. The merchants were all disappointed by ongoing situation, but there was nothing they could do. It was wiser to follow the laws to keep themselves safe from the unstable Gate.
”But there's still someone going over and back!”
Of course, the Gate did seem to be working well for the time being, but only officials from the Empire were allowed in. They were doing their best to handle the situation.
Merchants sat down in the pub and drank away their time, and it was the middle of these times when the alarm went off.
[Effective immediately, all merchants are allowed to use the Gate! You must follow the…]
”YAY!”
”FINALLY!”
”It's on! Let's go!”
Merchants shouted gladly and began to rise up from their seats. They immediately began to leave the pub and employees of the pub smiled as they were also glad that their customers were not going to be in a gloomy mood anymore.
”Oh, there goes our tip.”
”They'll be back soon.”
”Yeah.”
Then...