According to what Tal said, they became temporary teammates only after accepting a mission at Bloodcast Fortress.
It also made him think of that recruitment team heading to Salt Rock Port they encountered on the way.
"So it seems, none of you are locals from Anlun Province?"
"I didn't expect you to figure that out, sir," Tal said with a grin, both praising and explaining, "I originally lived at the border of Pan Yun Province and Anlun Province, doing some unsavory work with no future."
"A while ago, I heard from other adventurers in the tavern that there were better earning jobs here, so I came to see if there were any opportunities."
Though now they looked somewhat miserable, being legitimate professionals, their sources of information were far more extensive than those low-level adventurers in Salt Rock Port who only knew about things due to a recruitment order.
They probably learned about Bloodcast Fortress recruiting adventurers through other peers much earlier.
