The two of them moved along the red-grey rock wall, crushing gravel and leaving a trail of rustling footsteps behind them.
Gu Baizhino said: "The last time I saw him was seven years ago. He and I moved around several times, and finally went to a small adventure group called NS. After that, we never heard from each other again. The last thing I heard about him was that he seemed to be the team leader."
Fang Plover knew that although Aitalia had a crystal communicator, the communication distance was limited. The connection between people is generally through the community. As long as you have an ID in the community, you can contact each other through communication between the two worlds.
So he asked: "Don't you have each other's community ID?"
"He didn't use the identity of Aitaria in the community before. After that, he may have changed a community ID. I didn't expect that he would use his real name. I also changed my communicator several times. Those I’m afraid not many people who I met earlier still remember me now.”
Speaking of this, he couldn't help but glance at Fang Yu. His identity was unexpectedly recognized by a strange young man he had never met before. He was both surprised and comforted. Although he might have been forgotten by most people, there were still people who recognized him.
This may be the only reason why he still stays in this place. He found that his dream for the Chosen One was not completely extinguished, at least there was still a glimmer of hope.
But this expectation did not prompt him to make many changes because it was too late.
After all, he is no longer young——
Fang Yu lowered his head and was thinking about other things.
In fact, people with the same name can have the same name in the community. The real way to distinguish their identities is the numeric number of the Glow Communicator. However, once the communicator is damaged or lost, the newly applied identity will not inherit the previous information.
Unless it is added manually, the situation mentioned by Gubaizhino may also happen. After losing a common goal, people who were originally acquaintances gradually drifted apart, each looking for his own way out.
Day after day, until we forget each other in the world.
He couldn't help but sigh.
During the battle at Pegasus Bridge, there was a flash of genius and unyielding passion, which left a deep impression on his young mind. But ten years have passed, and the original protagonists are now competing with each other, as if they are strangers to each other, passing each other and not knowing each other.
Fang Yu looked at Gubai Zhiye. The latter, who was nearly thirty years old, was actually not that old, but in Aitalia, this was already the last scene of the Chosen One. KUN, who was at the same time as him and even younger than him, is now semi-retired.
It was only ten years, which was only enough for him to grow from a child to a teenager, but for a super-competitive selector, it was already a long life cycle.
But what will he look like ten years from now?
Will he stand at the top of the world like KUN?
Still walking with another boy whom I didn't know, looking back on the walk like this, my memory is filled with colors like yellowed pieces of paper. The wonderful past is like the words existing in a strange book.
Fang Yu suddenly found that there was no confusion in his heart. Just as the big cat man said, when he came here, everything went straight to his heart. Success or failure, that was only the final result, but he believed that he would not make a regrettable decision.
That is his most basic confidence.
Gu Baizhino continued: "I heard you mention R, and I recalled this incident. He was the youngest member among us at the time. But his talent was very outstanding, I once thought-"
He suddenly closed his mouth, as if recalling the past, and frowned slightly.
Fang Yu couldn't help but recall the battle ten years ago. Indeed, among the little-known team, apart from Gubai Zhiye, only the boy with the ID name R left him the most profound impression. impression.
His level is the lowest among the team, but his performance is the best, even far better than the lonely white field in front of him at the moment. Gu Bai Zhi Ye was remarkable in that battle, but his final hesitation destroyed all possibilities. In fact, the only person he was most sorry for was R.
But R told him in a private message on the community that he could understand the other party's choice. Although it was that choice that determined the future paths of the two, it seemed like a completely different dividing line.
Let them stand at both ends of the turning point, with darkness on one side separating them from the most dazzling starry sky.
Gubaizhino paused for a moment before continuing to answer: "I met R by chance. I saw him posting in the community. It happened that we needed a combat craftsman in our team at that time. M had just been disbanded. Soon, our team was just the fantasy of a group of like-minded teenagers. We had no funds and no reputation. It was not easy to get the favor of a combat craftsman, so I sent a letter asking him if he was willing to join, only to learn that he was not the chosen one. Summoner——"
Fang Plover raised his head.
This scene seemed familiar, almost identical to his encounter with R. I don't know if it was an accident of history, or the other party did it intentionally, or maybe it was out of recollection of the past that this chance coincidence happened to me.
Gu Baizhino continued: "After several exchanges, I found that R is a real genius, at least a theoretical genius. Therefore, I used some old connections that still existed in the original guild to help him get a selector. Identity - of course at that time, the rules of the Super Competitive League were not as complete as they are now, and the identity of a legal selector was not as valuable as it is today."
Fang Yu opened his mouth slightly, and then he realized that there is such a relationship between Gubai Zhiye and R. If it were placed today, it would be almost equivalent to the grace of reinvention among the chosen ones.
And even at that time, it was very rare.
But the facts proved that Gubai Zhiye's vision was not wrong. Without that boy, their team would not have been able to go as far as it did later.
But everything has become a loss. Fang Yu looked at Gubai Zhiye and suddenly understood what the other party had not said. He never contacted anyone else before, presumably out of guilt for his companions. The so-called change of community ID was actually just an excuse.
"I remember that R is a combat craftsman." Fang Plover said. He had watched almost every match of the opponent, and of course he understood the composition of that team.
Gu Baizhiye nodded. "He is a genius. I have always thought that he should have achieved more than KUN. I have never seen a combat craftsman with such talent, and he never knows what giving up means. Our team should have been the number one starting point for him. step."
"But no, where exactly did he go?" Fang Yu couldn't help but ask again.
Gu Bai Zhi Ye still shook his head.
He suddenly stopped and took out something from his arms and handed it to Fang Pliance: "This thing was sent to me before he left for that adventure group seven years ago. It was a souvenir of his new era. I gave it to him as a souvenir. A dagger from the trainee days. I thought he returned this thing to me to express his dissatisfaction with the battle at Pegasus Bridge, but today I understand what he meant."
Fang Yu looked at the rusty dagger, which was engraved with the seal of the seven stars of Star Gate Port and a line of small words:
.M, Solitary White Wilderness.
Both the former and the latter seem to be a piece of forgotten history.
He looked at the other party with some confusion, wondering why Gubai Zhino gave the dagger to him. Although he was nominally half of R's student, the latter had never admitted it.
What's more, he and Gubai Zhiye only met once. As for those feelings of admiration, they were already a story in the past. They just met for the first time today.
But Gubai Zhiye had no intention of taking back the dagger, but slowly told another story.
He raised his head and asked: "You must be curious about what happened between the Rain Listener and the Blood Oath, right?"
Fang Plover nodded.
In fact, he couldn't be called curious, but since he was involved in it, he naturally wanted to understand the cause and effect.
"Actually, I have more or less guessed something about the Rain Listener myself," Gubaizhino replied: "As early as half a year ago, there were signs of division within the club. At that time, a group of people from the club's senior management left. , this matter once caused an uproar within the Rainlisteners Guild in Aitaria."
"But something else happened after that, which diverted everyone's attention, and that is the thing that the Blood Oath is looking for now. It is actually an incomplete map-"
"Incomplete map?" Fang Plover asked, and another term came to mind sharply.
Obelisk.
If he remembered correctly, Tianlan once told him that there was also an incomplete map on the obelisk under the abyss. Could it be the same picture? If so, wouldn't it be connected with Brother Attila's adventure group?
He frowned slightly,
But I heard Gu Baizhiye continue to say: "Yes, a map is contained in a black box. I saw it two months ago, so I am sure. It was transported from the south of the kingdom. Before I So I know this because the brigade was the escort of this box at that time——"
"Escort? Is this a task assigned by your guild?"
Gu Bai Zhi Ye shook his head: "I'm sure that's not something from our guild, because I've seen the client. They seem to be Istanians. Do you know which desert people? Some of them are said to be Descendants of dragon slayers.”
There was a vague feeling in Fang Yu's heart that the fragments and clues were connected by invisible threads. The changes in the Kaolin-Ithurian Kingdom in the past six months, from the Changxia War, the changes in the Great Guild, to his time in Doli What happened to Fen - the same chain of events was behind it.
Of course, this was just his guess, and he had to confirm that the map was the one on the obelisk. The adventure group that Miss Etila's brother participated in went to the abyssal sea near Gula. It can be determined that it is in the northern area of the Sea of Clouds and is not in the same place as the Silver Sands of Istaria. in the same direction.
He remained silent and listened to Gu Bai Zhi Ye continue to speak. The latter seemed unwilling to talk more about the map, and only said: "When we were escorting this box, we had a conflict with the Blood Alliance. But at that time, I thought that the other party just accepted a mission opposite to ours, so there was no Think about it, after all, the guilds in Aitalia always cooperate and compete, especially between regions, so conflicts are normal - "
"But no one thought that the other party's purpose was not that. They really came for that map. So after that, the conflict between the Rain Listeners and the Blood Oath intensified, even to the edge of triggering a war."
"But how can a mere escort mission be worth it? Generally speaking, in such a situation, the senior management of the club or guild should initiate negotiations, but what everyone did not expect was that this time the attitude of the senior management was extremely firm. Others also expressed their opinions on this. There were no doubts, but they were all suppressed by the club."
"The voice of the club actually represents the voice of the shareholders and investors behind it. Since they are willing to accept losses, the guild naturally has nothing to say. But no one expected that something like this would happen after that -"
Fang Plover discovered.
When Gubai Zhiye describes these things, he does not have much sense of involvement, as if he is always standing as a bystander. It's obvious that either the club's performance left him disappointed, or he didn't have much sense of belonging to the Rain Listeners from the beginning.
But who isn’t?
Perhaps the only place in his heart that should belong is just called VEM, a name that only exists in history.
Fang Yu understood that what the other party said were the secrets of Listening to the Rain.
Although it is still a question whether this guild is still necessary to exist -
However, he knew that these words were obviously due to the benefit of their vice-president Grant. The professional ethics of these older generation electors was commendable, even if they did not have much sense of belonging to a guild.
But it won't betray the guild's secrets.
Except, of course, for a few scum among them.
"That is to say," Fang Pliance then asked, "Actually, your vice president doesn't know where the top leaders of the guild have gone?"
Gu Baizhiye shook his head: "Listening to the Rain has several vice-presidents. Grant is in charge of training new members. Although important, he was not the core in the guild originally. The real core people have long since disappeared."
"Then what are you doing here? He brought three training camps and members of your brigade to this place. There must be a purpose?"
Gubaizhiye was silent for a moment.
Then he slowly replied: "He didn't say it clearly, but I can understand his thoughts. The so-called president asking him to come to this place is just an excuse. His real purpose is just to get the name Listen to the Rain. It’s just that it can survive.”
Fang Yu was stunned for a moment.
How can a guild continue to exist when its top management has disappeared? The best outcome is that it will be dismantled by the Super Competitive Alliance. After dealing with the negative assets, the remaining valuable parts will be sold to other successors.
As for that time, it was still a question without an answer as to whether it was Listener to the Rain or not, or even whether it was still called that name, and where its original members should go.
And the bad result——
It's nothing more than being annexed by other guilds.
Just like it is now.
"This idea is too naive. Even if the Super Competitive Alliance agrees," Fang Yu took a breath: "Don't you think there is no problem? Without the support of the club, you are just a free guild, but the Blood Alliance swears to give Is there room for you to gain a foothold?”
"It's not impossible, although it's very slim." Gu Baizheye replied.
Fang Yu looked at him curiously, waiting for his next words.
"The answer lies here, the Dragon Trial." The former said: "If the person he chooses can win the trial, we can ask Mageri to fulfill one of our requirements."
"Satisfy a requirement?" Fang Pliance asked: "Can your guild be resurrected from the dead? Even if it is a rich and powerful green dragon, it does not have the ability to intervene in the affairs of the selector? If it is Kaolin-Yi If the Xiulian Kingdom takes action, there might be some possibility.”
"Of course it's not that outrageous," Lonely White Wilderness shook his head: "There are many restrictions on meeting the requirements, but technically it can be done, and Rain Listeners can ask it to provide shelter. At least in Fenris , the protection of this green dragon is everything, even though it only lasts for one year——"
"But a lot of things can change in one year," Fang Plover took over his words: "I see. But it's still too ideal. Will the Blood Alliance give you this opportunity?"
Gu Bai Zhi Ye shrugged, that was not something he could decide.
Fang Yu looked at the dagger in his hand and asked, "Then this dagger is -?"
"I want you to do me a favor, Ed." Gubaizhiye said.
"Help you?"
But Gubaizhye shook his head.
"No, it's not the rain listener, it's me."
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