"A small group of elites, even if it is a youth training group... You have really made a breakthrough this time. Classmate Ed, the Jefflite Red Team are destined to fight you to the death."
Sophie said while looking at this ancient underground city through the light page.
"Actually, nothing has changed, because I have always been fighting with them to the death." Fang Yu also looked at the deep darkness. After collapsing the bridge from the eleventh floor to the twelfth floor, he was not interested in staying to see Jiejie. What a loss for Fleet's redcoats, who led the team away from that place.
The team continued to go deeper, and there were scattered islands of ruins below, each one isolated on the abyss.
The fragments of the ancient city are connected by lonely iron chains, or a temporary arch bridge, which is not much different from the previous lonely bridge. It can be imagined that these should be the handiwork of Toragotos.
He looked at the darkness, and the darkness was reflected in his eyes, like a layer of diffuse fog, covering the monotonous buildings in this ruins.
"That's different."
"What's the difference?" Fang Yu turned around.
Sophie shook her head slightly, not knowing how to speak for a moment.
"Will it have any impact on you?" Fang Yu thought for a moment and asked.
"There will definitely be a little impact," Sophie replied: "The Jefflett Red Team probably thinks it was us who did it. I'm afraid the higher-ups of the guild will contact me soon, but I will report it truthfully." ——”
"That's natural." Fang Yu nodded and didn't think there was anything wrong with what the other party did.
Sophie glanced at him and warned: "Be careful, people from the Super Competitive Alliance might come looking for you after this."
"Super Competitive Alliance?" Fang Yu was stunned: "What are they looking for me for? What I did did not violate the "Stargate Declaration". The Super Competitive Alliance does not encourage conflicts between individuals and guilds. Is it healthy competition?”
"That's what the slogan says," Sophie looked at this guy helplessly, thinking that this guy is sometimes so smart, but why can't he figure it out on such a simple issue? She couldn't help but ask, "But do you really believe it?"
Fang Yu frowned, naturally hearing that there was something in the words of Her Royal Highness the Princess. He was not a fool. After experiencing so many things, he would still regard the other party as an angel of truth, goodness and beauty without any doubt.
Sophie sighed, looking at the lonely big boy, she suddenly couldn't bear it. Although it was not uncommon for individuals to fight against the Grand Guild in Aitalia, most of the consequences were already there from the beginning. Destined.
She actually knows some such things, but she is not a person who is overly sympathetic, and some of them bring themselves to blame - but this big boy in front of her is different. His deeds have long been well known in the community, Jeffrey The redcoat team is unreasonable in this matter.
But sometimes, reasoning doesn't seem so important.
Seeing the other person's still confused and ignorant look, she suddenly felt an impulse in her heart. She felt the same thing when something like this happened around her, and the sense of glory she gained from Silver Veslan also made her unable to remain indifferent.
She thought for a moment and suddenly said: "You know the competition area management meeting, right?"
Fang Yu nodded, that was the regional affiliated organization of the Super Competitive Alliance.
Sophie still explained: "The Division Management Committee is the actual organizer of the Super Competitive League in each region. It sounds like a subordinate organization of the Super Competitive League, but in fact there is no affiliation between the two. The Super Competitive League lasts for two years Once the organizer of the Super Competitive League, the following division management committees, in addition to organizing regional competitions, are also responsible for the management of professional selectors, guilds, and clubs in each division."
Fang Yu was stunned for a moment, not quite understanding what Sophie's words meant and how they related to their current topic.
But the little princess of Silver Vislan seemed not to notice his gaze, and just kept talking to herself: "So of course, the competition between the competition areas also affects the competition area management committee to which it belongs. Whether the competition area is strong or not , and the degree of development, indirectly determines the status of the organizer of the region where it is located. Generally speaking, the management association of a large competition area naturally has more resources at hand than the management association of a small area, and is much more prosperous."
"For this reason, will the management turn a blind eye to the battles among the selectors within their own division? It is naturally impossible to have no battles at all, but it should also be limited to prevent excessive internal friction from consuming strength - especially in the competition. Before. In fact, the Jeflett Red Team is now very popular, and the BBK Alliance behind it has the potential to become one of the top ten guilds. If you wipe out half of their team here, guess who they are. Will you be indifferent?"
Fang Plover was slightly startled.
Sophie sighed: "The key is that this is a dead zone. Suppose someone from the Super Competitive League decides that you have taken too many shots and damaged the overall strength of the Chinese division. Can you bear it?"
Fang Yu asked with some disbelief: "But the people from the Jefflite red team made the first move, so they can't let me get beaten without fighting back, right?"
Sophie pursed her lips and glanced at him with some pity: "Theoretically, that's the case, but people have selfish motives after all. For the management committee, who is more important than you alone or the Jefflett Red Team? I think you have the answer yourself, and—"
At this point, she paused: "In fact, it's much more complicated than you think. If the Jefflett Red Team is determined to deal with you, they can also use real-life resources to influence the management meeting. You don’t really think those people are selfless sages, do you?”
Fang Yu was a little silent.
Sophie then whispered: "I know some of the grievances between you and the Jefflite Red Team. It is far from simple for you to deal with them. The gap between individuals and organized guilds is really too big. In all aspects .”
"Although I personally agree with you, and there are many people in the community who support you, it's useless - if you really want to take revenge, join the Silver Vislan. You should understand that you have such value, and I can have a lot of I’m sure I can convince the upper echelons of the guild, and compared to you, the Jefrit Red Team is a giant, but it’s nothing compared to Silver Vislan.”
This was the first time that Her Royal Highness the Silver Wisland Princess had spoken so clearly. She didn't know why she was acting like this. This was not in line with her usual character.
But Sophie just had a vague feeling in her heart that if she didn't do this, the other party might never choose this path.
But Fang Yu was silent for only a moment, and finally shook his head: "Thank you, Miss Sophie, I know what you said is true. I also have a good impression of your Silver Wislan, but I don't want to join you like this." The method is just a naked pursuit of interests. In that case, what is the difference between me and those people?"
He thought for a moment and continued: "Besides, this is my business. I won't push it to Silver Vislan. It may seem like a win-win situation to you, but in my opinion it's actually a win-win situation."
He looked at Sophie: "Because Silver Vislan won't give up his beliefs easily, right?"
The little princess of Silver Wisland was stunned for a moment.
She thought she could educate this somewhat naive boy, but she didn't expect that she would be educated instead.
Sophie was stunned for a while before she replied quietly: "Okay, but if you encounter any trouble that can't be solved, please remember to contact me. It's just that this time I am not representing Silver Vislan, but myself." That’s all.”
"Of course, Miss Sophie," Fang Yu said with a carefree smile: "Don't worry, I won't be polite to my friends."
On the other side of the light page, the team suddenly stopped.
Everyone had reached the end of the road. The people in front raised torches to shine around, and a deep and deserted square appeared in everyone's sight.
Fang Plover looked behind him. They had collapsed the lone bridge when they left the eleventh floor. Although a mere bridge shouldn't be able to trouble the men of Jefflett's red team, it could at least delay the other side for a while.
They have walked long enough to leave the people of the red team far behind. There is still something unknown in this dark underground, and the people of Silver Vislan also need to stop and rest after experiencing the previous battle. .
Of course, more importantly, he also has his own personal matters to deal with.
It has been delayed long enough from before to now.
Fang Yu looked around and was somewhat satisfied with the environment here. Then he turned back to Sophie and said: "I'm afraid it will take a while for the people from Jefflett's red team to catch up. I plan to ask everyone to stop and rest for five minutes - —I also need to deal with things in the team, so I’ll leave this to you, Miss Sophie.”
Sophie naturally understood what he meant, nodded and replied: "Then you should be more careful."
After saying that, she took the initiative to close the communication, and faced the fading light curtain, she was still slightly lost in thought.
Sophie sighed quietly and said: "This is the first time I have met a guy who doesn't care about the Super Competitive League. I don't know if he is too arrogant or if this guy doesn't know the seriousness of the problem at all..."
"But he's also quite handsome," the elementalist girl on the side replied calmly: "I didn't think there was anything special about this guy at first, but I didn't expect Sister Sophie to be discerning."
The former rolled his eyes at the girl: "He is handsome, but he has no brains. You must not imitate him. I don't want my subordinates to be troublemakers."
The girl shrugged.
Deep underground——
Fang Plover settled the others in the square, especially letting Tenaric keep an eye on the two troublemakers, and then took Sylvide to a deserted place nearby - as he expected, those The man in black followed suit.
We have gradually penetrated into the twelfth floor. The square is not only black in the optical sense, but also black mist lingers in the depths. There is always a feeling that there are some other shadowy things lurking below.
Those things whisper in the darkness, and the tiny words can't help but penetrate into people's minds. But when you listen carefully, you can hear needle drops all around you. When you stop, even the only rustle disappears, and the darkness is as quiet as a vacuum.
The silent environment makes people a little depressed, so much so that they have hallucinations. Even the shadows under the torches become swaying and no longer follow the actions of the subject, as if they have independent consciousness.
But Fang Yu shook his head, the hallucination disappeared, and everything returned to the way it was before, without any abnormalities.
He stopped, and the others stopped too.
Fang Yu took a look at those people and was not afraid. Only Sylvide in front of him asked: "Who are they? Can you tell me now, Miss Sylvide?"
Sylvide glanced at him, then looked at the others and nodded to them. Although the men in black hesitated, they still took off the hoods from their heads, revealing their true appearance underneath. All six of them seemed to be natives of Kaulin-Ithurian, and there was also a dwarf among them—although Fang Plover had guessed this before based on his height.
The leading bald man was extraordinarily tall, with a turban on his head, pale skin, and a striking shark-tooth-shaped tattoo on his face - his weapons were a short blunderbuss and a scimitar inserted into his waist. Fang Yu couldn't tell what profession the other party had.
Most of the others also have tattoos on their arms and faces. For example, the dwarf has a tattoo of a parrot.
"They are my father's subordinates," Sylvide answered bluntly and softly. She looked at the tallest man again and introduced: "This is Mr. Baggins, my father's right-hand man."
"Hello, kid." Baggins glanced at Fang Plover, but didn't mean to extend his hand, so he just replied lightly. Only then did Fang Plover notice that the other person was blind in one eye just like the big cat man. The right eye was equipped with a glass prosthetic eye, which was much lighter in color than the other eye.
This makes him look a little cold and sinister.
However, Fang Yu didn't take it seriously at all.
He only looked at Sylvide and asked: "So Miss Sylvide, what is the reason why you left everyone without saying a word and came down here?"
Sylvide seemed to have expected that he would ask this question. She opened the suitcase and took out a slate from the inside and handed it to him: "Of course it is because of it. The reason why the Jeffrit red team caught up with me is also Because of this thing.”
Fang Yu was slightly startled. He took the stone slab and took a look. The whole stone slab was brownish red, like some kind of slate rock, but it was much stronger and not made of sand. And there were obvious traces of artificial carving on it. He took out the piece of crystal that emitted dim light and looked at it, only to find that there were some complicated lines densely drawn on the stone slab. He compared it carefully with his memory in his heart, and couldn't help but Somewhat surprised.
This is a map.
Among them, Fang Plover remembers the section from the eleventh to the twelfth floor particularly clearly, as it is exactly the same as the one painted on the stone slab. But the map on the slate was far more than just this part. There was a wider terrain beyond it, and Fang Plover suppressed the turmoil in his heart.
He has realized that this may be the entire detailed map of this underground ruins beyond the 12th floor.
"Miss Sylvide, this thing..." He took a breath and calmed down before asking, "Where did it come from?"
"It comes from the hands of the Anderrats. They are the indigenous people of this underground." Sylvide looked at the stone slab and replied without changing her expression: "Princess Brianne is their regular customer, so I have always known this." There is a village of ratmen down there.”
Fang Plover was slightly startled.
He vaguely felt that there was something wrong - was this stone slab a trophy obtained by the Anderrats from under the ruins? Was it originally a thing belonging to the Sinsas Snake Man? But the problem is, Sophie said that the Anderrats are very timid, and they will not go deep underground easily, let alone go to the ruins to find any treasures.
He frowned and looked at the slate in his hand, only to find some strange words engraved on it.
But it doesn't look like the Sinsas Snake Mandarin that I've seen before.
He couldn't help but subconsciously call Miss Goblin in his mind, and Tata took a look and told him: "This is the text of the Ander Rat Man. It is actually a variant of the ancient dwarf language. Mr. Knight, you need me to translate it." For a moment?"
Fang Plover nodded.
Miss Goblin read it carefully and then told him that these words were actually just auxiliary marks, mainly to point out some key nodes on the map.
Fang Yu was slightly startled: "In other words, this map was written by the Ratman Ander?"
Tata shook his head: "I am not sure about this, Mr. Knight, but through handwriting comparison, it is very likely. Do you need me to analyze further, Mr. Knight, that may take a while."
Fang Plover nodded again.
He just held the slate, and then looked at the noble lady in front of him - but there were more and more doubts in his heart - if this map was written by a rat man, then the problem would be even greater. With the courage of the rat people, how could they dare to go deep into the ruins and draw such a detailed map?
He was quiet for a moment, then slowly spoke: "Miss Sylvide, I know that you have some secrets. In fact, I also have them - but if you want to hear them, I can tell you those things."
"I just hope that we can share each other's secrets because we are teammates-"
He looked at the other party, and the aristocratic girl's shallow sea-like eyes looked a little gentle under the light of the crystal.
"Do you believe us?"
Sylvide lowered her eyelashes slightly: "Then what do you want to hear, my captain?"
"I want to hear the truth...what is your purpose with this slate?"
"It's an obelisk." Sylvide raised her eyes and glanced at him: "You have already guessed it, haven't you?"
"But why?"
The girl shook her head slightly: "Because of my father."
Fang Yu was startled for a moment. He knew that the aristocratic girl almost never mentioned this matter. It seemed that except for the boat, she rarely revealed a word about her father.
He didn't know what happened in the meantime, but what was certain was that it was definitely not a happy experience.
"Is that enough?" Sylvide took a breath and raised her head to look at him.
Fang Yu hesitated for a moment before nodding: "I'm sorry, Miss Sylvide..."
Sylvester narrowed her eyes and smiled happily at him.
"Thank you, Mr. Captain."
"Then this slate," Fang Yu looked at the slate in his hand, and then asked, "How does it have anything to do with the Jefflett Red Team? How could they do that to you?"
Sylvide shook her head: "Because someone betrayed this slate and my information to the people from the Jefflite Red Team, I originally thought that I was too careless when connecting with the Undert Rat Man, but I never thought it would be him—"
"I was ambushed by the men from Jefflite's Red Team in the Skaven Village, and they almost succeeded. Fortunately, I got the slate in the end, and they chased me all the way to this place."
She looked at Fang Plover: "The captain also knows what happened next."
Fang Yu felt something was wrong.
"Wait a minute, does that mean you met the Jefflett Redcoats at that time?"
Sylvide nodded: "Is there any problem?"
"Then who attacked the village of the Andet Ratmen and killed everyone?" Fang Pliance asked: "And the dragon boat..."
Sylvester was slightly startled and looked at him in surprise.
Apparently he didn't quite understand what he meant.
"You don't know?" Fang Yu asked: "Those people outside said that you summoned the undead to attack everyone."
"Undead?" Sylvide thought for a moment and replied: "I was also curious about where those undead came from. If it weren't for them, I wouldn't have been able to escape so far. It was all because of them that they attracted Jeffrite Red I can only escape into the ruins if I have to pay attention to the clothing team——"
When the noble lady answered like this.
Fang Yu looked at her expression carefully, and it seemed that she was not faking it.
But suddenly, a flash of lightning flashed through Fang Yu's heart, as if he had caught something vaguely.
"Wait a minute," he suddenly interrupted: "Ms. Sylvide, have you seen Alice before the eighth floor?"
"Alice? Those twin sisters?" Sylvide shook her head: "Of course not."
At this time, Fang Plover thought about the aborigine, and the idea became clearer in his mind: "Let me make a guess - because you and the Jefflett Red Team were looking for the obelisk early in the morning, they have always known about your existence, that's why they put an insider next to you?"
Sylvide frowned and hesitated, but nodded.
"Then the problem is, at that time in the Saint-Peru Valley, we all entered the trial later than the people in Jefflett's Red Team——" Fang Pliance thought for a moment: "So you are naturally no exception. The insiders around you are Aboriginal, right? Then what method did he use to pass the news to the Jefflite Red Team, letting the Jefflite people know that you had also entered the trial, and were in the village of Anderet Ratman? Ambushing you?"
Sylvester was slightly startled and looked at him in surprise.
And a name was flashing in Fang Yu's mind.
leaving him completely frozen on the spot.
The problem seems to be serious.
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