What Dict saw was naturally Tang Xin and Ai Xiaoxiao who had just set foot on Vanrick's side.
The two have been traveling in Aitaria for a long time, and the vacation is about to end, but Ai Xiaoxiao has not forgotten his main purpose - the main game of the Continental League is about to start - so he hurriedly pulled Tang Xin came to the southern border first.
After all, it was naturally impossible for them to go to the Oshu Empire. Not to mention the visa issue, there was no time. But even if you can't go to the main game, you always have to watch the last exhibition game held in Cowling-Ithulian.
Although the trip to Aitalia was bizarre enough to make every tourist feel that the trip was worthwhile, in fact, Ai Xiaoxiao still had one last regret - of course, Tang Xin naturally understood the little thoughts in her friend's heart.
But she didn't object, so the two said goodbye to Ai Xiaoxiao's parents and took the shuttle and airship all the way south.
In fact, they were in Grande a week ago, and although the ice and snow in the north had melted, the temperature had not yet completely warmed up. However, as soon as they arrived in the south, they immediately felt the warm climate here.
At the same time, after Ai Xiaoxiao got off the boat, she was severely shaken by Van Rijk's Eldoven Spire.
Tang Xin was fine on the side, but looked at the spire that reached the clouds with a little surprise.
The former was completely stunned. She raised her head, opened her mouth wide, and even widened her eyes, exclaiming: "Oh my god, Tangtang, have you seen it? This is so beautiful!"
"I'm not blind, how could I not see it?" Tang Xin turned around and replied angrily.
"Of course I know," Ai Xiaoxiao retorted matter-of-factly: "This is just a way of sighing."
"Your way of sighing is really unique," Tang Xin thought to herself, but she only sighed: "It's just average, only slightly similar to El Paxin. Didn't we just go there?"
"Everyone has their own beauty, Tangtang, you are so unkind." The girl complained.
Tang Xin only rolled her eyes.
Everything has its own beauty, in fact it is just a matter of surprise. Fortunately, she has long been used to it - her best friend is actually just a little girl who thinks about it.
Speaking of which, she couldn't help but think of the 'traditional clothes' of Aitaria that she had been picking out for a long time at the Stargate Port. Ai Xiaoxiao was more excited than anyone else, but it turned out that it was convenient to wear them in Aitaria within two days. Feeling troubled, he yelled and changed back to the clothes on Earth.
I can only be glad that they are not the real chosen ones, and they were not chosen a few years ago——
After all, the exchanges between the on-demand earth and the indigenous people are getting deeper and deeper, and the clothing culture from other worlds will not attract local attention. Of course, one reason is also because the number of tourists is increasing day by day. They choose to travel along some classic routes, which is no longer surprising to the locals.
Although the clothes have been changed, the tourists are still half-chosen ones, and they still have the occupations they should have.
Tang Xin held an opal cane in her hand and carried an exquisite platinum magic furnace on her back. The one she originally chose in Stargate Port was actually a white holy robe - her profession was naturally a healer.
She knew that her friend would definitely encounter bumps and bruises along the way and would inevitably cause a lot of trouble. She chose the identity of a healer to protect her friend. Of course, the more important thing is that the healer does not need to participate in any dangerous battles, and it is not easy to arouse the hostility of other selectors and indigenous people.
But Ai Xiaoxiao was different. He was carrying a smart magic furnace, a pair of swords and a short bow on his back. He was a ranger at first glance. It's just that the equipment is as new as new and has not been used a few times.
Although brand new, these equipment are not vague at all.
The pair of swords are the best of the fifth level, and are the "Comet Double Blades" that are very famous among the selectors and trainees. As for the short bow, it is naturally also valuable, coming from the hands of the Elven Quinn.
However, Tang Xin couldn't understand the significance of Ai Xiaoxiao's body at all, because not only was the opponent bleeding, but he had never participated in any battle since coming to Aitaria.
The level three of the two people is entirely based on the knowledge and exploration experience gained from opening the map.
But the other party obviously didn't realize this at all, and even planned to help her buy a set of top-notch therapist equipment, but Tang Xin sternly refused.
"If you buy these things now, how are you going to get rid of them when you leave?" Tang Xin couldn't help but ask this question to the other party. But Ai Xiaoxiao thought about it carefully and replied naturally: "Find a handsome little brother to give it to him."
"You don't have a fever, right?" Tang Xin touched her friend's forehead.
Ai Xiaoxiao quickly let go of her cold hand and changed her words: "It's really too much trouble." She thought again: "Just throw it away if you can't. It's not worth much money anyway."
“So that’s what rich people hate.”
Tang Xin was so slanderous in her heart.
It was just that in front of the other party's parents, she didn't say it directly, but resolutely rejected the other party's proposal to get one for herself.
But even Tang Xin herself couldn't believe that she actually followed such a crazy girl all the way to the South.
The two of them had been tossing around in Aitaria for two months, and although the other seemed to still have endless energy, she herself felt so tired that she was about to fall apart—it was heart-tired.
Not to mention that the vacation homework has not been completed yet, and it is less than a week before he has to return to Stargate Port. He could have used this little time. She didn't know she had taken the wrong medicine, and she actually wanted to come to the far south with this guy to watch an inexplicable alchemy competition?
Then again, does this guy really know anything about alchemy?
Thinking of this, Tang Xin couldn't help but look at the past suspiciously.
Ai Xiaoxiao is admiring the towering Eldophon Tower, so Tang Xin can only see the side face of her friend - unlike the other party, she knows how boring the professional competition of craftsmen is, and she really doubts this guy Are you really interested in such a professional competition?
Thinking of this, Tang Xin suddenly said: "Little princess."
"Huh?" Ai Xiaoxiao turned around and looked at her curiously.
Tang Xin asked: "Let me ask you, have you really seen an alchemy competition before?"
"I've seen it," Ai Xiaoxiao replied matter-of-factly: "Have you forgotten?"
Tang Xin was surprised: "Why would I know if you've seen the game or not?"
"We watched it together."
What the hell?
Tang Xin suddenly had some bad premonitions in her heart: "I mean little princess."
"here I am."
"Let me ask you, how many times have you seen such a game?"
"How many times?" Ai Xiaoxiao thought seriously for a moment: "Just once," she said with a somewhat disappointed tone: "'He' didn't participate in the subsequent games. Those games were not interesting at all. What's there to watch?" Yes."
Tang Xin looked at this guy coldly: "..."
"What are you doing, Tangtang?" Ai Xiaoxiao was a little creeped out by her look.
"I also want to ask this question, what exactly are we doing here."
"Watch the game."
"But those games aren't any different than anything you've seen before."
"Ah?" Ai Xiaoxiao was shocked: "But, but..." She thought several times before saying, "What if 'he' comes?"
Will he come?
Of course Tang Xin knew who the 'him' she was talking about was.
She was a little angry: "You didn't come to the south expecting this, right?"
"if not?"
Ai Xiaoxiao suddenly saw Tang Xin's expression change and was startled: "Tangtang, what are you going to do?"
"Goodbye," Tang Xin said angrily, "Go and watch your game by yourself, you crazy lady, I won't accompany you anymore!"
Not only did she feel that this dead girl was hopeless, she even felt that she was hopeless as well.
Because although she was so angry in her mouth, she knew in her heart that the reason why she agreed to come to the south was actually not the case. Although the hope is slim, I still want to see if that damn big pigeon will really come to participate in this competition.
After two months, she seemed to have no better choice.
Is not it?
Dict was watching from a distance as Tang Xin left angrily, while the little girl behind him also hurriedly chased the former, and the two left the lobby of the airport area one after the other.
He couldn't help but smile, then raised his head, and subconsciously looked to the other side of the hall, and happened to meet his eyes in that direction.
Dicker was slightly startled.
There was a Starport soldier wearing a black trench coat. He had obviously just walked out of the airport passage and had a face-to-face encounter with him. Ditke looked at this person, suddenly remembered the other person's identity, and nodded slightly to him.
But it was at this moment that two old-fashioned robots finally sent his wooden box to the lifting platform aside.
"Sir, which floor do you want to go to?" A dull voice came from the construct.
"Put it here, I'll do it myself," Dickert turned around and replied, "You can go somewhere else."
The construct - or rather the alchemist behind the construct bowed slightly to him. Then the two robots creaked and took steps, staggering away in the other direction.
Ditko glanced in that direction just one more time, then stepped onto the platform.
not far away.
The soldier wearing a black windbreaker looked in this direction and was still stunned for a moment - obviously the previous gaze made him a little concerned - but Su Changfeng stopped, thought for a moment, and then remembered something. "It's him?"
Su Changfeng remembered many things at once.
That was more than thirty years ago, right?
He still remembered meeting the other party at the signing ceremony of the joint declaration between the Stargate Port and the indigenous people. However, at that time, the opponent was already one of the main representatives of Kaolin-Ishulian, and he was just a newcomer to the military.
In his memory, the other party's appearance had not changed much from today, except that his temples were dyed white, making him look more weathered.
Su Changfeng actually still remembered the situation at that time.
He had just been selected at that time as a successor to take over the class of the first generation Stargate Pioneers. The Stargate pioneers of that era were naturally very different from the Chosen Ones that people know today.
There were actually no chosen ones at that time.
The original Stargate Port was far from the scale it is today, and the subsequent pioneers were not called Chosen Ones - they were only called 'Holy Chosen' by the locals, and among those who went behind the Stargate , there are only soldiers like him, government elites, and scientific workers from all walks of life.
At that time, the commercial era of Stargate had not yet arrived, but there was already a prototype in the planning.
After that, there were the first and second generations of Free Chosen people that people recognize, but the origin of everything can be traced back to the earliest pioneers at that time - after all, without them, there would be no later generations. Everything after the Stargate.
These past memories only stayed in Su Changfeng's heart for a moment. But when he looked in that direction again, Dict had already disappeared without a trace. He was slightly startled before he realized that he had gone to the lower level through the lifting platform.
But after all, Su Changfeng is no longer the young boy he was thirty years ago.
Years of experience working in Stargate Port have long shaped his calm temperament today. This startling glance did not leave a deep impression on him. He only thought silently: "He is still Roban's father. The other party actually Still alive."
Of course, it was certainly concerning that an important character reappeared after being missing for many years, but Su Changfeng didn't think much about it and just silently recorded the matter in his mind.
Then he turned back.
After all, this is not his main job at the moment. Su Changfeng is looking back at the team members coming out of the passage - they are a few young people wearing black windbreakers, and behind them are some young boys and girls. He was also wearing training uniforms and a variety of equipment.
The one walking at the front was a little fat man.
While the staff of the Southern Alchemy Alliance were still asking for the other party's name, the latter put the heavy shield in his hand on the ground and cursed secretly that this damn equipment was really heavy. He didn't know who suggested him to choose. Of the Iron Guard.
Then he replied angrily to the staff member: "Luo Hao."
The people behind also reported their names and IDs one by one.
"Yu Wenyu."
"Ant culvert."
"Don't stop."
As for the last person, there was a short, shy little girl who blushed and whispered, "Ten, ten nights."
…
April 7th, three days before the mainland league starts.
Earlier that day, a somewhat unique elf sailing ship arrived at Vanrik's lakeside port.
And not long after, Fang Plover appeared on the long trestle of Vanrick Waterfront Port dragging a suitcase. In fact, he stopped and was looking up at Eldoven's tower from a distance——
And a few unnamed white waterbirds passed overhead and flew into the forest on the other side of the lake shore.
Although water shipping is not as convenient as air routes, it is still an important part of cargo turnover in the Changhu area. After all, compared with airships in the air, the cost of water transportation in Changhu is almost negligible to nothing - so from the waterfront terminal Looking at it, all you can see is a forest of masts.
In fact, the water transportation on Changhu Lake has strongly supported the commercial prosperity of the south.
And this is the Far South.
Although the history is not as rich as that of the northern heartland of the kingdom, and the legends of gods and monsters are far less than those of the distant Treasure Stick Coast and Cape Saint-Hughan, its warm and pleasant climate, rich products, and related rumors have long spread far and wide.
However, when Fang Plover actually set foot on this land and stood on the trestle beside the long lake, it seemed that he experienced the atmosphere and customs of the south for the first time.
The sailors and workers with different accents coming and going on the dock in the distance, as well as the local adventurers, are a completely different experience from the north. Even better than Nervad, who is also on the shore of the Long Lake, he can explain everything that belongs to the south.
This is still Kaulin-Ithurion.
But it has the style of a foreign country - it is incompatible with the severe cold and magnificence of the north, but it has its own style.
Fang Plover stared at the spot for a long time before moving forward. After he said goodbye to the elf Ariel, the latter was going to return by boat. As for himself, he had already informed Sophie, Tianlan, Odin and others——
So there should be three groups of people who knew he would arrive at this place today.
One is Sophie and Akane, and then there is his own adventure group—Silverde, Miss Attila, and Tianlan. It's just that the latter should arrive in Vanrik one day later than him, so he can't count on it today.
Fang Yu didn't know if the princess of Silver Vislan would come to pick him up, but the people from Ragnarok should come.
Because of the competition, he informed Odin in advance. The other party had received his message before, but seemed a little inseparable. He didn't ask much about how he was in the Hall of Thousand Doors, and simply gave him a reply.
Odin told him that he had notified the people in Ragnarok, who should bring someone to pick him up today.
And this is exactly why Fang Plover is standing in this place looking around.
But what he didn't know was that while he was standing in this place dragging the box, another group of people was also on the trestle adjacent to him, also looking for traces of this legendary 'new teammate'.
On the No. 3 pier, Soul Fingerprint was frowning at the note in his hand.
She read it several times to make sure she had read the number correctly - it was clearly written on the note that it was Pier No. 3. As mentioned above, the other party is a boy of sixteen or seventeen years old. He should be wearing an alchemist's coat, carrying a suitcase, with short hair, and an ordinary appearance.
And the other party will hold a clockwork fairy in his hand to identify himself.
But she looked around and saw no such person on this trestle. Not to mention the alchemist, there were not many people on this trestle. There was only one fishing boat in the distance that arrived at the port earlier today, but there was no rumored elf sloop.
Some people in the team looked in the direction of the No. 2 pier, but the stern sail of a tall Cage sailboat just blocked that direction.
It was past twelve o'clock at noon when someone finally started to complain: "Didn't I say I would arrive in the morning? Why haven't I arrived yet?"
Then someone turned back and asked, "Mu Lan, have you found out what ships have arrived at the port before?"
It was one of the two girls who was asked. She raised her eyebrows and replied: "You think this is an airport? Most of the piers on the water here are fishing boats, which come in and out every day. The local nobles have not set up a special lakeshore." The port authority can at most ask the dock workers to see if any ships have arrived."
She said angrily: "You still want to know which ship has arrived at the port, are you overthinking it?"
The man couldn't help but lost his voice when he heard the words.
Only the soul fingerprint said: "Don't make any noise, it may not be stable on the Long Lake. It is normal for the boat to be delayed."
But before she finished speaking, someone next to her suddenly said, "Wait a minute, look over there."
"Which way?"
"Over there at Pier No. 2," the man said hurriedly: "There's someone over there who looks very much like the person we're looking for!"
Soul Fingerprint was slightly startled, and then looked in that direction.
…
