The person who suddenly appeared seemed to be very powerful and seemed to know Duan Qing, but this was not the reason for Duan Qing and Xueling Huanbing to be surprised.
A female voice came out from under the hood of the man in blue robe just now.
The voice was extremely gentle, like trickling water flowing through Duan Qing's heart, but the special ending sound in this woman's words made Duan Qing feel like a kitten tickling in his heart.
He heard her voice before seeing her, but after hearing these first words, Duan Qing had already roughly sketched the image of this blue-robed woman.
A roar of "Ouch" suddenly sounded. Duan Qing turned around and saw that the giant tiger that had fallen to the ground had leapt to the rear. In the direction it was facing before, the long sword from the black cloak that had just struck out the sword light was pointing downwards, but it was the Snow Spirit Huanbing who had failed in trying to take advantage of his illness to kill him.
The tiger bent up, lying on the ground and roaring, staring fiercely at the few people here with ferocious eyes. After a moment, it slowly retreated, its body gradually disappeared into the bushes, and then disappeared.
Xue Ling Huan Bing stood up straight and finally dragged her sword to the ground - freed from the high tension, she now felt very tired. In the eyes of Mengzhu who was hiding aside, the woman who had been fighting desperately finally sat down, breathed heavily for a while, then took out a bottle of blue liquid from her waist, and drank it in small sips.
"what is that?"
"The physical recovery potion can alleviate the sequelae caused by short-term muscle bursts, relieve the adverse conditions caused by them, and...can treat internal injuries."
"Internal injuries? Are there any internal injuries in this game? And you just..."
"If you are hit head-on by a Galaha tiger, even a strong man will not feel uncomfortable." The person who answered Duan Qing was not Xueling Huanbing, but the woman in blue robe walking slowly behind.
"Fate has really favored us, little brother." The owner of the soft voice walked up to Duan Qing. It seemed that she still remembered the previous encounter in the fierce battle in the jungle - even though they were far enough apart at the time, Now it seems that this woman is obviously aware of Duan Qing's presence.
Xue Ling Huan Bing looked at Duan Qing with suspicious eyes, who shrugged, and then put on a smiling and kind expression: "Ah... thank you, uh, young lady for your life-saving grace. .....”
"Both times." He winked, and then added: "And that Galahad you just mentioned..."
"Oh-hehehe."
Before he finished speaking, the man in blue robe opposite him interrupted him with a queen-like smile: "What an interesting little brother, you have really good taste..."
She walked closer slowly, taking off the hood on her head with both hands, and her golden hair poured out.
She is indeed a very beautiful woman, Duan Qing admired in her heart.
Slender face, plump lips, big eyes - what is hidden under that hood is indeed a beautiful face. Her pupils are particularly attractive, because they are filled with azure light, and combined with the curly blond hair flowing on both sides of her cheeks, an aura of maturity and charm comes to her face, disturbing the hearts of others.
The lips were pursed tightly, and the eyes were looking at Duan Qing's body several times, and then he laughed again: "Well, you actually call me sister, you are really a good little brother. But you guys are like this It’s very dangerous for my little brother to come to this place..."
She looked around at everyone: "Listen to my sister's advice and return to Greenstone Village quickly."
She waved her hand, then looked at the other two people who had disappeared from the fierce battle and now slowly walked out, and gave them a smile.
Facing such a mature beauty, Liu Qingniu was obviously dumbfounded. Mengzhu, who was also a woman, probably would not be affected by this, but there was a trace of sadness on her little face.
"Uncle...the evil young man from Jie City..."
"I'm just dead. Don't be sad. This is a normal game experience." Duan Qing smiled and touched the little girl's head, and then the little girl opened her head: "Don't touch my head! I'm not a child. , I just...just..."
"Just what? Oh...we will compensate him after we go back, as long as we still have money left..."
"That's not it! Forget it, forget it..."
The girl's thoughts were obviously not on this, but Duan Qing understood it even if she didn't say it. Such a ferocious battle, coupled with the casualties among team members, clearly affected the girl's confidence. Even now, she has not recovered from the shock. Duan Qing could only say a few words casually, which was a disguised form of comfort.
"Ah la la la, he is such an indifferent little brother, so unconcerned about the death of his members..."
The woman in blue robe put one hand on the side of her face and made a pitiful look, but Duan Qing knew that a powerful person like her would have seen a lot of dead people and most likely wouldn't care about such things, but he still I had to say something to express my positive attitude: "This is the life of an adventurer. Life and death are determined by fate. Every member has this awareness..."
"Well, little brother is thinking very well..."
Xue Ling Huan Bing on the side sneered in her heart, if you are such a good person, how could you have said those words to me before... But the point at this time is no longer that.
Encountering such a powerful NPC, things have a lot more variables. Some of my thoughts in the past two days also need to be readjusted. If I can find a reason to get in touch with this magician, then explore the ruins. Maybe it will become easy... In my previous game play, I have never used this method to complete tasks.
And can be separated from this annoying man...
She was watching the conversation between Duan Qing and the woman in blue robe over there, but she was thinking about other things in her mind. However, it didn't take long before the focus of the conversation fell on her.
"...You kids, it's really too dangerous here. What if..." The woman in blue robe looked at Xue Ling Huan Bing with erratic eyes: "What if... With strength, it may be possible to survive here for a while..."
Everyone's eyes are looking this way.
"Uh..." Xue Ling Huanbing was stunned. Just when she was about to say something, Duan Qing spoke first: "Of course she is much stronger than us. In fact, we are just passers-by. .”
"When you rescued her before, her team members had just been killed by the giant snake. We were just a passing team. Later, we temporarily acted with her. Before, we just watched the excitement from a distance... .The strength of those in her team must be as strong as hers, I don’t know..."
Duan Qing rubbed his head and smiled: "I don't know what they are doing here..."
The woman in blue robe looked at the figure in black cloak with inexplicable eyes again, while Xue Ling Huan Bing had already begun to curse in her heart.
In just a few words, he seemed to suddenly become a malicious person with evil intentions. This man was really full of bad intentions, but just now it seemed that the two of them had known each other for a long time. If he deliberately slandered me, he might really It will be explained here...
If I had known earlier, I wouldn't have fought so hard and let them fend for themselves...
"Well, I..."
She was resentful in her heart, but on the surface she was calmly trying to delay time. She was thinking about how to explain her affairs satisfactorily, but her right hand was subconsciously placed on the hilt of the sword - a player who has experienced many battles. , in times of emergency, they will seek to protect themselves first.
Then she felt a biting chill.
The blue pupils of the woman in blue robe had begun to glow faintly, but her beautiful big eyes narrowed slightly: "Oh? I didn't expect this. Although I saved your life before, there is also some fate between us. But it’s no good if you have such a bad temper..."
Saved my life? when......
Xue Ling Huan Bing's heart was racing, but the movements of her hands stopped first. Just as she was about to speak, Duan Qing over there began to control the situation again.
"Don't do anything. This, uh, miss...after all, she is our teammate now, and you should have seen her bravery just now. She has been a life-saving grace to us... ....”
Duan Qing had a Hexi smile on his face: "She also said before that she would do her best to help us complete our mission. With a strong person like her here, we ordinary...adventurers will also It’s a lot of peace of mind, isn’t it?”
Duan Qing spread his hands and looked at the blue-robed magician - the woman was also looking at Duan Qing, a smile slowly appeared on the corner of her mouth, and the light in her eyes slowly fell. She lowered her head thoughtfully, and then a soft voice sounded from her lips again:
"So, you're taking a chance here, huh?"
She lifted her hair from her face: "How did your adventure... go? Was it going well?"
What an opportunity!
Xue Ling Huan Bing clenched her fists and winked at Duan Qing calmly - as long as she showed a little bit of a weak look on her side and asked for help, she might be able to lend a helping hand, and then Leaving behind this seemingly powerful magician...
Regardless of the complicated relationship between a few people, as long as there is strong support, there is hope for what will happen next. As long as we re-plan the arrangements afterwards and increase the favorability...
She had no chance to think about it anymore, because Duan Qing didn't go as smoothly as she expected.
"Thank you for your concern. Although I have the help of this swordsman lady, the progress is very slow..."
"In such a dangerous place, it would be great if you can survive, so don't force yourself to complete any commission..."
"No, completing the commission is the responsibility of the adventurers, and it is also our belief." Duan Qing said firmly: "And we are still very confident."
"Well, they are such a lovely group of children, but you are still so young, I can't bear to look at you..."
"Adventurers are all enlightened people, as I said just now." Duan Qing replied: "And only in this way can we grow quickly and explore a wider world."
Xue Ling Huan Bing, who was behind, lowered his head and didn't want to say anything else.
"I see..." Seeing Duan Qing's perseverance, the woman in blue robe put away her gentle smile. She pursed her lips and thought for a moment, then asked slowly: "Can you tell me what your mission is?"
Duan Qing fell silent.
Players in the free world are accustomed to using the title "adventurer" in front of NPCs, because in the eyes of these NPCs, they always like to run to dangerous places and fight for weapons, equipment, resources and even some strange things. own life. Players are also happy to use this title, because it can also explain some issues such as life and death.
But even so, there are some things that are taboo, just like talking between friends without asking about other people's income, and facing women without asking about age, etc. In adventure activities in the free world, others won't easily ask. Ask what your mission goals are.
This unwritten rule is more tolerant in ordinary virtual reality games, because most of this happens between players. If a player asks the other person in a tavern about where your team is going today, what missions you have, and what you want to do, the other player will probably be wary, then laugh and say a few perfunctory words, and then let it go. ——They will be wary of you "seeking money", or spying on intelligence, or even a collision like "opposing mission". Most NPCs will not ask you such questions. This is due to the design of the game.
The free world is different, because the world here is too real, so this kind of "competition" situation will naturally occur between players and NPCs. Therefore, under the intentional or unintentional influence of players, this kind of problem will be even less likely. Will appear in the communication between adventurers.
But now, the blue-robed woman in front of him asked this question, especially in such a natural way, that Duan Qing and others... couldn't understand the meaning.
"Excuse me..." After thinking for a while, Duan Qing decided to tell the truth, but before that, he decided to be more formal first: "Your name?"
"Oh, what a cute little brother..." The woman covered her mouth and laughed again. There seemed to be some vague lines painted on the back of her white hands, but no one could tell their specific effects. I understand.
The next moment, the woman in blue robe straightened her expression and pulled out her staff from behind again. First, he put it on the ground and then put it upright on his chest.
"Mage Council, member of the Seven-person Council, Christine." The woman in blue robe - Christine said seriously, then raised the staff flat, took it back to her chest, and made a strange courtesy to them.
"Do the will of the elements."
The charming elder sister suddenly turned into a serious magician, which really shocked Duan Qing and the others. However, this state only lasted for a few seconds, and the charm and maturity belonging to a woman returned to her body again.
"Okay, my lovely little brother, can you speak now?"
Even though he had heard of an organization like the Mages' Council, Duan Qing had no idea what the seven-member council was. He looked in the direction of the black cloak and found that the other party seemed to be unresponsive, so he had to sigh secretly, and then judged from this lofty name that the other party was probably a very high-ranking official.
"Ah hahaha, I have admired you for a long time..."
Ignoring the more or less contemptuous looks from others, Duan Qing took over the conversation naturally, and then briefly introduced the little boy's mission they had received. But from the beginning of the boy's story, a smile began to appear on the face of the blonde woman in blue robe. She seemed to be very happy to hear the whole story, and then covered her plump lips with "Oh ho ho".
"I am very happy to hear such a thing, oh hehe..."
Who can tell me if there is something wrong with this woman... Amidst Xue Ling Huan Bing's continued vigilance, Duan Qing here started to cover his forehead again.
"...So, you are the ones Benny asked for, right?"
"Uh, yeah...huh?"
Duan Qing was shocked.
When I told the story before, I just mentioned that there was a little boy, but did not mention his name. How did this woman know...
Hmm, that boy seemed to have said something before...
Before Duan Qing could react to the node in his thoughts, the other party's words shattered his entire thoughts.
In fact, that sentence interrupted everyone's thoughts.
"But his father should be...dead."
She twirled her fingers as easily as telling what she had eaten this afternoon: "And...you should have seen it."
"What...what..."
The little girl in the purple burqa opened her mouth wide and did not recover from the shock caused by what she just said. Duan Qing's face also became a little ugly, but the first person to refute was the passionate young man standing aside. .
"You are talking... nonsense! We have never seen a few living people along the way. How could we have seen that, that... what is it called?"
"Yes!" Mengzhu did not answer A Niu's question, but she also responded: "And if we saw it, why did you say he was dead? Did you kill him..."
"Shut up!"
Duan Qing reached out to stop his teammates' suspicion and suppressed that possibility, because it was the most terrifying possibility so far. He raised one arm flat and looked at the other party with a dull expression, hoping that the woman would give a reasonable explanation, but he was also secretly preparing, hoping that things would not develop as he expected.
However, the explanation of the woman in blue robe was even more beyond his expectation.
"Oh? How could I even bother to lie to you kids..."
Kristine tapped her plump and bright lips with her fingers boredly, and there was a bit of laziness in her voice: "Of course you have met Trick..."
She smiled slightly: "Just now."
The sounds in the forest fell silent again, with only the rustling of leaves in the wind echoing around. At sunset, the figures of several people standing there seemed to be trembling, like weeds about to lose their vitality in autumn. When several unknown bird calls passed over his head, Duan Qing's voice was the first to break the unspeakable silence.
"ha?"
