"How do you feel? You've been watching it for two days..."
"Well...how should I put it..."
This is the dusk of January 26, 795 in the New Calendar, the second day of the training match. Sunset Guyan, dressed in red, and Fusheng Lingmeng, dressed in black, stood next to the large square and continued to look at it with a critical eye. This is the last competition in the summer training camp involving several major NPC forces in Fenghua Town.
"Their fighting methods are very...simple, so..." The scholar in black turned to look at his president, and found that the other party was staring at the two opponents on the field, for a moment. Looking at it, he had no choice but to retract his expression that pretended to think seriously: "It's also very efficient."
"The reviews are very high." The sturdy red-robed mage rubbed his chin with one hand: "Why didn't I see that they are very powerful..."
"That is not a duel between nobles, but a method of fighting on the battlefield, my dear President." Fusheng Lingmeng said helplessly: "Fancy things are the least needed on the battlefield, so If we use our usual PK tactics to fight them with real swords and guns, we...will suffer a lot."
"I know, I understand..." Luo Riguoyan waved his sleeves: "That's why I don't like fighting...a bunch of reckless people."
You are the least qualified to say that... The scholar in black lowered his head and swallowed back what he wanted to say.
"In other words, these things..." Next to him, the man in red robe stretched out a finger and pointed to the battle ahead that was still shouting and fighting: "It's nothing to us. Is it useful?"
"If you want to practice fighting on the battlefield, we have more mature routines that you can use. I can guarantee that they are definitely better than..." He also pointed forward: "They are much stronger."
"Now that you say so, there's nothing to see." The man in red robe sighed, then turned around and walked away: "We wasted so much time..."
"No, no, no, we didn't waste time." The scholar in black said: "At least we stepped a little bit and explored the terrain..."
"Oh?" Lueyi Guyan stopped and looked back at the dog-headed military advisor of his guild with suspicious eyes: "You don't...really want to accept that thing, do you?"
"Well, I'm thinking about it..."
"You're not!" The aura of the man in red robe instantly increased. He raised his two hands like cattail fans, turned around and grabbed the scholar's shoulders: "Have you been calculating too many things recently? Burnt..."
"Maybe...hehe."
"Fuck." The man let go of his hands and looked at the scholar in front of him with a strange look, as if he was getting to know a stranger again: "I didn't see it..."
"It turns out you are also a reckless man."
"Hey, men... are more or less bloody, not to mention those of us... who have read a lot of books." Fu Sheng Qimeng smiled noncommittally.
"But the opponent is Jian Beidong." A trace of solemnity finally appeared on Lueyi Guyan's face: "It's the Phoenix Sword."
"So what." The scholar dusted his shoulders and smoothed out the wrinkles: "Just treat him like an ordinary opponent."
"Hey, I really...can't understand you." The man in red robe smiled: "For the layout of Fenghua Town, you allowed us to endure it for so long, but now, But you yourself have to jump out in a big way..."
"The other party jumped over in a big way, I just chose to accept it." The scholar interrupted the other party: "And...how do you know that this is not part of my plan?"
"oh......"
Luo Riguo Yan showed a smile as if he suddenly understood: "You should have told me earlier, then I would feel relieved..."
"Although I don't know what you are going to do that will shock the world and make people cry, but I... I will agree to it for now." He waved his broad sleeves, then turned around again: "But I still To emphasize that point..."
"No matter what, we, Wizard, cannot let our limelight fall. If you mess up... I will take care of it with you and him."
"Hmph...haha." The scholar in black laughed bitterly. He raised his hand and was about to say a few more words when a strange sound suddenly came from the square with his back to him.
The two of them looked back at the same time, and saw that one of the teams waiting for the competition suddenly left the square, went around the exit from one side, and rushed to an unknown distance.
"What happened?" the red-robed guild leader asked aloud, but the question was not to the scholar who was close at hand, but to a certain Wizard guild member who was running from the side.
"I heard that there was a case in the south of the city, President." The man whispered: "The city guard went over to investigate."
"Hmm, it doesn't sound like it's a big deal..."
"Let's ask two people to follow us and inquire." The scholar immediately said: "Anyway, there is nothing to see here, so just..."
"It's time to get bored."
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The dusk in the free world has always been a scenery praised by players. As long as it is not rainy, the golden cloud-like twilight will fall on everything within the player's sight, as if everything is covered with gold. A layer of gold rim.
This is especially true in Fenghua Town - the fluttering tidbits in the sky turn into intoxicating golden flowers and leaves under the light of dusk. They fly past everyone with the mountain wind, making people feel like they are in a golden ocean. Feel.
However, Duan Qing and others did not feel this way at this time.
"Uncle, this..."
"Huh..." Duan Qing, who was awakened by the little girl's sad words, sighed heavily: "Let's... investigate first."
The only three remaining members of the Fool's Adventure Group were currently inside a private house in the south of Fenghua Town - this was the residence of the little girl named Nina they had entrusted before. Although the house is very old, when Mengzhu and Duan Qing came here before, it was still a relatively orderly ordinary residence. But when Richard brought a few of them to this place, what they saw was a messy scene all over the ground.
"If I remember correctly, you said there was a theft here, right?" The smiling butcher frowned at the scene in front of him and asked Richard in front of him.
"Yeah, that's right."
"But what do I think..." Uncle Smile spread his hands and expressed the same sentiment as the other two: "It looks like it was robbed..."
In the originally very old room, all kinds of furniture had been scattered all over the floor. The dusty pots and pans had now fallen to the floor, and some of them had even turned into pieces. The drawers and wooden doors of the various tables and cabinets around were all wide open, and the contents inside had been taken out and thrown carelessly on their respective floors. The messy scene extended to every corner of the house, including those rooms that had not been occupied for a long time, as well as the small room that belonged to Nina.
When several people found the small room full of girlish atmosphere, they did not find the little girl.
"Mengzhu, will Nina go somewhere else?"
"I don't know... As far as I know, she has no relatives and no one wants to take care of her, so she always hides in her room..."
"Then where is she now?"
"I-I don't know...I'm going to find her!"
Amidst the footsteps of someone running out, the smiling uncle walked into the little girl's room with a frown. He looked at the various toys that had been torn to pieces and the pages that were thrown everywhere. The eyebrows on the eyebrows should be twisted into a tight line.
"Does this criminal... have a grudge against the owner of this house?"
He picked up part of a plush toy-like limb and said to himself.
"Although I have only been here once, according to my observation, there is almost nothing valuable in this house." Suppressing his emotions, Duan Qing also walked to the inside of the room and looked at the messy scene: " So, if it were a thief, there would be no reason to choose such a place as his target."
The two people looked at each other, and both saw inexplicable worry in each other's eyes.
"Calling you here is indeed the right choice." Richard, who was leaning against the door, slowly walked in: "It seems you have understood something..."
"This is not an ordinary theft case," he said, spreading his hands.
"What... do you know?" Duan Qing stood up, looked at the sloppy uncle with a smile on his face, and suddenly remembered something: "By the way, where did you know about this... ."
"Well..."
"Uncle! Come quickly!" Mengzhu's shout suddenly sounded in the courtyard outside the window.
Several people immediately followed the sound and looked in that direction. Soon, they saw a figure in a purple burqa squatting at the door next to a small wooden house in the corner of the yard.
This cabin looked like a storage room. When a few people approached, the first thing they saw was the rows of firewood stacked together, and the second was a pile of wooden barrels stacked together. Fortunately, this room does not seem to have suffered the same fate as the residence. The items here are still basically intact, but judging from the dust on it, these items have not been touched for a long time.
The little girl squatted inside near the door, raising her arms in a certain direction. Opposite her, in the corner behind the hill made of wooden barrels, the little girl named Nina was holding her puppet, huddled in the corner, looking at the little girl with the golden ponytail with doubtful eyes, and then raised her head Look at the other people approaching.
She had no intention of coming out and didn't speak.
"What should I do? I thought she still knew me, but..." Mengzhu's voice was a little distorted due to anxiety. Duan Qing stepped forward and tried to communicate with the other party, but what he got was still those frightened eyes. .
"We are adventurers who want to help you find your father, do you remember?"
The other person just shook his head.
"She seemed to be very frightened." The smiling butcher said from behind: "We'd better not..."
"Let me do it." The sloppy uncle's voice suddenly echoed in the small storage room: "We... don't have much time."
There was the sound of rumbling and orderly steps coming from a distance. When several people turned around and looked outside, Richard and several others rushed into the storage room with large strides and slapped away the heavy-looking ones. Bucket, then held the girl in his arms with both hands.
"Okay, okay, don't be afraid, uncle hasn't come to see you for a long time..."
"Don't even move!"
In the courtyard outside the door, several soldiers in full armor rushed in, pointing their spears at the only living people in the field.
"Hey, look who this is..." A man with obviously better armor than the other soldiers walked in, clapping his hands. Duan Qing and the other players knew him - he was the one who never treated them well. The captain of the city guard with an expression on his face.
"You old guy...why are you here?"
"Entrusted by the Council of Mages, and also entrusted by...the person involved, the Adventurers Association came to investigate this theft case." Richard, who was holding the little girl, ignored the other party's bad attitude and remained calm. He said hurriedly: "Our arrival is very legal, Captain Patch."
"Hey, Mayor Rama gave me an order that put our city guard in charge of this matter...so your legality is of no use, Little Richard." The man was full of scorn. The captain of the city guard spat, then pointed at the people in front and said: "So you...get out of here quickly."
"In this case, dear Mr. Rama...are you going to confront the Council of Mages?"
"Hey, don't do this to me. I don't know if Mayor Rama wants to fight them. All I know is..." The middle-aged captain suddenly stretched out his hand and pointed. The four people in front of the city guard: "The Adventurers Association has never been involved in criminal cases, at least not in Fenghua Town! What you are doing now..."
"Are you trying to challenge the majesty of the law and our authority?"
The terrifying silence lasted for a few seconds in the tense atmosphere. Just when the fierce look flashed across the eyes of the city guard captain and he was about to wave his hand, the sloppy uncle finally gave in.
"Okay, okay, we'll leave here right away, but..."
"I will truthfully report the matters here to the Mages Council."
The city guard captain named Pachi laughed arrogantly a few times, and then waved his hand as if in demonstration, signaling them to leave quickly.
"Wait a minute!" Just when several people were about to walk out of the house with expressions of annoyance, Patch suddenly stopped them again - he pointed at the little girl who was held in Richard's arms, his eyes filled with tears. The meaning of vigilance: "This little girl..."
Oops......
If little Nina is treated as a client and asked to stay or be taken away, the Adventurers Association has almost no reason to object, but let Nina fall into their hands...
"who is it?"
Phew, Duan Qing choked on his saliva. He quickly lowered his head and tried to breathe smoothly. At the same time, he motioned to the smiling butcher and blocked Mengzhu, whose expression was almost unbearable, behind him.
"...This is my niece." Sure enough, Richard said without changing his face: "She was sick, and I just wanted to take her to Fass for medical treatment, but... you knew."
He put on a helpless expression and looked at the other party's suspicious face.
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"You are finally back!"
A few people who were frightened and full of questions quickly rushed back to the Adventurers Association, only to see an unexpected figure there.
The shirtless man, still wearing his ridiculous helmet and carrying a big ax, sat carelessly on a small round stool on the first floor of the association. He looked at the little girl held in the arms of the leader, Uncle Richard. The grinning expression gradually faded away.
"What's wrong with you..." He looked ahead with suspicion, and then at the other people behind him: "Can we still receive...a trafficking business?"
"What are you thinking about?" Mengzhu slapped the top of his pointed helmet, knocking him staggering, and then said angrily: "Originally, I was worried that you would be unhappy if you died, but now... ....It would be better for you to die two more times."
"As a man, how can you be afraid of something like death! And I've died so many times, I'm already used to it!" Xiao Hongchen was still laughing, but the next moment, he put away his hearty smile again: " But mother-in-law’s style is not a man’s style...isn’t it, captain?”
He looked at Duan Qing's face and asked mercilessly: "What is your relationship with that woman?"
"Haha." The other party also smiled: "That's what I was about to say..."
"That woman is just...my last girlfriend."
