"Brother! You are finally back!"
When Duan Qing returned to the Adventurers Association, the first thing he received was the grand treatment from his teammates, but the welcome scene was still different from what he had imagined.
"Brother! Please accept me as your disciple!"
"Hey, what's going on?"
"You are so powerful, why didn't you tell me earlier!"
Two days have passed, and Xiao Hongchen has returned to their temporary base camp early. However, since he knew that the big hole at the entrance of the Adventurers Association was made by Duan Qing, this person who has always longed to become a strong man The passionate young man was so easily fooled.
So there was a scene where he was holding Duan Qing's thigh and crying bitterly.
"Brother! Considering that we have been teammates for so many years, you must teach me two moves!"
"I have nothing to teach you, and we have been teammates for several years..."
Duan Qing, who raised his hands, looked at the big living person hanging under his legs with helpless eyes. After a while, he remembered to look around: "Where is Mengzhu?"
"Well..."
"Brother!"
"Okay, okay, can you get up first?"
"No, you promise me first before I get up!"
"I...how could I promise you..." Duan Qing sighed and began to drag the living person on his legs to move inside. Finally, with difficulty, he found the only well-preserved place on the first floor of the Adventurer Association. He sat down on a stool next to a round table and asked, "How is your shield?"
"I don't know. The blacksmith uncle said it can be repaired, but it's hard to say how it will be repaired." The smiling butcher sat on the other side of the table, holding a glass of water in his hand. He didn't know where he got it from: "At that time, he When I saw the appearance of that shield, my eyes were as wide as glass beads..."
"Change your shield. Although the properties of this black iron shield look good, it is still a novice weapon after all..."
"Do you think it's easy to get equipment in the free world? Weapons and equipment can be obtained casually. Only big guilds have the right. Skirmishers like us... Also, that shield is really It’s not bad, it took me a while to develop feelings..."
The smiling butcher closed his eyes and looked like he was concentrating: "If it can be repaired, it will be good."
"Then... I can only wish you good luck." Duan Qing also picked up a water bag next to him, but found that it was empty, so he had to throw it aside: "I'll see you later. A good shield, I will give it to you.”
"Hey, this sentence sounds reliable." Uncle Smiling smiled: "There is always a feeling of making money."
"By the way, where is Mengzhu?" Duan Qing shook his head and laughed, then remembered the previous question: "Why isn't she there? Did she go to complete the commission?"
"Well..." This time, the smiling butcher remained silent for a longer time: "Don't be angry after hearing this."
"She and Nina went...to be investigated."
"What?" Duan Qing was shocked: "What happened to Nina? What happened again?"
"You still don't know the notice posted at the door of the town hall." The smiling butcher whispered: "Our Lord Mayor has expressed his righteous position in a righteous way. The general meaning is... .He will vow to fight evil to the end."
"So stubborn?" Duan Qing was surprised: "For this reason, does he still want to keep pretending?"
"On the surface, he does think so." The smiling butcher said: "Many townspeople went to see Rama's notice. Some believed it, some did not believe it, but in any case, many people who knew what happened at that time People still want to...let little Nina give an explanation."
"What to explain?" Duan Qing slapped the table: "Even if Yasiqi is really a bad person, what can a little girl have to explain? She has never seen her father before! Of course, she will never see him again. .....”
"The words that Jin said on the top of the mountain that day were also spread out later - they should also be done by Rama. And according to what everyone knows now, before the Master Council expressed its position, our side After all, the suspicion is higher." Uncle Smile squeezed the cup: "As for what happened behind this, and what kind of reliance Rama has, we don't know..."
"Huh..." Duan Qing exhaled heavily, then looked at the door of the Adventurers Association: "Then what? Where are they now?"
"It should be somewhere in the north of the city. Some highly respected people in Fenghua Town want to ask some questions to little Nina." The smiling butcher spread his hands: "Mengzhu explained to them that Nina doesn't like to talk. character, but they didn't listen - these people seemed to be very cautious now and didn't believe anyone. Some of them were family members of fallen soldiers..."
"Falled soldier?"
"Well, they are the ones who died in previous battles with bandits."
Duan Qing was silent.
The situation in the principality is not optimistic now, and we don’t know how the battle ahead will be. As a result, there are a lot of refugees in Fenghua Town, and a lot of food and supplies have been transferred away. It seems that the townspeople have finally made up their minds. , wanting to truly solve the long-worrying problem of bandits.
No matter who was behind the bandits in the end, they couldn't stand it anymore.
"But it's good this way..." Duan Qing raised his head and said, "At least we are fighting each other in a fair environment. At least... we won't be plotted against."
"Yes, the Council of Mages has made its position clear. Even Rama probably wouldn't dare to make a mistake."
"And Jin, and that woman..."
When it came to the weird woman who stayed in the library on the top of the mountain all day long, neither of them knew what to say - the situation that day, even if it was not exposed on the Internet, the smiling butcher should have heard about it, so for that For those who call themselves Destiny Weavers, they, like other informed players, are full of fear of that woman.
That is a power that is truly beyond the world and cannot be understood by players.
"If I have the chance, I will meet that woman again." After a long time, Duan Qing patted his arm: "I have many questions to ask her."
"Before that, it's better to solve our problems first." The smiling butcher was still a little worried: "I heard that there are also differences within the Mage Council. It seems that there is a disagreement..."
"Humph, this is something that has happened a long time ago." Duan Qing sneered: "Ever since Rama revealed the insider situation, this scene will happen. Now those people can't hide anymore, so why not simply stand up and fight with them? Others fight in the ring..."
He tapped his fingers on the table: "Maybe there is still some chance of winning."
"Perhaps the current situation is indeed like this." The smiling butcher said: "This may be the reason why Rama can jump out and be so rampant... Maybe after the internal problems of the Master Council are resolved, those of us outside Only then will the conflicts be resolved.”
"In the final analysis, this is a world where the strong are respected." He shook his head and said.
"Then what are we waiting for? Let's go there too." Duan Qing stood up: "We are more or less powerful people. In the past, we could at least intimidate others... Why are you still here! "
He was about to step out, only to find that the shirtless man was still holding his thigh and looking at him with tearful eyes.
"Okay, okay, I promise you." Duan Qing said helplessly: "Let's go to Mengzhu first, okay?"
"Okay! A man should always keep his word..."
"I heard you are going out?"
A decadent voice suddenly appeared outside the door, interrupting several people's conversations. Duan Qing looked toward the door and found that his long-lost boss, the head of the Fenghua Town Adventurer Association, Uncle Richard, had appeared in front of them.
In his arms was a petite girl.
"Richard? Why are you back?" Duan Qing shouted: "And the person you are holding is...Nina?"
"Wait until you come back slowly, and then leave slowly. It will be too late for anything." Since the gate of the Adventurers Association had been demolished in the previous battle, Richard stepped directly into the gate: "I was almost a step too slow last time I went to Nina's house, and I'm a step too slow this time."
"Why, what did they do again?"
"It's all from that Aqiang!" Before Richard could reply, the voice of the little girl Mengzhu suddenly sounded from outside the door: "He didn't know where he got the news, so he ran to the scene to cause trouble, saying that he had seen it Nina’s father and so on, he also pointed out that he was definitely a bandit! Uncle, did you not see the situation at that time..."
"Oh, I'm so angry!" She lifted the shaky doorframe and walked in.
"Hmph, maybe he planned this interrogation routine as well." Duan Qing snorted coldly and said, "The code name is Aqiang, right... I've written it down."
"Xigang, the owner of the Ankaras mine, has been controlled by Jin because of some reasonable suspicions, and his men have also been imprisoned in Blue Mountain Village on the grounds that they may be covering up crimes. Chris and other townspeople The citizens didn’t know where they got the news, so they felt that the people hiding deep in the mine were very suspicious, so..."
"So we are now at a disadvantage." The smiling butcher analyzed what Richard said.
"I spent a lot of effort, and finally got along with this old face, and finally made them believe my promise, and then brought Nina back." Richard put the little girl on the ground, and then casually picked up Nina from the ground. He dragged a chair and sat down: "Let them discuss it themselves. We just need to ensure our own safety."
"Has the situation become so urgent?"
"I don't know the specific situation, but..." Richard looked out the door, which was on the other side of the street: "The Mages Council will not drag it out. The recent events... .Too much."
"Can they guarantee fairness?" Mengzhu asked a sharp question: "When things got serious before, I didn't see them come forward. I always felt that they should handle this matter..."
"You don't have to believe in the Council of Mages." Richard looked at the little girl, and then returned to his original lazy look: "But you have to believe in Jin."
"Jin is a very stable and honest person." He looked around the first floor of the Adventurers Association, and then frowned: "Although his brain turned very slowly, the conclusion he finally came to was, It usually convinces everyone.”
"He was like a rock, upright, hard, stubborn, and... rational."
"Every time a difficult issue arises in the Council of Mages, Jin will get involved, and then use his own investigation to construct his own pyramid conclusion. But he never tells outsiders what his thinking is, so there are always some people afterwards. Not accepting his sentence. But as time goes by, everyone will realize that he did the right thing and will have nothing to say."
"This is the fact that many years of experience have told us." The decadent uncle spread his hands and said helplessly.
"Such... a powerful person?" Duan Qing touched his chin and said, "It's interesting..."
"So since Jin is involved in this matter, I will probably believe his final decision." Richard said: "Those in the Mages Council should not object to his decision, and they would not dare to do so."
"But what if in the end...we are found guilty?"
"Don't you believe in yourselves?" Richard grinned: "You yourselves know what you have done. A guilty person is guilty, an innocent person...is naturally innocent. of."
"That's it."
"According to what you said, Jin... is a bit of a god." Duan Qing asked, "Are all the people in the Seven-person Council so powerful?"
"That is their strength as magicians." Richard said: "Not as...the wisdom of wise men."
"So...should I practice my earth physique?" Duan Qing wiped his mouth: "Maybe I will become a wise person...Oh!"
"Stop dreaming!" Mengzhu slapped him on the back of the head, knocking him down.
"I don't know what kind of magic you people will practice and what kind of results you will get." Richard shook his head: "But as an adventurer, you should still fulfill your basic responsibilities."
"What are the responsibilities of an adventurer?" Duan Qing covered his head and said, "I know, to discover secrets and obtain..."
"No, no, no, it's to maintain the authority of the adventurers... and their safety."
The uncle scratched his hair randomly, then pointed around: "When I was away, you actually made this place look like this. Do you need... to repair it?"
"What!"
Everyone was shocked.
"You are still a registered member of the Fenghua Town Adventurers Association. What is your name? Yes, the Fool's Adventure Group!" Richard slapped his thigh: "Since the Fenghua Town Adventurers Association is in trouble, , of course you have the responsibility to lend a helping hand and contribute to the reconstruction here, right?"
"But these were not done by us, but by the City Guards..."
"We can settle the accounts afterwards." The uncle waved his hand: "Let's fix it ourselves first..."
"But it's such a mess now. It's very tiring to fix everything..."
"It's better to just move."
"And you, the head of the family, don't know where you have gone..."
"And I seriously doubt that you will go to them to ask for payment after we repair it."
"Why, don't you want to fulfill your responsibilities as an adventurer?" Amid all kinds of thoughts, a loud shout sounded along with the sound of slamming the table: "Be careful, I will let your adventure group disband!"
"ah......!?"
Passers-by on Huawu Street looked in the direction of the crumbling building in astonishment, because just now, several people heard long, reluctant sounds coming from inside.
"Okay, okay, we promise, we promise, don't use such low-level threats, okay..."
Among the flowers and leaves in the sky, several people walked out listlessly from the door. One of them seemed to have remembered something, and turned back and shouted into the room: "By the way, what about the remaining commissions? There are many unfinished commissions. It was also destroyed by Rama’s people..."
"It's all trivial matters, don't bother with it... Oh, by the way, there's also that big hole at the door!"
Several people heard the sound and ran towards the street. Behind them, a slovenly uncle ran out from the back door without a door: "You have to fill the hole you made for me!"
"Did you hear that?"
