Lange Village is a small village located in the north of the Free Continent. Although it is located at the foot of the Anchidar Mountains, this place can already be called the north of the Free Continent, because according to the concept mentioned by the indigenous people of the Free World, the north-south boundary of the Free Continent is generally recognized as this line. It is divided by a series of mountains diagonally across the central part of the continent. However, this does not mean that the climate in this place is much worse than that in the south. On the contrary, the climate in this village is much warmer than many places in the south - the warm wind blowing from further north on the mainland is blocked by the mountains. , staying in this only jungle area in the north for a long time not only brought abundant rain to this place, but also created a rare rainforest area in the north.
And this village can be regarded as an adventure frontier known to players.
The League Cup is approaching, and those who are somewhat confident in their own strength have probably begun their final preparations, so there are fewer and fewer people traveling together and taking risks together. The endless Lange Forest has also become deserted due to the reduction in the number of adventurers, but for the monsters in the jungle, this is obviously a good thing, because not all monsters are like the famous Emerald Forest. You can kill players at will.
The monsters here are not as strong as the snow monsters on Falling Star Mountain.
During the time when the server was launched, locations with potential value have been gradually developed, and Lange Forest is no exception. Every corner of the forest has been explored by players. Many players come here no longer to discover new unknowns, but more to find the materials they need. For example, the unique ice dew grass in this forest is the best herb for making powerful healing potions. Both in the market in the free world and in the player's market, the price is high, so it attracts many people to collect it, not to mention harvesting other animals and plants in the jungle. On the morning of February 11, Year 795 of the New Calendar in the Free Continent, a group of players who had just entered the forest and were still sticking to this area unexpectedly discovered something on the bank of the river that passed through the forest. A strange figure washed ashore by the current.
Finally discovering a new element in this fully developed forest, several players rushed forward excitedly and dragged the man up from the river bank. After they tried their best to revive the seemingly seriously injured young man, they discovered that the NPC, whose clothes were in tatters, did not seem to be a local resident.
"You..." After a long while, the young man who woke up finally asked the first thing everyone expected: "What is this place?"
"Lange Forest, this is Lange Forest." One of the players hurriedly replied: "Where are you from? Do you need our help? Our Xia Ji Bada Adventure Group..."
"...Oops." The man sat on the ground and froze for a long time, and finally muttered: "It seems...it's at the foot of the mountain."
Several players looked at me and I looked at you, wondering what the meaning of the other's words was.
"Then, um, please..." Every word the young man said seemed to take all his energy: "What is the nearest... village from here?"
"Yes, it's Lange, right?" The player who answered before made eye contact with his companion, and then nodded: "Are you going there?"
"Yes, probably..." The young man thought for a while, and finally asked uncertainly: "Well, I remember there is a river called Hongshui River... where is it?"
"Well......"
The players looked at each other again, as if they didn't quite understand the meaning of this question. However, out of respect for the NPC, the team leader still replied sincerely: "Just in the north of this forest, flowing close to the forest. That’s it…are you really not a local?”
"Ah..." The young man's wandering eyes finally began to gather together: "This is indeed..."
"It's fate."
"Well..." The curiosity in the hearts of several players became more intense: "Are you going to Hongshui River? Is there anything we can do..."
"No need." The man slowly got up: "I... will go to Lange Village first."
With some inexplicable emotions in his eyes, he looked at the direction of the village pointed by the previous players, and then looked at the sky.
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"That old guy Duan Fenglei finally came back with his people."
In a solemn hall in Tania, the capital of the Principality, several warriors in armor were gathering together to discuss the future. One of them, who had just sat at the table, tapped the page in his hand and said : "Ever since the inexplicable battle at Fars Fortress, the atmosphere between the Principality and the Empire has become strange again. As one of the participants, that guy must have a lot to say, right?"
"Of course, that guy never admits defeat." A golden-armored warrior player sitting in front of the table nodded his head: "And not only the forces in the game, but also the relationship between Jianghu and Wings of Freedom. It has become much more subtle..."
"This war was originally considered by everyone to be the revenge war of the Wings of Freedom against them. It is not easy for outsiders to intervene at will." Another soldier sitting next to him said in a low voice: "We must If it weren't for these messy things, we wouldn't be so tied up..."
"You are still so belligerent, Uncle Knight." The player who took the report before said with a smile: "Don't worry, the current situation is so chaotic, sooner or later we will have a chance."
"I'm just worried that we will miss that opportunity again." The player known as Uncle Knight held his chin with his hands and buried half of his face behind his hands: "The League Cup is about to start. If it happens again in the game, What a strange incident..."
"You can't give up the game, right?" The golden-armored warrior sitting in the middle said with a smile on his face: "There is nothing we can do about it. After all, we are 'adventurers', not the aborigines of the Free Continent. No matter how hard we try, we still can't. It’s impossible to dictate the direction of this world… right.”
"Did the intelligence mention any news about the parliament? People in Jianghu have worked so hard, so they can't just let it go, right?"
"Well, it wasn't mentioned in the news, but... they have now moved into Yafa." The man sitting opposite said, "You should understand."
"Well... that's already a very high standard." The soldier in the middle nodded: "It seems that our allies will have a better future."
"Come on, although I am clinging to the lap of the principality, if this momentum continues, this country may really be destroyed by the empire..."
"Don't say such things, there are still us." The golden-armored warrior still had a sunny face: "The strength of the third largest guild, the Sword of Justice, is not just called out casually. We have been paddling before, but we can't It doesn’t mean... we can ignore it.”
He looked at the other companions around the table with a bright face, and the latter all nodded in agreement.
"Then... we should be able to do our best to prepare for the game." Gregson, the president of the Sword of Justice, said with some relief: "The levels and equipment are all ready, and the rest is to prepare for this period. In the last time, study the tactics carefully..."
"Report! Offline news!"
A player with a sword and scale badge walked in from the door and handed the pages in his hand to several players present with a serious expression. The president, who always had a smile on his face, gradually faded his smile after seeing the message written on it.
"...Falling Star Mountain?"
His expression became incomprehensible: "Mutation? Who released the news?"
"It seems to be a savage. There is nothing noteworthy in the ID." The man said with a straight face: "It can be ruled out that someone deliberately set off smoke pop-ups."
"Really?" The golden-armored warrior pinched his brow: "That's worth noting..."
"What's wrong, President?"
"A light appeared in the sky above the cloud maze, a very dazzling light." Gregson clicked on the message in his hand: "Let me see, there are also huge whistling and shaking sounds. It should be that a fierce battle took place. Category......"
"Above the Xuanyun Plank Road? Fighting?"
The rest of the people said with some suspicion: "Did someone break through that maze?"
"Has anyone reached the top of the mountain?"
The atmosphere in the hall became somewhat silent, because almost all players in the free world knew what it meant to reach the top of that mountain. But after a while, the president, who was holding the piece of information, turned it over and over again, and finally discovered the question he wanted to know but hadn't mentioned: "So...who is it?"
"..."
Perhaps feeling a little pressured by the Sword of Justice bosses present, the player who came in became a little restrained: "Those...those players didn't name their names, some of them just said they had seen Someone broke into the fog and had a fight with others..."
"Fighting in a place like that? That must be interesting." Another armored warrior sitting on the right continued: "That place where people are randomly teleported..."
"Okay, Great Emperor, I know you like to study this, but now is not the time." Grayson waved his hand, and then continued to ask: "What are the characteristics of those people? Are they frequent climbers?"
"No one present knew them, and due to the limitations of the environment, few people could see their names clearly." The player continued to explain: "And due to the characteristics of that layer of clouds, those few people were almost all entering and exiting. Out, so..."
"Are there no clues left?" the president asked curiously, "What other noteworthy things happened on that mountain peak..."
"All that can be seen is light, shadow and sound. And now these things have just been posted on the Internet, and now we can't even confirm the authenticity...Ah, by the way, there is one thing."
The man said again: "Onlookers present seemed to mention that the two sides fighting in front of the Xuanyun Plank Road finally shook hands and made peace. The captain of one side withdrew directly with the remaining team members. He seemed to know the people on the other side. It looked like that, but then they entered the clouds and mist and never came out again..."
"That's it." Jin Kai's president snapped his fingers and smiled again: "This is the clue."
"Does anyone recognize where these people on either side are from? Any names..."
"...Someone recognized the guild on the losing side, and they seemed to be members of Dawn Glory."
In the silence that reappeared, several leaders of the Sword of Justice looked at each other again: "That glorious one... hum."
"Now it gets really interesting."
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"Okay, that stupid guy is gone, what will you do next?"
"...You actually didn't follow him."
"How could a person with such great ambitions like me end up in a strange place like the Iron Fist Gang..."
"Do you really still want to compete? Also, the Iron Fist Gang is not as weak as you think. They are still somewhat famous in the league..."
"Okay, okay, let's not talk about this. The vacation during your free time is almost over. Are you... still going back? Are you just giving up?"
"...I'll go back."
To the north of Kalon Pass, by the mountain road outside the city gate, two players, a man and a woman, were standing there chatting casually. When the topic reached this point, the woman finally became somewhat silent.
"What, you finally figured it out?"
"An NPC like Art who has suffered so much can do this, so what reason do I have... not to continue doing it."
So the man became a little silent, and after a while he shook his head: "Hey, the characters in the game can actually educate people..."
The woman did not answer, but smiled with some understanding.
"Well, it's actually pretty good." Duan Qing also laughed in a low voice and said, "What I want to say is, don't pay too much attention to this matter."
"This is what I want to say." The woman still wearing a black cloak said, "And... I always have a feeling."
"I am burdened with Shirley's inheritance. This time, I seem to be burdened with something extra."
"Ha, the dignity of an adventurer." Duan Qing waved his arm up and down twice: "Don't be ridiculous, today's players don't have such leisure, they don't even have the background content of the mission... Everyone Now we only care about rewards, attributes, equipment, skills, oh...the latter ones are no longer possible here, everyone can only rely on their own understanding..."
"Speaking of which...in the previous battle on the top of the mountain, you seemed to have used an earthen wall, right?" The woman's eyes suddenly had doubts: "You can actually use magic?"
"Uh, ah hahaha... It's just a coincidence, it's just a coincidence." Duan Qing laughed: "But before, I learned a skill called Heavy Slash, which seems to be very good... ."
After a few more chats, Xue Ling Huan Bing was finally ready to leave after Nan Tieshan. Before leaving, she hesitated for a while, and still said thoughtfully: "Before...when I was in Greenstone Village, I thought..."
"Okay, that's not a flag, we'll see you again." Duan Qing waved: "It's the same this time."
"Okay." The woman looked at the other party steadily for a while, and then took the lead towards Kalon Pass: "But this time it may have to wait for a while."
"I will watch it." Duan Qing pointed to the top of his head: "Your game."
"Haha." A smile escaped from the corner of her mouth, but the woman did not look back: "That is really... something worth looking forward to."
"I'm looking forward to it too." Duan Qing's voice changed into a strange tone: "Looking forward to... your wonderful performance."
The cold wind from Falling Star Mountain blew past the two people, bringing a bit of refreshment to the game world that was still in summer. The woman whose cloak was blown by the wind no longer hesitated, and gradually left in Duan Qing's eyes, and then Disappeared in the crowd inside and outside the city gate.
