"Although this is not the first time we have done such a level five mission, it should be different this time."
After the food was served, the lights gradually turned on, and in the living room, which gradually became lively, the sound of colorful spiritual light mission introductions began to sound on the table little by little. As an old man in the team, Qingtian was still like Duan Qing, listening attentively to his captain's explanation. Only the red-haired girl who had always been very energetic was lying on her seat and eating the food in front of her without any consciousness. Food, as if the whole world couldn't stop her.
"We have been a team that has been working together for a long time in the past, and those missions were accompanied by experts, so it was relatively easy." Looking at the girl helplessly, Qicai Lingguang cleared his throat, and then continued his introduction: "I'm afraid this mission There is no such treatment, and...we are understaffed.”
"If that doesn't work, just call a savage."
"Can savages be relied on?" A sad look appeared on Qingtian's face: "What if it gets dark?"
"There are four of us with one of us, so we shouldn't be able to do much harm." Qicai Lingguang glanced at Duan Qing, and only after the latter nodded, saying that he was a good young man who would not cheat his father and obeyed orders, he continued: "And … We can’t wait any longer.”
"If what is said on the mission is true, it should be completed in the next few days..."
"I said..." Duan Qing finally asked: "You'd better tell me the content of the mission first. I've been wondering about it for a long time."
"This is a spy mission." Qicai Lingguang did not answer immediately, but took out a scroll carefully tied with thin thread from his arms, and then slowly unfolded it in front of Duan Qing: "Appear on the front line of the empire. We have built a camp with a different style. After our preliminary judgment, this camp may contain major secrets that the empire is studying. We cannot sit still and wait for death! In the name of the principality, if there are adventurers who can go deep into the enemy camp and find out what is going on in this place. We will give you generous rewards for the brewing conspiracy!”
"——General Dusk, Commander-in-Chief of Fars Fortress." Colorful Emmanuel finished reading the above words, then rolled up the parchment page and continued: "The date is February 26th."
"Well, it's true... it's been a while." Duan Qing thought, "If you include the time difference when the principality discovered it..."
"This thing in the empire has been built for a long time. If we don't take action, then... the consequences may not be as simple as mission failure."
In the deep voice of Qicai Lingguang, Duan Qing looked at Qian Zhihe who was still feasting, and then asked again: "What will happen if the mission here fails?"
"It is certain that you will lose your reputation. The specific consequences will depend on the extent of your failure." Qingtian on the side explained: "If you accept the task but do nothing, the final consequences may be serious; if If you risked your life and blood for this mission, even if you fail, the principality will still thank you and even give you some compensation."
"This can be regarded as a disguised form of encouragement." He smiled and then concluded.
"Is the mission the only one?" Duan Qing immediately asked the next professional question: "Will there be other teams traveling with us? If we complete it together, how will the final reward be calculated?"
"It may be equally divided, or it may be exclusive. The specific situation depends on the content of the task and... the coordination ability between players." Qicai Lingguang said: "For these things, our people have fought a lot. Fight...but we shouldn’t have to consider this issue this time.”
"Why?"
"During my investigation, I also paid attention to whether anyone wanted to take this task, but the result was...no." Qicai Lingguang said with a wry smile: "Probably because this task is too difficult..."
"After all, we have to enter from Line F."
"Line F?" Qingtian asked in surprise, "The one at the foot of Falon Hill?"
"That's the one." Qicai Lingguang nodded: "Go in through that line, and then walk to the end. You can probably reach the place mentioned in the mission."
"Do you still have to go to the end?" Before Duan Qing could ask, Qingtian on the side exclaimed again: "Is anyone going to pass that line?"
"Time is still short, so this statement doesn't count." Qicai Lingguang waved his hand: "How will you know if it doesn't work if you don't try?"
Qingtian looked at his captain for a long time, then sat back in his seat: "...Okay, you have the final say."
"Um...can anyone explain..."
"It's okay, you just need to know... this dungeon is very difficult." Qicai Lingguang raised his hand and said, "Do you have the confidence to go to Qingshan Mountain?"
"Are you afraid of scaring me away..." After muttering to himself, Duan Qing had no choice but to nod again and said: "No problem."
"That's good, let's talk about tomorrow's... uh..." Qicai Lingguang nodded with satisfaction, and just about to continue explaining tomorrow's plan, he suddenly remembered something: "Qian Zhihe, what do you have? Problem?"
The red-haired girl who had never stopped looked up when she heard the sound and looked at the other person with innocent and confused eyes: "Huh? Wo..."
"Wo Wei has a question!"
She answered righteously, holding a large piece of barbecue in her mouth.
"well……"
Duan Qing couldn't help but chuckled as he looked at the colorful aura sighing because the girl lowered her head to continue her turmoil.
The midday sun is still powerful at this time of March. Whether they are going out or returning, almost all the people passing by here look like they are dripping with sweat. The soldiers of the Principality stationed next to the fortress gate were too scorched by the last bit of summer heat to lift their heads. Some were drooping their helmets, while others were trying their best to retreat into the shadow of the city wall, as if their heads were The scorching sun is a greater enemy than the Empire. This phenomenon is the same even in the direction facing the imperial front line in the west. Some soldiers have nothing to do and even sneak into the awning built by the players themselves, and then look at the remaining soldiers with a look of idiots. Compatriots standing guard on the city wall.
"Does that person not care?"
"You should leave it alone, since the empire hasn't come over anyway."
Walking to the west gate, Duan Qing looked at the NPC who looked like a commander sitting in the rocking chair under the city gate with a helmet covering his face with some confusion, and asked with some confusion. At this time, they were about to set off to do that task, and according to Qicai Lingguang's explanation, the reason why they had to set off at this time was mainly because people would be less energetic in the afternoon.
"This is not the first time we have seen the urinary behavior of the soldiers here in the principality." Qingtian on the other side explained: "It's better to be lazy. If there is a battle, you may see even more...wonderful phenomena .”
"Well, I understand." Duan Qing nodded, and then, under the leadership of Qicai Lingguang as the captain, he walked to the sleeping man who covered his face with a helmet.
"Captain Sranko, we are going out to complete the mission."
In the bow of the colorful aura, the man lying on the rocking chair made of vines slowly took off his helmet: "If you don't go early, you won't go later. It has to be at this time..."
Reluctantly getting up, the man known as Captain Sranko swayed and led a group of them to the fortress gate. It wasn't until Duan Qing got closer that he discovered that in an inconspicuous corner of the huge door panel, there was a small door that was as tall as one person.
"An entrance specially designed for adventurers to enter and exit." Seemingly understanding Duan Qing's doubts, Qicai Lingguang whispered from the side: "It is specially designed to ensure safety, because there are too many adventurers coming and going every day, and this gate is impossible Open every day..."
"Hmph, to put it bluntly, they are still a bunch of guys who are greedy for life and afraid of death."
A discordant voice suddenly sounded in the team. Duan Qing turned around and saw that it was a man with long hair. His half-long hair almost covered his face, and his whole body was covered in black cloth. Judging from his appearance alone, it was impossible to tell what his occupation was despite the same attire. However, the weapon on the man's waist is still very easy to identify - it should be a pair of daggers.
This player named Konoha Tornado is the savage they just found this morning.
"Shh, don't say such things." Qicai Lingguang immediately turned around and said silently: "If Silanke hears it, it will be over..."
"whispering sound……"
The player turned away, but said nothing more.
"Is it just the five of you?"
First he hesitated at the small door for a while, and then slowly opened the iron door like a scalper. The captain stood there and yawned, then tried hard to open his sparse sleepy eyes and scanned the few people in front of him. Individuals, and their rear: "Why aren't there more people together? Let me save some effort..."
"Ah hahaha, the weather is sunny today, and the field of vision is very broad..." He said casually to the other party, Colorful Spiritual Light nodded and smiled at the other party, while winking at the others, asking them to pass through that place as quickly as possible. Vaguely, the rest of the people could still hear the chatter between the two captains.
"Where are you going?"
"The mission instructions say that we need to take Line F..."
"Oh? Tsk tsk tsk, be careful. If they all die, we can't get the bodies back..."
"Ah hahaha, thank you captain for reminding us, we will be careful."
"What Captain Slanke is, has he always had this kind of virtue?" Duan Qing asked quietly.
"He has always been like this to us adventurers, but we are all used to it..." Qingtian also explained quietly, but before he could finish speaking, someone else's shout suddenly sounded in front of him.
"Wait a minute...wait a minute!"
Several people who looked like players ran closer from afar and stopped in front of the door, panting: "Don't close the door yet, let... let us in!"
Behind the colorful aura, the door that was about to close just now stopped. The next moment, the head with a tilted helmet stuck out from there: "Who is it?"
"I...we are from the Changfeng Adventure Group..."
"Changfeng? Let me think about it...that's not right. Where is your captain? He is the one whose name is Listen to the Feng Yin..."
"That, that... just now, in order to cover our escape, he stayed by himself..."
"What!"
The small door opened with a swish, and Captain Sranko's figure immediately appeared in that place. He stared with big eyes, but the words he said made Duan Qing, who was about to leave, frown.
"What do you do for food? Huh? You can't do a small task well, and you hook up with your captain? If you ask me to follow you, do I have to pay for myself? You...even The latest recruits are worse than the latest recruits! I think it’s better not to be an adventurer anymore, just pack up and go home! Don’t bring discredit to our principality..."
The series of shouts and curses were like lines that had been rehearsed thousands of times, ringing out at the door one after another like cannonballs, then gradually getting farther away as Duan Qing's team left, and finally becoming increasingly unclear. . Duan Qing turned around and glanced at the expressions of the others, then asked in a low voice: "Just now..."
"Don't worry, that's what happens often." Colorful Emmanuel emphasized again: "Of course, it's for us."
"Are we going to suffer like this?"
"What's the point? Ah... I'm not talking about Captain Sranko's temper." Finally arriving in the wild, Qicai Lingguang also took out his weapon - a short sword that reflected the dark light of metal, and then sighed and said : "When players go to the battlefield, there will be no immortals. If they all die, forget it. If a few escape by chance...it is indeed a problem to explain. Later, this kind of situation happened more often, and everyone slowed down. I slowly summed up some solutions, such as deserting the team, missing, becoming a deserter... Of course, these words are not very pleasant, but we players are not very good in the eyes of those people..."
"Uh...is there any use in saying that?"
"Of course it is to come back in the future." Qicai Lingguang said with a smile: "The dead people appeared in front of the fortress officers out of thin air. Wouldn't they be suspicious? Even if they don't treat you as a ghost, they still have to arrest you as a spy... …”
"...I forgot about this." Duan Qing slapped his forehead and laughed too: "I don't seem to pay much attention to this aspect..."
"It seems like Brother Mo hasn't died much."
"Uh, no, no, I just didn't care... So is that what those people said just now?"
"Yeah, what do you think? Those people just said to stay and break up, and they didn't say to die. It's just that the other party naturally thought so." The generous dagger of colorful aura turned out a sword flower in his hand: "Wait a minute. When the player comes back from the corpse, he can just say that he was lucky enough to survive... Sigh."
He suddenly sighed and said: "It's a pity. According to those people, Qing Tingfeng Yin should be kneeling. I remember that he has been preparing for the task of killing the Southern Front commander for the past two days, which is considered a big deal." Business……"
"It's not yet certain to draw a conclusion now. Maybe Changfeng's people have defeated the other party." Qingtian on the other side shook his head and continued.
"That's right, but it's hard for me. Look at the expressions of those people when they came back..."
After leaving the fortress gate, it stands to reason that we have entered the battlefield. However, the scene in front of us is very different from the bloody appearance that Duan Qing knew. It still maintains an ordinary field with green grass. look. There were only a few people around, and occasionally wild beasts could be seen passing by them. Only some mutilated corpses that occasionally appeared deep in the wild grass, and various weapons inserted into those corpses, still reminded passers-by of the near future. Things that have happened here before.
"They are all poor people who didn't have time to deal with them." Qicai Lingguang explained: "They were all bitten by wild beasts."
"How far are we from the place?" The player named Konoha Tornado asked impatiently.
"You should know about Line F, right?" Qingtian on the side pointed to the northwest in a low voice: "Here, let's start from that place."
Following the direction he indicated, Duan Qing squinted his eyes slightly, and then discovered an unnatural color behind a pile of grass in the distance.
That's the tip of a helmet.
