"According to the latest statistics, the floating population of Tania's adventurers in March of Fire has decreased significantly..."
"How much less?"
"A rough calculation is about two to three percent."
"Hmm...is it because our opening measures cannot attract them?"
In Tania's parliament hall, Speaker Pamir was discussing issues related to the current status of the principality with others in the regular parliament. One of the middle-aged men was reporting to everyone loudly at this time: "No, we asked some adventurers about the situation. There are rumors that the adventurers seem to be holding some kind of competition in an unknown place. The way..."
"Competition? Competition for what?"
"A competition between each other." The middle-aged man replied: "It should be... similar to the ancient fighting arena."
"The principality is suffering so much right now, don't they have a place to vent their energy?"
A councilman sitting at the bottom whispered: "Your Excellency Pamir, are you a little overconfident in your trust in adventurers?"
Next to the vacant seat in the center was the speaker's seat. However, this middle-aged man with meticulously combed hair did not answer his question. Instead, a member of Parliament on the other side stood up: "No matter what they do, they are still following their own rules." It is normal behavior to follow customs! How can you, the Fords family, hold a lot of troops in your hands, but let them sleep every day! I doubt their current combat capabilities and whether they can cope with ordinary imperial troops. …”
"Shut up!"
The dull shout was like a bell, instantly suppressing the other party's doubts. The congressman who spoke before looked at the quiet scene with great satisfaction, cleared his throat, and then continued: "Don't pretend to be stupid, congressman Lonia, my people are quelling the rebellion in my territory. This is already a well-known thing, don’t tell me how much harm those rioters will cause to the principality if left alone... you don’t know.”
"My family doesn't have the energy to send troops now, so..."
"Your sophistry is still so sharp, Mr. Fortes."
A middle-aged man with a big beard sitting on the other side suddenly said: "A serious rebellion is taking place in your territory? If it was really that serious, would you still sit here peacefully and talk to us? Are these irrelevant issues? As far as I know, the Anderson Independent State in the south of Ferron County has already been troubled by the serious chaos. Old Kefa has not shown up for nearly a month, and it is even worse than them. You should be early..."
"How did you do it, Mr. Fordson?"
"Connelly..."
As the congressman gritted his teeth in the next sentence, the fat man seemed not to notice the needle-like gaze of the other party, and still said to himself: "What's more..."
"If there is a problem in your territory, do you still want the principality to take the responsibility for you?"
"Koska District fell, Feron County has become what it is now, but your Carolai County is unscathed, it is just dealing with your so-called rebellion every day - as far as I know, it is because of you The refusal to accept the refugees assigned to you by the Principality has been like this since January! For such a long time, your so-called elite soldiers have neither suffered losses nor quelled the riots, but just stayed there quietly... …”
"enough!"
Opposite the round platform, a dull roar finally came out again: "No matter how incompetent we are, my people can at least save their lives and maintain their dignity. We will not sell our knees easily just to survive! What about you? Fa The Fortress of Ers is still in a precarious state, I’ll see how long you can last by relying on those adventurers every day!”
"At least we are making each other pay the price, instead of being like you... being a coward!"
"You won't say that when those untouchables stab us in the back... A merchant from Taron County, the spokesperson for adventurers!"
"you……"
"alright."
Raising a hand, Pamir finally interrupted the seemingly endless quarrel. He pinched his brow, then let go of his hands, letting the already agitated parties sit back down again: "The defense of the principality is already very fragile and requires everyone's joint efforts. If you have differences of opinion, it is best to wait until everything is over. We’ll discuss it when it’s all over. But judging from the current situation…”
The speaker leaned forward slightly: "Adventurers' assistance is still necessary."
The congressman at the bottom opened his eyes and seemed to want to say something more, but in the end he sat there quietly without saying another word.
"Carlos, continue your report, um... just talk about the situation at the adventurer station."
"Okay." The person who started to speak first turned the page in his hand, and then cleared his throat: "Since entering March of Fire, the growth of the adventurer station has begun to slow down..."
"Sir, there is news from over there."
During the reading, a person ran next to Congressman Fortes and whispered a few words while looking at the congressmen present. After hearing those words, Congressman Fortes closed his eyes and nodded, then waved away the other party. He thought for a while amid Carlos' report, and finally opened his eyes and exchanged glances with some people next to him.
"...The adventurers who were forced to go out to look for opportunities are now all over Tania, and some have even reached the territory of Anderson State. And Fars Fortress..." Carlos turned a page: "According to the fortress According to Commander Dusk, the number of adventurers there has increased by about 20% in the past month."
Wow——
"Twenty percent? Why so many?"
"What is Dusk doing? Are those people responsible for the defense of the principality?"
"Rika, Rika! Come here! That thing you told me a few days ago..."
"When the empire launched a massive attack, there were countless adventurers assisting them. Why are they helping us now?"
Amidst the sudden buzzing whispers, Pamir gradually opened his eyes, looked at everyone around the parliament and whispered: "It seems... the situation of the principality has not yet reached a disappointing level."
"It's time for a change."
He sighed, like an old man who had been bored for a long time, and slowly took out a stack of documents from under the table where he was sitting. Then he clapped his hands and ordered his subordinates around him to distribute these documents to all the MPs.
"I now...as the Speaker of the Principality of Elnifea, submit a bill to the Parliament." He raised his voice: "On behalf of the Supreme Council, I announce that we have completed the review of these bills, and the review The result...is consent.”
He lowered his voice, rested his chin on his folded hands, and faced the silent members of the parliament with a confident smile: "I hope you can take a closer look, and then..."
"Make a choice."
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"Oh! Another group of adventurers."
On a sunny morning on March 29, 795 in the New Calendar, Duan Qing set out with a certain group as a savage as usual. And as usual, they received a greeting from a certain NPC captain at the door: "You should be the thirty-second batch of adventurers today, or the last batch of adventurers..."
"Well, there should be others behind us..."
"It's what I want, isn't it? Hey, if we have to go out in teams, why can't we go out together..."
Amid the wry smiles of everyone, Captain Silenko walked slowly to the small door and slowly opened it. During the half month of the battlefield dungeon under Fars Fortress, Duan Qing had many interactions with this man. He dealt with the captain who was guarding the gate, but the impression left on him was the same as before. In addition to his extremely bad attitude, he had completely different views on adventurers and principalities. Whenever a player brings back some wounded soldiers or civilians from the principality, the captain will lead his people to pick them up in a hurry, greet them with a smile, and then... as usual, send the player team to The people scolded them and made them look disgraced. But after all, he controls the only way for everyone to go out to do tasks, so no one dares to offend this gatekeeper guy, and even gives gifts to please him if he has nothing to do. Just like this time, Captain Ladder had already stuffed the wine he bought from the tavern into the opponent's arms: "My new team member can't speak. Captain, don't care, don't care..."
"Well, that's pretty much it..." The man took the flask and took a sip without caring about others or military discipline. Then he slowly put it into his arms and waved to them: "Banhe stronghold, right? ?The guards there are quite strict, but a group of people have just been detained recently, so there is no room for them to live in. I am very distressed now..."
"I understand, I understand." Brother Ax rolled his eyes twice, then nodded and smiled, secretly waved to the others, turned around and walked out of the small door: "Then let's set off!"
"Huh? Oh." Silenko had already turned around and walked towards his special seat. Hearing the sound, he turned back: "Have a nice trip!"
puff--
Duan Qing wiped his mouth, and then asked quietly towards the ladder that he was quickly catching up with: "My attitude has become so good, I can't believe it..."
"Hey, hey, this is a fantasy game. That's how it's played, right?" The latter patted his chest proudly: "I'm pretty lighthearted here. I heard that there are already great players here who have already raised their favorability to a very high level. I got so high that I found out a lot of secrets about him!"
"Secret? What secret? Tell me."
"Well..." Ladder looked back at the increasingly distant door, and then whispered involuntarily: "It doesn't hurt to tell you. I heard that he has such a bad attitude towards adventurers because he has been treated badly by adventurers before. Injuries and the like..."
"Injured? Was he slashed by an adventurer?"
"Bullshit, of course it's because I'm heartbroken, uh... maybe, I don't know the specific situation, it's just rumors, you know, things get messed up as they spread..."
"Damn it, is there any player who has fallen in love with him?"
"It's impossible. Although due to the development of technology, there will always be various cross-dimensional love stories between men and women in recent years, but that guy is so frustrated and has a bad temper. How can anyone like him? …”
"It's a love story that spans dimensions. I'm not here... uh, that's not right." Duan Qing choked for a moment, then continued to ask with bright eyes: "Tell me, what stories have you heard in the past few years?"
"Ah hahaha, haven't you ever had a girlfriend yet, Brother Mo? But it doesn't matter. You have asked the right person. Let me think about it and then give it to you slowly..."
"Can we talk about something useful, captain?" The African miners on the side saw that the bullish trend was about to start, and quickly brought the topic back to the subject: "We still have a mission to do."
"Ah...yes, yes, by the way, where were we talking about just now?"
"I don't know if Slanke is injured, but it's better not to believe what that guy said." Brother Grasshopper on the side suddenly interjected: "There used to be a team in our club, and I learned from him I got some information, but it turned out to be false later, and I even tricked them a little bit..."
"Ah? Really?"
"Of course, why are you lying to me?"
"But I heard that as long as you send something, the information he told will be true..."
"If there is such a good thing, why can't our guild give it away every day? The Sword of Justice will not be short of that little money..."
"Well, it's true. I heard other people say that what he said is accurate."
"How much information can a gatekeeper know about the battlefield? If you don't believe it, forget it. Anyway, I know everything I know..."
"Maybe it's because the gifts are different."
Duan Qing on the side suddenly said: "That Silanke may decide the authenticity of the information he tells based on certain standards."
He put his hands behind his head: "The fourth-generation virtual game technology has expanded the storage capacity of AI and made the reactions of people in the game world more realistic. Even if there is no real virtual personality, I It is estimated that it is not far off - according to the methods currently available, they will probably make a list based on the real reactions of ordinary people, and then decide how they should react based on the external information they receive, and then use various different standards to differentiate between choices made by normal people, thereby simulating real emotions and styles.”
"This theory seems to be called... let's call it Q&A theory. Anyway, it has appeared a hundred years ago. As long as the list of available choices and standards is made large enough and detailed enough, we will be completely There will be no traces of simulation. As for this standard... eh."
Looking at the eyes of everyone looking at him, he shrank his head: "That... I guess, it might be his preference?"
"How do you say this?" the autumn grasshopper asked immediately.
"For example... he likes to drink, so giving him wine will help us. He is greedy for money, so giving gold coins will increase his favorability and so on... I'm just guessing, don't believe it casually."
As he waved his hand, the marching team was silent for a while. The ladder and the grasshopper looked at each other. The latter seemed to think about it for a while, and then slowly asked: "Who on our side...does anyone care about that guy?" Have you been tested?"
"No, that guy is so annoying. Not many people really like to deal with him, even the legendary god...and that's just a rumor. God knows if there is such a person."
He looked away at Duan Qing and spread his hands: "I don't know anyway."
"Well, it seems that we need to study it carefully..."
This is the normal routine and gameplay... These words flashed through his mind, but a smile appeared on Duan Qing's face: "Then... I don't know if he likes the bottle of wine given in front of him or not. …”
"It's a small amount of money, don't worry about it." As if he had abandoned something in his mind and returned to normal state, the ladder waved his hand: "Completing the mission is the best way! Adjutant Wood promised us the keys to all four levels! And he also said that if it is done well, it is not impossible to get the key to level five..."
"Listening to what you said, I suddenly started to worry about the difficulty of our mission." The African miner on the side muttered in a low voice: "Don't lose your wife and lose your troops then..."
"Don't worry, our team is very strong now!" Ladder stepped forward and patted him on the shoulder: "The whole team is above level 40, and there are professional masters sitting in charge. No matter what you think, nothing will happen."
"We can win in any fight!" (To be continued.)
