"Well... we don't need to go to this point, right?"
Back in the early days, the confrontation between two men at the entrance of the fortress gate had completely attracted the attention of nearby people. Among the crowd watching the excitement, the soldiers of the Principality from inside the fortress and some unknown passers-by may still be a little confused, but most players still know the identities of these two people.
The news of Variety Star Lord vs. Savage King also spread to the surroundings at this time.
"You don't have to think too much, Brother Mo."
The venue has been completely filled with onlookers from the fortress, and the square near the entrance has been completely surrounded. The two people surrounded in the venue also slowly opened their posture. One of the men holding a black sword stared at the opposite side with cold eyes and made a weird gesture: "Just treat it as... normal. It’s time to compete and learn from each other.”
How is this possible...
Looking at the people around him who had started shouting, and the red-haired girl who was pushed aside by them and was spinning anxiously, Duan Qing showed a helpless smile: "Can you... change the time?"
"Brother Mo, is there anything else important?"
"No...well, I'd rather find someone."
"That Ilot? Is he your friend, or is he your new mission line?" Qingtian's voice was still cold, as if the worldly world was no longer within his scope of consideration: "Don't worry, people won't run away. , it’s not too late for you to go look for me after that, besides...it won’t take you a long time.”
"Ten minutes... no, probably five minutes is enough."
Saying these words, he began to walk forward slowly, dragging the weapon in his hand to the ground, making a clicking sound when it collided and rubbed with the stone slabs. But when Duan Qing saw this scene, he still didn't pull out the giant knife behind his back. He just waved his hands and stepped back: "That's not the key to the problem..."
call--
In the splash of sparks, Duan Qing's wretched figure flashed out from the sudden explosion of sword shadows. After rolling a few times, he suddenly stood upright: "Hey, sneak attacks are not what a man would do..."
"I came over at the right time, does it count as a sneak attack?" Qingtian ducked down and made a sprinting posture: "Brother Mo is joking."
"wait……"
call--
The same sound of breaking through the air roared in front of everyone again, hitting Duan Qing's body that had just stopped and had not yet stood firm. However, unlike what the onlookers imagined, this time the attack still missed - the black evil wind swept horizontally from the height of his waist, and was dodged by a standard iron bridge.
"If the fight continues like this, I will be wronged..."
"Cut the nonsense!"
With this loud shout, the black blade turned into a whirlwind and blew violently in the direction of Duan Qing. While blowing away the surrounding earth and rocks, it also forced the nearby onlookers to take a few steps back. Avoid this edge. However, Duan Qing, who was at the center of the storm, was still unharmed because he had already run to the side like a bird that saw the opportunity early.
"Stop, stop, stop! Brother, what did I do wrong? Can't I change it?"
Uh-huh!
Duan Qing, who was half-crouching on the ground, quickly stood up sideways, and the blade passed across the tip of his nose, and then stopped just before he hit the stone slab. Qingtian, who was holding the handle of the knife with both hands, shouted loudly. The tip of the knife turned at an angle in an instant and was thrust towards Duan Qing's chest. Then he turned his backhand and slashed at the figure who had fallen to the ground to dodge in desperation——
clang!
With a crisp impact, Duan Qing, whose back was about to touch the ground, kicked off his feet, flying through the air and sliding to the ground not far away.
"I said...five minutes are already up, right?"
"If you keep hiding like this, even if it takes ten or five minutes... you won't be able to solve the problem."
The black giant knife pulled out several blades around Qingtian, and then thrust it straight into the ground. Duan Qing, who was on the ground not far away, didn't say anything and just got up on his own: "Alas... "
"Just now...I heard the person next to me say, do you have a nickname?"
"It's all nonsense, so don't listen." The man in black, standing on his hands, raised his chin and replied coldly: "Brother Mo, have you thought about it?"
"Variety Star Lord...that name sounds quite domineering."
"I know you used to be...with this ability, it shouldn't be a problem for you."
"Haha." Duan Qing laughed: "No wonder..."
"Has anyone ever told you that you're not cut out for a knife?"
Qingtian's face darkened.
"The iron rod you used before looks very good, but this knife..." Duan Qing said with a smile: "Just looking at the shape, it's not suitable for you to use."
"The change just now is your limit, right?"
"...What Brother Mo said is true." After bowing his head in silence for a while, Qingtian said in a low voice: "But...so what?"
With a bang, he pulled the tip of the knife out of the ground, then raised one hand flat and pointed at the opponent opposite: "You didn't even return your hand, do you have the qualifications to say this?"
"To put it bluntly, you just want me to take action, right..." Duan Qing shook his head gently: "So... there is a problem."
"Brother Qingtian has been here for so long, so he must be a powerful person, but he came to fight with me and deliberately didn't use the weapons he is good at..."
Duan Qing grinned: "What do you mean?"
Amid the murmurs of the crowd, Qingtian was silent for a while, then raised his head: "...It's very simple."
"I want to prove...that I'm better than you." He said, "That's all."
Yes, another guy with great ambitions...
There was a wry smile in his heart, but Duan Qing made a solemn expression on the surface: "I see, I understand."
He moved his hand backwards: "In this case, I won't take action..."
"It doesn't seem appropriate either."
"Okay, okay, okay, finally let's do it for real!"
"Hurry up, hurry up, wait for so long..."
"Come on, let's place your bets. Let's see how you feel. The Variety Star King pays three for one, and the Savage King pays five for one..."
As the crowd's voices gradually grew louder, Qian Zhihe, with tears in his eyes, finally ran to Qicai Lingguang's side: "Brother, go and persuade those two people..."
"With you here, I'm still trying to persuade you."
Smiling bitterly and touching the girl's head, Colorful Emmanuel turned around and asked a player next to him: "How's it going? Who do you think can win?"
"I have no idea."
The one who answered him was the autumn grasshopper who had been on the same team with Duan Qing before: "I can't see anything, the time is really too short. But..."
"That guy has a lot of experience in virtual games, it's true."
"That means... everything he said is true?"
"I don't dare to guarantee this. After all... there are many things that I don't know." The autumn grasshopper crossed his arms and replied: "If you are interested, you can also ask our president. In fairness, Sword... you are always welcome to come."
"Stop talking about these things, aren't you just trying to get us into the meeting? I won't be fooled!"
Qicai Lingguang said angrily, then looked at the two people who were facing each other again in the field and said, "It's you... why are you back here?"
"Are you asking knowingly? Are you deliberately trying to make me angry? Why else could I..."
"But there is also a team competition, right? I heard that the Free World made the team competition very exciting this time..."
"That will be a few days later. At least the individual competition must be determined to a level that can hold offline competitions, and the players must rest for a while." Autumn Grasshopper replied: "So I still have a few It’s time to rest…”
boom--
A huge roar echoed in everyone's ears, but the roar did not come from the battle field where Duan Qing was located, but came from the distant fortress. When everyone looked up in shock, a huge circular circle formed by air waves was sweeping the sky above the fortress. Even the blazing midday sun seemed to be blocked by the impact of this huge explosion. Living.
"...It seems that there is no time to rest."
The next moment, a rain of gravel caused by the explosion fell from the sky and hit all the players on the head.
"Wow, ah, ah, what's wrong, what's wrong..."
"It exploded? Where?"
"It hurts, it hurts... holy shit, I'm losing blood. It hurts so much to hit someone with this stone."
"There! That's the top level of the fortress. I remember that's where..."
Just as an answer emerged in everyone's mind, running and shouting belonging to the guards began to appear in the crowd of adventurers: "Attack! Someone is attacking!"
"Alert! Alert!"
"Don't panic! Run away, little guys! The Imperials are outside, raise your spears and swords, it's time to teach them a real lesson! Hey, you adventurers..."
As the command sounded from far to near, Captain Sranko, who was guarding the door, ran into the crowd of players: "Don't just sit around here! Get ready for me..."
"Captain, do you want to close the small door..."
"Nonsense! Are you going to invite them in without closing the door?"
"Yes Yes……"
Looking at the scene that had become chaotic due to the sudden accident, and the several guards who were busy under the command of Silanke, Duan Qing held his forehead and slowly closed his eyes: "Are you reliable? ah……"
Guluulu——
Among the scurrying crowd, an object flying from nowhere suddenly fell onto the originally empty stone slab, and then slowly rolled to the soles of the crowd. Such details were very important in such a chaotic scene. It was difficult for others to notice, but Duan Qing noticed it, and the first thing he noticed was the discordant sound caused by this ethereal rolling.
That white ball looks a bit familiar...
He opened his eyes and found the source of the sound exactly, and then... his pupils began to shrink.
His heart began to beat inexplicably, and Duan Qing's eyelids trembled up and down. He stared closely at the object that suddenly appeared in his field of vision, and all the muscles in his body tensed up. The tinnitus and the chaotic sound of the crowd were interactively transmitted to his mind, but it seemed that it was no longer within the scope of his thinking. He took a hard breath, and then suddenly fell down while his subconscious gave him some kind of warning. on the ground behind him.
boom--
Twenty seconds had not passed since the last explosion, and an explosion almost identical to the previous one was re-staged in the square next to the gate.
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"...alive..."
"Awake……"
"Wake up..."
"...Is it okay...?"
What……
Hazy vision gradually appeared in Duan Qing's eyes. He slowly opened his eyes, and then the moment his consciousness returned to his mind, he felt nerve signals coming from all over the body, and almost all the signals fed back were It's the same, it's pain.
Severe pain all over the body.
"Ah..." A subconscious groan came from his mouth, and Duan Qing opened his eyes completely, and then found that he seemed to be lying under the fortress's patio, next to a certain stone pillar that had not yet collapsed. The tinnitus that still dominates his hearing is gradually fading away, replaced by a slowly becoming clearer cry: "Are you still alive? Stand up!"
What...who?
He turned his head with difficulty, and what appeared in his field of vision was the figure of the captain of the fortress guard named Sranko.
"Damn, there aren't many people alive...can you still hear me?"
whispering sound……
With both hands on the ground, Duan Qing moved his body, then raised his head: "Fa, what happened..."
"Explosion, it's an explosion!" The guy's loud voice rang out again: "Someone threw a bomb at us! It's not an ordinary bomb, but a special magic bomb! Damn it, the Council of Mages explicitly prohibits such behavior, the Empire The beasts...have lost their face!"
"Emperor, where are the Imperial people?"
"They are attacking! The gate has been severely deformed. While you are still alive, get up quickly and hide behind..."
"Team, Captain..." A voice rang in Duan Qing's ears, and then amplified as the source approached: "Captain! Report to the Captain!"
"Stop talking nonsense! Speak quickly!"
"The command room...the place where the explosion occurred is the command room!"
"I damn well know where these imperial brats will choose! Where is the general?"
"General, the general's whereabouts are unknown..."
"What! Is Dusk really...impossible? Labor and capital have both survived. How could the general be exposed to such a thing..."
"Captain! The Empire's cavalry, the Empire's cavalry is coming!"
"Whatever you are afraid of, come to me! Where are the people? You guys, get up! I know these adventurers are unreliable..."
Hey, hey, what does this have to do with us adventurers...
Holding on to the pillar next to him, Duan Qing stood up with difficulty, and then looked around and realized that the scene in front of him had been bombed into a mess. Bodies lying on the ground or hanging on the broken wall in the distance are everywhere. Some belong to players, and some are soldiers from the Principality who were watching the fun just now. Some of the surviving ones are still screaming backwards after being rescued by their companions. Climbing away, there were also shouts and calls for help from various guards. In a scene that was even more chaotic than before, only the area around him seemed to remain intact, and some of the soldiers running around reported to the captain next to him from time to time.
"Koval from the third team is missing, and Sloan is seriously injured..."
"Second team, there are only three people left in the second team!"
"Captain Custa is missing! Chief Fias sent an order, asking us to hold on here first..."
"Shou, keep your ass!"
As his vision gradually became clearer, a big hand passed in front of him, accompanied by Silenko's shout: "At least half of the people here are dead! The other half are wounded, and the door can't be closed yet." Come on, what do you want me to do..."
He paused, then took a deep breath.
"%#@#, give all the labor and management, hold up the door!" He yelled: "No one from the empire is allowed to come here!" (To be continued.)
