The small town of Anta in Taron County is a small town near the edge of Talon Avenue. The conditions here are the same as those in the Novice Village that ordinary players encounter when they first enter the game. Even if you are rich, you cannot buy anything useful. Even if you visit the entire town, you can only You can find one or two places dedicated to selling things in the few streets, and then in those simple shops like Green Stone Village, you can find some specialties such as local fruits and herbs, and taste the food of the free world. Local flavor. However, players who come here will not ignore this place for this reason. In addition to the fact that there are several areas nearby where novices can fight monsters and upgrade while enjoying the beautiful scenery of the plains, there is another important reason, which is this place. It is located on the edge of Fars Fortress.
Every day, there are countless soldiers and businessmen coming and going from this place, and along with them, there are countless passing players coming and going.
On January 4, 795 in the New Calendar, the appearance of the small town of Anta seemed to be no different from usual. Countless caravans from the principality or the empire passed by this place, and then were watched by some adventurers. Stopped on the roadside to rest, some of the goods may be bought by some wealthy players, and most of the rest will be transported to various places in the principality for sale. However, many of the passing adventurers were not very interested in these goods. Instead, they rested for a while and then hurriedly left the place. Among them were players from all over the Principality who planned to go to Fars Fortress, as well as passers-by from the Empire who planned to wander around the Principality for a while or go to the Free City. Since it was still early, most people had still expressions on their faces. They looked like they had not yet woken up, but they still had some expectations for the destination they were about to reach and the new life they were about to start.
Of course, there were also some people who had just returned from the fortress and were walking out of the small town hotel dejectedly.
"Damn it, if I had known earlier I wouldn't have kept that bottle of medicine..."
"What's the use? You'll probably die if you drink it."
"Can you at least fight to death for one?"
"Hey, what's the point of drinking medicine... Look at other people's League Cup games, how can anyone drink medicine in front of their faces? If we fight with those Imperial people, we must kill them openly!"
"Come on, you want to be upright, but others don't want to be upright yet. The way Fars Fortress looks like now..."
"Sigh... I was a little stupid at first, letting them sneak in so easily."
"There is no soldier in the principality who is not stupid. The only one who has some backbone is still heroic. Look at that general, who is still huddled in the infirmary..."
"Shhh."
People were walking in a hurry, constantly entering and exiting the streets of the town. On the endless plain, people walking on Talon Avenue West almost formed a straight line, with carriages carrying goods mixed in in the middle. They kept moving in their respective directions. The player who had hurriedly stopped the opponent looked back and forth a few times, then patted him on the shoulder: "Stop talking."
"What are you afraid of? What is there to be afraid of?"
"Who is scared?" The man scratched his neck, and then whispered: "Isn't this... just talking about the matter, now is a special period, and people are also injured, so don't talk about him behind his back."
"...The principality still hasn't said anything?"
"No." After the straightforward reply, a stern smile appeared on the man's face: "So what, if they don't go, we will go by ourselves! Even if we lose this number... we can't let those in the empire The guy is feeling better!"
"Well said! Count me in when the time comes. Sooner or later, I will have to settle this debt together..."
"But...we probably can't kill many Imperial soldiers just by relying on stragglers like us."
"Where is Duan Feng Lei? Where is Grayson? Where have they gone?"
"Of course I'm participating in the competition. You don't have to ask about this kind of thing..."
"Hey, everyone was very active when they were fighting for territory, but when it came time to start a fight... Huh?"
The speaker suddenly closed his mouth, and his eyes stopped somewhere on the road - several figures dressed as adventurers appeared at the end of the man's line of sight, and they were also walking towards here. In the process, he looked around back and forth.
"What's wrong?"
"Look at those people..." The man's tone became hesitant: "Are they Fang Zhou and the others?"
"..."
The eyes of the two people turned around a few times at the people walking in the distance at the same time. The person who spoke before said with some disbelief: "Is it really them? Holy shit...how did they get in?"
"With the way the fortress is now, how can it possibly control players sneaking in..." His face became extremely gloomy. The player who noticed the abnormality touched the hilt of the sword on his waist, and then winked at his companion: "Yes." don't want……"
"No rush, let's take a look first."
The two of them turned a corner on the road, and when the targets they were eyeing were about to approach, they suddenly turned into the grass on the side of the road, pretending to go to the toilet, and hid under the row of street lamps. Behind a certain stone pillar. They waited quietly for a while, and then quietly disappeared into the crowd again, but this time, their direction of travel became the direction towards the town.
In front of the two of them, several players of different shapes looked around and looked at the nearby scenery, as if they were playing in the countryside.
"Do you have……"
"Do you want to go ahead..."
"hold on……"
The vague conversation reached the ears of the two people. Their brows furrowed tighter and tighter, and the weapons in their hands gradually came out. At a certain moment, several people in front speeded up their pace as if nothing had happened, and then invariably stuck to a loading carriage, secretly surrounding the slowly moving carriage.
"...Two, one, do it!"
"What do you want to do-"
"Kill them all!"
"They're Imperial dogs! Stop them!"
"Don't worry about those two idiots, hurry up... ah!"
Sensing the opponent's secret movements, the two players following behind picked up their weapons without hesitation and rushed towards the group of people who suddenly started to attack the carriage. The battle broke out on the road in an instant, and swords were exchanged. The sound of hitting and yelling among each other also quickly sounded, but after a moment, these sounds suddenly stopped with a sudden burst of screams - the first two people who jumped on the carriage chopped down the people sitting on the carriage with a knife. A passenger at the door of the carriage then raised the curtain and rushed in. However, within two seconds, they flew out with the sound of being hit by fists.
Yes, they all flew out.
The huge force hit their chests directly through the armor, and then their bodies were blown away like cannonballs, falling far away on the road. The edge of the smashed car turned into scattered sawdust, shooting towards the figures of other players outside the car. Before they could recover from the action of holding their heads to cover, a hard fist blast came from within. Outside, dust and grass clippings flew up all over the sky, chasing the figures of the two people who had just rowed away.
boom--
"this……"
"too weak."
Amidst the sluggishness of the surrounding people, a deep voice came from the depths of the carriage, and then it became clear as the figure appeared, and finally stood in front of everyone. Under the short black hair, a pair of eyes filled with vicissitudes of life half-closed and glanced at everyone around the carriage. His fists collided with each other on his chest, slightly bearded. But his mouth gradually turned up, revealing a sarcastic smile.
However, this was not the reason why he attracted everyone's attention - a scar appeared above the right eye of the face, and then extended diagonally to the bottom of the other side.
"...Breaking Wind Thunder!"
Amidst the screams of the onlookers who were attracted by the sudden incident, a slowly read name sounded in the mouths of the two people who initially caught up.
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"So how did you deal with him?"
In Tania's Adventurer Association, Duan Qing, who was sitting in the hut, picked up a document on the table and said helplessly: "Tell them that we can get these things, but... To increase the price, I have been to Kandola Canyon. There are now piles of earth elements there. It is said that there is also a lord-level monster, let alone you can't deal with it... Even if people from the world go there... It’s fine if we lose a few lives, the key is the stuff… we have to make sure we get it.”
"well……"
After talking for a long time, Duan Qing, who finally waved away the sullen player, sighed helplessly, and then put down all the pages in his hand: "How could you come up with such a move and take over other people's moves? The task... we can’t even do it ourselves, right?”
"The leader said... this way we can receive more high-quality tasks and get higher rewards."
"You can still make more money...right?"
"Yes." Dunyu Ninglan, who was standing behind him, smiled and nodded: "The leader said... this is better than staying idle in the association."
"The problem is...she doesn't care about these things!" Looking at the pile of documents in front of him, Duan Qing rubbed his forehead painfully: "And why do you dare to accept everything? These tasks, these goals...how could they Do you believe me?"
"Some time ago, Ninglan and Miss Liushang have helped some adventure groups, so... they have left some good reputations." The maid tilted her head cutely: "The leader said that a good start is Half the battle, good reputation is the beginning of success..."
"Stop, stop, stop!" Duan Qing quickly made an interrupting gesture, and then quickly found a few pages from the table: "Then please tell me, this, this, and this...these... Which great immortal sent these messy little tasks for people to find things? Can't they handle these little cases themselves?"
"Hmm... these seem to be Xiao Hongchen's next." The maid checked it briefly and then smiled again: "He heard that those people had many trivial tasks that they couldn't finish, so he took them all on. .”
"So is this a garbage recycling station?" Duan Qing slapped the table and shouted: "I want to cancel Xiao Hongchen's right to take over the task! Let him stay here honestly!"
"Sorry, sir." The maid bowed slightly, and then whispered: "According to your contribution in the team, your status currently... seems to be the lowest, so according to the rules set by the team leader..."
"ok, ok, I got it."
Covering his face deeply, Duan Qing's dull voice revealed a sad feeling: "This is also the reason why I am sitting here..."
After a seemingly endless time, last night's game was finally over. Duan Qing, who was still unfinished, sent Xue Ling Huan Bing, who could no longer hold on but was still energetic, off the line, and then in the dark night illuminated by fire. Zhong walked out of the door, and then... found the figure of the maid waiting not far away.
"The leader... seems to be very angry." These were her original words at the time.
For a phenomenon that can only be breathed out overnight, it is difficult for even an expert to explain it clearly, let alone a woman who is guarding here and has discovered him early. According to Duan Qing's understanding of her, she had probably told that guy Mengzhu about what happened just now. The little girl who disappeared did not say anything about the matter itself. She did not even leave a word in her friend list. She only announced a lot of new team policies after coming back online and will be punished for the lowest contribution. Duan Qing, who was rated as the "worst team member", was assigned to the extremely boring position of guarding the family.
"This is your punishment for not participating in the activities properly!" the little girl said.
"God damn it, watching the game is considered an activity!"
After reading a few useless pages randomly, Duan Qing spread his body on the small table in front of him: "I also did a lot of commissions when I first came to Tanya! Why are those not included? , on the contrary, the games during this period... each one has a higher contribution value than the last!"
In the smile of the maid behind, Duan Qing waved the paper in his hand as if he was complaining: "What about participation points, ending points, and game points! We are not playing a game, so what does it matter if we watch a few games? The most annoying thing is that there are betting points... Oh my God, this is clearly encouraging members to throw money away, okay?"
"The leader is such a person, Mr. Qingshan... you also know it." He couldn't help but cover the corners of his mouth, and continued in a coded voice: "If you want to adapt to the life of the adventure group, you should adapt to the temperament of the leader. , this is what the gentleman liked to say in his early days.”
"...You should also remember this." Duan Qing, who was lying on the table, was silent for a long time, and finally said with a sigh.
"A few years ago, wouldn't there have been more strange rules like this?" The maid said with a smile: "Instead of complaining about these, it would be better to complete a few more tasks, and then...try your best to change your image in the head's mind. Bar."
"This shouldn't be a problem for Mr. Qingshan." She clenched her fists and moved them playfully in front of her chest to encourage him.
"Completing the mission is easy..." Helplessly flipping through the pages in his hand, Duan Qing searched again among the messages left by the players: "But it is difficult to change the image... …Huh?"
His hand stopped somewhere, and then slowly raised a small piece of paper with a very different style from those commissioned pages: "This is..."
"This is what Xiao Hongchen brought back before."
Glancing at the thing in Duan Qing's hand, Anyu Ninglan smiled again, but along with it, her eyes gradually became sharp: "It is said to be something given to him by someone else..."
That note said something like this.
"Going to the green mountains."
"A carriage will return to the city today. I hope you will meet it secretly at the west gate."
"Pay as you please."
"Breaking wind and thunder." (To be continued.)
