"You have nothing to do here, go down."
Humid, cold, and dark air, accompanied by a huge herbal smell, filled the space. Except for a few suppressed coughs from time to time, the rest was sometimes light and sometimes heavy breathing, and unspeakable silence. The low ceiling seems to be right in front of you, and the small room structure determines that everyone living here can easily overlook the city of Tania in the dark night through the small window next to the bed. The man lying here didn't seem to be in such a mood at all - after hearing this voice, he raised his head with difficulty, then covered his mouth with one hand while coughing in pain, and curled up into the bed quilt again.
“What a beautiful city.”
The other party's praises came to his ears.
"It's a pity...it's about to end."
The night wind becomes stronger and stronger as the moon rises. With the arrival of autumn, the shadows of the trees illuminated by the moonlight begin to sway more violently, and then become more and more sparse, but the trees living here Most people will not focus on these natural changes, but are more likely to notice the changes in the city - looking south from here, the lights in the city are bright or dark, flickering in everyone's eyes. In front of my eyes, the bustling crowd seemed to be within reach, and it seemed to be in another world, following their own rules and moving towards their own pursuits in the intertwining process. The city under the night seemed to flow with their flow, and all kinds of lights spread into the distance as their respective destinies moved forward, and finally stopped at the edge of the city, beside Tania's city wall, turning the original The irregular lights formed a perfect circle.
And now, the center of this circle has gradually extinguished over time, and this momentum has extended to other parts of the city.
"I know...you still haven't given up on your destiny."
He withdrew his gaze from a darkened library in the north of the center of the circle. The man standing at the door lowered his head and smiled, and then continued: "But... I still have to ask you once."
"Do you want to tell me?"
The man on the bed didn't make any movement, he just lay there quietly.
"I have to ask this question every time I come here, but every time... I get the same answer." Faced with such silence, the black figure at the door laughed lowly: "Waiting for a turn of events? Or? Say...waiting for a change? Waiting for others to discover something?"
"it's useless."
The man on the bed coughed violently twice more, then closed his eyes again and lay back quietly.
"I didn't plan to come here today." Seeing the other party's still silent protest, the man shook his head and turned around, as if he was planning to leave this place: "Out of respect, I'm here to tell you... Something outside.”
"Pamir...your favorite student almost died in our hands."
The person lying on the bed suddenly opened his eyes.
"Humph, hehehe... What a pity." The man looked back at the bed by the small window and laughed maliciously: "I have been waiting for so long, but I have waited for such news... Isn't it desperate? I can tell you very clearly..."
"This is just the beginning."
The footsteps gradually faded away as the man left, but his words still echoed in every corner of the cabin: "Just wait... for the news of the destruction of this city."
"Good night, have a bad dream."
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"Has the news gotten through?"
"..."
"Hey, forget it, this was originally a gift delivered to your door, just fly away. Remember, the next thing is the most important..."
"..."
"If we all do our own things well, we will never fail! Okay, let's break up. There will be a game to play later, and we have to prepare a little bit..."
In a military camp on the outskirts of the empire's border, a man wearing a newly acquired armor waved away the others around him, and then stood there and thought for a while: "It didn't work... forget it, it's just two more days to live." That’s all.”
"As long as there are no flaws in the plan here..."
Sighing somewhat uneasily, the man temporarily put aside these trivial matters, turned to another baggage in his heart, and looked towards a small forest in the suburbs. Amidst the roaring sound, a woman with black hair and white armor was standing in the center of the trees with a sword in hand, waving it rapidly in the air in front of her: "Drink!"
The sound of breaking through the air echoed in the woods, as if the leaves falling to the ground from time to time were caused by the shadow of the sword she waved, flying around with the shouts from time to time, and then scattered around her in the turbulence, gradually An irregular circle is formed. The light coming from the direction of the military camp reduced the people and things here into a black shadow. In the interplay of light and darkness, a huge leaf that had not completely lost its vitality fell in front of the woman, and was hit by her wrist quickly. The sword was suddenly withdrawn and cut into two identical halves.
"ha!"
The scattered air currents whizzed around the woods with her as the center, turning the fallen leaves into a heavy rain, and at the same time, the light and shadow around her became more blurred. The movement that gradually became fixed fixed the long sword in her hand at the place where it was scratched at the last moment. She looked at the tip of the sword there and stood quietly for a while, then put away the weapon and sat down on the ground. , holding the sword and thinking.
"Stop practicing and take a rest."
The sound of footsteps trampled the fallen leaves, and gradually approached from the direction of the military camp. The man holding a long sword walked into the woods, and then stopped beside her: "I just suffered such a serious injury yesterday..."
"I'm fine."
The woman interrupted the other party, and after a while she slowly responded: "Thank you for your concern."
"Don't be so outspoken. We are in the same company after all." The man was inexplicably happy after hearing this: "We are a family after all, and it is normal to care about you."
"..."
The woman who was sitting on the ground with her knees bent did not reply, but remained there quietly. With her long hair disheveled and her eyes closed tightly, she looked like a statue of a sleeping goddess. The man in the darkness naturally did not notice her change, and only thought it was due to the other party's attitude: "When I first came to the company, I received a lot of care from you, and later I conquered the world in the same guild, which can be regarded as I am a comrade who has fought together, so asking about your physical condition has almost become a habit of mine... Hahahaha, I seem to talk a lot today, don't worry, don't worry..."
Realizing that the other party seemed to have no intention of responding, the man quieted down slightly in embarrassment. He looked at the other party's back, twisted the fingers of his hands in the air for a while, and finally tentatively walked to the front and slowly sat down next to her. Next: "You... you have been practicing all day... did something happen to you?"
"..."
"Have you seen a bottleneck and want to find a breakthrough?"
"..."
"Is it..." The man hesitated for a while, then asked in a low voice: "Because of that person?"
"..."
The night wind blew her long hair, but the woman who seemed to be in trance still didn't move much, just sitting there quietly.
"If you encounter any difficulties, always tell me... We are not only your subordinates, but also your confidants. We also hope to face difficulties with you, and then overcome them and make this industry a success. It will get better and better, just like the previous game worlds..."
After all, there was no reaction from the other party. The man had no choice but to talk about his own content. He sat next to her and started talking nonchalantly. Time passed slowly in such an atmosphere, and it was not until the man recounted the history of their previous struggles together that he stopped his reminiscences with unfinished content: "...We have stood very high. I have experienced so many things. There is no need to spend too much energy on these small things and... little people. With the strong strength and strong support of you and me now, with a little effort, these achievements... are not yet Are they all easy to get?"
"..."
The quiet woman remained silent, but where the man could not see, a self-deprecating smile appeared on her lips.
"I don't know how much you listened to what I just said, but... you'd better stop working so hard. I feel bad for you." Looking at the increasingly dark sky, the man stood up slowly: "Tonight There are still competitions, and the team competition is about to start again, and I don’t want you to worry about these things... Forget it."
He hesitated for a moment, then shook his head: "I believe you."
He turned around, as if he wanted to leave this place, but it didn't take long before he turned back again: "By the way, I got a new weapon recently, and I don't need the original long sword anymore. Do you want to try it?" one time?"
"..."
"Well, if you remain silent...I'll just assume you agree?"
There was a hint of joking in his voice. The man walked back slowly, then took off the long sword from his waist and put it next to her: "Don't worry, I won't use it anyway, just take it." , we are all our own people, so we don’t have to worry so much about whether it’s right or not…”
As if he had transformed into a neighbor, the man chattered for a while, and then slowly walked back towards the military camp: "...remember to come early, there are not many games left, um, this time the meeting point Where did it come from..."
The footsteps gradually became farther and farther away, and finally disappeared into the small woods as the wind blew. The woman opened her eyes quietly, and then looked at the long sword beside her. The focus of her pupils gathered for a while, and then slowly stabilized.
"After all..." She looked at the sword in her hand: "How should I release it?"
Her armored fingers hesitated for a while on the long sword beside her, but the woman finally picked up the long sword left by the man. She checked the properties of the sword, and then shook her head in the cold light of the drawn sword: "That's fine."
She raised her sword and looked around, then slashed out with the sword.
"Just get used to it first."
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"It's late! Why did you come back so late?"
Tania City, in the Adventurer Association, Duan Qing just stepped into the room. The first thing he greeted was a big index finger: "The competition is about to start, and you guys have just come back?"
"Uh... we went to the library in the north of the city." After looking at the red-haired girl who was following him and looking shyly at the room, Duan Qing waved his hand helplessly and explained: "It took me a long time to sort out the bookshelf. , we won’t have dinner until after eight o’clock..."
"Library? Are the tasks of the library that strenuous?"
"It's easy to say... you'll know after you go there." Duan Qing, who finally returned with the completed mission, answered with some confidence in his voice: "We will continue going tomorrow."
"What? There is such a good thing?"
"A good thing? It's hard to say now."
Duan Qing shook his head in a low voice: "I can see that there is no such person as Yi Yi among the librarians in this world..."
"The NPCs in this world are the same."
The blue-haired woman standing in the corner and leaning against the wall stretched out a hand, and an inexplicable smile appeared on her face: "I originally thought that you should have discovered this long ago..."
"My awareness is not high enough, okay?" With a dejected look, Duan Qing walked to the small table, took the tea cup brought by the maid, and then found a corner to squat down. : "We should add more seats now, otherwise we won't have room to entertain guests in the future... Where is Xiao Hongchen?"
"I don't know, he hasn't shown up for a day." Mengzhu snorted and said, "Another lazy one...I blame you."
"Hey, hey, why is it all my fault?" Duan Qing hurriedly began to protest: "I haven't seen him for a long time!"
"This guy has disappeared since the game the night before yesterday..."
"Could it be that he was kidnapped again like last time in Fenghua Town?"
"Well, when you say that...it seems possible? It's taken so long..."
"No." Ninglan from behind said with a smile: "Mr. Xiao Hongchen showed up at seven o'clock this morning and left some commissions..."
"That's why he went crazy." While Duan Qing and Mengzhu were checking the remaining commissions, a mature voice from the blue-haired woman sounded in a low voice: "According to what I know about him... this person's brain circuit, It seems that it is not something that ordinary people can understand.”
"Oh, forget it!"
So Mengzhu shouted and put down the paper in his hand: "Let's go first and leave him a message. If we can't catch up with the game in a while, today's activities will be ruined again!"
"Do you just like watching games that much?" Duan Qing said expressionlessly: "Or making money..."
"What makes money is team activities. Do you understand team activities?" Mengzhu said solemnly: "Participating in team activities is conducive to maintaining a harmonious atmosphere and good team relations among team members, and promotes mutual trust among team members. The friendship between us will deepen our understanding of each other, so that we can do better in our future team actions..."
"Stop, stop, stop -" Duan Qing interrupted the other party loudly and hurriedly: "Where did you learn this from, and you do it the same way..."
"I found it on the Internet, no, no?" Mengzhu asked a little embarrassed, then cleared her throat and continued the previous leader's speech: "In short! Holding more of these activities can deepen the relationship among the members of our adventure group. The bond between..."
"yes……"
Duan Qing lowered his head and let out a long sigh. Amidst the laughter of others, Duan Qing held the shoulders of the little girl who was leaning against his waist and sighed: "I know I was wrong, Mr. Captain, for the glory of the adventure group In the future, we’d better leave quickly.”
"Yes, yes, it's better to leave quickly."
A faint light flickered around Mengzhu's body, which was a sign that the little girl was about to go offline: "Today..."
"Maybe there will be a team competition!" (To be continued.)
