"Congratulations... player Yu Chen - won this game!"
"He is worthy of being a player who has been able to fight until now. This last unique skill of throwing a knife saved the situation that was about to be destroyed."
"Yes, he won in a way that none of us thought of. It can be called a miraculous skill! Ordinary players may not think of such a method..."
"That makes sense. This player's thoughts and reactions on the spot are indeed worthy..."
"Humph! I won't watch anymore!"
In the middle of the stone seat, the angry little girl shouted and turned off the screen in front of her, then stamped her feet bitterly: "Uncle! How come he won?"
"It won't be a surprise for any of the players who have played today to lose. Didn't I tell you this a long time ago?" Duan Qing looked at the opponent sideways: "You have to vote over there..."
"I don't care! Anyway, I won't vote for that Yu Chen..." Mengzhu pouted, then folded his arms and turned his head to the side: "Back then, he fought with us and even chased us away... "
"These are old things from so long ago. I almost forgot..." Duan Qing sighed and said, "If you hadn't reminded me, I wouldn't have been able to remember any of this."
"I remember a few days ago, we played against them once in the competition uniform, right?" The whisper on the other side said in a low voice: "Did this little guy... appear at that time?"
"Yes."
The maid behind smiled and nodded: "He did appear."
"..."
Looking at the ever-changing smiling expression of Ningyu Ninglan, Duan Qing, who knew the result, nodded with some understanding, then sighed and continued to persuade: "Isn't it just two hundred and fifty gold coins? If it's gone, it's gone. Don’t you claim that you can earn it back with just a few tasks?”
"What's wrong? It's not money anymore? And it's still on this guy..."
"I'm willing to admit defeat and earn back in the next game, so don't think too much about it... There shouldn't be many games left, right?"
"According to the normal schedule, Yu Chen only needs to win one or two more games before he can advance to the top 32 of the UEFA Cup." Ninglan from behind explained in time: "That's for the offline competition. The quota is also the quota for the finals.”
"So fast?" Duan Qing said in shock: "This...couldn't this be finished tonight?"
"In the single-tacking competition system, there are so few people left, and occasionally there will be multi-player competitions...it should be fast no matter what." Xu Yu Liushang also laughed: "Don't forget, today is already the tenth It’s our turn. Although everyone participated in the beginning, the number of participants has decreased exponentially..."
"Well……"
Holding his chin, Duan Qing looked at the tall group of screens in front of him: "If you think about it...it's true, then why do they prepare so many screens?"
"Team competition, team competition."
The little girl with the golden ponytail finally got out of her depressed mood, raised a finger and said proudly: "This is probably specially prepared for the team competition that is about to start tonight! It is five against five, and there is only one screen. ...How is it possible to see this?"
"...Is that so?" Duan Qing looked back.
"The league has never officially announced their schedule, so... there is no such statement at the moment." The maid in the back smiled and nodded: "However... the rumors in the market, as well as the speculations of most players, are all I think so, so..."
"There is a great possibility that we can wait until the team competition takes place tonight."
"No wonder there are so many here tonight..." Qian Zhihe on the right murmured, "There are many players I know."
"Rumors among the people, rumors among the people." Duan Qing shook his head and hummed: "I never believe in this kind of stuff..."
"Hey! You guys!"
A loud shout suddenly sounded from behind them. When several people looked back, a player leading two or three teammates had already dismissed the spectators next to them, and then stood in front of them with his hands on his waist. In front of me: "A squirrel flew over here just now..."
"Did you throw it away?"
"puff……"
"You, what's wrong with you?"
"No, it's okay."
Duan Qing, who was hiding his face, lowered his head and motioned to his teammates next to him to get up and pick him up: "Who are you?"
"Are we? I also want to ask who you are!"
The leading man stepped on the stone chair in front of him and made a gesture of looking for trouble: "You like to throw things around, don't you? Do you know that it will hit people! I'm here to teach you these things today. What a girl... Huh? What is there a man doing hiding behind? Tell me! Did you do it? "
As the man yelled loudly, Duan Qing, who had become the center of attention, raised his head in embarrassment: "Well, that... Brother, I didn't mean it, I just threw it away casually and didn't let you Just pick it up..."
"You just pick me up casually? What do you think we do, performers under the overpass?" The man raised his knife and patted the back of the stone chair: "Come out and apologize to our leader. Well... pay for some more medical expenses! Otherwise... let's go out together and find a place to talk..."
"You dare?"
"Uncle..."
"it's okay no problem."
Comforting the little girl on the side, Duan Qing's eyes wandered over the three or two players on the opposite side for a while, then he slowly stood up and walked out of the team: "You guys go on... I will solve it."
"Hey... he is actually a man." The leader looked at Duan Qing up and down, then nodded: "Let's go! Let's go... Hey, why are you here, captain?"
"Just came over to take a look, by the way..."
Behind those people, a man wearing short body armor and half armor stood there quietly: "To prevent you from getting into trouble before the game."
"How, how is that possible?" The man replied with a slight embarrassment: "We didn't mean that, we just... just wanted to ask him out for tea or something..."
"Go, go, go, go and rest in the back."
The person known as the leader waved his hand casually and drove all the team members behind him. Then he cleared his throat, showed a helpless expression, and at the same time looked at Duan, who was smiling in front of him. On Qing's body: "I'll make you laugh, Mo Shang Qingshan."
"Long time no see." Duan Qing stretched out his hands: "The leader of the Changfeng Regiment."
"Hey, how can it be so long?" Qie Tingfeng Yin also stretched out his hands and gave Duan Qing a big hug: "Since you left the fortress...it has only been a few days, right?"
"Oh, really?" After patting the other person's back, Duan Qing showed a wry smile: "Maybe there are a lot of things going on these days, so..."
"I think it will take a long time."
"Oh? Then you have to tell me about it." The short-armored man patted the other party's shoulder: "The stories of the Qingshan brothers must be very exciting..."
"Hahahaha, no, no, President Changfeng is laughing..."
"Ha ha ha ha……"
"What are they doing?"
Looking at the two laughing men patting each other, the little girl behind loosened her clenched fists, and then quietly asked the blue-haired woman next to her: "What is the situation now? Why did it suddenly... "
"This may be the so-called casual love." Xu Yu Liushang sighed helplessly: "Although we look familiar, we are not that familiar...so everything we say is superficial and perfunctory."
"How can you say it so harshly..."
Seeing the blue-haired woman turning her eyes, the red-haired girl on the side shrank her neck in fear. Finally, she mustered up the courage to raise her head: "Ting Feng Yin is also a very good person. We have also We fought together..."
"……oh?"
He tilted his head and looked at the person next to him who had already sat down. He whispered with interest and then let go of his hand holding the sword hilt and sat back in his seat. Across the two seats, Duan Qing was already looking at the grass in the center of the arena, and made the beginning of a brief conversation: "I didn't expect... I could hit an acquaintance with just a random throw."
"This shows that there is a fate between us." He waved his hands and dismissed his team members, and Ting Fengyin smiled helplessly: "But let me tell you in advance, I have no such intention towards you..."
"Ha, it seems that people who have been on the front line for a long time will have that tendency." Duan Qing chuckled: "You need a woman to relieve the situation."
"Don't bother, we're just coming back to rest this time." The other party counterattacked without giving in: "At least I don't have to worry about a bachelor like you."
"...By the way, why are you back? Does the fortress no longer need repairs?"
"The people in the empire have no motive these days, so many players have relaxed. We can't guard against thieves for a thousand days." The man in short armor took off his weapon, and then spread his hands: "Including Many adventure groups, including ours, have been messing around in battlefield dungeons for several months, and they should always find a chance to take a break."
"But... no matter how you look at it, this is a great opportunity for the empire." Duan Qing pinched his chin and asked, "Don't they have any intention of attacking?"
"We don't believe they don't have it, but it is indeed the case." Qie Tingfeng Yin replied: "They left a bunch of wounded people and a cavalry captain. Their new weapons were also exposed, but they didn't do any follow-up. His actions... let alone General Dusk, if you tell anyone in the Principality these words, he will probably not believe it."
"Maybe they have other plans." Duan Qing said in a low voice: "Or maybe the Empire players who were under pressure discouraged the Empire from attacking..."
"There are a lot of familiar people here." Qiting Fengyin looked around: "Catch anyone here and ask?"
"Come on, what do they know?" Duan Qing shook his head: "The principality can know some details, and those of us who were present at the time were the only ones who were there at the time. There were no players present at all during the empire's sneak attack that day. Their plan...mostly they don’t know about it, let alone participate in it.”
"Those big guilds should know something." Qi Tingfengyin raised his hands: "For example, Wings of Freedom or something... It's a pity that I don't know the people in their guilds."
"Probably, but... I don't know her either." After dispelling the figure of a certain woman that appeared inexplicably in his mind, Duan Qing shook his head somewhat meaninglessly: "How can little people like us compete with those big forces like them? What about the hook, right? Just mind our own business."
"...Since Brother Mo said so..."
His eyes stayed on Duan Qing's face for a while, and Feng Yin touched his mouth and laughed: "Then I won't bother, let those who stay there be careful."
"How many people are left there? Are you the only one who comes back to rest?"
"People who have been there for a long time should all have plans to come back, it's just a matter of time... As far as I know, Yijiang Chunshui from the Jiangshan Group, the gang of fools from the Void, and that stupid ladder, may all. I'm coming back." Qiting Fengyin who said this looked at the red-haired girl behind Duan Qing, with a strange smile on his face: "The girl in your team is the one under Qicai Lingguang's command. Bar?"
"Ah? Ah... Yes, yes, she also came back to rest, came back to rest, hahahaha..."
Helplessly scratching his hair, Duan Qing had no choice but to laugh stupidly at the other party's words. However, such a reaction naturally could not be hidden from the eyes of the leader of the Changfeng Adventure Group: "Then... why is the colorful aura not there? He Didn’t you come back?”
"Ah? Uh... maybe I'm worried about the situation over there." Duan Qing replied hesitantly: "I don't know the specific situation, because when I was in Tania... I met her alone. "
"oh--?"
Facing the other party's long and confused voice, Duan Qing tightened his fingers on his hair. Knowing that he couldn't explain clearly, his eyes swayed from side to side for a while, and then he hurriedly started the tried-and-tested task of changing the topic: "Then, um... who are the team members who came just now...?"
"They..." Qiting Fengyin shook his head and said, "They are all people with dreams."
"What, they are not your team members?"
"Yes, but... they signed up to participate in the competition, that's all." The short-armored man patted the weapon beside him, and then said leisurely: "The temper is also a bit impatient..."
"I can tell, but... participated in the competition? Wasn't your adventure group always in the fortress those days?" So Duan Qing asked hurriedly: "How did you participate in the competition? Is there such a taboo as teleportation? The move doesn’t work…”
"There is a way, which is to come back and sign up in advance." Qiting Fengyin replied: "I personally have no intention of competing, so it doesn't matter whether I compete or not, but these people...seeing that the competition is approaching, they decided to advance for a period of time I returned to the city and signed up for the team competition, wanting to test my strength, or rather... try my luck."
"So this is the reason why you just showed up today?" Duan Qing asked tentatively: "Today...is the team competition really going to start?"
"……right."
Looking at the crowd around him, Qing Tingfeng Yin nodded slightly: "We received a notification from the system, saying that our Changfeng Adventure Group's competition... is today."
Buzz——
As his voice fell, in the center of the arena in front of countless people, several large screens that were showing the game footage suddenly trembled violently, and then slowly raised their heads to the attention of all the spectators present. The direction drifted to all sides, as if making way for the overgrown ground in the middle. Amid the exclamations that reached the sky, Duan Qing covered his forehead and let out a deep, bitter smile.
"It seems..." he whispered: "This time the rumors... are actually true."
