"Miss Liushang, you are here."
"Alliance officials, Young Master, presidents of various conferences... Oh, there are so many people to meet, and so much time was wasted..."
In a sparsely populated alley near the Adventurer Association, a smiling maid player led another complaining blue woman into the darkness here: "Where is the leader?"
"Is there any place where I can board 6? So... I am the only one who can go up there for the time being." The blue woman spread her hands slightly, and then looked around: "Duan... where is he?"
"Ninglan has just gone online, so she didn't notice Mr.'s whereabouts." The blue-and-white maid player saluted again: "I wonder if Ms. Liushang knows some clues..."
"How could I know?" Xu Yu Liushang brushed his hair, but an inexplicable smile appeared on his face: "I haven't contacted him..."
"Wow, Miss Liushang, Miss Ninglan!"
A voice of surprise suddenly sounded beside the two people. They heard the sound and went out, only to see a girl in white robe holding a red lotus staff walking out of the shadows on the other side of the alley, and then jumped in front of the two people. : "You are finally here!"
"You..." The smile on Xu Yu Liushang's face slowly disappeared: "Why did you..."
"I came in with Brother Qingshan." The girl Qian Zhihe replied happily: "He took me around the city for a long time, saying he wanted to investigate something, and then he said he wanted to go to a place by himself, so he Let me wait here for a moment, but I didn’t expect the two elder sisters to arrive..."
Looking at the excited magician player, the two mature women looked at each other wordlessly, seeming to detect something unusual from each other's little emotions: "Where did Qingshan... go?" ?”
"He didn't say anything, only that it was a very dangerous place." The girl's voice was still full of uncontrollable excitement: "There may be a lot of guards around, which is really not suitable for a bulky magician like me. So just leave me here..."
"Why are you still so happy..." Xuyu Liushang held her forehead and sighed, then walked out along the way she came: "Ninglan, I'll leave her to you."
"Where are you going, Miss Liu Shang?"
"Of course I'm going to find him."
Pointing to a certain direction in Tania City, Xuyu Liushang replied calmly: "If I guessed correctly, he may have gone to a place that is relatively sensitive at the moment, so it is heavily guarded..."
"Really? Ninglan's ideas are a little different from yours."
The maid bowed slightly, then held up the hem of her skirt and replied: "Ninglan actually thinks...Mr. Qingshan probably went to the area that was inaccessible last night. Since he didn't find the final answer, he might plan to go there again." …”
"last night?"
"That's right." The smile on Ninglan's face became thicker: "So... for tonight's matter, it would be more appropriate for Ninglan to go. Miss Qianzhihe would be better off asking you to take care of her. …”
"...you!" Xiuyu Liushang's eyebrows twitched, as if he clearly understood what the other party wanted to express: "If you want to meet your husband, just say it directly, don't beat around the bush..."
"Ninglan doesn't mean that, but because of emotion and reason... Ninglan even thinks that she is a better candidate." The player dressed as a maid walked to the corner of the street in a few steps, then turned around and stood opposite the murmuring voice: "And if Ninglan is to speak, Ninglan doesn't think you are more suitable for the task in that place than Ninglan..."
"...It seems that it is necessary to resolve the problem between the two of us first." Xu Yu Liushang put one hand on his forehead and the other on the hilt of his sword: "You actually said that I am inferior to you..."
"Ninglan will not offend the lady. This is just Ninglan's inner thought." Ninglan's eyes smiled like a pair of crescent moons, but her feet that stood side by side did not retreat at all: "If you encounter this In this situation, letting the lowly Ning Lan go first...should be a matter within Ning Lan's responsibility, right?"
As the tit-for-tat conversation progressed, the atmosphere between the two people began to gradually heat up. Even a dull girl like Qian Zhihe could clearly see the sparks caused by friction: "Uh...ah hahaha , Sisters, don’t be like this, it’s not like Brother Qingshan won’t come back..."
"you shut up!"
The two people turned their heads at the same time, and the uniform shouts made the red girl swallow all the words she said next. The eyes that scared the other person back to the corner were as sharp as swords, as if they had unanimously regarded the girl in front of them as theirs. common enemy. However, the girl who was still confused didn't have time to figure out the reason, because the confrontation between the two women and the inexplicable aura suddenly stopped the next moment because of the appearance of someone: "What are you doing? "
"We're waiting for you."
Looking at Duan Qing's face who appeared above the alley, Xu Yu Liushang was the first to show a helpless expression: "I heard you went somewhere, and we just wanted to discuss it and go find you..."
"Yeah?"
Duan Qing's voice suddenly appeared around everyone as he jumped down: "Is it necessary to be so aggressive? Seeing that it scared her, I didn't tell her where I went..."
"There are only so many places in Tania City, it shouldn't be difficult to find you." Xuyu Liushang replied: "Of course, we haven't decided where to start looking, so this operation is over... Let's talk. "
"What did you find out this time?"
"I went to the hospital." Duan Qing did not answer her question immediately, but analyzed to himself: "As I thought, the Speaker is still not discharged from the hospital, and he has no clue to answer my many questions. But this not only proved his innocence, but also let me know some other secrets."
"It seems that those people we have come into contact with before are indeed a group of rats that everyone shouts about." Duan Qing said to himself: "Even if it does not hesitate to cause a war, the principality does not want to have anything to do with those people. .”
"Who are those people?" Xu Yu Liushang said angrily: "Can you please explain it clearly?"
"You don't understand even if I tell you. Have you ever been to the Emerald Forest?" Duan Qing glared back at him: "You haven't seen that old man Convina or that weird guy in black. It's just me and Mengzhu has seen it... By the way, where is Mengzhu?"
"Still resting in the venue." Xu Yu Liushang held his waist with one hand: "At this time... I have probably gone to the venue with Xiao Hongchen to get a seat. Although I have reserved a seat for them long ago, I think so do they. I won’t pay any attention to it.”
"...Then please take good care of them."
"Hey, I have to pay." Looking at the expressions of other people around him, Xiuyu Liushang curled his lips secretly: "Or do you think that I came all the way here just to be the director of the kindergarten? Give it to me quickly. Come and die! Otherwise, even if I don't deal with you, that little guy Mengzhu will deal with you!"
"Uh... we'll talk about her later." Duan Qing, who was a little guilty, winked in the direction of a red girl next to him, and then replied with a haha: "Anyway, we need to hurry up and catch those people."
"You haven't said who those people are yet."
"Restorer... have you heard of this name?"
Duan Qing lowered his voice unconsciously: "They are the people who secretly fight against the Mages Council every day. They seem to have sneaked into the principality and are taking control of the situation here."
"Including driving us out of Tanya?"
"Maybe my investigation in the black market touched some of their places, so I used more power." Duan Qing replied nonchalantly: "Including the recent trends in some parliaments, the transfer of personnel in various places, and even The attack on the Speaker…maybe it’s all related to them.”
"Are they those weirdos who take it as their mission to restore the Magic Empire?" Ninglan, who was standing by the side, suddenly interjected and asked.
"Well, I heard that's the case." Duan Qing looked back at the other party: "Why, do you know those people?"
"Ninglan has only heard such rumors in some places, but has never met any of their members." Ninglan folded her hands in front of her belly and put on a well-behaved posture: "But ...Their existence is indeed rarely known to the world in the free world, even the top leaders of the Mages Council... there are probably a few people who know about it."
"Such a secretive organization...hasn't anyone eradicated them in the past few years?"
"In fact, this is no longer a problem in the past few years." Dark Language Ninglan replied with a smile: "If you think of them as the remnants of the Magic Empire era, then their survival time will probably be longer than that of the Principality. Well, lingering for nearly eight hundred years... cannot be solved with a simple eradication."
"If they really exist, then they must be a huge dark force." Ningyu Ninglan softly came to her conclusion: "According to the normal game process, they will probably be the biggest enemy in the free world."
"That is to say... they are now taking advantage of the chaos to infiltrate the principality." Xu Yu Liushang also began to ponder: "Now they want to control this place?"
"Control is not enough, but at least we can see many shadows of disharmony." Duan Qing spread his hands and responded: "But... the word "infiltration in the chaos may not be appropriate."
"What? Their abilities are stronger than I imagined?"
"No, it's just...their plan may be earlier than we think."
After briefly introducing the diary he had read, Duan Qing said with a straight face: "...If my guess is correct, their goal is probably to take the collapse of the principality as the final result. From the nobles and the city The Guards started to take over, and then pulled down the Chancellor Faction and the Civilian Cards, who were against the Empire and allowed adventurers."
"A typical method of provoking disputes and profiting from it." Xu Yu Liushang crossed his arms: "And it seems to be very effective."
"They were probably hugging the Empire's lap, so no one would notice anything." Duan Qing also analyzed: "If something comes out, they can still blame the Empire. It has nothing to do with them."
"Indeed, regardless of victory or defeat, they can advance and retreat freely." Xu Yu Liushang whispered: "No wonder the people in the Mage Council didn't react, because they can't interfere with worldly things..."
"No, they actually already have."
Pointing to the red girl beside him, Duan Qing replied with a smile: "The appearance of her mentor... is a proof."
"The Council of Mages should have noticed the changes in Tania City, and they may be around us now." Looking at the girl's firm nodding, Duan Qing withdrew his gaze: "But this may not be the case for us. A good sign, because that means...the other party is about to take action."
"An enemy of the same level as the Mages Council." Xu Yu Liushang frowned: "It sounds very bluffing."
"We, the Speaker, and even the principality and the empire, may just be the victims of this overt and covert struggle." Duan Qing continued: "We may be more innocent than others, and we were involved earlier, but now Talking about these topics is no longer helpful, the focus now...should be how to survive in this level of conflict and solve these problems."
"What, you already have an idea?" Looking at the other party's confident face, he asked unceremoniously.
"...Do you agree with my path of resistance?" Duan Qing did not answer her immediately, but looked around at the people around here: "The resistance started from the Emerald Forest and Fenghua Town?"
"Of course." The other three people nodded in unison: "Otherwise, why would we be talking so much?"
"That's good." Duan Qing also nodded with some satisfaction: "Then let's go."
"Let's go to the west of the city." He whispered: "It is said that... Horsman's old house is in that place."
The dark night in the alley once again fell into boundless tranquility with the sound of wind blowing through the sky, and not long after, behind a dilapidated house located in the west of Tania City, the sounds of fighting and chaos unique to battle were heard like a spring thunderstorm. It soared into the sky, and then disappeared in the night wind in an instant, as if it had never happened. Behind the murmuring figure standing at the door like a door god, Qian Zhihe, holding his staff, looked blankly at the middle of the small courtyard where the last guard was being suppressed by Duan Qing, and then at the other's instructions , slowly gathered a small fireball: "Our time is precious, so we don't want to waste too much... Now, I ask, you answer, do you understand?"
Looking at the bodies of his companions who had been knocked to the ground by the other party, the guard who could not move hurriedly nodded.
"Okay, this is Horsman's old house...right?"
The other party nodded.
"When will Horsman come back? Is it after nine o'clock every day?"
The other party shook his head.
"...Does Horsman still live here?"
The other person nodded, then shook his head.
Duan Qing frowned, and then slowly took the black dagger away from his mouth, and then heard a slightly panicked and hasty reply from the guard's mouth: "The President... used to live here." Here, but, but ever since he recovered from his illness, he has never been back to this place..."
Boom.
Duan Qing put down the head of the knocked-out guard, then stood up and looked to the left and right of the small courtyard: "Never came back? Now...it seems to be a bit troublesome."
"Sir." As the code word Ninglan sounded, the figure of a maid gradually appeared in the door of the broken house: "No other enemies were found, but..."
"Ninglan discovered a secret passage." She smiled and said, "You'd better... come and take a look."
