"The Council of Mages wants to take action? Please speak more clearly..."
"I can't say any more unnecessary words."
Passers-by on Handicraft Street are still going to and from this place, and the buzz of people is gradually increasing, and then extends along the area where Yarraford Street is located, towards the shops further away and the alleys extending in all directions—— In today's extremely chaotic world, there are really not many players who can work here safely. Most people have either set off to stay away from this place, or they have gone to the Talon Plains and started burning, killing and looting. The last moments of the principality were burning on the country's front lines. The residents in the city seemed to gradually become rarer as this atmosphere spread, and were replaced by more and more guards and citizens busy in every corner of the city, just like the few shops in front of them. , dedicate your last strength to this city in your own way.
However, unlike the blacksmith shop owners and prop shop owners in front of them, some "international" organizations that have always stood on a neutral stance still stand in the streets and alleys of this city with great stability.
"If I reveal the meaning of the Mage Council... the consequences will be very serious." Fusheng Lingmeng said with a smile: "If I am accused of spreading rumors, my small body... I will be angry no matter where I am. I can’t bear it.”
"But I only see gloating in you." Duan Qing replied with a dark face: "Presumably...even the principality can't do anything to you, right?"
"Don't talk nonsense. I'm going to pay a visit to President Hosman later."
"Another fox who wants to have both sides? How can there be such a good thing in the world..."
"I said……"
The whispering voice suddenly interrupted the secret contest between the two people: "You didn't come to us specifically to show off your power, right?"
"ah……"
Fu Sheng Ling Meng stroked his wrist and sighed, as if he remembered something: "I forgot to introduce it to you..."
He waved back, then pointed at the two people walking in the alley and said: "This is a new player in our guild, called Four-Pointed Star... you should have seen it."
"Hello."
"...Good command."
Looking at the figure of the man wearing a black robe and nodding to him, Duan Qing had no choice but to say hello first: "A very qualified player."
"Thanks."
The man named Four Pointed Star didn't say much, but nodded again indifferently. The floating dream behind him pointed at the small shop that Duan Qing asked about before, and continued to explain with a smile: "Well, that's right there, Kai." Silin’s enchantment spell is pretty good, she might be able to solve your problem.”
"..."
The man in black robe carrying a long package did not answer, but looked at each other with the female player who had been following him, then nodded neatly to everyone around him again, and walked in the direction of the shop. past. Mengzhu, who was behind, withdrew his gaze from the direction the man and woman left, and his doubtful eyes gradually surfaced: "This guy... is so cold."
"That woman didn't speak either." Qianzhihe also showed a gossipy face: "It's like she doesn't know anyone else."
"Is he like this during the game? I didn't seem to see him last night..."
"I did see it, but I remember he wasn't like this..."
"Ahem."
Duan Qing reminded the two people behind him by coughing, and Duan Qing also withdrew his gaze: "Hmm... So you are here to introduce business. It seems that you have a good relationship with the proprietress of this store?"
"Ms. Kathleen is a very powerful magician. She doesn't need me to introduce the guests." The scholar in black replied with a smile: "It's only for us to ask her for help. She doesn't need our help from Wizard. Although……"
Fu Sheng Lian Meng touched his nose: "Sometimes it makes people love and hate..."
"Um?"
"No, it's nothing."
"She is also a member of the Mage Council?" Seeing that the other party seemed not to continue talking, Duan Qing had to change the question to another question: "The person in charge of the Mage Council in Tania?"
"……What?"
"The Council of Mages should have a stronghold in Tania, right?" Duan Qing spread his hands and said, "Even places like Fenghua Town have your branch, and a city as big as Tania should have a responsible person. A place like this, right? Although I haven’t seen any magicians in the city during this time... What’s wrong?”
He slowly stopped what he was saying, and then looked at the scholar in black with strange eyes, which became even weirder: "Is there any problem?"
"No, that..." Fusheng Lingmeng's hand gestured back and forth for a while, and finally withdrew his weird smile: "You really don't know?"
"what do you know……"
As if he realized something was wrong, Duan Qing looked back at his companions and found that their eyes were full of strange looks: "Uh... okay, did I say something wrong again?"
"The headquarters of the Mages Council is in Tania."
Mengzhu covered his forehead and sighed, "Didn't any of you tell him?"
"Uh... then, um... I thought Brother Qingshan knew this."
"He's a silly goose who always lacks common sense."
"There's nothing I can do about it. A master like Big Brother must always be hoeing the strong and supporting the weak. It's normal to ignore some details..."
"Come on, he is lazy and can go to the ends of the earth to complete a task..."
"Stop, stop, stop!"
Seeing the scene evolving into a denunciation meeting, Duan Qing hurriedly stopped him and said, "Don't you just know where the Master Council is? You can't blame me. I've been walking around the city for so long and I've never seen a Master like this before. A tall building like the Parliament..."
His words slowly stopped again, and a strange light of enlightenment suddenly appeared in his eyes: "Could it be that..."
"Yes, you still go to that place often." Mengzhu shouted dissatisfied: "Unexpectedly..."
"Just a few of them!"
A loud shout suddenly sounded at the end of the street, and at the same time, a group of guards ran over: "The suspects have appeared! Catch them!"
"……Oops."
"Has someone tipped off the news? Or were the guards who were knocked unconscious before been discovered..."
"Don't worry about those things, just sneak away first!"
"Hey, wait for me!"
"Let's talk about where to run first! If we attract more people..."
Boom!
The noise was thrown to the other side of the street with the figure of a guard who was knocked away. Then, amid the sound of debris hitting the ground and the shouts of more guards, it spread to the far side of the Yal neighborhood. All that was left was the mess on the ground after the instant battle, and the stunned expressions of passers-by. Fu Sheng Liumeng, who was holding his hands with one hand, looked at the direction in which the few people were fleeing, and did not take his eyes back for a long time. However, the two men and women who had entered the enchantment shop before appeared on the other side of the street with empty hands, and then silently He returned to the scholar in black breathlessly.
"Done?"
"...Thanks to you, there is no queue, but...it will take some time."
"You can wait inside."
"..."
"well."
Fu Sheng Ling Meng turned around and looked at Four Pointed Star's face, and then walked towards the store: "I originally wanted to look for a few storefronts here, maybe they can come in handy in the future, and they can be sold no matter what. There were a few good prices, but now it seems..."
"There are still a lot of variables."
"That person just now..." Four-Pointed Star's expression finally changed: "Is it really him?"
"The people in the circle have basically been confirmed." Fusheng Lingmeng stopped at the door of the small shop: "However, no matter how much speculation he makes, it won't have any impact if he doesn't admit it himself."
"What happened three years ago will not change anything."
"..."
"I know what you are worried about." Fusheng Limeng turned around and said, "Don't worry, he probably doesn't know about you yet. As long as no one talks about it, no matter how you settle the accounts... it shouldn't be on you. , if there is any difficulty, we, Wizard, can handle it for you first. Your task is to make good use of the resources we provide you, and then... play the game well."
"Of course, I don't require that there must be results. After all, the existing Vizard is not strong enough." Looking at the face of the four-pointed star who remained silent, Fushenglimeng rolled up his sleeves and smiled: "You take it first Practice, we will fight for you, recruit people, prepare weapons and equipment, and then..."
"Give you the best stage."
He looked at the sky and said in a low voice.
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"What happened in the end!"
In the corner of Tania's underground black market, an angry voice belonging to a little girl was complaining loudly in the dark shadows: "Who is so wicked! Report us secretly..."
"There is always such a risk in venturing into the city. Our hostile state...don't blame anyone for using this to deal with us." He leaned against the dank wall and responded with a smile: "But...except... That guild called Red Soul, are there any other guilds that have enmity with us?"
"Yes, there are many." Mengzhu put her chin on her head and looked at the sky: "There were many adventure groups that competed with us in the past, such as Old Blind Eye, Jiang He Brothers, etc... Hey, counting it like this, it seems Both Jianghu and the Sword of Justice are at odds with us."
"If they don't consider someone, they won't compete with a small business like ours." Xu Yu Liushang stretched out a hand: "And the principality is like this now... they don't have much time to plot against us."
"That's right! We are on the same boat now!" Xiao Hongchen also jumped out and shouted: "You guys wait, I will go to Jianghu for a trip, maybe they will give me a favor and carry the two knives for us. …”
"No need, you should finish the task we gave you last time first."
Duan Qing's voice came from the depths of the passage, followed by his embarrassed face: "I'm back."
"How's it going? Did you see who's following us?"
"No, but..."
"The security in the city has become stronger."
A gentle female voice immediately sounded in the darkness behind Duan Qing, and the still spotless blue and white maid uniform appeared from the darkness: "I don't know what happened inside the principality. They have sent a lot of extra manpower."
"Sister Ninglan?"
Mengzhu's voice of surprise followed her movements and she rushed to the other end of the passage: "I haven't seen you for a long time! Why don't you come to see us?"
"There is something going on at home, so Ninglan can't leave." Ninglan replied with a smile, while supporting the little girl's body, she turned towards Duan Qing, as if she was explaining once again: "I'm sorry..."
"No, it's okay." Mengzhu raised his head from the maid's arms: "You, how did you find us?"
"There was so much commotion in the city, it was hard for Ninglan to find her." The woman stroked the side of her face: "So I followed her here."
"What's the situation over there?" Duan Qing's voice sounded.
"The number of guards also increased, and Ninglan couldn't get in." Ningyu Ninglan shook her head: "And... just like the situation in the city, the faces of the extra personnel... seem to be a little different. "
"Oh?" Xu Yu Liushang stood up slightly: "What's the difference?"
"Well... Ninglan couldn't tell for a while." The maid's eyebrows curved slightly with her smile: "Maybe it's because they are all wearing armor..."
"Armor...armor? That's right!" Xiao Hongchen on the side suddenly clapped his hands and shouted: "We can get a few sets of armor and then sneak into the city guard! This way we can not only escape the pursuit, but also find out what's going on behind the scenes. The chief envoy, let’s see who is causing trouble...Why are you looking at me like this?”
"Congratulations to our lower limit responsibility, it finally dawned on us." As all the teammates looked around, Duan Qing was the first to sigh: "It's a pity... Let's not talk about how to deal with those standard armors. The ID on the top of the head is the biggest flaw.”
"Although the NPC can't identify our names, people who are also players can see it clearly." Xuyu Liushang pointed at the top of his head and sighed: "If someone reveals our identity, we will die even worse."
"Who is so bold and dares to expose our identity?" Xiao Hongchen immediately shouted: "The labor and management would like to see... what bastards dare to deal with us like this?"
"Come on, who do you think we are, what are you afraid of offending?" Duan Qing said in a low voice, and at the same time waved to the others, gesturing them to move deeper into the passage: "Even passers-by dare to see us. Just shout a few words, let alone those hostile players."
"Hostile...player?"
"Many clues are proving one thing." Duan Qing's voice became deeper and deeper amidst the subtle footsteps that continued to move deeper: "There are players who have already stood in the dark team and are colluding with them. ”
Before the shirtless Xiao Hongchen could continue to ask questions, the sound of neat footsteps on the ground came from the far side of the passage, and then passed by the other side of the road where the team had just hidden, and patrolled farther away. Duan Qing, who was holding his breath and concentrating, put his hand on the hilt of the sword at his waist several times, and then gradually put it down because the two lingering guards at the end of the passage did not choose to come over after all.
"Huh...alright."
The sound of relaxed breathing appeared at the same time as Duan Qing's words, and then spread around the intersection again with his actions and command: "It's our choice now."
"What choice?"
"We still have two options." Duan Qing, who was staring at the movement ahead, explained without looking back: "One is to hang out in the sewer tonight and see if we can find out the identities of the hostile players. By the way... ok Go to Lao Heituo’s shop and have a look. If you are willing, you might be able to get epic-quality equipment..."
"Where's the other one?"
"One more thing... is to go to the Mage Council headquarters you mentioned before." Duan Qing replied, patting his head.
"Let's hear what they say first."
