"Has the news been released?"
"Yes, President."
A few miles away from Tania City, behind the imperial frontline, Free Flight, the president of the Wings of Freedom, was looking at the temporary stronghold in front of him with his hands behind his back, his eyes wandering back and forth: "What's the effect? ?”
"Uh...it's only been a few hours, President."
A Wings of Freedom player following him replied in a low voice: "The effect of rumors...cannot be shown now."
"Okay, I'm impatient." Freefly pulled out a sword flower from the long sword in his hand: "But... if this trend continues, we may not be able to see the gate of Tania City for a few days. .”
"We can, like our opponents, summon more players to help." The subordinate suggested in a low voice: "The only people who can punish endlessly resurrected players...we are probably the only ones."
"It's not a good thing to gather too many people here, and it's too early now." Freefly shook his head, and there was a look of embarrassment on his face: "Well...if there is really no other way, we should probably go early." Put some effort in the direction of other city gates..."
"The situation in other city gates may not be better than here."
With the sound of this voice, Freefly, who was shaking his long sword, slowly turned around, and then looked at the man and woman who had just walked over with a rather unexpected look: "What, are you done resting?"
"As long as he gets his addiction, he'll be satisfied with anything." The lightly armored woman standing next to a half-pack of cigarettes, with one hand on her hips, replied angrily: "This fighting maniac..."
"Hahahaha, it's okay. Without a fighting maniac like him, how can we guarantee that we have two places in the semi-finals?" As if mentioning his own itch, Freefly laughed heartily: "You are responsible. Just comfort his young mind, so that he can... try harder to use the sword in the semi-finals."
"Hmph." Gardenia with long red hair snorted disdainfully, and her big eyes slowly narrowed like a cat: "I don't care about him, this iron-clad fool... "
"My people are back from the north."
The man known as Tiepan scratched his head in embarrassment, and finally changed the topic back to the previous direction: "They have completed the survey."
"What's the situation?"
"It's no different from the previous Tania City." Half a box of cigarettes replied: "The high platform in the north is still leaning against the mountain, and the same is true in the east. If you want to attack the circular city from these two places, It should be more difficult.”
"So... their defenses should be relatively small." Freefly murmured: "There are also relatively few idle players who come to join in the fun..."
"But it's still not as easy as here." The half-armored man carried a giant sword and looked at the scene of a fierce battle not far away: "Because no matter how few there are, they still have city walls and guards."
"We have only come this far thanks to the Empire's offensive." He looked back at the Imperial troops scattered around the Talon Plain: "Without them, players can't afford to offend so many high-level NPCs. of."
"Yes, at least a group of high-level elite teams should be organized." Freefly frowned: "Inside the East City Gate... I remember it is an ordinary residential area, right? The defense should not be very tight..."
"It doesn't matter which way you go. Anyway, the parliament hall is right in the middle of Tania." Half a box of cigarettes pointed to the arc-shaped city wall in the distance: "So if I were to make suggestions, I might suggest the West Gate. .”
"Neal Avenue? Noble District? No, no, no." Freefly immediately shook his head: "That's too dangerous. I'm afraid even the soldiers of the empire won't easily choose to attack from that place, right?"
"It's not us who are going to fight, but the Empire people." The woman on the side opened her eyes and added: "Just because the players can't defeat it, it doesn't mean that the Empire people can't defeat it, besides..."
"The current principality is no longer the former principality."
Yandong, wearing a white scholar's robe, suddenly appeared in the distance of several people's sight, and then walked over with a slow pace: "Their degree of decay... is much higher than we imagined."
"You are referring to... the news they sent."
Freefly said calmly: "To be honest, I still don't trust them very much."
"But at least the developments in the past few days are no different from what they said before." The man in white robe walked up to a few people, and then patted the books in his arms: "We used each other like this No matter what, you should give the other party enough trust."
"If the situation is really what they said..." Freefly pointed in front of him: "Then why are we fighting so hard?"
"That's all the result of the players' enthusiasm." The man adjusted his monocle: "It doesn't count as the principality's combat power."
"..."
"The principality has suffered countless defeats, and their morale is almost gone."
Seeing that several people around him fell into silence, the man in white robe slowly analyzed: "The last resistance force in the small village of Taran also died under the city following last night's sneak attack. The once arrogant Tasker was also killed. We have captured the other nobles in Tania City...what extra strength do they have?"
"As long as we take care of the remaining city guards and the legendary guards protecting Pamir, the capital in front of us will be at our mercy." He also pointed to the front of himself: "Whether it is the principality or... players .”
"That is to say..."
"I agree to choose the West Gate."
The scholar said calmly: "Of course, if you are worried, it is okay to spend a while here, but according to my bold guess... the principality's city can no longer afford more troops."
"As long as we divide our forces, they will have no time to care for themselves." He stretched his hand forward: "The pressure in front of them will be much less."
"...Where is the beautiful jade?"
"He went to the front line." The player who reported at the beginning hurriedly stepped forward: "He said... his plan still needs some improvement..."
"The plan...his plan is still very difficult to work in a short time."
It seemed that he had made up his mind, and he clenched his free-flying fist tightly, then pointed his sword forward and looked towards the west side of Tania City: "The Empire will not always listen to our suggestions, and neither can we. I’ve been spending it like this, so…”
"Let's go to the west and take a look." He waved his hand: "Let those rumors and other things ferment slowly by themselves."
The so-called rumors did not ferment as slowly as Freefly imagined. With the indulgence of Jiang Hu, Sword of Justice and others, and the instigation of thoughtful people, such news was just like the wanted notice jointly issued by several guilds before. The same order was transmitted to the ears of the surrounding players at an extremely fast speed. Although such rumors will not be accepted by the players immediately, and their fighting enthusiasm has not even diminished by half because of this topic that everyone discusses, but it is still in the hearts of everyone, just like chatting after dinner. It left an impression and planted a seed.
"How is that possible?"
"They can't defeat us, so they use words like this to separate us..."
"I know Mo Shang Qingshan, he's a pretty good guy. It's said that when he was at Fars Fortress, he even had the reputation of being the King of the Savages..."
"That person is very strong and has helped a lot of wild teams."
"Their adventure group is also well-known in the city. I heard that they have a very close relationship with Pamir..."
"Hey, isn't this the same analysis as the rumor?"
"How, how is it possible? When we were in the Adventurers Association, the Speaker took the initiative to invite them. They didn't plan it themselves..."
"Yes, yes, I have seen members of their group many times, and there are several beauties among them..."
"Beautiful, beautiful? Really? Where, where..."
"What's the current status of the members of their group? Are there still any shortages?"
"Ahhhhhhhhh I'm so angry!"
In a corner on one side of the battlefield, Mengzhu, who had just resurrected and ran out of the city, let out a long shout. This shout caused by his irritability also successfully attracted Xu Yu Liushang's attention: "What's wrong? "
"They went too far!" The little girl's golden ponytail was swaying fiercely as she danced: "You actually said... that we are spies? Hey, we are the ones who have been working hard to track down the spies for so many days. Are you a good person?"
"A few rumors are nothing." The blue-haired woman waved her hands gracefully: "Don't take it to heart."
"Humph, if our group hadn't been wanted for no apparent reason..."
The little girl muttered something bitterly, and then showed a worried face: "I wonder how uncle is doing now. Did he not hear these remarks?"
"Don't worry, even if he hears it, he probably won't take it to heart." Xuyu Liushang touched Mengzhu's head, and then said with a smile as the other person shook his head and shook his head away from the touch: "Maybe... he has heard this a long time ago. Rumors are not necessarily…”
"No, we have to clear up the name of the Fool's Adventure Group!"
Mengzhu, who was covering his head, said through gritted teeth, then waved his dagger and jumped forward, rushing to the side of Xiao Hongchen who was fighting bloody battle: "Fight quickly! We have more important things to do!"
"Wha, what, please don't scare me suddenly... Oops!"
In a burst of fire from the distance, a shirtless knife-wielding man swung the air wave in front of him and retreated into the distance with a cry: "Grandma Qianzhihe, can you please stop blowing up your own people?" "
"Ah, ah, I'm sorry..."
"Quickly clear the troops, the people behind are coming to kill!"
"Then don't block in front...right, right!"
"ah--"
A sword energy suddenly appeared in the center of this small battlefield, and then as the whispers came down, another bloody storm started: "You guys, can you save me some trouble..."
"Miss Liushang."
The woman in blue and white maid uniform slowly appeared in the shadow behind her, then lowered her head: "About what happened just now..."
"Is this a rumor that just surfaced in the past two days?"
"According to Ninglan's understanding... the time may be shorter, Miss." Ninglan replied in a low voice.
"It spread so quickly in a short period of time... someone must be behind it."
"Need to investigate?"
"...No need."
The blue-haired woman shook her sword, then looked back at the tall city wall not far behind her: "It seems..."
"Their plans are finally starting to come into fruition."
The two women looked at each other like a master and a servant, and then each showed a smile that only they themselves understood: "What happens next..."
"It just depends on his performance."
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"You did very well."
The time has come to the afternoon of this day. Duan Qing from the principality side and Xueling Huanbing from the empire side were sitting on a small hill to the west of Tania City as rumored. They looked at each other at the same time. Looking at the crowd of players coming and going below with a playful look - rather than saying that this is a hill, it is better to say that this is a small slope made of piled earth and rocks, with sparse shrubs and trees scattered among them. , some cow-like creatures were also wandering around here leisurely, munching the fruits on the trees while making a pleasant mooing sound. The distant battlefield cries of death did not seem to have the slightest impact on creatures like them. The presence around them, including Duan Qing, did not seem to arouse their vigilance at all. They were even enjoying their lunch. , using the eyes under the four horns to look at the players walking back and forth at the foot of their mountain, as if they were using their own heads to think about what these people patrolling back and forth were doing.
However, Duan Qing did not dare to touch a hair of these seemingly harmless Talga musk oxen at all, because he knew the consequences of these musk oxen being offended and the power of this creature.
"...We didn't lose in the end."
Withdrawing her hands that were holding her cheeks, Xue Ling Huan Bing, still wearing a black cloak, replied dully: "And... after issuing a challenge without overestimating one's capabilities..."
"In the eyes of outsiders, your game seems to have ended because of your own concessions." Duan Qing comforted the other party with a smile, and then pointed to the bushes where he was invisible, and he was searching up and down for those red souls. Members: "Just like these people who can't find us under their noses, they are still within the scope of letting go."
"But……"
"Okay, okay, I know you are still a little unwilling. After all, in your heart, that guy should be inferior to you."
His eyes still fell on the crowd below the musk oxen group, but Duan Qing's eyes gradually narrowed: "But since the facts are in front of us, we should accept them calmly. This will also have a lot of impact on your swordsmanship growth. The benefits...isn't it?"
"...Did you see something?"
Xue Ling Huan Bing did not immediately answer Duan Qing's words, but looked at the opponent steadily for a while: "You also feel that this game is a bit abnormal, right?"
"..."
"Tell me." Noticing the silence of the other party, the woman's eyes became cold again: "Master."
"I've watched this game."
Duan Qing lowered his head: "Although it was played back, but... I did watch it. If you want to know so much..."
"Let's start with something useful." He smiled again and shook his finger.
"As a professional analyst, I can still do my duty."
