"In the random competitions so far, there are only a few possibilities that the competition rules did not appear at the beginning. Either the competition scene has not been generated yet, or they have not triggered the formal competition conditions."
Figures belonging to the two teams were still wandering around the city in the stage image. In the commentary channel outside the venue, speculations belonging to Duan Qing and Fanhua Sijin also began to sound one by one: "And what triggered the start of the official game. There are many conditions, and the most likely one... is probably to wait for two parties to meet."
"The scene in front of me is already very complete, and there is almost no possibility of changing it, so the only thing left... should be to find a suitable place." Fanhua Sijin continued: "Well... which place do you think is more similar?"
"Although it floats in the sky, it is a complete city." Duan Qing's eyes were filled with observation: "So naturally those corners and corners should not be included in our consideration..."
"I know, you want to say the big square in the middle."
Pointing to the lens that was moving to the center as he explained, an oval square surrounded by light-colored lawns and flowers, the voice of the flowers became lazy: "Although it looks like there It’s very suitable for fighting, but is it too common? We can dig out a lot of places like this in minutes..."
“The city is not open yet.”
Duan Qing's voice was low and serious, and he interrupted the blossoming words: "I'm not talking about the exploration of the players in front of me, but the situation in the free world - if we can see this city clearly from God's perspective right now The whole picture, what else will the alliance do next?”
"Uh...that seems to make sense."
Looking at the audience below the commentary room, where the audience and players were busy sending various messages, Fanhua smiled bitterly: "So? What's the difference?"
"That gate...can't be opened, right?"
Pointing to a stone gate with a unique shape and different styles that extended along the center of the square and finally appeared along the wide yellow-white steps, Duan Qing said with a hint of smile: "That should be The entrance to the city center, judging from the scene that has been shown in front of us, there are probably countless secrets inside, so... even if it is a competition, this door will not be opened now. Those who are getting higher and higher The buildings in the inner city will probably never appear in front of us in their true appearance."
"It seems like it really can't be flown over."
The perspective on the stage shook for a while under the flourishing operation, and finally stopped above the high steps in front of the square: "As a result... we can only wander around outside this city like the contestants. ?”
"They will find this place eventually." Duan Qing replied: "Because..."
"As long as you are a qualified player, you will definitely look for a way to enter the inner city and then find it here."
"I'm back."
The screen suddenly turned with Duan Qing's voice, and finally with the return of a certain thief, it stopped beside the team led by Xueling Huanbing: "This is indeed a complete city. Tailor shop, blacksmith Shops, as well as various shops and auction houses...everything you should find in a large city can be found here."
"The only thing I can't find... is probably a living person, right?"
The woman with long black hair sighed slightly and pulled out the long sword between her hands from the floor tiles: "Since it is the City in the Sky, there must have been people living here. The reason why it disappeared now..."
"It's probably not because of the competition."
Huanhai Kuangxing, who was carrying an ax gun, emerged from a nearby house, and then walked to Xue Ling Huanbing: "The rooms here are all very clean, and there are no signs of war or evacuation, but apart from maintaining Except for daily utensils, nothing related to weapons and equipment was found, so..."
"They may have gone out." Aracenia, with black armor and black shield, also returned to the team: "For some reason, they left this place, and then... never came back."
"There is indeed a magic barrier on the edge of the city, which should be used to prevent wind."
Fengqiao, who was walking slowly from the winding alley, listened to the rain and patted his dew-stained robes, with a look of satisfaction on his face after completing the exploration: "So we can enjoy the warmth without enduring the strong wind at high altitude." of sunlight and air, well... except that their sound insulation effect is a little worse."
"In other words... the aboriginal people here did not disappear because of the disaster?" Xue Ling Huanbing said thoughtfully: "They left this place voluntarily?"
"Maybe, such as magic teleportation and other technologies." Pointing to the complicated patterns still inlaid with gold threads around, Fengqiao Tingyu sighed in a low voice: "Judging from these decorations and city protection, this city belongs to the ancient The possibility of a magic empire is very high, and since it floats high in the sky, it has not been affected in any way for thousands of years, so..."
"This is perhaps the most well-preserved city from the ancient Magic Empire." His eyes gradually became brighter with his voice: "It is also the city with the highest technological content."
"...Let's take a guess, they should have been moved from there."
Looking helplessly at Fengqiao Tingyu, who was trapped in his own world, Huanhai Kuangxing turned his head and pointed in the direction of the inner city in the distance: "There must be some strange command area in the central area. Not only is there something that can send us there, The methods of other places also contain many ancient secrets..."
"We can't get in there."
The short thief suddenly interjected: "I have already explored the terrain there, and it seems... there is no way in."
"You guy, have you searched everywhere?" Huanhai Kuangxing, who was interrupted, curled his lips and said, "Maybe there are some strange mechanisms or secret passages..."
"There is no such place." The thief player's eyes were calm, and his answer was as firm as ever: "No."
"You kid, do you want to quarrel..."
"be quiet."
The woman with frowning eyebrows stretched out her hand to block the sight of the two people, then looked at the vaguely visible gate in the distance, and slowly spoke out her voice: "No matter what kind of There are probably only so many secrets we can find now, don’t forget..."
"There is another team that is also searching here like us."
A few people consolidated the intelligence for a while, and then, under the leadership of Xue Ling Huan Bing, moved towards the gate square directly ahead in a standard five-person formation. Although they were not attacked or affected by any strange mechanisms along the way, they were still more or less surprised when they came to the square - the oval square followed the arc of the inner wall. , covering a large arc-shaped area within the scope of itself and the garden. At this time, under the slanting sunlight and the breeze, it was shining with a different golden light. Perhaps due to the high altitude, standing in the square Their shadows on the southeast side were also stretched very long by the sunlight, and then disappeared into the shadow blocked by the gate that was so huge that one had to look up to see the top. As if aware of the arrival of the visitors, the surface of the backlit door was also flashing with little white traces of light. They slowly flowed and gathered along the patterns and magic circles carved on the door, and finally as a few people were surprised. The gaze formed a beautiful and complex ancient heraldry.
"This coat of arms..."
"I seem to have seen it somewhere?"
"Is this... is the door opening?"
"Sh-!"
As the black-armored Arisaema murmured to himself, Huanhai Kuangxing beside him suddenly became alert: "Someone is coming."
"People who can appear here..."
The black-haired woman lowered her eyebrows, then walked to the front of the team in two steps: "It should be them."
"Yo, hello."
With a frivolous greeting, a smiling Liangchen Meiyu took the lead to walk out of the shadows. While gesturing in the direction behind her, she walked towards the front of the other side of the square: "Have you found anything about this city?" A secret? We are in a guild, so we should share it..."
"What we can find should probably be the same as yours." The woman lowered her eyebrows and replied, "Please don't count on us."
"Don't talk like that, we are all a family." Liangchen Meiyu reached out and touched her nose, as if thinking about what to say next: "I heard that before the competition... you went to an unknown place. ?What happened? Are you feeling unwell? "
"...Thank you for your concern, I'm fine."
After a moment of strange silence, Xueling Huanbing stretched out her arms and responded: "For the rest of the game... I will still work hard to fight."
"...Don't say that, our president will be sad."
Lowering his head helplessly, Liangchen Meiyu thought for a while, then raised his head again in the hostility projected by the other party and said: "I know, you still have grudges because of the previous battle, but since we are a family, what's the matter? Things are non-negotiable? How about we explore the corners of this city each other, and then... we surrender and send you to the finals? "
"..."
Amid the uproar once again inside and outside the court, the long-haired woman who remained silent once again opened her eyes in surprise. After a moment, she shook her head in amusement and lowered her eyes to the floor between the two of them: " I didn’t expect… you would actually say that.”
"Why, are you so moved?" Liangchen Meiyu patted the hilt of her sword: "I'm yours. As long as it's for you, this sacrifice doesn't matter..."
"No, with your character, you definitely can't make such a sacrifice."
Xue Ling Huan Bing's gaze raised again, passed over Liangchen Meiyu's body, and finally followed the direction he was standing to the back of the alleyway where he just came out: "Why haven't those teammates of yours come out yet? ?”
"..."
The sound of the breeze passing through the square once again brought the sound of the shining runes on the gate into the distance. Tian Nanxing and others who heard the captain's reminder hurriedly turned their heads and faced the direction of the road they came from, and The loud shouts belonging to Huanhai Kuangxing also penetrated the square, and suddenly flew towards the corner of the alleyway: "Take my axe!"
Bang!
The sound of the impact of solid stone and metal, accompanied by the debris that hit the ground, shot out from the cluster of low stone houses on the east side of the square. The figure of a sturdy player swinging an ax gun was separated from another warrior player. The figures exploded together. The sparkling light of magic immediately flashed through the air in that direction, and then flew past one of the players. The sound of several other metal collisions echoed immediately, spreading to the curved and narrow road. In the alley: "The sneak attack of the Free Jade Team was discovered! The Western Qilin was first knocked out by the Huanhai Kuangxing! Qiyeyu faced the Tiannan Star, and he blocked the Free Snow Team's retreat... Oops, Fengqiao Tingyu’s Ice Cone Technique was shot away! Nan Xiaowu is covering his retreat, but the opponent’s mage seems to have no intention of letting him go, and there is a Fireball Technique facing him!"
"Ice wall! Fengqiao Tingyu blocked the fate of being affected by the explosion, but Xiaoyu Qingxin was quietly approaching, double-edged slash! Back stabbing! Sliding step, rolling one after another to avoid the shield attack... Whirlwind slash! Nan Xiaowu was forced to do it again Back off, if this continues...Arisaema is about to be caught between two sides!"
"Huanhai Kuangxing is back! He shook off the entanglement of Xitian Qilin and used a cleave attack to repel the opponent's siege!"
The sound of fierce fighting, accompanied by shouts and shouts, rose in the corner of the square within a few seconds, and then with the extremely fast speech of the flowers blooming outside the field, the melee spread out in the southeast corner of the square. middle. The captains of the two teams located in the center of the square did not turn their eyes for a moment because of the lively scene there. They just narrowed the distance between them a little closer in the explosion caused by another fireball: " It seems like the fighting is fierce over there, why don’t you go and support me?”
"I'll go, if you don't mind."
As if she had sunk into her own realm, the woman's eyes did not waver at all: "The question is...will you agree?"
"Maybe this is the tacit understanding between us."
With a smile on her face, Liangchen Meiyu drew out her long sword again, but her eyes gradually turned cold: "Or... is it another fateful choice?"
"maybe."
Xue Ling Huan Bing also pulled out his weapon: "But... the result this time should change."
"I'll beat you."
【Ding--】
[Both parties have reached the target location, and the victory conditions have changed. 】
"It seems... you still mind it very much."
The corner of Liangchen Meiyu's mouth twitched, but before the voice fell, a sharp sword light appeared in the air between the two people: "Then... let us confirm it once."
"Which one is weaker among us?"
As the sword collided with the woman's figure, a snow-white cold effect appeared on the outline of Snow Spirit Huanbing. Then when the system prompt sounded again, the white-armored woman's figure emerged from a corner of the square. Send it flying to the far corner of the other corner.
[Victory conditions changed to——]
[Occupy Metatron Square. 】
