The news of the death of the President of the Principality, Horsman, finally spread to the entire Free Continent, but it did not spread in the way that Duan Qing had just seen, but in the way of death that was well known to the world. . Taking this incident as an opportunity, Pamir was able to take over the rule of the principality in the most legitimate way. Even now, without the passage of time, no one seems to know that the man who played Horsman died inexplicably in the sky. What kind of name does the character in the pillar of light have?
The issue that Duan Qing was most concerned about could never be verified from now on. Even a group of nobles who appeared in front of him again from Neil Street could not explain this issue to him.
"I have something to say to you."
Fordson, still wearing a decent aristocratic dress and accompanied by a group of guards, appeared in front of Pamir who returned to the parliament hall. He glanced at Duan Qing, who was silent on the side, and finally shook his head and said: " I know you have a lot of opinions about the nobles in this incident, but... maybe you will change your mind after you see what I want to show you."
"...You can't even name it, what else do you want us to see?"
"You should know that the nobles of the principality have been living in this place for hundreds of years."
Making an invitation gesture to the others, Fordson turned and walked towards Tower Street: "Although there have been many changes during this period, and although many young people have forgotten their responsibilities, it is undeniable that ...The inheritance belonging to Tadaya is still alive in this world."
"With our lives." He glanced back at the few people who followed him, stretched out his hand and pushed open the door between the towers: "The inheritance is in this world."
It seems that because it is located to the north of the parliament hall, the Tal Room, which was used to entertain distinguished guests in the past, has not been affected by the war. The ancient and luxuriously decorated room is still neat and clean, as if it is waiting for the next step at any time. The arrival of a guest. Fordson, who was the first to walk into the room, ignored every piece of clothing here and took a few steps to the innermost wall. His eyes lingered on the wall with complicated patterns carved for a while, and then he turned away. Body: "Although our Fordson family is not a family entrusted here, we are also one of the only families who know this answer. In my original idea, this should be our glory, but now..."
"It's not anymore."
Under the surprised gazes of everyone, the old man raised his hand and turned around, pointing a ring on his hand at the center of the pattern on the wall. With a creaking and grinding sound, a large hole opened in the floor between the towers, and an ancient spiraling staircase appeared in front of everyone.
"There is no access to this place by underground waterways."
Looking at Duan Qing's gaze, Fordson smiled and said: "This secret passage is the only entrance to this secret room."
"What's down here?"
"I don't know either."
To everyone's surprise, the old man shook his head and answered Duan Qing's question: "The secret has been guarded for so long that no one can tell its purpose, but if you take a look If you...maybe you can understand a little bit."
"Use... purpose?"
"You will know after you take a look."
After saying hello to several guards guarding the door, the old man took the lead and walked down the dim stairs: "When the restorationists first appeared in front of me, they also claimed that they would answer the secrets of this place. Considering that they have completed their control of the city, I made a compromise with them - the aristocratic faction of the principality will not interfere with their actions, and will express their support for them at the appropriate time, and in return... they will After taking control of the principality, we will continue to maintain our status in the principality and provide the greatest help and support to our inheritance here."
Bright lights suddenly appeared following the footsteps of several people, and then another wall was reflected in front of everyone. However, unlike the previous wall, almost everything that appeared on this wall was related to the Free Continent. An incongruous sci-fi style - gray metal, straight iron beams, flashing light spots of various unknown meanings, and runes that appear and disappear, as if to distract everyone from the exotic city. Pulled into a secret underground facility full of futuristic atmosphere. On the surface located in the center of the wall, pieces of blurry text are still flowing left and right. The panel that seems to be broadcasting something is much older than the system panel used by the players, but it still allows others to see this. The people at the scene felt indescribable shock: "This, this is..."
"They always thought that this was also a product of the ancient magic empire."
The old man who walked to the side turned around and smiled: "So I had to comply with their wishes."
"So...you deceived them?" Duan Qing asked: "Those previous statements were all your acting?"
"...It's not all like that."
The old man was silent for a while: "When they first appeared in front of me, I sneered at what these people said, but... a series of events later, as well as the news of the death of Stanford and others, made me have to Take their word for it.”
"Stanford is dead?" Pamir asked in surprise: "How did he..."
"It was the hardest time of my life."
The old man had no intention of answering this question, but sighed deeply: "The Fordson family has experienced countless generation changes and encountered countless storms. The fact that it can remain standing today depends on It is not glory and wealth, nor supreme power and status, but because we insist on our responsibilities and preserve the secrets that have been guarded for nearly a thousand years. If the principality remains standing, then we will survive forever. If The principality unfortunately fell..."
"We will still exist forever." In the inexplicably solemn atmosphere, the old man showed a deep smile: "This is what I thought at the time."
"Is this the real reason for your compromise? You are really a qualified politician." Pamir nodded with understanding, and then pointed to the light flashing on the wall: "Then now... why do you want to Tell us? Have you given up your beliefs?"
"...because you defeated them."
"Is it because of this? With all due respect, Mr. Fortes, you don't look like the kind of person who follows the crowd..."
"Because you broke the prophecy."
Following the finger that Fords suddenly raised, Duan Qing looked towards the center of the wall and saw that on the screen that had been displaying something, a piece of text was flowing continuously: "This is... Tadaya’s prophecy?”
"Yes." The old man replied: "Since the founding of the principality, these words have been displayed in this place, and as the contents foretold on it gradually become reality, our burden has become heavier and heavier. We have also become more and more cautious. We have been waiting, waiting for this wall to finally open. We always thought that that should be the time when all the predictions came true, but now..."
"They have failed." The old man lowered his head: "Because of your efforts, hundreds of years of inheritance... are worthless."
"Well, I think you should maybe reconsider the way you interpret the prophecy..."
"I just want to say that you should take responsibility for this change of fate."
Looking up at the crowd in front of him, Fortes's eyes flashed with a light that could only appear in an old man of this age: "So, I share our family's secrets with you, and I hope you can always remember them in the days to come... …”
"You are walking on a brand new road." He stretched out his hands: "A road... that even Tadaya's ancestors did not expect."
Rumble——
As his voice fell, the metal wall in front of everyone suddenly changed in an unimaginable way, and then with the violent flash of light spots, a dark and gloomy gap was revealed. Everyone, including Fords, opened their eyes wide in surprise and looked straight at the scene that was about to appear behind the gap. However, the boundless darkness fell around Duan Qing one step ahead, completely destroying his body and consciousness. Wrapped.
"Holy shit..."
He was stunned for a long time, and then operated on his system panel for a while. Finally, after exiting the game, he saw the real reason why he was kicked offline on the official website of the free world.
Update and maintenance: from 23:00 on March 24 to 0:00 on March 26.
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The update news of the Free World was announced after the two League Cup champions emerged. Due to the complexity of the situation at the time, the news was not notified to all players immediately - according to the league's original idea, because watching the game The offline players should have accounted for the vast majority, so this final announcement at the venue would not cause much shock. However, many people were fighting to the death in Tania on the day of the finals. Later, the team competition happened, so the players who were kicked offline because they went online to check the situation, support the war, and celebrate the victory were also kicked offline. There are not a few, not to mention the big bosses of the guild forces.
Fortunately, even at this point, the players still have no intention of complaining, because everything that has happened in the past few hours has been enough for them to discuss for a long time.
First of all, the results of the two finals made many viewers shout "Sure enough," because Wings of Liberty, who has been the second-best player in the past few years, won the individual and team competitions this time. Still only got the runner-up ranking. Countless non-Wings of Liberty fans, while despising the failure of the "Human Sea Tactics", also expressed their deep sympathy and care for the results of Wings of Liberty inside and outside the game, and the support belongs to Wings of Liberty. The readers were more concerned about the performance of their opponents in the two games, and... the fact that they failed.
"Forget about the team competition, it's just bad luck at best, but Duan Shanhe's performance is definitely abnormal." This is their most popular opinion at the moment: "He must have cheated!"
"His movements and moves...are inhuman, inhuman!"
"It's either an injection or a pill... No, is this generation of virtual technology still useful if it takes pills?"
"Speaking of which... does this scene seem familiar?"
For professional players, this scene is certainly familiar, because they had similar questions when a certain dynasty began to dominate the virtual reality gaming world a few years ago. Rumors about Yi Jian also began to appear in people's vision at that time, so the topic of what Duan Shanhe had understood was quickly relegated to the shadows in the memories of some professionals, and was classified as a It is a historical mystery that is difficult to prove. Some good people once wanted to act as reporters for a post-game interview, wanting to find out their thoughts and explanations. However, judging from the feedback they subsequently gave on major forums, what these people tried was almost Same thing – no comment.
As a result, similar speculations became more intense, although in the eyes of professional players, this was almost something they knew well.
Regarding the venue and the result of the final battle, it soon became another hot topic among a large number of players in their spare time, because they soon discovered that the second best player in the world had a chance to win by relying on a last-ditch effort. The battle is actually happening in the game. Questions such as whether Pamir survived, the appearance of the mysterious purple light, the empire's withdrawal, and the final outcome of the principality soon became the most prominent questions in this incident. However, there were not many parties involved in this incident. The total number of players is not even a hundred, so in the end there are very few who can tell one or two details. The rest are all onlookers who are waiting to see the big show, or want to watch the big show. The Wings of Freedom blockers, headed by half a box of cigarettes, may have been unwilling to mention the fact that they were sent back to their hometown by a small adventure team out of dignity. Naturally, the few players who were involved in the dark forces would not risk being discovered. The danger appeared in front of the masses, fearing that their lives would be in danger. Only the official spokesperson of Jianghu came out and said a few words, claiming that they had foiled the conspiracy to subvert the principality, but the specific details, as well as some players Regarding the above-mentioned questions that they are concerned about, they, the outsiders among the players, have no way to say more amid the siege of many players.
"Isn't it because your plan to beat up the drowned dog failed, so you want to find a place to come back?"
With a smile, he turned off the hot topics he was reading, and Duan Qing stretched out his long waist. The tired feeling that he had not experienced for a long time and penetrated into his soul finally began to gradually hit him as his spirit relaxed. His mind. There was still a knock on the door belonging to a girl outside the house, and her chirping shouting that she wanted to go out. Duan Qing smiled helplessly, and finally closed the chat board about the salary discussion, and slowly Pushing open the door of the game cabin: "I said... it's the middle of the night now. Even if we go out to play, we have to wait until dawn at least..."
His movements suddenly stopped, and at the same time, he also stopped getting out of the game cabin, because his friend's profile picture, which he originally thought would never light up again, suddenly lit up at this time.
[The other party has sent a call request. Do you want to accept it? 】
