"grown ups."
"……came back?"
"I am incapable of bringing those trespassers back."
"...Huh, bring it back?"
At the same moment, in the already empty tower hall of the Lord's Mansion in the City of Freedom, a tall black figure slowly walked in. The sound of clanging metal friction continued as he moved forward. Wearing heavy armor, he finally half-knelt in the center of the hall, bowing his head motionless, as if he was listening attentively to the admonition from the city lord: "Can you bring those guys back... Do you want me to really believe this?" "
"Lord City Lord, I am..."
"No need to explain, I know your character."
The black figure at the top waved his hand, and there seemed to be no hint of fireworks in his words: "I just saw a few masters among the adventurers, and I wanted to compete with them for a while... Like you , how could you be willing to do it?”
"...My lord, I have a clear understanding."
"Is Huskar still worried about his own little land?"
"...We did not go out of our way to find the leader of Aduoji, sir."
Keeping his head lowered, the man in the heavily armored shadow replied angrily: "But... when we met him, he seemed to be chasing those adventurers."
"...So, they are at war?"
"It seems that a large-scale conflict broke out on Ivan Street tonight, and many registered adventure group leaders were involved." The armored black shadow replied: "The specific cause... I'm afraid it needs a report from Huskar and Eduin. Only then can we know the truth.”
"Hehehehe...I know."
The black figure above let out a low chuckle, but his eyes crossed the outline of the black figure below and moved towards the dim night sky outside the castle: "But... the Holy Spirit's energy just now, It seems there are still some shadows of the past.”
"..."
The man who was half kneeling on the ground did not answer this time, but remained silent. The city lord who did not receive an answer did not seem to blame him, but continued to talk to himself: "The power that belongs to you They may not be able to see your secret, but they should feel your mercy... Hey, letting a guy like you test those adventurers is really not a good choice. Maybe I should let Eduin do it. By the way, let him have a good talk with Huskar about this matter..."
"grown ups……"
"Don't worry, I'm just kidding."
The black figure at the top chuckled and interrupted the armored warrior's words, but the figure disappeared like the wind, and then appeared in front of the half-kneeling figure: "I think you should also know something about Tania. Well, to be honest, I don’t really believe in the information that has been sent, so..."
"I'm happy to see them appear." He put his hands behind his back and looked down at the subordinates in front of him: "Look at how capable they... are."
"Excuse me, sir..." The heavily armored black shadow responded without hesitation: "Such a test is meaningless. Our Free City is not afraid of the threat of adventurers at all, and we do not need the assistance of adventurers..."
"While not as severe as Tania's, there is definitely some darkness in Liberty City."
Interrupting the other party's words, the black figure who claimed to be the city lord slowly turned around: "You know what I'm referring to. Those people seem to have been hiding here for a long time. They may think that we haven't discovered it, or maybe they haven't." They did not regard this place as their target, but for whatever reason...the rats seemed to want to use the word freedom to mix their darkness into it."
"The Free City has never been afraid of darkness. I have always believed in this." The condescending black shadow gradually chuckled: "But if they use the darkness and even spread it to your heads... that's one thing. This is something that cannot be tolerated.”
"Us?" John Lenner suddenly raised his head: "Who is it?"
"You want to know? I want to know too."
The figure belonging to the city lord slowly walked towards the direction of the city lord's throne, but the outline gradually became blurred in the dark night: "The Council of Mages has been fighting them for so many years, but in the end they almost climbed on top of them. Could it be that you Do you think this city, which has been filled with crime and hatred all year round... can discover its own problems by itself?"
"...At least we can judge our own people."
Reiner was silent for a while again, and then said firmly: "I will start investigating immediately, and we will definitely...find the candidate for the throne who betrayed us."
"very good."
The shadow of the city lord has been dispersed in the darkness deep in the hall, but his voice still echoes here: "Although I don't have much hope in your determination, I still remind you... …”
"Pay attention to those adventurers, they may be one end of the line." The voice smiled lowly: "Just like the people who came here tonight... the word 'no trace' has never appeared on this continent. of destiny."
"Go and hope that the spirit of freedom...will stay in your heart forever."
The warrior who was half kneeling on the ground slowly raised his head and waited without any movement for a while. Finally, after confirming that the city lord had disappeared, he slowly stood up. The body under the armor trembled slightly, as if the man was murmuring something in a low voice. Soon after, he turned around, and his eyes under the full face armor were staring at the sky outside. He had been punched by him before. The direction of the golden light beam that flew away: "The result still has to start with you first..."
"Adventurer."
The hole created by the golden light beam pointed obliquely at the clouds in the sky has gradually healed with the passage of time, but the scene that happened before will eventually be remembered by history and the players who saw it with their own eyes, and then After causing a sensation in the gaming world, it appeared in the writings of historians and on forums outside the game. However, as the player's strength increases and their horizons broaden, the sensation this time will naturally not be as loud as when the light pillar appeared in the Emerald Forest, but this bright ray that acts as a ladder at night can still be used by the Free City Players inside and outside the city within the sphere of influence could see it clearly - shortly after running out of the city, the blue-haired woman who led the team out of the city gate suddenly raised her head in the golden light, and then in her heart After a moment's calculation, he looked back in the direction he ran out and said, "The team was automatically canceled because the distance was too far... Ninglan, I'll leave the rest to you."
"...it's better to leave the investigation work to Ninglan, Miss Liushang."
A faint female voice appeared in the whispering ears, but when she looked around, she did not find the figure of Ningyu Ninglan: "On the contrary... Ninglan was not familiar with the terrain outside the city, so she led the others ahead of Freedham. It would be more effective for you to implement Shilin's plan yourself."
"...The general direction, I should have made it clear before. Even if you are not good, there are always so many people together." The blue-haired woman said unceremoniously: "This job is for you, who is all-powerful. It shouldn’t be a difficult thing…”
"Ninglan disagrees with your idea. From a rational perspective, Ninglan should be more suitable for the return and response work..."
"Don't waste time, you should know how dangerous it is over there!"
The whisperer at the back of the team slowed down, and at the same time made a quick low voice: "Duan... There is a high possibility that something unexpected happened over at Qingshan, and maybe they are all dead now! I must go back and take a look. Look, you just need to count the number of people and make sure they don’t miss anyone... Huh?"
The woman who had been running suddenly stopped talking, and her eyes turned around in the team again. Finally, after several confirmations, she discovered the fact that a certain figure in a black cloak was not there: "Where is the Snow Spirit Fantasy Ice?"
"..."
"That woman...couldn't she have sneaked back?"
"..."
"Damn it, you actually took advantage of the fact that we didn't notice..."
The expression of gnashing teeth froze on the murmuring face for a moment, and then suddenly disappeared into the air behind the team. The figure of a certain maid player who discovered this gradually appeared there, and then after a period of time Then I waited until Xuyu Liushang came online again. The other people who had already run a long distance gradually noticed that the two of them were abnormal. At the same time, the blue-haired woman who identified the direction expressionlessly ran up to the eyes of the rest of the team, and then condensed with the codeword who had been staring at her. Lan exchanged a glance and replied in a low tone: "Someone reminded me offline just now...Xue Ling Huan Bing is offline."
"..."
"I have left a message to Mengzhu, asking her to pay attention to Qingshan's online status."
Knowing the meaning in the other party's eyes, Xu Yu Liushang continued: "Maybe... the situation is not as bad as we imagined. Maybe in order to temporarily escape the pursuit, Qingshan chose to go offline to avoid this trick. We should send the team to Let's go to a safe zone, save those NPCs, and then take a look at the situation before deciding whether to return..."
"Everyone who has been teammates with Mr. before seems to have his gaming friends." Ningyu Ninglan, who was running at the same speed, was silent for a while, and then suddenly said: "The same goes for Mr. Xiao Hongchen, the former smiling uncle ...It should be the same.”
"……yes!"
The blue-haired woman's eyes suddenly lit up, and she quickly ran into the team, and then pulled an unknown uncle to the wild far away from the team: "Uncle, do you have any friends in Mo Shang Qingshan? We want to confirm that he is online state……"
"I see."
The middle-aged uncle glanced at the expressions of the two people, and his body slowly disappeared into the air, and then appeared in front of them again after a short but long time: "Well..."
"He's definitely offline."
In Hualan City in the real world, in the house where Duan Qing lives, with a pained face, he was facing the woman who had occupied Nestlé and had just knocked on the door for a long time. He climbed out of the cabin with difficulty and said, "What are you doing again?" ?You’re not hungry again, are you?”
"……Where are you?"
"Where am I? Am I not at 'your' home... Oh, you are asking about the game?" Duan Qing scratched his hair helplessly: "It was just a fight with those guys, it's okay, it's okay …”
"I went back to the area where the central bridge was and there was no one there now."
The woman interrupted him, but there was no sense of pride in her eyes when she folded her arms: "Where are you... now?"
"Uh... do you need to chase me back in such a hurry?"
Duan Qing muttered in a low voice, and then hurriedly raised his hands under the woman's increasingly cold gaze: "I told you I'm fine, don't look at me like that... I'm on a road on the edge of the Free City. Is it okay to be in the garbage street with a few players who are also hiding there for the night?"
"..."
The woman looked at him faintly for a while, as if to confirm that what she heard was not a lie. Finally, with a feminine scent that hit her nostrils, she suddenly turned around and disappeared in front of Duan Qing: "It took a lot of effort to catch up to you. , you can't go anywhere else, even if you return to the capital of the principality... I won't allow you to do this."
"Hey, hey, is there any justice? Is there anyone who wants to hang back..."
"If you don't want to be harassed by me, just remember these words." A cold voice came from the other side of the room: "And the promise between you and me."
"well……"
Looking at the door that was closed again, Duan Qing let out a long sigh, then dragged his body back to his game cabin: "Women who look cold and cold are actually little girls who hold grudges. ...It's all your fault. If it weren't for you, how could labor and management have anything to do with her..."
Duan Qing kicked the side of the game cabin bitterly, and Duan Qing wiped the shoe print with some distress. Finally, urged by a certain woman about the possible consequences of not being able to find him again, he hurriedly returned. In the game. The dilapidated house and scattered furniture appeared in front of him again, and at the same time there were three players sitting together. One of the players saw that he was online and hurriedly pulled the barbecue from his hand. Come out: "Oh, brother Qingshan, you are back! Why are you leaving so fast? What happened?"
"Uh...went to the toilet, hahahaha..."
Scratching his head and sitting back on his small bench, Duan Qing smiled dryly and raised his wine glass, and then, pretending to punish himself by drinking, he once again joined the meal belonging to these casual players. : "Although I really don't want to mention this matter, we still have to plan for the next arrangement, otherwise we might be hungry again tomorrow night...Xiaotian, where did you say you were going just now? ?”
"The beach, I'm going fishing..."
"The value of those fish is really low. If I ask you to cook it yourself, you won't know how to...Brother Ping, what about you?"
"Well, I'll probably go to Liufu Mountain and have a look. Maybe I can find something..."
"Ah? With your strength, you are not afraid of being picked up..."
"I don't need money from my labor. I'm going to die. How can I be afraid of being picked up...Brother Qingshan, do you have any plans?"
Several people inadvertently turned the topic to Duan Qing, but they deliberately avoided looking at his face, because the seriously injured man sitting there eating and drinking their dinner for free also had a look on his face at this time. Pleasant look.
"...I have to wait for someone."
After feasting like an enemy for a few seconds, he replied in a dull voice.
