"Everyone did really well."
Some time later, in the Fenghua Plain, somewhere in an abandoned farmhouse that was covered with heavy wind and snow, Duan Qing, with a smile on his face, was patting Xiao Hongchen on the shoulder, and at the same time he was praising without any concealment: "I saw the battle just now. Here we go...you guys have made a lot of progress recently."
"Of course, we went to the front line to practice for a while!" Xiao Hongchen, who was still shirtless in the cold, rubbed his nose, and his proud expression almost reached the sky: "I have killed on the battlefield. The total number of enemies is one hundred and sixty-seven! Their heads can fit in a row in the garrison compound!"
"Then the number of times you failed...why didn't you tell me by the way?" Before Duan Qing could answer, the evil young man from Jiecheng who came from the other side of the simple house sneered and interrupted him: "If you exchange one for the other, The battle record here is also called a battle record, and I can easily take hundreds of heads..."
"I brought that in a dignified manner, what's wrong?" Xiao Hongchen, who was carrying a spear, immediately jumped up with his neck strangled: "Hold it if you don't accept it! If you have the ability, come and fight!"
"Stop, stop, stop!"
Amidst the sparks that were about to collide again, Duan Qing, who raised his hands, hurriedly inserted himself into the gap between the figures. While pushing away the looks on their faces, he let out a helpless smile: "I thought you two We might become good friends, but I didn't expect that it would end up like this..."
"Friends? Impossible!" Xiao Hongchen on the side said with a look of disgust: "He just pretends to be a jerk all day long and looks like a boss... I don't want to spend more time with him for a second!"
"...You are the one who likes to talk big, right?" The evil young man from Jiecheng crossed his arms and raised his eyes: "A person who shamelessly insists on joining the adventure group after escaping from Fenghua Town... …In the end, he actually called himself a veteran player of the guild? Isn’t it laughable?”
"What did you say? You...you have the guts to say it again!" The shirtless figure almost stabbed the pointed helmet on his head to the beam: "I challenge you every day, who keeps refusing to nod? I can also take advantage of words... Do you dare to agree if I call you grandson now?"
"stop!"
Reaching out to block the father-son confrontation that was about to begin between the two, Duan Qing pressed his sore forehead, and then after a period of tugging, he pushed Xiao Hongchen's figure outside the door: "Look at how lively you are. You'd better go out on patrol. You happened to meet your old friends in the world and communicate with them more... What? You actually dare to shout cold words? Looking at your current outfit, I thought you were a real person. Where’s the tough guy! Get out, get out!”
"Then... let's talk about you again."
Duan Qing solved the conflict in three strokes, and after closing the door, Duan Qing looked back at the face of the evil young man in Jie City: "How are you doing lately? Are you living well in our... guild?"
"...Compared with the beginning, Mengzhu has matured a lot." After a slight silence for a while, the evil young man from Jie City replied in a low voice: "The guild has also grown a few people, but now they are all Stayed with the Salted Fish King..."
"Oh, that brother who laughs at Hongchen, right?" So Duan Qing once again looked at the back of the figure outside the room who was walking toward the distance in anger: "Why didn't he come with you?"
"He is currently in charge of the management of the guild's resident." The evil young man from Jiecheng shook his head: "In fact, the leader has always arranged for the salted fish king to handle many matters related to the resident, even if it is When we fought in Zaraha City before... that guy didn't come over either."
"He seems to be very good at handling some relationships." The black-clothed swordsman scratched his cheek when he said this: "The Parliament, the nobles of the principality, Lord Freestone, and the Shadow Society to which he belongs... No matter it comes from He can take good care of any faction in Tania, so until now... our station has always been within a safe range."
"You are referring to... the setting of station invasion, right?" Duan Qing lowered his head: "The player's station can be issued by the system, and naturally it can also be snatched by other players. If it is really beaten out by others, , a series of efforts we have made in Tania have been in vain. Although so far, successful examples of free world invasions are very rare, but who makes our Fool Adventure Group so special? Two or three people It occupies such a good area..."
"Although I am not very satisfied with Xiao Hongchen, I still admire his friend..." The evil young man from Jiecheng patted the handle of his knife, turned around and leaned against the wall of the room: "Being able to do this in such a The general managed the guild so well under the conditions... wouldn't he also be a capable housekeeper in reality?"
"God knows."
Duan Qing, who seemed to have remembered some images that remained in his long-lasting memory, was silent for a while and slowly shook his head: "Anyway, leaving him there is a very wise decision made by Mengzhu... Run away." Did she come up with the idea of coming to Fenghua Town?"
"Well...it's everyone's idea."
The evil young man from Jie City, who was holding his arms, took out one of his arms and showed it slightly to the snowy scene outside the house: "Isn't she very familiar with the senior officials of the principality? It seems that she has always been there when fighting in Zalaha City. She kept in touch, so when she heard the news that the principality was about to turn around to attack the Restorers, she immediately told everyone..."
"Everyone, including Qian Zhihe, unanimously agreed to come and participate in this battle." He made a gesture of raising his hands to pass: "Then she notified you who went to the Free City, what happened later Things... I think you should know everything."
"That's it?"
Duan Qing raised his eyebrows as he replayed the text previously displayed in his friend list in his mind: "When you guys came over...didn't she mention something else?"
"Aren't you just here to fight? What else can I mention?" The evil young man from Jiecheng, who was leaning against the wall, slowly lowered his arms, with a puzzled look in his eyes: "What if the captain mentioned it to you? For other things, you'd better do it yourself..."
"Moshang Qingshan."
An unfamiliar voice interrupted the conversation between the two, and at the same time, a figure from a certain Jianghu member opened the door and walked into the farmhouse: "The second master has something to discuss with you."
"... Broken Shanyue?" Duan Qing secretly glanced at the evil young man from Jie City, and asked in a calm voice: "What's the matter with him?"
"I don't know." The Jianghu member replied expressionlessly, then turned around and walked into the wind and snow outside the door: "He is in the shack next to him. You'd better get there early before we set off." Come and have a look."
"...Okay, okay."
Looking at the figure of the man waiting for him to leave together, Duan Qing shook his head helplessly: "Since you Jianghu have also arrived in this world..."
"The next battle must be decided by you."
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"Did you deal with those guys in black robes just now?"
A moment later, Duan Shanyue's loud voice came from the shed on the other side of the farmhouse: "Looking at the posture they showed before... they should be the old magicians of the Restoration, right?"
"...Looking at this, you seem to be very familiar with the Restorationists." Duan Qing, who was standing opposite him, wiped his mouth: "Have you fought against them before, or did you do it early for the battle here? Are you ready to investigate and prepare?"
"I don't know these survivors, I'm just a pawn who came ahead to fight." Duan Shanyue snorted heavily: "In the previous battle, I only saw those old guys halfway up the mountain. The action of casting a spell..."
"Then your eyes are really good enough." Duan Qing glanced in the direction of the bearded uncle: "It's still snowing heavily outside, but you can actually see clearly from such a long distance. …”
"Isn't that what you're admitting here?"
After laughing for a while, Duan Shanyue put away his posture with his hands behind his back: "We also want to thank you. Thank you for stopping those group magics that were about to be cast just now. If a magic bombing of that level comes again, then A few shots... Our losses this time will really be too much to bear."
"The Wings of Freedom currently don't focus on this place at all, so you can rest assured." Duan Qing slowly shook his head: "As for those restorationists...it seems that they just sent out A large force went south."
"South?" So Duan Shanyue turned his head and looked towards the south: "What are they doing there?"
"...Probably because I'm looking for someone."
His eyes stayed for a moment in the direction of a certain voice that sounded outside the shed, and Duan Qing touched his nose: "In short, they seem to have sent out most of the main force, otherwise...the number of remaining magicians will not be There are so many.”
"...Is it related to the little guy you brought?"
As if he noticed Duan Qing's movements, Duan Shanyue's face slowly darkened: "Every time I meet a guy like you, I always encounter a large number of inexplicable strange people and strange things... Let's talk about it, this time it's... what's going on?"
"Do I have an obligation to tell you?" Duan Qing turned his head angrily: "Tell you about the world, and then come to take credit from our team? Do we look so stupid?"
"Hey, how do you think we got here during this battle in Fenghua Town?" The burly man with a beard immediately stared at his eyes: "We have lost thirteen brothers now, and we haven't lost anything yet. I’m causing trouble for you!”
"It was originally our guild's internal decision to gather here in Fenghua Town. God knows why you came with us?" Duan Qing squinted his eyes and replied, "If it weren't for you, Mengzhu and the others might just Sneaked into the town, and the battle just now would not have happened at all..."
"You guys are still so glib."
Duan Shanyue's eyes as wide as copper bells stayed on Duan Qing's face for a long time, and Duan Shanyue finally gave up on raising his fist: "Last time, I used a bluff, and as a result, we had to investigate for an unknown amount of time. But now...you're pretending to be coward again?"
"It's not that I don't want to tell you. What I got by virtue of my ability...why don't you dare to tell others?" Duan Qing spread his hands: "But this matter may involve too many relationships, and I'm afraid of telling others. You...you can't afford it yourself."
"What is so important?" Duan Shanyue looked at Duan Qing steadily for a while: "Is it... about the Restorationists?"
"No, it's about the game."
Pointing his finger in the direction he was looking at, a certain little Nina who was playing with a girl with double golden ponytails, Duan Qing sighed slowly: "Well, we won't stop you... If you can persuade her to take you to see her teacher, how about we won't say a word of objection?"
"...Forget it, I'm not suitable to be a weird uncle."
Shaking his head slightly sadly, Duan Shanyue withdrew his gaze from that direction: "But... it's always okay to introduce the situation around here, right? About the situation in Fenghua Town and the so-called secret camps. …”
"I should have introduced the situation in Fenghua Town pretty much before." Duan Qing thought for a while: "As for the hidden camp... I only know one at the moment, but I can introduce it to you."
"Oh? Tell me."
"Just over there in Fengye Forest, there is a place called Xingfeng Spring. Richard, the former president of the Adventurers Association of Fenghua Town, is guarding the place with his people. He usually doesn't let people in easily, but in the past Your status and reputation in the principality should be able to convince him to become one of the helpers, right? There is currently a shortage of manpower there, and there are still a lot of tasks waiting for players to do..."
Time passed slowly in the exchange of information between the two people, and finally stopped as Duan Qing and Duan Shanyue started fighting again. Duan Qing, who pushed out the door, then made an international gesture towards the shack. With a universal gesture, he quickly left the place before the other party's sarcastic voice could be heard. In the scene where the wind and snow still continued, he silently arranged the white wolf skin covering his body, and finally stopped in front of the figures of two girls, one white and one black, amidst the sounds of the fight that was gradually approaching. : "Haven't you had enough fun, kids? Be careful of being frozen into ice cubes."
"Nina didn't feel cold!" Nina, who was running ahead, immediately made a clear voice of objection: "Nina wants to continue playing with her big sister!"
"Yes, we have to continue playing!" Mengzhu from behind also hugged Nina's petite body: "Also...I am not a child!"
"You don't need to stress, I know you are not a child." Duan Qing waved his arm helplessly: "So...you don't want to play like a child anymore, okay?"
"I have something else to ask you."
