"It seems that it was indeed done by the Imperial people."
Some time later, in the southern part of Hylaya, in the middle of a slit surrounded by mountains, figures belonging to Duan Qing and others slowly appeared near the scene they had seen before, with several corpses lying on the ground. Killing scene: "Such a neat knife edge...it is very difficult for the people of the Principality to achieve this, both in terms of strength and precision in making the weapon."
"It can be considered a pleasure for these people." Tudou, who was also half-kneeling aside, sighed in a low voice: "Coupled with the speed of the horse... it should only take a moment from catching up to the end."
"The problem lies in the identity of these people." Pointing to the location of several other corpses extending along the path, Feitianqixia, who was responsible for security and investigation, muttered and asked: "Who are they? Why did they come here?" Here? Why do the Empire want to kill them?"
"Judging from the clothes of these people, they should not be respectable people." Examining a similar corpse next to him, Duan Qing's voice, together with his raised head, was raised to the west where they were: "And judging from the direction these people escaped from just now..."
"They should be from...Londel Valley?"
Comparing the adventurer's map in his hand, there was a hint of hesitation in his expression: "Has the location already crossed the Feron Plains?"
"No, it is in the middle of the Felong Plain." Lieyan Legend stood up, clapped his hands, and then pointed in the direction Duan Qing was looking at: "Although the altitude is not as high as here, Falong Mountain should be It is also included in the range of mountain ranges centered on the Andacier Mountains, and the Rondel Mountains belong to the end of the Falon Mountains and can extend to the center of the empire. If you are referring to the mountain range that was considered fair in past wars As for the famous canyon, it should be a road leading to the north dug by the locals in ancient times. Relying on the natural terrain, this road has now become a transportation link between Feron County and Hylaya County. Let’s talk.”
"Going north is Hylaya County, and going south is Zaraha City." He gestured with his fingers, and an inexplicable smile appeared at the corner of his mouth: "So these lying on the ground... are probably... He ran away from Zaraha City."
"……civilian?"
An expression of disbelief immediately appeared on his face, and Tudou, who was squatting aside, suddenly jumped up: "The Imperials are massacring civilians? And they are chasing them thousands of miles away? Are they crazy?"
"Although the people of the Empire are very warlike and despise the people of the Principality, they should not be so sick yet." After looking around the corpses on the ground for the last time, Legend of Fire walked to the front of the path with arms akimbo. : "There must be some reason why we must do it."
"Information dealer? Rebel leader?" Feitian Qixia, who quickly caught up with him at extremely fast speeds, immediately revealed several possibilities: "Or is he an undercover agent of the Restorationists?"
"But judging from the scene we just saw... they seemed to kill without hesitation." Recalling the scene he saw on the mountain before, Tudou searched the body again and rubbed himself with his fingers. Chin: "It stands to reason that if they really have abnormal identities...if they are caught, they should at least be interrogated, right?"
"Don't get entangled. This question can probably only be answered by the deceased themselves."
With a distant sigh, Duan Qing's back turned and left, and then his voice spread towards the distance of the road: "If the previous speculations are correct, then there is only one thing we can see at the moment... "
"The current situation in Zaraha City is probably even more cruel than the rumors say."
In the atmosphere where everyone else was silent, he walked to the only two female members of the team. Xiao Yu'er, who was holding the staff, was also accompanying the woman named Ayina, kneeling motionless. Sitting in front of a corpse near the end of the mountain path. As if aware of the emotions of the follower beside her, the face of the magician girl who had always been submissive and silent also showed a sad expression, while the foreign woman who was also kneeling on the same spot was in front of Duan Qing. Slowly closing his eyes, his crossed legs then assumed a praying posture: "..."
"……What's wrong?"
Not understanding what the other party wanted to do, Duan Qing asked helplessly, and then when the other party didn't respond, he stopped and wanted to leave. He opened his system interface and checked whether he was following. The window that is unique to the reader, and finally in the column that displays the character’s profession, as expected, an abnormality was found: "Well..."
"Is there another mystery about to be answered?"
The golden light burst out of the system prompt in front of Duan Qing as the series of question marks exploded. At the same time, the sound of singing gradually sounded in his ears. The sad and melodious voice was followed by several people who came over. The player's gaze drifted to the sky above the mountain road where the smell of blood had not dissipated. He slowly put down his hands. Duan Qing closed his eyes quietly, and then after a period of careful savoring, he compared this song with the past. The completely different singing voice I heard at the border of the Independent State was remembered in my mind: "No wonder the spirit level is so high, it turns out that I am engaged in art..."
"What... is this for?" Looking at the pious and peaceful posture of the woman with her hands clasped together, the voices of the other players who slowly approached became much softer: "Is it triggered again? Some hidden conditions or something like that..."
"The system gave a new reminder. Ayina's occupation is...a singer." Duan Qing replied nonchalantly: "As for what she is doing - don't ask me, I don't know either."
"Singer?" Then the expressions of the people watching became more interested: "Wow, is it a hidden profession? Does it have the effect of bringing the dead back to life! Or it can double the attribute values of people who hear the singing... Hey, don’t push me, don’t push me, you’re scaring people!”
The noise gradually spread in Duan Qing's ears as you and I whispered, gradually covering up the beautiful singing voice that originally came from Aiina's mouth. However, before he could frown, he reminded the few people in front of him. A teammate, the woman with her hands clasped together had already finished her chant. She blinked her eyelids slightly, and still wearing the adventurer's cloak, she opened her eyes wide and looked at the people watching her in front of her. After a while, she cast her pleading eyes like a frightened deer on Duan who had been standing beside her. With a green face: "I, I..."
"do not be afraid."
Duan Qing slowly repeated the words he had taught the other party before, squatting down and reaching out to press the other party's head: "What are you doing?"
"..."
As if she realized that what she wanted to say was difficult to be understood by the man in front of her, Ayina swallowed back the sound she had just subconsciously wanted to say, and then after thinking hard for a while, she spat out each word. He translated the pronunciation in the adventurer's language: "I...just now...I wanted to...use this..."
"I want to use this..." She pointed to her thin lips, and then pointed to the corpses lying on the ground: "Hear...them."
"What the hell...how did you teach her before?" Feitian Qixia, who was standing aside, scratched his head and looked at Duan Qing's face with contempt: "The mouth is for speaking. , not for listening..."
"Don't be so smart, she is a singer." Tudou on the side immediately slapped the other person on the back of the head: "Maybe she is using some kind of ritual to listen to the voice of the deceased."
"Listening to the voices of the dead? I don't believe it." The fat man covering his head shook his round face like a rattle: "How could such an unscientific thing happen in the free world? There has never been such a thing as a soul in this world. Let’s talk about it!”
"We haven't seen it... doesn't mean they really don't have it."
Pushing the two people who were arguing behind him, Legend of Lieyan slowly focused his eyes on Duan Qing: "What's more... we have a master here, let him answer the questions for us."
"Is what she said true?" Pointing to the face of the woman who was sitting on the ground with her legs half exposed, he asked Duan Qing in a low voice: "Do you have any information?"
"...She can't explain clearly, and I'm not a god." Duan Qing shrugged helplessly: "No matter how powerful I am, there is nothing I can do if I don't understand."
"I'm referring to the system prompts." Legend of Flame's eyes gradually became sharper: "Since the professions have been released, isn't there any other explanation of skills?"
"……No."
His eyes paused for a moment on the woman who was also looking at him cautiously. Duan Qing turned and removed the system panel that he could only see: "Probably for reasons we don't understand, the rest of the question marks have not changed at all. And I guess this so-called follower system is just a decoration. Only when this woman uses her skills, will we...who?"
call--
A subtle sound of breaking through the air appeared in everyone's ears with Duan Qing's alert shout, and then quietly dissipated with the emergence of several figures. The few players who finally reacted changed the words just now. The raised swords were all put down, and at the same time, they swallowed in response to the sharp daggers placed on their necks. Duan Qing, the only one who reacted at the scene, also disappeared early at this time. He used a black dagger to move one of the black-clothed thieves who rushed to Aiina aside. A female voice followed closely. But he interrupted the agile thief's next move and appeared on one of the raised rocks above the mountain road in a sudden way: "I really didn't expect..."
"It's actually you."
There was another subtle sound breaking through the air, and the black shadow represented by the woman's voice jumped down from above in a crouching posture, and then the indistinguishable sound of feet landed on Duan Qing with a graceful soaring posture. In front of him, what fell in front of him at the same time was the strange fragrance unique to women and a deep smile: "Moshang Qingshan."
"...It's you." Maintaining the posture of standing with the sword, a smile gradually appeared on Duan Qing's face: "Queen Maggie."
"Nearly half a year has passed since the last time we said goodbye... time flies so fast."
"I feel the same way, although I think the changes in you here...should have nothing to do with time."
"You're right."
The simple and deliberate greetings quickly reached the end as the smile of the woman covered in black veil disappeared, replaced by the murderous aura that gradually descended on everyone: "Then..."
"Can you tell me, what happened here just now?"
"...We didn't kill the person."
Completely concealing the possibility he sensed in his heart, Duan Qing replied calmly: "We saw a group of cavalry on Falon Mountain, and they killed this group of people. My friends and I were out of I was curious, so I rushed to this place..."
"……All right."
Eyes wandered over Duan Qing's body for a few moments. Queen Maggie, who was wrapped in a black tights and had a hot figure, waved her hand, and then put the daggers that the men in black behind her were still holding on everyone's necks, along with the surrounding murderous aura. They waved it away together: "Since you said that, then I will believe you for the time being."
"I'm glad that you still have such great trust in me." Duan Qing took a step back and bowed slightly: "Even now, after so many things have happened, you can still trust me so easily. Woolen cloth."
"Don't be so outspoken, you are our savior." Maggie turned around nonchalantly: "And... because of our cooperation with the Shadow Society, we have much more information than ordinary people."
"What you did... is really shocking." Walking to Ayina's side, she looked down at the shrinking figure with her arms folded with an interested expression: "Candidate for the throne. Your Excellency."
"...You are exaggerating, Your Majesty the Queen."
"If possible, it would be better to call me Kima."
In the surprised eyes of the other players, the woman in black, who had pushed her subordinates back into the surrounding shadows, turned her head and looked at Duan Qing's face with a smile: "Of course... the name Kaisha is also very good."
"Do you... still like performing so much?" Duan Qing gave a slightly bitter smile: "During this period, I have been played by so many people that my nerves are about to collapse..."
"Performing is everyone's unique talent. It's just that some people are good at this skill, and some are not proficient at it at all."
Squatting down in front of one of the corpses, Maggie took off one of her black gloves. The two rays of light revealed on the face covered with black gauze then patrolled back and forth on the corpse for a while, and finally brought her along with her. The slender and pale hand placed on the other person's face: "What a pity..."
"They're clearly a bunch of losers at this point."
Amidst the harsh tearing sound, her fingers traced across the face of the corpse, and then, amid the shocked expressions of all the players, she peeled off a thin piece of skin from the face that had not yet closed its eyes. .
