Huge energy rose upwards along the floor beneath his feet, instantly swallowing up the entire space in front of Duan Qing. Maggie, who was wrapped in that energy, also maintained the posture of holding the dagger and was submerged in it. Among the black air pillars rising into the sky. Duan Qing tried his best to stretch his arms in the direction of the pair of slightly desperate eyes. In the end, Duan Qing failed to catch the woman in black before she disappeared before she had time to say anything. Then he looked at her with frightened and angry eyes. Put it on York, who was still laughing wildly next to him: "You——!"
[Warning: Character abnormality detected. 】
[The fate line of the character Maggie Salaka is missing, and the impact level is being evaluated——]
[The impact level assessment is level three. 】
[Execution of repair instructions, dispatching executive officers to the abnormal area. 】
"Did you deliberately let me break the Black Mist Formation... just to catch Kaisha, York!"
"Don't call me York, my real name is York."
The whole person seemed to be bathed in black light. The man who called himself Yowalk slowly stood up from the sunken ground. While covering the huge wound on his chest, he looked at his face with joking eyes. The livid adventurer: "How does it feel to know the truth now, poor little guy?"
"Did you send her into the void?" Duan Qing quickly processed the system prompts that just echoed in his ears in his mind, and secretly gritted his teeth: "Did you start..."
"That's right, that's right!" Jovolk laughed, clutching his chest: "We have already spied on the connection between you and that woman, and also spied on what you did at the bottom of the city. We are all very aware of what that woman discovered, and we have long known about the prophecy!”
"This woman is the best gift to our door. She is the perfect sacrifice to realize our great dream!" He opened his hands and showed his bloody chest and the stopped beating heart under the horrific wound. In front of Duan Qing: "The power she possesses will become our bait! It will also become a powerful help for us to realize our plan!"
"You, why are you still alive?" Bernard, standing not far behind Duan Qing, roared: "Are you really a human being?"
"Of course I am not a human being. I am the chosen son of God who is about to transcend all existence." Jovolk stopped laughing and said, "Soon, everyone, including the entire Zalaha City... …They will all bow before my name!”
“Enough of empty words and big words.”
A similar figure that he had faced in the City of Freedom appeared in his mind. Duan Qing completely hid his anger and regret behind his expressionless face: "Come on..."
"It's time to show your health bar."
The figure that suddenly disappeared once again jumped into the black cloud pillar. Duan Qing, who roared up, once again burst out a large piece of bright white light from the cross-shaped pendant on his chest, and then pushed away the opponent. Under the entanglement of energy attacks decomposed from the black air column, an iron sword he picked up casually was chopped on the head of Jovolk. It seemed that he had expected such an action from the other party. Jovolk, who was holding the pillar of air with one hand, then raised his right hand with a grin, and then used the black aura wrapped around his right arm. He sprayed out towards the back of the iron sword that had been chopped on his head: "It seems that you still don't understand the meaning of what is happening here, boy."
"This is not the real world anymore."
An unimaginably powerful force was then generated from the part of the right hand that was in contact with the iron sword. In an instant, the iron sword in Duan Qing's hand was pinched in half. The black aura that gathered at one point then flew out like a Qigong wave. came out, sending Duan Qing, whose eyes were full of shock, straight into the distance: "And the Destiny Weaver, blessed by the power of the void, can also shape his body at will."
"Both strength and body will approach infinity - do you know what this means?"
Knocking over countless imperial soldiers who were fighting in the melee, and smashing through two building walls near the edge of the square, Duan Qing, who finally stopped between the ruins, lifted up his nearly fallen body with force, and at the same time lifted the tightness in his chest. He spat out a mouthful of blood from his front: "Cough cough, cough cough cough... I understand..."
"The attribute values should have exceeded the limit... You are cheating."
After trying hard to twist his body, Duan Qing's eyes went back through the obvious holes made by his body: "The health bar that showed up...it seems that I can't defeat it alone." Something.”
"...It seems like the fight there was fierce."
A dull voice then appeared in another ruins next to Duan Qing. At the same time, there was a blood-stained figure of a middle-aged uncle staggering towards the wall holding on to the wall: "Can you use this miserable... Take a moment to pause, there’s something else I haven’t told you.”
"...Tristan?" Duan Qing stretched out his head vigorously: "Why are you here? Where have you been before?"
"I rushed in with Maggie, although there were some minor accidents in the middle."
Looking at the direction Duan Qing flew from before, Tristan took into his eyes the energy beam that was still spreading at the far end: "I have been trying to find you since we were separated. Although the process was a bit tortuous, it still confirmed Just a word..."
"Wherever the battle is the fiercest, that's where I should go." Wiping the blood from the corner of his mouth, he showed a self-deprecating smile: "Unfortunately, the members of the Tristan family are not very good at fighting, so... …”
"If you're not good at fighting, don't rush in." Several black lines appeared on Duan Qing's face: "I appreciate your kindness, but I still don't want to see the story of Calabash Baby saving grandpa..."
"……what is that?"
"Uh... to put it simply, don't try to save one person and then pick up another one."
Covering his face with a headache, Duan Qing used some of his accumulated strength to support his body: "If there is nothing else, you'd better retreat first. Ms. Maggie is in trouble now. I have to find a way to rescue her first..."
"So I've said it all... I have something to tell you." Pointing to the front line of Imperial soldiers who were constantly being forced back by black beams of light and Bernard's back that was revealed later, Tristan sighed slightly. Tone: "Although I don't know what happened between you and the empire, it's better for you to leave the problems at hand to them first..."
"That follower of yours, someone has brought trouble to her." He paused slightly, and then told another bad news: "Your adventurer friends have been helping to resist it for a long time, but it seems... …They don’t seem to be opponents of the enemy.”
"……What!?"
The same staggering steps stopped at the hole in the wall in front. Duan Qing suddenly turned around and asked: "Aina? How could it be? Who is it? At this time?"
"I understand your feelings, but I'm sorry that I can't answer these questions of yours at the same time." Tristan replied with a wry smile: "Although I can see your intention, you have been telling us to do this for the past few days. Take good care of her who can't speak, but..."
【Ding--】
The harsh system prompts suddenly broke into Duan Qing's consciousness, interrupting his desire to continue listening. Already losing his patience, he forcibly suppressed the irritation in his heart, and after a long while, he turned on the prompt in the system panel. Notifications for real-world emergency news pull up.
[Emergency communication——]
[Emergency communication——]
[Would you like to log off immediately? 】
"...His X."
Secretly uttering a concise sigh in his heart, Duan Qing hurriedly said hello to Tristan who had not yet finished speaking. Then, after looking back at the beam of light that was still spreading, he turned around and ran towards the outside of the square. Got out. The damaged body that had turned into a ragged image began to become blurred together with the two broken chains tied to the arms. Duan Qing then got off the line in a corner of a street where no one could see it, and then in his heart After countless urgings and curses, he returned to the game cabin in the real world: "It's best to have some useful content, otherwise..."
"……Hi."
He opened the game cabin and heard a call in his ears, but his searching gaze swept back and forth in the dark basement for a long time, and finally returned to the old game cabin panel where the call came from: "You are ...Moshang Qingshan, right?"
"I'm not Mengzhu, I'm just taking up a little bit of her... time."
Looking at the still flashing head of the little girl, Duan Qing forced his mind to calm down and face the completely unfamiliar voice: "Who are you?"
"It doesn't matter who I am, what matters is... who you are."
The synthesized voice belonging to a man gave a hoarse chuckle on the other side of the call, and then resumed his indifferent tone: "Okay, no more gossip... I'll give you a chance."
"Give up the competition of your Fool's Adventure Group and come out to clarify your identity." The voice said: "Or... lose this little girl's life."
"...You are challenging the authority of the alliance." With his face gradually darkening, Duan Qing squeezed out what he wanted to say after a while: "Bringing the grievances in the game into reality. You should know the consequences..."
"This is not a grudge in the game, this is just...an old score."
In the air of breathless silence, the voice coming back from the other side of the communication seemed to become increasingly gloomy: "An old account from three years ago, do you...understand what I'm saying?"
"..."
“We never consider the means or process when we do things, we only consider the results.”
Seemingly understanding the expression on Duan Qing's face at this time, the voice continued: "Originally, our boss wanted to have a good time with you, but unfortunately... you have gone too far recently, the Duan family The eldest son."
"...Going too far? Are you afraid that I will win the championship by accident and then come back to the world again?"
"Even if you win the championship by hiding your identity, we have a solution."
The voice paused slightly, and the person on the other side of the communication seemed to have lost some patience: "What's more...even if we don't have any reason, we can deal with you at will, as long as...we reveal your identity That’s enough, isn’t it?”
"..."
"Give up your resistance, you soul who is supposed to be dead."
After letting out a few hoarse chuckles, the man opposite said his ultimatum: "What we are doing is just to get everything back on track. Your death is also an established fact. The current stubborn resistance is just... It’s just dragging more innocent people into hell.”
"..."
"All rights are in your hands. I hope you can make the most correct choice this time." The voice paused for a moment, and then left the last few words: "Time..."
"Twenty-four hours, how about it?"
[Beep——]
A slight ringing sound signaled the end of the conversation, and also fixed the sudden and final bad news in the dark basement. Duan Qing, whose eyes gradually became dull, then slowly sat back in the game cabin behind him, mouthing Li slowly let out a heavy sigh that could not be concealed: "Surprisingly...it happened at this time...did they really take action in advance?"
"Liu Shang, Liu Shang!"
His dim eyes suddenly opened. As if grasping a straw, he hurriedly opened his chat panel again, and then after a period of familiar and fast searching, he dragged out the chat box represented by a certain name. Come out: "Aren't you protecting that guy? Where is she now?"
"Where are you all now?"
"You guys, are you safe now?"
"Contact me if you have any news!"
Like an ant on a hot pot, Duan Qing, who did not put down his fingers at all, waited anxiously in the game cabin for a long time, and finally chose to return to the game after receiving no response. . The roar of the energy storm and the howls of the soldiers became louder and louder as this period of time passed. In an instant, they spread to the place where Duan Qing had logged off before. Without looking back at the storm, he quickly opened it. My own adventurer map, and then jumped in from an underground passage closest to me: "...I see."
"It seems that you have all agreed upon this, right?"
After turning several familiar detours, he quickly followed the shortcut of the underground pipe network back to the Harlem area, and then found the figure he wanted to find in an alley near the underground bar. : "A group of people?"
"That's right, so... give this girl to us, can you?"
Stepping on the corpses of Lieyan Legend and others around him, Luotu, who gradually walked out of the darkness, replied with a smile, and then raised the shrinking figure belonging to Ayina with her arms folded in front of Duan Qing, who looked fierce.
