"...I'm wondering now if we were a little too impulsive."
Some time later, in the south of the Thebilis Castle, in the middle of the street near the Locktel Gate, two thieves, the Salted Fish King and the Gyro Boy, who were gradually surrounded, kicked open the door of the nearest residential compound. , and then stuck it in the shadow on the inside of the courtyard wall: "Isn't it a bit...too stupid to expose your target so easily?"
"Huh, huh, now you just... just said such words, is it... is it..."
"Yes, it's a bit late."
Turning the dagger in his hand, the Salted Fish King stared closely at the location of his entrance: "They should have blocked all the roads that can be run. This yard is also open-air. If the previous cover-up method doesn't work...then we can only We can stay here."
"Then, we can't just watch them attack an innocent player." The top boy who also grasped his weapon tightened his grip and gritted his teeth: "That scene just now, that person..."
"Stop your needless sympathy, little one."
Interrupting the other party's words lightly, the Salted Fish King whispered without looking back: "I just don't want to see that idiot-like bastard perform such a despicable act and act so arrogantly in the end."
"But..." The top boy seemed to have remembered something and lowered his eyelids again: "Is our guild really as bad as he said? If you do this, will they regard you as an accomplice..."
"Insults and threats have always offended people, like what that guy just did."
The muscles all over his body tensed slowly, and the Salted Fish King listened carefully to the chaotic footsteps that were getting closer and closer: "And...even if it is something seen with one's own eyes, it may not be the truth now, let alone their own One-sided words...shh.”
"They're coming."
Interrupting the thought of the thief behind him wanting to speak again, the Salted Fish King quietly bent down, and with his prepared movements, together with the dagger he raised, he aimed at the place where the footsteps suddenly disappeared on the other side of the wall. direction. The silent atmosphere was broken the next moment by the sound of countless wooden doors being blown into pieces and flying debris scattered in all directions. It was immediately filled in front of the two thieves standing against the wall. The Salted Fish King was not affected at all. Then he swung his first blow, and his breathless expression was broken by a loud shout: "Drink!"
boom!
The harsh sound of metal collision echoed in the courtyard, accompanied by the muffled sound produced when the big shield withstood a heavy blow, and accompanied by the sight of a shield warrior, including his body and shield, being chopped away in an instant by the Salty Fish King's slash. Appearing in front of and behind the courtyard gate, the other swordsmen who seemed not to have expected that their own shield warriors would be knocked away were also knocked to both sides by the sturdy figure, staggering a few times in the direction of their respective retreats. Instead of taking the opportunity to rush out of the gate of the courtyard, the Salted Fish King, who was still leaning against the wall, then gestured behind him, then ignored the panicked shouts of the top boy when he changed positions with him, and Another slash struck the top of the courtyard wall behind.
"Splitting Sky Slash!"
clang!
The shadow of the dagger drew an arc in the air that was difficult to distinguish with the naked eye, and collided with another long knife that suddenly appeared on the top of the courtyard wall in that direction. The stream of light shining on the surface of the dagger then transformed into a line in the air. The arc-shaped invisible fluctuations flew the suddenly compressed air into the air together with the silhouette of the swordsman who climbed over the wall: "...it's sword energy!"
"Sword Qi? Aren't they both thieves?"
"In the free world, is there sword energy that can be cut with a dagger?"
"...X, we've come across a tricky idea, brothers, be careful!"
As the roar of the air gradually faded away, chaotic sounds began to resound in every corner around the courtyard. There were also scenes of multiple players climbing up nearby walls, but those members of the beast and bird tribe were gradually approaching. Here, no one dares to show their head above the courtyard. A silent stalemate appeared in the sky above this area as those whispers gradually disappeared, interspersed with occasional exclamations from players passing by here, and heavy footsteps followed by the fisherman carrying a big bag. Shield gradually separated the crowd and slowly came to the front of the small courtyard: "...It's just you two, right? Very good."
"You are the two most courageous thieves I have ever seen." He was covered in heavy armor and arranged his armor, and at the same time he dropped the stainless steel shield in his hand on the ground in front of him: "How dare you attack Tai Sui?" There’s trouble on the head.”
"We do not intend to cause any conflict with you."
Half of the figure was slowly revealed inside the small courtyard, which had been left open due to the previous bombardment. At the same time, a low voice belonging to the Salted Fish King hidden in the shadows sounded: "My friends and I are just... I just passed by this place and was involved in an unreasonable disaster."
"Unexpected disaster? Ha." The fisherman slapped the shield in front of him vigorously: "That thief friend of yours is a flame dragon beast, right? Then he and you are our enemies now."
"...There are no permanent friends in this world, and naturally there are no permanent enemies." The Salted Fish King replied motionlessly: "I hope you can carefully consider the causes and consequences of this time, and make decisions that are more beneficial to both of us. How is your decision...?"
"I heard you are a master."
Frowning and being silent for a while, the fisherman, who was followed by several rows of figures, hid his gaze by closing his eyes: "Thieves who can use a dagger to cut off sword energy are indeed rare in this world. but……"
"This does not mean that we will back down." He showed a fierce expression again: "The lackey of the Flame Dragon Beast."
"...It seems that you are determined that you are on the side of justice." The Salted Fish King, who was half-exposed behind the courtyard gate, let out a few inexplicable low laughs: "In that case, I should also show my light. It’s my own trump card.”
"True card?"
"I wonder if you have heard of the term Shadow Society."
Moving slowly inadvertently, the thief who had been half exposed in the shadow then slowly disappeared out of sight behind the door: "An organization... that only exists in the underground world."
"...I seemed to have heard what you were talking about when I was adventuring on the border of the empire." The expression of the shield warrior finally showed some caution: "What, you want to say that you are related to them?"
"I do have some cachet within that organization."
Making a gesture to the side, the Salted Fish King slowly put away his dagger: "This time, I came here with some of their tasks and entrustments. If I accidentally encounter something unexpected... "
"I can't guarantee who will be blamed for the final crime."
"……snort."
Glancing in a certain direction behind and to the right, the fisherman replied in a low voice: "Then what do you want?"
"You take your people and leave, and I will take mine and leave this city now. Today's events... will be treated as if they never happened."
Silent footsteps came to the other side of the courtyard wall, and the salted fish king who brought the top boy here said in a clear voice; "The death of one or two adventurers in this world cannot bring anything substantial to anyone." Loss cannot bring any benefits, so... everyone goes their own way, what do you think?"
"Sounds really good."
He vigorously raised the shield in front of him, waved his big hand and showed a ferocious smile to the front: "I agree."
Crack!
A subtle friction sound then appeared in the other direction of the small courtyard wall, and then there was the buzzing sound of the bowstring vibrating violently, and an arrow shot diagonally from the high sky in the distance. In an instant, the shoulder of a black shadow suddenly rushed out from above the courtyard wall there, and was tremblingly nailed to the wall of the courtyard wall. The Salted Fish King, who rolled to the ground with a cloud of blood, then turned over with his left shoulder in his arms, gritted his teeth and slashed out two intersecting extremely fast sword energies, and then rushed forward in that direction after forcing him back. After the other two enemies came, they protected the top boy who also jumped over the courtyard wall and fell into the alley behind: "Run!"
"Hahahaha! If we didn't have an archer who could see clearly from above, I would have almost been deceived by you! Chase me!"
"Brother, Brother Xianyu, you are injured!"
"I'm fine! Just run away! And... don't call me Brother Xianyu!"
The chaotic footsteps caused by the fast running changed at the next corner of the alley. Along with it, the body belonging to the Salted Fish King suddenly stepped on the wall and jumped into the air and turned around: "I am not..."
"A real salted fish!"
boom!
A loud explosion appeared in the center of the alley as a small iron ball he threw from his arms, spraying out to both sides of the alley with rolling air currents and magical brilliance. The thief who couldn't help but run out of the straight line then ignored the results of his small magic bomb and grabbed the gyroscope boy's arm and ran towards the south gate of the Tbilisi Castle. It seemed that they were finally alerted by the tremor caused by the explosion. The city guards from the castle also began to yell and gradually surrounded the place where the commotion occurred. The two unmoved thieves followed closely with those from the city. The guards in the direction of the door looked at each other and all showed panic expressions: "Oh no, no, no, Brother Yu, what should we do..."
"Help! There are gangsters attacking us!"
"Who are you? Where are the gangsters?"
"We are tourists from the Principality and have only been in this city for half a day!"
Ignoring the panic expression of the little thief beside him, which gradually turned into silence, the Salted Fish King, still looking frightened, took out a brand new parchment with a vermilion seal: "This is the identity certificate of our Thomas Chamber of Commerce. , Sirs, you must save us!"
"Don't listen to his nonsense! They are just making it up!"
Amidst the chaotic footsteps coming from behind, the fisherman rushing at the front shouted in the direction of the guards: "They are not in business, they are members of the Flame Dragon Beast Adventure Group! They …”
"Hey, isn't this the fisherman?"
Before he could finish speaking, the leader of the guards who had stopped the two salty fish kings stood up with a low smile: "What? Are you making trouble in our Thebilis Castle again?"
"Ai, Lord Ai Ou." The angry fisherman immediately changed to a smiling expression: "You must believe me this time. We have been observing the laws and regulations recently and have not caused you any trouble. …”
"Trouble? Isn't this imminent?"
A helpless sigh came out from under the armored knight's helmet. The leading guard captain turned and looked in the direction of the Salted Fish King and the Gyro Boy: "But... forget it."
"Since there are disputes and riots that have disturbed the whole city, it is better for us to go through formal channels." He waved his hand and moved his head towards the guards behind him: "Take them away and go to General Steele. Let’s talk about it there... You guys, you have to go too. Since you are linked to the flame dragon beast, you will probably have something to do with this commotion... Who is it?"
A loud trembling sound then interrupted the guard captain's words, and at the same time, there was a strange scene of a tiny needle being shot into the sky by the guard's giant sword that was suddenly raised, and a piercing sound broke through the air. The sound of the arrow then shot straight out from the top of a house behind the city gate street, and passed over everyone's heads in an instant. A figure of a magician holding a bag and following the flow of people out of the corner was then shot by the feather arrow, and rolled to the ground with screams rushing into the sky, watching the citizens flee in all directions. The fisherman then showed an expression of disbelief, and then he was chopped down by the guard's sword and fell into his own crowd: "You actually dare to attack our Thebilis City Guards?"
"Catch them all!"
Inexplicable shouts and begging for mercy then appeared in the front and rear of this street, and as the scattered city residents and adventurers continued to run away from the place, they disappeared into the silence in the distance. Two people were also mixed in among these crowds. The thief then avoided the sight of everyone else and reached the corner near the south city gate in a few steps: "...Hey, hey, are you okay?"
"Me, my arm..."
The bag he was originally holding was now scattered around the floor. The magician who was still lying there replied with a painful look on his face: "My arm... seems like I can't move..."
"Their archers probably missed their shot and accidentally injured you."
Helplessly, he ran back to the gyroscope boy who was overflowing with sympathy again. The Salted Fish King said quickly: "We don't have time to care about him now, so we should take the opportunity to run away... Huh?"
"Who are you……"
He stopped his pulling action, and his eyes fell on the magician's face. After a while, while glancing back and forth hesitantly, he whispered to the other person to confirm.
"That guy from before, right?"
