Although there are many guild-specific departments in the free world that recruit new members to their side, and there are even brokers who travel among major guilds and localities to distribute fresh blood, but if you want to recruit truly usable talents, you can only do so in Novice Village. Setting up a large stall in such a place is naturally not enough. Many guilds such as Flame Dragon Beast also used trials and other methods to screen a large number of new and uneven newcomers. However, the chance of finding potential stocks through this method is still like a big wave, so those who have been The members of the organization, which mainly sells expert information and trades talents, often send people to visit various functional areas in the city, taking on the role of "talent scouts" in the virtual world.
And this identity was one of the possibilities that Qian Zhihe had in mind when he looked at Duan Qing.
"You want to recruit me?"
After looking at the other person steadily for a while, the red-haired girl who was originally in a bad mood slowly suppressed the disgust in her eyes. She looked up and down the ordinary player's face, and finally pretended He coughed his throat as if he was experienced: "Which company are you from?"
"Company?" Duan Qing's eyes were a little dull: "What does that mean? Now, setting up an adventure group on the Free Continent requires a special registered brand?"
"Aren't you one of those so-called talent scouts?" Qian Zhihe looked at the other person's face with a squinting gaze: "Didn't you come here to test me?"
"The name of Red Lotus Girl is now known to everyone on the mainland." Duan Qing, who seemed to understand something, hurriedly rubbed his hands: "What else do I need to test? We have already chosen It’s decided for you!”
"Are you serious?" His face changed several times with his eyes. Qianzhihe finally looked at Duan Qing with a strange look in his eyes: "Are you really going to recruit people? Me?"
"Yes, that's right, it's you!" Duan Qing made an exaggerated pose, and then put on a shy smile again: "It's the stars that guide your path and bring the encounter between you and me to this place - —How about it, are you interested?"
"...What's the name of your guild?"
"Qingling Adventure Group."
Faced with Qian Zhihe's subsequent questions and the way he stared at him for a moment, Duan Qing proudly announced loudly: "Cyan green, smart spirit, you must not think that it is clear, we take the risk The regiment doesn’t have such strange settings!”
"Qing Ling, Qing Ling... I've never heard of this name."
Chewing these two words back and forth for a long time, the red-haired Qian Zhihe then showed an indifferent look: "Where is your registration place?"
"Registered place?" Duan Qing opened his eyes slightly strangely: "Our adventure group was established in Tanzania City... No, do you really think we are a company?"
"Tanzania City..."
A look of suspicion gradually appeared in his eyes. Qian Zhihe looked up and down the face of the gray-robed magician: "Tanzania City has just undergone tremendous changes. There are countless players - adventurers and local powerful figures have become the focus of surveillance by the empire. , since you were born there, you should have heard of such things, right?"
"Uh, sure, of course." Duan Qing's smiling face showed a bit of sweat: "Maybe we left earlier, so we just heard about it on the way..."
"Oh?" Qianzhihe, who leaned forward a little and put his hands on his back, rested his eyes on the tip of Duan Qing's nose: "You don't know about the things that are about to spread across the mainland. It's hard for people to believe you. What about the authenticity of identity?”
"Can it be fake?" Duan Qing, who looked dissatisfied, pulled up a green badge on his chest: "Did you see it? This is the emblem of the adventure group, recognized by the Adventurers Association!"
"Yes, yes, I know." After waving his hand, Qian Zhihe finally retracted his gaze to examine the other party: "All adventure groups established by the Adventurers Association are certified. This means nothing at all. and--"
"Since you know my name, you should naturally understand my attitude." She packed up her luggage, and then nodded to the receptionist scholar in front of her: "I do not accept any guild membership now. The invitation is the same whether it is Jianghu or Weizard.”
"Nonsense! Then why do you have a guild now?" Duan Qing jumped to his feet and shouted: "Aren't you in that Fufeng guild now?"
"that is because--"
The words she wanted to say suddenly choked back, and a trace of imperceptible panic flashed across the face of the red-haired girl named Qian Zhihe: "That's because, that's because... me, why should I tell you? "
She is still that innocent girl.
Inexplicable warmth flowed through his heart, but Duan Qing raised his eyes on the surface: "Why can't you tell me? What's wrong with our Qingling Adventure Group compared to that Fu Feng?"
"What's wrong with you...you actually have the nerve to ask such a question? Who are you?" The red-haired girl shouted uncontrollably: "Not to mention the current Fu Feng, you guys Why can I just grab a bunch of passers-by on the street and come over to recruit me at will? Who do you think I am?"
"Why, our group happens to be short of a powerful magician right now, and I happened to meet you here. Why can't we extend an invitation to you?" Facing the girl's cheeks that were gradually swelling, Duan Qing said Face folded his arms as expected: "If it weren't for the fact that you are so famous, I wouldn't bother to pay attention to you... Why are you looking at me like this?"
"Go, go, go!" Finally, he couldn't stand this unruly guy anymore. Qian Zhihe, who waved his fist, reached out and pushed Duan Qing aside, who still had a smile on his face: "Don't bother me again. Otherwise I’d be really rude!”
"Oh, how dare a little girl speak so arrogantly to me and be rude to me?" Duan Qing, who was gearing up, took a big step back: "Do you really think that I - don't dare to kneel down? What? As long as you are willing to agree, I will kowtow to you even if it means ten rings - hey, hey, hey, don’t go! Hey..."
"If you don't agree, then you don't agree. Why are you so fussy?"
Looking at the quickly disappearing figure of the girl who ignored him as he walked out of the door, the soft color in Duan Qing's eyes also flashed away: "Anyway, the days to come are still very long, and we still have the opportunity to continue negotiations... wrong!"
He rushed out of the door in two steps, and then shouted at the back: "Leave your contact information, beauty? Our invitation is valid for a long time! If you change your mind, you can also come to the Blooming Sword to find me. us--"
call!
The shining light then flashed in front of Duan Qing. It was the trajectory left by a brilliant fireball when it deflected into the air under the obstruction of a certain magic barrier. The gray robe was almost frightened to the ground. The magician then stood up and patted his chest, turning his head with a frightened look on his face: "It scared me to death. I thought I was really going to take a shot from the front."
"That is the protective magic circle of the Mage Council, one of the necessary protective measures for every branch of the Mage Council." A scholar woman named Dorothy also appeared behind Duan Qing: "It's just like Thousand Fingers For a magician like Miss He, it is probably only because she is unwilling to harm you that she can achieve such a peaceful outcome."
"Hehe, maybe."
Duan Qing, who couldn't help but let out two muffled laughs, shook his head and laughed, then turned around and returned to the counter of the Mage Council branch: "She is a kind-hearted person, I can see that."
"Miss Qian Zhihe seems to have been hurt in the 'Miracle in the Sky City'. She has been depressed during this period." The waitress named Dorothy smiled and tilted her head: "I hope she can get out of it. Let go of your own haze and become a happy girl again.”
"...Do I still need to register?"
"If you are really a registered magician, please be sure to sign your name here."
Facing Duan Qing's subsequent question, the polite female host showed a bright smile: "Even in the darkest times, the Council of Masters will never give up hope, so my goal , just to make this place lively again.”
"That's a good wish, I hope you can succeed." Duan Qing nodded and then picked up the still warm magic pen on the counter: "Well, let me see... it's written here, right?"
"Yes." Dorothy, who clasped her hands together, smiled like crescent moons at the corners of her eyes: "Master Rodel and Master Vidi will return from their trip soon, and I can introduce them to you at that time. Let’s get to know this newbie magician…wait a minute.”
"The water is cut off by the abyss...the water is cut off by the abyss?"
Looking at the name Duan Qing wrote on the register, she murmured it twice, and then suddenly widened her eyes in Duan Qing's inexplicable look: "Are you the Linyuan Duanshui?"
"I know I'm famous now for a certain wanted person, but please don't be so loud, okay?" Duan Qing looked around at the people here with an alert look on his face: "If the imperial soldiers and city guards hear it, your branch hall said We might be in trouble again.”
"The apprentice of His Excellency President Wiggins? The guardian of His Excellency the Great Magician Violet?"
Ignoring Duan Qing's warning, Dorothy in front of him bombarded Duan Qing's nerves with two identities that surprised him: "It's such an honor to see you here!"
"Uh... excuse me." Duan Qing, who stood there for a moment, pointed at his nose and asked, "How do you know so much information about me? My identity has probably not been publicized yet, right? ?”
Chirping laughter and then mixed with tiny whispers, echoed continuously in this small Mage Council branch hall, and various questions from the bespectacled receptionist were like magic. Like a bombing, it kept burning Duan Qing's hearing. A shaky figure appeared on the side of the Champs Elysees after a while, sending Duan Qing's somewhat dizzy spirit and his body out of this simple and plain facade. He tried his best He stabilized his attention from the buzzing in his ears that still hadn't dissipated, and then looked helplessly at Xue Ling Huan Bing, who was waiting in the corner of the alley, covering his mouth and snickering: "The Master of the Council of Mages Information spreads so fast, and it is also transmitted using long-distance magic stones..."
"Two years ago, this kind of thing that could be used as a communication ball was considered a rare item, but now it has become popular." Xue Ling Huan Bing put away his snickering and waved his hand: " And where do you think this is? This is the Council of Mages. If they don’t know how to do this, then no one on this continent is qualified to use this technology.”
"That's not enough to publicize my 'heroic' deeds like this!" Duan Qing waved his arm: "That Christine has obviously thrown such a big burden on me, and she still wants to Spread this matter throughout the magical world..."
"Because you saved Violet and so many violet magicians." Xueling Huanbing put away the smile on her face: "Don't worry, because of a certain dark force, the confidentiality system of the Mages Council has been destroyed. We are doing very well now, so I can rest assured about your identity and safety for a while."
"That's not what I'm worried about. What I'm worried about is the potential troubles." Duan Qing also put away his relaxed expression: "Thousand-Zhihe's road is not clear either..."
"I told you before that it was difficult to do this, but you decided to come up and give it a try." Xue Ling Huanbing frowned: "Do you regret it now?"
"Anyway, I got a little bit of information. This trip is not in vain." After putting away his complicated emotions, Duan Qing then pointed to his chest: "On the contrary, just now - look at me How is your acting level?"
"You still dare to mention acting." He was answered with a muffled sound when his forehead was struck by a knife and Xue Ling Huan Bing's lecturing voice: "If you dare to act in front of me in the future, I will beat you to death." .”
"It seems that girls these days tend to be violent." Duan Qing, who was rubbing his forehead, tugged at the corner of his mouth helplessly: "Where should we go next?"
"Of course we will continue to investigate."
The slight sound of wind slowly moved into the distance along this deserted street, shifting Xue Ling Huan Bing's thinking gaze to the sunlight falling all over the sky. She looked back and forth along the sunlight and then also turned her gaze. Turning to the luxurious house not far away from them, the aristocratic mansion located at No. 28, Avenue des Champs: "We have been following for so long, it seems a bit inappropriate not to use the information we obtained. It’s too appropriate.”
"You mean-"
"That's right."
Facing Duan Qing's gaze, Xue Ling Huan Bing also put on a somewhat confident smile on her face.
"Since the people from Wings of Freedom really want to deal with our employer, let's start by investigating his identity and the relationships involved."
