At noon on March 10, 796 in the New Calendar of the Free World, a large and mixed team slowly set off from the east of Redkar, the imperial capital of the empire, including players and the imperial army. The team inside, called the Investigation Mission, then bid farewell to the last few looks from the imperial farewell team in anticipation of millions of Imperial City citizens. Just three days after setting up, all the stalls were abandoned. The members of Qingling Universal Firm who were also in this team did not have any friends who came to see them off at this time. Until the departing team entered the wilderness, the red people from behind When the Imperial Capital Ocean City began to become small and invisible, the few lonely players gradually heard some whispers mentioning them: "This time we did not hire adventurers to be cannon fodder for us. ah."
"Of course there is, but it's not in the name of the Adventurers Association. After all, now that the Amman family has fallen, that inexplicable vampire association has no meaning in existence..."
"Although adventurers are a group of lowly people, their abilities are still of some use to us. His Majesty the Emperor actually demolished it without hesitation, which is a blessing to those of us who are about to rush to the front line. What a loss.”
"A few days ago, wasn't there an organization called Qingling Office that wanted to take over this business without authorization? If, Mr. Festa, you also have some thoughts of being greedy for life and afraid of facing people from the principality, then Just go find them and entrust them yourself."
"...So we are just used as cannon fodder?"
Ignoring the quarrel between the two accompanying nobles, Asahi Dongsheng, who was walking behind the team, curled his lips when he heard the sound: "For these imperial nobles... we have been officially invited!"
"There are a lot of players in the empire, and we are not the only ones who have been officially invited." Gedman on the side replied helplessly: "Even if we really break away from these imperial nobles, the so-called 'cannon fodder' There should be quite a few more.”
"If you are talking about the group of people in Lanshan and other crooked melons and inferior jujubes, there are indeed a lot of them." Duan Qing, who tugged at the corner of his mouth, then used his hood to cover up the scorching sun above his head: " Apart from Lanshan joining this investigation team based on his strength, I don’t see how the remaining players joined.”
"Don't underestimate them, maybe they all have impressive abilities." Xue Ling Huan Bing, who was walking in front of a few people, reminded without looking back: "Not to mention the other noble members here... ...To be trusted by His Majesty the Emperor and sent to the front line to act as a helper to save his son’s life, he is not a group of incompetent people."
"Just after the civil strife in the empire ended, something like this happened to the prince." Duan Qing also sighed and shook his head: "Really... If I were Drenier, I would probably have a headache."
"Fortunately, at least the supporters of His Highness the Prince have all fallen in the previous night of changes." Xue Ling Huan Bing replied in a low voice: "If not for this, the attack on His Highness this time will not be the same as the subsequent one." I’m afraid it will be much more difficult to deal with than it is now.”
"It's not a good thing to be too strong, and it's not a good thing to be too weak." Goldman sighed again: "I'm afraid that after this incident, poor Chris will become a being that everyone rejects."
"No, haven't you seen those analysis posts on the Internet?" Asahi Dongsheng crossed his arms nonchalantly: "The ins and outs of the Mutation Night have long been sorted out by us players. They all To say that this kind of thing is impossible is not only for the future of the royal family, but also for the future of the entire Fleur Empire..."
"Who is leading the team?"
Ignoring the endless discussion between the two people, Duan Qing withdrew his gaze and asked in a low voice: "Since such a serious incident has occurred, the representative of the investigation team must arrange a person with enough weight, right? "
"It's the eldest princess of the Frey Empire, Her Highness Lena Frey Kadreft." Pointing towards a certain rose-colored carriage at the front of the team, Code Whisper Ning who had been following Duan Qing Lan replied in a low voice: "There are also the Poole family who are responsible for the records, the Pamuir family and the Landnar family who are atonement, the elite troops of the Rock Bear Army, and the Diploma family in charge of diplomacy in the Frey Empire... …”
"This is just the imperial power on the table. I don't know how many there are secretly." Xueling Huanbing on the side then reminded in a low voice: "Except for the few useless families who have been taught a lesson by us, the remaining They are forces that cannot be underestimated."
"We taught you a lesson? When?" Duan Qing smiled bitterly and then shook his head: "I don't really care about the strength of this group of people. I just think..."
"They are all a group of people who don't have a good relationship with us - the future of this journey is already foreseeably difficult."
He sighed, and then received the same helpless look in the eyes of Xue Ling Huan Bing and Yao Yu Ninglan. The fluctuations of magic and the following sound of breaking wind appeared behind several people, turning their Attention was attracted at the same time: "..."
"Ah, you're here."
Looking at the few strands of purple hair flashing under the cloaked figure, Duan Qing's eyelids twitched unconsciously: "I thought you were gone."
"Don't forget your previous promise."
As if she couldn't help but say this, Violet answered with a bit of seriousness in her voice: "Have you forgotten?"
"I haven't forgotten, of course I haven't." Duan Qing hurriedly pushed his hands: "I just... uh, I think... forget it."
"I'm glad to see you back." His hand lowered with the sigh, and then he stretched it out towards Violet again: "It's great to continue to get your help."
Not receiving the slightest response, Violet, who started to move forward as the team moved slowly, just lowered her head silently. Her cold attitude did not make the sneer Duan Qing feel the slightest embarrassment, just because The system prompt sounded in his ears again: "...Mission completed."
[Violet’s return: Mission accomplished. 】
[The level of followers increases, and the loyalty of followers increases. 】
[Current loyalty: 71. 】
[The command system is available. 】
When have I ever received such a mission? And what kind of weird settings are these!
Quietly looking back at Violet's figure, Duan Qing, who was roaring in his heart, curled his lips helplessly. The words he originally wanted to ask were quietly swallowed by the great magician's silence. When he returned, he was accompanied by his eyes that turned forward again: "Really, I don't know what you are doing secretly..."
"Since you have decided to leave that place, just ignore the situation there." Xue Ling Huan Bing reminded Duan Qing kindly: "They can make trouble as much as they want. Everything there belongs to them now."
"The Qing Ling Universal Firm that was established for three days just died in the wind." Duan Qing smiled and shook his head and said: "It's a pity that we haven't earned enough money and reputation, and we haven't even paid the landlord's rent. Give……"
"Please, I've never seen you before. Why do you care about these things?" She said this angrily. After closing her eyes, Xue Ling Huan Bing took a long time to hold back her breath together with what she wanted. The hands that hit the other party's head were retracted together: "If this commission can be successfully completed, we still have a chance to become famous, okay? By then, the Qingling Adventure Group may have already made a name for itself. You can pay for rent and other things. You can pay it back however you want—"
"Okay, okay, just kidding."
Pushing Xue Ling Huan Bing's hand back, Duan Qing then smiled and put away his gaze: "I don't care too much about the money. I just feel a little sorry for the person who kindly rented that broken house to us. It’s just the landlord... um."
"Would you like to go up and have a rest?" He pointed to a dilapidated carriage following the team: "Although the car assigned to us looks a little older, it should still be good for a rest."
"..."
"Isn't there anyone willing to take a rest? Then I'm not welcome."
Looking at the two women shaking their heads, Duan Qing let out two proud laughs: "Just right-"
"I still have some things I want to study."
He took two steps back, putting a little distance between himself and the surrounding team, and then, amidst Xue Ling Huan Bing's eye-rolling movements and Ci Yu Ning Lan's smiling face, he ducked into the carriage of the carriage. After briefly checking the situation inside the carriage, Duan Qing, with sharp eyes, nodded with satisfaction. While cleaning the dusty base of the carriage, he began to adjust his breathing: "... call."
"It seems that the zero-level attributes are still a bit hard to accept."
He stretched his waist and looked at the slowly recovering physical strength below the character: "Being a magician is already weak enough, but now you have to force yourself to travel so much... Do you think What kind of wind power can I give myself? Or can it strengthen my endurance?"
"What a disaster."
After spitting out the last few words of emotion and complaint, he panted and sat in the corner of the carriage. After a period of breathing to calm down, he took out a small disc from his arms - named Ou This ancient relic of the Kronos Disk has been accompanying him for a long time as he traveled within the empire, and it also brought him too much trouble. Until the night of the sudden change in the imperial capital, After he suffered the attack in the darkroom of the library, the disk that somehow merged with him fully revealed his true appearance.
Because of a series of things that happened after that, he never had time to study the function of this disk called "Loasong", but the current journey to the principality gave him enough Leisure time.
"It's not an epic, it's not a legend... Well, there's no quality judgment. Is it because this disc is still in the realm of change?"
"Magic mastery can reduce my magic casting speed and stiffness time by half, and even increase the power by 25%... Unfortunately, I have been knocked back to the prototype now, and I can't use the sword or anything else. I'm afraid I can't try this. ”
"Magic records allow me to analyze the enemy's characteristics and weaknesses... Well, fighting BOSS or dueling with other people should make me very strong, but I'm afraid it won't be so useful when dealing with large numbers of enemies, and the longer the battle lasts. The higher the weakness bonus—how long and how high is it?”
"And then there's this magic gem setting."
Putting his last gaze on the center of the disk, where the intermediate magic gem that once swallowed Thousand-Zhihe's property was located, Duan Qing shook the surface of the disk up and down: "Well, the inlay is quite strong. , I don’t know if it can be removed in the future, although looking at the structure of this disk, there must be more gems inlaid next to it..."
"The question is what is the point of me putting these stones in."
He stopped checking up and down, and looked at the magic circuits all over the surface of this disc that exuded a primitive atmosphere: "Does it just allow me to identify the quality of gems, or does it only allow me to obtain these magic skills?"
He thought for a while, then raised the disk in his hand. The fiery red brilliance then flowed on the surface of the disk with the action of his thoughts, gradually forming an unstable wave of flame magic. The traces of scattered runes and magic threads appeared around Duan Qing like beautiful elves as the flame energy escaped, instantly enlarging the outline of the disk in his hand a little, and he noticed no trace of it. Wonderfully, he then hurriedly raised the outline above his head, and then sent the energy from the impact to the sky just before the tragedy was about to happen: "Fire Impact!"
Bang bang!
The loud explosions then echoed over the convoy, as clear and crisp as a thunderbolt flashing across the clear sky, and the figures of Encrypted Ninglan and Xueling Huanbing appeared in front of the panting Duan Qing, accompanied by There were also worried looks in their eyes: "What's wrong? What's going on?"
"It's okay, I'm just doing an experiment."
Looking at the scene where Violet, who had appeared in the corner of the carriage at some point, gradually disappeared, Duan Qing smiled bitterly and raised the disk in his hand: "I just wanted to try to release a skill that came with it, but I didn't expect it. It really worked.”
"...You!"
Xue Ling Huan Bing, who breathed a sigh of relief with black lines appearing on his face, then raised his poking finger to Duan Qing's forehead: "Isn't this kind of thing common sense? What experiments need to be done? What if? Caused unnecessary misunderstanding——"
"Enemy attack!"
As if her words were fulfilled, a loud warning sounded in everyone's ears, and faint vibrations also appeared in the wilderness diagonally in front of them as the speed of the entire team gradually slowed down. at.
"Everyone! Get ready to fight!" 8)
