The atmosphere around the Nasio camp finally became calm as time passed. The temporary peace returned to the night around the settlement as everyone left, and the wind from the grassland also followed. As time went by, the night sky in the distance of the settlement continued to sweep, driving the Sioux people who were still noisy back to their respective camps. The members of the Qingling Adventure Group, who also retreated into the guild station that had not yet been fully built, and used the huge earth walls as cover, also sat around the campfire that had just been raised. The strangeness caused by some speculation during the day The atmosphere seemed to have continued as they gathered among themselves, making the crackling sounds above the bonfire even more obvious: "Don't be so silent all the time, it always makes people feel a little, a little strange... …”
"Although you still haven't said a word, you have seen everything that happened during the day."
He stretched out his hand in the direction of Mengzhu, who was the first one to make a sound. Duan Qing, who had kept a straight face since returning to the camp, finally smiled: "Don't care about your identity at this time. Something like that? How's it going? Is there anything you want to say?"
"No." Mengzhu turned his head away expressionlessly, and Mengzhu pulled his turned hood down a little lower: "Whether it's the matter of you wanting to participate in the duel or the matter of persuading the old businessman to retreat, I don’t even have anything to say.”
"I'm not referring to those side stories, I'm referring to the conclusion we are speculating now." Blinking his eyes, Duan Qing continued as if he was familiar with it: "The Nashi tribe has something to do with the Destiny Alliance. Goulian—if this is really the case, what are you going to do?”
"Do you still want to avenge Lorna?"
This sentence caused huge waves in my heart. The aura surrounding the shadow of the little girl sitting in the corner of the bonfire camp seemed to have changed a bit. The murderous intention that was so close at hand also gradually disappeared with the long golden hair. , disappeared into the invisible darkness along with the flames that continued to surge outwards. He rubbed his shoulders uneasily. Asahi Dongsheng, who was closest to Mengzhu, then waved his arms and moved a little further towards the bonfire. His originally sleepy appearance also followed this murderous wave. The aura vaguely emerged and was completely dissipated, and even the voice seemed to shrink a bit: "Then, um - let's return to the old topic. How do you plan to conduct this duel?"
"Of course we'll keep going." Sensing the somewhat relaxed atmosphere around him, Duan Qing nodded as he should and said, "Even if our opponent has nothing to do with the Destiny Alliance, we are scheduled to win this battle, aren't we?"
"So confident? I like it." Shaking his head, Asahi Dongsheng also showed a meaningful smile on his face: "But just like the old businessman once said - don't say it's you, even if it's you Plus our small team doesn’t have much strength or methods to defeat the enemy.”
"If you don't have strength, you can outwit." Wiping the shield on his hand, Gedman on the side said his answer instead of Duan Qing: "And unlike the warriors of those tribes, our combat training and combat skills are Unique.”
"Lu Fen has given us a lot of useful information."
Duan Qing, who nodded his head and kept moving his fingers, then said in a low voice: "If the price is right, we can consider buying more information about the opponent from him - Lingbing, you need these things What?"
"If it were an ordinary battle, I would not agree to do this." After a slight hesitation, Xue Ling Huan Bing also looked away from Duan Qing: "But since it is a matter of life and death, you can just go ahead and do it. Yes."
"According to the information left by Baibu Wushuang, the Lufen Chamber of Commerce is now living in the southwest of the Sioux settlement." Pointing to the periphery of the earthen wall around the camp, Duan Qing's eyes then fell on Chaori Dongsheng: "This is your specialty, is there no problem?"
"Of course there is no problem. After all, I am of no use now." Pointing to his broken arm floating in the air, Chao Ri Dongsheng replied with a meaningless look: "If I can't even do this, then I will He has truly become a useless person.”
"You might consider practicing the techniques that only one-armed people can learn well." There was a burst of half-joking laughter, but the voice belonging to Gedman gradually sounded as the wind of the grassland blew by: "But there is one question I haven't asked yet: The camp has been built, why don't you just jump into the sea and commit suicide?"
"I have become accustomed to a one-armed life, and the people of the Sioux tribe have also recognized my current image." Asahi Dongsheng replied nonchalantly: "If I appear in front of them with my arm restored, I will They will treat him as a real monster."
"It seems to make sense." Looking at the other person's face with his chin raised, Goldman also showed a surprised expression on his face: "I didn't expect that you, who have always maintained the image of a reckless man, now actually Have you given such careful consideration?"
"Don't try to use such words to prevaricate me. I have never given up on participating in a duel." Chao Ri Dongsheng, who twisted his eyebrows and stepped forward with one leg, warned the opponent with his eyes wide open: "Wait until the battle begins. When the time comes, you must leave a piece of meat for me! My hands have been extremely itchy these past two days!"
"We won't let you play until we see no hope of you winning." As everyone shook their heads, Duan Qing's voice gradually rose along with his calm expression: " Wouldn't it be more contrary to your previous considerations to send a dead man up there for no reason?"
"If you want to continue to live in this new world, you have to find a way to maintain this image first!" He laughed and slapped the other party's slightly depressed look. Gedman next to him seemed to have realized something. General said cheerfully: "I'm looking forward to the appearance of another one-armed hero! Holding a heavy sword without an edge, he will conquer all enemies in the world - What are you doing? Are you not convinced? Come and beat me if you are not convinced? Let's make a sign. ah?"
"Don't worry about these two fools for now." Shaking his head and looking in the direction of the two players who were confronting each other again as if they were blowing their beards and glaring, Xue Ling Huan Bing put back his sighing speechlessly: "Think about it. With our current resources, even if we don’t put the enemy’s possible combat power level within the visible range, we don’t have many people to fight.”
"You, Goldman, and Mengzhu at most." Duan Qing, who understood what the other party was referring to at this time, nodded and said quietly: "If it is a one-on-one battle mode, I can barely count half of it, and the rest—well."
"I wonder if Fulla has this intention."
As he said these words, his eyes fell on the far side of the camp where the bonfire could not reach. A blond dragon woman who did not know when she appeared there also gradually changed as Duan Qing said these words. It became clearer, as if he had just stood up from that direction: "Why, what trouble have you caused today?"
"Ahem, it's not a problem for us, but it may be different for the Sioux people."
I don’t know if the other party knows everything that has happened to the Su clan in the recent period. Duan Qing finally briefly introduced what they had experienced in the clan: "...In short, that's it, we are going to participate in that' Barish's ceremony is the last chance for the survival of the Nasio people."
"'Barish'... Humph." She let out an inexplicable sigh, and with divine light in her eyes, Furla's body standing on the spot did not seem to move at all because of Duan Qing's words: "With me - —Compared to what I discovered in the north, these struggles between humans are nothing at all."
"But considering my current status -" She looked at the expressions of Duan Qing and Xue Ling Huan Bing, and her original words were involuntarily lengthened: "Since I am still Qing Ling now Members of the adventure group, I will certainly not sit idly by and ignore what happens to you."
"Well, it's best not to act rashly." Duan Qing seemed to sense the danger from the other party's eager eyes, and hurriedly grabbed the dragon woman's golden sleeve: "If someone from the Destiny Alliance really gets involved, , your arrival is probably also in their calculations."
"Yes, forcibly intervening might make the situation worse." Xueling Huanbing on the side also hurriedly spoke out to comfort: "In addition, your injury has not healed, if you really encounter any trouble... "
"It's not an injury that can be healed in a short time. There's no need to worry too much." Pulling Duan Qing's hand away, Fula, who looked unhappy, gradually brushed away the golden hair that was exposed on her temples. He stood up and said, "But since you said so, I will pay more attention."
"I have discovered many new clues to the ruins on the other side of the river in the north, and I am currently conducting follow-up investigations." She sorted out her emotions, and her expressionless face was again in front of Duan Qing: "I originally wanted to I’ll bring this news back to you, and let’s go out and explore together, but now—let’s wait until all your troubles are resolved.”
"I'll keep an eye on you."
She said the last words, and the movement of turning around and brushing her clothes disappeared among the golden energy transmission. The magic fluctuations that kept leaping in the air also followed Duan Qing's sight and appeared in his eyes. The bitter smile on his face slowly spread towards the depths of the dark night: "It's really better not to count on her."
"After all, it is a plug-in. If it could be opened casually, the system in the free world would have been unable to stand it." Xue Ling Huan Bing on the side also tidied up his white hair: "But this has proved something. Thing: The battle we are facing is indeed not good."
"Not to mention Fula, even we have seen the methods of those in the Destiny Alliance many times." Lowering his head, Duan Qing also showed a thoughtful face: "With an almost futuristic vision, The method knows all the possibilities and uses them as a basis for formulating countermeasures... As long as they have enough resources, these guys can almost do anything."
"But there must be something they can't calculate." Subconsciously answering Duan Qing's words, Xue Ling Huan Bing's eyes became brighter and brighter: "For example -"
"Player."
Pointing out this most critical word, Duan Qing's sight also reflected the bonfire beside him: "The thread of fate cannot regulate the player's existence, and what the player does must not be within the constraints of this system. If you want to Only players can change the established destiny."
"Those Destiny Weavers always like to treat us differently, presumably for this reason." Xue Ling Huan Bing echoed: "For example, the title of Son of Destiny may also be because they discovered that you can easily change Because of many predetermined fates?”
"It's better not to mention the past. Anyway, I have paid the corresponding price." Taking a deep breath, Duan Qing also denied it softly as if he had never done such a thing before: "I want to change The price we need to pay for the current situation may be higher than we imagine, but considering our position, this battle may only be - What's wrong with you?"
"It seems there is news outside."
The uneasy feeling was quickly noticed by the man who was close at hand. Xue Ling Huan Bing, who had raised her hair, then smiled sheepishly: "It may be more important news, so it disturbed my emergency reminder status bar. "
"Just wait for me for a moment."
She checked her surroundings, and her apologetic eyes gradually turned into white light and disappeared in front of Duan Qing. This woman also appeared in the game cabin in an apartment room in District D of Hualan City in the real world. Her real body, her hair, which looked longer because she had not taken care of it for a long time, was also dragged under the moonlight as she walked out of the game cabin: "...it's you."
"It seems that you have been immersed in the free world." Another man's warm voice sounded from the other end of the communication that was connected at some point: "Have you forgotten the agreement between us?"
"That agreement has not been activated, so everything has not happened yet." The figure facing the window did not move at all, and the woman replied in a cold voice: "You should just wait patiently."
"It's really surprising that such a big battle didn't force you to ask us to take action." The man on the other end of the conversation was silent for a while, and then let out a deeper laugh: "But no matter what, if you By always leaving us alone, our situation is a bit embarrassing, isn't it?"
"..."
"Well, in order for both of us to have a step to climb down, I will reveal some more valuable information to you."
Faced with the silence of the woman in the room, the man on the other end of the communication laughed softly again: "It's not just free."
"And it's freshly baked."
