Swish——
The refreshing sword light drew the last straight line along the gradually unfolding twilight toward the depths of darkness. The sword wind, which showed the splendor and power, then gradually spread out to both sides along the trajectory of this straight line. The man who appeared at the end holding a long sword then turned his head and glanced at the last warrior of the tribe who was killed by him. The original expression of helplessness was later replaced by a deliberately raised smile: "Oh, oh, oh, it's really It’s boring, don’t you have a few decent opponents to compete with us?”
"Tell me the truth."
Another low-pitched reply from another blue-haired woman sounded behind his ears. The flame sword that had not yet been extinguished looked obviously abnormal in the deep dusk: "Stop being so hypocritical."
"...Well, we're definitely struggling a little bit right now."
Looking at the neat and orderly cavalry team that was still wandering back and forth below the grass slope, the relaxed feeling that originally appeared on the face of the naked man carrying the sword slowly retracted: "There are so many enemies, and they are still adults." A group of highly qualified combat teams is indeed a big obstacle to a small elite force like ours."
"The key is that they have regarded us as enemies and have been driving us until now." Looking at the outline of the white tents faintly visible in the south, the blue-haired swordswoman's originally calm expression became heavy. He stood up and said, "Really, if you hadn't been so greedy and rushed to fight someone when you saw them, we wouldn't have ended up like this now."
"Should you reflect on it?"
She turned her head and stared at the silhouette of the naked man with sharp eyes. The latter scratched his head with a look of unwillingness, and hesitantly took back the steps he wanted to take: "Okay, no more fighting. I won’t fight, lest the misunderstanding gets bigger.”
"And this group of people looks obviously different from the group of people we slaughtered before. They are regular tribal cavalry troops." The blue-haired female swordsman pointed to the front of the grassy slope full of corpses: "According to my Based on experience and previous intelligence collected on this grassland, a tribe with a cavalry team of this magnitude is definitely not a small tribe."
"God knows where those ghostly guys who have been following us come from." He pouted his lips and waved his hand indifferently towards the naked swordsman walking back: "If it weren't for We found their hiding place in time and wiped them all out. These unknown people might find other opportunities to attack us. If we continue to infer according to common sense, the cavalry who stopped in front of us should have also They are the reinforcements they sent to settle accounts with us..."
"But now we have kicked the iron plate." She let out a helpless sigh, and the female swordsman with sky-blue hair looked up at the settlement at the far end of the slope: "Really, I don't know if they have entered now. In this tribe's settlement...Ninglan, how is the investigation going?"
"The name of the other tribe is the Hulun tribe. They are the largest and most dominant tribe in this grassland."
As if he had been waiting nearby, the figure belonging to the secret language Ninglan then appeared in front of the other two people like a ghost. The white ribbon tying his hair was also constantly fluttering with the dusk wind, and the short hair was The handsome face underneath made it particularly conspicuous: "This tribe has been stationed here for more than two hundred years, and the patriarch has changed for nearly ten generations. Because of living here for a long time, villages have appeared within their tribe. signs of transformation.”
"There are four armies within the Hulun tribe. What we encountered before were the troops of the Libei Army." She tilted her head and told the bloody facts in front of her people in a rather cute way. : "We have killed forty-one of them, so the other party seems to have begun to treat us as some kind of threat and potential enemy."
"Although I don't want to cause trouble, since they want to fight, we can't accompany them." The mature and charming face of the blue-haired female swordsman was filled with a calmness after decision: "Duan Tian— —Where is Duan Qing’s tribe?”
"They have entered this territory a few days in advance and are currently being treated as refugees." Ningyu Ninglan replied without hesitation: "As for the specific location... Please forgive Ninglan's incompetence, he has not been found yet. Exact location."
"For being able to bring back so much information in such a short period of time, I can no longer restrain my praise for you." He patted his palms to comfort the other party, and the naked swordsman standing in front couldn't help but blow. Whistle to himself: "I even envy that guy. He can have such a perfect maid. What else can he do to be autistic?"
"Shut up, young man, or you will get stabbed again." She said this calmly, but the blue-haired female swordsman's originally solemn expression became a little looser: "Thank you for your hard work, Ninglan, please go to bed early today."
"Thank you, Miss Yushang, for your concern. Ninglan is fine." He nodded his head as a reply, and then Ninglan's eyes turned a little towards the grass in front: "Thank you also, Jianbei. Mr. Dong’s praise, Ninglan is not as perfect as you said, and Ninglan still has a lot of room for improvement.”
"Stop, stop, stop, I'm tired of hearing your self-blaming words." As if predicting what the player dressed as a maid wanted to say next, Jian Beidong hurriedly shook his head with fear on his face. His own head: "Little sister, please stand here and don't move. When my brother and I cut off all the enemies in front, we can enter the Hulun tribe immediately - oops!"
"There must be a limit to your nonsense. How can you enter the village peacefully after you kill us all?" He was answered with a flying sword strike and warning words belonging to Xu Yu Liushang: "What if the Su clan has already fought with the Hu?" We have good relations with the Lun tribe, but what should we do if they send missions to their allies to kill us? Do we still have to kill the entire tribe?"
"If you insist on saying that, it's not impossible... Okay, okay, I'll just listen to you!"
"Anyway, go back and avoid the sharp edge for now." He retracted the threatening action of raising his hand to chop again, and turned around in whispers to tell his final arrangement: "Go find your good brother, he should We have found a place where we can camp safely and secluded. After this period of news has passed and these cavalrymen no longer patrol so frequently, we still have plenty of time——"
"Regarding this, Ninglan also discovered some other trends." A sudden voice interrupted Xuyu's flowing words. With a still smiling expression, Ninglan pointed towards the interior of the Hulun tribe's settlement camp ahead. : "Some incidents seem to have happened within the Hulun tribe recently. They have been constantly dealing with the threats around them and dispatched various forces."
"Not only the Libei Army, but the other three forces within their settlement also seem to be gradually gathering together."
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"Other troops from the Hulun tribe are also gathering recently."
In the same late night, the Qingling Adventure Group gathered together for the second meeting after dinner. Gedman, who was responsible for intelligence collection and exchange, also immediately said what he had kept previously. The patrolling patrol There was also a sense of seriousness in the surrounding eyes: "This is what I got from the Hulun warriors during the process of our patrol team eliminating threats. It seems that all the troops have received the call." The news looks like.”
"Libei Army, Shinan Army, Cangdong Army, Kexi Army - all the Hulun tribe's combat forces have now begun to mobilize, and the number is greater than we imagined." He returned his gaze to where he was sitting. At the foot of the bonfire, he kept making gestures on the ground with the broken branches in his hands: "According to what they said, it should have been affected by the corpses found."
"They thought someone was ambushing and attacking them, so they started defensive operations in advance?" Duan Qing opened his eyes and naturally came to this conclusion: "Is it his own reason or is it announced to the outside world?"
"How could someone tell you something like this?" The person who answered him was Asahi Dongsheng, who was chewing on barbecued meat in a strange manner: "But you can guess it with your feet. They must be trying to make use of the topic. After all, they themselves have suffered casualties. .”
"This is the best time and reason for them to start an uprising." He said this conclusion in a dull voice. Xue Ling Huan Bing, who had his eyes closed and his arms folded, then gestured towards the north where he came from: " No matter which side is fighting in the north, or what kind of conspiracy the Hulun elders are brewing, the time now could not be more suitable."
"Actions and changes will probably start tomorrow." She turned to look at Duan Qing's face: "Do you have any unfinished business?"
"Probably not." Spreading his hands, Duan Qing had a helpless expression on his face: "The only thing I want to say is that they didn't even chase me in the end. I'm still waiting for them to come. Inquire about the progress of the missing person notice."
"Don't make trouble." So Gedman also frowned: "Don't say it's us, the entire migration team is in danger now. If the Hulun tribe doesn't plan to let us go, they want to If you find a reason to get rid of us, we will be no different from turtles in a jar."
"Where is Surtu now? Does he know this information?"
"I heard that Surtu was invited to attend the meeting of the Hulun Tribe's elders. It seemed to be to discuss important matters related to the follow-up arrangements of the two tribes in the migration team. After that, the Hulun Tribe's chiefs and elders would also hold a banquet. It can be regarded as a blessing for the former number one warrior of the Sioux tribe..."
"This is not a good thing. I hope Surtu himself will not be deceived by this Hongmen Banquet. Even if there is no problem this night, there should be a problem the next day."
"But there is nothing we can do now. Do we have to rush to Apollon to remind him? For these baseless reasons that we have guessed ourselves?"
"We can do some things to prepare for a rainy day, but the order of magnitude difference between the two sides is really too big. Even if we are prepared, it will not help..."
The discussion became more and more intense as the crackling bonfire continued to rise, and then suddenly died out in a moment of silence. Xueling Huanbing, who was responsible for the convening, finally sighed deeply, Dispersing the attention of others to their respective corners: "Everyone has been busy all day, let's take a good rest first. Only by dealing with your own situation first can you get through this hidden crisis."
"You should also take a good rest and stop guarding the door." She watched the other two people return to their respective tents, then turned back to Duan Qing and whispered: "I will go offline to verify the contents of the void mentioned before. , hoping to find some clues from the Duan family’s dynamics.”
"The player base on the Wind Continent is now pitifully small, and it is extremely difficult to find clues."
After murmuring these words to himself, Duan Qing, who had sent away the white light of Xue Ling Huan Bing, then smiled bitterly and shook his head: "But these are the rights you only have now, I But there is no way I can control you...well."
"What's wrong?"
As if he noticed some fluctuations in his breath, the gray-robed magician then turned his head. Nasia, who had been hidden in his tent before, slowly took advantage of the cover of the moonlight and the bonfire. Slowly walked behind Duan Qing: "...Is it because of me?"
"Probably not." Understanding what the other party's doubts were at this time, Duan Qing smiled and shook his head: "The big tribes on the grassland have a lot of people to deal with, and they won't do it because of little people like you and me. Now that we have seen the Hulun tribe mobilize troops on such a large scale, I even feel that the combined forces of the Sioux and Wabu tribes will not be able to play a big role in this storm."
"But, but..." She didn't seem to understand what Duan Qing was explaining at this time. The girl holding her hands together still had a weeping expression under her long messy hair: "They, they have always been here. Chasing that thing, now...now..."
"Okay, I know you still have a lot to say." Looking at the other party's hesitant appearance, Duan Qing sighed in his heart and turned around to stuff Nasia's body back into the tent: "I am As the person who single-handedly brought you back from the settlement, I certainly know that you still have a lot of secrets hidden in you, but since you don’t intend to tell them, I won’t force you to tell them.”
"Adventurers accept any form of entrustment and reward exchange, but we will not do anything but force others to bear more than what they should bear now." He gestured towards the girl who still pursed her lips and looked troubled, and then He closed the door curtain with a confident smile: "You get what you pay for."
"When you are willing to tell those secrets and pay the corresponding price, we will officially start processing the commission related to you. Do you understand?"
