The ruins of the inner city seem to have been explored by many players during this period. The traces of the search are very obvious even in the eyes of Duan Qing, who has just arrived here. The tools discarded on the ground, the rocks thrown aside, and the ground are all covered with debris. The messy footprints... Even when Duan Qing and the two arrived here, they could still see the sneaky black shadows of several players who were leaving in a hurry, wandering at the end of their field of vision. Secretly glancing at Shireen Faith who was leading the way, the gray-robed magician finally decided not to comment on this. The pointed round hat unique to female magicians also swayed gently in the rapid pace, and finally stopped. He walked in front of a collapsed gap on the edge of the city wall ahead: "It's right below."
"Scheduled meeting point."
She turned around, and her business-like attitude made her tone extremely dull: "Due to the change of team leader, this development plan originally needed to be re-discussed, but Prader insisted that there was no problem with the plan, so everyone just Came here first."
"...It seems that Sir Prader has a high degree of trust in our team." Duan Qing stopped at the ruins for a while and looked in the direction indicated by Shilin. Duan Qing quickly found the place where he was supposed to arrive. The figure of a small team: "Everyone in the pioneering team... ah, of course including you, are you all personally selected by Prader?"
"No, the specific candidates will be decided based on the specific development area and needs." The decoration on the pointed hat clashed like a silver bell, and Shirin, who seemed to be weak, had already turned to face the front: "Of course, there are also ordinary people among them. Recommended by Rad, I heard that he worked hard for this with the help of Lord Romulus—well."
"This is not something I should discuss." As if aware of his gaffe, the magician shook his head and ended the topic: "For specific questions, you can ask him directly."
"If you ask him directly, I guess he won't answer in all likelihood."
Touching his nose, Duan Qing also hid his expression behind his palms: "But that's all, it's enough to know some clues... Can you introduce the other members to me?"
"It's better for them to introduce themselves." After casting the levitation technique on herself, Shirin fell directly towards the bottom of the city wall: "Chief Magic Apprentice."
"It seems that the two of us are not very popular." Understanding the meaning of the other party's special emphasis on this identity at this time, Duan Qing, who was left behind, turned back to look at his teammates: "And... is it my imagination? Always Don’t you think this woman who was specially sent to pick us up doesn’t seem like the type who likes to communicate with others?”
"This must be a deliberate arrangement by that Prader." Whispering Liushang showed an expression that he had known for a long time: "Under normal circumstances, team members must perform their own duties, and there must be some who are outgoing, or who are responsible for Members who treat people well, but they handed over this task to the magic cartographers and ancient scholars in the team... Huh."
Without saying anything more, the blue-haired swordswoman who had already put on the costume of a Valkyrie jumped down first. Duan Qing, who watched the two people set off one after another, had to shake his head in the end and followed the other two people. The trajectory slowly landed at the edge of the ruins: "Hello everyone."
"Yo, hello."
Among the four people gathered in front, a young man who looked extremely energetic and had extremely gray hair then stood up with a friendly greeting: "You are... uh, the legendary magic apprentice, Right? The one that Lord Wiggins collected privately outside?"
"Oldman, pay attention to your etiquette." Another magician wearing a thick magic robe who also stood up stretched his strong body, and then saluted Duan Qingbin who was walking towards him: "He has no Malice, please forgive me."
"Who are you?"
"I am Oro, Oro Tokavis."
With his golden hair swaying slightly behind him, the white-robed magician who called himself Oro Tokavis showed a bright smile to Duan Qing: "Just call me Oro."
"This is our new captain, everyone." A high-pitched voice belonging to Prad then sounded behind the blond man, stopping his move to shake hands just now: "Of course, he is the 'co-captain' ', after all, my power has not been taken away, and I also have the responsibility and obligation to continue to guide everyone to complete the last pioneering journey that is destined to be great and glorious!"
"Great and glorious - ah, look at what we have in front of us. This place has been almost dug out. How much exploration value is left?" The young man whom Oro called Oldman then also sorted it out. With his neat and clean magic robe, he satirized the prospect of their "Glorious Journey" in a roundabout way: "Ha, it's all the fault of those greedy adventurers. If it weren't for them, we might have been able to get more valuable clues. And the ancient relics - ah, I am definitely not insinuating you, Chief Apprentice."
"It doesn't matter, 'greed' is one of the driving forces of adventure." Without commenting on these words, Duan Qing just looked to the left and right here: "But even in this field, I can still claim to be one of the most professional people. , you just need to take me—"
"There is absolutely no place that cannot be discovered."
When the gray-robed magician said these words, his eyes involuntarily turned to the surroundings again. The bluestone floor, which had been mostly eroded by the wind and frost of the years, had become torn apart between the huge ravines that had been plowed, with occasional inclusions in the middle. There are several recent knocking marks. The collapsed pillars scattered fragments of different sizes on the ground. In the distance from where Duan Qing and the others were, they gradually extended to the ring-shaped ruins vaguely outlined in the center. Several faint magical rays of light followed Duan Qing. The inner side of this circular dividing line is vaguely scattered, which seems to be the result of being stimulated by some force and remaining in place: "That is it?"
"One of the preparations I made before." Prader on the side replied arrogantly: "He is indeed a low-level magic apprentice. He can't even see the function of this thing."
"Containing the power of earth and water elements, it is specially set up in this place...is it the 'earth exploration' magic?" Ignoring the other party's provocation, Duan Qing just closed his eyes and sensed for a moment: "And it also uses a magic circle The form is fixed - is this also your work, Mr. Prad? I didn't expect that you are so proficient in the technique of fixing advanced magic circles."
"Huh." Without answering the other party's question, Prader just snorted and turned his head. Auro, who was beside him, also showed a wry smile, and his voice was a little softer when he took over the conversation again: "Well... …I’m the one responsible for fixing this magic because I’m better at it.”
"I am an earth mage. My main responsibility in the team was to explore the terrain and open up roads." Close the way. "Putting away the smile on his face, Oro introduced himself in a solemn voice: "Of course, I am also good at position construction and magic circle fixation, but these 'little skills' are not very useful in pioneering missions. . "
"Oh my, is this the introduction stage now?" The young man named Oldman on the side also pressed his chest: "Forget it, Oldman Royner is good at water and wind magic. My duties are magic detection and magic restoration—ah, just leave the restoration to me."
He did not say any more, but looked back at Duan Qing's face with expectant eyes. The latter seemed to understand the meaning of the other person's gaze, pointed at his face and laughed softly: "Lin Yuan Shuishui, magician and Alchemist, the magic he is good at...if I insist on speaking, it should be the earth element."
"Oh, no wonder you and Oro are so close to each other." Then Oldman smiled and pointed to the blond man aside: "Then you two can form an exploration duo and drill down to loosen the soil first... I mean, Open the way! Hahahaha!"
"This person's character is indeed bad enough." Duan Qing shook his head while muttering to himself, and then turned to the direction of Prad: "Aren't there any combatants specifically responsible for security?"
"What stupid words are you talking about?" Prad responded with a look of disdain: "We are all combatants. If any golem or ancient machine comes out, I, Prad, will kill you with one hand." You can cook them."
"Well, my thinking has become a bit solidified." It seemed that he had just realized that the people standing next to him were all top-notch magicians in the Mages Council. Duan Qing also showed relief after a sudden realization: "You have the right to be My habits and nature as an adventurer must be at play. After all, what you said before is very similar to the division of labor and cooperation in our adventurer team... I feel very honored to be one of the members of this team."
"Oh? But I heard the rumor before that you were sent by Wiggins to monitor - ah, sorry, sorry." Oldman, who raised his hands after being glared at by Oro, finally accepted it. He said what he had not finished saying: "Since everyone is here, let's get started?"
"Wait a minute."
A cold man's voice then appeared in the corner of the team, and the figure of another male magician who had been sitting in that direction also appeared in front of Duan Qing, as if he was integrated with the surrounding environment with a solid look. He walked into the team with quick steps, but his blade-like eyes never moved away from Duan Qing: "Take it out."
"……ah?"
"By faith."
After saying two more words, the cold-looking black-haired magician's tone became even colder due to impatience: "Without trust, we can't trust you."
"Ah, I understand." Duan Qing stretched out his hand as if he suddenly understood, and unfolded the magic gem that he had taken out once before in the palm of his hand: "This is what Wiggins forced on me before he left - it should be Is this it?”
"..."
After sensing for a while with his eyes closed, the cold magician stopped talking. He silently glanced at the silent Prader Infilidi, and finally nodded to Duan Qing: "Noah."
"Uh, huh?"
"Noah Bright."
After adding his surname, the black-haired magician stretched out his hand and recalled several short magic wands floating in the air to his side: "Hello, Linyuan Duanshui."
"Hello." Seeing that the other party did not show any extra courtesy, Duan Qing had no choice but to nod his head: "I just said that there are not enough people. It turns out that you are the last member."
"When he came to report, the Guanwen scroll was written in the direction of 'Magic Theory and Magic Analysis'." Then Auro's gentle voice, who came forward, also sounded in Duan Qing's ears: "It sounds similar to Ms. Shirin’s training directions are somewhat the same, but——”
"I have always been doing the work related to magic analysis and document analysis." The answer was Shilin who stood behind Duan Qing and never said a word. It seemed that even she, who was cold-hearted and taciturn, was interested in this. He was dissatisfied with the matter: "On the other hand, he can't see anyone and doesn't do any work. Why is he still here?"
"..."
Without answering Shilin's question, the black-haired man who called himself Noah just maintained the necessary silence. The gaze that was originally looking at Duan Qing shifted to his side just when the other party was about to continue walking: "Wait a minute."
"By faith."
Rudao's gaze did not waver for a moment because of the charming and beautiful face that was whispering. He perfectly repeated the words of his previous question: "Otherwise——"
"Hey, she and I are together, isn't this okay?" Finally unable to accept the endless questioning and questioning from this guy who suddenly appeared, Duan Qing turned around and looked at Prad's face: "If you have If you have any opinions, you should have put them forward earlier."
"Of course I have an opinion." Prad, with his arms folded, had an arrogant expression on his face: "This development mission is very important. I originally did not agree with any non-professionals joining at will. , your arrival is already a privilege just for the sake of the Speaker...Why, do you still want to go further and bring more outsiders in?"
"You should also say this in parliament." Duan Qing replied with a straight face: "You are just starting to make things difficult now. I think you just want to deliberately mess with me -"
"Okay, Tianfeng."
He stretched out his hand to hold down Duan Qing, who rolled up his sleeves and wanted to start a verbal battle with the scholars. He shook his head and then raised his voice: "I don't want to cause trouble to you. Since you only recognize him, Then I’ll leave here.”
"This, this is not good." The blond Auro looked at a loss, as if he didn't know what to do between the two sides who suddenly confronted each other: "Both parties are acquaintances and friends, one is more than the other. It shouldn't have any impact... Well, Mr. Luo Yin'er, please say a few words."
"Me? I can't say anything." Oldman Royer, who answered him, held down his gray hair, and the embarrassment on his face became very obvious: "Unless this person Ms. Adventurer, you can show us your 'worth'."
"To put it simply, if you want to stay in our team and participate in the operation, you have to be useful, right?"
