"If I don't go, I won't go. I won't go."
A large number of people gradually gathered near the lobby of the Adventurers Association. It seemed that they were all players who came to observe the situation because of the recruitment announcement posted in the association hall. Duan Qing, who had witnessed this process, at this time
Showing a completely different attitude: "Don't you think the fishy smell we caused in that place is not enough? Are you afraid you will be beaten to death if you go back?"
"Maybe we will have an opportunity to prove ourselves. If we can have a good fight with the restorationists and use their corpses to prove our innocence..."
"I know you have an unyielding heart for revenge, but looking around, there are very few people in the entire empire who dare to trust us. If we rush out at this time, we will be revenged by the nobles of the empire.
'What should I do?"
"It is impossible that all the imperial nobles are against us. There will always be one or two people who support us. As long as we can find a suitable candidate within the three-day deadline and obtain their support and guarantee..."
"……whispering sound."
Looking at the gleams of determination flashing in Xue Ling Huan Bing's eyes, Duan Qing sighed heavily: "If I had known, I should have left you at the castle."
"If you want to solve the current complicated situation, you have to have a sharp knife, right?"
After letting out a slight breath, Xue Ling Huan Bing's face gradually changed to a serious look: "Returning to the castle can provide us with some room for maneuver in our actions in the empire, and at the same time it can also solve our financial problem.
, no matter how you think about it, it’s a plan to kill two birds with one stone.”
"Girl, you have made progress. You have learned the essence of the word 'reasonable' so quickly."
Pouring his lips and shaking his head, Duan Qing's eyes then fell on the white-haired woman: "It's a pity that no matter how reasonable it is, we can't leave this place now."
"……Why?"
"Because there are too many people targeting us."
Pointing slightly to the top of his head, Duan Qing's focus of sight passed over the heads of the group of adventurers in front of him: "The emperor, the military, the major forces of the nobility, and those inexplicably appearing in the imperial capital.
There are monsters and ghosts on the road... Even though we are still free now, if we really make a wrong step, the consequences will be unimaginable even to ourselves."
"For example, that Anman just now probably didn't have any good intentions." His eyes turned sideways and slowly fell on the wooden railing on the second floor where the two people just came down: "He gave us such an idea.
In the end, there was no mention of the discovery of Violet..."
"He discovered Violet's existence?"
Raising her eyebrows in surprise, Xue Ling Huan Bing subconsciously looked back at the woman who was still using magic potion to hide her figure and was standing there blankly: "What's wrong with him? How do you know?"
of?"
"The guy made a circle when he walked out of the room, as if he was avoiding something." Turning back and pointing to the area on the second floor where the two people had just left not long ago, Duan Qing gestured to the area where they had been.
The scene in the room was sketched out: "Without any obvious instructions, Violet would usually stay in the place where we had walked before, so she should have stayed at the door in an invisible way at that time, just blocking the thought.
In front of the president of the association who is leaving..."
"Originally, if there were no accidents, we would be the first to leave here. This sense of violation is meaningless to us." When he said this, a glimmer of light flashed in his eyes: "But he deliberately
Avoiding a person's space...hum."
"In other words, the president has always known about Violet's existence, but never mentioned it?" Xue Ling Huan Bing's eyes also became strange: "What exactly does he want to do?"
"We can't draw a conclusion yet. After all, he is President Hannah's father."
The clatter of heads caused by countless players squeezing each other constantly sounded in front of the two people, accompanied by a deep sigh belonging to Duan Qing: "But since he avoided talking about things he already knew,
Then he must be planning to expose it at an appropriate time."
"There must be some conspiracy behind this that we cannot know about." Countless scenes that he had experienced before flashed through his mind. Duan Qing turned back and glanced at Violet's face: "Maybe the incident at The Thebilis Castle was just
An accident, their plans should not change at all due to the occurrence of these similar accidents."
"...Are you referring to the recruitment notice posted in front of us?" After a slight silence, Xueling Huanbing's eyes then focused on the crowd of players that was gradually becoming crowded in front of the two people: "Go to the expedition.
The Castle of Thebilis is not within the scope of this conspiracy, and we should not choose to leave at this time?"
"Yes, those conspiracies will definitely change more intensely as these accidents occur." Duan Qing's eyes gradually became dark: "Heavy chains had already covered the entire city before we arrived in the imperial capital.
Now it will only reach the critical point of breaking due to the increase of these factors. Before a suitable breakthrough is found..."
"It's better that we don't act rashly."
Silence spread around the two people as the noise approached. Accompanied by it, the white-haired woman gradually lowered her head in thought. She sat quietly with her eyes closed for a long time.
, it was not until some players started to leave with recruitment orders that they opened their eyes again: "Royal family."
"Um?"
"If there is such a big move, it can only be done by members of the royal family."
His eyes became brighter and brighter, and Xueling Huanbing suddenly grabbed one of Duan Qing's arms: "Both Simon and Anman have mentioned the battle between the royal families, and they should be the masterminds behind this secret contest.
, no matter what they want to use our existence to do, in the end it must be to compete for the inheritance of Drenir, the supreme throne."
"If we want to find out the ins and outs of what is entangled with us, we probably have to start with them." Her voice became smoother and smoother, as if she had thought of many logical possibilities: "At present, we have come into contact with
There is only Chris among the royal family, and there are many people we have not come into contact with. If these powerful conflicts are really related to them, we can always find an ally suitable for us, right?"
"Then we have to choose a team?" Duan Qing sighed: "Let's not talk about how risky it is to join a team... With our current reputation, I'm afraid not many people will like us.
There are so many.”
"Even a guy like An Man couldn't tell his true purpose and stance through his series of actions in the end." Xue Ling Huan Bing's brows were tightly tied together: "I want to be in a territory like the Imperial Capital.
To understand the relationship between them, we can only get in touch with them ourselves."
"Well, at least it can be regarded as a direction to work towards." Putting down the adventure orders he had selected before, Duan Qing stretched his waist and stood up slowly: "Although I don't know what the success rate is, but in general
It’s much better than following their lead...well."
"How much information do you know about those royal families?" His eyes rested on Xue Ling Huan Bing's head, and his expression became a little embarrassed: "Where should we start first?"
"There are five sons under Drenier's knees, and there should be only three who are adults now." Xue Ling Huan Bing shook her head with a funny look on her face: "In addition to His Royal Highness Prince Chris, there are also Princess Reina and the ones just now.
His Highness Little Rivers, who is over eighteen years old... Considering the degree of threat and possible communication difficulties, I think it is better to go to the people related to the eldest princess first."
"In the previous rumors, it seems that the princess has never found another partner that suits her. Therefore, before His Royal Highness Prince Chris left the imperial city, many ministers who were attached to him also unanimously wanted to decide a partner for her.
A good candidate..."
"You don't want to be chosen as a prince-in-law, do you? Although there are a few incidents of players marrying NPCs in the virtual world, it is difficult to achieve success in this way."
"I didn't say that, I just heard such rumors, and if I really did this, you little women would probably castrate me first before letting me in... Well."
With these meaningless words on their lips, the two people walked out of the Adventurers Association against the crowd, but before the figure of the white-haired woman among them pointed out the direction of their next move, their steps
He was tripped up by Duan Qing's sudden stasis: "..."
"What's wrong?" After swallowing back the contemptuous words he was about to say, Xue Ling Huan Bing stared at the gray-robed magician's face with a strange expression on his face: "Do you really want to give it a try?
"
"……What's the date today?"
Gritting his teeth slightly, Duan Qing's eyes turned around and were filled with a sense of inexplicable panic: "I'm talking about real time."
"Real time?" Xue Ling Huan Bing was slightly stunned: "February 2, what happened?"
"...I suddenly remembered something."
A few drops of cold sweat gradually appeared on his face, and the corners of Duan Qing's mouth twitched up and down with a slightly embarrassed expression: "You, please find a place to rest by yourself first. I have to... uh, first...
These matters have been dealt with."
"It shouldn't take long." Without waiting for the other party's answer, he turned and ran towards the rest area of the Adventurers Association: "I will be back soon."
"Hey, hey!"
After shouting twice, there was no result. Xueling Huanbing, who was standing at the entrance of the association, just watched the gray-robed magician disappear into the depths of the crowd where countless players were swarming together in the association hall, and was stunned.
After looking there for a long time, she retracted the countless doubts in her mind, turned around and looked in the direction of the purple-haired woman who was also standing quietly: "What about Violet? You don't either
What should I do with her?"
"Anyway, let's go in and take a rest."
After looking at each other for a long time with the invisible figure without any expression, Xue Ling Huan Bing combed her hair and finally hid her helpless expression in the movement of lowering her head: "Maybe it's because I'm anxious, wait a moment.
It’s okay to wait. Anyway, it’s just me and there’s no other place to go… Uh, do you understand what I’m saying?”
"Will you listen to me?"
A trace of uneasiness flashed through his heart. Xue Ling Huanbing, who took the lead to enter the association's gate, looked at the figure of the purple-haired woman who was still standing there motionless, until Violet, who was also looking back at her, moved a little slowly.
After moving two steps towards her position, the female swordsman breathed a heavy sigh of relief: "That's right, that's what it means. We just need to find a place where no one is and wait for a while, and then
...Oops, how long will the refraction potion on you last? I seem to have another bottle here, eh? Where did I put it?"
A delicate arm with outlines slowly moved in front of the female swordsman, clumsily interrupting her lowering her head to search for the alchemy potion. She raised her head helplessly and just wanted to ask the great swordsman.
The magician expressed his apology, but the words he raised were covered by the other person's finger pointing to the side of the association hall: "...What's wrong? What do you want to do?"
"they are?"
Following the direction indicated by Violet, Xueling Huanbing's eyes gradually stopped at some figures that were vaguely shuttled among the crowd of players. She closed her mouth and quietly observed these players who were also players.
After a while, the light in his eyes began to become colder and colder: "They... seem to be looking for someone."
"They should be coming for us."
Her eyes calmly circled around her, and as expected, she found a few pairs of eyes that were also paying attention here: "...I hope they didn't find any trace of Duan Qing."
"This lady."
A kind smile then stood in front of her vigilant eyes, and a player in armor bowed and saluted to the corner of the association hall: "I'm sorry to disturb your rest, but...please ask here.
What are you doing now?"
"I heard that the empire plans to recruit adventurers to participate in the rescue of Thebilis Castle as a viable force." Xue Ling Huanbing replied casually: "We just inquired from there, and now they have come out."
"If you want to participate, you can go in and find out for yourself."
The raised voice moved rapidly from right to left, and the figure belonging to the white-haired female swordsman disappeared in front of the association's gate without looking back, and the armored warrior who nodded with a smile did not look like Snow.
Ling Huan Bing continued to go deep into the crowd as suggested, but turned back and looked in the direction she disappeared: "The situation has changed."
"The target seems to be aware of us."
This chapter has been completed!