"This is a report from the northern foothills. It is said that something unusual happened there. When our people went to check, the battle seemed to be over."
"Didn't catch up? Where are the clues left at the scene?"
"There are no valuable clues. Even the blood stains have been washed away by the heavy rain. All the footprints and remaining weapons have been cleaned away. Even the traces of magic have been erased..."
"So careful? This is not like the style of those tough Imperial people, but as far as I know, this guy Pamir probably has no intention of sending anyone to such a remote place... Hmm."
"You came."
He raised his head and glanced at the figure walking slowly in front of him. Fatty Yang, who was still sitting in the corner of the town hall, then waved away the man in black who was reporting in a low voice next to him. He picked at himself with casual movements.
At the same time, he gestured to the seat in front of Duan Qing with his raised eyelids: "You have made a special appointment to meet me. What kind of evil idea do you have?"
"I know you are not very willing to deal with our imperial people now, so I will keep the story short." Duan Qing, who sat down, also put away his polite manner: "I hope to get permission to enter Tania.
"
"ha?"
A few wrinkles gradually appeared above the raised eyelids, and the fat man's plump body straightened slightly: "What did you say? Did my ears hear correctly?"
"You actually still think that we will let you into the city? Don't you know why we have been stuck here for so long?"
He patted the wooden table in front of him, and slapped the grease and debris on the table into Duan Qing's face. The latter did not seem to be angry at all because of the other party's actions, and his expression did not change.
Half afraid: "Of course I know, so I'm here to negotiate terms."
"I will leave Princess Reina and the others here." He pointed behind him: "How about we only let in the people of our Qingling Adventure Group when we enter the city this time?"
"..."
His eyes became a little more serious. The fat man named Lux Yang looked Duan Qing's face up and down: "Why? Why? Did Princess Reina lend you the courage?"
"Disregarding the current situation between the two countries, we are still adventurers affiliated with the Adventurers Association."
Pointing at his chest, Duan Qing slowly looked away from the other party's plump face: "The adventurer upholds the position of the adventurer and has nothing to do with the position of the empire, the principality or any other organization.
After all, we are just mercenaries who get paid to do things. We will serve whoever pays more."
"We can talk about commissions and the like later." His body leaned forward slightly, and his gaze deepened as he raised his arms: "As the intelligence minister of the principality, are you going to do this because of us?
Do you dare not talk to us about cooperation because of your status as an Imperial member?"
"Cooperation with you." Thick fingers tapped on his cheek, and a divine light seemed to flash between the fat man's narrowed eyes: "I understand what you mean by negotiating terms, but...
...Just you? Can you really do this?"
"I am penniless, weak, and harmless to humans and animals. I am also the best candidate for negotiation at this time." Duan Qing spread his hands: "The worst result is that I will be chopped off by you.
That’s all, it won’t have much impact on the empire or everyone else, let alone”
"Weak people have their own advantages, don't they?" He nodded his head, and an inexplicable smile burst out on his face: "We can provide some information about the empire in exchange for your trust.
With support, how about this chip?”
"That depends on the quality of your intelligence."
The body also leaned forward a little, and Lux Yang's eyes trembled twice as he spoke: "Since you have made up your mind to betray your master, you must have prepared shocking news, right?"
"Well, it's best to wait until we have negotiated all the conditions before revealing it to you." Duan Qing glanced behind him quietly: "After all, I don't want to leave any clues in your hands out of thin air, right?
"
"Then how can we dare to believe you?" The fat man leaned back and waved his hand with disdain: "I took the initiative to come over to negotiate terms and refused to show my negotiation capital.
It makes it difficult for us to do it.”
"That's all information about Redcar." Duan Qing replied in a low voice: "To be honest, this information is not equivalent to the Tania's right to enter the city that we want to exchange for. If I really tell you,
, the foundation of the entire empire may be shaken..."
"Is this true?" Fatty looked at Duan Qing with side eyes: "How can little people like you know about this kind of thing?"
"Boss Yang must have heard about some of the changes that happened in the imperial capital in the past few days." Duan Qing smiled slightly: "Prince Chris should not have arrived in the principality at that time, but we were already in Redcar.
It was a vigorous fight."
"..."
As if he was thinking about the truth of the words of the adventurer in front of him, the fat man's eyes flickered again, and then the fat fingers rubbed his chin back and forth for a while, and finally stopped together with his words.
In mid-air: "We did hear a thing or two about that mutation, but then... there was also the abnormality of your emperor..."
"If you want to know the details, I can provide them all." The smile on Duan Qing's face became more confident: "How about this, what are the conditions?"
"The weight of this information has indeed exceeded the value of your needs." Fatty said in a low voice: "Will you tell us so simply? Drenir, Red, Caldera, and that Simon...
Aren't you afraid that they will cause trouble for you?"
"Well, it seems that I need something else to increase the trust between us." Duan Qing sighed involuntarily: "Do you know the reason why we want to enter the city so much? We just want to meet someone.
Just seeing old people."
"Old man? Who?"
"People who have received gifts from you."
Duan Qing gestured with his arms to his side, and then gestured in the direction of Tania in front of the fat man: "As adventurers, we have some friendships with those old friends in the past. I wonder if you can see this.
In their honor”
"Give us a little precious credit?"
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"……How about it?"
"Almost everything that can be sold has been sold out. Finally, we have taken the first step."
"Sold out? What did you sell?"
"Even our situation in the empire was sold. I explained to him the current situation of the Adventurers Association in the imperial capital. We are in such a miserable state now. It shouldn't be too low a request to change the capital for development, right?"
Some time later, in the corner of the tavern in Taran Town, Duan Qing, who was dragging his tired steps, returned to Xueling Huanbing and others under the watchful eyes of them: "There are also those we used to know in Tania.
Except for the parts that can't be explained clearly, I should have explained everything about the relationship."
"Have you sold everything from Hank and the others?" Xue Ling Huanbing frowned and asked, "Isn't this bad? After all, they are an organization located on the dark side..."
"The Shadow Society is not as dark as you seem on the surface. Just look at the current Free City." Duan Qing smiled and shook his head: "Of course, have these people scattered in the outside world maintained their integrity?
His connection with the Shadow Society and whether he has obeyed the orders of the Free City are now uncertain."
"And according to your previous introduction, it seems that Hank and the people under him are not members of the Shadow Society, right?" Asahi Dongsheng pinched his chin and frowned: "Will betraying these relationships have the opposite effect?
?”
"Whatever, anyway, he has agreed now." Waving his hand, Duan Qing then gestured to the people around him: "I will pack my luggage a little, and then set off as quickly as possible, as long as I can
By contacting any one of our targets, we should be able to learn the truth about this Chris incident."
"Wait a minute, are you talking about yourself?" Xueling Huanbing interrupted Duan Qing: "What about us? Are you the only one going there?"
"Of course, the limit is already the limit if you can only get one of me." Duan Qing put on a helpless expression: "It doesn't matter, I can handle it by myself. The situation here is more important than that over there. Staying here is the limit."
It’s not a bad thing if there are more people here.”
"I'm not worried about your safety. Anyway, if you die, you will just be reborn here, but... forget it."
Lowering his head and muttering something, Xueling Huanbing's eyes finally fell on Duan Qing: "Don't you consider bringing another witness with you? It might be a little troublesome for you to explain alone..."
"Don't worry, as long as I take the first step, I can naturally take the second step." Duan Qing replied with a smile: "That's the place where I once stayed. I'm still a local snake. If you still
If you're not worried, then..."
"Then I'll take Ninglan with me." He nodded and thought for a while, then turned his eyes to the silent maid behind him as if he remembered something: "I'll take her with me one more person."
Is there any problem? That Fatty Yang seems to still remember her..."
"Why, you're already leaving before we come?"
A heavy voice then appeared in the ears of several people, accompanied by the figure of Cangyun Barrier belonging to Lanshan who pushed the door and gradually approached: "Fortunately, I left everything to Zhao Lu'an and speeded up my pace and ran here.
, otherwise I won’t even be able to see you for the last time.”
"What are you talking about? It's not like I won't come back." Duan Qing raised his eyebrows angrily: "And it's not our fault that you came late. It's yours who want to stay in the fortress, okay?"
"It's not your fault." He waved the bartender in front of him, and Cangyun Barrier squeezed into the wine table where several people were sitting together: "If you hadn't offended that soul guild,
After letting me deal with other people in the arena for a long time, we might have arrived long ago."
"Soul Adventure Group...heh."
Recalling the farce that happened before the battle in the east of the fortress, Duan Qing gave a helpless smile: "The more trouble there is, the more such young people will appear...have they been dealt with?"
"Of course, I don't even look at who is sitting in front of you." Cangyun Barrier drank the new wine glass handed over by the bartender: "But you... how is your progress here?"
"We have found a breakthrough and are ready to go to Tania to play the adventure game." After exchanging glances with several companions around him, Duan Qing then smiled at each other: "You guys came just in time."
"Now that the defense personnel in Tallan Village have become more adequate, I can leave with more peace of mind."
The scene of still heavy rain spread on the left and right sides of the Talon Plain with the sparse figures coming and going from Tania. Then at some point, a public carriage passing by was mixed into the hazy rain curtain. Two people wearing black cloaks.
The players then hurriedly said goodbye to the three or two players in the village who came to see them off, and then got into the carriage of the carriage under the review and release of the principality soldiers. With the help of the public carriage, this time Duan
Qing no longer needed to rush towards the destination in the rain and take care of the wounded. He twisted the corner of his magic robe and then looked inside the carriage where almost no one was riding, and some thoughts in his heart finally followed.
With the relaxed atmosphere, he began to stabilize: "How is your physical condition? Did you take a rest offline again before?"
"It doesn't matter anymore, sir." Ninglan, who also took off his hood, showed a gentle smile: "Sir, you are serious. If Ninglan hadn't come back in time, sir, you might have left Ninglan alone again.
It’s time to set off.”
"Isn't there Lingbing and the others here?" Duan Qing slowly took out the magician's disc in his arms, with a bitter smile in his answer: "And you should also know my situation, even if it happens again
No matter how hard I try, I can't leave this world."
"Instead of worrying about those things that cannot be intervened, it is better to focus on the things in front of you." He fiddled with the discs and gems in his hands, but what he said in his mouth was a completely different and heavy content: "
If it still can't be cured, I have even made plans to live here forever... Hehe."
"Would you like to find a chance to practice your cooking skills?" He raised his head at this point: "If we want to improve our adventure quality, we have to start by eating and drinking."
"If Ninglan agrees to sir, Ninglan will always stay with him." Holding her hands together, Ninglan smiled and nodded: "But with such a heavy rain, no matter what you do, it seems a little inconvenient.
"
"It's been raining for almost half a month, right?" Looking up at the sky outside the carriage, Duan Qing said sadly: "Such extreme weather is rarely seen even in reality, and I don't know what's going on.
What happened so that the sun never shines in the sky above the principality's head... huh?"
He stopped speaking and looked out the window for a moment. A player running over in the heavy rain then waved his arms as he approached the carriage, panting at the same time.
He shouted towards Duan Qing: "Wait, wait"
"Wait for me, Master!"
This chapter has been completed!