With the improvement of level and strength, players in the free world have also passed the stage of easily entering death. The bonuses of attributes and equipment have also made them more capable in the face of danger. Even those who could originally be fatal
It is also possible to force the attack through various methods. The archer named Xian Yu is obviously among such ranks. The fire of hell and the protection of some unknown force also allow this player to withstand it.
He can absorb most of the ordinary damage, and according to the special professional effect of the "Fire Archer" he simulated at this time, even a truly fatal attack will leave him a few seconds to make the final attack.
Fight back.
But the cold light reflected on his chest obviously did not give him such a chance. The cold feeling on his neck then sent away his last consciousness, burying the archer's frightened anger into the endless darkness.
"he died?"
Her eyesight seemed to be much better than that of ordinary humans. Fulla, who was leaning against the wall behind, sighed and let out a sigh of her own voice. Her face, which was originally strong, slowly slid to the corner of the passage as her heavy body lost its strength.
The dragon claws holding the gray-brown arrow had completely lost their original luster: "It's... who..."
"how do you feel?"
Duan Qing, who hurriedly ran to the opponent's side and put away his tired look, then asked with a worried look: "Focused shooting is not so easy to interrupt. You rushed forward too hastily, and this arrow..."
"Dragon-slaying arrow."
Seemingly hating the arrow that rolled to the ground in front of her, Furla's upright snake-like eyes also revealed the final murderous intent and fierceness: "Before we were not completely secluded in the Free Continent, how many
The warriors and ancestors of the Dragon Clan died under this weapon. I didn’t expect that after such a long time, this thing would still be passed down..."
"And it's been prepared a long time ago." Duan Qing, who glanced in the direction of the disappearing corpse, and completely relaxed, replied with a wry smile: "They've probably already set their sights on you."
"Ever since what happened that night, we should have expected this day to come."
He reached out and took out a bottle of healing potion, and poured the magic power contained in it onto the surface of the wound nailed to the inner side of her left shoulder that Fulla was holding tightly. The dragon scales that had appeared there seemed to have lost their original appearance.
The golden luster and the gushing blood flow did not stop at all due to the effect of the potion: "No need... try it, the dragon-slaying arrow will corrode all the power of the dragon, whether it is the hard scales or the powerful regeneration
All abilities will be destroyed under such arrows..."
"So at this time we can only rely on the treatment methods of us mortals." Carefully watching the wound in front of him, Duan Qing began to condense the magic radiance between his hands again: "Don't move around, first remove the blood
Stop, I will help you bandage it first, and we will talk about the rest later."
"...Thank you for your help." Her long golden hair completely fell to the wall as her body relaxed, and Fulla slowly closed her eyes: "I thought this birth would happen soon.
It ended successfully, but I didn’t expect that fate would still not be on my side.”
"It doesn't matter, as long as you are still alive." The faint white light began to gather in front of Duan Qing's eyes, slowly and difficultly integrating into the wound around the girl who looked like a girl in front of him. His movements did not change at all, and then he frowned.
Looking at the obscure gray-brown energy still lingering around, he silently put away another bottle of life potion that he had prepared: "Adventurers originally survived under such strong survival pressure. We have become accustomed to it.
To deal with these seemingly invincible enemies and dangers, just like this time."
"If it hadn't been for someone's help, we might have been dead by now."
He turned his head and looked at the figure walking from the dark depths of the passage. The damaged maid's clothes stained with blood and countless scars gradually became clear in the dim light, along with the smile that belonged to Ningyu Ninglan slowly.
The ground appeared in front of Duan Qing: "Mr."
"……you're awake?"
"Ninglan has already woken up."
Understanding what the other party's question was referring to, the maid with her hands folded in front of her smiled and shook her head: "Ninglan just wanted to figure out something, so she didn't come back for a long time."
"Thankfully you're back, otherwise we might have had a big mistake this time." Duan Qing wiped his dirty cheeks and smiled involuntarily: "You're still so skilled in killing people."
"Thank you for your compliment, sir."
He gestured towards the passage he had just walked out of behind him, and the smile on the face of Ningyu Ninglan became more natural: "Ninglan is not a very smart woman, so please ask Miss Yushang to tell you what she said.
Those words made Ninglan think about it for a long time. What kind of Ninglan can be considered the real Ninglan?"
"But this feeling shouldn't be false." She stood quietly, her folded hands gradually intertwined together, and her somewhat confused expression slowly turned into relief under Duan Qing's gaze, and finally
The smile returned to its original state: "Whenever I think that my husband is still waiting for Ninglan in this world and still needs Ninglan's help, Ninglan is suddenly full of motivation."
"That's right." His face also became much warmer, and Duan Qing stretched out one of his hands: "There is no real truth in this world, and 'you' and 'me' are actually the same
Likewise, if you are still confused about your own existence, or even want to deny your own memory, then just use other people's truth to prove yourself."
"I can prove that the more than twenty years you and I have experienced are not false." He raised his other hand, as if he was swearing something: "Of course, if possible, I would like to
You can face me and others in this world with a more authentic self."
"Ninglan... Ninglan, can I do it?"
The smiling expression slowly disappeared, and crystal tears began to appear in the corners of Ninglan's eyes. Her body was slightly trembling, and she did not respond to Duan Qing's handshake, but cried unbearably.
He threw himself tightly into the other person's arms: "I, I..."
"Of course, you are Ninglan." Looking at the sad and depressed maid player's face, Duan Qing slapped her on the back: "You have to have confidence in yourself, okay
?"
It seems that she still cannot get the slightest comfort from such an action. This woman who has experienced endless pain and mental torture is holding the blood-stained hands on the gray robe magician's back more and more tightly, which is heart-shaking.
The cries became louder and louder as Duan Qing patted his back, echoing in the darkness before and after the passage with Duan Qing's comforting words from time to time: "Okay, okay, relax,
It’s okay now.”
"Welcome back."
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"So you got caught by them again or?"
Duan Qing asked in a low voice while walking in the passage looking for a return route. He who was walking in front and responsible for guarding and clearing the road then kicked away the messy gravel and obstacles under his feet, and at the same time waved to the rear: "Follow this."
According to your theory, you were brought here by the enemy named Xian Yu just now?"
"To be precise, he was brought here by his men." Shaking her head slightly, Anyu Ninglan replied in a low voice. She was trying her best to support her with tears on her face.
Fulla's body answered with a hint of sobs in her voice: "From what they said, those men were reinforcements sent by the organization behind them to help the archer. According to the content of their conversation, the layout
There should be quite a few accomplices in this place."
"Of course we don't believe that the restorers would evacuate themselves from this city so easily." Still maintaining vigilance, Duan Qing's questioning voice became a bit softer: "But how can you
Will you hear their conversation?"
"Because Ninglan didn't really pass out." The code word Ninglan replied from behind him: "Ninglan has been trying to get online and has been trying to regain her consciousness, but she has never succeeded. It feels like there is something wrong.
Something is preventing Ninglan from waking up, making Ninglan's soul return to her body..."
"That's because you have lost yourself once before."
Working hard to maintain her progress, Fulla, who had been silent until now, suddenly intervened in the conversation between the two people: "After the soul loses its original shackles, it is difficult to return to the original body, let alone this
You gave it up yourself, and it becomes more difficult to get the recognition of the body again."
"Is this setting also unique to Free Continent?" So Duan Qing turned around in surprise: "Then she just..."
"She must have encountered some opportunity or stimulation that allowed her to wake up successfully." Shaking her head, Fulla replied in a weak voice: "If not, then I can only lament the will of a human woman like you.
So tough."
"The latter is more likely." Duan Qing nodded approvingly, and gave a thumbs up to Ciyu Ninglan beside him: "To be able to wake up at such a critical moment and help us eliminate a powerful enemy, really
I want to thank you very much."
"Ninglan, Ninglan didn't." Ninglan's expression became a bit shy because she didn't know what she thought of, "And before Ninglan woke up, Ninglan almost fell into the trap of those people."
"Fell into their trap?" Duan Qing turned around and asked, "What trap?"
"They seem to want Ninglan to sign some dark contract." Ninglan, who was shaking her head, replied lightly: "It's like a contract like the Dark Arena, the kind where you sell your soul to the master of the arena, but it's just that
The owner of this contract is not a master, but someone among the Restorationists..."
"What?" Before the maid could finish her words, Duan Qing jumped up again: "Why do you still want to play such a trick? Why are they so haunted?"
"It doesn't matter, they can't succeed." Looking at the gray-robed magician's reaction, Ningyu Ninglan, who smiled again, replied softly: "Regardless of whether Ninglan at that time was considered to have a soul, Ninglan had already
I signed something like that a long, long time ago."
"It was the black market boxing ring at that time, when I became a champion." She replied to Duan Qing, who had a look of surprise on his face: "Of course, Ninglan still killed the master in the end, so nothing would happen.
Binding power.”
"...That's also very dangerous."
Taking a long breath, Duan Qing turned his head with a solemn expression: "How come you and Lingbing like to do things to the women around me so much? After the disaster that night, I
I should have found you earlier."
"I was the one responsible for containing her at that time." The voice belonging to Fulla then sounded between the two people again: "I also have some responsibilities regarding what happened to your human female companion. At that time, I also wanted to go find her in the flood.
But it was not found in the end.”
"Okay, okay, you should pay more attention to yourself." Looking at the other party's still weak body, Duan Qing waved his hands helplessly: "They have obviously started to target you.
This attack is just a small beginning...what are you going to do?"
"..."
"The proposals I didn't finish before are still valid now."
Looking at the other party's silence, Duan Qing turned around and continued in a low voice: "After all, this series of things happened because of us. If you hadn't met us, you might not have suffered these fates.
, isn’t it?”
"But now I no longer have that qualification." Her heavy and weak face became stunned. Furla raised her head and looked at the gray figure in front of her: "The dragon clan without power can still become you.
Someone to ask for help from?”
"At least heal your injury first." Interrupting Fula's doubts in her words, Duan Qing's back seemed to become firmer as he headed towards the front of the passage: "Just think of it as an investment for our adventurers.
Well, if I didn’t believe in you, I wouldn’t have gone to great lengths to find you before.”
"And regarding our next actions, as a dragon, you might really be an indispensable force." He stopped in front of the next passage, then waved his hand behind him:
"Anyway, fate has pushed you and me to this point. If we can't have an employment relationship...well, it's not bad to become companions."
"As a member of the Qingling Adventure Group, I still have this authority."
After greeting Ninglan and Fula behind him and leaning against the corner, Duan Qing silently waited for several sneaky players on the other side of the corner to pass by, and then in the atmosphere that gradually became quiet, he walked towards him.
The dragon woman beside him asked with a smile.
"Are you interested in becoming a member of our adventure group?"
This chapter has been completed!