The atmosphere in the tavern seemed to have become a little quieter with the arrival of this figure. It seemed that observing the image and identity of each visitor had become a habit of the drinkers here. Mengzhu, who was familiar with this kind of scanning, subconsciously He tightened the hood on his head, and held the refractive magic gem he had spent a lot of money on in the sacred mountain from the so-called "God Envoy Store" of the girl Laura a little tighter - already It has been circulated in various gossips from the outside world for a long time. The method of hiding the identity of adventurers by blocking light seems to have been first spread from the player group of Frey Empire. There is not much care about how this method spread to the world. Mengzhu from the Holy Mountain also used the same method at this time, successfully hiding his name and sneaking into the scope of Tania City: "..."
"It seems they haven't arrived yet."
Pulling the black rope tightly holding the collar of the cloak, the little girl looked around for a moment but did not find the target she wanted to find. The silent and brisk steps followed her light figure as she quickly appeared in the corner of the tavern. In front of a certain wine table: "——Store manager."
"Hold on."
Appearing on the other side of the tavern, the young bartender who was serving drinks to the wine table on the other side then walked over to where Mengzhu was. The man in uniform who put away the tray also hid the white towel by his arm. He turned around and magically took out a piece of exquisitely shaped hard parchment from his chest: "I hope you are of age, a young and beautiful lady."
"..."
Ignoring the other party's words, Mengzhu just calmly took the parchment version from the other party's hand. His vague eyes followed the direction of the young bartender, looking towards the dim depths of the tavern behind him. past.
"What's wrong, ma'am? What's the problem?"
"...No, it's nothing."
"It is not normal business hours now, and we have relatively few customers here. I hope this quiet atmosphere does not cause you any trouble."
"A glass of Blue Phantom, thank you."
In the fresh and indifferent answer, the girl who ignored the other party's explanation just closed her eyes, then handed the parchment back, waving her hands and explaining: "I have made an appointment with two guests here, they should be here for a while It’ll be there, when the time comes—eh?”
The crisp ringtone once again echoed in the scene at the far end of the tavern hall. The door of the old tavern was pushed open again, and the figures of the two players, one in front and one behind, walked into everyone's eyes with a look of looking left and right. Inside, he quickly found Mengzhu under the gaze of the bartender: "Ah, it's here."
"Sorry, the pub you mentioned is too remote. Even I searched for it on the map for a long time."
Not paying attention to the wanton observation of the surrounding people and the bartender's looking up and down, Black Corn, who was carrying heavy armor, hugged his helmet and walked to Mengzhu: "I also found a few wrong places in the process, and I was almost kicked out as an intruder. ,Ha ha ha ha."
"If you don't be quiet, you will be kicked out now." Mengzhu extended his hand to the bartender and replied in a low voice: "Sit down and order whatever you want to drink. I'll treat you."
"The leader is still as generous as ever, haha!" Sitting across from the small table with a happy face, Black Corn unceremoniously took the parchment version: "Tsk, tsk, this kind of old-school point. Single method... It seems that even within Tania, there are many places to suit the tastes of drinkers."
"I'm still the same. A glass of ale is enough."
After glancing up and down casually for a moment, Black Corn stuffed the wine list into the hand of the second player behind him: "You can do it yourself."
"..."
"What, you don't want to give up?"
While the players behind him still reacted silently, Black Corn turned around with a surprised look on his face: "What are you afraid of? Didn't our leader say that this time she is treating us! She has made a lot of money in the Wind Continent.
right?"
"It took a lot of effort to hide my identity until now, but your loud voice has revealed it." Mengzhu waved his hand helplessly: "And I haven't made any big money, thank you."
"Oh, really?" Seemingly aware of the difference in temperament coming from across the table, Black Corn, who was originally carefree, finally put away his familiar smile: "Forget it, I'm not here for drinking anyway.
Yes, after everything is over, it won’t be too late to have a good celebration drink.”
"...In other words, you have all made your decision?"
"Without a decision, we wouldn't have come at all."
Pointing to the ragged homeless man who was still sitting on the other side, Black Corn sneered at himself: "Brother Xiao has become like this. Not to mention, I haven't had a good time during this period. Follow me.
The remnants of the Fools are all low-class guys, let alone angry."
"After all, I'm not the kind of person who wants to get ahead ruthlessly."
He casually sent the bartender away, and Black Corn, who was turning over, pointed at his nose: "If I really want to prove myself in any way, my thoughts are different from those who have been with me all day.
In fact, there is no difference between gangsters. If you hadn't made such a big deal by posting messages outside the court, I might have continued to be gangsters like this for the rest of my life."
"..."
"I've said this to Brother Xiao before, and I'm not afraid to say it again now."
Facing the silent look of the little girl looking at him, Black Corn gritted his teeth uncomfortably: "I just regret a little. If we could have done something else, would our path be different from what it is now?
And is there any way to restore and remedy the rift between us?"
"Those brothers who we have fought together in the past will have a better ending now, even a little bit."
His voice lowered involuntarily, and Heimai pointed at Mengzhu's face: "Especially you - I had differences of opinion with you at the beginning, mainly because I didn't expect that you were still living in the phantom of the past, and had no intention of leaving the rest behind.
It’s just these people who bring us into the future.”
"sorry."
He placed his hands firmly on the small table, and Black Corn, who seemed to be bigger than the table body, lowered his head deeply: "I was wrong, I said things like 'leading a team must be better than you' - look now
Come on, I'm not that material at all."
"I don't have that kind of talent, otherwise the Fool wouldn't have ended up like this." Mengzhu took a deep breath and listened to Black Corn's ramblings for a while and finally sighed and replied: "I have no ability or qualifications to lead.
This is the result of the members, and I understand this very well now. During that time, I just stubbornly thought that I could persevere and do everything well with my passion and obsession, but the result was just the opposite."
"No more words, I will disband my team." When the previous bartender brought up the blue thin-necked cup and the barley barrel, Black Corn continued with a firm look: "The name of the team leader is mine.
I don’t want it anymore. From now on, I will just be a mercenary thug with peace of mind. I can do whatever you say.”
"But I should have made my thoughts clear to you before." Mengzhu gently twirled the stem of the glass in front of him with his fingers, and continued to ask in a tentative tone: "Are you willing to team up with me again?
?"
"Otherwise, why do you think we are sitting together again? We believe you!" He raised the wooden wine barrel in his hand and laughed heartily: "The boss called, how could we not respond? Besides -
—”
He did not say the next words, but just turned his gaze to the ragged homeless man on the other side. The latter struggled to wake up from his sluggish state and looked at Mengzhu's face numbly: "...
He came to see me."
"..."
As if he knew who the "he" in the other person's mouth was referring to, the little girl who was also holding a blue wine glass also fell into silence. Xiao Hongchen, who didn't care about the other person's reaction, also let out a few bitter smiles, but his expression changed as well.
The appearance of these laughter brought a bit of life to the atmosphere: "Maybe he was passing by. Anyway, he said a few words to me. Although he didn't say it clearly, he probably hoped that I would find you here again and go to Lonely."
You lend a helping hand.”
"Several other people should be in the same situation." Having said this, Xiao Hongchen looked in the direction of Black Corn, and then lowered his gaze again when the other party shook his head: "That means there is Jie.
The evil young man in the city, he is the only one among us who has not responded to the call, and I don’t know where he is now.”
"I don't know where he is, but if those rumors are true, he should have suffered a great mental blow." His tone gradually became cold and serious, and Mengzhu replied solemnly: "I don't either.
I will demand that every one of you will respond to my words, so I didn’t make much preparation when I came back for the gathering today.”
"But to reorganize the competition team, we need at least five people." Black Corn pointed at his face: "There are only two of us now, and there are still two places left. Don't say you want to get rid of those crooked people under my hands.
Put the jujube inside the melon."
"If it doesn't work, I still have some backup candidates." Mengzhu subconsciously pressed his body towards the wine table, and quietly said to the other two people: "As long as you two agree, I will find a way to solve this matter.
certainly--"
"This is also a last resort."
Several people's eyes met back and forth on the wine table, and finally Xiao Hongchen asked lowly as a signal to break the silence: "Then who did you originally plan to call? The fifth person besides the bad boy?"
"...She hasn't come yet."
After hesitating for a moment, Mengzhu replied with some disappointment: "Maybe... it should be... I really didn't agree."
"Don't worry, we'll just wait here for a while." Black Corn replied nonchalantly: "Not to mention whether the person you are looking for is an old acquaintance of ours, her strength must have won your trust, right?
With such a powerful teammate, what’s wrong if we wait a little longer?”
"I don't know how many chances there are of breaking the appointment." Xiao Hongchen on the side shook his head and replied, "But we can't wait here for too long."
"Because the registration time is coming soon."
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"Is there anyone else who needs to sign up? Is there anyone else who wants to sign up?"
Registration among several people is now in full swing in front of the Parliament Square in the center of Tania City. The members of the Jianghu who are responsible for this work are also wearing short-term training shirts and are surrounding the newly renovated square.
He walked in a big circle, blocking a large number of idle passers-by and players who wanted to join in the fun from the range of several registration tables: "Is there any more? Still - really, my voice is almost hoarse, can you go early today?"
Are you off work?"
"You just want to get off work early, right? In a dream, I heard that Chiyan and the others were busy until midnight yesterday and didn't finish counting the list of players who wanted to sign up. We are far behind today."
"Nonsense, there are only so many people who have the ability to catch our eye, and the teams that have been screened have an end. Since we all got good results yesterday, there shouldn't be any talented people today."
"That's not necessarily true. There are many hidden masters among the people. Maybe a guy who appears from nowhere can show off his unique skills and knock down the examiners behind us... Hey, you guys are hanging around there.
What are you talking about? If you want to sign up, hurry up. If you don’t want to sign up, don’t join in the fun here!"
"It seems that there are only so many cannon fodders that can be summoned this time."
Duan Shanyue, who was sitting firmly on the steps in front of the parliament hall behind the registration desk, folding his arms and looking at the scene, also raised his beard at this time: "There are quite a few people looking at the list, but according to our arrangements,
These cannon fodder are simply not enough."
"The premise is that the competition rules we prepare can win the support of everyone." Duan Fenglei on the side still looked like he had his hands behind his back and his eyes closed: "We did state the rules in the registration instructions.
But who can guarantee how many people will actually comply by then?"
"Hey, this is the trouble of holding a wild competition." He let out a cold snort of dissatisfaction, and Duan Shanyue turned his attention to the other side of the city: "I can only believe that our reputation in the world can suppress this group of rats, as well as those others.
Will the guild come up with any other off-market tricks?"
"Outside moves are also part of the game, otherwise we wouldn't have the so-called home field advantage." Duan Fenglei slowly shook his head: "The Blade of the Sky is definitely not afraid of these, otherwise he won't be able to take advantage of it easily.
The right to host the event is handed over."
"That guy is still so arrogant, huh." Duan Shanyue grinned and said, "Then let us take advantage of this opportunity to entertain him well... Well, has he arrived in Tania?"
"No." Duan Fenglei sighed slightly: "No trace of him has been found in all the reports. He must have gone somewhere to take risks again."
"They have already made the Land of Fire look like that, where else are they going to cause harm?" Then Duan Shanyue shouted with a dissatisfied look on his face: "Isn't that right?"
"Did the Mage Council say earlier that there was news about the locations of the other two elemental springs?"