"According to the latest statistics, the floating population of Tania's adventurers in March of Fire has decreased significantly..."
"How much less?"
"A rough calculation is about two to three percent."
"Well...is it because our opening measures cannot attract them?"
In the parliament hall of Tania, Speaker Pamir was discussing issues related to the current status of the principality with others in the regular parliament. At this time, one of the middle-aged men reported to everyone loudly: "No, we are going to
Some adventurers inquired about the situation, and there were rumors that the adventurers seemed to be holding some kind of competition in an unknown place..."
"Competition? Competition for what?"
"A competition between each other." The middle-aged man replied: "It should be... similar to the ancient fighting arena."
"The principality is currently suffering so much, don't they have a place to vent their energy?"
A councilman sitting below whispered: "Your Excellency Pamir, are you a little overconfident in your trust in adventurers?"
Next to the empty seat in the center was the speaker's seat. However, this middle-aged man with meticulously combed hair did not answer his question. Instead, a member of the parliament on the other side stood up: "No matter what they do, they are still following their own rules."
It is normal behavior to follow customs! How can it be like your Fords family, who holds a lot of troops, but lets them sleep every day! I doubt their current combat capabilities and whether they can cope with ordinary imperial troops.
…”
"Shut up!"
The dull shout was like a bell, instantly suppressing the other party's doubts. The congressman who spoke before looked at the quiet scene with great satisfaction, cleared his throat, and then continued: "Don't pretend to be stupid,
Councilor Lonia, my people are suppressing the rebellion in my territory. This is already known to everyone. If those rebels are left alone, how much harm they will cause to the principality, don't tell me... you don't know."
"My family doesn't have the energy to send troops now, so..."
"Your sophistry is still so sharp, Mr. Fortes."
A middle-aged man with a big beard sitting on the other side suddenly said: "There is a serious rebellion in your territory? If it was really that serious, would you still sit here peacefully and talk to us?
Are these irrelevant issues? As far as I know, the Anderson Independent State in the south of Ferron County has already been troubled by the serious and unbearable chaos. Old Kefa has not shown up for nearly a month, and it is even more chaotic than them.
You should be early..."
"How did you do it, Mr. Fordson?"
"Connelly..."
While the congressman was gnashing his teeth, the fat man seemed completely unaware of the other party's needle-like gaze, and still thought to himself: "What's more..."
"If there is a problem in your territory, do you still want the principality to take the responsibility for you?"
"The Koska District fell, and Ferron County has become what it is now. However, your Carolai County is not injured at all. It is just dealing with your so-called rebellion every day. As far as I know, it is because of you.
The refusal to accept the refugees assigned to you by the Principality has been like this since January! For such a long time, your so-called elite soldiers have neither suffered losses nor quelled the riots, but just stayed there quietly...
…”
"enough!"
On the opposite side of the round platform, a dull roar finally came out again: "No matter how incompetent we are, my people can at least save their lives and maintain their dignity. We will not sell our knees easily just to survive! What about you? Fa
The Fortress of Ers is still in a precarious state. I wonder how long you can last by relying on those adventurers every day!"
"At least we are making each other pay the price, instead of being like you... being a coward!"
"When those untouchables stab us in the back, you won't be like this... A merchant from Taron County, the spokesperson of adventurers!"
"you……"
"alright."
Raising a hand, Pamir finally interrupted the seemingly endless quarrel. He pinched his brow, then let go of his hands, allowing the already agitated two parties to sit back again: "The Principality's
The defense is already very fragile and requires everyone's joint efforts. If you have differences of opinion, it is best to wait until everything is over to discuss it. But judging from the current situation..."
The speaker leaned forward slightly: "Adventurers' assistance is still necessary."
The congressman below opened his eyes and seemed to want to say something more, but in the end he sat there quietly without saying another word.
"Carlos, continue to report, well...just the situation at the adventurer station."
"Okay." The person who started talking first turned the page in his hand, and then cleared his throat: "Since entering March of Fire, the growth of the adventurer station has begun to slow down..."
"Sir, there is news from over there."
During the reading, a person ran next to Congressman Fords, looked at the congressmen present, and whispered a few words. After hearing those words, Congressman Fords closed his eyes, closed his head, and then waved away the opponent.
, thought for a while amid Carlos' report, finally opened his eyes, and exchanged glances with some people next to him.
"...The adventurers who were forced to go out to look for opportunities have now spread all over Tania, and some have even reached the territory of Anderson State. And Fars Fortress..." Carlos turned a page: "According to the fortress
According to Commander Dusk, the number of adventurers there has increased by about 20% in the past month."
Wow——
"Twenty percent? Why so many?"
"What is Dusk doing? Are those people responsible for the defense of the principality?"
"Rika, Rika! Come here! That thing **** gave me a few days ago..."
"When the empire launched a large-scale attack, there were countless adventurers assisting them. Why are they helping us now?"
Amidst the sudden buzzing whispers, Pamir gradually opened his eyes, looked at everyone around the parliament and whispered: "It seems... the situation in the principality has not yet reached a disappointing level."
"It's time for a change."
He sighed, like an old man who had been bored for a long time, and slowly took out a stack of documents from under the table where he was sitting. Then he clapped his hands and ordered his subordinates around him to distribute these documents to all the congressmen.
"I now...as the Speaker of the Principality of Elnifea, submit a bill to the Parliament." He raised his voice: "On behalf of the Supreme Council, I announce that we have completed the review of these bills, and the review
The result...is consent."
He lowered his voice, rested his chin on his folded hands, and faced the silent members of the parliament with a confident smile: "I hope you can take a closer look, and then..."
"Make a choice."
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"Oh! Another group of adventurers."
On a sunny morning on the 9th of the Fire Month, 795 in the New Calendar, Duan Qing, as usual, followed a certain group out as a savage. And as usual, they received a greeting from an NPC captain at the door: "You should be
Today’s thirty-second batch of adventurers, or the last batch of adventurers..."
"Well, there should be others behind us..."
"It's what I want, isn't it? Hey, if we have to go out in teams, why can't we go out together..."
Amid the wry smiles of everyone, Captain Silenko walked slowly to the door and slowly opened it. During the half month of the battlefield dungeon under Fars Fortress, Duan Qing had many interactions with this watcher.
He dealt with the captain of the gate, but the impression left on him was the same as before. In addition to his extremely bad attitude, he had completely different views on adventurers and principalities. Whenever a player brought back some wounded soldiers from outside, or
When they were civilians in the principality, the captain would lead his people to pick them up in a hurry, greet them with a smile, and then... as usual, he would scold the players in the player team and make them look disgraced. But after all,
He controls the only way for everyone to go out to do tasks, so no one dares to offend this gatekeeper guy, and even gives gifts to please him. Just like this time, Captain Ladder has already been transferred from the gatekeeper.
The wine bought in the tavern was stuffed into the opponent's arms: "My new team member can't speak, captain, don't worry about it, don't worry about it..."
"Well, that's pretty much it..." The man took the flask and took a sip without caring about others or military discipline. Then he slowly put it into his arms and waved to them: "Banhe Fortress, right?"
?The guards there are quite strict, but a group of people have just been detained recently, so there is no room for them to live in. I am very distressed now..."
"I understand, I understand." Brother Ax rolled his eyes twice, then bowed his head and smiled, waved secretly to the others, turned around and walked out of the door: "Then let's go out!"
"Ah? Oh." Silanke had already turned around and walked towards his special seat. Hearing the sound, he turned back: "Have a nice trip!"
puff--
Duan Qing wiped his mouth, and then asked quietly towards the ladder he was rushing up to: "My attitude has become so good, I can't believe it..."
"Hey, this is a fantasy game. That's how it's played, right?" The latter proudly patted his chest: "I'm pretty lighthearted. I heard that there are already great players here who have raised their favorability to a very high level early on.
, and found out a lot of secrets about him!"
"Secret? What secret? Come and hear it."
"Well..." Ladder looked back at the increasingly distant door, and then whispered involuntarily: "It doesn't hurt to let you hear it. I heard that he has such a bad attitude towards adventurers because he has been hurt by adventurers before.
Category……"
"Injured? Was he slashed by an adventurer?"
"Bullshit, of course I'm heartbroken, uh... maybe, I don't know the specific situation, it's just rumors, you know, things get messed up as they spread..."
"Damn it, is there any player who has fallen in love with him?"
"It's impossible. Although due to the development of technology, there will always be various cross-dimensional love stories between men and women in recent years, but that guy is so frustrated and has a bad temper. How can anyone like him?
…”
"God damn love story across dimensions, I'm not here... uh no." Duan Qing choked for a moment, then continued to ask with eyes shining: "Look, what stories have been told in the past few years?"
"Ah hahaha, haven't you ever had a girlfriend yet, brother Mo? But it doesn't matter, you have asked the right person, let me think about it, and then I will give it to you slowly..."
"Can we talk about something useful, captain?" Seeing that the bullish trend was about to start, the African miners on the side quickly brought the topic back to the subject: "We still have a mission to do."
"Ah...yes, yes, where were we just now?"
"I don't know if Slanke is injured, but it's better not to believe what that guy says." Brother Grasshopper on the side suddenly interjected: "There used to be a team in our club, and I learned about it from his mouth.
A certain piece of information later turned out to be false, and it actually tricked them..."
"Ah? Really?"
"Of course, why are you lying to me?"
"But I heard that as long as he sends something, his information will be true..."
"If there is such a good thing, why can't our guild give it away every day? The Sword of Justice will not be short of money..."
"Well, it's true. I heard from other people that they are very accurate."
"How much information can a gatekeeper know about the battlefield? If you don't believe it, forget it. Anyway, I know everything I know..."
"Maybe it's because the gifts are different."
Duan Qing on the side suddenly said: "Slanke may decide the authenticity of the information based on certain standards."
He put his hands behind his head: "The fourth-generation virtual game technology has expanded the storage capacity of AI and made the reactions of people in the game world more realistic. Even if there is no real virtual personality, I
It is estimated that it is not far off - according to the methods currently available, they will probably make a list based on the real reactions of ordinary people, and then decide how they should react based on the external information they receive, and then use various different standards
To distinguish the choices made by normal people, thereby simulating real emotions and styles.”
"This theory seems to be called... let's call it Q&a theory. Anyway, it has appeared a hundred years ago. As long as the list of available choices and standards is made large enough and detailed enough, we will not be able to do it at all.
There are traces of simulation. As for this standard... eh."
Looking at the eyes of everyone looking at him, he shrank his head: "That... I guess, it might be his preference?"
"How do you say this?" the autumn grasshopper asked immediately.
"For example... he likes to drink, so giving him wine will help us. He is greedy for money, so giving gold coins will increase his favorability... I'm just guessing, don't believe it casually."
As he waved his hand, the marching team was silent for a while. The ladder and the grasshopper looked at each other. The latter seemed to think about it for a while, and then slowly asked: "Who on our side...does anyone care about that guy?"
Have you been tested?”
"No, that guy is so annoying. Not many people really like to deal with him, even the legendary great god...and that's just a rumor. God knows if there is such a person."
He withdrew his gaze from Duan Qing and spread his hands: "I don't know anyway."
"Well, it seems that we need to study it carefully..."
This is the normal routine and gameplay... These words flashed through his mind, but a smile appeared on Duan Qing's face: "Then... I don't know if he likes the bottle of wine given in front of him or not.
…”
"It's a little money, don't worry about it." As if he had abandoned something in his mind and returned to normal state, the ladder waved his hand: "Completing the mission is the only way! Adjutant Wood promised us the keys to all four levels!
And if he completes it well, it is not impossible to get the key to level five..."
"Listening to what you said, I suddenly started to worry about the difficulty of our mission." The African miner on the side muttered in a low voice: "Don't lose your wife and lose your troops when the time comes..."
"Don't worry, our current team is very strong!" Ladder stepped forward and patted him on the shoulder: "The whole team is above level 40, and there are professional masters sitting in charge. No matter what you think, nothing will happen."
"We can win in any fight!" (To be continued.)
This chapter has been completed!