"What? Duan Fenglei asked you to go?"
The afterglow of the setting sun dyes the entire free world a fiery red, and this room in Tania City is no exception. In the climate approaching autumn, the sky becomes particularly bright, as if the entire room, the entire
The city is immersed in the atmosphere of autumn. However, most players in the free world are not very interested in things like seasons. What they pay most attention to is the distribution of monsters and the distribution of monsters that come with it.
Survival changes, the rest is to celebrate with the indigenous people of the mainland, and some festivals related to them throughout the year. Players like Mengzhu have no concept of these details in the mind, because she is the same as Duan Qing
, is a player who has just entered this game.
But the girl is already familiar with the forces in this game.
"Are you taking the blame for the Jianghu people?"
"What does taking the blame mean? It's just taking the blame. It's just taking the blame."
After gulping down the black tea handed over by Enyu Ninglan, Duan Qing wiped his mouth, and then defended breathlessly: "I just helped carry people to the parliament hall, and then there is nothing wrong with me...
...Meow, I thought it was something big, but in the end it was just manual labor..."
"Hey, that's... that's the Speaker of the Principality!" The girl quickly suppressed her voice that had just been raised, and then pressed her lips with the back of her hand: "You didn't break anything, did you?"
"No, it was all done by others." Duan Qing took a long breath: "What does it have to do with me."
"Then...who did all that?"
"how could I know."
Looking at the warm sunlight shining in from high in the room, Duan Qing's mouth twitched inexplicably: "How could I possibly know?"
What happened this time was indeed an accident, both for him and for everyone in the world - Duan Qing did not take this opportunity to go out and be lazy as Mengzhu imagined, although he
He wandered around the city boredly for a while, and then rushed to the city gate on the west side of Tania. However, he still saw the carriage Duan Fenglei mentioned as promised. It seemed to be a carriage used for transporting goods.
, was parked quietly on the side of the road inside the city gate, and neither the passers-by nor the passing guards seemed to have any intention of interfering with this conspicuous brown carriage. This made Duan Qing, who was puzzled,
He was a little unsure whether that was his goal this time. He patrolled back and forth for a while, and finally walked up to the carriage just as the guard guarding the door was about to arrest him again.
Then, he saw Duan Fenglei, President of Jianghu, who was guarding the door of the carriage, and... Pamir, the Speaker of the Principality, who was lying inside the carriage.
"He was attacked outside the gates of the fortress."
Duan Fenglei said at that time: "According to the pre-plan, the Speaker originally planned to rush back to Tania yesterday. But as soon as they went out, several NPCs... Aboriginal-looking people suddenly appeared on the roadside, and then...
…”
"When we found the carriage, all the passengers except him were dead." He sighed: "It should have been done by the Empire."
"Is your protection too weak?" Duan Qing asked with squinting eyes.
"I disappoint you, but..." The scarred man grinned: "We in the world...were not by his side at that time."
He pointed at the man inside the carriage and said, "We don't even know that he came to the fortress."
"That damn fat guy actually didn't shake me..."
Muttering to himself, Duan Qing looked at a figure who seemed to be sleeping on the seat in the carriage, and then slowly retracted his head: "Then when did you know?"
"Yesterday." Duan Fenglei lowered his eyes: "Yesterday evening."
"No wonder you played so fast in last night's game." Duan Qing shook his head and said, "It turns out something happened..."
"Hey...you actually watch my game."
"It's not what I wanted to see because I was forced to see it..." Duan Qing shook his head and replied, recalling the figure of a certain woman in white armor.
"...I'm too lazy to care about you." The scar across his right eye twisted on the man's face, and then returned to the topic again: "In short, we were temporarily ordered to send him back to today.
This place, just to be on the safe side... just called you here."
"There is no one left in your world?" Duan Qing squinted his eyes again: "Where are the others? Where is the Sword of Justice?"
"None of them are safe."
Pointing to his surroundings, Duan Fenglei laughed again: "He is injured now and is unconscious. With the medical conditions on this continent, we want to send him back without leaving a trace. Indeed... there is still...
Some risks.”
"What's more... we were attacked when we came here." He thought for a moment, and then added.
"...or an Imperial?"
"Yes. But...they are all players."
Duan Fenglei looked into the other person's eyes: "The current situation... is very strange."
"Hey……"
Duan Qing subconsciously looked around him, touched his nose, and tried to hide his expression: "Is this... is this the reason why you stopped here?"
"The people in our guild have been notified. They will maintain safety along the way." Duan Fenglei said with a smile: "Of course... it's secretly. God knows how many of them are ambushing in the city now."
"It would be okay if they were all players." Duan Qing looked at the distance of the road behind the city gate: "I'm just afraid that there will be some kind of monster or something like that..."
"Don't worry, there are more monsters and ghosts in the city than you think."
The scarred man lowered his head and said: "And counting... you should also be counted as one."
"Don't expect me to help." Duan Qing tilted his head and said: "Although I still have some friendship with this guy, but..."
"This principality is really unfriendly to us."
"How do you think the Speaker was attacked?"
Duan Feng Lei snorted coldly: "Pamir secretly visited Fars Fortress, and even our Jianghu didn't receive any news. Why is such a secretive operation still being exposed?"
"..." Duan Qing fell silent.
"The only people who can poke it out are themselves." Duan Fenglei whispered: "Or the big guys inside Tania."
"Do you think...someone betrayed the Speaker?" Duan Qing asked hesitantly: "Because of what? Because of the adventurer bill implemented by the Speaker?"
"I'm just raising a possibility." Duan Fenglei replied: "But... there is another fact that can clarify some things."
"According to our investigation, the number of outsiders in the principality... has begun to increase." He looked at the other party's face: "It is difficult for them to do this without help."
"Although I also know some signs, but...adventurers can originally move at will, which is the same everywhere in the Free Continent." Duan Qing leaned his body against the edge of the carriage: "We have no reason to begin with.
Stop people."
"...Indeed." Duan Fenglei nodded: "But... what if they are all members of the same force?"
Duan Qing's eyes narrowed.
"The empire's silence, the attack inside the fortress, and so many familiar faces... In short, this matter has become very troublesome now." Sensing the other party's reaction, Duan Fenglei stepped aside slightly: "So I
I don’t want to talk about the things we did in the past, let’s… let’s focus on solving the problem now.”
"Before the discussion? Then will I come over?" Duan Qing climbed onto the carriage very cooperatively, and raised his hands: "Okay, what should I do?"
"We must split up." Duan Fenglei said: "I, as well as some reliable people in our guild, will dress up similarly, come out from this place, make some cover and disguise for you, and then..."
"Wait, wait, wait." Duan Qing hurriedly stopped the other party: "Why me? Can't you take him back?"
"My goal is too obvious, and..." Duan Fenglei looked at the sword on the opponent's back: "You... must be very strong now, right?"
"Praise is a good thing, but...why do I feel different when it comes from your mouth?"
After checking the physical condition of the man in the carriage, Duan Qing shook his head helplessly: "When will it start?"
"Just wait a moment." Duan Fenglei closed his eyes, like an old man resting his mind: "Wait for my signal."
"Then what? Then you just carried him back like this?"
In the room of the Adventurers Association, Mengzhu tilted his head and hurriedly pulled Duan Qing's arm: "Is there no other story in the middle?"
"What more stories do you want!" Duan Qing shouted: "I don't want any stories to come out in the middle, otherwise I really won't be able to come back today..."
"Then, did you have anything to say to the Speaker..."
"What good is a dead man?"
Duan Qing in the room twisted his neck, and then suppressed his hands in the face of the other party's frightened expression: "What are you afraid of? It's just a description... He is basically in a coma, how can I chat with him?"
"Then, is the speaker seriously injured?" The golden ponytail swung in the air a few times, and then Mengzhu's cautious voice came: "Should we..."
"I don't know whether the injury is serious or not. In short, I have left the living person to that dead fat man."
Duan Qing put his hands behind his head: "There are still so many people in front of the hall... Well, you can only hide it from the people you should hide anyway. Those who want to know... naturally can still know."
"The safety of the principality..."
"That...it's not our turn to worry about."
Looking at the girl's worried eyes, Duan Qing said with some humor: "The war between the two countries cannot be decided by just a few of us players. Going up there are the bosses of the principality, and going down there are Jianghu and the Sword of Justice.
Wait for the big guilds to worry about these troublesome things... let them worry about it."
"Let's just do what we should do." He lowered his head, hiding the coldness in his eyes, and then persuaded with a smile: "It's useless for you to worry about these things."
"Well, if you say so..." After slowly nodding her head, the girl sat back behind the wooden table again: "Then let's discuss... your contribution today."
"Uh..." Big beads of sweat appeared on his face, and Duan Qing's expression immediately became embarrassed: "That, that... this is official business, official business!"
"Official work? Where's the money you earn?"
"...Ah hahaha, I forgot to ask Duan Fenglei for it." Duan Qing scratched his head and rolled his eyes back and forth: "How about... you go talk to him?"
"What nonsense!" The girl jumped up: "But you still haven't done anything! You haven't done anything for a whole day! Even Sister Ninglan has cleaned the place well! You, you...
"
"Don't be excited, don't be excited. Making money is all about it. For me, it's just a matter of time." Waving his hands anxiously, Duan Qing slowly retreated to the door of the room, ready to escape at any time: "
If there is nothing today, there will always be something tomorrow..."
"I don't believe you!" Mengzhu gritted his teeth tightly: "Not today, not yesterday, not in the time before... When will it happen! I asked you to guard the house and you didn't treat me well... You
Don't run!"
In the smile of the maid behind the table, the arrogant Mengzhu nimbly jumped over the square table in the center, rushed to the door with such quick steps that Duan Qing could not react, and stopped him who was trying to sneak out quietly. The latter smiled dryly and raised his
He raised his hands and slowly took two steps back: "I, I didn't mean that, hahahaha... Huh?"
In front of him, behind Mengzhu who was blocking the door with his back, a fiery red head appeared outside the door that Duan Qing had just opened a crack, and then disappeared again as Mengzhu closed the door.
. He slowly stopped his begging for mercy, and then walked to the girl's side with her doubtful eyes: "That one just now..."
"You, what are you going to do? I'm warning you..."
"Oh, I won't leave. Please give way first... Oh, oh, oh, don't run!"
Following Duan Qing's movement, the door was opened again. The figure of a red girl in white robe was standing outside behind the door. Then as Duan Qing opened the door, she gradually retreated, as if she was about to turn around and escape.
This place. Duan Qing, who saw this scene, naturally would not let go of the red figure named Qian Zhihe. He hurriedly chased him out of the room, and then pulled the red girl back under the side eyes of the players in the hall.
.
"...Why are you running away? If you have anything to say, just say it."
The conversation in her ears was getting closer and closer. The girl standing at the door looked at the two figures pulling each other towards each other, then gave way to her body slightly and let the two people into the room: "You are...
The one from yesterday..."
"me……"
Lowering her head, the red girl rubbed her hands uneasily, then raised her head under the gazes of the three people: "Are you... the president of the Fool's Adventure Group?"
"Uh... yes." The girl straightened her face in a condescending manner, and then looked at the nervous expression hidden under the red hair: "What's the matter, Sister Qianzhihe?"
"I……"
She looked up at the maid who was still smiling in the distance, and then at Duan Qing's smiling face beside her. The girl shook her fist as if to encourage herself, and then raised her face.
"I still want to join your adventure group...can you?" (To be continued.)
This chapter has been completed!