"What, an offline party?"
In the room of the Adventurers Association, Duan Qing, who looked confused, reacted for a long time before shouting: "Is this your new activity?"
"Ahem." The girl who took off her cloak didn't seem to pay attention to his intention at all. Instead, she leaned against the table, shook her braid, stared at a piece of paper in her hand and read: "For
To strengthen the cohesion of the adventure group...er, no, it's the cohesion, so that our adventure group members will be closer and more united in the future. We need to hold an offline meeting to let each other get to know each other, and then promote the feelings of the team...well
, more harmonious with each other..."
"Stop, stop, stop... Where did you copy these from? Why do you have the same set..."
"Aren't all the leaders on TV like this? I've just started..."
"No! Can you please learn from others' good qualities, such as being diligent, acting vigorously and resolutely..."
"Okay! Then this matter has been decided!"
The girl threw the note away, then slapped the table and shouted: "The time will be in three days! The land is in Hualan City..."
"Wait a moment!"
Duan Qing hurriedly interrupted the other party again: "I didn't ask you to make such a hasty decision! At least you should... uh."
He turned in the direction of the others, with a desperate expression on his face: "Do you...do you all agree?"
"Although it sounds incomplete,... the idea itself is a good idea." The smile on the blue woman's face became more and more prosperous, and finally she glanced at the maid next to her: "Right, Ninglan?"
"Ninglan thinks so too." A sweet smile appeared on Ninglan's face, and then she tilted her head cutely and glanced at Duan Qing next to her: "Such an idea... it's really unreasonable.
It couldn't be better."
"I, I want to go too!" Qian Zhihe on the side seemed to understand something, and hurriedly stood up: "I, I haven't been to other cities yet! Is there anything interesting there?
?You must take me there..."
"Don't worry, we take good care of our team members! Not only will we take you to play, but we will also take care of your food and housing! Hmm... It's best to add a few other group activities, not just for the competition.
Ah... By the way, where is Xiao Hongchen? Why haven't I seen him? Does anyone have his contact information..."
"Stop-"
Duan Qing, who finally couldn't remain silent, jumped up in a hurry: "I, I haven't expressed my position yet!"
"Oh..." The girl who was dancing with the red girl turned her head when she heard the sound, looked at Duan Qing with squinting eyes and asked: "Do you have any opinions?"
"Uh...I..."
So Duan Qing became hesitant again: "I... just want to confirm some details..."
"Is our gathering this time... finally to watch the finals?"
"Of course, this is the ultimate goal of all players. Don't worry, this will definitely be included in the activity content."
"Well, then we have to spend a lot of money, right? The tickets are very expensive..."
"The team activities are naturally made with the money earned by our adventure group." The girl patted her chest and said, "Just think of it as... a reward for your hard work for the adventure group for many days."
"Uh..." Then Duan Qing rolled his eyes again: "Well, that's so inappropriate. Our adventure group finally saved so much money, but ended up spending it on this thing..."
"What? This is a major event to enhance team friendship!" The girl immediately emphasized dissatisfiedly: "If it doesn't work, just treat me as a dinner treat...will you come?"
"Come... come, why don't you come?" Duan Qingqiang said with a smile, and glanced at the two women next to him: "But... I, my home is far away from Hualan City, and I have something tight...
"
"If you don't have money to come to the meeting, I can advance your travel expenses." With a smile on her face, Xu Yu looked like a housewife waiting for the ingredients to be put into the pot: "I will give you as much as you want...
Oh, brother."
"Well……"
So Duan Qing's voice became longer and his smile became more awkward: "Then, what should we do in the game during the offline gathering? Do we just ignore the affairs of the principality?"
"What happened in the principality? Did anything happen in the principality again?" Mengzhu asked doubtfully.
"The Empire is about to attack, we can't sit back and ignore it, right?" Duan Qing hurriedly put on a righteous look: "After all, this is the hometown where we were born and raised, no matter what, we have to do our meager part.
Power……"
"So does that have any conflict with our activities?" Mengzhu asked strangely: "We go out to play during the day and go home and go online at night. At most, it is just the opposite of the current work and rest time, ensuring that you are in the game
The length of stay is the same..."
"Well……"
"Ah, by the way! Aren't you from Cerulean City?"
"Yes, yes..." Duan Qing replied without hesitation, while his eyes wandered and he nodded.
"Well, it's really hard for you outsiders to solve the problem..." Mengzhu pouted and said: "Or... if you don't mind, you can bring an external helmet device, and then I will contribute the game cabin.
Here you go... Oops, why is it so troublesome? Just move here together."
"Ah?" Qian Zhihe immediately became hesitant: "Um, um... I don't live alone, so maybe..."
"Wow, Qian actually has a master!" Mengzhu's eyes immediately showed a look called gossip: "That's right, come and introduce him to us... Is he also playing in the free world?"
"No, no, no, no, no!" The girl's face turned red again, and then she hurriedly waved her hands: "I, I, I don't have a boyfriend, don't get me wrong! That, that's just my brother.
That’s all…”
"Oh? I even called my brother. It seems that you two are very close..."
"Brother!" The girl closed her eyes and shouted, "Brother--"
"Hey." Mengzhu responded imitating the old man's voice, but then he laughed out loud: "Okay, okay, it's just a joke, don't be so excited. Since you think it's inappropriate, then first
Let’s put this group member’s shared living plan on hold for a while... What about you, uncle? Do you have any questions?"
"Well……"
"Aren't you always a single and good young man? It shouldn't matter where you live, right? I'm a pretty girl and I don't mind..."
"This, that...I..."
"Hey, how about acting like a man? I've been hesitating before..."
"I suddenly remembered something else!"
Looking at the joking looks of several women around him, Duan Qing bit the bullet and shouted: "There is still an epic task waiting for me to complete! If I stay away for too long..."
Bang!
A strange muffled sound came suddenly, interrupting the conversation between several people as before. As the door opened again, a figure wearing a pointed helmet and a bare upper body fell to the ground and fell in front of their sight.
On the ground inside: "Ouch yoyo..."
"Laugh, laugh at the world of mortals?"
"Big, everyone..."
"Why did you show up? You two had agreed upon it, right? Come on, where have you been in the past two days?"
"Quick, run quickly..."
"Oh, no matter what, you came just in time anyway...what?"
"Run!" The man who was lying on the ground suddenly jumped up and shouted to other people in the room: "Someone is coming to catch us!"
"Catch us? Who?"
"No, I don't know, but they will be coming soon..."
call--
A piercing voice suddenly appeared behind the shirtless man. Everyone looked closely and saw the president of the Adventurer Association, who always wore a white shirt and jacket, suddenly appeared in front of them: "You guys...
…They’re all here.”
"What are you doing?" Mengzhu stood up immediately: "Are you going to arrest us? We have no place to provoke you, right? I paid this month's rent in advance..."
boom!
The sound of wood being blown to pieces, along with the howling wind and the light shining in front of them, appeared in front of everyone. Amid everyone's alert movements, they saw Felixton standing expressionlessly with a rapier suddenly revealed.
Under the sunlight that came out, he looked back at all the players present with a certain look of scrutiny: "If you...still trust me, then listen to my advice..."
"Let's go inside and hide for a while."
"...What?" The silence lasted for a while in the gradually quiet room. Mengzhu, who was a little confused, stood up hesitantly: "We haven't figured out what's going on..."
"Forget it, don't think about it too much."
Duan Qing, who was on the side, retracted his black dagger, and then looked at Xu Yuliu Liushang, the leader of the secret team, "Over there... is the backyard of the association's residence, right? I've been in there several times before..."
"Time is running out, you'd better hurry up." The man in the jacket lowered his head, but pointed the other end of the rapier toward the door: "They are coming."
Several people nodded to each other, and then got out of the gap that was blasted out one after another. Then in their surprised eyes, they watched the originally damaged hole slowly disappear, and finally it was blocked by something of the same material.
:"what's up?"
"You ask me, who should I ask?"
"Laughing at the world of mortals?"
"...Didn't Sister Ninglan ask me to check those two people? So I kept looking for them everywhere, and then..."
boom!
"People inside, listen...hey, why is it you?"
"Good afternoon, Mr. Linde."
"Feriston! Where are the adventurers here?"
"...I am also trying to find them to discuss some rent-related matters. The current situation...you have also seen."
"oh?"
In the rhythm of the armor and footsteps, several people who were lying in the breach to eavesdrop hurriedly stepped back, and then hid in the shadows of the corridor in the corner of the courtyard with cat-like footsteps.
: "You really came to find us...where were you just now?"
"...I searched for a long time, but I never found anyone with similar characteristics to the two people that Sister Ninglan mentioned, so I turned around and went underground."
"Did you go to the black market?" Duan Qing looked at Xiao Hongchen who was still panting: "Just these few days? Why haven't I met you?"
"Is Brother also in the black market? I'm in the northeast direction of the city..."
"...Forget it, never mind, you go on."
"Later, I discovered some unusual places on the territory of a group of people. They often brought people in and out, sometimes to the south, sometimes to the ground." Xiao Hongchen wiped his nose and continued:
"Everyone has their heads and faces covered, looking like disciples of a cult..."
"Do you really think you are playing a martial arts game?" Duan Qing's face was full of black lines: "And even if you really have a martial arts background, isn't it normal for players to join a cult?"
"Since ancient times, good and evil have not coexisted!" Xiao Hongchen immediately shouted, and then shrank his neck under the glares of several people, and his voice became tired again: "Anyway...anyway, I squatted there for a while.
, and finally several figures of players coming in and out appeared, which seemed... somewhat similar to what Sister Ninglan described before."
"Aren't they all wearing masks? Do you recognize them?"
"Ahem... I have special skills in recognizing people." Duan Qing answered the murmuring questions in a low voice, then looked at Xiao Hongchen's pointed helmet and changed into an interrogating tone: "So... you
How did you recognize him?"
"Uh... I saw those people before when I was in the underground boxing ring."
"Underground boxing ring? There are actually other players besides you?"
"They are not contestants, but spectators. A gang leader led them in, so we just met each other."
"Please ask him to take it, thank you...who is he?"
"It's a man named Kazak." The man squatting on the ground like a homeless man put his hands on his knees and showed an indifferent expression: "It is said that he is best at reselling things, but... they resell
The products are often profiteering contraband and strange boys and girls. I have seen them several times, and I don’t know which people here have such strong tastes that they would actually take care of their business..."
"Of course he is a noble." Duan Qing also lowered his head: "I have been working for Queen Maggie for a few days these days, so I am still very familiar with the name you mentioned... What happened next? This has nothing to do with it.
How did we get involved?"
"Later... a group of soldiers from the imperial court came." Xiao Hongchen still explained using the title he was accustomed to: "They asked me if I was a member of the Fool's Adventure Group and if I was engaging in mischief in the underground black market... Of course I
I couldn’t tell them anymore, so they started arresting me. Why did I endanger the public security in the city and refuse to change despite repeated admonitions... What nonsense! How come I’ve never seen people arrested like this before? I’ve never seen them, okay? Why don’t I change my ways despite repeated admonitions?
?”
"...Maybe it's because of me." Remembering the warning he had just received from someone, Duan Qing replied with a dark face: "It seems...our entire adventure group has been blacklisted."
"Don't jump to conclusions yet." Whisper from the side whispered: "What's the name of the person who arrested you?"
"They are all fully armed city guards. The leader looks like a high-ranking official...oh no, a nobleman." Xiao Hongchen recalled: "Listening to them, they seem to be named Lin De..."
Boom!
Several people closed their mouths at once, and then like frightened birds, they rushed towards the outside of the courtyard, and then climbed over the outside of the Adventurers Association amid the shouts of pursuit coming from the holes that had been discovered behind them.
Wall, along the alleys extending in all directions, rushed to the far side of the city. In the house at the back, the noble commander who was trying to get through the hole chopped his feet several times, and then looked back with an expressionless face.
The president of the association shouted with a ferocious look: "Feriston, you are actually harboring criminals!"
"...I didn't know they would actually run away." The man in the jacket raised his hand and stroked his dagger, looking calm: "It seems...not only did they want to default on our rent, but they also destroyed the property."
"You!" The noble named Linde wanted to continue to accuse, but in the end he shrank back in front of the dangling sword: "...Okay, I will report this matter to the President...
We’ll settle the score later!”
"Listen to me!" He turned around and shouted to the surrounding guards: "They ran away in fear of crime, so let me chase them!"
"Capture the Fool Adventure Group!"
This chapter has been completed!