"The Fool's Adventure Group: Please allow me to once again thank you in the name of the Principality for your outstanding contributions to the Principality."
"Without your help, the future of the Principality may forever be bleak."
"The principality is in turmoil, and everything is in dire straits, so please forgive the council for not being able to give you the grandest gift of thanks for the time being. Please wait for a while and discuss future arrangements and plans for adventurers."
In the empty vestibule, only Duan Qing's low reading voice echoed for a while. He raised his head and glanced at the black-clothed attendant who had left, and said with a wry smile: "This can be considered an order? How does it look like?
Just an ordinary letter."
"The letter written in the name of the current highest official of the principality should of course have a higher name." Huan Meng, who came forward, crossed his arms and looked at the paper in Duan Qing's hand: "Then what? It's gone?"
"Of course there are." Duan Qing shook his fingers and made a squeaking sound unique to high-quality paper: "But the rest... should be rewards."
"award?"
Xiao Hongchen and Huanmeng, who jumped to Duan Qing's side after hearing the sound, let out a chorus of praise, and then gathered around Duan Qing: "What are the rewards?"
"Don't worry...let me summarize."
Wiping the beads of sweat from his head, Duan Qing hurriedly broke away from the two people's trap: "Well... first of all, the station, which is the thing behind us - Neil Street, Greenier Street
The intersection, the former residence of the Stanford family, after a simple meeting, is now given to the Fool Adventure Group to be used as the adventure group's residence..."
"Wahahahahaha!" Then Xiao Hongchen burst into uncontrollable laughter again: "There's more, there's more?"
"And... a reward of fifty thousand gold coins... Oops, can't I tell Mengzhu about this?"
"I'm your captain, do you think you can keep it a secret?" Huanmeng glanced at Duan Qing: "Also...could this be a bad check? Where's the money?"
"Well... let's forget about it for now."
Glancing in the direction where the messenger had left, Duan Qing continued to lower his head and read: "Also...give the active members of the Fool's Adventure Group the title of Baron, allowing them to freely enter and leave the principality and enjoy priority...What does this mean?
It seems more bearish?”
"For people of your level, please don't act stupid, okay?" Huan Meng squinted his eyes and replied: "This is the official status and recognition given to you by the Principality. It is a proof of identity written on the bright side! Those Principality guards and
If the army encounters you again in the future, not only will they not cause you any trouble, they may also give you some support and help..."
"Hey, we, Dawn Glory, are not so popular in the empire." Huanmeng who arrived here spat bitterly: "You have gained your reputation too quickly, haven't you?"
"When we turn back to attack the empire, we will also give you a chance to save the emperor. Of course, whether you can save it or not... is not up to us." Duan Qing replied expressionlessly: "Just treat it as a compromise.
It’s worth the reward this time.”
"When you guys call me, my baby will be able to take care of himself, okay... No, no, I want to be honest!" The man in the windbreaker snatched the page from Duan Qing's hand: "Isn't it mentioned above?
My name? If I don’t do it, I won’t do it..."
"Don't worry, I'll take you to see you in the worst case and say a few nice words or something..."
"Wow, isn't there a reward for this?"
Huanmeng suddenly pointed to the end of the page: "The reward company will be a total of twenty items and equipment in the armory... This is a real reward! Come on, come on, there are seven of us in total. You are the one with the advantage, and I
Just two pieces, okay?”
"Stop dreaming. The principality has been beaten like that before. How can you expect them to have any incredible equipment?" Duan Qing immediately poured a bucket of cold water on the opponent: "They don't have a royal collection like the empire.
Most of the armaments in the museum are standard armaments, and it is already very good to get a set of golden ones that we encountered in the square before."
"A golden set... that thing is pretty good too!"
"You want to take it, but I don't want it."
With a deep sigh, Duan Qing turned back and walked towards the interior of the mansion. The shouts of the bustling players outside the gate behind him were vaguely mixed with Huanmeng's voice reading out the last few words in the letter: "Because the principality is currently
Please wait a moment for the rewards of medals and materials due to the difficulties you have encountered. If possible, we also support self-collection... This is nothing, it is too informal!"
"Aren't we the ones who got the mansion for ourselves?" Duan Qing's voice was already fading away: "This is a free world, not an ordinary RPG game where NPCs can brush your face, give rewards and so on..."
"It would be nice to have some."
Cleaning up garbage, sweeping the floor, arranging furniture, repairing broken walls... Duan Qing's first day after returning to the new version of the free world, he spent it slowly at this pace. It seemed that it was due to the previous nobles escaping.
Since all the valuables were taken away, Duan Qing and the others did not have many useful furnishings in the end. Even inside the garden, where many branches and leaves had been trampled and bent, there was no complete vegetation that could be used. However,
For them who had just experienced a catastrophe, all this was not a difficulty. Even in the eyes of Mengzhu, who had little experience in guild management, such trivial matters were only what they had encountered so far.
One of the things he said: "Since there is nothing, let's just plan our location first! Wow, there are so many things that can be done in such a big place!"
"I want a laboratory and an alchemy room! My mentor gave me so many books...I haven't found a place to put them down yet." The red-haired Thousand-Zinger Crane jumped up first: "Wait while I study other books.
After learning the elemental attributes, I will take the second series of magic as an elective, and I will definitely...will definitely become stronger!"
"There is also a martial arts training ground! In such a big place, how can we do without a place to practice martial arts?" Xiao Hongchen also jumped up immediately: "Everyone in the world has a martial arts training ground that big, we must also have one... uh, something like that.
Bar?"
"I won't object to a place for martial arts training, but can't you demolish the entire garden?" Xu Yu Liushang stood up with a chuckle: "There is no place to walk and enjoy the beautiful scenery in my spare time... But this is a very frustrating thing.
What makes people sad?"
"If possible... Ninglan also hopes to have a room." The maid in the corner also smiled and said: "Ninglan has many new tea products that she wants to try. If she can succeed..."
"Stop, stop, stop!"
The girl immediately shouted: "Hey, are your demands too high? And this is the headquarters of the adventure group, not a large magical commercial city center. How can we meet so many demands at the same time..."
"It is possible to be satisfied if you are satisfied, as long as you plan it carefully."
Duan Qing shook his head and responded, while pointing to the rockery under the night sky outside the window, which was illuminated by the streetlights shining with magic light: "Isn't there a secret room there? Let Qian Zhihe use it as a magic laboratory.
, to prevent her from accidentally blowing us all up to the sky... The martial arts arena can be placed next to it, and there is no fear of being bombed even if it is empty. The rockery and pond can simply be flattened, and then moved to the garden.
Go and keep the scenery over there. The hall on the first floor...including the kitchen and living room are all given to you Ninglan. Just treat them as a place for the adventure group to meet guests and discuss business. The rest of us will
Living on the second floor...well, if it's just used as a lounge, it should be able to accommodate it, right?"
"The premise is that there are only so many people in our adventure group." Xu Yu Liushang helplessly spread his hands.
"In the afternoon...none of you made a decision?"
"There are too many people, so I have to accept them all first, and then contact them one by one after making a decision." Mengzhu curled her lips and replied: "Although I haven't looked at any of them until now..."
"...So those guys who usually submit resumes are rejected like this in the end. They don't even have a chance to be looked at, and they are buried in the long river of time...Why are you looking at me like this? You can't be
Do you want me to come and see it?"
"Of course uncle, you are more knowledgeable after all."
Mengzhu immediately came over with a playful smile: "You have such good vision and strong strength, of course I leave this kind of thing to you. Even Sister Liuzhang and Sister Ninglan are like this! They are the teammates you selected,
In the end, they are all beings who can punch the world and kick the wings of freedom..."
"Oh, really? Then you can go and win a League Cup championship and come back." Duan Qing suddenly made his face long: "You have been following me for so long, why haven't I seen any progress in you?
?”
"Wha, what! This doesn't mean I follow you, it's obviously you who follows me! Don't forget, you still owe the adventure group one million!"
"Yes, yes, creditor, I was wrong."
Duan Qing, who lowered his head decisively, dragged his tired body and walked towards the pile of papers in the corner: "Since it's not time to go offline yet, I will first do the work that the capitalist gave me.
Now, the rest... will be left to you."
"No problem! Come on!"
"..."
"Try to finish the selection tonight!"
"..."
"That... selected person, remember to show me a look first."
"..."
Burying his extremely sad eyes as he turned around, Duan Qing dove into the pile of paper: "I know, but..."
"Instead of putting all your hopes on me, you might as well work hard on your own." His voice came back in a muffled tone: "Our adventure group..."
“Currently we are also open to recommendations from relatives and friends.”
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Auditing is a very tiring job, and Duan Qing, who has experience, naturally knows this very well, so it didn't take long for him to log off and escape on the excuse of taking a rest.
"Sigh... Is it really necessary to develop a guild?"
Recalling some of the scenes that had happened in his past game experiences in his mind, he sighed slightly melancholy, then holding the coffee in his hand, he turned his head and looked towards Cerulean City, which was also entering late at night -
—In the gloomy sky that is completely different from that in the game world, warning lights on high-rise buildings are flashing back and forth with a unique rhythm, forming an artificial starry sky above the river of light composed of the endless traffic.
Xiang's eyes lost focus in such a flash, and his thoughts gradually immersed in the memories of the past. Then at a certain moment, he suddenly woke up and took a deep breath: "No more..."
"Not anymore."
As if to remind himself something, Duan Qing repeated this sentence twice more, and then returned to his game cabin with the coffee cup he had unknowingly sipped. The familiar interior layout was once again
Appearing in front of his eyes, he suddenly remembered something that seemed far away, as well as a question that a certain woman suddenly asked when he was leaving the cafe two days ago.
"Have we... met somewhere?"
"...Sister, don't we meet often?"
"...mine is in reality."
"..."
"Get up...you are dressed very strangely today, and you even wore a special hat..."
"Ah hahaha, just put it on, just put it on, don't think so much..."
Ah……
Looking at the high-end game cabin that he had blackmailed into, he shook his head with some fear, then started the game and returned to the hall on the first floor of the mansion. Inside the empty hall, the team members led by Mengzhu
They were completing the relocation of new furniture. He curled his lips helplessly, and then picked up a piece of paper in front of him again: "Anti-defense soldier... a profession like X, don't."
"Fire magician? I repeated it, no."
"Dual-dagger thief, good at sneaking and armor-piercing attacks... Well, the former captain of the Royal Family's Second Team, good at... leading and commanding? No, no, no."
"A water magician who has been through battlefield dungeons and has rich battlefield experience...and brings a pet? There is a pet system in this game? I'm afraid you brought a cat and dog to make up the numbers, right?"
"I……"
Amid his low murmurs, a woman's voice suddenly sounded beside him: "You don't like anyone, do you?"
"These people don't meet the conditions, and I can't do anything about it." Duan Qing said without looking back: "It's not like you don't know the conditions for my selection of people. Compared with the people we had... they are really too good.
That's bad. Look...this man claims to be a long-range archer. Archer! Even the magic aiming is so laborious, and he actually wants to play bow and arrow in the free world?"
"...Where's Huan Meng?"
"Didn't he leave a long time ago? He left after cleaning this place. He is not a member of the adventure group, so he cannot stay with us every day... Well, he is a bleeding warrior, good at wounding attacks and bleeding attacks... Humph!
It sounds very good, but unfortunately this genre is second-rate at best..."
"Can you finish watching it tonight?"
"It should be possible. Please believe in my vision and work efficiency. Even if I no longer play games, it is still a profession among professions... Ha, double kitchen knife Berserker, you think I don't know what a kitchen knife is, right? If you can have
With such strength as the Angry Demon, why would he come to our group to break up..."
"...Qingshan."
The woman's voice sounded low again: "You... didn't want anyone to join in the first place, did you?"
"..."
The hand that grabbed the next page of paper stopped in the air, and then slowly fell down with Duan Qing's movements: "You...what are you talking about?"
"Ninglan and I had already noticed it when we first came here."
Whispering words slowly squatted beside Duan Qing, holding her long hair that fell to her ears with both hands: "If you still want to be the same person as before... we wouldn't have met so late, right?"
"……yes."
Duan Qing was silent for a while, letting the white color slip from between his fingers.
"This is a rare tranquility, and I... don't want to break it again."
This chapter has been completed!