"You've been out for such a long time... and you just brought back this?"
Some time later, in the Vixis Tavern, Liu Qingniu, the leader of a certain Dongcheng guild hall who had just pushed in the door, heard this conversation: "You are afraid that we will hold you back, and you hope to complete the task alone... This
Is this the final result?”
"Isn't this not over yet? At least I brought back the follow-up to the mission..."
"Follow up? Let's not talk about the effect of the invisibility potion... Do you know how difficult it is to get the things above?"
"Uh, you can't, right? That Gardevoir said it was easy..."
The young man with short hair seemed to notice a difference in the atmosphere. He carefully closed the door behind him, then pulled the seat closest to him and began to watch the conversation between a man and a woman that looked like a trial: "We are outside.
Negotiating hard, going back and forth with those big guilds, not only not to reveal the flaws in the dark transactions, but also to complete the previously negotiated business one by one... What about you? The things here are not sold out yet.
Just bring back such a big list..."
"This...that...she didn't leave a deadline, so we can do it slowly."
"Do what you do! How can such an easy thing be done? If you don't know the name on this, go check it offline before talking about this! Hailan Stone, Starry Sky Grass, Niela's Hoof...
It’s hard to say whether a creature like Niela can still be found today!”
"..."
"There are also original elements! That is the most precious material that a magician dreams of! The price on the black market can fetch millions of gold coins!"
"Yes, is it so precious? Where are the players who would use this material..."
"So I told you a long time ago..."
The woman with long blue hair finally couldn't control her emotions, and hit Duan Qing on the head with a sword with her eyes closed: "The richest person in the Free City will always be hidden in the NPC."
"oops--"
The man's pained voice immediately echoed in this small room. At the same time, there was also the hidden laughter belonging to the secret language Ninglan. In the corner, Xueling Huanbing, who closed his eyes and rested, remained motionless.
Sitting there, he seemed to have no interest in the conversation between them. Looking at this scene, Liu Qingniu scratched his head, and finally put back the idea of interjecting, but the next question he asked was
He asked in the direction where he was: "And the forest skin... what is the forest skin? Do you know, Aniu?"
"This... seems to be some kind of spice." Liu Qingniu thought for a while, and then carefully replied: "Someone often traffics this kind of stuff in the sea goods at the dock, but where it comes from, I don't know where it comes from.
I don’t know…”
"So you have to buy this thing..."
He took a pen and sketched on the page, and muttered with his mouth curled up. Then he looked at Duan Qing in front of him, and shook the list angrily: "At the end of the day, the money we earned may be
It’s going to be spent all! Although the money is pie falling from the sky, it’s also what we spent!”
"If you don't have money, you can make money again. As long as you can keep those few pieces of equipment." Duan Qing hurriedly comforted the other party: "As for the list... Even if we don't have money to buy it, we can get it in other ways.
"
"I don't believe it! Just the Heilan Stone alone is enough to keep us busy for a while!" Xiuyu Liushang clicked somewhere on the page: "And... although I am not a magician now, I am still a magician.
Do you really need these things to make a potion?”
"Based on the stance shown by that shadow mage, she probably won't harm us at will." Duan Qing replied with a smile: "Since she is so familiar with the Mage Council, she might be... uh..."
"What's wrong? What did you remember?"
"Speaking of which, she did say that she would use other commissions in lieu of remuneration." Duan Qing's face turned ugly: "Could these things... be the so-called remuneration?"
The tavern room was silent for a while as Duan Qing explained, and then the murmuring and angry shouts were heard again: "So this is not a refining formula at all? We haven't even touched the edge of the mission?"
"Don't, don't get excited! The enemy is strong and we are weak, the enemy is strong and we are weak! The current situation is not that we have to do whatever she asks us to do..."
"But this is too outrageous! There are so many priceless materials! With these things, why are we making invisibility potions? Can't we just take the money and run away?"
"Well... this is a free world. Since the investment is a big price, of course there will be high returns, right? Be patient and don't be impatient, be patient and don't be impatient..."
Several passers-by walking in the tavern looked at the wooden door with various shouts in surprise, as if they were curious about what was going on inside. However, Liu Qingniu, who was sitting behind the wooden door and covering his ears, was at this moment.
There is no such thought at all: "Don't be angry, Sister Liu Shang, we can think of a way. If there is really no other way, Aniu, I will go find the boss..."
"You don't need to think of a solution. Let him solve this problem by himself!" The blue-haired woman waved her hand: "The hole you dug yourself... we won't fill it for you!"
"Okay, okay, I will find a way." Duan Qing hurriedly apologized and said with a smile: "As long as I can get it, I will never spend a penny of the team's money, okay?"
"What about the following tasks? There is also the task of meeting the city lord... What are you going to do with these?"
"Well...of course it's just a matter of taking it one step at a time."
The quarrel in the room fell silent for a moment as Duan Qing paused, and then his voice to himself rang out again: "With the current situation..."
"Those guys in the principality probably don't have time to care about the attitude of the Free City, right?"
Not long ago, the real-life Free World section finally released new big news, releasing the attitudes of the two major countries that were originally in a period of confrontation towards the restorationists, as well as the results of the negotiations - in the form of various trade
At the expense of the opening up and various forms of compensation, the Principality finally gained the empire's understanding as a weak party, and then persuaded the empire to withdraw its troops, including a large amount of territory including the Feron Plains and the Fars Fortress.
was returned to the embrace of the Principality. As a reply and guarantee, the Principality admitted its previous mistakes and negligence on the border, and promised that it would do its best to eradicate the Restorers in the territory and resolutely prevent the remnants of the Magic Empire from resurrecting. The relationship between the two countries
The negotiations between the two parties also involved many aspects, including the disposal of prisoners of war, the delineation of forces, and the cooperation to fight against the restorationists. However, in the eyes of the players, these things are no longer important matters worth noting.
The only thing they care about is the transfer of the battlefield.
"I heard that the Empire started the evacuation last night, and Fars, who was a remnant of the war, didn't do much to manage it, so the Empire players that night were all affected a lot." Liushang, who had regained his mood, said calmly.
He said: "Without any backers or backup... they all suffered heavy casualties in the end. Even our regimental leader later had the courage to rush forward."
"If the epic tavern in the fortress hadn't been built, they would probably have been trapped for a while." Duan Qing sighed and replied: "The players on our side... have already built up their momentum.
"
"Even if the Imperial people are still there, they have always been indifferent to the battles between players." Whispering words looked at Xueling Huanbing, who was still silent in the corner: "The adventurers' affairs let the adventurers
It seems that the problem has to be solved by others... They seem to have begun to believe in this view.”
"If that's the case, the empire will definitely suffer in the end." Duan Qing spread his hands and replied: "With the state of Zaraha City...if the players really attack, they probably won't be able to defend it."
"The empire's retreat has a lot to do with the current situation in that city." Xu Yu Liushang whispered: "According to the intelligence from the empire...even if they don't retreat, the garrison of Fars Fortress will soon be exhausted.
Supplied.”
"...Has the instability in Zaraha City reached this level?"
"This kind of question... you should ask your apprentice." Whispering Liushang said lazily: "As an executive of Wings of Freedom, she should know the current situation there best."
"……No."
Recalling what Xue Ling Huan Bing had said before, Duan Qing shook his head helplessly: "Anyway, the final result is already known, so it doesn't make much sense to ask these questions."
"...For Pamir, this should be considered a relatively good result."
As if aware of the other party's reluctance to mention it, Xu Yu Liushang also skipped this sensitive topic: "If there hadn't been restorationists in the south, maybe he could have obtained more conditions."
"Yes, after all, the principality still nominally won the Battle of Tania." Duan Qing slapped his knees: "And those powerful local princesses should rush back now."
"Anti-magic empire remnants is a generally recognized attitude in the free world. The empire should not take the opportunity to cause trouble. The key point is... in what way they will assist us."
"If possible, I hope that the principality can resolve this matter on its own, but judging from the current situation... there is probably no hope just relying on those congressmen and nobles who have been deceived."
"But the attitude of the principality is quite resolute, and the hatred value is high enough. There will be no such thing as escape or surrender. On the contrary, the imperial people... they shouldn't do their best to help the principality, right?"
"If it were me, I wouldn't do my best to help my enemies deal with the troubles in their territory. I guess the situation in Liberty City is the same... hmm."
Duan Qing suddenly looked at Liu Qingniu, who was listening silently: "In the past two days in Freedom City...haven't there been any similar actions?"
"...Huh?" The short-haired young man was stunned for a moment: "Big brother is referring to our Dongcheng Club? Our boss doesn't seem to have asked us to go out for a fight recently..."
"Your Dongcheng Association should have a territory in the crossing area on the outskirts of the city, right?" As if thinking of some possibility, Duan Qing suddenly interrupted the other party: "Have you received any unusual news in the past two days? See you there.
Did you see any suspicious person?"
"We have been fighting with the Red Flower Club recently and haven't paid much attention to anything else..." The young man scratched his head even more violently: "But..."
"There are indeed more and more people entering the city recently." He murmured in a low voice: "Our protection fee has also increased by 20%..."
"Are more people entering the city?"
Looking at each other with the blue-haired Xu Liushang, Duan Qing's eyes became sharp: "Where did they come from?"
"Our territory is in the northwest of Liberty City, a bit far from the main road." A Niu thought hard: "But... judging from their attire, they should all be from Eta County, right?"
"Etta County?"
As if thinking of a certain player who came with them, Duan Qing's face suddenly cleared up: "That northern city and county?"
"Because we have to cross the Andachier Mountains, people who are walking on foot are generally in a state of embarrassment." The introduction voice of Ningyu Ninglan also sounded at the right time: "Since it is late autumn, necessary preparations for cold protection must be made."
"Yes, yes, they are all like this."
Liu Qingniu, who was sitting where he was, immediately stood up: "Although we don't know how those guys came here, and we don't care about this matter, but...since eldest brother wants to investigate, we will set off now and grab two of them to escape.
Ask someone!"
"No."
His eyes fell on the handwriting on the page. Duan Qing stretched out his hand to stop A Niu who was about to run out: "Rather than letting you take action, why not let you help deal with the things on this list? As long as we find out these messy ghosts,
Where did this thing come from, so that I can have a way to deal with it in the future..."
"Then, what about the Restorationist...?"
"After all, the Restorationists' affairs are the affairs of those big guilds. It's not our turn to worry about it for the time being. As for Eta County..."
Duan Qing and Xu Yu Liushang nodded to each other, and Duan Qing looked up to the southwest of the city.
"We have a better candidate we can inquire about."
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Freedham Stone Forest in the southwest of Liberty City seems to have changed in the past two days, just because among the crowd here recently, a group of players who often stationed here appeared. Although their equipment is not very good,
But they are still strong enough to spend time safely in the wilds of the Stone Forest, and those people don't have the Free City-style habit of occupying the land as king. They just go out to hunt every day, build fortifications, deal with nearby threats, and then use
I just use my not-so-skilled cooking skills to support myself and a few passing players.
They seem to be planning to use only a few players and the principality guard who lost their horses to make this place a safe spot for adventurers.
"Today is as peaceful as ever."
Walking out of his tent, Windblown Mailang stretched out comfortably, and then walked towards the gathering place in the center of the stone forest, while saying hello to the NPC who was still performing the vigil mission: "Hello, Captain Jason
.”
"...Hello." The captain of the escort nodded while holding the hilt of his sword, but his eyes were still on the road leading to the camp: "Adventurer."
"Why don't you go and rest?" Feng Chui Lang cautiously walked to Jason's side, and then looked at the road in the distance together: "What are you looking at?"
"I'm waiting for you, sir."
An inexplicable smile appeared on Jason's face.
"According to the adventurers in our team, he will be back... this morning."
This chapter has been completed!