Crystal snowflakes were flying on the eastern seaside of the Free Continent, gradually forming a sky-wide snow scene. As time went by, the white snow spread on the ground of the city, decorating the coastal city near the easternmost part of the continent into a winter sky.
The color of the people standing there also raised their heads and looked up at the city. There was no movement of their own for a long time. The faces with various expressions were also frozen on their faces, as if they were echoing in the city.
His declaration seemed to be frozen by the cold air of the snowy sky: "What... does this mean?"
"Who understands? Come out and explain to me..."
"The City of Freedom is going to be reshuffled again? Didn't you just change the two thrones a few days ago?"
"You're punishing yourself for a hundred years... What does this time mean? Is it time in jail?"
"That's time to stay in Liberty City."
Reaching out to catch a goose-feather-like snowflake, Phillips, the silver fox standing far away in the street, retracted his gaze with a calm expression: "Although it is named freedom, there is no freedom at all in the city of freedom."
"...There is no so-called official army in this city. Who can restrain you?" Yun Meng, who was standing beside him, asked in a low voice.
"This result was unanimously agreed upon and implemented...of course by ourselves."
Wearing the same snow-white clothes, Phillips also looked towards the distance of the city: "Of course...even if someone wants to object, Reiner's ability alone is enough to subdue him."
"A free city without freedom...?" The magician in a robe lowered his head: "Is this the final result of the law of the jungle?"
"At the beginning of the city's founding, the Lord of the Free City proposed the only rules." Phillips replied in a calm voice: "However, even with the same unrestrained rules as pirates, the Free City is still a city, a city... made of
A city where people live.”
"Wherever there are people, there are rules."
The corner of his mouth twitched slightly, and Phillips showed a contemptuous smile: "Once the free space is released, people will eventually fill it with their own rules, then abide by it, break it, and start over again."
"In the existence of the Free City, there have been countless throne holders, right?" Yunmeng asked in a low voice: "Even an outsider like you has become the overlord here, hasn't it?"
"My existence is the result of the evolution of the 'freedom' of the Free City." Phillips smiled and shook his head: "But now... I am also bound by the contract I made."
"Then the deal between us..."
"Is this what you want?"
Slowly taking out a unique badge from his arms, the noble man in white clothes smiled and turned his head: "It seems that nearly ten years have passed since I started hunting and escaping.
At the beginning, I never thought that someone could actually find my head..."
"As a reward for your loyalty to me for such a long time... it is yours now." He sighed deeply, then crossed the snowflakes in the sky and threw it into the arms of Yunmeng next to him: "How to deal with it?
The next thing...you can handle it yourself."
"Thank you, Your Excellency."
A hint of joy appeared on his face. Yunmeng carefully put away the exquisite badge, and looked at the other party with a hint of doubt: "But... what next? You can't do it alone?"
Will something happen?"
"Of course I'll be fine."
Phillips turned his head and said: "Although you may look strange, in my eyes... there is no other place in the world that makes people feel safer than the current City of Freedom."
"But this is not your hometown after all." Yumeng asked in a low voice: "Just like Tristan... you will be kicked out one day."
"But at least not now."
His eyes darkened slightly, and Phillips walked towards the distance of the snow screen with his hands behind his back: "If a deadline must be added..."
"Gaara...my old enemy."
His voice gradually became ethereal: "Before he falls, I will not fall easily."
The snowflakes rolled up by the cold wind covered his direction, and swept his figure and his voice to the distance of the city. Then, like the scenes shrouded in other parts of the city, they were mixed into the white flying in the sky.
A female berserker on the other side of the city also put down her hand raised in the air. It seemed that she had just completed some form of prayer. Her originally calm eyes gradually fell on the players in front of her: "
Time is up……"
"I have to go now."
"It seems that your name was not mentioned in Reiner's trial." The red-haired man standing next to her asked in a low voice: "Why are you still leaving, Your Excellency Fenya?"
"Just because my name is not mentioned, it doesn't mean that I don't have my own mission."
After sorting out the luggage placed at her feet, Fenya replied in a low voice: "Denton Rondall... As the person who truly betrayed this city, I will cut off his head with my own hands and take it back to
Come here."
"It is true that the Free City cannot let this scum go easily, but there is no need to send someone like you, right?" Yun Jingbu on the other side also whispered: "Joel has already left this city, if you leave again...
"
"Your adventure group has established a foothold in the Free City."
Carrying her two ferocious swords behind her back, Fenya's voice regained the unique firmness of a berserker: "Whether it is strength or momentum, your performance is enough to support the future of this city.
Maybe after I come back...you will no longer be weak adventurers, but members who can stand shoulder to shoulder with those of us on the throne."
"You have offended my lord, we did not..."
"A strong warrior has no need to be humble."
Lifting the huge package with one hand, the female warrior, who showed unique beauty because of her strength, slightly turned her head, and the messy hair that had never been combed followed her smile and floated up in the direction of the flying snowflakes: "
There is not much I can teach him about that boy named Angry Mad Demon. As long as he continues to practice the fighting method of the two swords, one day... he will become the most brave and capable successor of the Eric family.
."
"He will be responsible for teaching you the rest." She waved her hand, and then her deep voice moved to the distance of the city: "Add the legacy that Joel left to you..."
"The future of this free city will probably be yours."
The sweeping snowflakes then covered the burly figure, completely isolating the vision of the few people present. Even the huge footprints left on the street were gradually covered up by the continuous snow. The ears were still ringing.
Echoing Reiner's announcement, the players who were ranked second in the world looked at each other a few times, and then gradually gathered together with their own wry laughter: "Now, all the forces we rely on are gone.
Disappeared……"
"It seems like our fate will be even more miserable than that of the Borderlands. Although they were excluded from the circle because of the ritual war, at least they still have Eduin to rely on..."
"This may also be an opportunity for us, a chance to enter the round table. There are at least three seats on the throne now vacant. If successful... we may be able to truly enter the center of power in the Free City."
"But that also requires the recommendation of other throne holders! The people who support us now can leave and stay away. The rest either have enmity with us or haven't talked about it yet... By the way, the ones over at Qingshan Mountain on Moshang
How are the negotiations going?"
"He..."
Among the few people holding their arms because of the cold snowy weather, the red-haired devil came back to life and opened his mouth. The thousands of words he originally wanted to say turned into a white breath: "Our side
It’s not like you don’t know the situation.”
"Because of a certain person... our friendship with him is difficult to repair."
boom!
Rolling down among the figures in the deserted neighborhood, the black dagger belonging to Duan Qing then appeared around the alley, and then in the scene where pieces of snowflakes were chopped off, he joined the other black-clothed people who surrounded him.
The players were entangled together. His body was stained with the same white snow flakes. His footsteps then passed through the gaps formed by the swords. Then, as the earth walls suddenly rose, he took out his stone hammer with his backhand: "
I said……"
"Are you the other group of people who have been following us before?"
"..."
None of the players with various strange IDs answered Duan Qing's words, and only a pair of unwavering eyes were exposed above the eyes covered with black cloth. The attacks that were originally being sent out were increasingly coordinated with each other.
, became more and more frequent and dangerous. It seemed that he had his own guess about the purpose of these people. Duan Qing, who put away his smile, no longer questioned their identity. The two weapons in his hands
He also released and closed it, and waved out two equally cold arc-shaped rays of light: "Forget it..."
"No matter what you want to do..."
The arc-shaped sword slashes intertwined into a dazzling sword light in the air, and finally splashed around Xue Tian as Duan Qing's arms spread out. After putting away his weapons, he immediately turned forward and backed away from several people who were being forced to do so.
The man in black showed up for a moment and got out of the gap: "I only have one answer."
"You got the wrong person."
call--
Amidst the whistling sounds of various near and far attacks that kept passing by him, Duan Qing strode to the next corner of the street, stopped his weird and flexible footwork, turned around and jumped into the uninhabited area.
In the next room on the block, the debris brought up by the sword energy and magic flew up at the door of the dilapidated house, smashing the already dilapidated wooden door into pieces, and the endless wind poured into the room.
In the snow, the panting Duan Qing suddenly reached into his arms and took out a bottle of water-blue potion: "You're cruel..."
"You've got it right."
"I am a destiny weaver."
At the same time, in the black magic cabin in the Free City, the woman in black robe sitting by the fire raised a bottle of the same color potion in her hand and made a toast gesture: "Although I have broken through the control of fate.
…”
"But the future of this world is still reflected in my eyes normally."
Wow——
A heavy amount of freezing air spurted out as Duan Qing suddenly opened the bottle cap, forming a crystal clear ice wall. Then as he splashed outward, the doors and windows around the abandoned house and the sky full of ice and snow were frozen.
Together, the screams and the white light of death that were affected by the ice wall appeared around this area from time to time, extending outward along the tracks of falling snowflakes in the sky, and among the debris that continued to expand,
The figure belonging to Duan Qing then broke through the shackles in one direction, leaving behind all the other enemies slowed down by the freezing effect: "It seems..."
"I'm afraid I won't be able to play the game from now on."
Throwing away the other red potion bottle in his hand, Duan Qing exhaled a large mouthful of warm air, then shook off the ice shards on his body that had not yet melted, and continued running towards the edge of the city not far away: "
Hopefully they haven't set up more ambushes..."
"stop!"
A dull and loud shout then sounded in front of Duan Qing, and at the same time, a burly silhouette belonging to the angry madman carrying two swords appeared, but standing with him at this time, there was also a certain person.
The familiar figure of the blue-haired female swordsman: "You have done so many things... Do you want to leave now?"
"It's not your turn to take care of things here." Duan Qing, who frowned, showed no sign of stopping: "And... from now on, I won't take care of you anymore."
"You don't care if you say you don't care?"
Looking at the silent murmurings beside him, the angry madman raised his two swords: "Putting aside the grudges between the guilds... there should be a lot to settle between us, right?"
"...Then what do you think we should do?" Duan Qing also pulled out his weapon again: "...Winning or losing with one sword, or canceling with one stroke?"
"I heard that you now have the identity of the throne owner..."
His eyes narrowed slightly, and a strange smile appeared on the corner of the angry madman's mouth as he began to accumulate strength: "As a member of the adventurers, I think I should also have the qualifications to challenge you, right?"
"...What challenge?"
"Of course it's the War of the Throne."
Taking a step forward, the angry madman raised his hands ready to attack: "I win, and the name of the throne on you belongs to us!"
"……snort."
His answer was a disdainful snort; "I'm sorry you're late, because..."
"I have decided to give away the previous throne."
The brilliant sword light appeared beside Duan Qing as he raised his arm, and then lined up along their respective trajectories. The sword shadows like a peacock spreading its wings then flew out into the sky, joining the flying swords all over the sky.
Xue hooded her head forward, and the surprised double-sword warrior hurriedly waved his weapon and retreated. Xu Yu Liushang, who knew the secret of this move, did not make the slightest move. However, before she could let go of her hesitant expression, she jumped
Duan Qing waved his hand in the air, gathering the sword shadows in the sky into a straight blue sword light.
...Do we really want to fight each other with weapons?
A difficult smile overflowed from the corner of her mouth. The blue-haired woman's right hand slowly rested on Hua Yan's waist. Duan Qing, who was facing her eyes, turned his hands and deflected the huge lightsaber that was about to fall to the side.
In the snow, the surging energy immediately set off a white wave of snow at the street entrance, completely covering everyone's sight. The blue-haired woman who reached out to cover her head and face had to step back, and then she felt
My chest felt cold——
"Take good care of yourself from now on."
Looking at the crystal ball in her arms, her expression gradually became frightened, but the voice that passed by her ears never looked back, and disappeared into the heavy snow in the distance.