"Do you still like to recruit people as always? Your little shabby association no longer exists..."
"Who said it doesn't exist anymore? Isn't it still sitting on that mountain top?"
"It's not yours even if it's on the top of the mountain... What's the point of shouting so loudly here?"
"Well, then I am also the president of Fenghua Town Adventurers Association! I am the orthodox person in charge!"
It was still a windy and snowy day. In a forest somewhere in Xifeng County, Richard, who was holding a curved sword, was answering Duan Qing's words with an unhappy look on his face.
The wood was all thrown to the ground: "What is this called? This is called... this is called... that's right! This is called pre-movement. Do you understand pre-movement?"
"...Ah? Preliminary move?"
"It means pre-recruitment."
Laughing and turning around, Richard, who looked like an uncle, put his ferocious sword behind his back: "This is what you adventurers taught me when you formed the adventure group, which is to collect people first.
Wait, wait until this period of time has passed, and then be incorporated into the official staff..."
"We can also do this about joining the Fenghua Town Adventurer Association!" He patted Duan Qing's shoulder vigorously, like a leader encouraging his subordinates: "When the time comes, you, the first-generation adventure group of the association, will also
You can follow along and dip your toes in the light..."
"To put it bluntly, you want us to help recruit people, right... No, when did we become your people?"
Duan Qing slapped the other person's hand away with an unhappy look on his face. Duan Qing took a step back calmly, then looked at the other person's still laughing, and shook his head helplessly: "Okay, even though I really don't want to admit it,
But our adventure group was indeed established under your hands... Hey, why are you so happy?"
"...Why, why can't I just smile?" Richard clapped his hands: "The more miserable we encounter this..."
"Aren't we supposed to laugh more?"
He turned around and pointed slowly into the depths of the jungle. A vague figure appeared in front of Duan Qing and others as the outline of the temporary camp gradually emerged in the distance. He came with Duan Qing.
The legend of the flames also opened his eyes wide, as if he couldn't believe the fact that he could really find this place. It wasn't until the uncle who brought them started to walk towards the camp that he closed his eyes that he had never closed.
Mouth: "Damn, I didn't expect it to be true in the end..."
"By the way, how did you hear this rumor?" Duan Qing on the side also sighed and asked: "Aren't you afraid that this place will really be leaked?"
"Brother has only heard rumors that the 'remnants' of Fenghua Town are haunting this forest, and until just now...Brother himself didn't believe it." The glaring Lieyan Legend opened his mouth slightly: "And this guy, this guy...
...Uh, is he familiar with you?"
"We are not spies...you should believe it now, right?" Duan Qing shook his head and laughed: "Although I didn't expect..."
"This sloppy uncle can actually maintain the security of this hidden camp by himself."
The sound of creaking footsteps appeared in the depths of the jungle along with the sight of the snow being trampled down, and then slowly moved to the front of the camp. The sounds from the camp gradually reached Duan Qing as the distance got closer.
In the ears of others, the temporary villagers living in this camp also came and went in and out of the simple tents from time to time as their vision gradually became clearer, and the expressions on their faces also changed with the appearance of Richard.
De got excited and said, "Oh, the president is back!"
"How was your harvest today?"
"I thought I heard the sound of fighting just now...Did someone come fighting again?"
"Any news from elsewhere?"
"Everyone, please be patient and don't be impatient. Please be patient and don't be impatient."
With a smile on his face, he pushed his hands. The uncle, whose beard and hair were sloppier than before, pushed back several villagers gathered in front of him. Then, while comforting them, he pointed to Duan Qing and others who were following behind him.
Person: "It's not those restorationists, it's just a small fight caused by a group of adventurers. I have driven back those who do not belong to our principality, and then brought them back..."
"They will help take care of the safety of this place in the future." He waved his hand broadly, covering up the shocked faces of Duan Qing and others who were coming up from behind: "Please feel free to stay here!"
"Hey you……"
Amidst the sudden cheers from the onlookers, Lieyan Legend, the captain, stepped forward in a panic. Then, he was surrounded by several children who ran over and jumped to the side. He was helplessly crowded to the side and watched.
At this scene, Duan Qing wiped the sweat from his forehead and couldn't help but let out a few wry smiles. After a while, he struggled with his body and withdrew from the outskirts of the camp that was gradually becoming chaotic: "We are not here to do any duty.
Those who work don’t have that much time to stay here..."
"It doesn't matter, what you need to give them... is just some confidence."
Richard, who was standing aside, smiled and nodded, while pointing to his chest: "Many things in this world don't actually require you to do anything. Sometimes you just need to stand here, or even
Just a look is enough."
The big hand with countless calluses gradually stretched forward, and he held a snowflake falling from the sky: "The fact that I came to be the president of the Fenghua Town Adventurer Association is a typical example, and now I am standing
Here... is also a typical example."
"So... the Fenghua Town resistance force that is rumored to have been active around here is also a good thing you did?" Duan Qing lowered his voice: "Did you and other people do it?"
"Sorry, I'm not very clear about the specific whereabouts of other villagers."
Pressing his beard, Richard shook his head and replied: "The total number of Fenghua Town residents who followed me here is 59. Later, many left for various reasons, and now they are still willing to stay.
There are only about twenty or thirty people left here and unable to leave."
"They are the only reason I stay in this place."
Turning his head to look at the temporary camp made of various tents and wood, the uncle's voice became deeper: "It is the responsibility of the Adventurer Association to help those in need... Although I was there when you first joined the association.
I didn’t say it, but you should be able to understand this, right?”
"Otherwise, why would I come here..."
Duan Qing sighed lightly and then smiled: "But compared to these people, I am more worried about the safety of some names."
"...Come with me, let's go to Xingfengquan to talk."
After pondering slightly for a while, Richard then moved his eyes away from the still noisy crowd, and then showed a mysterious smile while waving to Duan Qing.
"I will introduce to you the news I know, together with the situation here."
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Xingfeng Spring is indeed a spring like a star, hanging alone in a corner of Fengye Forest. However, with the arrival of the remaining people from Fenghua Town, this spring has been surrounded by scattered tents.
Among them, the original townspeople from Fenghua Town seemed to regard Richard who defended them as a hero, and regarded the best piece of land next to the spring as his residence, but judging from Richard's face at this time
, the polished commander of the Adventurers Association obviously didn't take this matter to heart: "Get out of the way, yes, that's right there... That's the only Shining Star Flower I rescued from home, it's very precious!
"
"According to Ninglan's understanding, this kind of flower seems to prefer a dry environment. If you leave it here like this, they will cry..."
"Yes, is that so? Hahahaha... We are all simple people. We don't usually play with things that only aristocratic grandpas play. It is very normal to not understand the habits of these flowers..."
"If you don't understand something, don't raise it. Otherwise, wouldn't it be harmful to it? And it's still in this snowy weather... No, this is not something from the association at all!"
There was a trace of confusion among the figures next to the camp, and then suddenly stopped as a flowerpot flew out. Richard clapped his hands and then slowly sat down among Duan Qing and others, patting him with an innocent look on his face.
He clapped his hands and said, "Okay, okay, let's just pretend that nothing happened..."
"Before suspecting our president of stealing other people's things, I have to figure out another problem first." Duan Qing raised his hand and interrupted what the other party wanted to say: "How did the two of them do it?"
What's going on? Why did you come here earlier than me?"
"Miss Ninglan and Miss Xue were also invited to this camp by Mr. Richard just now." He pointed to the figure of the black-haired woman who was still sitting motionless in the corner, named Dark Language Ninglan.
The maid player smiled and nodded: "In order to complete the investigation mission assigned to us by sir, we touched the edge of this forest early..."
"Then you discovered it?" Then Duan Qing's eyes moved back to Richard: "I originally thought that you would be very busy guarding a place by yourself... It seems that is not the case."
"Please don't doubt me. Ignorance limits your imagination." Picking his fingers back and forth, Richard, who looked like an uncle, replied carelessly: "I have traveled a lot in the past few days.
Not only the area around Fengye Forest, but also other areas of Fenghua Town, I have searched all over..."
"Have you searched all over?" Duan Qing looked at the other party's proud face with squinted eyes: "Let's not talk about my doubts about your ability. Even based on my understanding of your character... Such a hard-working thing, you
You probably don’t want to do it, right?”
"Oh, I have been running around for so long for your affairs... What you said is really sad." Richard made a heartbroken gesture: "Although Fenghua Town is a small mountain town,
There are not as few secrets inside as you think. Encountering such a catastrophe, they have just revealed the tip of the iceberg..."
"Then tell me, what kind of secrets are there?" Duan Qing raised his eyebrows: "As one of the senior adventurers, I can... make a little identification for you."
"Come on, do you still need to identify these things?"
As Ninglan covered her mouth and snickered, Richard waved his hand disdainfully: "They are all guys you are familiar with. You will understand as soon as you hear the names."
"Let me guess..." Duan Qing squinted his eyes and asked: "Our bald captain Mr. Kidd, and the owner of the Asel Tavern?"
"There are also those ignorant guys in the Mages Council, and the woman on the top of the mountain." Richard's voice gradually turned deeper: "You should also be interested in the whereabouts of these people, right?"
"……certainly."
Secretly looking at each other with Ningyu Ninglan beside him, Duan Qing leaned forward slightly: "There is also news about Green Stone Village... you'd better explain it together."
"……snort."
Pointing to a corner in the tent, Richard summoned Duan Qing and three others to him, and then under their joint gaze, he took out a large sheepskin scroll hanging there: "This is the wind
For the entire map near Flower Town, you’d better remember that Fengye Forest is located in the southwest of the town, and this is our location..."
"If my previous reconnaissance is not wrong...the guys from the Shadow Society left by Wisel should be hiding on the Xifeng Mountain Road to the east of us." He pointed to the left side of the map, and then pointed down.
Move: "And Kidd and his escort should have gone to the south canyon to meet the people of Greenstone Village."
"That is to say...our reinforcements actually exist in many places?" Duan Qing asked with surprise: "The resistance forces hidden in Xifeng County...are actually much more than what is rumored?"
"Not only that, everyone is ready for a counterattack." Richard's eyes gradually flashed with confidence: "We have also been paying attention to the movements of the principality and other forces. As soon as the time comes... including the mages
Everyone, including Parliament, will be part of our resistance."
"People in Fenghua Town have always been people who are not afraid of hardships."
Looking at Duan Qing's increasingly solemn expression, Richard said in a solemn voice: "They are all descendants of Havel, and they are all warriors who do not succumb to power and strength. They have fled here according to rumors from the outside world.
But in fact, none of them left. What you see here are all women, children, the old, the weak, the sick and the disabled. Those young guys have long since died on the road of resistance. As for those who have not died... they have also been
Standing around the top of that mountain, staring closely at my homeland."
"Even if it's for those young boys who died... we won't give up easily."
The unshaven uncle moved his fingers in a wide circle on the map, and finally stopped at the center of the line of sight with the words Fenghua Town written on it: "Understood? Very good..."
"We can start the next step of introduction."
This chapter has been completed!