"Li, President Richard..."
"..."
"I, I am Mengzhu, I..."
"Stop calling me president."
The two people who still had no change maintained their motionless postures, and at the same time, their low voices gradually spread to the dark surroundings. The silhouette of the uncle gradually appeared in the shadows, and his posture holding the sword did not waver at all, until the little girl
Only when his whole body began to shake, he spoke again: "Since Fenghua Town can't be taken back, my name as president has no meaning. Now I just stay here... just lingering."
"President...are you injured?"
Finally discovering something abnormal, Mengzhu with a surprised look turned around regardless of himself, and then cast his gaze on Richard's chest wrapped with layers of bandages: "You, why are you injured?"
?And it’s so serious..."
"It seems... you don't seem to know what happened that day."
The ferocious sword edge finally disappeared as the hands holding the sword fell, and Richard's aura began to become unstable. The white color unique to the bandage then carried the weak body wrapped in it,
They leaned against the wall behind each other: "You... how did you leave Fenghua Town?"
"The battle that day?" The little girl who stepped forward to help the opponent was slightly stunned, and then recalled the answer: "Didn't the summit square that day be occupied by the people of Wizard? And later... they
The library was completely surrounded, and then a large amount of black energy poured out of the library..."
"Then we all died...well, we were blown away by the black wind." Mengzhu temporarily retracted his description, and Mengzhu's voice became more hesitant: "When we woke up from the coma
, we have already returned to the coalition camp..."
"...Is this so?"
Reaching out to cover his chest, Richard said in a vain voice: "If what you said is true... then you should have nothing to do with those restorationists?"
"Of course we have nothing to do with each other!" Mengzhu's voice became angry as if remembering the treatment he had received during this period: "I don't know why, but everyone regards us as murderers and betrayers...
"
"Murderer? Betrayer?"
Looking at Mengzhu's face, Richard had a strange look on his face: "What is that?"
"You, you don't know?" Mengzhu's eyes widened slightly: "During this period of time, we were... pointed out by the Master Council as the main culprits of the failure of the war, but we followed everyone up the mountain.
Man! Why did he become a murderer?"
"..."
His eyes gradually fixed on Mengzhu's face, and Richard didn't say a word for a long time. Finally, with the support of the other party who still didn't let go, he staggered towards the inside of the already dilapidated Adventurers Association: "I'm sorry.
But after that day, I never left here again, so...I have never heard of what you just said."
"No, you haven't left here?" Mengzhu's voice became even more surprised: "How is that possible? There are all restorationists outside now..."
"The most dangerous place is the safest place - this is a saying you adventurers taught me."
Reaching out to remove the debris piled up on the abandoned bar of the association hall, Richard staggered across the threshold of the rear room: "What's more, I was stabbed with a sword, and I couldn't leave even if I wanted to...
"
"you……"
The smell full of medicine and blood then hit her nostrils from the back of the door, pushing back the little girl's idea of asking again. She looked at the fully furnished furniture that was completely different from the original sloppy style.
After a long while, he opened his mouth and said, "You, you... who hurt you?"
"I'm not a master. I can get hurt and die."
Sitting down on the dilapidated wooden bed with difficulty, Richard's voice began to become much softer: "The god of fate did not give me a body of steel, and my life is not like ordinary weapons and swords that can be used at will.
Squandering, so I should be grateful to fate for allowing me to survive in such a situation... Oh, that Mo Shang Qingshan once said that I belong to the type of person who has a hard life. Judging from the current results, he said
There seems to be nothing wrong with it.”
"Yes, really?" Mengzhu's expression became stiff for a moment: "He... we are also looking for him now. Do you know where he is?"
"Before that, I have another question to ask you."
Gradually, the body lying on the bed became still, and the faint cold breath enveloped the little girl as Richard raised his eyes again: "How did you...how did you find this place?
Is it also the guidance of fate?"
"I, I..." The frightened little girl stumbled and replied: "I, I didn't... It's not what you thought, I just inquired about you in the Fengye Forest for a while, and then...
"
"According to what that man said, you are no longer part of an adventure group."
Interrupting the other party's words lightly, Richard's eyes became sharper: "Are you... still partners now?"
"Wha, what?" Mengzhu's eyes widened slightly: "What does this mean?"
"Fenghua Town is very big, and it's not easy to find someone in the long mountain city." Without answering the other party's question directly, Richard turned the topic in another direction: "I mean
It’s not about you finding the Adventurers Association now. After all, you should have a lot of time to search this area, but..."
"If you want to find him, the situation may be different." His voice was as cold as the abyss: "If you have any other ideas, I still advise you... um."
Silence appeared for a moment as he suddenly stopped speaking. At the same time, Richard's expression suddenly became alert again. The door behind the two people then opened with his sudden action of grabbing the sword.
Pushing away, the figure of a certain man gradually emerged. Looking at the figures of an old man and a young man who were confronting each other beside the wooden bed, the man who came in was stunned for a moment, and then faced Mengzhu with shock and confusion.
With a happy expression on his face, he put down the ham in his hand with a wry smile: "After searching for a long time, I only found this little thing. I didn't expect... now I actually have an extra mouth."
"Big, uncle!"
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"Would you like to try Uncle Nolan's ham?"
"……don't want."
"You're welcome, we managed to steal this..."
"Oh, I don't want it! We've been eating this kind of food for several days! You, you... where have you been these days?"
Outside the door of the Adventurers Association, near the flowers on the east side of Huawu Street, the figures belonging to Mengzhu and Duan Qing then stood in front of the ruins after the collapse of a large house, arguing with each other under the night sky of the cliff:
"We have been looking for you for a long time, do you know? Outside, outside now..."
"I know I know."
With both hands, he pushed the opponent's fist away from his face. Duan Qing's voice couldn't help but have a hint of helplessness: "Aren't they just some rumors? They like to say that you can't control them."
?”
"It would be great if they just like to move their mouths!" The little girl's golden braid kept swinging back and forth in the air: "They are all taking action now, okay? Xiao Hongchen and I... have been treated as... these days
Traitors are being hunted all over the land!"
"...Really?" Duan Qing's face darkened slightly as he pushed his hands: "I didn't expect this...what did they say?"
"What do you mean? It's not your fault!"
As if he finally mentioned the question he wanted to ask, Mengzhu's face almost touched Duan Qing's nose: "In that day's battle... what did you do after you finally got into the alien space door?"
"What did you do?" Duan Qing's eyes began to flicker to the left and right: "Of course it was a fight, what else could you do..."
"Fight? Who are you fighting with?" The little girl stared into the other person's eyes closely, and put her hands on her waist involuntarily: "Are you fighting with the Restorationists, or are you fighting with the members of the Council of Mages?"
"Of course... the restorer." Duan Qing replied in a hesitant voice: "Do you still need to ask this kind of question? Have you been hit on the head by someone's stick..."
"Look into my eyes and answer my questions carefully."
Taking a deep breath, Mengzhu's voice slowly returned to its usual tone from the original excitement: "That list...the names of the people in the Mage Council mentioned above were all killed by you.
?"
"……yes."
His eyes lingered on the face of the little girl who was a head shorter than him. Duan Qing smiled and nodded: "I guess... I killed her."
"What do you mean?" Then Mengzhu raised his tone by two points: "Don't just take the blame!"
"The blame? It doesn't exist." Duan Qing still maintained the smile he deserved: "I still remember clearly what happened at that time, so unless there is a deviation in my understanding, otherwise... I should have remembered it correctly.
Everything that happened at that time.”
"..."
"Do you know the meaning of the word 'coincidence'?"
Looking at the silent Mengzhu staring into his eyes, Duan Qing reached out and touched the other person's head: "The efforts and choices made by everyone are woven together into a history called 'destiny', but not all
Their destiny will go on the established track as they work hard, otherwise this world will become a beautiful world where everyone will be happy..."
"You, what are you talking about?"
"No destiny... appears out of thin air without people's will."
Turning his head to look at the end of the night outside the cliff, Duan Qing's eyes became as deep as the night: "The fateful trajectory that appears against one's will often occupies most of people's lives. In our current game world
The same is true. Some of this is due to people's own lack of ability, and some is the result of people's competition and strife with each other... However, under the influence of certain conditions, there are also some destiny trajectories that will be different from the competing parties.
It was unexpected by everyone, and then as a by-product of confrontation and strife, the results were shocking and presented to the onlookers."
"We often call this kind of product a coincidence."
Pointing to the beautiful stars in the night sky, he turned to Mengzhu and smiled: "Although in most cases, they are often remembered as real by people."
"You, you mean..." the little girl's eyes became clearer: "When you and Nina were in a different space... you accidentally killed many people?"
"... I will give some of the food you have to Richard later. Although he is still a wounded and sick person, but... considering his physical strength, he should be able to eat whatever he wants."
Reaching out to indicate the direction of the Adventurers Association, Duan Qing answered the question indifferently: "In order to solve the problem of that guy's food these days, I have become a representative figure who commits crimes. At the beginning, I had some achievements, but in the end, I made a fuss.
The noise is getting louder and louder, and now they are almost becoming wanted criminals hanging in Fenghua Square in the Magic Empire..."
"It's as if we are not wanted criminals now." Mengzhu, who was touching his pocket, muttered in a low voice: "Thanks to the experience of the past few days, my stealth skills feel a little more proficient than before."
"You see, you have learned how to make tools now... Did you also make this hook yourself?"
"No, Uncle Val helped me build it... No, that's not right! Don't change the question just now!"
"……Do you have any other questions?"
"What happened in the different space? And...why do you say that we are no longer an adventure group?"
"...Okay, okay, hurry up and deliver the food. After you finish delivering the food, follow me. I...will take you to a place."
The sound of the conversation became smaller and smaller as the two figures gradually separated, and finally disappeared in the direction of their respective shadows. The figure belonging to Mengzhu then re-entered the gate of the Adventurers Association, and then for a while
The cold wind of time howled and slipped out again. Following the man's steps with a complex expression, Mengzhu and Duan Qing then came to the area where the tower of the Mage Council opposite the Adventurer Association was located, and then passed through
After getting rid of the scars caused by that night's battle, we came to a small mound: "This is...?"
"Shh, keep your voice down... I just brought you here for a look, not to explain to you from here."
Pointing to the silent air around him, Duan Qing replied seriously: "Here..."
"It's Norman's grave."
This chapter has been completed!