Although he is about to leave this place for various reasons, this is not Duan Qing's last farewell to other friendly NPCs. For example, after the Mages Council has withdrawn one after another, he has also wanted to join the coalition forces.
The idea of meeting Pamir in the camp. Unfortunately, because of his current reputation and the hatred of the players, it is difficult to put this idea into action. And because of reasons well known to some people, it may also be difficult for him to make his next trip.
Several people came to see him off.
Just in time, so as not to let them know what I wanted to do - this was the thought he comforted himself after receiving the last news Lorna told him.
"I want to look for clues about that piece of emerald, or anything that may be related to the void. As the Weaver of Destiny... there should be something you can tell me, right?"
"... Of course, Son of Destiny, since you saved my life like Shana, it seems that I don't have to pay for my future that has no follow-up."
"So...where?"
"The Val you mentioned a few days ago... I have peeked into his past. During that period, there were indeed some people active around the Western Battlefield, near Zaraha City. But..."
"What's wrong?"
"……fine."
"Don't say half-hearted words. There are not many people who can help me now."
"...After all, so many years have passed, and it should have lost its due role now, but you are the child of destiny, maybe you can discover something else."
With the auspicious words of the woman in white, Duan Qing prepared to start his journey to the west of the principality. By the way, with the same self-esteem as Ah Q, he planned to stay away from everyone. The crime he had committed at that time had now changed in his mind.
It wasn't that important anymore, anyway, he was used to the feeling of loneliness, but just before he left, someone blocked his way.
Even he didn't expect the arrival of the salted fish king.
"The trouble you have caused here is really quite big."
Pulling hard on the reins of the carriage in front of him, the flat-headed young man, who was no different from Duan Qing's impression, tied the carriage he drove to the side of the road, and then looked through the heavy snow in the sky at the campfire not far away.
Camp: “I was really welcomed in the few days I was there.”
"...Then I'm really sorry." Duan Qing nodded helplessly: "And...how did you get here?"
"The leader was ordered at a critical moment and painted the situation so tragically. If I didn't come again, I would really be sorry for the Fool Adventure Group's care for so long." The Salted Fish King tried his best to bury his body in the snowdrift behind the carriage.
Among them: "Of course... I also want to take a look at the condition of my good friend Xiao Hongchen."
"……Ah."
Throwing the luggage behind him aside, Duan Qing spread his hands: "Okay, okay... So what was the result of your visit?"
"...The current situation of our group is indeed not optimistic."
Poking his head halfway out from the back of the carriage, the Salted Fish King said in a low voice: "If I hadn't accumulated some prestige with the help of the black market, and had Pamir's secret support, I might not have done it that night on the day I came.
There will be no whole body left.”
"...Is it that serious?" Duan Qing rolled his eyes: "Is someone operating it?"
"Probably, and it's a blatant operation." Salted Fish King replied nonchalantly: "Even if they stood in my face and said that we were just adding insult to injury, I'm afraid no one would lend a helping hand to me."
"...Thank you for persisting." Duan Qing clapped his hands involuntarily: "Let me guess... Is it a good thing done by Wings of Freedom?"
"...No, it should be someone from Wizard."
After giving an unexpected answer, the Salted Fish King turned around again and started fixing the carriage: "That person in Fu Sheng Ling Meng... seems to have had some dealings with you before, right? I asked around a little, and they seemed to
Expressing great indignation at the treacherous behavior of the Fool Adventure Group..."
"It sounds really abnormal." Duan Qing raised his eyebrows slightly in surprise: "It would be fine if people like Jianghu or even Tingyulou did this. Guys like Weizad who like to play dirty tricks the most
How did they...have such a great sense of justice?"
"That is to say...that transaction is real?" The Salted Fish King paused as his voice paused: "What did you get?"
"Why, the soul of an information dealer is burning again?" Duan Qing replied with a smile: "It's just a few news about Sky City, it's not a big deal at all..."
"City in the Sky?" King Salted Fish's eyes lit up: "Isn't this big news?"
"The problem is that the information is of no use at all." Duan Qing pointed to the west where they were, and then hesitated for a moment: "Well... I happen to be going to the west, so I can go and verify it..."
"...Okay, I'm waiting for your reply." So the Salted Fish King lowered the arm he just raised: "According to what you said, this deal is actually nothing..."
"When they came here, they only revealed to us part of the combat plan that might be put into action in the future."
After lowering his head and reminiscing for a while, Duan Qing explained in a low voice: "Aside from the plan that they invited a certain master to take down Yumeng, the rest should be to find the location of the furnace.
And the performance arranged for Nifeng Youran..."
"...I see." The Salted Fish King tapped his head, which was already covered with snow: "No wonder their attitude is so determined..."
"...Why, what did you think of?"
"Given Wizard's past attitude towards life, such firm resistance is very rare."
Knocking his knuckles, the Salted Fish King explained in a calm voice: "So this decision must be driven by some other external force. At first, I thought it was another guild that had reached a deal with them, but the headwind
Youran should also have such weight, especially now that the UEFA Cup qualifiers are about to begin... He has just performed well, so whatever he says will be taken seriously."
"...Is it him?" Duan Qing straightened his expression slightly surprised: "But...why?"
"Mostly because of the guarantee you mentioned before."
Pointing to the outline of Fenghua Town not far away from them, King Xianyu smiled helplessly: "But... the war failed."
"...Holy crap, is he so vindictive?" Duan Qing opened his mouth: "And this is just a temporary defeat. If you can't bear it anymore, just call him back..."
"You can never imagine ... the reasons why some people do certain things."
Turning back to face the direction of the carriage again, the Salted Fish King's voice also became deeper: "That Nifeng Youran... must have something he values very much. In order to protect his promise, he did not hesitate to tear off his own
To save face, we must investigate the culprit for this failure... How about this explanation?"
"..."
"I won't ask any more questions."
Looking back at Duan Qing's silent face, the Salted Fish King lowered his voice: "In short, now that the qualifiers are about to start, any move that breaks the balance in the game will bring a series of feedback, and Wizard probably also thought of it.
Knowing this, I reluctantly pulled you and me on the opposite side of the majority of alliance players, not only to satisfy my own general’s wishes, but also to stabilize the morale of the army to cope with the possible attack by the Restorationists..."
"It sounds really good, but it's a pity...it's of no use." Duan Qing shook his head helplessly: "It was easy to say during the Battle of Tania before, because we were just facing a group of ordinary soldiers, but now the players are easily
When you have to face the god-level characters in the game, it’s very difficult to recreate the miracle.”
"That's right, so...according to my suggestion, let's just wipe the matter out this time and let it go." The Salted Fish King said without looking back: "Of course...there are still things that need to be done to save face.
, such as blocking their share in Tania’s black market, restricting their transactions with the Fool’s Adventure Group, etc…”
"Hey, do we have so many resources at hand?" Duan Qing smiled bitterly and shrugged his shoulders: "If we can't find anything to do, it would be better to find less things to do."
"Don't worry, Queen Maggie and Hank are still our partners." The short-haired young man replied in a low voice: "And that guy Nan Tieshan... they are not people who will change their opinions just because of the direction of public opinion."
"Haha, how ironic." Duan Qing sighed and rubbed his cheeks: "The lower the status of the team, the more solid the promises made...?"
"Such a strong alliance is one of the reasons why I chose to join the Fool's Adventure Group."
With a gentle leap, the figure of the Salted Fish King then disappeared into the carriage that was finally fixed: "As for other issues... As long as we have resources on hand that they can't match, they can't really take them.
How are we doing?"
"Incomparable resources?" Duan Qing responded with a wry smile: "Is there such a thing in this world?"
"Of course there is, such as...this."
Bang.
With the dull sound of landing, a heavy wooden box sank deeply into the snow in front of Duan Qing. The familiar black box body and familiar lock made Duan Qing involuntarily stretch out his hand:
"This is……"
"open to take a look."
Showing a smile at Duan Qing, the Salted Fish King standing at the door of the carriage bowed politely, and his slightly mysterious voice slowly sounded along with the words that suddenly jumped out in front of Duan Qing: "You will understand
of."
【Kava's Hope (Epic)】
[Defense level: strong]
[Equipment requirements: Strength 30, Spirit 20]
[Strength +3, Spirit +2, Intelligence +1]
【Cannot be damaged, cannot be repaired】
[Mosaic groove: 2]
[Equipment special effect: Tough Armor, which reduces the damage you receive by 5%. Whenever you lose 10% of the upper limit of your health, this effect stacks up to 5% again, up to 50%]
[Equipment skill: Hope lasts forever. It consumes a lot of physical strength to release the power of hope attached to the surface of the armor, and restores your health. The amount of recovery is the total amount of damage you received in the first five seconds, and the cooling time is 30 seconds. 】
[The armor made by Kawa, the hero of the Ilfo tribe during the Great Adventure, has been preserved intact to this day for some reason. The entire set of armor, including the leg armor, is attached with perfect Ilfo guardian power, even now
None suffered any damage.]
[Cava is a long-standing hero in the history of the Ilford clan. He was once famous for killing a giant dragon alone. However, the reason why his armor is known to the world is because he later blocked it single-handedly.
The imperial army invaded the tribe at the Battle of Warren.]
"This is……"
After looking over and over for a while, Duan Qing gasped and asked, "Where did it come from?"
"Of course it's the work of the furnace." The Salted Fish King looked at the other party with an expected expression: "The writing on it is very clear - I don't know what kind of means it was used to preserve it to this day."
"The things created by the system are indeed so unreasonable." Then Duan Qing sighed involuntarily: "Even the special effects are so unreasonable..."
"As long as the skills are not too bad, it should be difficult for people with this equipment to die." The Salted Fish King also nodded and commented: "Although there are many kinds of long-range professions now, this is already a rare good thing.
.”
"So...what are you doing with this thing?"
Patting the wooden box containing the brilliant chain armor, Duan Qing asked with enlightenment: "Come to give gifts to those people from the big guilds?"
"How is that possible? Of course not." The Salted Fish King looked at Duan Qing with strange eyes: "I brought it to you specifically."
"Give it to me?" The expression on Duan Qing's face also became strange: "No, no, no, I don't lack this kind of thing. The armor on my body is good enough. This is Flo's own work...
…”
"It's not for you, it's for you to see."
Once again emphasizing the key word in his words, the Salted Fish King turned around and moved away from the carriage behind him: "This time..."
"I brought a lot."
Behind him, in the carriage that was stationary and motionless, black wooden boxes that were no different from those photographed at Duan Qing's feet were piled up there like a mountain. Duan Qing's eyes widened involuntarily as he looked over.
Duan Qing didn't say a word for a long time. Finally, he looked to the left and right of the road with some fear, at the snowfield that was deserted because of the dead of night: "They are all... the same?"
“Carefully selected.”
"Why do I rely on you to bring so many valuables? If... something goes wrong, why do you want me to see these things?"
"Don't worry, we are like shit now, no one will be willing to get close to us." The Salted Fish King replied with a low smile: "As for why we need to transport it here..."
"Of course it's because of the commander's order."
This chapter has been completed!