"It looks like it was completely burned."
The silent atmosphere gradually spread out of the plains as time passed, leading the players who appeared here to walk around the ruins in front of them. They remained vigilant and kept patrolling the surroundings, in groups of two.
Groups of people entered the ruins where the black smoke had not yet dissipated. It seemed that their nerves began to become tense due to the sight in front of them. Lieyan Legend who walked to Duan Qing also raised his big shield, with a
The worried eyes also moved away from the woman in front of him, and scanned every corner of the ruins bit by bit: "Is it so perfect for use?"
"In the case of food shortage, everyone who does not belong to their own ethnic group is a person who has a serious impact on their survival." Duan Qing, who was still standing on the same spot, shook his head in a low voice: "Since these mouths can be completely killed, naturally they must
It’s better to kill them all.”
"Will they treat us as redundant jobs?" Tudou with a gloomy face continued to observe the surroundings: "Should we also be more careful?"
"The fight that needs to be fought has been fought before, so you don't need to pay attention to it now." Looking up and looking behind them, Duan Qing replied in a low voice: "And..."
"They will probably not look back at the place that has been razed to the ground by their own hands."
He let go of the hands that were wrapped around his chest, passed the position of the woman who was still crying, and then followed the crowd that gradually dispersed and walked into the charred ruins. Because he stepped on the black
The crackling sound of embers kept appearing at his feet, accompanied by the endless pungent smell of burning charcoal. He searched for it for a long time, and finally stopped slowly in front of one of the ruins: "
…”
An extremely fast sword light appeared in the pile of black charcoal that was still exuding warmth. At the same time, a staff was suddenly lifted into the air. Duan Qing's left hand suddenly appeared on the broken staff.
One end of it, along with all kinds of dust falling around it, was grasped in his hand: "...No."
"What's wrong? Did you find any good treasure?"
As a low voice sounded, the big shield warrior named Babaojun got in front of Duan Qing from nowhere: "What is this...?"
"It seems to be a staff." After shaking off the dust on it, Duan Qing replied nonchalantly: "It has been broken. It should have been left behind in the previous battle."
"Oh? Really?" Then Babaojun brought his head closer: "Is there any suspicious discovery?"
"……No."
Turning his head and looking at the other party, Duan Qing calmed down the expression on his face. The idea that he originally wanted to take a closer look at the broken wooden staff was thrown away into the sky as he let go and discarded it.
Foreign: "Why, are you interested in the possible trophies here?"
"Perhaps there is something worth grabbing hidden in the ruins left after a great battle." Then Mr. Babao smiled slightly awkwardly: "Look at me and my men, don't you?
Did you rush in in a hurry too?"
"I thought you wanted to investigate the traces of the murderer and then go back to report to Lord Lunuo." Duan Qing twitched the corners of his lips: "So...don't you have such an idea?"
"Since he ran here following that woman, the murderer is probably the tribe that fought against you before." The smile on Mr. Babao's face paused for a moment: "Or... Mr. Qingshan has any other suggestions?
"
"...No, no." After looking into each other's eyes in the air for a while, Duan Qing lowered his head and touched his nose slightly: "The previous clues were already very obvious. As an ordinary adventurer like me,
eyes..."
"You are no ordinary adventurer."
Interrupting the other party's words in a low voice, Babaojun's face darkened for the first time since the conversation started: "I...and my guild members, we all still remember what happened that night
, even from the perspective of current players, the strength you showed that night when you pretended to be a member of our guild is still beyond our imagination..."
"That night..."
As if mentioning some kind of fascinating past, Duan Qing sighed sadly: "That was indeed a very special night, but... that's all. We don't seem to have much intersection."
"Don't worry, we don't want to cause trouble for you." Mr. Babao then slowly shook his head: "But I also checked some things about you later, and your background... seems to be much bigger than I thought.
ah."
"..."
"Why, aren't you going to explain what you and your team just did?"
Looking away from Duan Qing's silent expression, the shield warrior tilted his head and looked at the Legend of Flame and others who were still waiting in the distance: "And... your teammates seem to have changed again. The previous ones
Where did the assassin lady go?"
"...They are just players hired by me." Duan Qing finally spoke slightly: "They are just helping me on my way. Except for having met a few times in Fenghua Plains, there is no relationship between us.
There are too many intersections.”
"I have never seen people on the road like you." Mr. Babao shook his head in disbelief: "Anderson caused such a big stir when we first came here. In the end, with a lineup of six people, we almost
Killed half of a tribe's troops..."
"Coincidence." Duan Qing replied helplessly: "Whether you believe it or not, this is just a coincidence. We just crossed the mountains and then witnessed the explosion..."
"But you still showed undoubted strength." The shield warrior said in a low voice: "Especially you...I heard that the sword mark like lightning was made by you."
"..."
"What, don't you want to admit it?" Pointing to the direction they came from just now, Mr. Babao showed a smile; "I have been carefully observing you along the way. With your skills and experience
, if you want to see some clues and anomalies in the game world... it should be very simple, right?"
"...Is this your purpose?"
"That's right, we are not thugs like Legend of Fire. We just want to... take advantage of it."
Showing the surroundings of the ruins, Mr. Babao spread his hands: "Whether it is Tania or other places later, your adventure group has undoubtedly gained great reputation, but as a witness to the past
One of them, I know your abilities. Those brilliance that have appeared in the past... are mostly due to you, right?"
"I'm warning you in advance, most of the people who have anything to do with me...will have no good end." Still staring at Babaojun's face, Duan Qing said in a calm voice: "Now my reputation has dropped to a negative number, so I go out to take risks.
It’s just to escape the limelight..."
"Aha, I know what you mean." Shrugging his shoulders, Mr. Babao turned around indifferently: "Is this one of the reasons why you came to this place? Indeed, Anderson is someone who avoids the limelight.
A good place, located in a remote area, and there are very few players..."
"So I said I didn't want to come here. I just followed you before... forget it."
The hand pointing to the distant Flame Legend then dropped weakly. Duan Qing sighed and put away his shoulders: "That is to say... you want to hear my opinion, right?"
"That's right."
Babaojun nodded deeply, crossed his arms and retreated behind him: "A woman who deliberately left the escort team in order to go home? I don't believe this, she must have some big mission on her body.
, or conditions that can trigger other events. Since we have all followed here, we people will definitely not let this opportunity pass easily, so... the reason for this must be answered by professionals. "
"My major won't be of much use here." Duan Qing curled his lips helplessly: "At least I can't understand the woman's language, and I can't get out the information she knows..."
"As for what the woman knows, our Royal Adventure Group will find a way to solve it." Mr. Babao waved his hand generously: "When we get to Anderson, we will be responsible for translating what the woman said. There is
NPCs who understand multiple tribal languages, and we have a pretty good relationship with them..."
"Okay, then... let me tell you my preliminary inference." Closing his hands, Duan Qing replied in a low voice: "Judging from the series of performances just now, the identity of the remaining woman may not be known.
Generally, maybe she is the patriarch here, or the daughter of the patriarch."
"……Yeah?"
"Of course, it's possible that she is just an ordinary person." Duan Qing pinched his eyebrows helplessly: "But even so, this is a great opportunity to deepen the relationship with the local ethnic group. With your identity of saving her...
...In the future, she might be able to use her status to intervene in the disputes between tribes."
"... That makes sense." Looking at Duan Qing's thoughtful face, Babaojun nodded secretly: "The superficial respect is just an illusion after all. If you want to truly become one of your own... becoming a part of them is the best thing.
Good idea."
"And in this way, you can at least get the knowledge of this tribe." Duan Qing pointed to the surrounding ruins: "Even though this place has been razed to the ground, as long as the people are still there, you may be able to learn about other places in the free world.
Knowledge that is impossible to learn, such as certain rituals with special effects, or the methods of avoiding magic that we encountered before..."
"Yeah." Babaojun nodded deeper: "Sure enough, that woman is very important... I will send someone to protect her now and send her to a safe place in Anderson as soon as possible."
"The rest are evidence and the like. There is a lot in front of you. You can tidy it up a little, and then you can go and hand it over... Ah, yes, it's best to ask the woman clearly what she wants to say before that.
In order to avoid some strange misunderstanding, if possible, it would be better to search for something that she will react to now."
"It makes sense, I'll do it right now."
"besides……"
"correct……"
After other conversations such as "Is there anything that needs attention?" and "Any other questions?", the figures belonging to two people who had been standing in the middle of the ruins for a long time finally slowly separated. One of the players with the team then came to the ruins.
Legend of Lieyan stood in front of the fugitive behind him, and his face warmed up with good-natured greetings. It seemed that he had been staring at Duan Qing for a long time, and Legend of Lieyan, who was pushed aside, spat, and then said the same thing
Reluctantly, several other players walked to Duan Qing's side: "What did you just say? You have been thinking about it for so long..."
"It's not as obscene as you described. We were just talking normally." Duan Qing reached out and pressed his forehead. His eyes then stayed on the former Babaojun: "Why, were you kicked out?"
"You...won't promise him anything, right?" Tudou on the side asked in a low voice: "You want to help him solve this matter or something..."
"How is that possible? Don't you think you have brought enough trouble to your door?" Duan Qing flicked his finger: "Those people may think that woman is full of wealth, but I have never wanted to rob her to that extent.
The idea of wealth, if you don’t insist on seeing Anderson, we might be able to leave now.”
"No, what can't you say?" Yangtze River No. 7 on the other side hurriedly stood up with a smile: "Just think of it as an experience, tell us...what did you dig out from here?
benefit?"
"To be honest, there are no benefits at all."
Lowering his head and taking two steps forward, Duan Qing then picked up the broken staff again: "But... I found a problem."
"...What's wrong with this thing?" Legend of Flames took two steps forward and then completely blocked the light behind Duan Qing: "Isn't it just a staff? It has been cut off..."
"No, it's not chopped off."
Shaking his head, Duan Qing then handed the staff in his hand to the warrior behind him: "Such neat sections... were either cut by powerful swordsmen, or were caused by the strange energy flowing through them.
No matter which one it is, the result is very concerning..."
"Powerful warrior? Humph." After carefully observing the cross section for a while, the light in Lie Yan Legend's eyes flashed slightly: "Although those people we fought before were powerful, they have not yet reached the level of 'powerful' that can be described by the word
To the extent that, as for other energies...well."
He stopped what he was saying and looked at Duan Qing's crouching figure. He reached out and dug deeper into the ruins for a while, and then took out a small stone: "What else did you find?"
"Something...that draws me here."
Looking at the slightly emitting green fluorescent stone in his hand, Duan Qing replied in a low voice.
This chapter has been completed!