"The situation is under control."
Some time later, in the center of the Andersen Sea of Trees, the president of the royal family, Babaojun, reached out and pushed open the door of the Lusen tribe’s patriarch: “The enemy has been repulsed.”
"Thank you very much for your adventurers' assistance." The old man named Runo twitched his lips slightly, and slowly stood up from his seat buried in the pile of books: "Not only did I detect the news of their upcoming attack in advance,
, and you have helped us so much... You and your adventure group will receive our highest gratitude."
"I don't dare to take the credit for this." He quickly raised his hands and pointed to the southeast where the lingering sounds of the battle were still coming from: "The credit for this time is all done by the man named Mo Shang Qingshan.
Yes, his deduction was very accurate, and he later appeared here in time to help us repel the enemy..."
"Well, Mo Shang Qing Shan... right?"
As if recalling the only time he met the adventurer, the old man Runo slowly closed his eyes: "He does seem to be an unfathomable person... Where is he now?"
"Um...Does Lord Runo want to meet him?"
With an unnatural look on his face, Babaojun whispered with a dry smile: "Please forgive me, but his temper is not particularly good now..."
"Um?"
"He...he just rushed out to fight with the restorationists. We didn't even stop him. Those magicians in black are also very powerful, so..."
"he died?"
"No, no, no, I mean...the destructive power involved in their battle is very powerful, and together with the several gift trees in the northeast of the Lucen tribe..."
"What?"
As if he finally realized what happened, old man Runo's eyes suddenly opened: "He, he actually destroyed the tree of grace! How dare he-"
"Sir, please calm down!" Mr. Babao hurriedly waved his arms: "This is not his fault alone, it is the fault of the restorationists who came to attack! If they hadn't chosen that direction for their attack,
No, this disaster will not happen..."
"call……"
It seemed that he had exhausted all his strength, and the old man finally calmed down his raging anger slightly. His eyes looking towards the door were filled with a little light, and he returned his rationality to the incident in front of him:
"They...they destroyed the Tree of Gift? This is impossible. The Tree of Gift is a sacred tree that our ancestors migrated back from the ancient Holy Land. It is the Holy Spirit that has absorbed the energy of the earth for thousands of years. The young people in the tribe have completed their work there.
During the promotion ceremony, powerful powers are obtained through the gifts of ancient trees. With the protection of such ancient blessings, how could they be destroyed by ordinary battles?"
"It is true that ordinary battles cannot destroy it."
Recalling the soaring sword energy emerging from the battle scene he saw from a distance before, Mr. Babao replied with a wry smile: "But that adventurer and the enemies he faced are not ordinary things.
"
"……Where is he now?"
The same question as before echoed into the circular tree house again, but this time Runo's tone was very different from the friendly tone last time: "Old man... I need to see him now."
"He...has said it before."
After hesitatingly saying this, Mr. Babao slowly lowered his head: "In order not to cause any misunderstanding, he has now left this place with his team, and also asked me to convey a message to you, saying
…”
"We will be responsible for compensating you for those ancient trees."
With a faint sigh, Duan Qing, who was already walking in the north of the Independent State, retracted his gaze towards the sea of trees. Then, at the urging of Legend of Flame, he continued to follow the team in the direction of Taron County.
The still extremely warm weather slowly blew the scent of the surrounding flowers and plants to the group of people. At the same time, there was a sense of danger around the nearby swamps. The Feitian Qixia, who was wary of these dangerous feelings, was also watching.
Around here, people were complaining to Duan Qing behind him: "That's it, but do you really know where those glowing trees came from? The Lusen tribe seems to be relying on the forest.
Tribe, they are experts in trees."
"There are such trees on the top of Hulan Mountain. I have already said this before." Duan Qing replied absently: "When we have time, can't we go to the top of the mountain and dig two more trees for them?"
"Hulan Mountain, Tingsilin, and now Dragon Valley..." After murmuring these words that represented the location, Tudou walking on the side then sighed in a low voice: "I didn't expect that Anderson Independent State
There are actually so many ruins worth exploring."
"The saddest thing is that we are leaving now." The regretful Yangtze River No. 7 then showed a regretful expression: "Not to mention these relics, not even a few local products were taken away...
...Speaking of which, we don’t have to leave in such a hurry, right? Didn’t we just offend the Lucen tribe?”
"We need to avoid not only the Lucen tribe, but also those restorationists."
Duan Qing's voice echoed in the center of the team after saying this with a slight helplessness: "According to your original plan, this battle was supposed to be 'sent to the land of fire' and we took the initiative.
Yes, but since it turned out like this in the end, it would be better if we just leave and not attract more hatred to the Lucen tribe... By the way, why did they choose to attack at this time? Their purpose is
What?"
"It should be for those trees you mentioned." Legend of Flames walking in front replied with an uncertain face: "At the beginning, it was just all-round harassment and feint attack, but it didn't take long for me to see that they
target, if you hadn't destroyed those trees later... we might have seen the anti-scientific picture of those giant trees being sent away by the teleportation array."
"So that means... they really found an alternative method." Duan Qing said thoughtfully: "The ancient trees, the jungle, and the giant light beam... those people didn't want to manually form a furnace.
Bar?"
"If that's the case, then I really have to give them a thumbs up." Legend of Flame laughed: "The magic empire that claims to have thousands of years of heritage actually relies on things owned by ancient primitive tribes.
Come and accomplish your great deeds... No matter where you tell a joke like this, someone will listen to it! Hahahaha!"
"I would also like to see this miracle."
After saying this with a longing expression, the player named Yangtze River No. 7 once again looked back at the distance of the basin behind him: "If this method can work, wouldn't we ordinary players also have the ability to synthesize equipment at will?
qualifications?"
"You can't afford it even if you have the qualifications. That stuff costs money." Feitianqixia immediately replied disdainfully: "Under uncontrollable circumstances, what you need to produce good equipment is European blood and countless
times of attempts, and the amount of equipment required for just the attempt is no longer something ordinary players can afford."
"Guilds and clubs have formal access channels for equipment, so they can take advantage of this system." The voice of Legend of Flame also appeared in the air of the team: "For ordinary players to use that thing, at best, it is
Just treat it as a lottery system..."
"Even so, many players still hope to draw a prize."
Patting the flaming sword behind him, Duan Qing concluded with an indifferent expression: "It is precisely because of this..."
"Those guys who don't quite understand the truth always like to ridicule the good luck of those players who have good equipment, but they often ignore the sacrifices they have gone through behind the scenes."
He raised his head and gradually looked towards the still clear sky. His deep gaze seemed to have passed through the shackles of the free world, and fell on the Fool Adventure Team, who had once again become the center of attention due to their participation in the competition, but were still training hard.
Above everyone, the team that had been talking about these things also ended their respective topics with his silence, marching alone and quickly in the territory of the Independent State, and then when they were about to arrive at the border, they encountered an unexpected event
's appearance: "Who is that?"
The team that had passed by countless passers-by stopped in their tracks, and their alert eyes focused on the figure that was obviously blocking the middle of the road, and then after a period of identification, they saw the thin female figure.
Gradually she recognized him: "Are you... the woman from the Geis tribe?"
“@#%@……”
As if aware of the awkward situation of language barrier, the woman holding her collar slowly took back the words she had just spoken, but her eager eyes looked at Duan Qing and others for a moment, as if she wanted to speak eagerly.
What should be expressed? Legend of Lieyan and others looked at each other and then looked at the figure in front of them with the eyes of a monk. For a moment, they didn't know what kind of reaction they should make. However, the woman who had not received a response would
His eyes that gradually became anxious fell on Duan Qing, and then he slowly walked over, clutching his chest: "..."
Amidst the friction between her smooth ankles and the weeds, her eyes came to Duan Qing's side as she slowly approached. Then she took the other person's hand and pointed to her chest, still without making any expression.
Duan Qing then maintained an indifferent attitude, looking at this woman who had not had much communication since the rescue. It was not until the woman took his arm and pointed to the north that he guessed in a low voice: "
You...want us to take you away?"
"..."
It seemed that she still didn't understand Duan Qing's words. The woman just blinked her eyes slightly, and her lonely eyes full of sadness slowly disappeared into the movement of lowering her head along with her silence. Natural and pure emotions followed.
The gentle breeze blowing around caused ripples in Duan Qing's heart, which had been extremely silent due to his bad mood. He sighed and then looked around at his companions, and naturally received the same response:
"Take her in."
"Yes, yes, her tribe should be all dead... Oh no, they are dead. Now she is all alone. There is no use in staying here."
"...Maybe he will be treated as a slave or something, and then end up with a very tragic end."
"It must be better to put her in our hands than to put her in other tribes, right? At least we won't...cough cough cough, I mean, this may be a hidden mission, a big mission!"
"ok, ok, I got it."
Duan Qing suppressed the noisy discussions one after another, and at the same time suppressed his newly rising compassion. His alert gaze then quietly swept over the surrounding swamps for a while.
, and finally picked up the woman's head with his fingers: "I don't know how you found our heads accurately, and I don't know why you chose to follow us. Seeing as you didn't bring more
For the sake of coming here...I can temporarily change the escort of this team to you."
"Hey, she doesn't look like someone who will give money." Legend of Flame next to him immediately protested: "Don't even think about using someone to pay off your debt."
"Don't say such words that can easily cause misunderstanding." So Duan Qing pressed his eyebrows speechlessly: "Besides... didn't you say there is a hidden mission?"
"The probability that such an illusory thing may appear is even lower than the melting pot lottery mentioned just now." Feitian Qixia jumped up immediately: "What's more, this kind of mission has never been registered in the association. Can I receive it?
The rewards all depend on luck. Look at this girl, does she look like someone holding a treasure... Ah no, no, no, I didn't mean that, don't cry."
After trying their best to calm down the woman who was about to cry, the bitter look on everyone's face became slightly sparse, but they moved forward because they couldn't decide whether to take this woman with them.
There was another delay. The woman, who was still holding her collar and wearing thin clothes, stood quietly in the midst of everyone's discussion. Duan Qing, who was aware of this scene, also noticed that she was almost in his arms.
Feeling the trembling of his body, he took out his adventurer's cloak: "...cold?"
"Wear this first."
Slowly covering her face with the hood of her cloak, the woman looked at the other similarly dressed adventurers around her, and then seemed to understand something, showing a grateful smile. She quietly
After standing on the ground for a while, the hands that gradually loosened the collar slowly clasped together, and then with an expression as if praying, they suddenly sang an unknown song. A unique female voice then formed.
The beautiful melody slowly suppressed the noisy voices of Legend of Flame and others, but the completely incomprehensible pronunciation and vocabulary formed a flowing tone in the air, gradually flowing into everyone's hearts, and they became aware of their own role.
As the character's attributes changed, Duan Qing's eyes gradually became shocked when he looked at the woman. However, a light green square gem appeared immediately on the woman's chest, and floated to him along with her unstoppable singing voice.
in front of.
"...Holy shit."
Looking at the cube engraved with zigzag patterns, Duan Qing finally couldn't help but reveal his first thoughts after realizing it.
This chapter has been completed!