In the past period of time, Duan Qing has seen many phenomena beyond the framework of the game world itself. The scenes that took place in the final battle in the City of Freedom also seemed to have happened yesterday, leaving a deep impression on them.
Deep in his memory. Peak 23S.
The fastest updated. Duan Qing also thought about everything about the world that he and Oakes last experienced in their free time, so when he heard the system reports from the void recently, he did not
Feeling the slightest surprise.
But this was still the first time he had "seen" the system itself.
"I said……"
As if waking up from a dream, the sounds of countless crowds from around the central square, accompanied by the sound of swords clashing, gradually amplified in Duan Qing's ears. The struggle on his limbs became a reality, and he then
The wide-open eyes moved to the side, belonging to the direction from which the iron hand extended: "Can't you come to save me a little later, dear General?"
"I have never heard such remarks before."
His body still remained motionless, but the invisible auras surrounding Bernard slowly dispersed with his words: "I saved you with good intentions, but in the end it turned out that
Do I still want to be disliked by you?"
"Ah, that's not what I meant."
His eyes quickly turned around the square that had turned into chaos. Duan Qing's eyes finally sank to Bernard's shoulders as he calmed down: "I just... in the previous
when……"
"It seems like you were almost sent to an unknown world."
Seemingly impatient with the other person's hesitating and unclear attitude, Bernard let go of his hand that had been holding the other person's shirt: "I really don't want to describe how you looked like a madman just now and shouted loudly.
Yelling, and looking up with eyes open, as if the sky owes you a thousand gold coins..."
"That lieutenant of yours set a trap for me."
Rubbing his collar, Duan Qing, who was thrown to the ground, slowly leaned his back on the pedestal under the statue: "In words you can understand, it means using some kind of force on me.
Unknown magic...do you know the identity of that guy?"
"It seems he is the traitor I suspected."
Finally tilting his body, the imperial general exposed a deep wound on the back of his shoulder in front of Duan Qing: "That sword just now... what kind of spiritual magic did he use on you?"
"You actually know spiritual magic?" The answer was Duan Qing's shocked and surprised eyes: "Why do you still know such a high-end and obscure magic system?"
"Although the empire's involvement in magic is not as deep as that of the principality, but..."
Putting away his half-joking expression, Bernard's face that also turned sideways showed a somewhat serious expression: "As long as you have seen enough..."
"Knowledge will also increase."
The arms that seemed to have been unaffected were raised again as the shoulders were compressed, blocking a black shadow from the air that was about to fall in front of him. The invisible energy that rose again also followed the shadow.
A black dagger gradually emerged from the front of the black shadow, exploding in the clear sky not far from Duan Qing. The bright light around him dimmed for a moment as the attack erupted, and at the same time, there fell
A black shadow suddenly climbed over the lithe body that was sealed by arms like iron mountains. The voice belonging to Duan Qing was just when the figure was about to strike the next blow, he shouted in a low voice: "Don't hit! Our own people."
!”
"...one of our own?"
Looking suspiciously at Bernard's standing figure with half of his uniform stained with blood, Maggie, who was still dressed in black, asked in a confused voice: "He? The leader of the Goshawk Army?"
"Due to our position, it is indeed difficult for us to reach a relationship similar to an alliance." Duan Qing took a slight breath and put down his outstretched hands: "But... for some possible common goal, a temporary
Cooperation is still possible.”
"For example...?"
"For example, what you see now."
Pointing to the imperial soldiers who were fighting for unknown reasons around him, Bernard's voice became deeper: "Zaraha City seems to be involved in some kind of huge conspiracy, and I...until a few days ago
That’s when I realized this.”
"…Why should I believe what an Imperial general says?"
"You are as suspicious as I am now, Ms. Maggie."
Pointing at the woman in black who was guarding Duan Qing in a crouching position, Bernard's lips curled up involuntarily: "Look at the power radiating around you..."
"The way you look now, you look more like a guy running from the void."
The invisible black aura bloomed from Maggie's body for a moment following Bernard's signal, and then was withdrawn again as she deliberately suppressed it. With her eyes fixed on the other party, she slowly stood up straight.
The vigilance on his face did not relax at all: "This is my survival skill, it has nothing to do with my position or anything else. Who I want to help... is also my own choice."
"Well said." Bernard, who had an injury on his shoulder, clapped his hands with admiration: "So why do you continue to confront me?"
"Hey, don't sound like you're asking for my opinion."
Looking at the woman's eyes looking back, Duan Qing smiled bitterly and pointed around: "Besides... now shouldn't be the time to talk about this, right?"
"The Imperial people in front of us have already become a mess with other people."
Following the direction pointed by his finger, Maggie, who was dressed in black, also turned her attention to the surrounding imperial soldiers. The chaotic crowd of unknown origins were dancing with their ragged figures, and the guards were standing there.
The surrounding Empire soldiers were fighting together. Judging from the clothes between the two, the strength of the elite soldiers from the Empire should obviously be much higher, but the battle between them seemed to have changed over time.
It’s getting more and more unfavorable to them: “…are they?”
"They are the purpose of my public execution of this guy this time."
Pointing to the endless crowd that was still pressing inwards and waving all kinds of shovels and sticks, Bernard's hands finally returned to Duan Qing's position: "Whether it's the person who wants to save this guy, or the person who wants to save this guy.
Anyone who wants to take the opportunity to cause trouble and cause conflict will not miss this best opportunity."
"A simple tactic of luring a snake out of its hole." Duan Qing, who was pointed at his nose, then pointed at his own face: "Although the technique is too simple..."
"The Goshawk Army is already strong enough and does not need to use too many tricks." Bernard replied calmly: "Even if we confront them head-on, we are confident that we can defeat any powerful enemy that comes.
.”
"……What now?"
"...This is what I want to ask you."
Pointing to one of the besieged positions closest to them, Bernard's voice became much darker: "Are they... from your resistance army?"
"no."
Before Maggie in front opened her hesitant mouth, Duan Qing was the first to express his conclusion: "They are not from the resistance army."
"How did you..."
"Don't ask me why I know it. It's a difficult question to answer."
Pointing to the top of the house that was gradually revealed above the atmosphere of constant fighting around the empty square, Duan Qing replied calmly: "Anyway, I know that Hart's gang must have also ran here with you, and then hesitated
Should we launch an attack before the general takes action...right?"
"..."
"Perhaps there are differences between you due to some... reasons."
After comforting the woman in front of him with his eyes, Duan Qing then turned his gaze in the direction of Bernard: "Hart and the others think that I might be better off dead, but you and Uncle Tristan don't think so.
Think, so..."
"You, how do you know everything?"
The eyes above the black cloth gradually enlarged, and Maggie could not suppress her surprise this time: "You... you... we thought you were killed by that sword just now...
"
"Maybe it's because of that sword that I know these things."
Looking at the imperial general who was still standing motionless, Duan Qing replied without changing his expression: "If I guessed correctly, the next step should be that you were discovered by the imperial guards before it was too late, and then you were discovered by the imperial guards.
Is it the story of being trapped in a siege? Then there is the story of a large group of reinforcements from the 'resistance' forces rushing out and surrounding the imperial people in the square..."
"Their strength... seems to be extraordinary."
Looking at the still compressed encirclement, Bernard's patrol eyes became a little more solemn: "It's completely different from the information we obtained before."
"Since the traitor exists, you can't expect the authenticity of the information you have."
Interrupting the other party's words with a sarcastic expression, Duan Qing, who was holding his wound, gradually stood up with Maggie's support: "And I've already told you, because of some of my actions before... Hart and the others didn't even
He has no intention of continuing to help me."
"Then these people now..."
"Of course you have to ask that guy named York."
After breathing heavily for two steps, Duan Qing handed his hands, which were still tied together by iron chains, in front of Maggie: "He chose to take action at this time, so he must have been quite sure."
"We are sure to get rid of all the guys who may leak the secrets... here."
The crisp sound of metal clashing then appeared between Duan Qing's hands, and the fragments with the iron chains suddenly rose into the air where the bloody battle was still going on. Duan Qing, who finally got rid of the restraints, then dragged two pieces behind him.
The broken chain began to run forward, drawing an unconcealable whistling straight line in the air. An imperial soldier inside the encirclement then blocked the end of the straight line, turned around and raised himself with a slightly panicked expression.
Duan Qing, who didn't pay attention to the opponent's blade, stepped over the blocking action at the next moment and threw one end of the chain on the face of a resistance member who was fighting the imperial soldier: "...
Give Way."
"I'm only looking for trouble for that person today, so..."
The hands that had lost all their equipment used the only metal object on their wrists as weapons. Duan Qing's figure suddenly drew two arcs in the air: "For the sake of not being familiar with you and me, you just need to give way.
Just one side is enough.”
"Imperial men, follow me to attack!"
The powerful fist then appeared behind Duan Qing, and at the same time, Bernard's Zhensheng shouted: "Kill everyone in front of you!"
"yes!"
As if encouraged by the roar, the battlefield around Bernard became more and more intense as the imperial soldiers responded one after another. The battlefield that continued to push outwards later also changed the original circular shape.
A gap was opened in the encirclement, and it extended forward in the direction Duan Qing rushed out. His body flexibly shuttled through the chaotic battlefield. Duan Qing avoided the fighting figures from both sides one after another, and then for a while
After a huge leap, he got into the direction of the target he had already found earlier: "...Hey, Lord Adjutant."
"...Hmph, you're not dead?"
Putting down the sword that had cut Rodman aside, Adjutant York, who was already surrounded by the "resistance", replied with a gloomy face: "Forget it, everyone here will die here today anyway, how many of them are here?"
How many people died...hahahahaha!"
"Is it really okay to be so confident?"
As two rebel figures dressed as civilians flew out, Bernard, who still had a calm face, then separated from the line surrounded by imperial soldiers: "Or...you thought you had the power to command other imperial subjects.
identity of?"
"Ha, look who's coming."
Showing an exaggerated smile in the direction of the middle-aged general, York, who had become completely different from before, pointed at the opponent's injured shoulder: "How did that sword strike just now feel? Did you not expect it?"
"I have a rough estimate of your strength." As if he mentioned something unpleasant, Bernard's face turned gloomy: "But... I didn't expect that you betrayed me.
empire."
"I have no loyalty to the empire at all, so how can I say betrayal?" York spread his hands: "Although I have lived in the empire for decades, I only saw the rebels in Zaraha City once.
I succeeded in the plan to attack the Imperial people... I can still feel the huge pleasure!"
"You finally gave up hiding it?" So Duan Qing took the lead and pointed at the other party and shouted: "Confess your crime honestly! The black hand behind Zaraha City!"
"Why, are you already delusional?" He was answered by Adjutant York's increasingly crazier laughter: "Do you really think that by exposing my true identity, you will win? Poor and naive adventurers.
…”
"Compared to the person standing next to you, you are obviously still a bit inferior."
In the increasingly weird atmosphere, with his hands gradually entangled with black energy, he looked at Duan Qing's face with a ferocious expression: "At least our dear general understands one thing..."
"Only those with strength will have the final victory."
This chapter has been completed!