Xuyu Liushang was quickly disappointed, because the very powerful adventurer mentioned by the little thief player was a very powerful NPC adventurer.
With the prosperity of the player group in the free world adventurer industry, the word "adventurer" has also begun to become completely popular. Many NPC natives from various parts of the free continent have also become more popular over time.
With the passage of time, they began to join the ranks of the army of adventurers. This situation has gradually reached its peak as players have become active in recent major game events. Along with this, there are a large number of powerful people in the free world.
Joining the ranks of adventurers, among them are those who are affiliated with the Adventurers Association, including magicians who originally belonged to the Council of Mages, as well as powerful warriors who belong to the Warrior House.
Of course, how strong these so-called "adventurers" who have gradually blended into the player group are, players need to use their own vision and strength to measure.
"When I met that guy before, he said that he came from the northern continent."
Walking in the wilderness near the north of the small town of Koruk, the little thief named Gyro Boy explained in a low voice: "At that time, many people wanted to communicate with him and get some information and information from him.
Missions or something like that, but that guy refused all of us’ offers of help and ran to the west by himself.”
"To the west... I remember it's the place called the Ruins of Narufak, right?"
Closing the adventurer map in his hand, the swordsman player named Leng Yulihun said in a low voice: "That place is the place I have explored before. There are many devices and ancient equipment suspected to be from the ancient magic empire.
Guard machinery..."
"Oh, you found the person to prove it so quickly?"
He slightly waved a dagger with magical light in his hand, and another player named Doomsday Sorrow who was following behind pouted his lips: "If you can't beat me, rely on the savages? What are you doing?
Is it time to become a guy who relies on his words to help?"
"...The winner of the previous battle has not yet been determined." Then the cold face of Leng Yulihun became much darker again: "And now I am reporting to Miss... to the captain. If you really don't believe it, just forget it.
Already."
"No nonsense."
There was a hint of majesty in his mature and charming voice. With a brief glance, he suppressed the endless debate between the two players behind him: "...you just said that he came from the north?"
"Yes, yes." The top boy who also felt the unique pressure of the superior hurriedly replied in a low voice: "I didn't believe it at first, because the north of the empire is either a desert or a Gobi, and there are not many people at all, but
Later, that guy broke into the ruins alone, so we didn't dare to doubt anything..."
"He broke into the ruins alone?" Whispering voice asked calmly: "How did you know?"
"I, I followed." The top boy scratched his cheek honestly: "I saw that none of them dared to follow, so I felt that the opportunity had come, so I followed that person quietly, and finally
I met him southeast of the ruins."
"The corpses of several small machines had fallen beside him. He should have killed him alone." The little thief's voice became stuttering: "Then he found me and almost killed me.
I will be sent back as an enemy..."
"...It seems that you did see something extraordinary." The woman who noticed the change in the other person's mood casually continued to ask: "What happened next?"
"Later... I explained my purpose to him, and he agreed." The top boy nodded hurriedly: "He decided not to go deep into the ruins for the time being. He would wait until I went to the village to call a few people to help, but he would wait until I returned to the tavern.
After I told others, few people there believed what I said..."
"Bullying honest people." The man named Doomsday Sadness curled his lips again: "Although this is the truth of society, it still makes people feel uncomfortable..."
"If there is really a branch of the Adventurers Association stationed here, the situation should be much better." Leng Yulihun on the side also nodded: "But... those people may not really believe him, otherwise they would also
I won’t say stupid things like finding neither the person nor the entrance to the ruins..."
"You said openly that you don't trust others, but secretly you have already considered it as important information to investigate?" Xu Yu Liushang also sighed softly: "Although they left you to explore on your own without any gain, but...
…Unfortunately."
"If what you said is true, that NPC is probably no longer there." She turned around slightly: "The coordinates of the location you know have no meaning anymore. Go back."
"Wait, wait a minute!"
Seemingly unwilling to get such a result, the thief player who saw the three people about to leave hurriedly shouted: "No, don't leave in a hurry! He might still be there! You, you look so powerful, you should also
You’re not afraid to go in and investigate, right?”
"We are indeed not afraid of exploring the ruins, but we don't want to waste time." Pointing at the woman's back, Doomsday said with a sad smile: "Our eldest sister's time is very precious, and we still have to go to many places.
Woolen cloth."
"I, I have another way!"
Seeing the other two swordsmen starting to follow the cloaked woman back, the top boy hurriedly shouted again: "I, I have a companion! He has been following that adventurer!"
"……Um?"
"You guys wait for me for a moment, I'll log off and contact that person."
Seemingly inspired by the slow movements of the three people in front of them looking back, the top boy's voice also became urgent: "He is also a thief, an old player who has been guiding me for a while! His skills are very good.
Yes! I will never lose you!"
"...Old player?"
"You...if you believe me, I will take you to find him."
Without any further explanation, the figure of the top boy soon began to become blurry: "You are all kind-hearted people, and I will never let your trip go in vain!"
"...There are really not many honest people left in this era."
Looking at the offline white light of the other party gradually disappearing in place, Doomsday Sadness sighed again and played with the dagger in his hand: "What if he finds that we are gone when he comes online again, and a bunch of wild monsters appear here instead?"
manage?"
"What should I do? Of course it's cold."
With these words on his lips, Leng Yulihun still walked slowly to the side of the thief offline: "Since he said so, let's just wait for him for a few minutes... How about?"
"……All right."
Looking at the questioning eyes of the other party looking back at him, he stood there mumbling and finally squinted his eyes and nodded: "Then..."
"Waste a few more minutes."
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"……It is you."
The yellow sand blown by the endless wilderness re-covered the figure of the top boy a few minutes later, and then a few minutes later the figure of another player approaching from a distance was reflected in the eyes of Xuyu Liushang and the others.
, but the name on the head of the guy who rushed to the place after hearing the news made the blue-haired swordswoman disappointed again: "Why are you here?"
"I was just passing through here to complete a few tasks in the capital of the empire."
Wearing the same black cloak, the player named Salted Fish King slowly approached the group of people after being stunned for a period of time: "It's you... why are you here?"
"Find someone."
After giving such an answer simply and quickly, Wuyu Liushang withdrew his disappointed eyes: "Since it's not the case, then forget it."
"Now that we're here, is it really okay to just forget about it?" Turning around and looking at the disappointed expression on the top boy next to him, the Salted Fish King then raised his voice and asked: "There may be unexpected things in this ruins.
Where are the things.”
"...When did your taste become so bad?"
He paused for a moment, then turned around and said in a low voice: "Remember when you were in the Fool's Adventure Group, you didn't even take a look at the top-notch equipment."
"Those equipments are the property of the Fool's Adventure Group, and the whole group needs to decide how to deal with them." The Salted Fish King smiled and performed a free-world aristocratic etiquette: "As a qualified manager, Mr.
You must clearly distinguish between personal and private matters, not to mention..."
"I am no longer in that adventure group." He smiled and said, "Everyone...is no longer here either."
"..."
The spring breeze, still slightly chilly, kept blowing in front of the two groups of people, bringing the gradually dispersing silence between them to the distance of thousands of miles of clear sky. The chattering and flowing glasses looking in that direction also remained silent for a long time, until the sound of the wind
After gradually becoming lighter, he slowly opened his red lips: "Aren't the Smiling Butchers and the others... all gone?"
"The number of people still seems to have not decreased, but the people... are no longer the same people."
As if he was talking about something that had nothing to do with him, the player named Salted Fish King spread his hands: "I can see that everyone has their own ideas, or maybe there is something unspeakable..."
"Since we can't stay any longer, it would be a good ending to get together and break up." He grinned: "Anyway, the Fool's Adventure Group still has the highest reputation in the principality and is also the richest businessman within Tania City.
One of the meetings…”
"Even if the little girl is alone, she should be able to carry on."
"...that's all."
Slightly brushing the long blue hair on his temples, he finally put down the emotions rising in his heart for a moment: "What about you? What are you doing here again?"
"I told you I was just passing by."
Pointing behind him, Xianyu Dynasty made a calming gesture in the direction of the slightly panicked top boy: "The Shadow Society still has many things waiting for me to do, and I don't want to give up on myself easily, okay?
It’s easy to gain your current reputation.”
"Then he..."
"This young man and I share the same goals, so we have been working together for a while."
Raising his hand to gesture in a certain direction of the yellow sand rolling behind him, the Salted Fish King's voice became deeper: "Of course, I am also interested in the mission itself - to be precise, the NPC of that mission himself
.”
"You're not going to make up another story to deceive us, are you?" Doomsday Sadness with a sneer on the side slowly crossed his arms: "We have listened to ten thousand stories recently, and every one of them is well made up.
Like flowers..."
"My taste and my intelligence network have always been trusted by others." The Salted Fish King, who didn't care about the other party's attitude, nodded slightly: "If you don't believe it...ask the young lady in front of you?"
"You are also called Miss?" Leng Yulihun, who was standing on the other side behind Xu Yu Liushang, immediately took a step forward while holding on to the hilt of his sword: "Remain respectful enough, otherwise any story will be useless, you...
…”
"Okay, I agree."
He interrupted the warnings of the two teammates behind him. After staring at each other for a while, Whisper Liushang replied softly: "Lead the way."
"Thanks."
Slightly patting the shoulder of the little thief beside him who was gradually becoming happy, the Salted Fish King turned around politely: "Then... please go this way."
"That NPC is in the safe zone on the other side of the ruins. You will see it soon."
The sun that gradually rises begins to become brighter and warmer as time goes by, and with the wind that becomes warmer at the same time, it dispels the surrounding cold air. The sparse vegetation wasteland in the northwest of the Free Continent also changes with the spring.
With the approaching of the ruins, the original drought is gradually getting rid of, and the sparse greenery is glowing with its own unique vitality. People walking on the wasteland near the ruins rarely change their view of the danger of this place because of these warm replacements.
However, with the improvement of player levels and the gradual improvement of equipment technology, maps like Crook Wasteland rarely allow them to concentrate on preparing for war - it takes several months to popularize the version and a long time to prepare the equipment.
The accumulation has greatly improved the attributes and skills of ordinary players. Even skills such as sword energy that only professional masters can understand have begun to become popular in the public world, and the base has become more and more popular.
A large group of high-end players have also begun to make the dangerous corners of the Free Continent less mysterious, and have unveiled the mysteries with their exploration. This has also allowed many people who originally only existed in legends to interact with each other.
Objects appear more and more in people's field of vision.
Just like the person that Xu Yu Liushang met at this time.
"Hello."
After making a large circle around the ruins, the five of them finally arrived at the hiding place of the NPC mentioned by King Salted Fish, and the scholar dressed as a scholar who had been wandering around leisurely as if strolling in a garden.
The NPC also noticed the arrival of the three newcomers including Xu Yuliu Shang, turned around and showed a polite smile: "I am Art."
"Nice to meet you." (To be continued)
This chapter has been completed!