The scene that gradually became noisy followed his forward gaze and appeared between the light and dark light and shadow in the depths of the woods. Then, following the sound of the wind that kept blowing through the place, it transformed into a battle scene, a scene that separated and merged.
Tao's figure became clearer and clearer as the field of vision got closer, gradually distinguishing the crowd covered in armor and weapons from another group of people in black clothes and faces: "Attack! Attack me! For the glory of the empire
!”
"Stop trying to be tough, ants, you are just wasting each other's time."
Different from the powerful imperial soldiers, the mysterious men in black who were guarding the depths of the jungle each hid behind the tree trunks scattered around the intersection, and then used the intertwined magic firepower they pulled up to destroy those who were constantly
The simple phalanx attacking this intersection blocked it time and time again: "This is the domain of the elder. If you have nothing else to do, please come back."
"What is the domain of the elders? Do you think we are fools?" A certain familiar imperial captain on the other side of the intersection immediately announced loudly: "Before you talk nonsense, please make it clear that this is the territory of the empire first.
!”
"You want to occupy our territory openly without permission? Do you rats take the great Emperor Frey seriously?" The mood gradually rose with the exciting voice, and the captain raised his own flag again.
Long Sword: "Attack me! Drive them out from the sacred lands of the empire!"
"……call."
Putting back his slightly panting expression, the magician named Linyuan Duanshui leaned his back against the big tree where he was hiding: "Found it."
"did you find it?"
At some point, he came close to him. Alastor, who was also staring ahead, asked with a worried look on his face: "Is my lady in front?"
"I'm not talking about your young lady, I'm talking about those men in black who disappeared at the intersection."
Sighing helplessly, Linyuan Duanshui finally replied in a low voice: "They were probably discovered by the imperial soldiers who rushed to Carlo Village before, so they transferred all the people who could resist the opponent..."
"The Empire's soldiers?" The Soul Hunters who also came to meet up asked curiously: "When did they come? Why did they come here?"
"Didn't you meet them in the village?"
Looking back at the other two people present with surprised eyes, the voice of Lin Yuan Shui also spread to the depths of the jungle: "It was the team that arrested people in the village before, and later found my head.
, saying that I have contact with the wanted criminals of the empire or something..."
"A wanted criminal in the empire?" The confusion on the faces of the two people became more obvious: "Will there be such a heavyweight in a small village like ours?"
"Not only is he a wanted criminal, he is also... forget it."
After scratching his cheek, Linyuan Duanshui finally put away his gaze: "In short, it was a misunderstanding. Anyway, those soldiers didn't find anything in the end. I thought they had given up, but I didn't expect that they actually ran away in the end.
here……"
"They've finally come to the right place."
As this voice sounded, the last member of the team, the Exiled Zhan Song, also rushed to the previously agreed gathering place: "Those people...should be people from the Magic Empire, right?"
"How do you know?" Linyuan Duanshui turned his attention to this person: "Have you noticed any clues or secrets?"
"The battle that broke out in the Sky City a few months ago is still vivid in our minds. Even the players are about to dig up all the details of that battle from the beginning to the end."
Lying behind the same big tree, a voice called the War Song of Exile slowly emerged along with his movements carefully checking the left and right: "The Magic Empire - or the Restorers - although they are still fighting
The banner of reviving the ancient magic empire, but the power they used has already deviated from the category of 'magic'. Officers who have been lurking in the empire for more than ten years, premeditated rituals, countless black beast crazes, and that
A tall black tower reaching into the sky..."
"No one would believe that those dark powers are also derivatives of magic." He shook his head slightly at this point: "The healing magic that just appeared with the version earlier can still be used.
Players regard it as a kind of magic, but these later things can obviously be used as villain symbols..."
"Yes, that's right, just like the BOSS we just fought." The soul hunter on the side also came over excitedly: "If someone is controlling the crocodile BOSS behind the scenes, then they must be
Restorationist!"
"Have we, have we been fighting people of their level?" Taking a deep breath, the melancholy on Alastor's face with a worried look turned into solemnity: "Why, why are the newbies
Will there be such an enemy in the village?"
"The Novice Village will indeed change due to game events and changes in the environment. There is also the possibility of high-level monsters and enemies invading the Novice Village area." Looking at the backs of the men in black that everyone was looking at, Lin Yuan
Duanshui replied in a low voice: "The problem is...the purpose of their appearance here."
"Captain, do you know their purpose?"
As if he heard something unusual from the other party's words, the exiled war song suddenly turned his head: "What are they hiding here for?"
"...I can't say that yet."
After being silent for a while, Linyuan Duanshui finally gave a negative answer: "Based on the information I have learned, there is only one conclusion I can draw now."
"The reason why they are lurking here must not be the reason why the Imperial people came here."
The loud sound of metal clashing rose at the far end of the woods as the magician's words fell, and was accompanied by the imperial captain's charging action, swinging his sword forward again, and a new round of intrusion from the imperial side.
Then the scene of several heavily armed imperial soldiers leaping out of the jungle spread out in front of the novice team, shooting out new bright fires around the intersection. The mysterious black light that had been lurking in the shadows of every corner
The men in clothes then started to activate their own magic along with the charge of the soldiers, using the ice breath and flaming arrows that passed through the jungle to hinder their progress. Loud screams and increasingly high-pitched encouragement sounds also followed.
The battle started again, bit by bit, covering the sky above the jungle: "Don't back down! They can't defeat our great imperial people... Charge! Charge!"
"He is indeed a simple-minded guy, his tactics are ridiculously simple. Marom, ice barrier."
"Wow! They, they separated the team with ice wall! Captain, what should we do?"
"What else can we do! Knock off this barrier for me...be careful! Someone is attacking from the side!"
Inevitable casualties gradually appeared around the jungle as the battle continued. The intersection area around the front was gradually revealed in the edge area that was hard to reach. It seemed that it had the upper hand in terms of combat power.
The Imperial people seemed to become overwhelmed by the sight of being attacked from both sides, and slowly retreated with the captain's loud shout. The Empire's unique stainless steel shield and ruthless sword followed in the jungle.
The people in the distance gradually gathered together, and a great steel wall stood around the gathered team. The tentative magic from the darkness in the depths of the jungle then failed in their shrinking formation, which only aroused a lot of excitement.
After a few rays of magical fire, it slowly subsided: "...Poor Imperial people, aren't you very imposing?"
"The rats who only play tricks in the shadows! Come out of the darkness if you can!"
"Come out? Why should we come out? This is our jungle, and you are the uninvited guests who broke into this place."
"The lackeys of the Magic Empire! You can't hide for long! Once the reinforcements from our Iwakuma Army arrive, you will all become the evil spirits under our sword!"
The confrontation that gradually formed finally appeared in the center of the jungle intersection as the two sides slowly formed offensive and defensive formations and continued yelling. The path that had been stepped on by passers-by in the past time also became
The clear dividing line between the two sides of the confrontation was reached, and the probing attacks of the people on both sides continued without stopping and gradually extended towards the invisible distance. He withdrew his gaze again, leaned back to Linyuan Duanshui behind the woods and shook his head.
He showed a wry smile, and his eyes, as if he had seen through something, turned into deep thoughts as time went by. A strange light flashed between the looks of several players around him: "That, that... Captain, they
It seems like there is no end to the fight, let’s..."
"Don't always ask me, you have to learn to deal with the current situation."
His still frowning eyes moved back and forth on the faces of the three people for a while. Linyuan Duanshui suddenly raised his finger: "Didn't everyone drink the potion? Look over there."
"Over there?" The soul hunter looked in the direction pointed by the magician and asked with confusion: "What's over there? Why don't I see anything?"
"That's because you're squatting in the wrong position." Exiled Zhan Song, who was also looking in that direction, then pulled the opponent's shoulder: "Look here, look over there... Do you see someone there?"
"Who is that person?"
After careful identification for a while, Alastor, who was rubbing his eyes, suddenly shouted in a low voice that almost revealed his position: "Miss Murong?"
"Hush! You want to scare us to death!"
Quickly pressing his head down, the exiled Zhan Song with a look of shock began to vigilantly observe several hot spots that might notice him: "Can you pay more attention? There are so many high-level enemies... If we stoke a hornet's nest,
We really have to go home!"
"Let's not discuss how that guy got to that place." Interrupting the nervous twisting of several people with a slight sigh, Linyuan Duanshui said in a low voice: "Such a dangerous situation... Although it is us
It’s a dilemma, but it’s also an opportunity for us.”
"……How to say?"
"If I guessed correctly, all the enemies in the Gemenan Jungle dungeon should be gathered here now."
Pointing towards the center of the battlefield where Pian was still facing off, Linyuan Duanshui slowly analyzed: "Although it is difficult to rescue Miss Murong under the noses of these people, but looking at it from another angle...
…The road to the follow-up direction is now clear of any obstacles.”
"...That's right." While the other players' faces all froze in response, the Exile Song was the first to nod: "If we can take advantage of the chaos to escape, this trial may be completed right away.
Already."
"But... is it really okay for us to just leave that little girl alone?"
Alastor, who was full of shock, spoke his words before he wanted to shout his objection. The soul hunter who became the center of everyone's attention then scratched his short hair and said, "I, I mean,
If something unexpected happens, can we still get through without one person missing?"
"It's not like you don't know that little girl's fighting power. There's almost no difference if you have one more of her or one less of her."
With a cruel smile on his face, Linyuan Duanshui turned to look at the other three people present: "But this is not the crux of the problem."
"The key to the question is, if someone is not present...will our team pass the trial?" He pointed to the direction his team had just touched, a place that was gradually invisible deep in the jungle: "If
With a lineup of four people passing this trial, what will be the outcome of the final trial for the abandoned Miss Murong Qingchun..."
"Leave or stay, this is indeed a question. No decision can be called wrong, but there is only one chance to experiment." He looked around at everyone present, and at the same time, he looked at the sound that was still echoing in front of the battlefield.
The whistling sound of magic retreated behind his own wave: "So at this point, I will not interfere with your choice, everyone..."
"Decide for yourself."
"……I agree."
"I object!"
"I, I, I, I object too!"
The voice that sounded at almost the same moment instantly appeared in Linyuan Duanshui's ears, and surrounded him with the right hands raised by the three people: "I don't care about any trials or not, we just can't leave them behind.
companion!"
"But if we miss this opportunity, we may never have a better opportunity again."
"What are you talking about, Brother Exile! If the person lying over there was me, would you also say such a thing?"
"Yes. At worst, I'll just make it up to you later."
"you--!"
"I, I can understand the choice of the exiled brother, but I have no choice now. I must protect my young lady. This is the meaning of my coming to this game..."
"Okay! Sure enough, it is Alastor who is loyal and courageous! Now we have two votes!"
"Then...captain, what do you think?"
The argument that sounded like a storm ended instantly, and the eyes of several people returned to the magician: "Captain, do you think we should leave or stay?"
"Me..."
boom!
Before Linyuan Duanshui could tell his answer, a muffled sound of an explosion appeared in the woods in front of the team. One of the several black figures that retreated with the explosion also sounded an alarm bell.
A low cry echoed in everyone's ears along with the sight of a certain figure being pulled out of the grass.
"Who are you?" (To be continued)
This chapter has been completed!