Just as the warrior Lott worried, today's Tanzania City is destined to become unsettled with the trip of His Royal Highness. However, no one, including the lurkers, can imagine that this massacre will end in a certain way.
In what way it will unfold. Also unable to imagine what fate is about to happen to him, Duan Qing, who is gradually becoming the target of Lot's search, then follows the footsteps of a Taoist priest to a certain place extending from the Central Street.
At the entrance of an alley, they looked at the wide street in front of them and the tall city gate connecting the end of the street. The voices they were talking to each other involuntarily lowered their voices: "Is this the place?"
"Yes, this is the place."
Slowly retracting his protruding head, Hongshan Taoist replied with a mysterious face: "His Royal Highness will pass by here at about ten o'clock this morning, and then leave the city, welcoming the spring breeze and the auspicious time of the zodiac, and come with
The imperial nobles of this city meet."
"They were all prominent figures who once attached themselves to the imperial forces, but later left their hometowns for various reasons." The experienced player stroked his beard: "And their value, His Highness, should have been known for a long time.
Noticed."
"You are referring to the incident where His Highness the Prince once rescued the Imperial Noble Group, right?" Duan Qing nodded his head: "You really know a lot."
"Old Taoist, I know the heaven above and the earth below. I am familiar with numerology, and even more, I am familiar with fixed numbers."
Grinning his mouth with satisfaction, Master Hongshan's voice became even more mysterious: "I even know that the arrogant prince plans to bring a group of imperial nobles from Tanzania City to welcome the team that arrived at the same time.
challenge."
"Challenge?" Duan Qing raised his eyebrows: "What challenge?"
"Please, you have already been drafted into the army." Old Taoist Hongshan looked at Duan Qing's face with contempt: "Do you think that at this time, no one will want to use any means at this welcoming ceremony?
"
"I've heard about this." Duan Qing touched his nose: "Why, did you hear... uh, what clues did you get?"
"This street will soon be blocked by Imperial soldiers."
Without immediately answering Duan Qing's question, Master Hongshan turned around and looked at the front of the alley again: "The Fleur Empire has experienced many similar tests in the past, especially the royal family of the Fleur Empire."
"No matter when and what actions they take, they will not leave too many opportunities for the attackers." When he said this, his eyes showed a deep light: "Those are all fully armed imperial elites.
, and has extremely rich combat experience.”
"What you want to say is... they have no chance?" Duan Qing raised his eyebrows: "Then what else do we need to do?"
"Of course they have a chance, as long as the chance comes from the Imperial people themselves."
His tone became a little heavier, and the old Taoist Hongshan who turned around gradually focused his eyes on Duan Qing: "No one can defend a place they don't want to defend. Do you...understand?"
"What does His Highness the Prince want to do?" Duan Qing, who was stunned, then asked with a look of surprise: "His Royal Highness the Prince wants to act in a play?"
"The performance time is about 10:30, and the location is... just outside the city on a temporary high platform."
Pointing in the direction of the city gate, Old Taoist Hongshan stroked his beard and replied: "At that time, His Royal Highness the Prince should call together the empire's royal guard group and the temporary guard group composed of you adventurers, and take him with him
The hand-picked pride welcomes visitors from afar, until then...hehe."
"You are a smart man. You shouldn't need me to remind you of what might happen there, right?"
"..."
His arms slowly dropped to his sides, and Duan Qing's expression became gloomy and uncertain. After a while, he slowly raised his arms amidst the still bustling crowds of people passing by the alley.
Face: "The prince wants to frame others in this way? Who does he want to frame?"
"I don't know who he wants to frame, but I can see clearly who is going to be unlucky..."
Looking up and down at the figure of the gray-robed magician, Master Hong Shan replied with a smile: "In such a torrent of power, little people like us can only be used as scapegoats."
"……asshole."
Punching the wall next to him, Duan Qing gritted his teeth: "I asked why that prince agreed so readily. He just dealt with the test casually. It turned out that these adventurers were recruited on the spur of the moment.
Or are they just a group of outcasts in his eyes?"
"Old Taoist, I didn't want to say so much gossip, but I don't want to see a good man like you ruin his career in the game world easily." Taoist Hongshan said with a sad face: "Especially when you
Now that this opportunity is recommended by me, I can’t bear it even more, and I can’t even sleep or eat well.”
"...Thank you for telling me this."
The anger in his eyes slowly faded away, and Duan Qing, who seemed to be a different person, looked at the face of Master Hongshan calmly: "Then... the bigger task you just mentioned must be related to this.
?”
"Well...it's true."
The flash of light in his eyes slowly disappeared from the lowering of his eyebrows. Old Taoist Hongshan nodded his head: "Old Taoist, I have a bigger commission from above, and the content is naturally related to His Royal Highness.
I don’t know——”
"Now, do you still have the heart to accept it?"
"..."
"Don't panic, I won't say anything like Heaven is dead and Huang Tian is standing."
Patting the other party's shoulder, Master Hongshan's face became much brighter with a smile on his face: "It's just... the many fateful choices in this world only determine the direction of your future development. As long as
He is a person who is talented, virtuous, and has deep blessings. He can shine no matter where he goes."
"I've been traveling all over the world for so many years, and I've never made a mistake." His eyes fell on Duan Qing again: "You will definitely become an amazing player in the future, and even the alliance may do it for you.
Leave a lasting impression..."
"Everything depends on whether you can have such a big belly now."
He squeezed the gray-robed magician's shoulder with his hand, and then took two steps back. His eyes were focused again and then he gathered his robe sleeves and lowered them to the exit of the alley. He let out a faint breath.
The sound of shouting came from the distance of the street where the exit was located, and was accompanied by the scene of a large number of imperial soldiers vaguely occupying both sides. Hongshan Lao Dao squinted his eyes and looked in front of him and then let out a sigh of relief.
Then he turned to where Duan Qing was: "How is it, have you thought about it?"
"..."
"The time is coming, and they have begun to control this land of right and wrong."
"……Well."
The imaginary expression of determination or hesitation did not appear on the face of the man whom the old man had been secretly paying attention to. Instead, Duan Qing gradually raised his head and looked slightly confused.
The Hongshan Taoists in the distance looked at each other for a while, then opened their mouths: "Did you hear that?"
"What did you hear?"
"It seemed like someone was calling for help."
His body began to move slowly following those hesitant eyes, and Duan Qing then walked back in the direction he came from with an increasingly surprised look from Master Hong Shan: "It seems...it came from the street in front.
"
"Hey, hey!" Two drops of cold sweat broke out on his forehead, and Master Hongshan followed him with a dark look on his face: "It's already this time, and you actually still have the time to take care of these trivial things! You -"
The pursuit quickly came behind Duan Qing, accompanied by the figure belonging to the old Taoist priest who almost collided with Duan Qing and exclaimed. He covered his nose and then followed Duan Qing to stop in the alley.
As they moved around the corner, they both stood and looked at another parallel street ahead. Amidst the lively scenes of countless people walking around this street, a girl in ragged clothes and disheveled hair was talking to several people who were blocking her.
The imperial soldiers kept tearing each other apart. With a haggard look on her face, her frail and thin body was quickly pushed down by these imperial soldiers, and she sat down on the ground with a struggling scream: "Let me go! Let me go.
I!"
"It is now forbidden to enter and exit at will, madam." One of the imperial soldiers standing next to each other stood up and said mercilessly: "Please reveal your identity, otherwise we will treat you as a suspicious stranger, and then
Throw him into prison."
"me……"
Instead of continuing to struggle, the girl holding her chest kept looking around like a frightened rabbit: "I, I don't know... I'm just here... looking for..."
"Captain, this man looks familiar."
Seemingly familiar with the girl's extremely flustered and incoherent reaction, one of the Imperial soldiers turned to the Imperial captain who had stood up to declare before and said, "Is she the amnesia patient who often runs out of the Violet Tower?"
"……whispering sound."
As if he also recognized the identity of the girl in front of him, the imperial captain spat in annoyance, and then he stretched out his hand towards the girl as the passers-by around him quickly distanced themselves:
"Come with me, we will take you back."
"..."
Quietly looking at the faces of the imperial soldiers surrounding her, the girl with her arms folded across her chest shook her head after a long while: "I don't want it."
"What?" The imperial captain frowned: "We don't have time to play games with you, madam, please hurry up."
"me……"
The tattered clothes dragged on the ground for a few steps, and the girl slowly retreated outside the circle surrounded by several imperial soldiers: "I, I don't want to go back."
"...Someone, pick her up for me."
It seemed that he had lost all his patience, and seemed to be in a hurry to return to the street he was supposed to be guarding. After looking around for a while, the imperial captain waved his hand to the soldiers beside him, and at the same time, he looked at the girl sitting on the ground.
He said loudly: "Send it to the Violet Tower and come back quickly."
"yes!"
Loud responses and neat steps flooded the corner of the street, accompanied by another scream belonging to the girl. The face covered with gray marks was originally struggling with her arms folded.
His face then disappeared into the crowd of imperial soldiers, accompanied by the girl's increasingly panicked cry for help. She sighed helplessly, her eyes unwavering.
The imperial captain then walked slowly in the direction he came from. A loud shout broke the chaos in the area, and at the same time, a gray-robed magician quickly appeared.
In front of him: "Stop!"
"……Who are you?"
Looking at the adventurer who Duan Qing had squeezed into the encirclement of his men regardless of his own safety, the imperial captain stopped and his voice became a bit colder: "What do you want to do? Do you want to hinder the imperial army from performing military duties?"
"Although I am a temporary worker, I can still be considered a member of the Imperial Army."
Using all his strength to rush into the center of the chaotic crowd, Duan Qing then blocked the girl whose clothes were even more ragged behind him: "I am Linyuan Duanshui, an adventurer temporarily hired by His Highness the Prince."
"We originally came here to prepare for this escort mission, and happened to see this incident on the way." After saying this, he respectfully saluted several imperial soldiers around him: "I know her.
, I also helped complete a mission to return Violet before, so..."
"For the sake of my colleagues, can you give me this opportunity?"
He raised his head, with a bright and polite smile on his face, and the imperial captain who looked at this smile slowly walked back, looking at Duan Qing's face with a strange look.
Face: "You are one of the group of adventurers hired by His Highness the Prince? Who are you serving now?"
"Lot, Captain Lott." Duan Qing replied in a neither humble nor condescending manner: "As long as you go and inquire, there should be no misunderstanding."
"Lot...hum."
I don't know what he thought of, but the imperial captain then let out a strange sneer: "I have indeed heard about this matter, and I also know that a group of adventurers have been assigned to his hands, but..."
"Adventurers are indeed greedy, and they will not let go of such an opportunity." His eyes stayed on the Violet Tower in the distance for a while, and then he turned around in a low voice: "Go back quickly, don't
It will delay the business, otherwise..."
"The military laws imposed by imperial soldiers on themselves are much harsher than the laws of the empire."
He waved his hand, and then slowly left with several other imperial soldiers. Duan Qing, who was looking at all this, let out a sigh of relief, and his face became obviously much more relaxed: "Huh."
"My dear friend, why did you suddenly intervene?" Hongshan Taoist, who was walking slowly, waved his sleeves calmly: "I think this woman has a sinister look on her face, and she doesn't seem to be fierce.
Qian, if something happens—"
The sound of hugging then appeared in his ears, suddenly interrupting what he was about to say. The old Taoist priest who had his hands together opened his eyes wide and looked at the girl hugging him.
Duan Qing gradually squatted down: "What's wrong with you? Did you remember something?"
"I, I don't know." The whole body seemed to be shaking violently, and the girl's muffled cry appeared in Duan Qing's ears: "They want to...send me away, I don't want to...
Talk to them again..."
"Help me, help...I...wuwuwuwu..."
She said these intermittent words while sobbing, and then hugged Duan Qing's legs again and cried loudly. (To be continued)
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