After staring at the scene in front of her for a long time, the woman with disheveled white hair stood up slowly, holding her shoulders. Her staggering steps also disappeared in a gradually accelerating way as a flame in the middle of the street rose again.
Behind Duan Qing, he made a silent sighing gesture. The gray-robed magician, whose whole body seemed to be surrounded by flames, then completely turned his attention to himself again. The armor and long sword belonging to the imperial standard also followed.
He focused his attention and appeared among the criss-crossing torrents of flames, but in the hand of that extremely familiar figure was a shield inlaid with the Frey Empire logo: "Your alchemy has indeed made
People look at you with admiration, and there is no water near the abyss."
"But that's about it."
The re-erected shield shone with white fluorescence in the air, and at the same time, Lott's cautious and serious expression appeared: "Individual power is limited after all. Even if you can borrow the mystery of magic, your physical strength has its limit."
…”
"You don't need to worry about my physical condition."
Duan Qing, who shook his head and interrupted the other party's words, spread the flames surrounding him forward again: "Anyway, the final result is death. It seems good to have a few more people to support you."
"I noticed it the first time I saw you - you are indeed a desperado." In the sight of countless flames hitting the shield like running water, Lot's voice was blocked by the shield.
It became much lower-pitched: "But..."
"Don't think that I will back down." As if turning a blind eye to the burnt blackness all over his body, he took two steps forward again: "I will arrest you on the spot and accept the sanctions of the imperial army."
"Why, just because I was absent from His Highness the Prince's escort mission this morning?" Duan Qing raised his head half-jokingly: "You don't really think that the result of the attack on His Highness the Prince was all because of such a small thing like me.
Is it because the adventurers were not present?"
"You are suspected of more than just these crimes."
Gradually walking in front of Duan Qing, Lott's tall figure that turned red due to the flames completely covered the other person's face: "You are also suspected of theft, injury, murder, abduction, and...
"
"Conspiracy to rebel." His eyes passed through the gaps between the various turbulent flames of different sizes, and fell coldly on Duan Qing's head: "His Royal Highness has explained everything to us, those players
They are just collaborators he specially recruited, and their actions are all in accordance with His Highness the Prince's plan and the instructions of the Imperial Royal Guard."
"You are the only one who did not act according to the action plan." He moved the shield downwards a few minutes, and raised his iconic sword high with his right hand: "You know the entire action plan.
What exactly did you do during this period of time? Did you plan the attacks during this period of time?"
"Although it is very close to what I guessed, but..."
Slowly lowering the staff in his hand a little lower, Duan Qing shook his head helplessly: "I can guarantee that I have never heard of any similar plan, and I don't know that His Highness the Prince recruited us.
The purpose of coming here is actually to act."
"Oh? Then why don't you just surrender and be captured, instead of forcing yourself to be a hero here?" Lot's face hidden behind the shield became a little more serious: "Even if we don't take into account the conflicts between you and the other adventurers,
You have also caused great chaos in the city... Isn't your purpose to help those attackers disrupt the situation? While the imperial city guards and royal guards are fighting against the enemy outside the city and have no time to worry about themselves?
"
"If our 'purpose' is really what you think, then I might have slipped away by now." Duan Qing, who had made a wall of flames, asked in a low voice: "And... you think it's us
Did the so-called 'planning' appear earlier, or did His Highness the Prince's plan appear earlier?"
"If what you said just now was an attempt to defend me, then you should have told me earlier." Lott, who had no concern in his eyes, raised his sword and shook his head: "Rather than after fighting so many times, in the end, I was so close.
This moment has burned me to a crisp."
"Being able to rely on that shield to hold on until now and still have room for it is already worthy of my admiration for you, captain." Duan Qing stretched his hands forward and lowered his head with a smile: "But... please believe it.
I."
"A fight like this with me now will only benefit you and not harm you at all."
The raging flames rushed out from the flame wall between the two people, instantly engulfing the warrior Lot's entire body, and then blocked by a shield that suddenly rose from the torrent of flames, like a shield slapping on the rocks.
A huge wave was stirred up like a wave. Another heavy shout came out of his mouth. The warrior named Lott raised his eyes upside down and focused a brilliant light on the surface of his armor, and then just like that
The right hand wrapped in it that had been raised in the air for a long time slashed downwards against the torrent of flames that filled the sky: "Broken!"
boom!
As the sword fell, more violent waves of flames were set off in the torrent that swept through the entire street, and then transformed into countless sharp-edged sword energy at the intersection of the two figures, belonging to the imperial captain holding the shield.
The figure slashing down diagonally followed the direction of the sword energy and appeared behind the rapidly disappearing torrent of countless flames, facing Duan Qing's face who had retreated into the distance with his body still lit with embers of flames:
"I thought you had turned into a steel frame because of the existence of these flames."
"It should be more in line with common sense to turn into molten iron." Duan Qing, who fell far away due to his hasty retreat, slowly stood up holding his staff: "I don't want to be in this moment.
Take a full blow from an Imperial Captain."
"This is not my full blow. After all, I only used one hand."
Shaking off the imperial sword that was still blazing with flames, Lott walked forward slowly again: "If you don't want to try the military-style heavy slashing with two hands, you'd better take it away now.
Hands surrendered.”
"Should I praise you for your insight, which is not inferior to that of an adventurer? You have actually noticed it."
Slowly closing the flame crack attached to the tip of the staff in his hand, Duan Qing let out a long sigh: "Nothing is eternal, not even power. The realm of elements is not this after all.
A product of the world, as long as the number of flame elves attached to it does not continue to increase..."
"Then it will eventually succumb to the will and order of this world."
The last words did not come from Duan Qing's mouth, but suddenly sounded behind him. The figure of a gorgeous woman with purple hair and a mysterious purple light shining all over her body also appeared in a jaw-dropping way.
In the mid-air above this street, he showed a grand smile to the two people present in a condescending manner: "Hello."
"Purple, Lord of Violet."
After hesitating for a while while standing there with his sword and shield in hand, the warrior Lot finally put away his weapon and saluted solemnly: "It's an honor to meet you, my lord."
"...It's you, I remember your name is...Lotte?"
"That's right, Your Excellency."
"No need to be polite, stand up."
"Thank you, Lord, I -"
"You! You arrogant and rude person!"
In the midst of the unequal greetings between the two powerful NPCs, Sherman's voice suddenly rang in Duan Qing's ears like a loud bell: "Don't kneel down when you see the Lord! Just surrender and capture him!"
"..."
"No need."
Looking at the silent reaction of the gray-robed magician who retreated to the spot, the middle-aged man with water and wind skills floating lower down then condensed a large amount of magical energy with an angry face, belonging to Wei.
Erlit's voice then interrupted his movements, and at the same time he came to Duan Qing with a more obvious smile: "If he still wants to continue to resist, then he only needs to use the previous method to summon
It is the original flame of the Fire Realm. As the guardian of Tanzania City, I naturally cannot sit back and ignore this situation that may endanger the entire city space..."
"During that time, didn't you rely on this trick to escape from me?" Her smile was gorgeous and noble, as if there were no fluctuations due to the words she said: "But
You obviously anticipated my arrival, but you didn't take the same delaying approach..."
"Because I don't want to run away anymore."
Slowly raising his head, a smile appeared on Duan Qing's lips: "How about we solve all the problems here?"
"Solution? How to solve it?" Violet's solemn expression showed a bit of curiosity: "You have no ability to resist, what other ways can you solve the problem?"
"You know I don't have the strength to continue fighting now."
Smiling and taking two steps back, the figure belonging to the gray-robed magician slowly stuck to the wall in the corner of the street as if he had lost his strength: "But in order to achieve my strategy, I will still use
All the means at my disposal, for example..."
"Why would I continue to use that eye-catching fighting method when I knew you were coming?"
He raised his head and looked at the face of the woman in gorgeous clothes above him with his arms folded. The latter's body then shone with the brilliance of several magic shields, and then slowly returned as if nothing happened.
The ground disappeared: "You deliberately led me here? Ridiculous, no matter what kind of means, I will not-"
"I'm already using my means."
His body slid down and sat on the ground. Duan Qing's voice gradually became deeper: "Because after a period of investigation, my companions and I discovered many surprising facts."
"You are the inventor of that cocktail, right?" His eyebrows revealed a hair-raising smile: "The catalyst that can speed up the effectiveness of proulira toxin."
"..."
It was as if the world suddenly lost its own voice. The purple-haired woman named Violet suddenly lost her confident smile in the past, and Duan Qing, who was silent as he watched her and Sherman behind her, seemed to also
He had long expected this kind of silence, so he just shook his head and smiled before starting to talk next: "Unlike the snake ring that is rarely seen, that kind of cocktail has been very popular in many areas of the empire.
For a long time, an ordinary detective would probably not pay attention to the origin of this wine..."
"But I am an alchemist, and I fully understand the role this wine played in that attack." The corners of his mouth twitched slightly in response to the other party's expressionless reaction: "If Crook
If the main culprit in the outpost attack was poison, then the person who poisoned it and the person who made the cocktail were accomplices helping each other."
"You, what are you talking about?"
As if he was not used to the strange atmosphere that Duan Qing did not continue to speak after saying this, Lott, who was standing at the farthest distance, asked in a low voice with an unnatural expression on his face: "Do you mean..."
"Yes, you came at the right time." Duan Qing nodded at him: "It's just that it's not me you should arrest, but the great magician in front of you."
"She is one of the masterminds behind the attack on His Royal Highness."
Poof!
A crisp impact sound then appeared in front of Duan Qing, who was still sitting. It exploded in the air into streaks of light as the energy gradually evaporated into the air. A long sword exuding gorgeous flames also followed.
After dispelling a certain magic spear, it was stuck on the ground not far away from Duan Qing: "I thought you would deny and quibble for a while before getting angry. I didn't expect that you are not only impatient, but also
Acting so coldly and decisively..."
"who is it?"
Amidst Sherman's sudden loud shout, a female swordsman with long blue hair moved a wind blade shot from the air to the side of the roof with a sky-high fighting spirit: "You? Are you the one before?"
The one who attacked the Lord——"
"The whispers are flowing."
Duan Qing read the name in a low voice, and Duan Qing looked helplessly at the figure of the woman standing in the wind on the roof: "Why are you here to join in the fun?"
"How could we not notice such a big movement?" Xu Yu Liushang waved his long hair: "We just didn't expect that it was you two who made all this noise... Hey."
"need any help?"
Ignoring the threat from the Lord of Violet, who was very close at hand, she blinked her eyes at Duan Qing: "You look like you are in a very bad situation."
"I don't care." Duan Qing murmured while covering his chest. Duan Qing, who felt some kind of eager gaze, let out two dry laughs: "If possible, I hope you can help -"
The sound of the wall collapsing interrupted Duan Qing's words again, and the scene of the wall suddenly collapsing on one side of the street appeared in front of everyone in a devastating way. A thief player holding something was then
He bravely climbed out of the piled bricks and rubble, and rushed towards the direction of Duan Qing and others with no regard for the shouts of death and pursuit behind him.
"Get out of the way!" (To be continued)
This chapter has been completed!