"grown ups."

"……came back?"

"I am incapable of bringing those trespassers back."

"...Oh, bring it back?"

At the same moment, in the already empty tower hall of the Lord's Mansion in the City of Freedom, a tall black figure slowly walked in. The sound of clanking metal friction continued as he moved forward.

Wearing heavy armor, he finally half-knelt in the center of the hall, bowing his head and motionless, as if he was listening attentively to the admonishment from the city lord: "Can you bring those guys back... Do you want me to really believe this?"

"

"Lord City Lord, I am..."

"No need to explain, I know your character."

The black figure at the top waved his hand, and there seemed to be no hint of fireworks in his words: "I just saw a few masters among the adventurers, and I was itchy and wanted to compete with them... Like you

, how could you be willing to do it?”

"...Your Majesty, it's clear."

"Is Huskar still worried about his own little land?"

"...We did not go out of our way to find the leader of Aduoji, sir."

Keeping his head lowered, the man in the heavily armored shadow replied in a low voice: "But... when we met him, he seemed to be chasing those adventurers."

"...So, they are at war?"

"It seems that a large-scale conflict broke out on Ivan Street tonight, and many registered adventure group leaders were involved." The armored black shadow replied: "The specific cause... I'm afraid it needs to be reported by Huskar and Eduin.

Only then can we know the truth.”

"Hehehehe...I know."

The black figure above let out a low chuckle, but his eyes crossed the outline of the black figure below and moved to the dim night sky outside the castle: "But... the Holy Spirit's air just now,

It seems there are still some shadows of the past.”

"..."

The man who was half kneeling on the ground did not answer this time, but remained silent. The city lord who did not receive an answer did not seem to blame him, but continued to talk to himself: "The power that belongs to you

They may not be able to see your secret, but they should feel your mercy... Hey, letting a guy like you test those adventurers is really not a good choice. Maybe I should let Eduin do it.

By the way, let him have a good talk with Huskar about this matter..."

"grown ups……"

"Don't worry, I'm just joking."

The black figure at the top chuckled and interrupted the armored warrior's words, but the figure disappeared like the wind, and then appeared in front of the half-kneeling figure: "I think you should also know something about Tania.

Well, to be honest, I don’t really believe in the information that has been sent, so..."

"I am very happy to see them appear." He put his hands behind his back and looked down at the subordinates in front of him: "Look at how capable they...are."

"Excuse me, sir..." The heavily armored black shadow responded without hesitation: "Such a test is meaningless. Our Free City is not afraid of the threat of adventurers at all, and we do not need the assistance of adventurers..."

"Although not as serious as Tania, there is definitely some darkness in Liberty City."

Interrupting the other party's words, the black figure who claimed to be the city lord slowly turned around: "You know what I am referring to. Those people seem to have been hiding here for a long time. They may think that we have not discovered it, or they may not

They did not regard this place as their target, but no matter what the reason was...the rats seemed to want to use the word freedom to mix their darkness into it."

"The Free City has never been afraid of darkness. I have always believed in this." The condescending black shadow gradually chuckled: "But if they use darkness and even spread it to your heads... then it is a problem.

This is something that cannot be tolerated.”

"We?" John Lenner suddenly raised his head: "Who is it?"

"You want to know? I want to know too."

The figure belonging to the city lord slowly walked towards the direction of the city lord's throne, but the outline gradually became blurred in the dark night: "The Council of Mages has been fighting them for so many years, but in the end they almost climbed on top of them. Could it be that you

Do you think this city, which has been filled with crime and hatred all year round... can discover its own problems by itself?"

"...At least we can judge our own people."

Reiner was silent for a while again, and then said firmly: "I will start investigating immediately, and we will definitely...find the candidate for the throne who betrayed us."

"very good."

The shadow of the city lord has been dispersed in the darkness deep in the hall, but his voice still echoes here: "Although I don't have much hope in your determination, I still remind you...

…”

"Pay attention to those adventurers, they may be one end of the line." The voice smiled lowly: "Just like the people who came here tonight... the word 'no trace' has never appeared on this continent.

of destiny."

"Go and hope that the spirit of freedom...will stay in your heart forever."

The half-kneeling warrior slowly raised his head and waited motionless for a while. Finally, after confirming that the city lord had disappeared, he stood up slowly. The body under the armor trembled slightly, as if this man

He was murmuring something in a low voice. Soon after, he turned around, his eyes under the full face armor staring at the sky outside, in the direction of the golden beam of light that was blown away by his punch before: "The result is still going to be

Let’s start with you first…”

"Adventurer."

The hole created by the golden light beam pointed obliquely at the clouds in the sky has gradually healed with the passage of time, but the scene that happened before will eventually be remembered by history and the players who saw it with their own eyes, and then

After causing a sensation in the game world, it appeared in the writings of historians and on forums outside the game. However, with the growth of players' strength and the broadening of their horizons, the sensation this time will naturally not be as big as that of the Emerald Forest.

The Daoguang Pillar appeared loudly, but this bright ray, which acted as a ladder in the night, could still be clearly seen by players inside and outside the city within the sphere of influence of the City of Freedom. Shortly after running out of the city, the leader of the team

The blue-haired woman who ran out of the city gate suddenly raised her head in the golden light, and then after a moment of calculation in her heart, she looked back in the direction she ran out: "It was actually canceled automatically because the distance was too far.

Form a team... Ninglan, I'll leave the rest to you."

"...it's better to leave the investigation work to Ninglan, Miss Liushang."

A faint female voice appeared in Xiuyu Liushang's ears, but when she looked around, she did not find the figure of Ningyu Ninglan: "On the contrary... Ninglan was not familiar with the terrain outside the city, so she led the others ahead of Freedham.

It would be more effective for you to implement Shilin's plan yourself."

"...The general direction, I should have made it clear before. Even if you are not good, there are always so many people working with you." The blue-haired woman said unceremoniously: "This job is for you, who is all-powerful.

It shouldn’t be a difficult thing…”

"Ninglan doesn't agree with your idea. From a rational perspective, Ninglan should be more suitable for the return and response work..."

"Don't waste time, you should know how dangerous it is over there!"

The whisperer at the back of the team slowed down, and at the same time made a quick low voice: "Duan... There is a high possibility that something unexpected happened over at Qingshan, and maybe they are all dead now! I must go back and take a look.

Look, you just need to count the number of people and make sure they don’t miss anyone... Huh?"

The woman who had been running suddenly stopped talking, and her eyes turned around in the team again. Finally, after several confirmations, she discovered the fact that a certain figure in a black cloak was not there: "Where is the Snow Spirit Fantasy Ice?"

"..."

"That woman...won't have sneaked back, right?"

"..."

"Damn it, you actually took advantage of the fact that we didn't notice..."

The expression of gnashing teeth froze on the murmuring face for a moment, and then suddenly disappeared into the air behind the team, and the figure of a certain maid player who discovered this gradually appeared on the same spot, and then after a period of time

Afterwards, we saw the figure of Xuyu Liushang coming online again. Others who had already run a long distance gradually noticed that the two of them were abnormal. At the same time, the blue-haired woman who identified the direction showed no expression and ran up to the sight of the rest of the team.

, then exchanged a look with the codeword Ninglan who had been staring at her, and replied in a low tone: "Someone reminded me offline just now...Xue Ling Huan Bing is offline."

"..."

"I have left a message to Mengzhu, asking her to pay attention to Qingshan's online status."

Knowing the meaning revealed in the other party's eyes, Xu Yu Liushang continued: "Maybe... the situation is not as bad as we imagined. Maybe in order to temporarily escape the pursuit, Qingshan chose to go offline to avoid this trick. We should send the team to

Let's go to a safe zone, save those NPCs, and then take a look at the situation before deciding whether to return..."

"Everyone who has been teammates with Mr. before seems to have his gaming friends." Ningyu Ninglan, who was running at the same speed, was silent for a while, and then suddenly said: "The same goes for Mr. Xiao Hongchen, the former smiling uncle.

...It should be the same."

"……yes!"

The blue-haired woman's eyes suddenly lit up, and she quickly ran into the team, and then pulled an unknown uncle to the wild far away from the team: "Uncle, do you have any friends in Mo Shang Qingshan? We want to confirm that he is online

state……"

"I see."

The middle-aged uncle glanced at the expressions of the two people, and his body slowly disappeared into the air, and then appeared in front of them again after a short but long period of time: "Well..."

"He is indeed offline."

In Hualan City in the real world, in the house where Duan Qing lives, with a pained face, he was facing the woman who had occupied Nestlé and had just knocked on the door for a long time, and climbed out of the cabin with difficulty: "What are you doing again?"

?You’re not hungry again, are you?”
To be continued...