When the villagers cautiously came out to check the situation, they found that Tang Rui and Jem were picking up something in the snow, and the originally very flat snow was now a mess, the snow in many places had disappeared, and even the ground below was covered with all kinds of strange traces and bloodstains, and it looked as if there had been a terrible battle.

But the problem is, there are no corpses.

Leaving aside the two teenagers who were still alive, there was not even a single corpse of a chocobo or a barren bandit at the scene.

Could it be that after a long day of ping-pong just now, even the ground was beaten like this, but none of the enemies died?

You're playing a friendly match?

"Don't panic, it's just that we have special skills for handling corpses." Guessing the doubts of the villagers, Jem stood up and handed the old village chief what the chocobo had burst out of his hand: "You see, this is the bird meat we left behind after killing the chocobos. ”

The village chief took the bird meat with a confused expression: "So what did you do to make such a big chocobo bird only have this lump of bird meat left......

"No thanks, we don't leave a name for our good deeds, if you have any family heirloom sword or the best sword in the village to give us, that's fine!" Seeing the questioning looks of the villagers, Jem immediately began to gag each other's mouths with nonsense.

Want to ask questions? Yes, hand over the good stuff first. If you don't have something good, then hold back and don't ask.

"Alas, you're in trouble." The village chief sighed, and quietly handed the cold and greasy chicken in his hand to the middle-aged hunter next to him, and without waiting for the hunter who was also confused to say anything, the old village chief entered the 'plot mode' with Tang Rui and Jem on his own, and began to explain to the two: "The barren mountain thieves who are plundering everywhere are not difficult to deal with, our village has the best hunters, and even the existence of dragon tooth fangs can be hunted, and a few bandits have not been seen by us yet." But the problem is, the barren mountain thieves have backers......"

"Backer? Is it like a dense eye? ”

As soon as he heard the old man say this, Jem immediately became excited.

Looking at this situation, maybe you can trigger the event quest yourself?

"Dense Eye? What is that? But the old man looked puzzled, and he coughed dryly: "No, it's not that kind of thing...... Probably more than two years ago, the leader of the barren mountain bandits was lucky enough to contract a badly injured and dying barren mountain giant. It was a huge earth elemental monster, and after the Barren Mountain Giant recovered from his injuries, he became the backer of the Barren Mountain Bandits, the trap couldn't trap it, the arrows couldn't shoot through its skin, and even the Holy Cult Army in the Wheat Ears Courtyard was defeated by that guy......"

"You've killed so many barren bandits, they'll definitely come and take revenge." The old man sighed, and then continued, "We have to go to other villages to avoid the limelight, so how about you go with us?" If we are here, the people in other villages will accept you. ”

As soon as he said this, Jem understood what the old man meant - he was planning to treat the two of them as free bodyguards on the road.

"Why are you the victims, when your home is threatened, instead of how to fight the invaders, think about how to escape?" Before Jem could speak, Tang Rui couldn't help asking.

Then he looked at the other villagers, but found that none of the villagers had the courage to stand up and resist, which made Tang Rui feel very dissatisfied.

"You don't understand." The old man seemed to be a little sad and said: "Once, our neighboring village rebelled against the barren bandits, and finally the leader of the barren mountain bandits led the barren mountain giant, slaughtered the entire village, and burned it to the ground, and the fire can be seen even in our village...... When we arrived, there was only one dog left in the village hiding in the water tank......"

As the old man said this, the villagers silently moved out of the way, so that Jem could see the entrance of the village at a glance.

There was a sickly grey Shar Pei terrier.

He originally thought that this skinny dog was a stray dog in the village, but he didn't expect that there was such an inside story.

"Then you guys run, Tang Rui and I will stay here to buy time for you." Jem thought for a moment before making a decision.

He wasn't interested in being the bodyguard of this group of villagers, and it was more to his appetite as a player to fight the barren mountain thieves, even if it was in the hands of the barren mountain giants, it was better than running away with a group of villagers.

"You ...... Hi. ”

The old man shook his head again and again, and finally felt that Jem and the others would not listen, so he did not say anything, but returned to the village with the villagers, intending to move as soon as possible.

"Jem, although I know their struggle, I still feel so uncomfortable." Tang Rui sat in the snow with a stinky face and complained.

"Then it's good to kill more barren mountain thieves to vent." Jem replied casually.

"Then you say we can't beat that giant?" Tang Rui asked again, and when it came to the topic of giants, his mood seemed to improve a little: "I have never seen a giant in my life!" ”

"I haven't seen it either. But I guess we can't beat it, after all, we can't even beat the black-robed bishop in the dungeon, and the giant must be more powerful than that dead face. ”

"Huh...... Do I have to deduct the XP I earned? Tang Rui puffed up his face again and let out a dissatisfied voice.

"It feels a little too late to rush back to the town to ask for help...... Well? Speaking of which, I remember that the system was updated with a new function before...... "Jem secretly thought 'game, give us a new life' and opened the system page and rummaged through: "There you have it, this is it, player forum!" ”

"What's the use of that?"

Tang Rui leaned over, but found that he couldn't see Jem's system page.

"I think I can use this to communicate with other players...... Hmm, is this a beginner's tutorial for the gods? I'll see, first I have to create a new post...... Do posts still have a name? Tang Rui, what do you think is a good name for the post we asked for? Jem asked his best friend for advice.

"My ass is so cold."

"Ass is good...... Nonsense, your hot drink is too effective, and of course it will be cold to sit in a snowdrift! Be serious for me! ”

"How's the 'Thief Crusade'?"

"It feels so decent...... And if it's not good, maybe not many people will come to help. Jem sat cross-legged in the snow and pondered for a long time, then a flash of inspiration: "Yes, let's call it 'Save the Child'!" There's also a picture upload function, you lie in that pit, make a defeated pose, and I'll take a few pictures of you. ”

"Eh, it's so cold......"

"I'll invite you to drink fish soup when it's done."

"Deal!"