"No wonder I didn't leave no matter what I said, it turned out to be waiting for someone."

Looking at the appearance of the Snow Spirit Phantom Ice that was gradually generated in place with his eyes closed, Duan Qing let out a long breath, and the mood that had gradually relaxed because he had found someone then became more and more confused, as if he sensed that something was wrong: "Oops, isn't it wrong to go online in person?" ”

"It's all come to this point, what's the use of you still struggling with this?" The Thousand-Fingered Crane on the side turned his head angrily: "And she looks pretty stupid now...... No, it's not right, anyway, there are a lot of players who log in in front of NPCs in the free world, and there haven't been any anomalies until now. ”

"Players in the free world can go offline at will, and that's because there is a big mountain of systems that use certain methods to cover up the past in front of NPCs."

Looking at the back of the purple-haired woman who was still standing still, Duan Qing lowered his voice and replied: "In order to protect the virtual world NPCs from being sneak attacked by players using offline ambushes, neither the player side nor the NPC side can sense each other at the moment of landing in the game......

"According to this theory, our Miss Violet should not see the Snow Spirit Phantom Ice offline and online from any point of view." His voice became a little more serious: "But she seems to know the problem, and has been waiting here." ”

"No matter how you look at it, I think it's a little abnormal."

As she spoke, the figure belonging to the white-haired female swordsman had begun to gradually become stable, and she slowly opened her eyes after completing the landing under the joint gaze of several people, and her eyes were full of endless distress and fatigue when she looked ahead: "......"

"What's wrong? Still struggling with what happened before? ”

Smiled and walked in front of her, and Duan Qing, who had abandoned the topic, pressed down all the negative factors that had originally appeared on his face with a sorted out expression: "Or do you feel uncomfortable in your body?" ”

“…… Duan Qing. ”

The name was pronounced in a low voice, and Xue Lingphantom Bing's originally sluggish gaze clarified slightly: "You...... There you are. ”

"Tired? Or is there something else? ”

Duan Qing, who had a smile and stepped forward with a smile, noticed something unusual in the other party's wandering sight, and asked gently, "Why did you suddenly go offline in such a place?" ”

"I, I'm fine."

The action of wanting to say something slowly retracted with the expression of wanting to say and stopped, and Xue Lingphantom Bing, who lowered his head, gradually twisted his hands together: "I just...... That, suddenly there was a little urgency, so ......"

"Oh, really?" A puzzled gaze began to scan back and forth around the white-haired female swordsman's body, Duan Qing pinched his chin and asked, "Aren't the high-level game cabins all have metabolic circulatory systems?" The kind of body fluid collection device that is specially designed to give players the best experience...... Ah! ”

There was a heavy blow on the door of the head, and Duan Qing, who was interrupted from speaking, then covered her head and stepped back, and the white-haired woman who couldn't help but stretch out her hand to punish the other party then withdrew her arm with some embarrassment, and the two blush that rose on her cheeks then became the best way to hide her unnaturalness at this time: "That's a function that only the highest-level cabin can have!" How could I have a game pod like I am now? I-"

Sensing Violet's presence, she retracted the straightforward words she blurted out: "Anyway, don't think about those things, my body is fine." ”

"That's good."

Nodding slightly, Duan Qing, who had been covering his head and rubbing it for a long time, then replied with a smile: "I thought that after you met that person, there would be something abnormal in your body......

“……”

"What's wrong? Did I say it right? ”

Seeing that the other party fell into silence again, Duan Qing put down his hands: "What strange thing did that Liangchen Meiyu take to persecute you again?" Or did you say something strange? ”

"No, there isn't."

Slightly exaggerated to interrupt the man in front of her, Xue Lingphant, who hurriedly shouted, took two steps back, and she noticed that she was overreacting, and then carefully put away her expression, and her eyes that looked down at the ground under her feet became more flustered: "He, he just said a few nonsense, and by the way, he was disgusting and disgusting me." ”

"If it weren't for Violet's protection, I might have been successfully attacked by him." I don't know if she was in a hurry to change the topic or remembered what happened before she went offline, her expression became much softer, and she turned to look at the purple-haired woman's silent face: "It was she who used magic to protect me from that bastard's attack at the critical moment, and then used teleportation magic to bring me here......"

"I see, thank you."

It seemed that he didn't notice these anomalies, Duan Qing, who turned around, bowed to Violet with a smile and said: "Thank you for always waiting in this place, you have helped us again, when you are well, I will definitely - well, it's a pity that all the valuable goods on my body have been destroyed by the previous magic absorption array, and now I almost can't take out any of them, and when I have money, I will definitely invite you to the largest tavern in the imperial capital, 'Sheritti', to have a delicious meal!" Hahaha......"

“……”

“…… Never mind. ”

Looking around at the quiet atmosphere that had not been enlivened by his laughter, Duan Qing, who had an embarrassed face, then stopped his slightly dry smile: "I whisper these useless things in your ear every day, it is better to find a cure for you earlier...... Let's go. ”

"Let's find a place to rest first, and by the way, stay away from this place of right and wrong." He took Violet's slightly dumbfounded arm and turned to Xue Lingbing and whispered, "You don't know how wonderful things have happened during this time, we-huh?" ”

"What's wrong again?"

He looked at Xue Ling's slightly hesitant face, and his eyes met the eyes that were staring at him: "Is there anything else you want to ask?" ”

"You...... I remember you didn't say you were offline? ”

His lips opened slightly and closed it twice, and Xue Lingphantom Ice finally asked a question in his heart: "It's before...... When you were in the Adventurers' Association, you ...... at that time You said...... Suddenly something is going to go offline......"

"That's it, that's done." His eyebrows raised upwards with a stunned expression, and Duan Qing, who had reacted for a long time, then replied with a smile: "What's the matter, what's the problem?" ”

He still didn't tell me.

He's still hiding something.

A frustrated gaze flashed from his eyes, and Xue Lingphantom Bing barely pulled out a smile: "...... Nothing, let's go. ”

"The Pamuel family has begun to retaliate, and tonight's riot is expected to continue for a long time."

I don't know if it was because of an overly optimistic attitude or because of an overly tired spirit, Duan Qing, who didn't notice this abnormality, then put away his gaze and walked forward: "Although I don't know what kind of courage they have to do such a thing in front of the current environment of the imperial capital, it's better for us to avoid those tricky guys first." ”

"It's a pity that we don't have many people we can trust anymore." His voice paused slightly, as if he was thinking about the choice he should make in this situation: "Most of the allies of the Landnall family are the Anfleet family, so it is very likely that going over there will also be involved in the disputes of those nobles, and the Date family can't count on it now, so it's probably only - hey, what's wrong with you?" ”

"You, what did you just call him?"

It seemed that he had been stunned in place for a long time, and the Thousand Fingered Crane, who had been staring at Duan Qing with straight eyes, pointed at the Snow Spirit Phantom Ice and made his own voice at this time: "You call him...... Segment...... Paragraph ......"

"You heard me wrong."

Reluctantly blocked the name that the other party wanted to say, Duan Qing, who reached out and twisted the little head, turned his head expressionlessly: "This guy usually likes to shout nonsense, and he never wants to call someone ID." ”

"Please don't take it personally, thank you."

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The Gloria family is located in the center of the city not far from the center of the empire, and its existence is almost as long as the ancient imperial capital, because of the family's past achievements and glory, and many buildings and symbols, including the name of the city, are also related to the family to a greater or lesser extent. However, due to various unexpected circumstances and the operation of certain forces, the glory of this family began to decline with the passage of time, and even now, when the imperial capital is chaotic and the castle of Thebilisi has begun to be attacked, no one will mention the name of this family that is highly respected by the imperial military and most of the generals.

Although this did not make a certain soldier who had just returned from staying at home to recuperate, have any thoughts of raising objections.

"I didn't expect you to find me here at this time."

Pushing a few cups of hot teacups in front of the adventurers who had just broken into the mansion in the middle of the night, Lot, who waved away several waiters, let out a few playful low laughs: "Why, have you come to the point where you need the Gloria family to take refuge?" ”

"Just by the way, by the way, ahahaha." Putting away the list that he had been looking for for a long time in the adventurer's handbook, Duan Qing replied with a smile: "And judging from the current status and situation, we are the ones who should help each other the most." ”

"The Gloria family has been weak for a long time, otherwise I wouldn't have been the captain of the garrison in that part of Tanzanian City for so long." Signaling a little to the other party, Lott held up the cup of tea that belonged to him in front of him: "Even now that I have recovered my noble status and returned to the imperial capital, it is very difficult to say half a sentence in front of the emperor." ”

"It doesn't matter, the great name of the Gloria family will not really decline because of the underestimation of His Majesty and those nobles." Duan Qing smiled and stretched out his hand: "And I have noticed the courtesy of the military and some other nobles to you, they should still value you." ”

"No matter how much you value me, it's not as important as the current situation." Lott shook his head: "At least I'm still far from you who solved the mutation in Tanzanian City and stood directly on the opposite side of His Royal Highness the Prince." ”

"Uh...... You don't still hold a grudge against what happened back then, do you? ”

"How is it possible, I have already let go of what happened at that time."

Facing Duan Qing's subsequent tentative question, Lot's scarred face once again burst into a smile: "Witnessing your battle with the Lord of Violet, and the subsequent confrontation with His Royal Highness the Prince, no matter how stupid I am, I should have sensed that something was wrong." ”

"You, me, even Violet, we are all victims." He pointed to Duan Qing's chest, and his voice changed from the previous heartiness to mystery: "The storm of the empire is being changed by some people with intentions, and the raid on the castle by the restorers is just the beginning, if it weren't for you and your companions to solve the civil strife in Tanzanian City in that way, His Royal Highness might have already succeeded in it." ”

"Allow me to thank you." Speaking of this, he solemnly lowered his head: "Only me, including me and a few other people from Tanzanian City, know who is the real hero who saved that city." ”

"That's not a good thing." Duan Qing replied with a wry smile: "What I did at best only led to the early outbreak of those contradictions, which brought more serious turmoil to the empire......

"For the same reason, Marshal Reid is naturally inconvenient to act rashly at the moment." Placing the sipping teacup on the table in front of him, Lott nodded in agreement: "In order to guard against the follow-up threats that may appear here, the other imperial generals, including me, have also unanimously decided to leave the affairs of the castle aside for the time being, and believe that Steele is the best policy." ”

"But His Majesty the Emperor may not believe you because of these decisions of yours." Duan Qing groaned and shook his head: "Coupled with these riots that happened tonight - Redkar's city guards don't seem to have shown up until now, did the above decide to let these guys continue to make trouble?" ”

"Whatever the nobles plan to do, we will ignore them."

With a deep sigh, Lot, who was sitting in the center, shook his head and replied: "What's more, I'm half a sinner now, so it's better not to add a trivial matter, as for you ......."

"It seems that the sinner who came to visit me so late did not come to talk to me about these scriptures?" His gaze suddenly turned to Duan Qing and the players beside him: "For the sake of our old friend's face, I can listen to it—what do you want to do when you come here tonight?" ”

The atmosphere that suddenly became silent then descended on this simple-shaped room, accompanied by the awkward movements of three or two players, including Duan Qing, looking at each other, and the words that had been brewing for a long time were then interrupted by the sound of a loud noise coming from outside the house, and the screams of several retainers and attendants waiting outside the room gradually echoed in the dim hall. Two sharp flashes flashed in his eyes, and Lot, who was sitting opposite Duan Qing, then grabbed his big sword and stood up suddenly, wanting to make a voice to warn the others, but his voice was interrupted by the voice of a red-haired girl sitting in the corner, and at the same time, the magician named Thousand Fingered Crane changed from sluggish to stunned eyes: "The magic structure has changed...... How can it be? ”

"The magical spirit veins of the imperial capital have suddenly become active!"