Whispering was soon disappointed, because the very powerful adventurer mentioned by the little thief player was a very powerful NPC adventurer.

As the player base prospered and flourished in the free world adventurer industry, the word "adventurer" began to become completely popular, and many NPC natives from all over the free continent began to join the ranks of adventurers over time. This has come to a head with the player's active presence in recent game events, accompanied by a large number of powerful free world powerhouses joining the ranks of adventurers, including mages who originally belonged to the Mage Council and powerful warriors who belonged to the Warriors' House.

Of course, how strong these so-called "adventurers" who gradually blend into the player group are need to be measured by the players with their own vision and strength.

"When I met that guy before, he said he was from the northern continent."

Walking in the wilderness near the north of the town of Crook, a small thief named Gyro Boy explained in a sobbing voice, "There were many people who wanted to communicate with him, to get some information and tasks from him, but that guy refused all of us' offers and ran to the west on his own. ”

"Words from the West...... I remember the place called the Narufak Ruins, right? ”

Closing the adventurer map in his hand, the swordsman player named Leng Yu Soul whispered forward: "That place is the place I explored before, and there are many suspected devices and ancient guard machinery from the ancient magic empire period in it......"

"Yo, you found someone to corroborate it so quickly?"

Slightly waving a short sword with a magical light attached to it in his hand, another player named Doomsday Sorrow who followed behind pursed his lips: "If you can't beat me, you can rely on the savages?" When did you become a guy who helped with your mouth? ”

“…… The previous battle has not yet been decided. So the cold face of the cold rain became much lower again: "And I am Miss Xiang now...... Report it to the captain, and if you really don't believe me, forget it. ”

"Don't talk nonsense."

There was a bit of majesty in the mature and charming voice, and the whisper used a short look to suppress the argument between the two players behind him, who were still chattering: "...... You just said that he came from the north? ”

"Yes, yes." The gyro boy, who also felt the unique coercion of the superior, hurriedly replied in a low voice: "At first, I didn't believe it, because the north of the empire is either a desert or the Gobi, and there are not many people at all, but then that guy broke into the ruins alone, so we didn't dare to suspect anything......

"He broke into the ruins alone?" The whisper asked calmly, "How do you know?" ”

"I, I'm going to follow." The gyro boy scratched his cheek honestly: "I saw that they didn't dare to follow, so I felt that the opportunity had come, so I quietly followed the man, and finally met him in the southeast of the ruins." ”

"The corpses of several small machines had fallen beside him at that time, and he should have killed them alone." The little thief's voice stammered: "Then he sent me, found me, and almost sent me back as an enemy......"

“…… Looks like you've seen something terrible. The woman, who noticed the change in the other party's mood, casually continued to ask, "What happened later?" ”

"Later...... I explained to him what I was going to do, and he agreed. The gyro boy nodded hurriedly: "He decided not to go deep into the ruins for the time being, and waited for me to go to the village and call a few people to help, but when I went back to the tavern and told others, few people there believed what I said......"

"Bullying honest people." The man named Apocalyptic Sorrow then pouted again: "Although this is the truth of society, it still makes people listen to it very unpleasantly......"

"If there really is a branch of the Adventurers' Guild stationed here, things should be much better." The cold rain on the side also nodded: "But ...... Those people didn't really believe him, or they wouldn't have said anything stupid like they hadn't found anyone or the entrance to the ruins......"

"Clearly said that he didn't trust others, but secretly he had already used it as important information to investigate?" Yu Liuyu also sighed lightly: "Although they didn't gain anything from the results of throwing you off to explore on your own, but...... It's a pity. “

"If what you're saying is true, that NPC is probably not there anymore." She turned slightly: "The coordinates of the location you know don't mean anything anymore, go back." ”

"Wait, wait!"

It seemed that he was unwilling to get such a result, and the thief player, who saw that the three people were about to leave, hurriedly shouted: "Don't, don't leave in a hurry!" He might still be there! You guys, you look so powerful, you shouldn't be afraid to go in and investigate, right? ”

"We're really not afraid to explore the ruins, but we don't want to waste our time." Pointing to the sad end of the woman's back, he smiled and said, "Our eldest sister's time is very precious, and we still have to go to many places." ”

"I, I have another way!"

Seeing that the other two swordsmen also began to follow the back of the cloaked woman, the gyro boy hurriedly shouted again: "I, I still have a companion!" He's been following that adventurer! ”

“…… Well? ”

"You wait for me a little bit, I'll go offline and contact that person."

As if inspired by the slow turning back of the three people in front of him, the voice of the gyro boy also became urgent: "He is also a thief, an old player who has been taking me for this time!" His technique is good! You won't lose it! ”

“…… Veteran players? ”

"You ...... If you believe me, I will take you to him. ”

Without further explanation, the figure of the gyro boy soon began to blur: "You are all well-wishers, I will never let you run in vain!" ”

“…… There are really not many honest people in this era. ”

Looking at the white light of the other party's offline that gradually disappeared in place, Doomsday Sadness sighed again and played with the short sword in his hand: "What if he goes online again and finds that we are gone, and a bunch of wild monsters appear here?" ”

"What to do? Of course, it's a cold salad. ”

Saying this, Leng Yuli still walked slowly to the side of the thief going offline: "Since he said so, then let's wait for him for a few minutes...... How is it? ”

“…… All right. ”

Looking at the other party's inquiring eyes looking back at him, the whisper who stood in place finally squinted his eyes and nodded: "Then ......"

"Waste a few more minutes."

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“…… It's you. ”

The yellow sand blown by the endless wilderness re-obscured the figure of the gyro boy after a few minutes, and then a few minutes later, the figure of another player swept from afar into the eyes of the whispering and others, but the guy who rushed to the spot after hearing the news, the name on his head made the blue-haired female swordsman disappointed again: "Why are you here?" ”

"I'm just passing through here to complete a few missions in the capital of the Empire."

Wearing the same black cloak, the player named Salted Fish King slowly approached the group after a moment of stunnedness: "It's you...... How did you get here? ”

"Find someone."

Simply and quickly said such an answer, and the whisper retracted his disappointed eyes: "Since it's not, forget it." ”

"Since you're here, is it really okay to just forget it?" Turning his head to look at the gyro boy next to him with a lost expression, the Salted Fish King then raised his voice and asked, "There may be something unexpected in this ruin." ”

“…… When did your taste become so bad? ”

After pausing for a moment, he turned his head and said in a low voice, "I remember when you were in the Fool Adventure Group, you didn't even look at those top-level equipment. ”

"Those equipment are the property of the Fool Adventure Regiment, and it is up to the whole group to decide what to do with it." The Salted Fish King smiled and performed a free world aristocratic etiquette: "As a qualified manager, public and private must be clearly distinguished, not to mention ......"

"I'm no longer in that party." He smiled and said, "Everyone...... It's all gone. ”

“……”

The spring breeze that was still a little chilly continued to blow in front of the two people, bringing the silent atmosphere that gradually spread between each other to the clear sky of thousands of miles, and the whispers looking in that direction were also silent for a long time, until the wind gradually became lighter, and then slowly opened his lips: "Smiling butchers, they ...... Isn't it all in the past? ”

"The number of people still seems to be the same, but the people are ...... It's not the same person anymore. ”

As if telling something that has nothing to do with him, the player named Salted Fish King spread his hands: "I can see that everyone has their own thoughts, or maybe there is something unspeakable......

"Since you can't stay, it's a good ending to get together and disperse." He grinned, "Anyway, the Fool Adventure still has the highest prestige in the principality, and it is also one of the richest guilds in Tania City......"

"Even if it's just that little girl, she should be able to continue to hold on."

“…… That's it. ”

Brushing the long blue hair on his sideburns slightly, he finally let go of the momentary feelings that rose in his heart: "What about you, what are you doing here?" ”

"I said I was passing by."

Pointing behind him, the Salted Fish Dynasty made a slightly calming gesture in the direction of the slightly flustered gyro boy: "There are still many things waiting for me to do in the Shadow Society, and I don't want to give up my reputation so easily." ”

"Then ...... him"

"This teenager and I are like-minded, so we have been together for a while."

Raising his hand to signal in a certain direction of the yellow sand behind him, the Salted Fish King's voice became muffled: "Of course, I'm also interested in the quest itself - to be precise, the quest NPC himself. ”

"You're not going to make up another story to fool us, are you?" The sad end of the world with a sneer on the side slowly folded his arms: "We have listened to 10,000 stories recently, and each one is made up like a flower......

"My taste and my intelligence network have always been trusted." The Salted Fish King, who didn't care about the other party's attitude, nodded slightly: "If you don't believe it...... You ask this young lady in front of you? ”

"The title Miss is also your name?" Leng Yuli, who was standing on the other side behind the whispering liuyu, immediately took a step forward with the hilt of the sword: "Keep enough respect, otherwise any story will be useless, you ......"

"Okay, I agreed."

Interrupting the warnings of the two teammates behind him, he replied softly after staring at each other for a while, "Lead the way." ”

"Thank you."

Slightly patting the shoulder of the little thief next to him who was gradually becoming happy, the salted fish king turned around politely: "So...... Please go this way. ”

"That NPC is in the safe zone on the other side of the ruins, and you'll see it soon."

As the sun rises brighter and warmer over time, the wind warms up and dispels the chill around it, and the sparsely vegetated wasteland in the northwestern part of the Free Continent gradually gets rid of its original drought as spring approaches, and glows with its own unique vitality with sparse dotted green. People walking in the wasteland close to the ruins are rarely able to change their perception of the danger of this place because of these warm substitutions, but with the improvement of the player's level and the gradual improvement of equipment technology, a map like the Crook Wasteland is rarely able to allow them to concentrate on preparing for the battle - the popularization of the version in a few months and the accumulation of equipment for a long time have greatly improved the attributes and skills of ordinary players, and even skills such as sword qi that only professional masters can comprehend, It has also begun to become popular in the mass world, and the base of high-end players has become larger and larger, and the dangerous corners of the free continent have become less mysterious, and the mystery has been unveiled with their exploration, which has also made many people and things that originally only existed in legends appear more and more in people's field of vision.

It's like the person I met at this time.

"Hello."

After a big circle around the ruins, the five of them finally came to the place where the NPC mentioned by the Salted Fish King was hiding, and the NPC dressed as a scholar who had been wandering around leisurely as if he was strolling around also noticed the arrival of the three newcomers such as Whisper Liuyu, and turned around and showed a polite smile: "I'm Art." ”

"It's a pleasure to meet you."