"Alright, let's get ready and go."

"Don't worry, let's see if everything is ready, the best black iron sword, a large amount of magic gem powder, a bottle of greenstone wine, and boxes of gold coins......"

"I said, is this really necessary? Are the city lords really rare of these things? ”

"Even if people don't look down on it, the necessary posture still has to be put on! Otherwise, can you still plan to meet the city lord empty-handed? ”

In the early morning of January 12, 796 in the New Calendar of the Free World, at the door of the tavern in the corner near the docks of Liberty City, a group of players who had just reunited placed their items in front of each other, as if they were about to make the final preparations before leaving: "Although the money is not much, this box of gold coins looks a little bit like a rich man...... Well, I'm afraid that you'll be robbed before you reach the door. ”

"Dare to come and rob? Who robs who is not certain! Wiping his nose, Asahi Dongsheng raised his axe with a confident face: "Don't worry, our Qingling Adventure Group will definitely be famous in the Free City today!" ”

"It's not for you to slaughter the city, what are you excited about?" Looking at each other's faces with his arms crossed, Duan Qing finally shook his head and sighed: "Forget it, anyway, we are short of manpower, and the rest of the things can only be left to you to play freely...... Gedmayne. ”

"I'll leave it to you to keep an eye on him." He turned his head, and his gaze fell on the big shield warrior who was also standing between the piles of goods: "The people of the Dongcheng Society should have taken care of everything for us, but most of them will not come forward to solve the problem for us, can you solve the inquiries we gave you before, and don't let this guy mess around-"

"I always feel that the latter question is more head-wrenching than the previous one." Sighing and letting out a wry smile, the big shield warrior who was looking at Duan Qing then gestured his thumb: "Leave it to me, I won't let him mess around." ”

"I hope so." Retracting his gaze, Duan Qing then began to look at Xue Lingphantom Ice, who was also sorting out his equipment and belongings on the side: "And then it's you—you don't have a problem alone, right?" ”

"Don't forget what I did before I met you." Tucking her long white hair behind her back and raising her head, Xue Lingphantom Ice then showed her own smile: "Doing things like sabotage is my specialty." ”

"It's not just sabotage, it's also important to investigate and confirm it in advance." Reaching out and pulling the cloak and hood prepared for the other party, Duan Qing emphasized in a low voice: "Even if we have the time, whether there is someone we want to find in those positions is still a matter that needs to be confirmed, if you don't grab the other party's tail, you may get the opposite effect——"

"I know, I know."

blocked Duan Qing's mouth with fingers like white jade, and the corners of the well-organized Snow Spirit Phantom Ice mouth turned up slightly, and the breath like ice and orchid also slowly blew in front of Duan Qing with the autumn wind passing through the streets and alleys of Freedom City: "At least I still have some friendship with my former sister Mengzhu, and my identity is easy to be recognized by the other party, unlike some people, who are unwilling to meet others after deleting their numbers......"

"After all, it's all in the past." Duan Qing smiled helplessly: "I can't let it go when I hear it, but I don't know what to say when I meet, in short, for the sake of the task, it's better to leave this step of rescuing the little girl to you." ”

"If I find out about her existence, I'll try to resolve it in a more peaceful way." Putting away the smile on his face, Xue Lingphantom Ice then blocked his face with his pulled up hood: "Of course, if there is no one in the few places that Dongcheng will provide, I will come back first." ”

"Free City is a harbor, and there are so many possibilities to get people away." Duan Qing, who lowered his head, also sighed: "Do your best to ensure the destiny of heaven, if this is the case, you can't find the slightest clue——"

"We can only stupidly pray that she is safe."

The gathered team began to gradually disperse with this swan song-like word, and slowly dispersed in their respective directions, and Duan Qing, who was watching the back of the Snow Spirit Phantom Ice, then also watched the other two people gradually disappear in the direction of the City Lord's Mansion and the other side of the Free City. The cold wind, which represents the colder climate and the longer autumn days, also continued to blow from the harbor not far from the other end of the tavern, accompanied by the citizens of Freedom City and players who passed by here from time to time passing by this intersection, Duan Qing, who didn't know what he was thinking, gradually woke up from standing for a long time, shook his head and waved gently to the carriage parked here: "Let's go too." ”

"Don't you need to confirm the location with the people of the East Side Society, sir?" Sitting in the driver's seat of the carriage, the coded whisper Ning Lan, who was clutching the reins, pulled the long leather boots wrapped in the blue and white skirt together: "They only gave one name......

"That's enough." Glancing at the carriage behind him, Duan Qing then turned over and sat on the edge of the carriage: "I know the location." ”

"It's in that little alley not far from the center."

Following Duan Qing's previous memories, the old carriage then slowly drove out of the intersection in front of the tavern, and the muffled sound of ruts and stone roads colliding with each other also appeared in the ears of the two people, and with a shaking feeling, they kept going deeper into the city that Duan Qing pointed to. The silent atmosphere also appeared in front of the carriage as the carriage slowly advanced, and even the scenery around the streets along the river road that kept skimming Duan Qing's field of vision became tasteless, and the gray-robed magician with his hands in front of him finally broke his gesture of constantly indicating forward and turning left and right, and looked at the side face of the secret whisper Ning Lan with an inquiring gaze: "How are you feeling these two days?" ”

"It feels good, sir." Turning his head and revealing a smile, Ning Lan's voice replied with a bit of a delicate feeling: "The doctor with whom the Lou family has already diagnosed Ning Lan, and they think that Ning Lan has no problem." ”

"That's not what I mean." Duan Qing shook his head and interrupted the other party's words: "I mean your thoughts—have you made up your mind?" ”

“……”

The hand pulling the reins of the carriage paused slightly, and the smile on Ning Lan's face disappeared little by little, and the feeling of being overwhelmed then flashed on her face, and finally revealed a depressed face: "Ning Lan, Ning Lan as long as she can follow her husband, the rest...... The other Ning Lan hadn't thought about it yet. ”

"In the past two days, you have still been following my orders." Shrugging his shoulders slightly, Duan Qing looked back at the other party with an extremely serious expression: "You executed very well, it reminds me of the all-powerful, chic and calm Duan family maid in the past, even if the strength is not fully recovered due to the recovery of the injury, it is only a matter of time." ”

"But that's not what I want to see."

Shaking his head, the gray-robed magician then reversed the words he wanted to say a little: "At least at the beginning of the journey to the free world, you are much better than you are now, you can have your own ideas, your own way of doing things, even if you are not by my side, you can handle every problem you encounter well." ”

"You're even jealous." Speaking of this, he let out a few chuckles for some reason, as if he remembered something amazing: "Forget it, when facing Ling Bing, your performance has unconsciously become much stronger, don't you think so?" ”

"Ning Lan, Ning Lan just wants to serve Mr. well." A panicked face appeared on her face, and Ning Lan hurriedly turned her head: "Ning Lan has no other meaning, Ning Lan, Ning Lan doesn't dare-"

"'Ning Lan' is not so easy to do."

Stretching out his hand to block what Ning Lan wanted to say, Duan Qing shook his head and whispered: "If you want to get rid of the shackles of the past and become an independent person, the first thing you need to forget is these rules and pick up your thoughts again." ”

"Those shackles imposed on you by the Duan family are just to prevent you from having these thoughts." He put away his serious complexion and gradually fell his gaze in front of him: "What forces you to submit is not any love and respect for me, but the level gap deliberately created between you and the 'Duan Clan', if you want to clear the oppression caused by this rank gap, you must first really stand up." ”

"Ning Lan, Ning Lan I ......"

"At least start with putting forward opinions, you look at the people just now, they put forward a lot of opinions and suggestions." Facing the frightened gaze cast by the secret whisper Ning Lan, Duan Qing smiled and patted her head: "If it's difficult to do this, you can also start by changing your name, try not to call me 'sir' or anything else, but call me ...... directly Belch. ”

"We seem to be getting there."

The carriage passed through the streets and alleys during this conversation, and finally came to the entrance of a dimly lit alley near the center of Liberty City, where the obviously eerie and skewed alleyway blocked the visitors of passers-by with dim light that could not be observed by outsiders, as if it was replacing the "No Idlers" sign that should have been inserted in the doorway. The hesitation on her face was quickly replaced by a vigilant look, and Ning Lan, who was holding the reins, then instinctively lightened her breathing, and the palm that was originally pressed on her head was slowly withdrawn with a kneading motion, accompanied by Duan Qing's low smile: "Don't be nervous, that guy is definitely not a bad person." ”

"Assuming she doesn't move, of course."

Jumping out of the carriage, the gray-robed magician walked into the crooked alley so casually, and then in the faint sound of the carriage behind him, he came to the dilapidated building marked "Dark Magic Hut" that he was very familiar with in his memory: "Is anyone there?" ”

"I'm Linyuan Broken Water, a magician from the Empire."

Looking at the door of the hut that did not respond, the gray-robed magician still did not stop greeting: "I am ordered by the Mage Council to come to visit you. ”

"Shadow Mage, Lord Shanaido."

With a gesture of no need to worry, Duan Qing lowered his head deeply, and the standard magician's salutation continued in front of this black magic hut for a while, and finally gradually retracted with the faintly echoing terrifying wind: "It turned out to be Wiggins's apprentice, please come in." ”

"Excuse me."

The darkness and hellish cry from inside the small door didn't seem to produce the slightest sense of intimidation, Duan Qing just walked into the door of the black magic hut, and then found the figure of the black magician named Shanaiduo in the gap where the black energy that was constantly surrounding and tempting around him slowly disappeared: "It's an honor to meet you, my lord. ”

"Speaking of which, this is the first time we've met." He straightened his hair, and a smile appeared on his face, "Should I call you Lord Shanado, or should I call you Lord Shanna?" ”

“…… You seem to know me very well. ”

Still the image covered in a black veil, Shanaiduo, who was sitting in the corner of the hut, slowly raised his thin hand: "But this magic robe on your body is just an ordinary magic robe." ”

"Well, the Robe of Magna was destroyed during my previous adventures." So the smile on Duan Qing's face turned into a wry smile: "Mentor Wiggins also taught me a hard lesson for this, if it weren't for the universal space function of the magic robe, I might not be able to get out of the gate of the mage council." ”

"Well, it's good that he didn't dispose of you personally."

Ruo Ruo's gaze swept over Duan Qing's body, and the shadow mage Shanaiduo curled up his body like an old woman: "Then what trouble is there to find my head when I come to visit this time?" ”

"We have a friend who has been seriously injured and would like to ask you for help to take a look." Gesturing to the vaguely outlined outline of the carriage behind him staying outside the door, Duan Qing still said politely: "We inquired a little in the Free City, and heard that the owner of the Black Magic Hut can treat such injuries, so we came here. ”

"If your so-called friend is the dragon lying outside the door, that's a surprise."

Still curled up with the same languid tiredness, Shanaiduo's voice in reply was still full of insight into everything: "It is already a miracle that the dragons can walk with humans, and there are still things on this continent that can seriously injure the dragons?" ”

"Dragon Slaying Arrow, the alchemy magic product of the dragon special attack."

Duan Qing said the answer to this question in a deep voice.

"As one of the stewards of the Void Library, you've definitely heard of this kind of mass killing weapon, right?"