"I don't know when you came back...... But it's good to be back. ”

Walked in front of the two with a lazy face, Richard, who was carrying a big sword, said indifferently, and then waved his hand at Duan Qing, pressing back the question that the other party was about to blurt out, although it was not obvious, time still carved a little tired color on this uncle's body, and looking at the other party's vigilant appearance that gradually relaxed, Duan Qing also slightly understood some of the reasons why he suddenly appeared in front of the two: "...... It can't be that you noticed that something was wrong and came over to take a look, right? ”

"Ahem...... As people get older, their vigilance decreases. Richard coughed twice with an unnatural expression: "When I was young, little guys like you who suddenly slipped into here, I could catch you out in minutes......"

A player like us who hangs back, you can't catch it in your life......

Silently swallowing back what he wanted to say, Duan Qing replied with a dry smile: "When Uncle was young, he must have been very popular, right?"

"Of course!" Richard patted his chest, and his originally slightly tired face became a little more energetic: "When I was young, I was also a beautiful man who fascinated thousands of girls, and my name was spread on countless streets and alleys, and wherever I went, there were countless people chasing and killing on the streets...... Oh no, it's to greet me! ”

“…… Sounds really popular. ”

Ignoring the words that the uncle almost missed, Duan Qing continued to smile and asked, "Then how did you come to Fenghua Town to be the commander of the light pole?"

"What is the Commander of the Light Pole, isn't there still you?" Richard immediately glared at his eyes, and then gradually withered as if he remembered something: "I joined the Adventurers' Guild twelve years ago, and I was taken in by Anduin, the president of the Guild at that time...... Uh, no, he recruited me to live a quiet life, and later introduced me to the head of the Roland family, who taught me a lot of melee skills......"

"Wait, wait, wait." Duan Qing hurriedly raised his hand: "This is another ...... When was this? ”

“…… About 10 years ago. Richard glanced at Duan Qing in surprise, and finally said lightly, "What's wrong?"

"That Lola isn't a royal sister type no matter how you look at it, she shouldn't be that old now, right?" Duan Qing rolled his eyelids: "Ten years ago...... Do you want to say that a little girl is your teacher? ”

“…… So you know it all. ”

Raising his head and glancing at Duan Qing, Richard's voice became even more indifferent: "That ...... Little girl, don't look at her young age, even ten years ago, she was already one of the best masters in the free continent. ”

“…… Lola Rowland? ”

"Yes, that's her."

Answering Duan Qing's general question, Richard slowly raised his saber in front of him: "The youngest head of the Roland family, the one who stepped on the blood to become the head of the family, a monster with natural great strength, a loyal lover of weapons and killing...... She was only fourteen years old at the time, but she already had a myriad of terrifying names, and it is said that even the Council of Mages, who came to stop her from committing too many killings, finally died in front of her......"

“…… The image you describe seems to be very different from the one I met. Glancing at Xue Lingphantom Ice beside him, Duan Qing wiped the cold sweat on his head: "Are we really talking about a person?"

"Of course you won't believe it, because I still haven't dared to believe it."

Stretching out his hand and rubbing the hideous sword in front of him, Richard squinted his eyes and replied: "She gradually became an ordinary girl after meeting the Lionheart Emperor, at that time, the situation of the Roland family had just been stabilized, and the emperor had just secured his throne, he was quite appreciative of this woman who was similar to his own form and god, and finally seemed to want to forcibly take her as a concubine despite the opposition of the ministers and the age gap, and Redkar was afraid every day at that time, She was afraid that the most powerful family of the empire would fight with the emperor of the empire, but in the end, she nodded her head. ”

"What? She...... She agreed? ”

“…… She agreed to the audience. ”

As if recalling the events of that time, Richard's voice became ethereal: "It was a sunny day, and no one knew what was really going on inside the palace, but according to the later ladies of the court...... It was the queen who stepped in to solve the final problem. ”

“…… Empress? Looking at the other party's paused face, Duan Qing turned his head and glanced at Xue Ling Phantom Bing: "What kind of character is this?"

"The wife of the Emperor, the mother of the Empire, a woman who looks very dignified and virtuous." Xue Ling's Phantom Ice explained expressionlessly, "And...... The fuse of the last war between the two countries. ”

"Uh...... All right. So Duan Qing scratched his cheeks and looked back in the direction where Richard was: "So...... How did she 'tame' the fierce little girl you described? ”

"I don't know, and no one knows." Richard replied in a low voice: "I only know that the relationship between those two people has become very good, as enviable as mother and son, and this accident, which almost caused a big mess, ended in a peaceful way."

“…… So you also received a good master? ”

"Come on, her methods of teaching her disciples will not change because of this incident."

Waving his hand sadly, Richard tried to dispel some of the bad memories in his mind: "But since that day, she has indeed changed herself in her own way, and the ferocity on her body has gradually faded, and the weapons in her collection have begun to decrease one by one, until one day she announced that she was about to go on a trip, and said that she would not continue to teach us......"

"That is the day when our suffering ends." Speaking of this, he shrugged his shoulders: "And then ...... I went back to the Guild and was sent here. ”

“…… And then you met us? The atmosphere gradually fell silent, and then loosened again as Duan Qing spoke: "With all due respect, when we ran into you...... I don't think you've been trained by the devil. ”

"Because I'm a real guild member now!" Richard wiped his nose with a look of vigour, "Being able to adapt to every upcoming adventure, but the second purpose of our Adventurers Guild ......"

"Come on, are you adapting? You're simply using negativity to slack off. Duan Qing ruthlessly exposed his old background when he first met Richard when he was in Fenghua Town: "Look at the sloppy look you still maintain now...... Presumably you were 'sent' here in the first place, right? ”

"I know a little bit about the Adventurers' Guild headquarters, especially the people who have been there before." Xue Ling, who was standing on the side, also said in an indifferent voice: "I have heard the name of the former president, Anduin, but I have never heard of your name...... Are you really someone from the Adventurers' Guild headquarters? ”

“…… Less verbose! ”

As if finally being asked about the past that he couldn't mention, Richard put on a look of not being able to get in: "Why do you like to inquire about my affairs so much?" Can't you have the energy to complete a few more tasks? There are so many people in your hometown who are homeless, and now they are waiting for you to save them...... Oh, forgot, we still have an Imperial...... Don't think that if you dress up like Shirley, I won't be able to smell your identity! ”

“…… Do you know Shirley? ”

"I refuse to answer questions now, all questions! Instead of wasting time with me here, you might as well go out and help the big-headed soldiers who are clearly putting up for a fight, and then save Windflower Town! ”

The starry spring water fluctuated a little with the commotion that sounded in the tent, and then returned to stillness with the sight of the two people being thrown out together, and then Richard, who came out, glanced at the few pieces of equipment he was carrying, and finally threw them on Duan Qing's body, turned around and closed the curtain door of the tent: "In the name of the branch president of the Adventurer Association of Wind Flower Town......"

"I'm optimistic about you."

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"As a result, I still haven't heard any information about that guy."

In the early morning of the next day, in the corner of a snowfield somewhere in the west of the Fenghua Plain, Duan Qing, who was hurrying, was trying to dig his feet out of the snow while throwing down the pieces of wood that had just fallen apart in front of him. The wind and snow that had not stopped for days seemed to have finally stopped with the energy that erupted on the top of Hulan Mountain the day before, but it also attracted more and more players to gather here, and the two people with ghosts in their hearts had no choice but to hide their whereabouts, and at the same time slowly approached the coordinates mentioned by Mengzhu before.

Although these thick layers of snow are the biggest enemies that hinder their progress.

"How's the test going?"

There was the sound of Snow Spirit Phantom Ice in his ears, and at the same time, there was a few soft sounds of his toes on the snow, and the figure belonging to Snow Spirit Phantom Ice returning from front then crossed the white sky and returned to Duan Qing in the posture of a fairy. Duan Qing, who was dressed in white wolf skin, shook his head slightly, as if he was not surprised by the amazing appearance of the woman now, he pointed to the large and small packages that were also scattered next to the wood chips, and let his other foot sink into the snow: "I thought it should be easy to make a sled, but it has been scattered three times now...... How did the previous Uncle Vaal make a carriage that pulled so many things? ”

“…… Is it because it was made by players, so it has not been recognized by the system? Xue Lingphantom Bing Dai Mei said: "It was the same when our guild built a station before, and the house made couldn't withstand the wind and rain at all......

"If that's the case, then I'm going to curse." Sitting on the soft snow, Duan Qing turned to look at the goods all over the ground: "If you want us to support the west, forget it, and let us figure it out by ourselves...... Can we have any other ideas than to use human power to carry them? ”

“……”

"What about you? How's your training going? ”

“…… Half an hour. ”

"It's not a lot of progress, and I'll be able to do the next step of qi machine practice soon, so ...... Would you like to help move two? ”

“…… No. ”

With a faint sigh, Duan Qing immediately gave up the idea of continuing to persuade, and then crawled out of the snow with difficulty in the woman's still silent reaction: "I was able to join Mengzhu along the way, but now I have gone around in such a big circle...... If it is about life, there should be no one who is more miserable than us now. ”

"The things behind you aren't mine, they're what Richard deliberately stuffed into you." Xue Lingphantasm replied with a pout, "As for going around in such a big circle...... Do you think I want to die too? ”

"Speaking of which...... Have you chosen? ”

“……”

"What, embarrassed to take your reward?"

It seemed that the other party's embarrassment could be seen from the woman's silence, Duan Qing, who was sitting on the snow, said with a smile: "When you were at the top of the mountain before, you were so anxious that you seemed to swallow those monsters alive, how did you get to now...... Suddenly becoming so reserved like a lady? ”

"What do you say?"

What answered him was a heavy knocking sound, as well as Duan Qing's action of falling to the ground in pain, and he gasped on the ground for a long time with his limbs extended, and finally sat up again with his almost crooked nose: "You sturdy woman, why do you do it without saying a word?" If you continue like this, not to mention that you can't find a husband, even a member of the guild may not be willing to follow you......"

“……”

"Uh...... I'm kidding. ”

Looking at Xue Ling's face that was silent again, Duan Qing, who was rubbing his nose, said with a dry smile: "Such a beautiful female player, she is still a professional player, if she really becomes the president, then the members who came to join will have to break their heads......"

"At least half of the people won't welcome me." The cold-faced woman whispered, "Because I'm an Imperial."

“…… Please, didn't I say that before? Even if you're a Namek, no player will care about this. ”

Finally understanding what the other party had been caring about, Duan Qing patted his head: "Players only care about how you are, and they don't care about your nationality in the game, even if this world is really forcibly divided into two camps, haven't you had a precedent of successfully sneaking over before?"

"Forget what Richard said, he's just the one who used to be in the Empire." He shook his head and said, then pointed to the packages behind him: "If he really cared, he wouldn't give us two ...... such a task."

"Hey, you two!"

Before he could finish speaking, a voice suddenly sounded at the end of the snowfield not far from the two of them, and then slowly approached with the sight of several figures coming together with each other.