1213 Repayment of interest
The endless rain continued to spread in the darkness over the fortress, and it seemed that there was no sign of stopping, and Dusk, who had watched the man gradually leave, raised his hand to stop several Duchy soldiers from trying to pursue, and looked at the top of the wall in the distance, which had also become dilapidated. In the completely unrecognizable background of the night, a burly figure then slowly appeared at the head of the city that the Duchy Marshal was silently looking at, and then he lowered his arms with a low smile and turned his head to look at the night where Yin Zhu left: "Really, it doesn't make people worry about going anywhere." β
"Thankfully, we're still kind of benevolent." The heavy rain curtain surrounded the surrounding scene, and he quietly turned his body: "Even in this situation, we still have to take care of you with all our hearts...... Well? β
The footsteps that he had just wanted to leave suddenly stopped in place, and his gaze returned to the interior of the fortress with the movement of turning, and a girl carrying the Red Lotus Staff then slowly revealed her figure at the end of that direction, as if she had already noticed that his eyes were also staring at himself who was standing on the other side at this time. With a disdainful chuckle, the burly man then turned around and waved his hand, and then gradually disappeared into the dark depths above the city wall under the quiet gaze of the Thousand Fingered Crane, who had arrived here at some point: "Okay, this is still your home field. β
"I'll admit that I'm not completely sure that I'll be able to beat you right now, so I'll let you go."
In the scene where the rustle of the heavy rain still did not stop, the night-time chaos belonging to the Fars Fortress seemed to finally show signs of ending at this moment, and the red-haired girl who was looking at the curtain then jumped off the top of the fortress where she was originally in the command of Dusk to clean up the battlefield, and slowly walked to Duan Qing and the others who were resting collectively: "How is it?" Is the injury serious? β
"Except for me, everyone else probably isn't having much fun." Duan Qing, who was treating Gedmayne with a magic potion, replied without raising his head: "Although a zero-level player like me, if someone touches me with their fingers, I will be killed on the spot...... That's not right. β
"Aren't you in charge of keeping an eye on the Fallen Dream? Why did you get here? He looked at the girl's face, and his hands that were using magic potions paused for a moment: "What if that guy runs away again?" β
"If we have worked so hard to protect him and he wants to escape, then let him escape by himself." Stretching out his hand to help carry the other members of the Qingling Adventure Group to a place by the city wall where they could shelter from the rain, the tense face of the Thousand Finger Crane muttered in a low voice: "My task is only to protect his most basic and necessary safety, and at the same time, it can be regarded as contributing to the dignity of the Mage Council, if that person intends to die himself, I am not obliged to stop him." β
"Die by yourself?" He also dragged his tired steps back into his own team, and Xue Lingphantom Ice, who was holding his shoulder, looked up at the left and right here: "He's also here?" β
"I don't know, I didn't see him."
Pouting to answer this guy's question, the Thousand Fingered Crane, who raised his hands and began to gather elemental energy, leaned a warm light on Duan Qing's body: "There are a lot of people in the fortress, and he is now one of the key care objects, if you really can't find him, ask the people around you and find out his whereabouts." β
"It seems to have matured a lot."
His eyes lingered on Ning Lan, who was taking care of the others beside him, and Duan Qing then grinned and showed his own smile: "Since you are so sure, then we don't care, just do what you think." β
"My existence won't change much, and I'm afraid this attack won't have much to do with the previous ones."
Transferring the healing light in his hand to the other members, Wisefinger Crane, who was still trying his best to take care of them, replied expressionlessly, "In the position of Ototake and Vizzardβ"
"Most of them won't be on the same page as the Restoration."
Following her gaze, the gaze belonging to Duan Qing and the others then also fell on the inside of the fortress that was still emitting noise, and the hurried footsteps immediately led to the figure of one of the principality soldiers, quickly surrounding some special entrances and exits of the fortress. Deep underground where these entrances and exits are located, the player named Rainbow Aura then took the last of his fellow players to the interior of the hall he was looking for, and after standing for a moment, he also took his attention away from his memories and instructed his men to start the final action in an indifferent tone: "Alright, this should be it, leave it here." β
"The main force of the Empire's investigation team has long since left, and Her Royal Highness Princess Rena is no longer here." Dropping the orb in his arms in every corner of the vast underground room, one of the Red Lotus players then asked in a low voice, "Does it make sense for us to do this now?" β
"Since it is a commission that the employer still insists on, of course we must continue to insist on it." Twisting his eyebrows, Colorful Ling's bald head replied without looking back: "Maybe this is a frame-up against the principality or an ambush for the empire, such as looking for an opportunity for the investigation team to return to the country, and then carrying out a wave of attacks......
"Forget it, it's useless to think about this kind of thing." His voice grew lower and lower, and he finally disappeared into the movement of turning around with his own order: "Even for the sake of our brothers who died in this operation, we have to do this, the people above are also chasing us in the fortress, we have to catch up with us before they catch up with us-"
"That's it!"
A loud declaration then appeared behind the group, accompanied by a ragged magician standing at the top of the stairs at some point, and the magician player who stepped on the front of the steps with one foot then raised his water-stained head behind him, and looked at the colorful aura and others present with a strange posture of turning his head: "Rats, your conspiracy is over here." β
"You've finally appeared." After staring at the name on the comer's head for a while, the seven-colored aura who stepped forward replied in a low voice, "The person who teleported away from us before, and then was found here by Ototake all the way...... Why, you also ran underground to escape? β
"Fleeing? What are you talking about? Putting away his deliberate posture, the dream of holding his head with his hand wiped his face and showed a smug expression: "That guy should have been beaten away by now, and he has no chance to arrest me." β
"What?"
His face gradually changed from serious to calm, and the colorful aura then let out a sigh: "Such a strong character, can't he withstand the thousands of troops of the Fars Fortress in the end?" β
"No, you're wrong." Walking slowly into the large room, Dream's movements brushing his hair became more and more proud: "He was not forced back by the soldiers of the principality, but a group of players. β
"The same team of players as you and me, and Ototake."
Amid the sound of weapons being drawn around him, the lone magician then looked at the faces of everyone around him with a squint: "It's not the same as you and me, who are like thieves. β
ββ¦β¦ When I picked you two up before, why didn't I find out the true nature of the two of you? β
Suppressing the anger in his heart with the action of inhaling, the colorful aura spat at the side: "Don't think that I will treat you like Yinzhu, you are just a down-and-out wandering magician at best, and under the siege of us professionals, you have no chance to resist." β
"This kind of words are like planting flags, I suggest you say less in the future." Falling Dream's laughter didn't change in any way because of the proximity of a few people: "And even if you kill me, what's the use? I've changed my respawn point to a fortress now, and your actions will only expose you faster. β
"We're not going to stay here for much longer."
Raising his finger behind him, his colorful eyes began to become sharper and sharper: "I just hope that you won't disrupt our plans to clean you out, and it doesn't take a lot of effort, look at the way you looked at the beginning......"
"You're not going to cooperate with us, are you?"
"That's right."
Putting on a handsome pose again, Meteorite's elated voice suddenly became gloomy: "And I know what you want to do now, after all, I am also a person who knows the leylines of this area. β
"Most of the bombs you planted here were for that ceremony, right?"
A confused light flashed in his eyes, and the colorful aura and several players around him stood in place for a moment, and the ragged mage opposite them did not miss this opportunity, and a distinct earthy yellow light rose between his raised hands.
"Seismic!"
Bang!
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"So what do we do now? Do you want to stay here any longer? β
When the time came to the morning of the next day, the sky had become bright again, and in the Fars Fortress, Duan Qing and the others had already cleaned up, and then they also dragged their bodies that had just finished a short rest together, looking at each other with tired eyes: "The clues have almost been checked, and our innocence has also been proved in last night's battle, should we continue our journey and go to Tania to join the large army?" β
"There has been no news from the large forces yet, and we have not received any orders to rendezvous."
Loudly blocked the proposal of rising sunrise, Duan Qing's eyes then fell on the still rainy sky outside the window: "And there is such a heavy rain, it is very difficult to travel or fight." β
"Add to that these successive sufferings that the Fars Fortress has suffered recently." He waved his hand on the side of the bed, and Xue Lingphantom Ice, who raised his head, then also gestured to the Duchy soldiers who were still running in the rain outside the door: "The top level of the fortress, the east gate, plus the underground area that was destroyed by the earthquake last night...... It doesn't take a long time to repair all these damaged areas. β
"If they had asked us to take care of all the repairs on the grounds that we had been commissioned, we wouldn't have been able to go." Covered in bandages again, Gedmane concluded with a wry smile, "Although they have changed their attitude a bit because of our hard work last night, such a huge amount of damage costs and repair areaβ"
"It's up to everyone to decide."
Coughing his throat, Xue Lingphantom Bing's gaze then fell in the center between several people: "Just like last night's vote, please raise your hand if you agree to continue this commission." β
"How much can they be paid?"
"Because we were also involved in the relationship, Dusk promised 20% less money, and now ...... It's about 16,000 gold coins. β
"Doesn't it count the cost of materials?"
"Of course, we have to produce the materials ourselves, this is the unwritten rule commissioned by adventurers."
The next person who said this was not anyone present, but Mr. Meteor Dream who suddenly appeared at the door at some point, and then he also appeared at the door of the room with a lot of mud and rain, and then closed the door with a tired face: "Since we have collected money from others, all the projects will naturally have to be handled by us, I have never heard of any kind of uncle's rule that allows the adventure party to do nothing while taking a large bounty......"
"-You!"
Qi Qi's body stood up and slowly sat down again, and the actions of several people who were about to reprimand angrily also stopped in mid-air with Duan Qing's long tail: "Where did you run, did you slip away again to take advantage of the chaos?" β
"How is that possible? Am I the kind of person who doesn't speak morality? Waving his hand, Meteor Dream's indifferent gaze then landed on a corner of the barracks along with his own freewheeling movements: "You have all fought for me, and I have to repay some interest first according to the principle that there will be retribution." β
"So the shaking of the ground really has something to do with you?" Glancing at each other, Asahi Dongsheng, who put down the work at hand, took the lead in attaching it: "Quickly explain the matter, what are you ......?"
"Excuse meβ"
The sound of tentative inquiry then came from the direction that Meteorite had just pushed the door out, accompanied by a wandering figure hovering in the rain curtain outside the door, as if the figure who had just discovered the lively scene here then retracted his hand to knock on the door, and the gaze that he wanted to lift just now also changed to a humble and polite look: "That ......"
"May I ask if you are from the Qingling Universal Office?"