1208 Scrap gold
The tense atmosphere began to spread in this corner of the tavern, accompanied by the scene of the seemingly disparity in numbers of people and horses on both sides of the wine table gradually confronting each other, and the body belonging to the snow spirit phantom ice did not make any movements with the declaration of war by the people of Broken Mountain, but just sat in place and looked at him with cold eyes and the people in the rivers and lakes who raised their fists behind him. The comet giant axe and dragon armor heavy shield in the air also appeared in their respective hands at this time with the rapid turn of the situation, and the figures named Asahi Dongsheng and Gedmayne also protected both sides of the Qingling side left and right, but an invisible magical energy swept through the sky of the entire tavern with the rotation of the body of a purple-haired woman who remained in the corner without saying a word.
"Stop!"
The shout of stopping then came from Duan Qing's front, tearing the wry smile on his face into a bit of consternation, and then it was not Violet who was secretly preparing to make a move, but a player wearing ordinary armor who suddenly rushed into this area: "Wait, wait a minute!" Stop y'all! β
"This is the Waste Four Tavern, it's a public place!"
Without the slightest sense of trembling being caught between the momentum of the two sides, the player, who waved his arms in the air, then stopped the broken mountain that wanted to step forward with a happy face: "Even if you don't care about the loss of our tavern's public property and reputation, you should at least worry about the safety of the drinkers around you, right?" β
"Are you...... The owner of this tavern? β
Retracting the fist that wanted to swing out, Broken Mountain's Ling Ran's gaze gradually fell on the warrior player wearing ordinary light armor and carrying an ordinary long sword on his back: "Or - - one of the owners of this tavern?" β
"That's right, that's right." After staring at the name of the broken mountain for a while, the player nodded and replied: "I didn't expect it to be the big guy of the rivers and lakes here, and the members of the tavern such as us failed to greet each other, it's really our fault, our fault, hahahaha!" β
"Needless to say, superfluous nonsense."
After looking up and down at one of the player bosses who was different from Konoha Whirlwind, Duan Shanyue finally shook his head: "We are here to do business, so it's better for you to step back for the time being." β
"Don't, don't, it's expensive for us to buy these tavern items." The armored warrior in front of him still waved his wrist as best he could: "If there is another situation where I was stripped naked last time, that guy from Mai Lang will definitely kill me, a few of us are just making a little money, and it's not easy for everyone, right?" β
"Or let's discuss it, please move outside the door and have a duel?" He rubbed his hands together, nodded and bowed as if he was pleading with the burly man in front of him: "No, no, your ability to break the mountain is more than this, and I am afraid that this distance outside the door will still be affected......"
"Find out how many pounds you have, boy." With an impatient look on his face, Broken Mountain, who was twisting his fists, looked down condescendingly at the face of the player boss: "We are rivers and lakes, why should we listen to you?" β
"Oh, everyone makes money in harmony, and makes money in harmony." As if he hadn't noticed the terrifying aura emanating from Broken Mountain, the player boss still whispered with a smiling face: "As long as it's business, there is no one in the world who can't be friends, everyone should settle their grievances, what can't be said, you see-"
"This young lady, and these gentlemen." He glanced at the location of the Snow Spirit Phantom Ice behind him, and then continued to persuade in a low voice with the attitude of a businessman: "The men are talented, the women are dignified and beautiful, they are all first-class guests, why don't you sit down and have a good talk?" β
"Looks like you're going to have to get involved in this dispute."
Using all his strength to resist the urge to punch the hippie-smiling player in front of him, Broken Mountain pointed in the direction of the Qingling Adventure Group: "Do you know who they are?" They are the people of the Empire, and they are the culprits of the chaos within the Fars Fortress in recent times! If you prevent us from seeking some interest from them, you are a traitor to the Empire and an enemy of the entire Principality! β
"Imperials? It's true? Then the player's boss's expression became horrified: "Our Fars Fortress is actually inhabited by Imperials?" That Konoha Whirlwind, why didn't you tell me when you left? β
"You, don't worry, as a good citizen of the principality, I will definitely fully support our principality." He put away the words he had deliberately muttered, and then made a gesture of "please" again: "We will never interfere with your actions, nor do we have any intention of harming the principality, I just, I just hope that you can solve this problem in another place, such as outside the door...... No, outside the city, just outside the city! This time, I asked for the wine money, but I beg you not to do anything in the tavern. β
"Don't want us to do it in the tavern? All right. Clapping his hands, Broken Mountain, who laughed angrily, then pointed forward: "Then ask Mr. Boss to do it yourself, clean up these imperial boys in front of you, as long as you can throw them out of the city, we will solve the rest of the problems by ourselves, how about it?" β
"This, thisβ"
"What? Don't you claim to be a legitimate citizen of the principality? β
Looking at the other party's gaze that gradually became hesitant, Duan Shanyue chuckled and sank his head: "Don't let us really dare to do it here, we can fight with you so far, we have already given you enough face to waste the four taverns...... Hurry up. β
"Okay, okay." As if he had made a decision in his heart, the armored warrior player who nodded then wiped the sweat from his head, and then turned his waist all the way and put on a high-spirited posture in the direction where the Snow Spirit Phantom Ice was: "You Imperial people, listen to me!" This is the abandoned four taverns of the Fars Fortress, the territory of our principality! You-"
"Huh?"
As he spoke, his gaze slowly passed around the faces of the Qingling Adventure Group, the words Snow Spirit Phantom Ice, Rising Sun, Gedemayne, and Secret Whisper Ning Lan did not make the player boss's eyes stay for half a minute, but finally stopped on the four words of Linyuan Broken Water: "You, you are-"
"Hey."
It seemed that he also knew the player boss who appeared here instead of Konoha Whirlwind, Duan Qing smiled and waved his hand: "Long time no see, I didn't expect you to be the boss of this place." β
ββ¦β¦β
The atmosphere once again appeared strange with this greeting, and the player in armor and standing in the center with his hands crossed on his waist then fell into an inexplicable silence, as if the black face with some unclear expression then trembled slightly in the dim light, and only after a while did he let out a voice that belonged to him that was also a little trembling: "...... Get out. β
"What?"
"Get out of here!"
Completely losing his original nodding appearance, the armored warrior roared and turned his body, and the long sword behind his back was then suddenly pulled out by him, and pointed at Ling Ran in the direction where Broken Mountain was located: "Get out of here!" Lao Tzu doesn't care who you are now, this is our territory! Only I have the final say! β
ββ¦β¦ Ha? Broken Mountain's expression obviously became stunned: "Are you serious?" You're really going to talk to usβ"
"Jianghu? Giving face? I've had enough of pretending to be with you guys! Obviously, we have given you enough face! β
The sound of loud footsteps then drowned out the sound of the rain curtain from outside the tavern and the noise in the tavern, and at the same time, a large number of warrior players came out of nowhere to surround this side, and the player boss whose face had become hideous then retreated to the front of this group of warrior players who rushed forward like a tide, and the power of the black pressure completely overwhelmed the momentum of Jianghu and others: "This is the territory of the principality, yes, but this is the territory of the abandoned four taverns!" I don't care if you are Jianghu or anything else, as long as you dare to smash the restaurant here, it will be against our waste four taverns! β
"In the name of scrap gold - African miners, those who dare to smash the field, Lao Tzu will kill one by one!"
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As the tavernkeeper had declared, the battle for the night came to an end in this way, and the little tavern in the midst of the rain slowly returned to its former calm in the midst of a period of noise and laughter from the drinkers. In the scene of the people in the rivers and lakes led by Broken Mountain slamming the door, Duan Qing, who was wearing a gray magic robe, was then invited to a private room on the second floor of the tavern that had just been cleaned up, and the smile on his face never disappeared, and then he also put away the ancient disc that he had secretly prepared for a long time, and at the same time there was a pleasant laugh that Xue Lingphantom Ice could not conceal in his ears: "It seems that tonight's Broken Mountain is really prepared, and these people in our team have also investigated in advance, butββ"
"But they chose the wrong place." Duan Qing, who was also chuckling, shook his head and replied, "They didn't expect this tavern owner to be so strong that he didn't even give face to the rivers and lakes." β
"Jianghu? Hum. β
Stretching out his hand and waving back the few players who were in charge of cleaning up, the armored warrior player named African Miner then sat down with a disdainful expression: "If it were in Tania, the names of the rivers and lakes might really have a bit of a shocking effect, but this is Fars, his people-"
"How can you beat my scrappy troops?"
Straightening his nose, the armored warrior gave a thumbs up with a confident face, and Duan Qing, who was looking at the players who had just left, then also put away his gaze, and his happy eyes also fell on the African miner: "What's the matter with your name?" Scrap gold? β
"Ah, what's wrong?" The African miner tightened his smug expression a little: "Didn't I, an African miner, go to the African savannah to dig for gold?" What's wrong? β
"It seems that you will not be able to get rid of your African identity in this life." As if remembering that happy time a long time ago, Duan Qing, who shook his head and smiled, then continued to ask, "This is the origin of the name of your Waste Four Tavern, right?" I've heard Konoha Cyclone mention some ...... before And what is his name? β
"Didn't he tell you? That's right. The African miner then let out a burst of involuntary laughter: "I am the boss, so I am the first, known as 'scrap gold', and he is the second, so ......"
"Scrap silver?" Exchanging a look with the Snow Spirit Phantom Ice beside him, the corners of Duan Qing's mouth began to curl up involuntarily: "Hahahahahaha!" It's a very special name. β
"That guy has been very unhappy since he got this name, although it is really commensurate with his strength." After a laugh of the same heart, the African miner slapped his thigh and replied, "And his assembled men are also a group of rogue players with a similar style to him, so it doesn't seem inappropriate to call them 'silver'." β
"By the way, do you all have your own men?" Asahi Dongsheng, who was sitting in the corner of the side, raised his eyebrows of interest when he heard this: "Where did all those powerful warriors of yours come from?" Recruited by yourself? β
"Only a small part, right?" The African miner shook his head and introduced, "Most of them are supported by the warrior families in Tania, you can see from the style, their temperament ...... It's very similar to that Hank boss. β
"That guy Hank, he's actually done all the business here?" Duan Qing said with a little surprise: "How is he doing now?" β
"Of course it's good, you look at the quality of those people just now." The African miner pointed to the door behind him: "With the furnace as a backer, their weapons and equipment are definitely not a problem, plus the training of the warrior's house...... It's absolutely no problem to compete with top guilds such as rivers and lakes. β
"This way of doing business...... This tavern of yours is no different from a guild. β
Nodding his head, Gedmayne, who was sitting in the corner on the other side, also commented in a low voice: "And it is a strong guild that can occupy a territory, and the boss is the so-called president...... Who else is the owner of your tavern? Since it's called Scrap Four, there must be two bosses, right? β
"Well, because we still have a lot of things to deal with, so in principle, the operation of the tavern is rotated." The African miner touched his chin and replied, "This time it's Konoha Whirlwind who went to continue the mission, and I'll continue to run the tavern from his shift here, so-"
"If you stay here a little longer and become a regular in our tavern, you'll meet other bosses too." He gave a thumbs up to the rest of the people around him, and finally set his eyes on Duan Qing's body: "Right? The former Mr. Moshang Aoyama? β
"Don't mention that name." Putting away the smile on his face, Duan Qing shook his head helplessly: "That name no longer exists." β
"I've heard Konoha Whirlwind mention it a little bit before, but I still want to hear you say it in person." The African miner let out a long sigh: "What happened during this time, can you tell me?" β
"It's a long story." Duan Qing grinned, "Are you sure you want to listen?" β
"When old friends meet, what can you do without catching up."
Reaching out to place a bottle of fine greenstone on the table, the African miner smiled kindly: "Alright." β
"I've got some good wine, and it's time to tell your story."