"Bring me a Long Island Iced Tea, thank you."

Some time later, in the evening, located in the street area of Yar Avenue on the south side of the city, the Five Elements Lack of Soil who came here with Duan Qing and others also passed through the crowd that became more sparse and deserted, and skillfully pushed open the wooden door of the tavern marked with the words Blue Mountain: "What do you want?" ”

"Anyway, it's all my treat, so it doesn't matter what you want."

Accepting the order handed over by the swordsman of the rivers and lakes with an expressionless face, Duan Qing pouted and replied, "And we have a total of five people, why should I only be alone...... What the? ”

He looked back at the figures of Asahi Dongsheng and Gedmayne, who had already found a seat and sat down, and raised their glasses and began to cheer, and his expression became a little crazy: "Why are you moving so fast?" ”

"Because we don't have any public funds, you have to bear the burden yourself." Answering this question in place of the two people, Xue Lingphantom Ice, who was also sitting on the other side of the front of the bar, also showed a smile: "And"

"You're familiar with this kind of thing, aren't you?"

Half-turning with her chin in her head, the white-haired woman then unconsciously assumed an elegant pose, and her blinking eyes then showed a look of interest, as if she was hinting at what the other party should do next. Standing on the spot and staring at each other helplessly for a while, Duan Qing then took the wine list in front of him with a flat mouth, but his originally emotionless eyes became surprised little by little after looking up and down for a period of time: "This, the name of these wines, doesn't look like wine in the free world?" ”

"That's right, the wines here are all from the real world." Having already picked up the cocktail in front of him, the Five Elements Lack of Earth chuckled and explained, "This tavern is also a tavern opened by the player, and it is very famous in Tania and other places. ”

"The player's tavern?" Blinking his eyes vigorously, Duan Qing began to observe the surroundings of this tavern: "Speaking of which, I seem to remember that there used to be a player-owned shop in Tania, although the name is called Blue Mountain, but it seems to be a coffee shop." ”

"Because coffee shops don't make much money." Wiping his glass, the bartender standing at the back of the bar then pointed to the ID name on the top of his head, answering the question while emphasizing his identity as a fellow player: "Then we discovered more plants and materials in this world that can be used to make cocktails, so we switched to opening a tavern." ”

"What do the two guests need?"

He smiled at Duan Qing, wiped the wine glass and pointed to the wine list in Duan Qing's hand, and the gray-robed magician who was reminded again also showed an embarrassed smile on his face, and slightly hastily fell his gaze on the familiar names again: "Coconut grove is fragrant, gin and tonic ...... Well, there's the Grey Goose, Jack Daniel's...... Do you have all the wine in your house? ”

"I hope you enjoy it." Shi Shiran bent down and saluted, and the bartender nodded quietly: "If it suits the taste, you are welcome to come often in the future." ”

“…… What a nostalgic name. It seemed that because of the names on these wine lists, he fell into some other memories that were very far away from him, and Duan Qing's gaze on the wine list softened a lot: "Anyway, it's good to pay for this as much as you want." ”

"Have a white bird." Patrolling up and down, his gaze fixed on a certain place, and he then pointed in the direction of the snow spirit phantom ice with his arms on the side: "As for her, just give her a cup of apple caramel." ”

"Hey, I don't really like this sweet stuff." There was a voice of protest, but Xue Ling's face still maintained an expectant smile: "Why don't you bring me a cup of tequila?" ”

"No, you shouldn't learn to taste this spicy taste." Shaking his head, Duan Qing turned around and sat beside the other party: "And the degree is too high, it hurts the body, no matter how much you drink." ”

"It's a game world, and all the drunken effects are simulated." Xue Lingbing relentlessly issued her own protest: "Do you want to deprive me of the right to enjoy life on this side? ”

"This time it's my treat, so I've got the final say." Waving his hand at the bartender who was leaving with a smile in front of him, Duan Qing squinted his eyes and insisted: "Who just put on a face of 'let you have some wine this time'?" So I'll have to deal with it according to your little girl's preference. ”

"Next time you come for a treat, even if you order a cup of absinthe, I won't care."

Ignoring the fist that Snow Spirit Phantom Ice then landed on his shoulder, he forcibly put away the smile that appeared involuntarily at the corner of his mouth, cleared his throat and then wiped out the nostalgia in his eyes, and at the same time looked at the face of the Five Elements Lack of Earth while sipping and smiling: "Okay, it's your turn." ”

"Do you know the whereabouts of Mengzhu?"

He put the arm of his left hand on the bar, quietly waiting for the other party's answer, and the five elements of the lack of soil that had already drunk half of the wine in his hand also put away his eyes at this time, and gently put the high cup foot on the bar: "It can't be regarded as knowing, after all, we are not roundworms in each other's stomachs, we can only tell you the conclusions we have drawn based on the information we have learned." ”

"A month ago, there was a battle at the south gate of Tania." His gaze left from Duan Qing's gaze on him, and instead fell on the wine glass that he was spinning gently: "The two sides involved in the battle are the Fool Adventure Group and Tingyulou, the purpose and reason of the war are unknown, because of the huge gap in strength and numbers, that battle naturally ended with a complete victory for Tingyulou." ”

"Yes...... Hunt down the Fool Adventure Troop for battle? Duan Qing pinched his chin: "Sure enough, it's still the guy Lou Tingyu who did it." ”

"In fact, when that battle broke out, the incident that shocked the principality of Prince Chris's had not yet broken out."

Waved his hand slightly, and the sight and movements of the five elements still did not change: "Although the time is about the same, we can basically conclude that this incident is definitely related to Tingyulou, so we Jianghu decided that Tingyulou wanted to take advantage of the gap when we were busy with the real world to take the position, and then began to investigate the situation of the other party." ”

"Then we found a lot of anomalies."

The finger that rotated the wine glass stopped at this moment, and he silently lowered his head: "Contact with unknown forces, frequent visits to the underground world, order orders and waybills have proliferated, and unknown members have begun to appear in the guild...... One of the archers caught our attention, that guy is very strong, I don't know if you have encountered him in previous battles, you better keep an eye out. ”

"If it were him, Spartak would have gone head-to-head with the archer." Shaking his head, Duan Qing's face showed an expression of memory and thought: "You should know about the 'Four Wastes', you may be able to ask him about the news of that archer." ”

"I'm sorry, but we're very short of manpower right now." Shaking his head, the Five Elements Lack of Land lightly rejected Duan Qing's proposal: "Let's get to the point, in short, the whole situation in front of us shows one thing, that is, Tingyulou is embarking on a big conspiracy, and it is a very dark one." ”

"The whole picture of this conspiracy should be understood by now."

He straightened his countenance, then picked up the cocktail glass in front of him again: "But if you revisit what we've observed in light of the answer to the question you want to know, some clues can be seen." ”

"For example, when they frequently went underground and pulled out several boxes of bulk goods."

The bartender in front of him was constantly shaking the shaker in the distance, and his finger lazily pointed in a certain direction outside the tavern: "There are also some orders for entering and leaving Tania for listening to the rain building, and there are traces of large quantities of goods." ”

"At that time, Tania should have been under the control of outsiders." Hearing these words, Xue Ling Phantom Ice then frowned as well: "In other words, they transported the other members of the Fool Adventure Group outside the city?" By listening to the hands of the rain building? ”

"Where are their waybills going?" Duan Qing's voice also sounded immediately: "Can you still find it now?" ”

"We've already looked into it."

The continuous rustling sound of the shaker gradually stopped in the silent atmosphere, and the player who was in charge of bartending before also returned to the three of them with a polite smile, he handed the two cocktails in his hand to the bar in front of Duan Qing and Xue Lingxuan Bing, and then quietly turned around and left as if he understood what these people were thinking: "Sorry, you go on." ”

"Tania has been on high alert for nearly a month, and all goods entering and leaving the city will naturally be closely checked." Seeing the bartender slowly walk back to the far position, Wuxing Lack of Earth then lowered his voice and continued: "With our previous business relationship in the principality, we have obtained the relevant cargo inspection records in and out of the city, and there are no traces of the delivery of large goods, let alone the delivery of 'people'. ”

"Wrapping people up and sending them out is likely to be mistaken for human trafficking." Duan Qing shook his head with a serious meaning: "They shouldn't make such a low-level mistake. ”

"That's right, so we tracked down those informal channels." The voice was lowered, and the Five Elements Lack of Earth dropped the finger that was originally pointing outside the tavern to his feet: "There are not many dark forces that can do this kind of thing, and in that extraordinary period, there are even fewer forces that choose to stand on the side of Tingyulou, we have excluded some places, and finally settled on two." ”

"One is the Shadow Society, and the other is Ronda Koselus." He turned his fingers pointing down into two pointing upwards: "I don't need to introduce the shadow meeting, behind Ronda is the place where black boxing is played, and their competition involves a large number of black market fighters, so they are also very good at human trafficking." ”

"In the last month, there have been a couple of deals that have appeared in this channel." He said in a deep voice, "The time is just a few days before your arrival, and there are about one or two orders for the order. ”

"The two of them won't be a family, will they?" Recalling the scenes he had experienced in the underground world, Duan Qing's gaze became more and more gloomy: "The master of the underground arena, there is also the so-called contract...... What about the location? Where did they send people? ”

"Where else could it be?" Wuxing Lack of Soil spread his hands: "Where you dare to take this kind of order"

"Where else on this continent could there be but a free city?"

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"So what are you looking for me for?"

At night, in a corner of Tania's underground area, Duan Qing, who had been searching for a long time, then sighed in front of Fura who had been walking leisurely in the darkness, and at the same time heard the other party's question without looking back: "I did leave a way for you to find me, but this is not for you to use to disturb and greet me." ”

"You don't care about the red tape of us little humans." Duan Qing, who wiped his nose and calmed his breathing, then said with a respectful face: "Originally, I didn't expect to find you in this place, so I just tried that way, but I didn't expect you to leave yet...... Are you still investigating the city's secrets? ”

"The man you described who appeared in the illusion should be Giron." Fura furrowed her eyebrows, still inspecting these underground passages up and down, replied in a low voice: "He probably reformed his own clan, which is why he has the dragon army that appeared in these places later, perhaps because of the erosion of time, their combat power and intelligence have degraded too much. ”

"Are you going to get rid of these dragonmen?"

“…… They are proof that Genone is still alive in the world. ”

In the face of Duan Qing's subsequent question, Fula's voice became extremely calm: "I will not destroy them with my own hands. ”

"As a black dragon who can control time, it is indeed very possible for Ginoen to do this kind of thing that has crossed thousands of years and brought his people back to the modern age." Duan Qing's voice became cautious: "But apart from the dragon people, this city has not left any record of Jino En , isn't it doubtful that this point?" ”

"So I'm looking." Raising her head again, Fura began her own investigation and exploration again: "Since this city is the product of Ginoen brought back from thousands of years later, it is impossible that there is no trace of him here, as long as there is evidence to prove this claim, I can go back to the Council of Elders." ”

"Then, that ......" Duan Qing, who was following behind, said hesitantly: "I understand your current mood, but I am afraid it will be very difficult to find such a proof, if you don't mind"

"I have a proposal here, could you consider it?"