"Negotiations broke down?"

In the cottage, the still dazed Broken Mountain leaned over and asked the man with the scarface, but what he got was the expressionless silence of the other party, and the dust and rain remnant moon who had just rushed back asked the others here angrily, but what he got was Gragerson's ugly expression, only to follow Duan Qing away, and when a black-clothed noble-looking person who appeared next to him asked this question, he got someone's answer: "Yes, the negotiation broke down." Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 ｉｎfo”

"It seems...... Your popularity in the adventurer's world isn't very good. ”

Stretching out his hand and pressing the top hat that was almost blown up by the night breeze, Kima, who once again appeared in front of Duan Qing with a different appearance, asked in a low voice, "Are you in a bad mood and plan to give up?" ”

"Give up? Scold...... Maybe I've had that word a few times in my life. ”

Looking at the city under the cover of night, Duan Qing, who was strolling along Yar Street, replied slowly: "But not now. ”

"I was going to ask if you needed help, and by the way, I wanted to pull you into the shadows or something." Kima joked about herself: "Now it seems that it is not needed." ”

“…… Don't comfort me, I know what your position is. Duan Qingtou said without replying: "But...... The aristocratic forces you support don't seem to have much prospect at the moment. ”

"I didn't have much hope before, but the place in Taran Village ...... It was indeed their last effort. Kima's voice deepened: "There is no news of the messengers sent by the principality to ask for help, and there are no more troops at the moment, so they want to survive in such conditions...... It seems that there is only one way to go, negotiating conditions. ”

"Didn't they ever think of asking adventurers for help?" Duan Qing paused slightly: "Ask for help from us selfless adventurers? ”

"Of all the information we've received from the Shadow Society, only Fortes is still maintaining the same setup he put down when he was in opposition to the civilian party." Kima's pace slowed down a bit: "As for what exactly is going on in their heads...... That's not something we can know. ”

"For the sake of our common survival, shouldn't we show all our information and exchange it?"

In the noisy street market filled with players' figures, Duan Qing's words suddenly turned a corner: "It's all reached this level...... Hiding it doesn't seem to be good for either of us, does it? ”

"You have a point." A slight smile appeared on Kima's face: "But our Shadow Society, it's not an organization that has survived by buying and selling information. ”

“……”

"In Wiesel's words, even if the Duchy is destroyed and the Free Continent is unified by the Empire, the Shadow Society will still live."

Ignoring Duan Qing's speechless expression, Kima maintained his usual smile: "Attaching to the nobles is just a means for us to get more information from them, and we think it is necessary to maintain such a relationship, so we do this - valuable targets have always maintained a certain degree of contact with us, which is the so-called customer...... You should be able to understand that you have had the opportunity to become a customer, right? ”

"So you can betray your allies at any time...... Is that so? ”

"Don't get me wrong, we're not allies, so why betray?" Kima replied with a smile, "It's like ...... The relationship between you and me is the same. ”

“…… Sure enough, it was the Dark Shadow Society. ”

Glancing back at the war sky behind the black-clothed nobleman, Duan Qing showed a wry smile: "I've been taught." ”

"It's your reward for letting me watch a good show." Kima was proud to owe herself: "The opportunity for communication between us...... There will be many more in the future. ”

“…… Can I go now? ”

"Let's go? Oh, I didn't mean to follow you, I just wanted to have a friendly conversation with you. ”

The nobleman played with his cane and stopped in an alley on Yarstraße: "For example...... Where are you going next? ”

"Black market." Duan Qing replied, "I'm with a man named Queen Maggie...... I've built some alliances that you can't understand, and I'm going to check them out there, and I'm going to check them out today...... Why, those of you who seem to know everything, also want to follow along? ”

"Uh...... No need. ”

For some reason, the orthodox-dressed nobleman had an unnatural expression on his face: "We still rarely come into contact with places like the black market, after all, there is a group of fools from the warrior family who want to obstruct our business development and prevent us from getting into that place every day......"

"But they have now been pressed by the council."

"Uh...... That will also take time, at least some instructions from our superiors. ”

The figure of the nobleman continued to move forward and began to disappear into the dark shadows of the alley: "Without the approval of the lord of the Free City, no delegation would dare to come to this war-torn place...... Isn't that the same thing? ”

“……”

"We're looking forward to seeing how you do in the future."

Kima's voice grew farther and farther away, and seemed to fade away with his footsteps: "Be careful......"

"Don't die easily."

“…… Hey. ”

With a cold snort from his nose, Duan Qing glanced back at the end of Yar Street, then turned his head and walked away, his figure gradually disappearing into the crowd of people on the street. Moments later, several players appear in the corner of the underground passage, and then in the prompt of a man in the tower, they learn a surprising news: "The queen is not here?" Where did she go? ”

"I'm probably investigating something somewhere." Hu Lin, the former bartender of the tower-like nightclub, replied expressionlessly: "She has been out for a long time. ”

"Then what is she sending the news for?" Mengzhu, who crossed his hands on his hips, said angrily: "We hurried over, and we thought we had finally discovered something......

"Where is the reason why our queen is waiting for you to come? She can do whatever she wants. Hu Lin, who was snorting to the sky, replied disdainfully as he dismissed the other players who were still handing over the task to him, "You want to find her......"

"Let's go to the central area and have a look."

Duan Qing and the others, who had looked at each other a few times, were silent for a while, and then withdrew from this place hand in hand, and then after discussing with each other for just a few minutes, they rushed towards the central area in Hu Lin's mouth in the dark. It was a place that Duan Qing and the others had not been able to set foot in, the location of the so-called furnace in the mouth of the underground forces, and this time their infiltration still encountered the same huge difficulties as before: "Why are there so many guards?" ”

"No, the number of guards has increased again."

His eyes roamed around the passage, and Duan Qing, who had returned from probing, lowered his voice: "Probably because the world on the ground no longer needs guards, so they are all transferred here." ”

"Are they still city guards?" The Thousand-Fingered Crane holding the staff also pursed his mouth: "It's okay to hinder us all day long, and I like to stay in a place like the sewer......"

"The sewers are a paradise for stealing chickens and dogs, that's an eternal truth." The shirtless Xiao Hongchen shook his head and replied, "So...... Uncle Ben has long seen these guards unpleasant! They definitely have a problem! ”

"If there is a problem, the people above have a problem, and they themselves probably don't know what to do here." Whispering, who was holding the long sword, turned his head with a smile: "Is it still to catch us wandering fugitives?" They think we're rabbits who like to hit trees? ”

"They certainly don't know about the allusion to the rabbit, and the furnace isn't a stump." Duan Qing complained expressionlessly: "So their appearance ...... It must be here to guard here. ”

"In addition to us and the underground forces, is there anyone else who wants to break into this place these days?"

"No, sir."

The blue and white whisper Ning Lan folded her hands and bowed softly with a smile: "Sumeri has not been seen again, and it is said that he has withdrawn from this place according to his instructions from the backstage, and the same is true for Kazak, but his situation seems to be a little different, since the last attack...... He never saw him again. ”

"The only party that has been hit substantially is Queen Maggie, who is a little close to us." The woman in the maid costume said softly, "And the players who want to get close to here after that have also received some ...... Thwart. ”

"Oh?"

"The City Guards patrol here, and seem to be paying special attention to those associated with Queen Maggie." Whisper Ning Lan explained: "There are many players who have been more or less influenced when they help Hu Lin do things, some of them are afraid of going against the local official forces, so they retreat, and some are curious or like to do it...... Later I found out here too. ”

"And then all of them were kicked out? Very good. ”

Looking at the other party's nodding movements, Duan Qing, who was chuckling, turned his head: "It seems...... They really value this place. ”

"It's time to go in and have a look."

A man's voice sounded suddenly, and the attention of several people present suddenly attracted it, and when the vigilance sounded at the same time as the sound of the weapon being unsheathed, the black shadow squatting in the corner of the passage hurriedly pressed his arm, and then raised it again: "Hey, I just shouted my heart for you, don't treat me like this." ”

"Who made you so scary." After seeing the other party clearly, Duan Qing beckoned, and motioned to Ning Lan to remove the dagger from the other party's neck: "Why are you here?" Did they follow us? ”

"Sort of, I'm not familiar with this place after all." Touching her neck, she gave the maid a thumbs up, and then replied with a smile, "After all, it's an underground waterway in a big city, and there is no guide to take me...... There's no way I'm going to find this place. ”

"Please tell the truth, Comrade Fantasy." In the expressions of several players who just wanted to breathe a sigh of relief, Duan Qing sighed and said, "No wonder the fight has been so fierce these days, but you are gone...... Say, "Who brought you here?" ”

"Would you like to save some face? Don't expose me so quickly. Dream tugged at his trench coat and smoothed out the folds on it, "I came here with some people, and they were one of my targets here, and then they all hid underground, so I started searching here...... Hey, in order to find them, I haven't watched the game for a few days, and I feel like I've lost 100 million. ”

“…… It's better that you still don't watch it. Duan Qing said expressionlessly: "So? So you're here? ”

"Yes, this is the place in front of you, you call it...... Furnace, right? ”

"What, you can't call it any other?"

"Based on what I've done, that thing should be called the Genaia Engine."

The voice of the dream was low and dark, but it attracted the attention of several people present: "Don't look at me like that, that's what I called him in the information I found, although I don't know why the information in those ruins calls this pillar of light an engine......"

"Light, pillar of light? Do you even see what you look like? ”

"It's not just the appearance, I've seen a few people coming in and out of here." Looking at Duan Qing's surprised expression, Dream smiled proudly: "For example, a few mysterious black-clothed people, a few players who run errands back and forth, and a few guys who seem to be the commander of the guards......"

"Wait, wait, wait." It seemed that the amount of information revealed by the other party was too large, and Duan Qing hurriedly interrupted him: "The man in black? Gamer? How do you know...... No, you've already infiltrated this place? How did you get in? ”

"Of course I got in from above."

Pointing to the top of his head, the trench coat man grinned: "This is ...... It's what you call Parliament Square, and there's a secret passage that leads directly into it, and judging by what it looks like, it's not a makeshift dug out, but a long time ago. ”

In the surprised eyes of several people, Phantom Dream continued to recount his experience proudly: "I came in with an old man, he has used that secret passage several times, he must want to meet someone there, so he is sneaky, but I don't dare to follow too closely, so I don't hear a few words every time......"

"Old man?" The keen whisper quickly grasped the key word in the middle: "Who is that old man?" ”

"Uh...... I'm not familiar with the characters of your principality. Phantom Dream scratched the back of his head: "Yes, it should be the president of your principality, right?" It's the one who looks old and thin......"

The humming sound was accompanied by a moment of silence, slowly spreading from Duan Qing's ears like a halo of light, which was the sequelae brought about by the explosion of his mind when he suddenly confirmed some possibility. However, before he could completely sort out the lines, a rapid running sound sounded on the side of the passage, and the sound was not the sound of the guards guarding the door of the furnace searching, but the shouts of several players accompanied by shouting: "...... Duan Qing, come out for me! ”

"You can't run this time!"

"Hey, you're still coming here with your tail?" The phantom dream in the corner poked his head out, and then let out a helpless sigh: "It's too much, didn't you say that it would have been solved a long time ago?" ”

"That's what I want to say."

Helplessly closing his eyes, Duan Qing quietly breathed for a while, and the pupils that opened and looked around again were full of strange ghostly light.

"They ...... this time It's really excessive. ”