363 Shadow of the Empire, the beginning of the rebellion

"Miss Liuzhen, you're here. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info"

"The official of the alliance, Miss Childe, the presidents of the major ...... Alas, there are so many people to meet, so much time has been delayed......"

In a sparsely populated alley near the Adventurers' Guild, a smiling maid player leads another grumbling blue-haired woman into the darkness: "Where's the captain? ”

"Is there any place in that place where I can land, so...... For the time being, only I can do it. The blue-haired woman spread her hands slightly, and then looked left and right here: "Duan...... What about him? ”

"Ning Lan also just went online, and I didn't notice Mr.'s whereabouts." The blue-and-white maid player saluted again: "I wonder if Miss Liuyu knows some clues......"

"How could I possibly know." Yu Yu brushed his long hair, but an inexplicable smile appeared on his face: "I haven't contacted him again......"

"Wow, Miss Liuzhen, Miss Ning Lan!"

A surprised voice suddenly sounded beside the two people, and when the two people heard the sound, they saw a white-robed girl holding a red lotus staff walking out of the shadows on the other side of the alley, and then jumped in front of the two people: "You guys are finally here!" ”

"You ......" the smile on her face slowly disappeared: "Why are you ......?"

"I came in with Brother Aoyama." The girl replied happily: "He took me around the city for a long time, saying that he wanted to investigate something, and then said that he wanted to go to a place by himself, so he asked me to wait here for a while, but I didn't expect the two big sisters to arrive ......"

Looking at the excited magician player, the two mature women looked at each other wordlessly, as if they sensed something unusual from each other's little emotions: "Aoyama he ...... Where did it go? ”

"He didn't say it, he just said it was a very dangerous place." The girl's voice was still full of irrepressible excitement: "There may be a lot of guards around, but it's really not suitable for a bulky magician like me, so leave me here......"

"Why are you still so happy...... "Yu Yu sighed while holding his forehead, and then walked out again along the way he came: "Ning Lan, she will be handed over to you." ”

"Where is Miss Liuyu going?"

"I'm going to him, of course."

Pointing in a certain direction of Tania City, he replied lightly: "If I'm not mistaken, he may have gone to a more sensitive place at the moment, so he will be heavily guarded......

"Really? Ning Lan's thoughts are a little different from yours. ”

The maid bowed slightly, then lifted the hem of her skirt and replied, "Ning Lan thinks ...... Mr. Aoyama must have gone to the area that he couldn't access last night, and since he didn't find the final answer, he might plan to go again......"

"Last night?"

"That's right." The smile on Ning Lan's face became thicker and thicker: "So...... Tonight's matter, it would be more appropriate for Ning Lan to go, Miss Thousand Finger Crane should trouble you to take care of it better......"

“…… You! The eyebrows of the whispering flow twisted, as if he understood what the other party wanted to express: "If you want to meet your husband, just say it, you have to beat around the bush like this......"

Ning Lan didn't mean that, but it was reasonable...... Ning Lan thinks she is a better candidate. The player dressed as a maid walked to the corner of the street in three or two steps, and then turned around and stood opposite the whisper: "And if you let Ning Lan say, Ning Lan doesn't think that you are more suitable for the task of that place than Ning Lan......"

“…… It seems that it is necessary to solve the problem between the two of us first. He held his forehead with one hand and pressed the hilt of his sword with the other: "I actually said that I am not as good as you......"

"Ning Lan won't offend Miss, it's just Ning Lan's inner thoughts." Whispering Ning Lan's eyes smiled like a pair of crooked crescents, but the feet standing side by side did not retreat at all: "If this happens, let Ning Lan, who has a low status, go first...... It should also be something that Ning Lan has to do, right? ”

As the-for-tat conversation progressed, the atmosphere between the two began to heat up gradually, and the sparks that rubbed out were clearly visible even to a sluggish girl like Thousand-Fingered Crane: "Uh...... Aha, don't be like this, two sisters, it's not like Brother Qingshan won't come back......"

"Shut up!"

The two of them turned their heads at the same time, and the unison cheer made the red-haired girl swallow all the next words, and the eyes that scared the other party back to the corner were as sharp as swords, as if they had already regarded the girl in front of them as their common enemy. However, the girl who still didn't know why didn't have time to figure out the small reason, because the confrontation between the two women and the momentum that erupted inexplicably converged at the same time the next moment because of the appearance of someone: "What are you doing?" ”

"We're waiting for you."

Looking at Duan Qing's face that appeared above the alley, Yu Liuyu took the lead in revealing a helpless look: "I heard that you went somewhere, we just wanted to discuss going to find you......"

"Really?"

Duan Qing's voice suddenly appeared beside everyone as he jumped down: "Do you need such a menacing one?" Seeing how scared people, I deliberately didn't tell her where she went......"

"There are so many places in Tania City, it shouldn't be difficult to find you." "Of course, we haven't decided where to start yet, and this is the end of the operation...... Go ahead. ”

"What did you find again this time?"

"I went to the hospital." Duan Qing didn't answer her question immediately, but analyzed it to herself: "As I thought, the speaker still hasn't been discharged from the hospital, and he doesn't have any clue to answer my many questions, but this proves his innocence and lets me know some other secrets." ”

"It seems that the people we came into contact with before are indeed a bunch of rats that everyone shouts and fights." Duan Qing said to himself: "Even if it is not hesitant to cause a war, the principality does not want to have anything to do with those people. ”

"Who are those people?" Yu Liuyu said angrily: "Is it good to explain it clearly?" ”

"You won't understand, have you ever been to the Emerald Forest?" Duan Qing glared at the other party back: "You haven't seen that old man of Convina, and that strange man in black, only me and Mengzhu have seen it...... By the way, what about Mengzhu? ”

"I'm still resting in the museum." Whispering Liuyu held his waist with one hand: "This time ...... I've probably gone to the venue with Xiao Hongchen to take a seat, although I have already reserved a place for them, but I think they won't pay attention to it. ”

“…… Then bother you to take good care of them. ”

"Hey, I'm going to charge for it." Looking at the expressions of the other people around him, he pouted secretly: "Or do you think that I came all the way here just to be the principal of the kindergarten?" Hurry up and die for me! Otherwise, even if I don't clean you up, that little guy in Mengzhu will clean you up! ”

"Uh...... We'll talk about her later. Duan Qing, who was a little weak-hearted, glanced in the direction of a red-haired girl next to him, and then replied with a haha: "Anyway, we need to hurry up and arrest those people." ”

"You haven't said who those people are."

"The Restoration...... Have you heard of the name? ”

Duan Qing unconsciously lowered his voice: "It's the people who secretly fight with the Mage Council every day, they seem to have infiltrated the principality and are controlling the situation here. ”

"Including driving us out of Tania?"

"Probably because my investigation on the black market touched some of them, that's why I used more power." Duan Qing replied indifferently: "Including the recent wind direction of some councils, the personnel transfers in various places, and even the attack on the speaker...... Maybe it all has something to do with them. ”

"Are those weirdos on a mission to restore the Magic Empire?" Ning Lan, who was whispering on the side, suddenly interjected and asked.

"Well, that's the case." Duan Qing glanced back at the other party: "What, do you know those people?" ”

"Ning Lan has only heard such rumors in some places, and she has not met their members." Whispering Ning Lan folded her hands in front of her abdomen, and put on a well-behaved posture: "But...... It is true that their existence is rarely known to the world in the free world, even at the top of the Council of Mages...... I guess a few people know about it. ”

"Such a secretive organization...... Hasn't anyone eradicated them in the past few years? ”

"In fact, it's not been a problem for the past few years." Ning Lan replied with a smile: "If you think of them as the remnants of the era of the Magic Empire, then they will probably survive longer than the time of the Duchy, nearly eight hundred years of survival...... It's not something that can be solved with a simple eradication. ”

"If they really exist, then they must be a big dark force." Whispering Ning Lan whispered her own conclusion: "According to the normal course of the game, they will probably be the biggest enemies in the free world. ”

That is to say...... Now they are taking advantage of the chaos to infiltrate the principality. The whisper also groaned: "Now you want to control this place?" ”

"It's not like it's controlling, but at least you can see a lot of discord." Duan Qing spread his hands and responded, "But ...... The word infiltration may not be appropriate. ”

"What? Are they even more capable than I thought? ”

"No, it's just ...... Their plans may be sooner than we thought. ”

After a little introduction to the journal he had read, Duan Qing said with a straight face: "...... If my guess is correct, their goal is probably to take the fall of the duchy as the final result, starting with the nobles and city guards, and then pulling down the Speaker faction and the commoners who oppose the empire and let the adventurers go unrestrained. ”

"A typical routine of stirring up strife and profiting from it." Whispering crossed her arms: "And it looks very effective." ”

"They're probably holding the Empire's thighs, so no one can see anything." Duan Qing also analyzed: "If the East Window incident happens, they can still throw the pot on the head of the empire, and they have nothing to do with themselves. ”

"Indeed, whether they win or lose, they are free to advance and retreat." "No wonder the people of the Mage Council have no reaction, because they can't interfere in worldly things......"

"No, they already have."

Pointing to the red-haired girl beside him, Duan Qing replied with a smile, "The appearance of her mentor...... is proof of this. ”

"The Mage Council should have noticed the mutation in Tania City, and it may be all around us right now." Looking at the girl's firm nodding motion, Duan Qing retracted his gaze: "But this may not bode well for us, because that means...... The other party is about to make a move. ”

"An enemy of the same level as the Mage Council." Yu Liuyu frowned: "Sounds very bluffing." ”

"It's possible that we, the Speaker, and even the Duchy and the Empire, are just the victims of this open and secret fight." Duan Qing continued: "We may be a little more innocent than others, and we were involved a little earlier, but it is useless to talk about these topics now, and the focus is ...... It should be how to survive this level of conflict and solve these problems. ”

"What, you already have an idea?" Looking at the other party's confident face, Su Liuyu asked unceremoniously.

“…… Do you agree with my path of resistance? Duan Qing didn't answer her immediately, but looked around at the people around here: "The rebellion that has started since the Emerald Forest and Fenghua Town? ”

"Of course." The other three nodded in unison: "Otherwise, why are we talking so much?" ”

"That's good." So Duan Qing also nodded with some satisfaction: "Then let's go." ”

"Let's go to the west of the city." He whispered, "It is said that ...... Horsman's old mansion is located in that place. ”

The night in the alley fell into infinite silence again with the sound of the wind breaking through the sky, and it was not long before the sounds of fighting and chaos that belonged to the battle rose to the sky like a spring thunderstorm behind a ruined house in the west of Tania, and then disappeared in an instant into the blowing of the night wind, as if it had never happened. Standing behind the whispering figure standing at the door like a door god, the thousand-fingered crane holding the staff looked at the middle of the small courtyard with a blank face, the last guard who was being suppressed by Duan Qing, and then under the advice of the other party, he slowly gathered a small fireball: "Our time is precious, so we don't want to waste too much...... Now, I ask, you answer, do you understand? ”

Looking at the bodies of his companions who had been put to the ground by the other party, the immobile guard nodded hurriedly.

"Well, this is Horsman's old mansion...... Is that right? ”

The other man nodded.

"When is Horsman coming back? Is it after 9 o'clock every day? ”

The other shook his head.

“…… Does Hossman still live here? ”

The other man nodded, then shook his head again.

Duan Qing frowned, then slowly took the black short sword away from his mouth, and then from the guard's mouth, he heard a slightly flustered and hurried answer: "Your Excellency...... He used to live here, but, but since he came back from his illness, he hasn't been back to this place......"

Boom.

Duan Qing put down the head of the guard who had been knocked unconscious, then stood up and looked at the left and right of this small courtyard: "Never came back?" This ...... I think it's getting a little troublesome. ”

"Sir." As the voice of the secret Ning Lan sounded, the figure of a certain maid gradually appeared in the door of the dilapidated house: "No other enemies have been found, but ......"

"Ning Lan has discovered a secret passage." She smiled and said, "You'd better ...... Come and take a look. ”