"This is a report from the northern foothills, it is said that there is an anomaly over there, and when our men went to check, the battle seemed to be over."

"Didn't catch up? What about the clues left at the scene? ”

"There are no valuable clues, even the blood stains have been washed away by the heavy rain, the footprints and the weapons left behind have all been cleaned up, and even the traces of magic have been erased......

"So carefully? This is not like the style of those fierce imperial people, but as far as I know, this Pamir has no intention of sending people to such a remote place...... Not. ”

"You're here."

Looking up at the figure slowly walking in front of him, Yang Fatzi, who was still sitting in the corner of the town hall, then waved back the black-clothed man who was reporting in a low voice beside him, he picked his teeth with a casual movement, and at the same time gestured to the seat in front of Duan Qing with his raised eyelids: "I specially made an appointment to meet me, what kind of ghost idea?" ”

"I know you're not very willing to deal with our Empire right now, so I'll cut it short." Duan Qing, who sat down, also put away his polite appearance: "I hope to be able to obtain permission to enter Tania." ”

"-huh?"

A few wrinkles gradually appeared above the hanging eyelids, and the fat man's fat body straightened slightly: "What did you say?" My ears didn't hear it right? ”

"You're still delusional that we're letting you into the city? Don't you know what we've been stuck here for so long? ”

He patted the wooden table in front of him, and slapped the grease and crumbs on the table on Duan Qing's face, the latter didn't seem to have the slightest anger because of the other party's actions, and his face was not afraid: "Of course I know, so I'm here to negotiate the conditions." ”

"I'll leave Princess Rena and the others here." He pointed behind him: "How about entering the city this time and only letting people from our Qingling Adventure Group in?" ”

“……”

His eyes became a little more serious, and the fat man named Lux Yang looked Duan Qing's face up and down: "Why?" Why? Is it the guts that Princess Rena lent you? ”

"Regardless of the status quo between the two countries, we are still adventurers affiliated with the Adventurers' Association."

Nodding his chest, Duan Qing's gaze slowly moved away from the other party's fat face: "Adventurers uphold the position of adventurers, and have nothing to do with the position of the empire, principality, and any other organization, in the final analysis, we are just mercenaries who take money to do things, whoever gives more money, we will serve whomever we want." ”

"Something like commissioning, we can talk about that later." His body leaned forward slightly, and his gaze deepened with his raised arms: "As the Minister of Intelligence of the Principality, would you not dare to talk to us about cooperation because of our status as an Imperial Citizen?" ”

"I'm cooperating with you." Thick fingers tapped on the cheeks, and a divine light seemed to flicker between the fat man's squinted eyes: "I understand what you mean by talking about conditions, but ...... Just you? Can you really do that? ”

"I'm penniless, weak, and I look harmless, and I'm the best person to negotiate at this time." Duan Qing spread his hands: "The worst result is that I am cut by you, and it will not have much impact on the empire and everyone else, not to mention——"

"Weak people have their own weak advantages, don't they?" He nodded his head, and an inexplicable smile bloomed on his face: "We can provide some information about the Empire in exchange for your trust and support, how about this bargaining chip?" ”

"That depends on the quality of your intelligence."

Leaning forward a few points as well, Lux Young's gaze twitched twice as he spoke, "Now that you've made up your mind to betray your master, you must have prepared the shocking news, right?" ”

"Well, it's better to wait until we have all the conditions negotiated before revealing it to you." Duan Qing glanced quietly behind him: "After all, I don't want to leave any handle in your hands out of thin air, do I?" ”

"Then how dare we believe you." Leaning towards the rear, the fat man waved his hand disdainfully: "I took the initiative to come over to negotiate the conditions, but I refused to show my negotiation capital, which made it difficult for us to do it." ”

"That's all about Redcarr." Duan Qing replied in a low voice: "To be honest, this information is not equal to the right to enter the city of Tania that we want to exchange, if we really tell you, the foundation of the entire empire may be shaken......

"Is that true?" The fat man squinted at Duan Qing: "This kind of thing, you little people can know about it?" ”

"Some of the changes that happened in the imperial capital a few days ago, I guess Boss Yang has also heard of it." Duan Qing smiled slightly: "Prince Chris shouldn't have arrived in the Duchy at that time, but we have already fought a vigorous battle in Redkar. ”

“……”

As if thinking about the authenticity of the adventurer's words in front of him, the fat man's eyes flickered again, and the fat fingers then rubbed back and forth at his chin for a while, and finally stopped in mid-air along with his words: "We did hear about that mutation, but then ...... And the strange state of your emperor......"

"If you want to know more, I've got you covered." The smile on Duan Qing's face became more confident: "How is it, what about this condition?" ”

"The weight of this information is indeed more than what you need." The fat man said in a low voice, "Will you tell us so simply?" Dreyreier, Red, Caldera, and that Simon...... Aren't you afraid that they will find you trouble? ”

"Well, it looks like I need something else to increase the trust between us." Duan Qing involuntarily let out a sigh: "Do you know what is the reason why we want to enter the city so much? We just want to see the old people. ”

"Old man? Who? ”

"Someone who has ever accepted a gift from you."

With his arm gestured to his side, Duan Qing then gestured in the direction of Tania in front of the fat man's side: "As adventurers, we have some friendships with those old friends, I wonder if you can see their face-"

"How about giving us a little bit of precious trust?"

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“…… What do you think? ”

"I've sold out almost everything I can, and I've finally taken the first step."

"Sold out? What have you sold? ”

"Even our situation in the empire has been sold, and I explained to him the current situation of the Adventurers' Association in the imperial capital - we are in such a mess now, it shouldn't be too low a request to change the capital and develop it, right?"

After a while, in the corner of the tavern in Talan Town, Duan Qing, who was dragging tired steps, then returned to them under the gaze of Xue Ling, Phantom Bing and the others: "And the relationships we used to know in Tania-except for the parts that can't be explained. I should have explained it all. ”

"Did you sell Hank's all?" Xue Lingphantasm Bing frowned and asked, "Isn't this not good?" After all, they are an organization on the dark side......"

"The Shadows will not be as dark as you seem, just look at Liberty City right now." Duan Qing smiled and shook his head: "Of course, whether these people in the outside world have maintained contact with the Shadow Society and obeyed the orders of the Free City is now uncertain. ”

"And according to your introduction, that Hank and his men don't seem to be members of the Shadow Society, right?" Asahi Dongsheng pinched his chin and frowned: "Will betraying these relationships be counterproductive?" ”

"Whatever, he's agreed now." Waving his hand, Duan Qing then motioned to the people around him: "I will pack my luggage a little, and then set off as fast as possible, as long as we can contact any of our targets, we should be able to learn the truth about this Chris incident——"

"Wait a minute, you said yourself?" Xue Ling Phantom Ice interrupted Duan Qing's words: "What about us? You're the only one over there? ”

"Of course, the quota that can be placed on me alone is already the limit." Duan Qing put on a helpless expression: "It's okay, I can handle it alone, the situation here is more important than that side, and it's not a bad thing to have more people staying here." ”

"I'm not worried about your safety, anyway, if you die, you're just being reborn here, but...... Never mind. ”

Lowering his head and muttering something, Xue Ling Phantom Bing's gaze finally fell on Duan Qing's body: "Don't you consider bringing another witness with you?" It might be a bit of a hassle for you to explain it alone......"

"Don't worry, as long as I take the first step, I can naturally take the second step." Duan Qing replied with a smile: "That's where I used to be, I'm still a half-ground snake, if you're still not at ease—well." ”

"Then I'll take Ning Lan one more person." He nodded and thought for a while, and then turned his gaze to the maid behind him who was speechless, as if he remembered something: "It shouldn't be a problem to take one more of her, right?" That fat man looks like he still remembers her......"

"Why, before we came, you were already leaving?"

A heavy voice then appeared in the ears of several people, accompanied by the figure of the Cangyun Barrier belonging to Lanshan pushing the door and gradually approaching: "Fortunately, I lost everything to Zhao Liu'an, and I accelerated my pace and ran here, otherwise I wouldn't even be able to see your last side." ”

"Say what? It's not like I'm not coming back. Duan Qing raised his eyebrows angrily: "And it's not our fault that we came late, it's because you want to stay in the fortress yourself, okay?" ”

"It's not your fault." Waving his hand to beckon the bartender in front of him, Cangyun Barrier squeezed into the wine table where several people were sitting together: "If you hadn't provoked that soul guild and let me go around among other people in the rivers and lakes for a long time, we might have arrived a long time ago." ”

"Soul Adventure Party...... Scold. ”

Recalling the farce before the battle that happened in the east of the fortress before, Duan Qing pulled out a helpless wry smile: "It's really that the more troublesome it is, the more there will be such a small person...... Done with it? ”

"Of course, don't look at who's sitting in front of you." Cangyun Barrier drank down the wine glass that the bartender had newly handed over: "It's you...... How's your progress on this side? ”

"I've found a breakthrough and I'm ready to go to Tania to play the big adventure game." After exchanging glances with a few companions around him, Duan Qing then smiled at each other: "You guys came just in time. ”

"Now that the guards in Taran Village have become more adequate, I can walk with more peace of mind."

The scene of heavy rain and heavy rain scattered around the Talon Plains with the sparse figures of people passing by Tania, and then at some point a public carriage passing through it was mixed into the hazy rain curtain, and the two players in black cloaks then hurriedly said goodbye to the three or two players in the village who came to see them off, and then got into the carriage under the review and permission of the duchy soldiers. With the help of the public carriage, this time Duan Qing no longer needed to hurry towards his destination in the rain and taking care of the wounded, and then he also looked at the inside of the almost unoccupied carriage, and some thoughts in his heart finally began to stabilize with the leisurely atmosphere: "How is your physical condition?" Have you taken a break from the offline line before? ”

"It's all right, sir." Ning Lan, who also took off her hood, showed a gentle smile: "But sir, you are really, if Ning Lan hadn't come back in time, Mr. might have left Ning Lan alone again." ”

"Isn't there still Lingbing in them?" Slowly taking out the magician disc in his arms, Duan Qing's answer brought a somewhat wry smile: "And you should also know my condition, no matter how much I toss, I can't leave this world." ”

"Instead of worrying about things that can't be interfered with, it's better to focus on the things in front of you." He fiddled with the discs and gems in his hand, but his mouth was reading a completely different heavy content: "If I can't be cured, I'm even ready to live here forever...... Hey. ”

"Would you like to find a chance to practice your cooking skills?" Speaking of this, he raised his head: "If we want to improve the quality of adventure, we have to start by eating and drinking." ”

"Ning Lan agrees with Mr.'s words, and Ning Lan will always be by Mr.'s side." Holding his hands together, Ning Lan smiled and nodded: "But with such a heavy rain, no matter what you do, it seems a little inconvenient." ”

"It's been going down for almost half a month, right?" Looking up at the sky outside the carriage, Duan Qing said with a sigh: "This kind of extreme weather, even in reality, is rarely seen, and I don't know what happened, so that the sky above the principality's head has never shown the sun again...... Well? ”

He stopped his words, and his gaze out of the window froze for a moment, and then a player who was running in the heavy rain also waved his arms in the sight of approaching the carriage, and at the same time shouted loudly towards Duan Qing out of breath: "Wait, wait—"

"Wait for me, master!"