"So you brought back this useless news?"

The time came to this night, and in the investigation team outside the Free World Zaraha City, the figure from the Snow Spirit Phantom Ice House sitting in the center of the tent then also looked at the other people present, and finally fell on Duan Qing's head with disgust: "It's a shame that you went out for most of the day, and you saw so many bigwigs, but in the end, nothing happened...... I've been raising you for nothing for so long! ”

"It can't be said that it doesn't work, at least we know them, right?" With a dry smile, he pointed to the other side of the brightly lit investigation camp outside the door curtain, and Duan Qing introduced to the rose-colored carriage that looked very lively: "Look at Rena's location and the people around now...... At this time, it is even more difficult to see her than to ascend to the sky. ”

"But at least that will help us." His pale face became a little ruddy under the illumination of the lamp, and Xue Lingxuan Bing commented expressionlessly: "Look at the effect of your lobbying back, the news you got is not as useful as the news that came back from the rising sun before!" ”

"Don't be in a hurry, our first step is to build our intelligence network." Duan Qing tugged at the corners of his mouth and said with a smile: "Even Lanshan has established an alliance partnership with us now, whether it is a battle dynasty or a business alliance in the future, it will be a great cause just around the corner." ”

"I don't want to listen to these useless words."

After blinking his eyes, Xue Lingphantom Ice, who put away the color of jokes, then took a deep breath: "Then let me ask you - has it been approved by the investigation team?" ”

"Well...... Probably, maybe. Sneaking a glance at Asahi Dongsheng and Gedmane, who were also cowering in the corner, Duan Qing replied in a low voice: "Although I oppose the convoy moving forward, that Count Diproma looks pretty good, and with Lot's strong support...... We can still stand up in this investigation team. ”

"Did you find out our biggest threat?"

"The Mage Council is dealing with them."

Facing the next question of Snow Spirit Phantom Ice, Duan Qing stretched out his hand towards the honest Thousand Fingered Crane who was also sitting beside him: "Of course, there seem to be deeper and more complex contradictions within the Mage Council, but this should not prevent us from standing on the same front, not to mention that this is Zaraha City, and it is probably only a teleportation circle away from Sky City, as long as that Ivorst dares to appear again-"

"The distance of a teleportation circle?"

Waving his hand to interrupt the other party's words, Xue Lingphantom Bing raised his arm impatiently: "Do you remember how Zaraha City fell last time?" Don't always trust the magic of these magicians, if they are disturbed, won't we be isolated in an instant? ”

"It's okay, it's okay, at least we can carry it ourselves for a while." Duan Qing gestured to the remaining silent figures in the tent: "You have to believe my mentor, even if other people don't come, he will definitely come." ”

“…… It's not that I don't trust your mentor, I just want to be able to leave some more means when those enemies appear. Putting away his questioning expression, Xue Lingphantom Ice finally sighed and shook his head: "After all, we didn't expect the grim situation we faced before this departure, in order to be able to reach the principality well and not have the embarrassment of 'being cleaned up by others halfway', some necessary preparations are also indispensable." ”

"Especially since I'm still the captain of this messy team!" Her expression then quickly crinkled together, and at the same time pointed vigorously in the direction of the city wall outside the tent: "Now let me enter the city quickly and go to those taverns to make a record!" ”

"I should be the only one missing you now!"

Driven out of the camp without mercy, the figures belonging to Duan Qing and Thousand Fingered Crane then slowly appeared at the gate of Zaraha City, where a large number of players and Imperial people kept coming and going, and the two people who glanced at each other then showed their own wry smiles, and then disappeared into the brightly lit city gate along the direction of the crowd. Feeling the hustle and bustle brought by everything around them, the two of them looked back and forth for a long time without leaving this ancient and prosperous corner of the city, until the magic lights began to become like daylight, showing the stalls on the street one by one in front of them, and the two gradually gave up the idea of following the crowd to find the tavern: "What, what's the matter?" How can there be so many night markets at this time! ”

"Probably because Sky City is now the largest concentration of adventures."

Looking at the goods with an obviously unknown ancient style displayed in those stalls, the red-haired girl magician turned her head with some interest: "There are also demonized creatures at night in the sky city, and they are demonized creatures that retain ancient magical energy, so those who only hurry up for adventures during the day will naturally choose to deal with the loot at night." ”

"What we're seeing now may just be a second-class product that has been eliminated." Speaking of this, she pointed to the pitch-black outline of the huge city above her head: "Those better things were bought up on the spot." ”

"Well, then we'll have to rely on the memories we left behind to find the tavern." Sighing helplessly, Duan Qing, who flipped through his adventurer map, then began to look left and right: "Anyway, aren't you leaving?" ”

"I, I'm not leaving."

A little angry, he turned his head away, and the thousand-fingered crane who closed his eyes turned his pursed mouth to the side: "No matter how that Snow Spirit Phantom Ice drives me, I won't leave!" ”

"Courage is commendable." So Duan Qing had to smile bitterly and shook his head: "But what about your task?" And that Fallen Dream...... You still can't catch him? ”

"It's still going to be caught." His expression became a little lost, and Thousand-Fingered Crane's tone became lower: "But...... Anyway, there are no clues now, and with all these troubles you're in front of you - look at your ruthless leader! She actually let you out alone, and she didn't care about your safety at all! ”

"Please, it's in the city now."

Seeming to have found the direction, Duan Qing, who pointed forward, then replied with a low smile: "Even if someone really wants to be unfavorable to me, a zero-level waste firewood, most of them will not choose to attack me at this time and this place, look at the stalls and crowds around you, in front of the public...... Isn't this asking for trouble? ”

"That, that's not going to work either." Shaking his head sullenly, the Thousand Fingered Crane's gaze also glanced at the direction that Duan Qing was pointing at: "There are also attack methods in the downtown area, maybe there is some kind of killer hidden in those people who hang out, and ...... Hmm, what about Miss Ning Lan? Isn't she always protective of you? ”

"I guess I'm going to rest."

The steps moving forward paused slightly, and Duan Qing, who had a helpless look on his face, then replied in a low voice: "Her current state is not very good, and she is not suitable for staying online for a long time. ”

“…… I'm sorry. After a slight silence, the Thousand Fingered Crane lowered his head and whispered, "I, I didn't mean to. ”

"It's okay, she's not fit to fight anyway." Duan Qingtou waved his hand without looking back: "Letting her follow me at this time is just one more helpless person." ”

"That's why I need it even more at this time!" Two steps to grab the front of Duan Qing, the thousand-fingered crane with his hands behind his back looked at Duan Qing's face backwards: "How is it?" I'm one of the disciples of the Council of Seven, and the powerful fire mage Thousand Fingered Crane is also, do you want to hire me as your bodyguard? Of course, being the bodyguard of the Qingling Adventure Group can also be—"

Call.

Stretching out his hand and putting it on the shoulder of the thousand-fingered crane, Duan Qing, who did not speak, suddenly pushed the little girl who was retreating parallel to him to the side, and a slash that appeared out of thin air was followed by a whistling sound from directly in front of Duan Qing, with a piercing sound of breaking the air and the splash of rubble from the ground that shook the gray-robed magician into the air. The sound of space shattering appeared from a dark corner of the night in the distance at this time, enveloping a large circular area including Duan Qing, and a certain warrior in black armor who appeared in the middle of the smoke and dust then dusted off the dust that gradually spread over him, and looked at Duan Qing's figure who fell to the ground with a dull gaze with a little surprise: "I really didn't expect it...... A magician who has lost all his strength and can't even cast a single spell can detect my attack in advance under such circumstances. ”

"After all, intuition is enough." Slowly got up from the ground, Duan Qing, whose face was covered with scratches, then wiped the blood that overflowed from the corners of his mouth: "Although I didn't expect it, you really dare to attack here." ”

"It's just a few tricks from the Old Magic Empire." Tilting his head, the armored figure showed his upside-down blade again: "I remember it's called the Planck effect, right?" Or something else, it doesn't matter to me anyway. ”

"My goal is just to slash." He took a step back, and the open stance suddenly disappeared in place with the speed of the explosion: "As long as I can kill you, my mission is complete." ”

The intuition of danger flashed through his heart again, and Duan Qing, who gritted his teeth and stopped talking, hurriedly took his body to the other side of the alley again, and the black-armored figure that appeared beside him then also flooded his original location with his black long sword, and once again lifted the sky of rubble and dust on the corners of the streets and alleys of this ancient city. The sound of the magic protection shattering kept coming from the surroundings of his body, and Duan Qing, who was enduring the pain, then stood up in shock, and only then did he notice the somewhat abnormal dark night sky and the city that had become empty: "Planck effect? Isn't that just a trick? “

"You can also understand it as a kind of alien dimension."

Yaoyao's voice came from this deep and dark distance, and another unknown mysterious voice reached Duan Qing's ears: "Through the vibration of magic, the existing space will be stripped into another parallel world...... You can rest assured that no one will disturb this place, not even the most powerful magicians can perceive it. ”

"You're isolated."

The sensation of pinprick appeared on the surface of the skin again, prompting Duan Qing's body to rush to the side again, and the javelin turned into purple-black energy then broke through the shackles of space, drawing a straight diagonal line through the position where he had stood before. The body's reaction finally showed signs of not being able to keep up because of the emergency avoidance, and Duan Qing, who fell to the ground for the third time, tried to get up, and was finally nailed to the spot by the sword that appeared above his head for the third time, and the surface of the black armor connected by the long sword that penetrated the body appeared in the next moment, but a layer of brilliant light and fire appeared in the next moment, accompanied by the magic energy that suddenly erupted after the scorching burning: "Flame impact!" ”

A crisp explosion then burst out in the center of the two figures with a piercing blood light, separating Duan Qing and the black-armored swordsman's bodies again, and the attacker with layers of scorching black smoke on his body seemed to stay in place because of surprise, and then he was greeted by a more obvious scene of firelight: "Flame burst!" ”

Like a series of firecrackers connected to the air, the brilliant sparks then burst towards the position of the black armored swordsman with Duan Qing's last raised right hand, and the chain explosion composed of fire elements seemed to be unable to break through the black armor in the slightest, but the impact still lifted his figure out again. Panting and putting down his hands, Duan Qing, who was bleeding profusely, then weakly flipped his body to the corner of the empty street, and a dark red pillar of fire rose beside him in the next moment, burning another purple-black spear shot from far away in the dark night sky into elemental ashes: "Hmm...... It is worthy of the fire of the red lotus, and it can even incinerate the energy of the void. ”

"Who are you?" Panting in front of Duan Qing, the red-haired Thousand-Fingered Crane shook off and then slammed the Red Lotus Staff in his hand on the ground: "Why are you attacking us?" ”

"Why? Isn't that obvious? ”

Between the smoke and dust that gradually dispersed, the pitch-black armor stood in front of the two people again, and the mysterious voice belonging to the night sky then stopped him from wanting to launch a new round of attack, and at the same time answered Thousand-Fingered Crane's question in a rhetorical tone: "Although this time was just a warning, we didn't want to take the lives of the two now, but I didn't expect——"

"You still don't seem to know anything."

The anomalous night gradually dissipated, along with the figure belonging to the black armored swordsman and the strange spatial scene that seemed to have never happened, and the lively bazaar and the constant sound of bargaining returned to the two players, as if a secret attack before that was like a dream: "Look at your two confused faces now." ”

"Even fate may be dumbfounded."