It has been nearly two years since the launch of the free world to the version change, and it can be said that it has reached a relatively mature era, and players who are active in the free world are also familiar with the composition of this world, and have a relatively accurate concept of the strength and weakness of this world. Sharp-eyed players can judge their opponent's odds of victory or defeat based on the size of the monster, the moves and magic they unleash, the level of other monsters on the map, and the interaction of the surrounding environment.

They have been in the war and training for a long time, and they themselves have a clear understanding of the highest combat power they can achieve in this world.

“…… Wrong. ”

Standing in place for a long time, the abyss that was thrown in place by the snow spirit phantom ice broke the water for a long time before standing up straight, and the painful appearance that was originally due to the scars on his body slowly disappeared with this action, accompanied by a wrinkle that gradually rose between the mage's eyebrows: "The blow just now...... Any questions? ”

He was wary of my potion, so it was just ordinary wind magic, mixed with earth at most, to enhance the slashing effect of the wind blade...... But just this kind of attack shouldn't be enough to cause any too much damage, right, I can rely on the earth wall technique to defend it, why?

Why was she injured when she had the setting sun? And......

Wait a minute.

There were no scars on her appearance, not even a piece of her cloak was broken, which showed that the demon-breaking effect of the setting sun still worked, and it should have dispelled the tornado magic released by that Dax in the end...... Hmm, at least the physical effect has been dispelled, and the rest of the parts should not have any damage, mental attacks...... Aside from that guy's annoying laughter, is there any other mental attack?

“…… Odd. ”

Sighing a little helplessly, he looked at the broken water of the abyss that stretched out from the darkness of the jungle and slowly retracted his gaze from the direction where the female swordsman had just left: "An enemy of this level may be a moat to me, but it should be just a piece of cake for you, why ......"

"Sorry to bother you."

A fresh voice suddenly sounded behind him, interrupting his thoughts that he wanted to sink into: "Have you seen a person with a cloak covering his whole body?" I'm looking for her. ”

"You're looking for her?"

Looking back at the guy who was dressed as an adventurer, but didn't show his name and ID, Lin Yuan's inquiry became a little more vigilant: "What are you looking for her for?" ”

"My name is Art, and I'm a companion who came here with her."

As if sensing the slight hostility emanating from the player in front of him, Art, who was carrying the package, explained with a smile, and the footsteps that he wanted to walk in front of him stopped a few steps away from him, along with his slightly rusty adventurer etiquette: "Although I begged to come with her, we have been working together quite well recently, so when she suddenly ran away from that side just now, I still can't leave her alone." “

"It's just you right now." He lowered his raised hands, and at the same time looked at the gray-robed man in front of him with a rather interested gaze: "You...... I've seen her already, right? ”

"She just ran that way."

Looking at the other party fixedly for a while, Lin Yuanshui, who seemed to have finally reacted, then smiled slightly: "Although I don't know where she is going next, she shouldn't have gone far yet, and if she chases it now, it should be too late." ”

"Yes...... That direction? Yat, who was looking in the direction the magician was pointing, blinked his eyes strangely: "Not in this direction?" ”

"What, you see?" Looking at the correct direction that the other party then pointed out, Lin Yuan's expression gradually sank: "Since you know where she ran just now, then what else do you ask me to do?" ”

"A little test, don't care."

Waving his hand slightly, Art, who was carrying a huge package, turned around and walked in the direction where the snow spirit phantom ice disappeared: "I don't know what she has been through, but since I met her again, this guy now likes to act alone, and he never talks to others about anything......

"If it weren't for my tracking skills, I don't know how many times I'd been thrown away by her." He pointed to the jungle in front of him, as if to a large, undetectable mist: "I hope nothing really happens to her this time." ”

"Something? That's right. ”

The footsteps moved forward a few points, and there was a little unnatural Linyuan breaking water on his face, and then he put down his outstretched arm: "Let me ask you, is there anything wrong with her body?" ”

"Her body?"

Glancing at the other party with a rather surprised gaze, the NPC named Art raised his eyebrows: "Why do you ask like that...... Not. ”

"In that case, she did show something unusual." He pinched his chin and looked at the sky: "For example, there is always an inexplicable frowning movement, and when I usually stay together, I often ignore you while talking, etc., originally I thought that she didn't like to communicate with people, or was tired of me as an adventurer......"

"Is it from this time? When did you meet her? ”

"Not long ago, there was a powerful energy reaction in a certain ruin in the Crook Wasteland, so I chased it there."

"You're also tracking down the Restorationists' artifacts?"

"Me? I'm not here specifically for the Restoration. ”

Reaching out and stroking the trace's chest, Art, who regained his eyes, showed a confident expression: "I am the adventurer Art, from the Norse tribe, and my ambition is to travel to every corner of the free continent and explore the ruins and ancient secrets that no one has discovered. ”

"Thanks to an adventurer, I have the opportunity to walk out of my own mountain." Speaking of this, he lowered his head slightly, and his eyes fell on the hilt of an ordinary short sword beside his waist: "Although I never saw him again in the end, my heart is still extremely grateful to that person, who pulled me out of that unworldly tribe and let me see this incomparably wonderful world......"

"Now it seems that the outside world is not as beautiful as you think, is it?"

Looking at the short sword that looked very familiar, the eyes that interrupted the other party's lyrical Lin Yuan Shui closed slightly: "There are not only countless wonderful miracles and magnificent landscapes here, but also sad stories and difficult enemies to deal with. ”

"yes, yes, so I'm a lot smarter now, too."

Comparing his fingers to the other party, Art's expression became much more spiritual: "No matter what I have become now, at least I have grown a lot compared to my previous self." ”

"It looks like it's grown a lot." Lin Yuan broke the water and looked up and down the dress of this NPC adventurer: "At least it looks more professional than most adventurers, and its strength looks strong enough......"

"I'm really better than those in your Karlo village." Art, who picked up his backpack again, turned around with a smile: "How about it, do you want to go to that woman with me like this?" ”

"You must want to know her secrets too, right?"

As if he did not refuse the other party's offer, the magician, who did not answer, followed the other party's footsteps quietly, and then followed Art's footsteps to a clearing deep in the jungle of Gemenan in the sight of trees passing on both sides again and again under the deep darkness of the night. The oval-shaped clearing, which looked empty, was particularly noticeable even in the deep darkness, but there was a slight humming sound from the jungle that should have been quiet, and it stopped at the edge of the clearing, one behind the other, and then hid behind a large tree, patrolling the surroundings with sharp and flat eyes: "...... Sure enough, even the second child was lost by the Empire? ”

"Dick? Who's that? ”

"A puppet guard guarding here, the kind made of magical creations."

Hastily brushed over the information he had learned, Lin Yuan's fingers slowly drew a straight line in the air in front of the two people: "Presumably because of the riot just now, this group of people has also withdrawn the magic guards they have placed here." ”

"Oh, the pursuit of the Imperials is indeed scary enough." Art shook his head slightly: "But...... Just those few small soldiers should not be enough to attract the attention of this group of people. ”

“……”

"Only when they are threatened enough will they abandon their original defensive arrangements."

patting the trunk of the tree beside him vigorously, Art's originally relaxed voice also became low: "So...... Guess what's wrong with them? ”

“…… The woman. ”

"That's right, our Snow Spirit Phantom Ice Lady."

Spreading his arms forward, Art whispered in an exaggerated expression and a quiet voice, "Trust my tracking skills, she must have come here." ”

"But there's no one here." Lin Yuan rolled his eyelids when he broke the water: "There is only an open space, an open space where there is nothing." ”

"Don't tell me you don't know anything, you're one of the people who came here for the trial."

Turning around and patting the mage on the shoulder, Art looked at the other party with a sneering expression: "You are different from those few adventurer novices who have died, you ...... It should be known the secret here. ”

"Did the person who issued the quest tell you about the underground caverns when they asked you to come here?" He pointed to the seemingly empty cave in front of the two men: "Is the ultimate goal of the trial to go underground and retrieve a disc hidden there?" ”

"You, how do you know?"

"Oh, don't be stupid, my dear Magician."

With his arms clasped over his chest, Art looked back at Lin Yuan's water-breaking face with interest: "Since you know about the magic guards, you must also know how to enter that underground cave, right?" ”

“……”

"As you said, you're an alchemist." Nodding the other party's chest, Art shook his head with a smile: "Since you have made a lot of preparations for this trial, I think you must have prepared that thing as well, am I right?" ”

"Do you even know this? Well, this time it's you who wins. ”

With a slight sigh, the magician named Lin Yuan Shui finally collapsed his shoulder, and then in the smiling eyes of the other party, who was still looking at him, he took out a bottle of transparent potion with a light blue light: "Exorcism potion, alchemists use a means to counter magic, but unlike those spells that can only be used to counter the spells that are being cast, this potion ......"

"It also works on spells that have already been generated."

With a wave of his hand, he spilled the magic potion in his hand into the clearing in front of him, and the light blue crystal green light gradually became clear in the invisible collision, and finally the night above the entire clearing was lit up along with the spreading sparks. A magic shroud that shrouded the place then turned into fragments under the effect of this magic potion, and exploded towards the surrounding areas of the clearing, and the loud sound of metal colliding was then accompanied by the crisp sound of the explosion broke through the quiet atmosphere, and rushed towards the location of Linyuan Broken Water and Art: "Drink! ”

Clang!

In another sound of sword qi erupting, the blood sword sword qi from the Snow Spirit Phantom Ice then flew towards the distant night sky under the movement of another sword light, but this time the flight seemed to have lost the obstruction of the magic cover that was originally shrouded here, and the grand momentum that should have been hidden in it also rose violently. calmly took two steps back, and the other black shadow that discharged this sword qi then stood up straight, and the other hand that did not hold the sword then brushed behind him, wiping his bloody and torn green shirt behind him: "It's worthy of the dark witch in people's mouths, and she can already have such strength without thinking about the sword...... Pity. ”

"You can only go so far in the end if you rely on your weapon ability alone."

“…… Less nonsense. ”

Pointing to a piece of scrap copper and rotten iron that had fallen to the ground not far from him, Snow Spirit Phantom Ice, still covered in a black cloak, replied in a low voice, "You want to rely on this kind of thing to defeat me?" Naive. ”

"Of course I didn't intend to beat you with this kind of thing, the effect we wanted...... It's procrastination. ”

Swinging his green shirt slightly, the young swordsman named Luo Tu shook his head with a smile: "Looking at it now, the effect is not bad." ”

"I don't know what effect your blood sword has, but I guess...... Every time you use it, you will definitely lose blood, this attribute must be there, right? He gestured to the blood sword in the opponent's hand, and then turned to look in a certain direction deep in the jungle: "I used a lot of experiments to confirm this, so as long as the battle time is extended indefinitely, you will not attack yourself...... Hey? ”

The calm voice slowly stopped, accompanied by his sudden widening eyes, and the figures belonging to Art and the magician were also like statues that had been waiting there for a long time, standing quietly in the clearing not far from him.