"The source of the new batch of weapons has been contacted, and I heard that it was smuggled from the province of Leibi, where the horse thieves seem to have stopped a lot lately, so there is a lot of stock left......

"Aren't the flirtatious guys in Leibi Province always engraved their names on them? What if I find out? ”

"I've asked them to erase the nameplate and logo, it shouldn't be too much of a problem, and even if there is, it will just cause them a little trouble......

"Cole's men have just been captured, and the situation has become very complicated, if the tension continues to escalate at this time, it will be possible to have another three-month past......

It was like returning to the headquarters at the front of the battlefield, and the vendor who walked into the store kept talking to the clerk beside him, and he lost his original embarrassed appearance when he took off his headband, and the voice he said was completely inconsistent with the image that ordinary vendors should have. After staring at the front for a long time, Duan Qing turned to look at the Flame Legend who was also stunned, and then returned to the door of the shop together in the laughter of the little fish on the side: "You...... We ......"

"Needless to say."

The sharp eyes stayed on Duan Qing's body for a moment, and the vendor who was talking to the clerk next to him turned his body sideways: "Shadow Society's subordinates...... Right? ”

"Uh...... If you look at Maggie-sama's current position, yes. Duan Qing, who hesitated for a while, replied in a low voice, "But...... Since we decided to come here, we don't seem to have heard anything about the Shadow Society......"

"As early as the time the Imperials occupied the city of Zaraha, the balance of power here was completely disrupted."

Waving his hand behind him, the vendor waved the clerk out the door: "Just like there is no warrior's home in Liberty City, this ...... Now there is no shadow that will do this thing. ”

“…… And what about the other neutral groups? ”

"Nope."

Still sorting out the pages on the table, the vendor's eyes kept wandering back and forth in the contents: "The people of the Warrior's House helped when Ferron County was attacked, so they were later included in the Empire's list of undesirables, as for the Mage Council...... Christine and Freya's two shots are still vivid, how can the Empire give them a good look? ”

"Uh......"

"There is also the investigation incident of the other day...... By the way, you don't know about it, do you? ”

Slanting his eyes and glancing at Duan Qing, who was silent, the vendor moved one of the pages to one of the magic candlesticks in front of him: "Christine once came to this city in person, and I heard that it was to investigate something, but it seems that the negotiations with Bernard collapsed, and this investigation did not go on in the end......"

"The Mage Council has always cared about the city, and it still does." Recalling the back of someone who pointed them over, Duan Qing muttered in a low voice: "As a result, the county town of Feilong has become what it is now, and they don't care about it......

"The Mage Council's influence on the Empire is not as high as that of the Adventurers' Guild." The vendor let out a few sneering laughs: "It is impossible to expect them to come and save a small ancient city under the pressure of the Empire. ”

"Who doesn't rely on others?" Seemingly dissatisfied with the attitude of the other party who had just been rescued at this time, the Flame Legend retorted in a low voice, "On your own? ”

"On our own, of course."

Raising his head calmly, the vendor turned his face to the three players present: "Everything that the Imperial people have imposed on the Faron people will eventually be repaid by us, who do they think we are, do they really think that we Faronites will be the same as the cowardly principality...... Is it a race that is willingly oppressed? ”

"Ah...... Forgot to introduce yourself. ”

Slowly raising his hand slapping the table, the vendor suppressed his instantaneous emotions again: "I'm Hart, Hart Billisman, the former president of the Feron County Chamber of Commerce, and the current leader of the Zaraha City Resistance. ”

"The leader of the Resistance?" Flame Legend opened his mouth: "Disrespectful, disrespectful, I didn't expect you to be a merchant......"

"What's wrong with the merchant? Can't the merchants rebel against the oppressive rule of the Imperialists? Hart retorted with a gloomy face: "They killed my wife and children just because they didn't clean up the 'prohibited' goods stored in the Harnot area in time...... If this hatred can't be used as a reason to resist, then what's the point of me living in this world? ”

“…… I'm sorry. ”

The atmosphere fell silent for a few moments with the evil aura emanating from the store manager, followed by Duan Qing's slightly apologetic response: "You can still open a store here, and you can be regarded as a very bold gentleman." ”

"Don't think I don't know what you're suspicious of, but I'm crawling out of the pile of dead." Hart, who was holding his arms, squinted at each other: "This little shop called Hart ...... Originally, it was just a place for a distant relative of mine to stay. ”

"Well, the clerk ......"

"He's the one who crawled out of the pile of the dead."

Answering the Flame Legend question in a low voice, Hart once again lowered his face: "This city, including the entire city of Zaraha...... The people who have been wronged by the Imperials in this city for inexplicable crimes are almost more than the stars in the sky! Some of them were simply banished from the city by the Imperials, leaving them to die on their way to flee to the surrounding war zone, and some ...... He died under Bernard's butcher's knife, and his body was smuggled south of Ferron County and dumped in the wilderness of the Crocker Mine......"

"The population of Zalaha has plummeted during this time...... I am afraid that this fact has been selectively forgotten by the outside world. Speaking of this, he clenched his fists: "When we heard that the empire had made an agreement with the principality, I couldn't even believe my ears, why...... Why could the nobles, thousands of miles away, easily leave behind the fact that so many civilians had been slaughtered? ”

“……”

"No matter what you think, I'm not going to agree to that covenant."

Returning to the quiet atmosphere, Hart regained his calm face and placed it on the counter in front of him: "I will also lead the few who survived like me to continue our cause of revenge." ”

"That's what it is...... The origin of the rebels? ”

"That's right, so...... If I turn around and walk out of this door now, I can act as if nothing has happened. ”

Pointing behind them, Hart's gaze fell back on the burned page in his hand: "There is no Hart here, no one from the Shadow Society has ever visited, and the agreement between Haroult and Queen Maggie is still valid, but there will be no more." ”

“…… So what if we don't go? ”

“…… Hum. ”

Looking at the player who answered after a moment of silence, Hart's nose let out a cold snort: "Don't think that I will really trust you after I have been talking to you for so long, I just want to pass on my declaration through your mouth for the sake of you are all adventurers under Maggie......

"So how do you have to trust us?"

“…… Very simple. ”

After reading for a while on the page that had been burned and re-revealed, Hart tugged at the corners of his mouth: "Isn't it common for people who want to join a guild to participate in some initiation rituals or something?" There's exactly a quest here......"

"Think of it as your test."

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"What is called a test for us, what a ......?"

At night after a while, in another corner of the Hanott City of Zaraha City, the figures of Duan Qing and Flame Legend gradually appeared on the roof of one of the low buildings, quietly overlooking the movement below: "If they like it so much, what else do they have to add?" ”

"I knew you were going to say that."

With his eyes unwaveringly roaming back and forth in the courtyard surrounded by the wall in front of the low building, Duan Qing lowered his voice and replied, "But this is a clue that we finally caught with great difficulty......

"If we catch a clue to a fart, what do we have to do with their life or death?" The Legend of the Flame said unceremoniously: "Since those people want to fight the Imperials, let's let them fight hard, what reason do we have to stick our heads out ourselves?" ”

"I know those so-called quest rewards won't appeal to you, but...... This world doesn't distinguish between good and bad tasks based on task rewards alone. Duan Qing replied with a sigh, "The follow-up development related to the mission plot is also very important, judging from the reaction of the magician who saved us...... That guy named Hart, and the rebels behind him, must be the key to unlocking the city's secrets. ”

“…… Well, I'm also interested in the secrets behind this ancient city. ”

Lying on the spot and thinking for a while, the Flame Legend finally suppressed the resentment in his heart: "The Imperial people may have seen something, so they haven't let go of this place, but ...... I've seen that guy named Bernard, and from what I know about him, he's not the kind of Imperial general who slaughters civilians for any trivial matter......"

"There must be some other reason for this." Duan Qing replied in a deep voice: "For example, there are restorers who are obstructing it...... or something."

"If only the restorationists could reach out to this extent...... So what are we struggling with here? Surrender and forget it. Flame Legend shook his head in denial: "If the Restorationists help the Empire, not to mention slaughtering civilians, even killing the entire city......

"If the Restorers are really behind everything that is happening here, they will definitely not let the Imperials kill all the civilians here." Duan Qing immediately interrupted the other party's speculation: "They should continue to stir up contradictions between the empire and the commoners, just like when they were lurking in the principality, so that the empire's rule is no longer stable, and then wait for the opportunity to complete their tasks......"

“…… Wow, is it so dark that you say? ”

After opening his mouth to look at the other party's side face for a while, Flame Legend pointed to their downstairs, "Then what are we wasting time doing here?" ”

"What's such a waste of time, isn't this completing the membership test?"

"I've never seen such a strange test, targeting the leader of the first team of the Empire, but not letting us die...... That Hart can't be a Restorationist too, right? Did he deliberately let us come over and be cannon fodder? ”

"Being cannon fodder may also be possible."

His gaze finally stopped at a certain center point of the round-and-forth patrol, and Duan Qing, who was lying on the roof, then showed a look like he was grabbing his prey: "But ......"

"People asked us to come over, and they definitely didn't let us be cannon fodder for nothing."

A loud sound of breaking the air then appeared beside the Flame Legend, bringing his stunned eyes along with the air around him, and Duan Qing, who was already flying in the air, then reached out and grabbed the flame long knife behind his back, drawing a long fiery line in the black night sky above the courtyard. The Imperial soldiers, who had already been alarmed by the sound of breaking the sky, guarded the shouts around them, and the figure wrapped in a long line of fiery red fell like a meteor in front of one of the figures who had just walked out of the low building, and then while the other party shouted like a warning, he covered his face with the blade of his backhand: "Forty meters long knife ......"

"Robe!"

In the scene where two fiery red sword lights were rushing back into the sky, the captain of the first squad of the empire who reacted quickly raised his sword to block the intersection of the two knife lines that appeared in an instant, and was pushed back by the huge shock force, and then was shrouded by the burly figure of the Flame Legend, and then was slammed to the ground by the opponent's shield. Two earthy yellow magic rays rose from his hands, and Duan Qing, who arrived later, splashed a large amount of sand and dust in front of the surrounding imperial soldiers who were about to jump, and then accurately buckled the black cloth bag that had been prepared behind his back on the top of the imperial captain's head: "Told you to remember-"

"The person who beats you is called Breaking Wind and Thunder!"

The sound of crackling fists followed by the sound of ping-pong metal slamming echoed over the courtyard, and the wail of the Imperial Captain was followed by the two players rushing out of the smoke and flying out together in a certain direction on the periphery of a low building. Running in the middle of the streets after dark, the two of them managed to shake off the pursuit of those imperial soldiers with great difficulty, and then cautiously returned to the location of Hart's shop after a few circles around the city: "Phew, hoo...... This ...... Should...... It's okay......"

"It's okay, it's okay, I'm very satisfied."

Seemingly waiting there early, the vendor named Hart put away his applause, and then, after confirming that there were indeed no other pursuers around, he turned around and took the lead towards the store: "You have passed the customs, ...... next"

"Let's invite you to one of our meetings."