Chapter Eighty-Three: Ascension and Change, Resumption, I
Climbing up in the darkness and darkness, Fang Yu shook his sour hand and looked up to see that he was in a ring, narrow space - the top of the ladder seemed to lead to a well.
There seemed to be a faint light above his head, and he touched the four walls with his hands, and there were traces of brickwork on the bare walls, indicating that he might have approached the mouth of the well.
He let out a sigh and was about to continue his upward climb when two muffled conversations came in.
When Fang Yu heard the sound, he immediately stopped vigilantly, grabbed the ladder and pricked up his ears, and quickly heard the content of the conversation between the two voices above.
"Have you heard, the blade of false victory was taken by the guy who picked up the rags, and the eldest sister was so angry that she wanted to kill." The first voice is sophisticated and calm, and when he speaks, he has the sound of metal colliding because of his body movements.
When Fang Yu heard the words 'eldest sister', his heart moved. At the same time, according to the man's voice, the appearance of a melee Drafter character in his thirties wearing chain armor was also sketched in his mind.
"And what's going on?" The second voice is much younger, and it can't tell what kind of occupation it is, but it can roughly rule out the possibility that it is a heavy armor class.
"Isn't it, another group of people came in from outside, but no one expected that the fool to be among them. It seems that the men of Tapolis have let the guy in by taking advantage of it, as if to prevent our men from succeeding. ”
"And then?" The second voice asked again.
"And then? God knows," Fang Plover could almost imagine the owner of the first voice shrugging. "No one knows where that fool has gone now, Doriffin is so big, can you find him?"
The second voice paused for a moment before asking, "Speaking of which, what is going on with that guy?" ”
"The guy who picked up the rubbish, you say? I don't know, I just know that he claims to be a combat craftsman, but my friend told me that it was all made up by that guy, and that he didn't have any approval from the Grand Guild, and that his hands and feet were not clean, and he had been kicked by several teams. ”
"This man is a strange man......"
"Is that weird? There's something weirder you don't know! The guy was very withdrawn, he lived with his cat in an abandoned factory near Elpahin, and because there was no team to look up to him, he kept picking up garbage to make ends meet. ”
"Haha, I've heard of this too, it's disgusting."
"Okay, be quiet, don't let anyone else hear, especially the eldest sister-" The owner of the first voice paused for a moment at this time, and was about looking around: "She's angry, don't be used as a punching bag, we are not core members, be careful of causing trouble." ”
"The eldest sister's anger is actually not all for this matter...... Did you see it before, the lady with the suitcase was so beautiful, and the elf girl, that figure...... Tsk, how did they offend the eldest sister? ”
When Fang Yu heard this, he was slightly stunned.
'The lady with the suitcase' was clearly Sylvid, and she was the only one who had such conspicuous features, and the elven girl must have been Attila. So who are these people? Listening to their tone, they seemed to have something to do with the eldest sister, but how could these people appear in Dorifinn at this time, and they seemed to have met Attila and them.
This is also too much of a coincidence.
He was a little suspicious in his heart, and it was at this moment that the voice above suddenly stopped. The first voice seemed a little alarmed: "Shhhhh ”
Fang Yu was startled and hurriedly held his breath, and then he heard a sound of footsteps coming from above, followed by a cat meow.
"Damn, it turned out to be a cat." The owner of the first voice seemed to be taken aback and cursed loudly.
The owner of the second voice followed and asked, "How can there be cats in this place?" ”
"Anything is possible in this place."
"After the mission here is over, I must find a good place to spend time, it's really bad luck to stay in this ghost place for a long time."
The two seemed to patrol the top for a while before returning to the well, leaning against the well and chatting with each other. The topic undoubtedly shifted to the woman, and Fang Yu listened a little bored for a while, before grabbing the ladder and slowly climbing up.
As he approached the mouth of the well, he lifted the palm of his right hand and let the clockwork goblin fly in his hand.
The brass sphere, the size of a tennis ball, vibrated its wings, rose slightly upward, and flew out of the well with a hum. The sound it made apparently attracted the attention of the two people outside, who were startled and shouted in unison:
"Something!"
But the clockwork elf crossed an arc and flew between the two. The two of them hadn't seen what was going on yet, but the creature instinctively avoided turning from behind, so it subconsciously turned away.
Fang Yu took advantage of this opportunity to climb up to the mouth of the well with three strikes and five divisions, and jumped down with one arrow. The young man in the robe in the back reacted a little faster, and just wanted to turn back, Fang Yu didn't say a word and slapped him in the face with a right hook punch with all his might.
Although he is not a combat-oriented character, neither is the man, and the system prompts him that the heavy blow takes effect - the opponent is hit by the punch and falls on his back.
Not far away, the older warrior drafter seemed to have just reacted, turned around and drew his long sword with a 'clang'.
Fang Yuan's hand was quick, he pounced forward, pulled out the dagger from the young man's boot, grabbed the opponent's long hair with his left hand and pulled him back, pulled him up from the ground, and held the dagger in his right hand and pressed him fiercely on his neck.
The young man was wailing with a long nosebleed, but he felt a tingling pain in his neck, and immediately stuck in horror.
Then Fang Yuan's mind moved, and the clockwork fairy in mid-air leaned slightly, flying back and hovering near him. When the warrior saw this scene, his expression froze slightly, he looked at his companion who was snorting and tearing, and frowned: "Combat craftsman? Who are you? ”
Fang Yu didn't dare to speak more, he only had a few clockwork goblins in his hands now, and his combat strength alone was not the opponent of these two people at all. He knew that the only thing he could rely on now was the deterrent power of the raid and his identity as a combat craftsman.
So he didn't say a word, but slashed the dagger at the neck of the guy in his hand, and a bloody streak appeared there, causing the latter to scream in fright.
The warrior was really intimidated by him, the sword in his hand was lowered slightly, and he looked at him angrily: "You, what do you want to do?" ”
Fang Yu raised his head and looked at the other party at this time, and said, "You made a mistake, and now I am asking you to answer." Where are the ladies you talked about now? ”
"You're in the same league as them?"
When Fang Yu heard this answer, the silver light flashed in his hand, and one of the young man's bloody ears flew out sideways. Because it was the first time he had done this kind of work, his hands trembled, leaving a long cut on the other party's face, and he couldn't help but cry out guilty when he saw the other party's face covered with blood and wailing like killing a pig.
But the warrior obviously didn't notice this detail, and only gasped, he didn't see a combat craftsman, but this was the first time he had been so ruthless.
The hostages under his hands struggled so badly that Fang Yu almost didn't catch them for a while, he hurriedly pressed his knee against this guy's spine to make him honest, while breaking out in a cold sweat thinking about such a high-end thing as kidnapping hostages, he must not do it himself in the future.
Then he deliberately said to the warrior in a tone of indifference: "I said, now I am the one to ask you to answer." Of course, you can also leave him and run away, and see if I can catch up with you? ”
As he spoke, he let the clockwork goblin fly around him.
Seeing this scene, the warrior's face couldn't help but change, and he already had a preconceived idea in his heart that Fang Yu was an extremely powerful combat craftsman—how could a combat craftsman who was not a powerful combat craftsman have such a level in close combat? One blow beat his companion to the point that he couldn't take care of himself, and although his companion was a magician, even a chicken wouldn't be subdued so easily.
He wanted to run, but the other party seemed to be right, running away in front of a powerful combat craftsman, isn't that funny?
The warrior's throat rolled up and down, swallowed a mouthful of saliva, and couldn't help but be in a dilemma for a while.
Seeing that he hesitated, Fang Yu understood that his psychological offensive had worked, and he was secretly happy in his heart, and further coerced: "Very good, you are holding that broken copper and iron, do you want to threaten me?" ”
Frightened, the warrior hurriedly threw his sword to the ground with a 'clang'.
Fang Yu breathed a sigh of relief, he had listened to the conversation between the two before, and heard that they were not the core members of the eldest sister, and it was expected that the other party was just a 'temporary worker' who was doing miscellaneous work on the periphery, and these people would not be too strong in terms of combat effectiveness or will to fight, so they would take the initiative to sneak attack and strike first.
Sure enough, he did it in one fell swoop-
He paused for a moment before re-asking his previous question: "Where are the ladies you talked about before?" ”
But to Fang Yuan's surprise, before the warrior could speak, the young man under his hand was already wailing: "They're in the town hall. ”
Fang Yu looked cautiously at the warrior, only to see that the latter was silent for a moment before nodding to himself.
"Isn't this the inside of the town hall?" Fang Yu asked again.
"That's fine, but the ladies you're talking about are further inside, in the direction of the governor's office behind the woods—you can see the building through the courtyard." When the warrior saw that his companion had opened his mouth first, he also relieved himself of his psychological burden and spoke.
Fang Yu thought for a moment, tightened the dagger in his hand and asked, "Are you the head of the eldest sister?" ”
"Do you know the eldest sister?"
Fang Yu swiped the dagger in his hand, and the young man cried again: "Don't kill me, we are just peripheral members, little minions." It doesn't matter what grudges the guild has against you! ”
Fang Yu was a little amused when he heard it, but he could also understand such thoughts, the outer members of the general guild were recruited from among the ordinary Electors and Indigenous adventurers. The relationship between the two is only slightly better than that of temporarily recruited mercenaries.
The warrior also hurriedly added: "Sir, the eldest sister is all inside, and your companion should be besieged in the innermost part of the city hall, which has nothing to do with us." ”
Hearing this, Fang Yu was noncommittal, patted the young man's neck with a dagger, and asked, "Then what is going on, I want to hear the cause and effect." ”
"We don't know, sir." The warrior replied a little helplessly, "As you can see, we are just minions - it seems that your companions have broken into this place, and they seem to have an old feud with the eldest sister, so they ......"
How did Atila and the others make a feud with the eldest sister, Fang Yu naturally knew, he nodded, and then asked: "Then who are you, what guild is behind the eldest sister, and what are you doing here?" ”
When the warrior heard this question, his face turned embarrassed, and he subconsciously closed his mouth.
Fang Yu stabbed the man under him with a dagger and said, "You come on." ”
To his surprise, the young man seemed to be very taboo about the subject, and although he trembled with fright, he also did not say a word.
After a while, he replied tremblingly, "Sir, let us go." If we don't answer your question, we'll die here at most once, but if we answer you, the guild will hunt down our Starlight to zero. ”
"And what guild are you?"
The warrior and the young man glanced at each other before the latter whispered, "Our name is the Dragonfire Guild." ”
"Dragonfire Guild?"
Fang Yu thought about it carefully, and couldn't help but shake his head, he had never heard of the name of this guild before, and he didn't think it would be a big guild. But this is strange, listening to the previous chat between the two, it seems that they have done something with the Knights of Tapolis Oak.
Although the latter is not a first-tier guild in Aitalia, it is not a member of the big guild club.
It's really interesting that such a little-known small guild would dare to challenge a behemoth of this level head-on.
But now he didn't have the heart to get to the bottom of it, and he was more worried about the safety of Attila and the others, and he wasn't in the mood to waste time here. He grabbed the young man's head and slammed it to the ground, knocking him unconscious.
Then he clapped his hands and straightened up, looking at the warrior not far away. The soldier was so frightened that he didn't dare to move.
Fang Yu pointed to the clockwork fairy in mid-air, and replied, "I will confirm your words, and before that I will let it stay here to spy on you, you know the ability of the battle craftsman, don't leave anything to chance, and don't try to inform the others." ”
With that, he lifted his right hand and let the second clockwork goblin fly. When the warrior saw this scene of dual control, even if he had a little thought in his heart, he hurriedly put away those careful thoughts at this time, and nodded honestly.
Fang Yu picked up the dagger and took a few steps back, stared at the warrior for a moment, and then disappeared behind the bushes not far away.
Dorifin's town hall was not small, and the ancient well was surrounded by a large dense wood, as the warrior had said, and it was almost impossible to discern its direction in the dark. Fang Yu took advantage of the sky-high fire in the lower city in the distance, and only after tracing the description of the warrior did he touch the direction in his memory little by little.
However, he didn't completely let his guard down, and sent two clockwork goblins in front to scout.
He was worried that the two guys weren't telling the truth, but it seemed like a superfluous move, and he soon found the traces of the battle in the forest ahead - toppled and broken trees, bloodstains, broken blades and arrows, and even three corpses with starlight gone.
One of them seemed to be a dragon-worshipping cultist, and Fang Yu turned the corpse over, and the other looked like an ordinary person except for the unusually familiar brooch. The mortal wound of the corpse was in the neck, where a feathered arrow was inserted, which went straight into the tail.
Fang Yu touched the arrow, and immediately made up the figure of the nighthawk of the Oak Knights of Tapolis in his mind.
Further on, the traces of the battle became more and more visible, and there were corpses everywhere, most of which were disappearing in a bits of light. This is a sign that Starlight has reconstructed his way to the Templar to be resurrected, and the short time he has been reborn in Aitaria shows that the battle here is not over for long.
Fang Yu looked up and looked forward, he couldn't help frowning, he didn't expect that not long after he left the team, so many things had happened here. The Elder Sister, the Knights of Tapolis, the Dragon-worshippers, and Attila all seem to have gathered here, and I don't know if it's just a coincidence—or something else.
Suddenly, he saw a lost magic book on the ground, hurriedly walked over and picked it up, and immediately recognized it as Kita's model magic book. The book is made of heavy red pine wood with a few feathered arrows stuck in it.
Seeing this, Fang Yu couldn't help but feel a tense in his heart, if it wasn't for the urgency of the situation, Ji Ta would never have been able to leave this magic guide book, he knew the little girl's temperament very well.
He picked up the book and continued walking along the forest, quickening his steps, but before he could take a few steps, he faintly heard the sound of metal clashing in front of him. There was an open space in front of him, and Fang Yu didn't dare to expose his clockwork goblin easily, so he could only cautiously touch the edge of the bushes.
But he had barely approached the bush when he heard the trees in front of him 'thud' part, and a young girl ran out of it in a panic, striking him impartially.
"Ahh
"Ouch!"
Both fell to the ground at the same time.
Fang Yu didn't have time to feel the feeling of nephrite in his arms, he raised his head and shouted out with some surprise: "Miss Red Leaves? ”
Char...... No, Ed, why are you here? ”
"What are you doing, Brother Ed?" And it was at this time that several voices came out from behind, and Fang Yu raised his head, only to see Ji Ta, Tian Lan, and the others walking out from behind the low forest one by one.
Everyone looked dumbfounded at the two lying on the ground, hugging each other.
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