"Your Excellency."

“…… Coming back? ”

"I was incompetent underneath and was not able to bring back those trespassers."

“…… Heh, bring it back? ”

At the same moment, in the city lord's mansion of the Free City, in the hall of the tower that had become empty, a tall black shadow slowly walked in, and the sound of clanging metal friction continued to sound with his forward steps, and finally knelt in the center of the hall with heavy armor, bowing his head motionless, as if listening attentively to the admonition from the city lord: "Can you bring those guys back...... Do you want me to really believe this statement? ”

"Lord of the Castle, ...... below"

"No need to explain, I know your character."

The black shadow at the highest place waved his hand, and there didn't seem to be half a breath of fireworks in his voice: "It's just that I saw a few masters among the adventurers, and I wanted to compete with them for a while...... How can you be willing to do it? ”

“…… Adult Mingjian. ”

"Is Huskar still struggling with his one-third of an acre?"

“…… We didn't go out of our way to find Adorjee's leader, Your Excellency. ”

Keeping his head down, the man in the heavily armored black shadow replied angrily, "But...... When we met him, he seemed to be chasing the adventurers. ”

“…… So, they're at war on both fronts? ”

"There seems to be a large-scale clash on Ivan Street tonight, involving many registered adventure leaders." The Armored Shadow replied, "Why...... I'm afraid it will take a report from Huska and Eduin to learn the truth. ”

"Uh-huh-hmm...... I know. ”

The black shadow above let out a knowing chuckle, but his gaze crossed the outline of the dark shadow below and moved to the dark night sky on the outskirts of the castle: "But ...... The aura of the Holy Spirit just now seems to have some shadows of the past. ”

“……”

The half-kneeling man did not answer this time, but was silent quietly, and the city lord who did not receive an answer did not seem to blame him, but continued to say to himself: "They may not be able to see the secret of the power that belongs to you, but your subordinates are merciful, they should feel it...... Hey, it's not a good idea for a guy like you to test those adventurers, maybe I should let Eduin do it, and by the way, let him have a good talk with Huskar......"

"Adult ......"

"Don't worry, I'm just kidding."

The black shadow at the top interrupted the armored warrior's words with a low chuckle, but the figure disappeared like the wind, and then appeared in front of the half-kneeling figure: "Tania's matter, I think you should also know something, to be honest, I don't believe much in the information that has been transmitted, so ......"

"I'd love to see them show up." He folded his hands behind his back and looked down at his subordinates in front of him: "Look at them...... How much ability does it have? ”

"With all due respect, my lord ......" the heavily armored black shadow replied without hesitation, "such a temptation is meaningless, we in the city of freedom are not afraid of the threat of adventurers at all, and we do not need the assistance of adventurers......"

"It's not as serious as Tania, but there's some darkness in the Free City."

Interrupting the other party's words, the dark shadow who claimed to be the city lord slowly turned around: "You know what I'm referring to, those people seem to have been hiding here for a long time, they may think that we haven't found out, maybe they haven't made this place their target, but whatever the reason...... The rats seemed to want to use the word freedom to mix up their darkness. ”

"Free City has never been afraid of the dark, and I've always believed that." The condescending shadow gradually chuckled, "But if they take advantage of the darkness, it will even spread to your heads...... That's an intolerable thing. ”

"We?" John Reiner looked up suddenly: "Who is it?" ”

"You want to know? I would like to know too. ”

The figure belonging to the city lord slowly walked in the direction of the city lord's throne, but the outline gradually became blurred in the night: "The Mage Council has been fighting with them for so many years, but in the end they almost climbed on their heads, do you think that this city is full of sin and hatred all year round...... Are you able to find out what your problem is? ”

“…… At least we can judge our own people. ”

Reiner was silent again for a while, and then said firmly: "Let's start investigating it right away, it will definitely ...... Find out who will betray us. ”

"Good."

The dark shadow of the city lord has already diffused in the dark shadows in the depths of the hall, but his voice still echoes here: "Although I don't have much hope for your determination, I still remind you to ......"

"Watch out for the adventurers, they may be at one end of the line." The voice chuckled lowly, "Just like the people who broke here tonight...... the word 'no track' will never appear in the fate of this continent." ”

"Go, behold, the soul of freedom...... Forever in your heart. ”

The half-kneeling warrior slowly raised his head and waited motionlessly for a while, before finally standing up slowly after confirming that the city lord had disappeared. The body under the armor trembled slightly, as if the man was muttering something in a low voice, and after a while, he turned around, and the eyes under the full armor were staring at the sky outside, the direction of the golden pillar of light that had been blasted away by his punch before: "The result is still to start with you first......"

"Adventurer."

The hole blasted out by the golden pillar of light slanting at the dark clouds in the sky has already healed with the passage of time, but the scene that happened before will eventually be remembered by history and the players who saw it with their own eyes, and then after causing a sensation in the game world, it will appear in the pen of the historian and on the forums outside the game. However, with the growth of the player's strength and the broadening of his horizons, this time the sensation will naturally not be as loud as the pillar of light in the Emerald Forest, but the bright ray that acts as a ladder in this night can still be clearly seen by the players inside and outside the city within the sphere of influence of the Free City - not long after running out of the city, the blue-haired woman who led the team to run out of the city gate suddenly raised her head in the light of the golden light, and then after a moment of estimation in her heart, she looked back in the direction of running out:" It will automatically cancel the team because it is too far away...... Ning Lan, I'll leave the rest to you. ”

“…… It's better to leave the investigation work to Ning Lan, Miss Liuyu. ”

A faint woman's voice appeared in the ears of the whispering voice, but when she looked around, she didn't find the figure of the secret whisper Ning Lan: "On the contrary...... Ning Lan is not familiar with the terrain outside the city, and it is better for you to carry out the plan of leading the others in front of the Friedham Stone Forest. ”

“…… The general direction, I should have made it clear before, even if you can't, there are always so many people together. The blue-haired woman said unceremoniously: "This work should not be a difficult thing for you who are all-rounder......

"Ning Lan doesn't agree with your idea, if you arrange it from the perspective of reasonableness, the work of returning and receiving should be more suitable for Ning Lan......

"Don't waste any time, you should know how dangerous it is over there!"

The whisper at the back of the line slowed down, and at the same time let out a rapid low shout: "Duan...... There is a great possibility that something happened to Qingshan, and maybe they are all killed by now! I'll have to go back and have a look, you just have to count the numbers and make sure they don't miss a beat...... Hey? ”

The woman who had been running suddenly stopped talking, her eyes turned around the team again, and finally after a few confirmations, she found the fact that a certain black cloak figure was not there: "What about Snow Spirit Phantom Ice?" ”

“……”

"The woman...... You can't already sneak back, right? ”

“……”

"Damn, we didn't even find out......"

The expression of gritted teeth froze on Whisper's face for a moment, and then suddenly disappeared into the air at the back of the group, and the figure of a maid player who noticed this gradually appeared in the same place there, and then waited for Whisper's figure to be online again after a while. While the others who had already run a long distance gradually noticed that the two of them were abnormal, the blue-haired woman who had identified the direction ran up to the eyes of the rest of the team with an expressionless face, and then exchanged a look with Ning Lan, the secret word who had been staring at her, and replied in a low tone: "Someone reminded me offline just now...... Snow Spirit Ice is offline. ”

“……”

"I've left a message for Mengzhu to ask her to pay attention to Aoyama's online status."

Knowing the meaning in the other party's eyes, he continued: "Maybe...... The situation is not as bad as we imagined, maybe in order to escape the pursuit temporarily, Aoyama chose to go offline to avoid this trick, let's send the team to safety first, protect those NPCs, and then take a look at the situation, and then decide whether to return to ......"

"People who have been teammates with him before seem to have his gaming friends." Ning Lan, who was running at the same speed, was silent for a while, and then suddenly said loudly: "Mr. Xiao Hongchen is the same, Uncle Xiao was ...... It should be the same. ”

“…… That's right! ”

The blue-haired woman's eyes lit up suddenly, and she quickly ran to the team, and then pulled an unknown uncle into the field away from the team: "Uncle, do you have any friends who are not in the green mountains?" We'd like to confirm his online status......"

"I see."

The middle-aged uncle glanced at the expressions of the two people, and his body slowly disappeared into the air, and then after a short and long time, he appeared in front of them again: "Hmm......"

"He's really offline."

In Hualan City in the real world, in the house where Duan Qing lived, he was facing the woman who had forcibly occupied Nestle and had just knocked on the door for a long time, and climbed out of the cabin with difficulty: "What are you doing?" You're not going to be hungry again, are you? ”

“…… Where are you? ”

"Where am I? Am I not in 'your' home...... Oh, you're asking in the game? Duan Qing scratched his hair helplessly: "It's just a fight with those guys, it's okay, it's okay......"

"I went back to the area where the Central Bridge is located, and there is no one there now."

The woman interrupted him, but there was no smugness in her eyes that had exposed the lie in her eyes that were crossed over her arms: "You...... Where are you now? ”

"Uh...... Do you need to chase it back in such a hurry? ”

Duan Qing muttered in a low voice, and then hurriedly raised his hands under the woman's gradually cold gaze: "It's all said I'm fine, don't look at me like that...... I'm in a garbage street on the edge of Liberty City, with a couple of players who are also hiding there for the night, and that's okay, right? ”

“……”

The woman looked at him lightly for a while, as if to confirm that what she heard was not a lie, and finally turned around suddenly with a feminine aura and disappeared in front of Duan Qing: "I finally caught up with you, you can't run anywhere else, even if you hang back in the capital of the principality...... I won't allow you to do that either. ”

"Hey, there's no justice anymore, does anyone want to hang back on their own......"

"If you don't want to be harassed by me, just remember these words for me." A cold voice came from the room on the other side of the room: "And the promise between you and me. ”

"Alas......"

Looking at the door that was closed again, Duan Qing let out a long sigh, then dragged his body back to his game cabin: "The women who look cold are actually little women who hold grudges...... It's all your fault, if it weren't for you, how could labor and management have anything to do with her......"

Kicking the side of the game cabin hatefully, Duan Qing wiped the shoe print with some distress, and finally hurried back to the game under the urging of a certain woman because she could not find herself again. The dilapidated house and scattered furniture appeared in front of him again, and at the same time there were three players sitting together, one of whom saw him on the line and hurriedly pulled out the barbecue in his hand: "Oh, Brother Qingshan, you're back!" Why did you go in such a hurry and what happened? ”

"Uh...... Went to the toilet, hahahaha......"

Scratching his head and sitting back on his own small bench, Duan Qing raised his wine glass with a dry smile, and then joined the meal belonging to these casual players again under the gesture of self-punishment and self-drinking: "Although we don't want to mention this matter, we still have to plan for the next arrangement, otherwise tomorrow night, we may starve again...... Xiaotian, where did you just say you were going? ”

"Seaside, I'm going fishing......"

"The value of those fish is so low that you can't make it yourself...... Brother Ping, what about you? ”

"Well, I'll probably go to the side of Liufu Mountain to have a look, maybe I can pick up a leak or something......"

"Huh? With your strength, you're not afraid of being picked up......"

"Labor and management don't ask for money, and they have a rotten life, so where are you afraid of being picked up...... Brother Qingshan, do you have any plans? ”

Several people inadvertently turned the topic to Duan Qing, but their eyes deliberately avoided his face, because the seriously injured who was sitting there eating and drinking their dinner for free also had an unhappy look on his face at this time.

“…… I'm going to wait for someone. ”

After a few seconds of feasting like an enemy, he replied in a muffled voice.