Since the development of the free world, there have been many changes in the types of player groups, including not only the changes in the good and evil camps, but also the jobs and industries they are engaged in have begun to become more nuanced. However, even now, after two version changes, the premise of "players die without dropping equipment" is still prevalent except in certain areas of the Free Continent, which also stifles the idea of killing people and stealing other people's equipment among players, and also stifles most of the possibility of players themselves acting as bandits and robbers.

But even so, there are still countless "Mountain King" players who rely on snatching and occupying roads to forcibly establish territory among the various countries on the continent, although the group that Duan Qing and the others encountered at this time seems to be a little different.

"We're from the Axe Gang, and we've been on the hunt for wanted criminals lately."

In the voice that had not yet been opened from outside the carriage door, the loud voice that had been shouted before approached a little closer with the regular trampling of horses' hooves: "Is this carriage yours?" ”

“…… What do you do? ”

"Is it yours? I'll admit it. The thick man-like voice let out a few laughs: "This is our territory, General Scaron has also entrusted us with the task of patrolling this place, in order to ensure the safety of the surrounding area of the imperial capital, everyone who passes through here needs to be checked by us, so as to prevent wanted criminals from sneaking under our noses...... Well? ”

"Ouch, I didn't expect it to be a beauty." The loud voice paused slightly, and then made a flirtatious voice that a normal man could understand: "Little girl, don't you feel lonely and scared when you go out alone?" ”

"That's why beautiful women are in trouble everywhere they go."

Sighing deeply, Duan Qing, who stood up, made a gesture to push open the door in front of him: "Wherever you pass by, you may get into trouble." ”

"Wait, don't go out yet." The whispering voice who stretched out his arm stopped Duan Qing's pace with a difficult movement that had not yet recovered: "Listen to what that person says, I doubt ......"

"Suspect what?"

"Doubt their true intentions."

Whispering this, the blue-haired female swordsman, whose eyes gradually became sharper, tapped the hilt of her sword with her hand: "Let that female compatriot of your play again." ”

"Tell me who they're coming for."

The deep voice slowly disappeared as the two of them closed their mouths again, accompanied by the posture of the two of them sinking down together, and the voice belonging to the snow spirit phantom ice also sounded in the air in front of them, but the tone also became obviously colder: "If you have anything to say, just say it, we still have to hurry." ”

"You guys?" The chaotic sound of horses' hooves gradually approached from the distance of the road, and the loud voice clearly noticed the information in Xue Ling's Phantom Bing's answer: "So there is really someone in that carriage?" How many are there? Is it male or female? ”

“…… I don't want to answer your question. ”

"You'd better answer."

The sound of whips and shouts began to become the background sound of the loud voice as the sound of the horse's hooves approached, and at the same time seemed to make the reckless man a little more emboldened: "Otherwise...... Not to mention burning, killing and looting, we have also done more excessive things, hahahahaha! ”

The free world does have a setting where players can get in touch with each other, and it has also created many industries that rely on desire, but in order to ensure the health and safety of the player characters, the virtual reality system still gives the most basic body protection and anti-obscenity design in the game world. In order to maintain maximum freedom, this design is also set up to be freely switched on and off, so that many knowledgeable and experienced players have many ways to trick and circumvent these settings: "This is ...... Paralyzing poison? ”

"That's right, the medicine that can make the character temporarily lose control of his body." As if something was on display outside, the loud voice let out a lowling chuckle: "As long as you make a certain 'violation' action on someone, the system will issue a warning, but in order to ensure the player's freedom, the warning has a choice box attached to it." ”

"I can't see where your system prompt is, but ...... Guess if I can hold your hand and press that 'agree' button exactly? Speaking of this, the big man let out a smug laugh: "Do you want to gamble?" The stakes are your delicate and lovely body! ”

“…… What a complete scumbag. In the gradual friction between the blade and the scabbard, Xue Ling's voice became even colder: "Don't talk nonsense, we just use the sword to speak." ”

"Hey, don't listen to what he says." The chaotic sound of horses' hooves finally began to amplify and approach, and the voice of another big man from a distance gradually became clear: "Stand back, mule!" This young lady, we don't mean anything to threaten you. ”

"We just want you to cooperate a little bit and help us get things done." The voice gradually approached the side of the carriage: "After all, if the wanted criminal slips away, it won't do us all any good, right?" ”

“…… What are you guys checking? It seemed that he had regained a little calm, and Xue Lingphantom Bing, who had been silent for a moment, asked again, "Who are you chasing?" ”

"There are several names, guilds, and player names." The voice that came later explained with a smile: "For example, the one called the Dynasty Clan, I heard that it was because he provoked His Royal Highness the Prince when he was in Tanzanian City, and then he was put on the wanted list by the Royal Guard and Arashiyama...... Not. ”

"It's not convenient for us to tell you the specifics, after all, you are also one of our suspects now." His voice seemed to be a little closer to the carriage, "Can we check the carriage a little so that the Axe Gang can put you among the good people?" ”

“…… There were only two people in the car, and they were all my teammates. Snow Ling's voice then explained in a low voice, "But just in case, I'd like to ask one more question - do you only have players on your list?" ”

"Of course. The adventurer's affairs should be left to the adventurer to solve - this sentence has now become a famous sentence. The voice smiled again, then paused for a moment as if remembering something: "But...... By saying that, we did receive a name just mentioned by the Imperial military. ”

"It's said to be a defecting archmage, called Violet or something......"

Rumble!

A loud cracking sound then erupted in the air between the carriage and the big man's voice, accompanied by the explosion of the entire carriage exploding into countless pieces of wood, and the voice belonging to Duan Qing then swept towards the players of the horse team who appeared in front of him, along with a large amount of magical light that suddenly rose.

"Give it to me!"

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"So why are you so impulsive?"

In the middle of the night of February 9, 796 New Calendar, under the hills of the northern Tanzan Plain, which was gradually shrouded in darkness, a group of bonfires that had just burned slowly appeared between two small tents with two figures flickering back and forth: "It's the carriage you bought with your own money, right?" You paid for it yourself, right? ”

"It's okay, it's okay, it's just that there's one less means of transportation." It seems that he has been talked about all the way by the other party, and Duan Qing's back as he sorted out his luggage also stiffened a lot: "It's not your money that was spent." ”

"Your money is my money!"

shouted out this sentence angrily, and Xue Lingphantom Ice then couldn't care about his reddish face: "I mean, that's the future start-up capital of our adventure group!" Did you just give it away? ”

"That can't be helped, the situation is forcing it." Sighing and replying, Duan Qing's gaze also pointed in the direction of the tent behind him: "You can buy it again if the carriage is gone, but there is no place to make up for it if the people are gone." ”

“…… Alas. As if he also realized what the battle he had experienced before meant, Xue Ling's voice became much lower: "It's just at a time like this...... Could it be that Christine saw that something like this was going to happen, so she deliberately stuffed that woman into us? ”

"Perhaps, but more likely because she's afraid of trouble." Turning around and sitting in front of the bonfire, Duan Qing replied in a low voice, "Didn't you hear it too?" She's investigating something related to the dragon girl we once met. ”

"Golden Dragons...... Are they friend or foe? Xue Lingphantom Ice tightened her brows: "Should we stand on the opposite side of the Mage Council in advance again?" ”

"I don't know the details, but it's been so long anyway." Taking down the staff behind his backhand, Duan Qing quietly looked at the loot that was given to him that day: "Christine may not know about the relationship between us, she probably saw it from the weapons carried by the two of us......"

"As long as we have these two weapons, we will have the key to intervene in the battle between these two forces." He pondered for a moment, then shook his head and put the staff away again: "As for now, it's better for us to solve the current problem quickly." ”

"Without a wagon, we would have to travel to the town of Entre on foot." Snow Spirit Phantom Ice also put away his dragon tooth sword: "Counting the effort required to move Violet, we may waste more time than we imagined. ”

"Although we have completely wiped out the Axe Gang, our whereabouts have finally been revealed." Duan Qing opened his adventurer map: "In order to prevent them from having the means to catch up with us immediately, we also deliberately destroyed all their horses, but ......"

"It's not easy to escape the eyes and ears of players in such a vast area." Xue Lingphantom Ice also looked at the terrain that appeared around the map: "The best thing to do is to find a place to hide and find a way to drag it out. ”

"It's all plains and wilderness, and there's not much place to hide." As if agreeing to the other party's proposal, Duan Qing's gaze kept wandering back and forth between the names marked around the map: "Hmm...... How about this place called Ruilik? ”

“…… What is the level of the ruins? Is there anything dangerous? ”

"How do I know, I haven't been to this place again."

"Didn't you mention before that you wanted to stop by and have a look? Didn't you investigate it properly? ”

"I came here with the idea of sightseeing, and I didn't think about what happened later, not only did there be one more gossip, but now there is another burdensome ......."

The sound of broken thoughts gradually became lower and lower, and for a while, only the crackling sound of the bonfire continued to sound in the air between Duan Qing and Xue Lingxuan Bing, and the atmosphere of silence between each other was then like a light smoke gradually floating on the flame, slowly diffusing around these two people: "She...... Will she still come? ”

"It should be, it's just a matter of dealing with some real-life things and going offline temporarily, and by the way, it's just to avoid the trackers that may be brought."

“…… Hmph, I don't know what the hell you're up to. ”

"Didn't you hear some of the words she shouted?"

Fiddling with the edge of the bonfire in front of him, Duan Qing's eyes were full of cold silence: "It's the one who likes to call herself a maid—she seems to be about to have an accident." ”

"What are you going to do?"

"To save her, of course."

Facing Xue Ling's words and asking softly, Duan Qing let out a long sigh: "It's just ...... There's only so much I can do. ”

"If you need my help, you can, you can ......"

"Oh? Is this still the little woman who almost swallowed me with her eyes before? ”

Showing a joking look, Duan Qing then lowered his head before Xue Lingxue shook his fist: "No need, I know your current situation, you can't help much." ”

“……”

"Ah, I'm talking about reality."

As if noticing the momentary loneliness that flashed in the other party's eyes, Duan Qing hurriedly changed his words: "You have been with me here, just like ......when you killed the robbers together just now."

"Those scum deserve to die." Shaking her head slightly, Xue Lingphantasm replied unconcernedly, "But we've caused more trouble. ”

"Even if there is no Axe Gang today, there will be some Hammer Gang and Fish Head Gang members." Duan Qing comforted the white-haired woman who appeared in the bonfire: "There are many players who occupy the mountain as kings in every game world, and what should happen will happen sooner or later, as long as we can deal with the aftermath, what is it to mess up a little?" ”

"Hehe, that's what you said." The corners of his mouth turned up slightly, and Xue Lingphantom Ice brushed the white hair on his sideburns, wanting to respond to Duan Qing's movements, but the next moment he suddenly turned to the far side of the camp, and with the long sword he suddenly raised, he stretched out into the depths of the pitch black.

"Who?"