Above the hall, the light of the torches on the gray stone wall flickered slightly, lengthening the shadows and changing shapes.

A wisp of smoke rose from the unburned pine oil, gathering on the dome of the hall, and in the smoke, the dragon's horns seemed more mysterious and hideous, as if they were still alive in those ancient legends and stories.

The three inner and outer three floors of the main competition arena were full of people, and the buzzing and low voices were talking, and from time to time there was a burst of exclamation, overshadowing all other sounds.

Only Zhang Tianmu seems to be out of place with everything here.

He lowered his eyebrows, lowered his head and focused on smoothing his cuffs with his fingertips, oblivious to everything around him. After a while, he raised his head and scanned his surroundings vigilantly with a sharp gaze.

He saw his lieutenant approaching with a tall, tower-like man, who only had to listen to the footsteps to tell that it was the owner of the inn.

The other party also saw him and bowed his head slightly.

Zhang Tianmu didn't even mean to return the gift.

"Did you find the person you were looking for?" Mazak asked.

He spoke very calmly and had a thick voice.

Zhang Tianmu shook his head slightly. "No, it's just a few tourists, it's unlikely he'll be in Al Pahin, we're just prepared - you should just take my vacation from above, but it's just a superfluous move."

He put down his hand before he said, "Speaking of which, thank you for your help." ”

"Hands-on," replied Mazak, "and the other guests at the inn?" ”

"We'll find another way."

"That's good."

Zhang Tianmu raised his head to look at his old friend, he was not short, but he had to look up to see the top of Mazak's head. The men of Essia were tall and burly, and according to legend, their ancestors came from the wilderness of Istanya and had the blood of a dark dragon in their veins.

But they are also the sworn enemies of the dragons, the descendants of the dragon slayers.

"I heard that you plan to entrust this inn to the Spear of the Silver Forest?" He suddenly asked something unrelated.

But Mazak did not shy away from this question, and nodded: "What do you think?" ”

Zhang Tianmu shook his head. "I'm a soldier, and you know we're disciplined."

"Discipline means not meddling in the affairs of the Aboriginal peoples?"

"Pretty much, under the premise of legality, our principle is not to interfere in internal and external affairs, and the same is true for the major guilds."

"What if it's a guild in another country?"

Zhang Tianmu sneered: "They can come and try." ”

Mazak gave him a curious look. "You know that Kaulin-Ishurian also has an army, but they don't."

The former raised his eyebrows: "We are naturally different from them. ”

"Very proud," Mazak replied slowly, "but all I need now is the advice of a friend." ”

Zhang Tianmu was stunned for a moment. "What's wrong?"

Mazak looked at the dome of the inn, where the great dragon horn hung upright, motionless. There was silence for a moment before he said, "I'm leaving this place." ”

"Leave?" The former was a little surprised: "What's the matter, do you want to go back to Istania?" ”

Mazak shook his head: "I have something I have to do, just like you have a sacred responsibility, Zhang." ”

Zhang Tianmu suddenly understood, and asked, "This is the reason why you took out the Golden Flame Ring?" ”

Mazak's gaze moved to the stone platform not far away, where the golden ring was placed in the middle of the tray, and several dwarves surrounded it, guarding the treasure with great force.

"Although the Ring of Golden Flame is only a proud work of my early years, I have always kept it as a memento. Just like a daughter is to a father, but one day she will leave under my wing and meet the person she likes. ”

"Your tone is not as simple as leaving, it is almost like arranging the aftermath."

"That's not too much off—"

Zhang Tianmu looked at him.

Mazak paused for a moment before continuing: "The place I'm going to is dangerous, and I have to settle everything before then. ”

When he said this, the former saw that there was no movement in his dark eyes, as if to say, "There's a new café at the corner of the street, I'm going to have a cup of coffee." "It's the same as such a simple thing, but there is no intention of going and returning.

His meaning is very clear, this time, he may not come back.

Zhang Tianmu suddenly said: "We have known each other for five years. ”

"Almost, I remember your previous chief, and I don't have a good relationship with him."

"That's my old superior, he retired last year, and you won't make me happy to speak ill of him here."

Mazak smiled.

Zhang Tianmu was a little unusually serious: "Then let me give you a piece of advice, you have to understand that we endorse every citizen, not just the big guild." ”

"It doesn't sound like a difference."

"No, of course there is a difference."

"Can't you make it clearer?"

"It's discipline."

Mazak pondered for a moment and nodded, "I see." ”

There was another brief silence between the two.

Suddenly, there was a tsunami of exclamations from the east side of the hall. Most of the people in the hall were attracted by it, and they looked sideways curiously, and Zhang Tianmu's train of thought was also interrupted, and they also raised their heads to look in that direction.

"What's going on?" He asked his deputy with his gaze.

But by this time Mazak had looked over there and walked in that direction.

The lieutenant also replied with some uncertainty: "It seems to be the venue of the qualifiers, captain, something is probably wrong, right?" Zhang Tianmu shook his head, glanced at the tall man's back, beckoned to his deputy, and said, "Let's go, go over and have a look." ”

After that, he followed.

"Huh? Captain, wait for me! ”

……

The first round of the main competition is coming to an end.

Among the four contestants, they are from the Elpahin Artisan Association, the Oak Knights of Tapolis, and the Spear of the Silver Forest, and the contestant of the Elpahin Artisan Association is a young man in his twenties, a fourteenth level combat craftsman.

His opponent is Wu Di from the Spear of the Silver Forest, although the level is lower than him, but the field is the opposite.

Soon the young man's Walker III was knocked out by Wu Di's Shield Defender II, injuring the structure, and although his health had not yet cleared, the young man also generously admitted defeat.

After shaking hands with Wu Di, he walked off the field.

Seeing this scene, Tianlan lay on the table and snorted disdainfully.

She had a very bad impression of the two perpetrators who hit Ji Ta and still didn't admit their mistakes, although Wu Di was not the main culprit, but his attitude was not necessarily good.

Not only her, but Luo Yu, who was watching the battle, couldn't help frowning - the reason why he frowned was not because of this, but because the contestant of the Knights of Tapolis Oak was about to be defeated.

And the opponent of the latter happened to be the boy who hit Kita before - according to Tianlan's words, the main culprit among the perpetrators.

To be honest, they didn't expect that the two 'genius boys' who came on the Silver Forest Spear were the two who had a holiday with them before. And the other party showed off his might on the field, which made this little French girl angry.

Luo Yu looked at Ji Ta.

Kita, however, didn't care about the game at all, and was gulping down her long eyelashes and holding a wooden cup full of milk in both hands. Noticing his gaze, the latter raised his head curiously and looked at Luo Yu with a wink.

There is also a line of white marks on the small mouth, which looks very cute.

"Momiji is going to lose."

"She didn't expect to win," Ji Ta said in a glutinous voice, holding the cup, "Those two are the two genius battle craftsman newcomers of the Silver Forest Spear Seven Regiment that have been rumored for a long time, and there is too much difference between the two. ”

Luo Yu nodded: "That's true, the other party is very strong." ”

Tianlan was angry when she heard this, and stared at the two people with crooked eyes: "Hey, what are you talking about?" What are these two guys strong at? ”

Ji Ta was startled and hurriedly glanced at Luo Yu.

But the latter didn't see it at all, and said solemnly: "Whether it is reaction, maneuver or tactical judgment, it is the best choice, the key is that their flexible construction does not have the stiffness common to ordinary craftsmen below the second order, which is very rare." ”

Tianlan sneered: "Then how do they compare with professional craftsmen?" ”

Luo Yu was taken aback: "Of course it can't be compared, even if they are non-professional combat craftsmen above the third order, they are definitely not opponents." But it's not a matter of level, it's a matter of level. ”

"Then what are you bragging about here, I think Brother Ed can easily defeat these two guys."

Kita hurriedly tugged at Luo Yu's sleeve.

But Luo Yu was still thinking about it, he frowned and shook his head: "-I think it's difficult, the other party's military magic furnace is very good, and it can even allow them to use a complex structure like the shield guardian type II by leapfrogging the level." And Mr. Ed's words, I don't know what the level is, but in terms of equipment, it is too much worse. ”

"What kind of hero is a piece of equipment?"

"Equipment is also a part of strength," Luo Yu said earnestly, "And the magic guide furnace alone is not enough for them to manipulate such a complex structure, in addition to computing power, their own level should also be very high." ”

When Kita heard this, she knew it was going to be over.

He sat back in his chair and crouched down cutely, pretending that it had nothing to do with him.

Sure enough, Tianlan was furious when she heard Luo Yu's painting, and stood up with a slap on the table: "Having said so much, you are just raising the morale of others to destroy your own prestige, I didn't expect you to be such a person!" ”

The young man was stunned: "How do you understand that?" I'm just seeking truth from facts! ”

"What is realistic, those two villains obviously bumped into Kita and didn't apologize, they didn't even have basic politeness, how could they become powerful recruiters? If professional combat craftsmen are like this, then I would rather Brother Ed is not a professional combat craftsman! ”

"Wow," Luo Yu was about to speak, but the little French girl interrupted him angrily, "Luo, you don't want to join that Silver Forest Spear, that's why you're talking to these outsiders, right?" ”

Luo Yu was shocked, what is this, how can it be related to the professionalism of the combat craftsman, and what does it have to do with whether the recruiter is powerful or not and polite?

He hurriedly defended himself, "What are you talking about, I am a member of the Knights of the Oak Order of Tapolis, how can I join the Spear of the Silver Forest?" ”

"Oh-" Tianlan suddenly realized: "You want to express this meaning, you and the spear of the silver forest belong to the same rainbow alliance, right, it is indeed a raccoon dog." ”

Luo Yu was speechless.

He couldn't help but turn back to Kita and said, "Kita, you say something, this damn foreign woman is no longer unreasonable - Tata, what are you doing?" ”

Kita puts her hood over her head and covers her ears with her hands, pretending to be an ostrich.

Anyway, he is no stranger to such a dispute.

And when the dispute between the two gradually escalated, it finally woke up the third party here.

I saw that the Paparal crossbowman suddenly smacked his lips, sniffed, and muttered, "What smell, so fragrant?" Then he opened his black bean-like eyes in a trance, and lay on his back in his chair, with a small belly up, looking at the ceiling with some curiosity.

While turning his chubby little head, he asked curiously, "Am I resurrected, what kind of temple is this?" Do I believe in the god of the kitchen or the god of food, and why does it taste so good? ”

"Ah, I see, this is the temple of the god of harvest."

"There is no such god in Aitalia." Tata, who was sitting on the side, cautiously emerged from under the hood.

At this time, Tianlan noticed that the former was awake, and couldn't help but scream, jumped up from his position, and didn't care about arguing with Luo Yu, ran over and grabbed Paparal's shoulder and asked, "Are you awake, are you awake, Parker?" ”

Parker was about to be shaken apart by her, and hurriedly stopped him with his little short hand: "I'm awake, I'm awake, Tianlan, you stop, I'm already sober." ”

Sky Blue let go.

The latter looked around blankly: "This place looks familiar, wait, isn't this a 'Traveler's Rest'?" I think I recognize this place—the Hall of the Dragon, am I not dead? ”

"Dragonhorn Hall." Kita continued to hear from under the hood, correcting him.

Tianlan happily said to him: "Of course you are not dead, Parker, it was Luo Yu who picked you up, you don't know how heroic he was at that time." ”

Luo Yu couldn't help but touch his nose, a little embarrassed.

"That's great," said the Paparal, who sat up from his chair, "and of course it would be better if you didn't use the word 'pick up,' for I was like a bag of flour." ”

"It's very similar." Kita's voice continued to come from under the hood.

But Parker didn't hear it, and asked aloud, grabbing his short hand at the fork on the table with the roast meat: "What about those maroon weevils?" ”

"It's all gone," Tianlan slapped his hand away, "Don't move, these are for Brother Ed, he saved us all." ”

"Ed?"

"Brother Ed is a combat craftsman," Kita lifted her hood and replied in a low voice, "He defeated the eldest sister, and the rest of the people ran away, and those weevils naturally retreated." ”

"A combat craftsman, isn't that the person Luo Yu admires the most," the Paparal man sat back in his chair, his two little short legs stretched out, and asked with some curiosity, "What about my dinner?" ”

Luo Yu's face turned red, and he hurriedly denied it: "Mr. Parker, I just like the profession of combat craftsman. ”

"It's pretty much the same." Parker replied, looking left and right to see where his portion of dinner was, and he had just woken up, and his stomach was growling with hunger.

But Tianlan grabbed him by the back collar: "Don't look at it, you have more important things to do than eating." ”

"Huh?"

"Come with us to inform Sister Attila."

"Wait," Luo Yu didn't react yet, "Furi, Miss Attila didn't she let us ......?" ”

"What are we going to do?" Sky Blue looked at him dangerously, "Shouldn't Sister Attila be informed of such an important matter, besides, Parker also wants to meet our savior." ”

"No, I don't want to," the Paparal said, shaking his chubby head busily, "I just want to have dinner in peace." ”

Tianlan directly ignored him, and Luo Yu finally saw Ji Ta who kept glancing at him at this time, he was not a real fool after all, and suddenly understood.

So he nodded: "Okay, what you said is not unreasonable, I also want to see how Mr. Ed's game goes." ”

"I love you to death," Tianlan couldn't help but scream excitedly as she hugged the latter, as if she had completely forgotten what had happened before, and said excitedly: "Let's go, let's go find Sister Atila!" ”

With that, she grabbed Parker's back collar and dragged the little chubby mound in the direction of the crowd.

"Wait," Parker said loudly, apparently still unclear, "what are you going to do, do you know that the Paparals are racially gifted, and if they don't eat anything for three hours, they will starve to death?" - Wait, let me down! ”

"Then you've starved to death twice today, Mr. Parker."

Kita followed, looking at the Paparal crossbowman with a little pity.

"What I said is true!"

So Kita handed him an apple.

Parker picked up the apple and took a bite, then continued to protest loudly:

"The real Paparals would rather die than give in, and only eat barbecue!"

……