The vast and treacherous sea, the city full of sin, the mysterious and ordinary Endless Bridge, and the twelve pillars of light that soared into the sky...... Although many things happened in between, the scenes that happened in Freedom City were still vividly reflected in Duan Qing's memories, and even after so much time, such memories still did not disappear from his mind. Whenever he calms down and tries to summarize what he has experienced in the free world, this scene that happened to the east of the free continent by accident is also a story that he can never ignore, including the players and NPCs who stayed there later, as well as the dead, alive, and exotic figures that he never saw again.

He had fantasized about meeting one of them in the game world in the future, but he ...... about the time this scene would come But he never expected it.

"I didn't expect to see you here."

Reaching out and taking off one of the bandages tied to his body, a middle-aged uncle sitting opposite Duan Qing sat up from the hospital bed with a smile, with a sincere smile on his face, and then took a look at the Flame Legend who followed him, and finally returned to Duan Qing's body: "This should be the third time you saved me, right?" ”

"If you count the time our Fool Adventure Party was hired by you...... Yes. After staring at him for a while, Duan Qing then bent his waist: "And ...... I didn't expect to see you here, Lord Tristan. ”

"I'm no longer one of the people in charge of that city." The middle-aged man smiled and waved his hand: "Don't call me by honorifics anymore, just call me Ristan." ”

"Ristan ......" so Duan Qing, who straightened up, smiled inexplicably: "This naming method can be used by removing the head...... Did you learn it from the lord of the castle? ”

"Lord of the city?" Tristan's smile paused slightly, "What does that mean?" ”

"Ah, nothing." Duan Qing hurriedly waved his hands: "It's all in the past, and I don't think you should need these now, so ...... Let's talk about the present. ”

"Things ...... now"

There was still a chaotic noise outside in his ears, and Tristan's gaze slowly fell: "This matter of Zalaha City is not something I want to get involved in, I am just on the way home...... I just pass by here occasionally. ”

"Homecoming?" Duan Qing asked in surprise, "Isn't your family in the City of Freedom?" ”

"There's no Tristan in the native families of Free City." The middle-aged man shook his head and replied, "We are with Long...... Longor's family is a typical foreign nobleman, and it is also a product of the chaos in the city of freedom, and it is also due to the favor of the city lord and the unity between the foreign families, but it is a pity that Longdaul did that kind of thing in the end, and I have to be responsible for what I did, so ...... I can only take my family to find my hometown, where my surname is originally located. ”

"Your hometown?"

"On the periphery of the empire."

Pointing to the west where they were, Tristan replied in a low voice, "A place called Ulliel, as it is now...... It should be called the province of Yuriel. ”

"Uriel Province?" The Flame Legend standing beside Duan Qing replied in surprise, "Isn't that place nothing?" Except that wasteland is wasteland......"

"Is that so?" His eyes lingered on the other party's body for a while, and Tristan sighed and said, "That's a pity, we originally wanted to quietly find a village and live there well......"

"Since you don't know what's going on there, you don't think you want to stay here, do you?" Duan Qing pointed to the left and right here: "Why did you become a part of the resistance forces?" ”

"That's not what I'm hoping for."

As if mentioning the past experience of the previous period, Tristan's voice sank again: "You should know about the separation between me and my family before, and after that, we did not choose to meet, but decided to make plans after arriving in the empire. Later, when we heard that there was a truce between the two countries, we planned to gather in Zaraha, the main city of Ferron County, but we didn't expect it...... In the end, we were greeted by nothing after peace. ”

"It's worse here than in Liberty City." He replied with a gloomy face: "We don't know the so-called 'rules'...... Soon he was detained as a spy by the Imperials. ”

"Hey, don't scare me." The Legend of the Flame, who glanced at the two of them separately, then raised his hands: "Your wife and children won't be killed by the Imperials, right?" ”

"No, they didn't come in at all." Tristan shook his head: "Although by now, I have lost contact with other people......"

"And what are you helping the rebels for?" Duan Qing pressed the topic at the right time: "Just because the people of the empire treat you like this?" ”

"Even in Free City, I don't have the temper to repay." The middle-aged man shook his head again: "I'm just ......"

"I just saw a shadow of my past in this group of people in this brief contact."

"So you ......"

"I just don't want to see them go down my old path."

Pointing to the fierce argument outside, Tristan said in a low voice, "Survival can be a reason for them to fight their way out of the siege, but hatred is not, this strange-looking city...... It's not worth the lives of these people. I have heard of the stubbornness of the Ferron people in the past, but it is absolutely impossible for the current principality to tear its face with the empire because of them, so in the end, their actions are only suicide, and there is no other use. ”

"It's not the city lord who rules here, and if you fail, you will pay with your life." He gestured to the other two players for the rest of his wounds: "Those Imperial people don't know what sympathy is, and they provoke like a child...... It only brings death. ”

"So...... Do you want to help them? The look on Duan Qing's face became a little weird again: "In order not to let them kill themselves?" ”

"At least I can give them some sensible advice." Tristan replied in a low voice, "It's also a ...... Repay them for saving me from the hands of the Imperium. ”

"But they look more like they're using you." Flame Legend pointed outside, "When they mention you, they're talking more about a chip than a companion. ”

"I wasn't one of their companions either." Tristan laughed again, "I just want to take them to give up their hatred and leave alive." ”

"I have to say...... Your ideas are even better than ours. Duan Qing sighed helplessly: "And how much sleepiness you have to be." ”

"Oh, really?" Tristan smiled and shook his head, "Because I'm not the type to go out of my way to repay the favor, enough people like this have died." ”

"It's very easy to find a reason to defeat the Imperials - it's no problem to think of them as accomplices of the Restoration." Duan Qing continued: "With your wisdom and experience...... You wouldn't be unaware of this, would you? ”

"I'll just do what I can if they don't work out...... I'll leave on my own, too. Tristan still kept his smile on his face: "Naturally, there will be people who deal with the affairs of the Restoration, such as the people of the Mage Council and you...... Am I right? ”

“…… You win, old fritters. ”

The dull atmosphere only lasted for two seconds, and then it gradually disappeared with a smile tugging at the corners of Duan Qing's mouth: "Except for what I already know...... I don't think I can ask anything else. ”

"I'm not familiar with this city, and I don't know what you don't know." Tristan replied with a smile, "You're the one who inherited my identity as an Aries, and I'm sure you'll be able to discover the secrets here, won't you?" ”

“…… What about what's next? This should be said by all means, right? ”

"I was only here because they got out of the camp, that little organization and what they were going to do next...... Only they can decide. ”

"Hart asked me to meet you, not to ask me about the things you're talking about now."

"I suggested to him that adventurers should be used to help him, but I didn't expect him to use it on me in the first place......"

"It was also their unanimous decision, to be precise...... They wanted me to come and ask about your identity. ”

"That'...... How are you going to repay them? ”

The narrow room was then silent for a moment as Duan Qing and Flame Legend looked at each other, and finally flew out with the pungent smell of medicine all over the room, and the figures belonging to the two players then walked out of the door of the room, and returned to the meeting site where the tables and chairs were scattered under the gaze of several unkind black shadows. The sound of fierce discussion still kept sounding in the center of the dilapidated venue, but the content of the discussion was completely different from when Duan Qing and the two of them left before, and the eyes that converged again because of the appearance of the two people only stayed on them for a moment: "So I think it's better to start with that captain first, the captain of the first squad of the empire is just in vain, and his skills are not worth mentioning at all......"

"Then we have to solve the problem of concentration camps first! If we don't save those compatriots, what face do we have to call ourselves liberators? ”

"Compatriots? Only cowardly people will be caught in that place, and we don't need to rescue such people! And as long as the empire is defeated, the problem of concentration camps will naturally be solved......"

"Wait and wait, we can do these two things together, just like Hart arranged before, we can continue to carry out the plan of the attack, and at the same time take the opportunity to disturb the Imperials, and wait for the opportunity to carry out this rescue operation......"

"I wouldn't advise you to do this until you're so sure."

With the appearance of this voice, the staggering figure belonging to Tristan then appeared behind the passage that Duan Qing and Flame Legend had just walked out: "Don't look at how easy it was when you went to rescue me, in fact, the Imperial people placed a lot of troops there, and they just treated me as an ordinary businessman before, so they didn't spy on me much......"

"The depths of the concentration camps are filled with the strongest fighters against the power of the Empire, and they are our mainstay." Following the other party's words, Makros, who had been opposing before, immediately spoke up: "Now that the Imperial people have been on alert, there must be a heavy guard. ”

"Unless you go outside the city to help, there will be no more people in the city of Harlom who dare to stand up against the Imperials." Dick, who was playing with the knife in his hand, also lowered his face: "Those people are our only hope now. ”

"Don't worry, we won't give up on our brothers." Hart, who was sitting in the center, waved his hand: "It's just this rescue method...... We'll have to think long-term. ”

"We don't have time." The words were said in a low voice, and Bowen, who was masked face, stood up from the corner of the tattered hall: "The twentieth of this month is coming soon, if you continue to delay......

"You've fallen into their trap Bowen, they deliberately announced this time!"

"But ten people have died last month! If we don't make a move this month......"

"We're going to do it."

Pressing his hands around the scattered square table that was noisy again, Hart's gaze gradually became serious, "I promised all of you before I left that I would save everyone. ”

"But you didn't bring anything back." One of the figures in attendance questioned in a low voice: "Those so-called weapons and equipment are actually useless, we need people." ”

"People...... I also brought back three or two. ”

His eyes fell on Duan Qing and Flame Legend, and Hart's gaze became much deeper: "Their strength and trust have been verified in their previous actions, and now...... It's time for everyone to talk. ”

"The old rule, raise your hand to agree, don't raise your hand to disagree." He pointed in the direction where the two men were, then raised his hand: "Their accession will only be approved if everyone agrees...... Mr. Riestin. ”

“……”

"You should agree too, right?"

Through the gap between the two players, Hart's gaze stopped on the middle-aged man who was still wearing many bandages, "You're one of the members of the team who strongly suggested that we hire adventurers." ”

"Of course I agreed."

“…… Feed. ”

Looking at the hands of the people around him who were gradually raised, Duan Qing, who finally realized what was going to happen, hurriedly looked back at the smile that appeared on Tristan's face: "You're not going to push us into the fire pit, are you?" ”

"How is that possible?"

Tristan replied with an innocent look in his eyes: "Don't you trust your old friend?" ”

"We're the nobles who used to be the best at ganging up, and we're the least likely to do...... It's a matter of perfidy. ”