Running along the road north of town, passing the grocery store, the boss who was walking out the door to stretch and the patrolling militia walking by him, the clear sky smiled in response to their usual kind greetings. At breakfast time, when the light smoke of the cooking above the town was rising, she had already run to the entrance of the village and nodded to the militia guarding the guard.

There are no restrictions on going out of the town, and the main reason that has always hindered the clear sky from traveling far away is the danger of the outside world, and she has seen more than once in the boundary on the edge of the map of Prayer Town, a stronger monster that has swallowed the beast that she has worked so hard to defeat, and at that time, fear naturally overcomes curiosity, and she has to flee.

"After learning level 20 protective magic, go out on an adventure in the outside world, these are the most basic life-saving skills." Every time Clear Sky goes to the mage trainer to learn a new skill, the trainer can't help but remind him like this.

In the past life experience, there is no clear sky that plays games less, with the experience and common sense of how to play a role-playing game well, in order to make a smoother and more reasonable transition to the next stage, out of the novice village, she survived to level 22 with her temperament, learned all the combat skills that the novice village mage trainer can teach, and added equipment that is not sophisticated but enough.

Running all the way to the north, the houses and people gradually faded, the light yellow continuous grain fields appeared on both sides of the road, and further away you could see the gradual transition of the green grasslands and undulating mountains, today's clear sky, it seems to be an auspicious day to travel, which makes the clear sky full of longing for the journey very happy and relaxed, until——

In the far reaches of the pale yellow picture of the wheat fields there was a sign of a group of houses, which must have been the residence of the horse dealer Norton Jr., but to the girl's uneasiness she seemed to faintly hear the sound of a fight and see the dancing of human figures.

With a little caution, Clear Sky avoided the main road, and strode through the wheat fields, approaching from the back of the main house of the horse farm, finding a place where the wall was cracked, and looking in—

Looking through the gap between the main house and the stable, I saw three well-armed characters fighting the horse dealer's family. Why is it so clear to distinguish between the two sides of the battle? In addition to the opponents chosen by the two sides when fighting, more importantly, the three characters who seem to be players know at a glance that they are not locals.

Kean Continent is the origin of human beings, out of the reverence and reverence for the patron saint of this continent, the spiritual zone with Apocalypse City as the core believes in knightly culture, sacred swords and ancient magic worship, they are born with prejudice against mechanical and artificial magic, believing that this is an act of contempt for ancient civilizations, which is so incompatible with the people of Manchester who believe in new technology, machinery and artificial magic...... She learned all this knowledge from the creation story and the knowledge of the world told by the pastor.

At this moment, the three characters who are fighting the horse dealer family here are either holding laser cannons or wielding electric hammers, and even the priest-like character is wearing goggles that look like they need to fly an airplane, not to mention the three small spiral flying machines parked next to them, all of which are out of step with the classical traditional dress habits of the Keane Continent.

[Are these players from Manchester?] The first time she saw a player from another continent, Clear Sky was very curious, but the danger of the situation outside still made her not rush in to join, she could detect the huge gap between their ranks, and she could also detect the unkindness of the comer.

"! These NPCs are really troublesome! The man wielding the electric hammer couldn't help but curse after another swoop in the air, "Don't you just want to grab a horse to have fun, this poor and remote place, I didn't expect NPCs to be so difficult to kill!" ”

"Calm down, move quickly! Fight quickly, don't wait and have a bunch of NPCs popping up for no reason, and that's trouble! Just like the farm I looted last time—" The character firing the laser cannon urged, fighting, and looked around from time to time, her eyes almost swept to the clear sky hiding outside the wall, but fortunately she reacted quickly enough.

"You two have all these bad ideas, what's the fun of killing these NPCs? As a result, we were hunted down by NPCs all over the place...... I'm tired of logistics,......" the goggles-clad girl grumbled softly, trying to cast spells on her two companions who were fighting on the front lines.

"Okay, it's not your fault, I'm always lost, so I don't even look at the clues of our current dragon slaying mission." The gunman responds to the girl's complaints, shoots back and knocks out the wrangling dog that is rushing from one side, and then points the gun at a middle-aged man dressed as a farmer, ready for his next fatal blow.

[Bad...... They're going to kill the horse dealers! Clear Sky felt that it was not good, and silently recited the spell of the level 2 fireball technique for a second, and hit the fireball straight at the gunner through the wall!

Without any pain, the fireball hit the gunman's right shoulder - "Who is it?!" He screamed in exasperation, turned his face, and then—

Suddenly, another character rushed through the gate, it was a dark brown-haired uncle, who looked to be in his forties, but with a tall and muscular physique, clad in shining silver armor, riding on a black horse studded with golden hooves, wielding a greatsword carved with winged hilts, golden streamlines, and sapphire inlays.

He yelled—"Crack!! ――"-- Jumping off the horse, a sword swung at the man with an electric hammer in his hand, and a golden murderous aura jumped up from the ground and slashed straight over! ――

Perhaps startled by the sudden intruder, the three Manchesters failed to react in the first second, causing the hammer warrior in the front row to be slashed in the left shoulder by the sword qi, and a scream pierced the sky, looking badly injured......

At this time, the crowd of the horse farm took advantage of the situation, and three more herding dogs rushed out of the stable, two horsemen kept throwing their spears, and two swords rushed towards the priest wearing flying goggles.

"Not good! Come on!! The priest girl shouted, and ran to the spiral flying machine parked behind her, quickly putting on her gear.

The companions in the logistics station had all abandoned the battle, and the other two naturally panicked, stumbling and retreating, and finally escaped from the territory of the Norton family with a spear and a serious injury. "Come out." Putting away the greatsword, the uncle who saved the scene shouted in the direction where the clear sky was hiding.

Clear Sky glanced at him through the gap, met the kind gaze in his blue eyes, smiled back, and then walked around to the door, and walked into the courtyard where the farmers were cleaning up.

"A newcomer who just came out of the Prayer Village?" The middle-aged man asked kindly, "Ready to go to Apocalypse City?" - So you came here to buy a horse, right? ”

"Yes, my name is Clear Sky, thank you for clearing the siege." Clear Sky responded with a light smile, couldn't help but look at the black steed parked beside him, and asked, "How much is this horse?" ”

"My name is Sandy." The middle-aged man introduced himself first, and then answered her question, "50 gold." ”

"Five, fifty gold?!" Clear Sky was almost choked by her own saliva, although this horse is not an ordinary breed at first glance, and the dress is also very expensive, but the price of 50 gold is a amount she can't even think of, "Is it so expensive to buy a horse?" ……”

"This is a famous horse with a famous name, so it is a little more expensive, his name is Black Wind, and his speed is three to five times faster than that of ordinary horses." Sandy patted the black horse on the back and comforted her, "You just ask the horse dealer about the price, it won't be so expensive, don't worry." ”

Clear Sky immediately ran to the middle-aged man dressed as a groom standing in the middle of the yard and directing the cleaning, and asked, "May I ask if I bought the horse to find you?" I want to buy a horse, how much does it cost? ”

"Yes, I'm Norton, a professional horse seller, and everyone is used to calling me Little Norton. Regarding the horses, it is divided into two gears, 100 silver for adult horses and 50 silver for young horses. Norton gave a succinct introduction, then looked her up and down, and added, "Looks like you're a newcomer, right?" -- It takes 50 silver to learn beginner riding from scratch. ”

"At least 100 silver? ...... "Clear Sky drifted through his actual savings figure [16 silver and 750 copper] in his mind, and felt a trace of despair.

"What? Don't have enough money? Sandy walked over and asked.

"Hmm...... The money is a lot worse. Clear Sky pondered what to do—she suddenly remembered the fragment embedded in Nana's memories, when a man named Langdon gave her a ride and took her safely to Rainbow Moon Castle

So, she raised her head and asked Sandy, "Uncle, why don't you take me to Apocalypse City?" May I? ”

Sandy frowned a little hesitantly, thought for a while, and replied: "It's not impossible, it's just that I came here to carry out a mission, and your level is too low to follow me to do the task, but if you can bear the patience and wait for me to finish the task, I would be willing to take you on a trip to Apocalypse City, because I also have to return there to hand in the mission." ”

"Oh, that's it......" Clear Sky thought - [Uncle Sandy knows the road and has a good horse, and it must be the best choice to follow him, it is easier than running blindly in this dangerous continent with an unfamiliar and low level...... As long as the task isn't too long, it's worth the wait. Then she asked, "What kind of task is it?" ”

"It's a PVP wanted mission." Sandy took out a piece of red-bordered task vellum and unfolded it to show Clear Sky, "Hunt down a player from the continent of Manchester named Sorens." ”

"Sorens?!" ――As a player with a lot of common sense about the game, Clear Sky naturally knows that the so-called PVP is the abbreviation of English PlayerVsPlayer, which means the confrontation between players and players, but the name of the third elite hunter in the Phantom Hunter List in this origin world appears on the wanted mission list in front of him, and Clear Sky is a little thundered by reality.

"yes, do you know him?" Sandy put away the brown paper sheet and looked at the girl curiously, "This is the most wanted criminal posted in the military district of Apocalypse City, and he has killed countless Keanes so far. ”

"How can a player be wanted? How does this work? Clear Sky still couldn't come back to his senses for a while.

"If you kill a local in any area, you will accumulate local hatred points, and if the hatred points accumulate to a certain extent, you will be wanted by the officials of the region, such as Sorens is now regarded as the most wanted man, it is estimated that he will kill no less than a few hundred people." Sandy explained.