eternal glory

The gray clouds over the floating mountain-like giant trees for six or seven days finally began to become clear, and the heavy snow that had not stopped for six days gradually subsided, leaving only bright little snowflakes dancing in the dim light.There is also bright sunlight pouring in from the small training ground above the giant tree.A few days ago, the clouds were low and the sky was gloomy, and the dark interior of the giant banyan dragon's blood lacked an effective light source. Warm sunshine has long been a luxury worth remembering. This day, the sky finally cleared up, and the slightly dazzling sunlight was against the band-like magneto-optic. Mu Ning, who was covered with tree crowns and wearing a thick leather cloak, and the tall figure who was a whole head taller than him were lazily leaning on the empty wooden railing on the edge of the training ground and looking into the field.

In the center of the small oval-shaped arena, two wandering figures on horseback were fighting in the dark. The red-robed cavalry raised their hands violently, and the turbulent high-temperature steam erupted from the bright light and instantly formed a shape with a diameter of more than ten in the cold air. A large cluster of cone-shaped white mist, like a smoke screen, covers a large area and obscures the field of vision. At this time, the tricky ice blades and rock cones always fly out of the thick white mist, with subtle but lethal There was a sharp sound of shock.

The cavalrymen who fought against the old lady were wearing the tight cloth armor of the Shiafeh army, with a slender figure and a pale mask with no expression on their faces.His professional characteristics are quite obvious, at least ordinary people can easily see the clues from his left hand emitting a dark green light and the two-meter-long yellow bone staff on his right hand.

Necromancers are not considered a popular profession in human countries, and in many countries they are even more or less suppressed, discriminated against, or even hostile. Such a situation and its relatively dark and mysterious professional orientation make most Necromancers prefer As a "lone wolf", there are very few people who choose to serve in the army and transfer to cavalry like this young necromancer.

At present, quite a few cavalrymen are still in the stage of holding the reins to control the horses with one hand and fighting with weapons in the other hand, but the magic cavalry in front of him who is fighting with Hong Yun nimbly is not among them.He is very proficient in reciting spells, throwing fist-sized "wraith balls" with tracking capabilities into the invisible steam ball one after another, and at the same time, a stronger and stronger wave rose from the slender stick in his hand strength.

"There are so many tricks, it's meaningless if you can't use them." The tall and thin man next to Mu Ning lazily pushed back his thin bangs on his forehead, and the silver hair hanging down to his shoulders reflected the dazzling sunlight with his movements, usually tilted. His bangs always cover his right eye, but as long as you observe carefully, you can see that he is quite different from ordinary human players from his pale cheeks and slender dark purple pupils.

Mu Ning did not have the habit of checking his household registration. No one knew what adventures the human player named "Xiusai" had experienced before, but at least Mu Ning himself would not be so stupid as to think that Xiu Sai's long silver hair was born or From some sort of dye.

Shusai brought his attendants to the contract match completely beyond Mu Ning's expectations. Mu Ning, who was originally reluctant to open the Emerald City to the outside world, agreed to his request almost without hesitation. This was not just because Mu Ning knew " "Sea of ​​Bone Xiusai" was named because Xiusai brought his first "attendant". Mu Ning was even more curious about this legendary attendant than Xiusai himself.

Mu Ning smiled and said nothing, Hongyun's equipment and horses are much better than Xiusai's attendants, it doesn't make any sense to encircle and consume Hongyun with the slow Wraith Ball, if you can only ride the horse while throwing the Wraith with one hand Ball's ability, this attendant will die in an ugly way, a murderous person like Shusai who can represent the human race to compete with skeletons and ghosts for the position of "Necromancer First Brother" has no reason for the attendant to be so small.

"I've got you!" suddenly shouted the masked cavalryman.

"Huh?" There was an exclamation in the tumbling steam, followed by the panicked neighing of the war horse and the sound of the man on the horse falling to the ground.

The magic knight outside the steam stretched out his staff: "Hum!" A pale beam of light as thick as a thumb shone into the steam along the top of the bone staff, and the gray-faced old lady appeared on the sidelines in an instant, her face still blank: "Why...how? Possibly? I just clearly..."

Although the corners of his mouth were still pursed, the slightly curved corners of his eyes betrayed the mood of the tall necromancer. He nodded reservedly at Mu Ning: "Accept."

"..." Mu Ning narrowed his eyes and resisted the urge to strangle someone's neck and scold his mother, and hung himself firmly on the railing.

"After all, it's the white rank that fights the gray rank, so we'll take advantage of you," Xiu Sai blew his bangs on his forehead, "You can fight again when your attendant succeeds in advancing to the rank, and if I still win, you have to tell me Why do your servants make so many green grade equipment."

"...How about we win?" Mu Ning gritted his teeth, the white level beats the gray level and even uses consumable items fraudulently, a master is really insidious.

"The conditions are up to you," Xiu Sai stared at Mu Ning, "as long as it's not too outrageous."

"If my servant wins, how about you and your servant simply settle down in our Emerald City?" Mu Ning raised his eyebrows: "We have beautiful mountains, clear waters and beautiful scenery, and the welfare is good."

"Ah?" Xiu Sai was stunned for a moment: "You want me to hang out with you?" The expression on his face has turned into disdain, everyone is a famous person, and if they lose a fight, they will be treated as younger brothers, unless There is a hole in the brain.

"It's okay to tell you, you just settled here with us. When everyone needs help, there is a helper who can help each other. We have a teleportation array in Emerald City and there is no traffic problem. It is also convenient if you want high-quality equipment. , I don’t believe that other people who recruit you have better conditions than ours!” He had a friendly and honest expression, like a sales lady selling unfinished villas to upstarts.

"You guys are really beautiful," the 1.8-meter-plus tall mage nodded while rubbing his arms, "It's just a little bit cold." Follow-style dancers wear thick cloaks and wish they could wrap themselves like bears. The necromancer was wearing an ordinary winter windproof robe, and after standing in the bitter wind for half an hour, his face was pale and his lips were purple.

"Hey..." Mu Ning smiled vaguely.

That’s right, the Emerald City is quite pleasant in autumn, but it’s not so pleasant in winter. The temperature is already low in the sky thousands of meters above the ground, and there are dense branches inside the giant banyan tree to protect against the wind. The outermost flat place was not covered, facing the biting cold wind, even the ice mages who were not strong enough to stand in the wind were so cold that their teeth chattered like monkeys, it was so sour...

Of course, as long as you adapt to the climate here and obediently pack yourself into a big bear, the winter in the Emerald City will instantly become beautiful.

The thick snow covered the giant tree with a thick white coat. The snow on the uppermost platform that had not been cleaned reached a thickness of more than four meters. Look at the big and small platforms become huge snow-white and soft chess pieces, like fluffy feather quilts and cotton candy like clouds.

The bustling Mu Xue Festival was held with great fanfare, and it was only when Mu Ning was "joyful" that Mu Ning could "steal" time and leisure to accept gambling invitations from the forum.Mu Ning ignored them all, and only a heavyweight 'celebrity' like Xiusai could make Mu Ning find time to say hello to him despite his busy schedule.Recently, Mu Ning and Liu Zhe have been arguing the most about whether the Emerald City should be opened to the outside world. After the opening, the gathered population and circulating resources will allow the Emerald City to quickly gain huge wealth, and even have the potential to develop into an economic hub. However, the shortcoming of lack of experienced managers will be infinitely magnified after the expansion of the current small stalls, and there will be countless bumps and even disasters on the way forward;

If it is not open, it means staying in the same place. Now both players and npc forces are developing rapidly outside. Even the associations of their schools want to build a "hub" city on the Binhai Peninsula that connects all intelligent races to absorb The advantages of various races grow up at the fastest speed. In this world where only running forward can stay in place, if Emerald City only relies on thousands of players and low-level NPCs that have not yet broken through ten thousand, it can survive the wave. Does it always have a place in it?

Not only is there a dispute about whether the Emerald City can be opened, but also whether it is necessary and whether it should be searched in advance for the "strong man" in Mu Ning's memory who will shine in the future, even if Aishwarya has joined Earlier, Mu Ning and Liu Zhe were still very cautious about the issue of recruiting strong players.They are not dead-headed, and they understand that talent and opportunity are equally important in human growth. If the Emerald City has the possibility to make the mediocre people become talents, then the already excellent people will only become more outstanding in the soil of the Emerald City.

These two brothers are not so cruel that they drag all the strong men who can be named back to Emerald City. Even if Mu Ning has never entered the so-called "first echelon" of players, and even has very little contact, But everyone knows the truth that one mountain cannot accommodate two tigers. The strong have their own pride and reserve. If they are invited back to the Emerald City and they are not given room to display their strengths, dragons and phoenixes among the group of people who are destined to stand at the top will only make the interior of the Emerald City explode. flowering.

Mu Ning had already figured it out, he didn't need many strong players, twenty, Emerald City gave them a platform to take off, and they had the final say on what kind of exhibition they would have.

His mind was not completely in the city, so Mu Ning didn't pay much attention to the recent anomalies in Emerald City. On the way back, the old lady Hongyun, who was leading the horse, was chattering depressedly: "I'm obviously still several meters away from his magic ball, but As soon as he spoke, all the magic balls suddenly appeared beside me..." What she couldn't figure out was that the enemy should not be able to see her in the steam barrier, but just as she was blown to the ground by the magic ball, the white light accurately shone on her. It touched her without even the slightest error or hesitation, it was even more precise than cheating.

"Your steam only blinded my eyes. They can see clearly from beginning to end to tease you." Mu Ning doesn't think it's unfair when he thinks about it. Xiusai's attendants used auxiliary props, but the winner and loser have already been determined. At worst, Mu Ning will put a dozen or eight auxiliary runes on the old lady before going on stage next time, and put two pockets of soul beast eggs on her. .

Come and don't go indecent.

When he returned to the hotel, Liu Zhe, who was fully armed, was rushing to the blacksmith's shop to forge throwing spears with Luhua, and he had to make thirty spears at a time.Liu Zhe is now developing towards the light cavalry, so the armor is strong and light. The thin metal armor makes him look tall and straight, especially when he grins, his white teeth are so dazzling that people can't move their eyes.

Recently, Luhua is completely dressed like an apprentice craftsman. Apart from rubbing soul beasts with Yue Shuer day and night, and going to the blacksmith to forge equipment, she can't even spare time to train her fighting skills.

"Didn't you just make seven or eight throwing guns? Why do you want it again?" Mu Ning asked Liu Zhe while undoing the thick cloak on his body, because throwing guns are not considered consumable weapons, and white and gray grades do not have automatic recall functions. After throwing it out, it has to be recycled. I have never heard of such a useless throwing gun.

Before Liu Zhe had time to explain to Mu Ning, the pudding cat, wearing a metal armor and a thick leather cloak, squeezed into Mu Ning's room with a red face. The heavy armor on her body made her look like an iron can. As soon as she came in, she hurriedly grabbed Luhua: "Make some more shields for sister, iron, ten sides are enough, hurry up!"

Luhua agreed without any surprise, and walked out with the two people while asking them what they wanted for things, with a familiar face.

"Pudin cat, why do you need so many shields?" Mu Ning didn't understand anymore. The javelin is fast, let's say Liu Zhe practiced diligently, but shields usually have almost no wear and tear. Even if they are broken, they can be repaired and continue to be used. There are no armor-piercing and shield-breaking weapons at your level. How can you get so many low-level iron shields?

"Fight the 'blood battle'!" Pudding Cat said with a matter-of-fact look: "The second fight is about to start at the gate of the Brotherhood's resident today, Brother Luhua, let's go quickly, I'm still in a hurry to use the shield!"

"Um..." It seems reasonable to need a shield for a snowball fight, but... Mu Ning poked Liu Zhe again: "What about you? The bundles of throwing guns you want are definitely for the 'snowball fight', right?"

"Hey..." Liu Zhe scratched his head embarrassingly: "Yeah, I'm going to fight bloody battles too."

Ning Ning hasn't participated in a bloody battle these days, so he probably doesn't know how hot this thing is.