Fandu took a sip of ale wine and looked at the people in the tavern drunk. Winter is coming, and this winter is colder than before. Fandu has already asked the merchants who went to the south to help him pray in the temple of the "Lord of the North Wind", hoping that this cruel god can let him spend this damn winter safely.

Fan is a pious person. Although others call him "blockbuster" Fandu or "bastard" Fandu, no matter what, no one dares to say that he is a Fandu who "disrespects God". Even if he was in the bed of a prostitute, he never forgot to pray to the forgotten "Red Star". Even if the prayers were all vulgar words that made his bedmate giggle, he did not feel disrespectful in his heart. At least he himself thought so.

The cold Sendi, the "Lord of the North Wind", is a terrifying god. In His eyes, the most adorable child is no different from the most evil criminal. The cruel "North Wind Judgment" in the north is like a story that scares peasant children, but none has heard such a story for many years.

It seemed that even in that barbaric northern land, he was beginning to be inspired by civilization. Fan couldn't help but think of this. This statement was heard from the mouth of a drunk scholar. At that time, he had just returned from the north. One of his ears was frozen in the cold winter in the north. He cursed and even cursed the gods. Fan was so scared that he hid away from his wine table, and many people who were disrespectful to God were silent.

Then the next day, the scholar seemed to leave Sentinel Town, and Fandu had never seen that poor guy again.

Even in midsummer, the farmers in Sentinel Town would make a chill when they mentioned the name of "Lord of the North Wind". Such temples of gods are not everywhere. As far as the devouts are known, there are only three temples in the south, with many temples in the south.

The temple closest to Sentinel Town is located in the north of the Holy Mountain, close to the "scum" swamp. Fandu heard that it is close to the dirtiest and purest place in the world. The Long Lake Fort of the St. Jon family is located there. Fandu heard that the St. Jon family has been trying to make the Long Lake Fort the second "Capital of Thousand Temples".

Where would Fandu asks go? He was a pious guy. Fandu knew him well and even knew how many properties his family had in the south - Fandu was an intelligence merchant, and it was not just an intelligence merchant.

If anyone despises me because of my skin, that person must be an idiot! Fandu cursed in his heart, and at the same time he picked up his glass and poured a mouthful of bad ale.

As winter came, the refugee mercenaries outside the city wall finally left almost. Fan felt that they had made the entire Sentinel Town smell bad, but he didn't hate them, not because he liked the smell, but because those guys were all a bunch of rich fools.

Fandu just walked in the middle of their camp for two days and took many valuable small items away. He also exchanged them with heavy coins for news that had been outdated for more than half a month or even longer.

Oh, praise the Sword-Swallowing Snake! Fan Du prayed in his heart, and at the same time he picked up the wine glass and took a sip.

These mercenaries made him earn enough money for the winter, and he could even find two Red Star believers to warm up the bed for himself on cold nights. Those little cuties would claim to themselves since they learned that Fan was so respectful to God, and after seeing Fandu.

However, when winter comes, Fandu's way to make money is broken. The mercenaries who are still in Sentinel Town hate him to the core, and there will be no mercenaries who will continue to come to the north. Those mercenaries who have gone to the north will not be able to brave the wind and snow and pass through the Wind Valley. When winter comes, the robbers and natives there will be like crazy. Fandu heard that they can even eat people, and the beggars passing by the Wind Valley will be captured and eaten alive by them.

Fortunately, Fan has not been bored recently. The news that the North Golden Waterfall City was destroyed by dragons and monsters has reached Sentinel Town. Fandu is even a little depressed. Why are those mercenaries always so well-informed? Fandu doubts whether their god secretly told them after they fell asleep.

The news about Jinhuo City was like being blown by the wind, because anyone was sure that there were almost no one who came to Sentinel Town from the north, and these mercenaries had been staying behind the walls of Sentinel Town and did not go out at all.

At first, many people thought they were joking, but the mercenaries did not care about them, but discussed them fiercely, and many people became half-believing and half-doubted. It was not until the informant from the north of Fandu escaped back to Sentinel Town in the wind and snow that Fandu believed the stories.

Damn it! There are really giant monsters and demon dragons?! Fandu also heard the mercenaries have been talking about "The magic age is back", but he did not expect that it would return so strongly, like a strong wind.

Although Fan had never left Sentinel Town too far, he had been to Jinshui City. It can be said to be the richest city in the whole north. Even a lot of winter food in Sentinel Town was purchased from Jinshui City. And that Jinshui City has now turned into ruins?

"The Duke is dead." Fandu heard his informant say to him. He was already covered in bruises at that time. It seemed that it was still quite difficult to avoid the native wolf in the Wind Valley. "But the Duke's son succeeded, and that kid probably didn't even grow all his hair."

As he said that, the informant drank a drink, then lowered his voice and said to him: "Tell the son of the beggar that the 'Snake Ring' completed the task well, but they seemed to have encountered some trouble."

"What trouble?" Fandu asked immediately.

"I heard that they offended that mercenary group, which was the rose mercenary group. Those girls kept chasing them into the deep mountains of the Wind Valley. It seemed that they had to pay some price to escape." The informant said, rubbing his messy beard.

"Ha, it's best if you die!" Fandu grinned. After all, there is no need to pay the dead commission, and the Beggar's Son must be happy to hear the news.

After Fandu placed the informant, he immediately reported the information he received as above. The information brought by the informant could be said to have made Fandu very excited because there were too many plots like the story. If Fan had not been a god-respecting person, he might have begun to doubt whether the informant was crazy.

After hearing his news, the beggar's son showed a complicated look that even Fan could not understand. After thinking for a while, he asked Fandu to go down and keep a close eye. If anyone came to Sentinel Town or went south along the ancient road, he would have to notify him. Fandu also received a large amount of funds from him.

Fan Du didn't dare to spend the money of the beggar's son. The last person who did this was chopped up and fed the pigs. Fan Du used the money to find a lot of people and asked them to help them follow the ancient avenues and report it immediately when there was any news. In order to receive the news as soon as possible, Fan Du also moved out of the city wall and moved into the home of a farmer.

Fandu was so frozen.

Many days passed, and Fandu received no news, so he entered the city in depressedly, found two Red Star believers to "pray" and then came to the tavern to drink.

And the people here are still discussing stories about dragons and monsters.

A bunch of idiots, Fan looked at them disdainfully. At first, some of them wanted to spend a few coins to let Fan tell stories about the north, but the son of the beggar had already told him to shut up and not talk about those "mysterious" topics, so Fan just cursed the man a few times and then spit, and the man could only sit down and continue drinking in disappointment.

Most of the people sitting in the tavern were farmers. Fandu was also the son of the farmer, but he embarked on a different path. He followed the son of the beggar to do things, which made him live a good life and (at least on the surface) respected by people.

Most of these farmers have never seen any world. In the past, they just fooled them to earn some money for alcohol. However, he is not short of this money now, and he does not want to anger the son of the beggar.

After drinking this cup, I will go back to the cold pigpen. Fandu thought gloomyly that there might be a fool with snow on his head waiting for him to go back to report the news next to the bonfire in the farmhouse. I have to remember to deduct the money from the rewards given to him, and Fandudu reminded himself.

And just after Fandu raised his head and poured the last drop of wine in his wine glass, the door of the tavern was pushed open.

Everyone subconsciously looked at the door of the tavern. Because winter has arrived, people who come to the tavern have always been such a group of regular customers. Now the location in the tavern is almost full, so if there are outsiders, they will definitely be strangers.

Sure enough, after Fandu narrowed his eyes, he saw two figures, one tall and one short, walking into the warm tavern. The cold night wind pulled their cloaks and hugged their bodies, and the snowflakes blew into the tavern with the wind. Many people near the entrance were shaken by the gust of wind.

Fandu saw two figures wrapped in shabby cloaks, and snow fell on their cloaks, and even frost was formed.

Ah, two travelers from afar. If it were the past, Fandu had already met and had made a statement and would blackmail them. But Fandu was not in this mood now.

One taller and one shorter, one adult and one child. Fan immediately became alert. When he recalled the words of the informant and the son of the beggar, he immediately became much more awake.

Two strangers walked into the tavern, the door closed heavily behind them, and the drunkards who were still making noises just now turned into muttering in a low voice.

When the two strangers passed by a table of drunkards, one of them grabbed the tall stranger's cloak and shouted drunk: "Hey! New! Where did you come from?"

The stranger stopped, and the little man also stood up. Fan noticed that the little man seemed to reach out and hold the tall stranger's hand. It was them, Fan thought nervously.

The stranger pulled the cloak and did not reply. The drunkard just grabbed his cloak tightly and refused to let go. Seeing that he did not answer, he shouted impatiently: "Hey! Are you deaf? Or are your ears being taken away by Sendi?!"

His words attracted a lot of laughter from the drunkard, and the stranger just pulled his cloak back from the drunkard's hand, and then continued to walk towards the empty space in the tavern. The drunkard suddenly rushed up his head with blood, cursing and reaching out to catch the stranger, but pulled off the hood he had been covering.

Then everyone took a breath. The stranger turned his head, and the pale face with a hideous smile was so scary that almost everyone almost shouted "Gods are above", and the drunkard was naturally so scared that he woke up a little and quickly retreated. The stranger just stared at him, and then looked around the other people in the tavern.

Only then did Fandu notice that the pale face was not his face, but a scary mask.

A guy pretending to be a ghost. If it were the past, Fan would have cursed like this. But at this moment he didn't dare to curse like this, because he had heard about the Pale Mask from the informant. He was a vicious criminal who was rewarded by the Duke of Jin Falls. Such a guy is not easy to mess with.

But Wan was not afraid of him, because he often dealt with the most annoying things on weekdays. After all, many members of the Beggar Brotherhood were criminals.

After the two men sat down, Fan gently tapped the table with his fingers. The tavern owner went up and poured them two glasses of wine. Then Fan Du saw that the tavern owner seemed to have said something to the stranger. Then he muttered and frowned and returned to the bar with a glass of wine, and then poured another glass of something--it seemed to be juice, and then brought it to them again.

At this time, Fandu also stood up. He did not walk directly to the two strangers, but to the bar owner's bar.

He glared at a man sitting near the bar, and the man made his way out of position in shame, and Fandu sat on his position. He knocked on the table, the tavern owner looked at him, then frowned and asked, "What?"

Fandu lowered his voice and asked, "What did those two people want?"

The tavern owner glared at him without replying. Then Fan impatiently patted a copper plate on the bar. The tavern owner came over and took the copper plate away without hesitation. Then he turned around and said, "A glass of wine, a glass of juice, a piece of dry bread and a large piece of barbecue steak."

"Oh, it seems like a rich man." Fandu said exaggeratedly.

"I advise you to stay away from those two guys," said the tavern owner, frowned, "those two guys don't look simple."

"Is that true?" Fan asked suspiciously.

"I can't see people wrong," replied the tavern owner.

But Fan Du didn't intend to follow his advice. He asked the tavern owner to pour himself a glass of wine, then glared at him and shouted, "Hasn't the wine money been given just now?!"

The tavern owner spitted impatiently at him, and poured him half a cup of bad ale. Fan walked towards the two people with this glass of ale with more foam than wine. Before he could get closer, the man in the pale mask raised his head and looked at him.

"Is there something wrong?" Fandu heard the voice of a man, but it was hoarse and unpleasant, which made him feel a little uneasy.

"Oh, hello," Fandu squeezed out a smile and showed his yellow teeth. "My name is Fandu, and he is the most famous intelligence dealer in Sentinel Town. May I ask-"

"No need." The man said coldly, "Go away."

...

Fifteen years have passed since the release of "Adam". It has been popular for fifteen years as the most powerful virtual reality game at present. It still has its active people and high topics. Its player group even covers several different age groups. It truly restores the ancient cold weapon war, gives players unprecedented freedom, and has a complete game background history, so it has always had a high topic and popularity among the player group.

One of the biggest features of "Adam" is the "subspace system". The space of the world that exists in the game is completely different from the real space. Players must connect to the game time through the equipment officially sold by the game (game helmets or other more expensive equipment). In the "subspace" of this game, time becomes controllable to a certain extent (it is proved that this is only one of the technologies eliminated by the military), and the time between the game and the reality is generally in a three-to-one state, that is, one second in reality, and three seconds in the game (the official repeatedly emphasized that this technology is not harmful to the human body, but there are still media doubts about it, but so far no one can come up with definite evidence and cases to confirm this view). Because the "subspace system" makes time controllable to a certain extent, players have more time to explore in the game.

The "Factory System" is a very important system in "Adam". It divides players into different groups. Although the relationship between them is friendly or hostile, all is determined by the NPC that leads their camp, and the role played by the players in it will affect the NPC decision to a certain extent. Currently, the two most powerful camps in the game are "Kingdom" and "Dudean", and the number of players in the Kingdom camp is more than twice that of the players of the Duchy Kingdom players, but their overall combat power is comparable. In addition to these two camps, there are many other games in the game.

There are many small camps, and the number of players they occupy is almost negligible compared to the two camps, but it is precisely because of this that these camps have their own unique advantages, such as the camp's exclusive props and rare resources. The joining methods of camps are different. Except for the Principality and Kingdom (which is also the reason for the large number of people in the two camps), the conditions for joining other camps are very harsh, which is also the reason why the number of people in these small camps has always been scarce. However, according to the official, this situation will be improved in the latest expansion pack "Adam: The Return of the Age of Magic".
Chapter completed!