The carriage was parked next to the stone bridge, and most of the merchants' vehicles came and went from the north to the south. The stone bridge crossed a stream covered with pebbles on the riverbed. The spacious stone bridge could allow two ordinary carriages to travel together, so the traffic was not congested. Xiao Qiao leaned against the carriage and was bored, looking up at the hillsides on both sides of the road and the yellow forest on it. A gust of wind blew, and the leaves fell like rain.

After passing the stone bridge, you can reach the Jinshui City in the valley along the stone road. Xiao Qiao has left the ancient avenue for some time, and most of the vendors on the road have left the ancient avenue and have walked on the valley path to Jinshui City, so the road is quite lively. This is a scene that cannot be seen in the ghost place in the north. Xiao Qiao thought to himself that it is better to be in the south and it is lively.

Xiao Qiao turned around and looked at Hemi who was sitting in the coachman's position. Although this blind girl, NPC, was very sensible and well-behaved, Xiao Qiao couldn't handle her anyway. She could ask me to kill a few monsters and take care of the little girl? Let me spare me. Xiao Qiao shook her head. When Hemi asked for "I want to get some breath outside the carriage", Xiao Qiao couldn't refuse, so she helped her to the coachman's position and sat down, and told her not to move around. She also agreed obediently.

"You must not let her come out," Olaf repeatedly reminded him when he left, "Now she may have been offered a reward by Lengshi Town. She was a vendor from the north along the way, and she might not be recognized."

Damn bear, why don’t you come?! Xiao Qiao grinds her teeth while thinking.

"Hey! That beautiful lady over there!" A middle-aged man and businessman sitting in a carriage took off his hat and greeted Xiao Qiao, "Do you want some good honey wine from the Northland specialties?"

Xiao Qiao waved his hand at him impatiently and told him to walk away, but the merchant stopped the horse pulling the cart, then jumped out of the cart and walked over. "Oh, beautiful lady! Or do you want to have some good rabbit leather products? That's really for a lady like you..." The merchant walked towards Xiao Qiao's cart while talking nonstop.

An arrow cut through the air and inserted it on the ground between the man's feet. Xiao Qiao threw the second arrow on his longbow without any haste. "Get out." Xiao Qiao said impatiently. The merchant also quickly put on his hat, wiped the cold sweat from his forehead, and turned around and ran back to his carriage.

After the merchant waved his whip and drove the carriage, Hemi, who had been silent before, spoke, "May I ask... have I caused you trouble?"

Yes, and it was a very troublesome. Xiao Qiao thought, but what she said was, "No, it's okay." Hemi bit her lip and finally said nothing. Xiao Qiao was completely defeated by this awkward atmosphere. She grinded her teeth while trying to shoot the arrow on the bow.

Although he had received news from Al that they had completed their mission and were rushing over, Xiao Qiao was already impatient. At this moment, a horse sound came from a distance, and a carriage rumbling over, and the black wheels pressed over the ruts that were trapped in the ground. This was really a heavy carriage. Xiao Qiao thought to himself, and felt a little uneasy, "Hemi, go back to the carriage." "Yes." The little girl turned around and groped and climbed into the carriage.

The driver of the carriage in front was a mercenary wearing iron armor. He was wearing an iron helmet so he couldn't see his face. However, judging from his size, he should be a barbarian player. He has been staring at Xiao Qiao since he entered his sight, and Xiao Qiao continued to attack and look at him.

The carriage slowly approached, and then the place where the merchant NPC stopped before strangled the horse. "Is there anything I need help?" the man asked.

"No, no need." Xiao Qiao said coldly.

"Is this a low-level area nearby?" The man jumped out of the carriage as if he hadn't heard what Xiao Qiao said. Xiao Qiao subconsciously took a step back, but encountered some carriage. "There should be no monster? How difficult have you met a malicious PVP player?"

As he spoke, he approached Xiao Qiao. There was also a white double dragon emblem on his chest, but there was a square shield emblem next to the double dragon emblem, and the four corners were gray chain patterns. "No, no." Xiao Qiao stared at him alertly, and the strings in his hand couldn't help but tighten a little.

"I heard that the mad dog has appeared in the northern border recently, and it is not too far from the northern border. Have you met him?" The mercenary got closer and closer. Xiao Qiao saw the broad sword on his waist, and the armor on his body was also jingling as he walked.

"No." Xiao Qiao's hand holding Gongxian shook slightly. She gritted her teeth secretly. Fortunately, most of her face was hidden by the hood, otherwise the other party would definitely see her uneasiness.

The player suddenly stopped, "What are you nervous?" he asked suddenly. Then he took another step. This time he walked to the position where the merchant had walked before, and Xiao Qiao's arrow was inserted obliquely on the ground, "What is in your carriage?"

Xiao Qiao raised the bow suddenly, pulled the strings all over, and pointed the arrow at the man's face armor, "It's not your business."

"Please don't be so nervous." The man raised his hand, "I'm just doing a routine business. I'm a member of the Iron Chain Knights in Golden Falls. We are responsible for the management and maintenance of this area. Now the matter of the Mad Dog has caused panic. I'm just eliminating danger."

Although she claimed to be a Knights, in fact, the nature of the game is the same as that of other guilds and mercenary groups. Xiao Qiao did not put down the bow and arrow because of his words, "I have no problem here, please leave quickly." Xiao Qiao said coldly. She had heard of the mad dog, and almost most of them had heard of it, but everyone who had met him said that he had no accomplices and always acted alone. Such an excuse was too far-fetched.

"No, I think it's still..."

Before the man could finish his words, the arrow in Xiao Qiao's hand had already left the bowstring. The black wooden arrow flew past the mercenary and was nailed to the feet of the horse they were pulling the cart. The horse suddenly raised its front hooves in frightened and neighed.

The player suddenly pulled out the broadsword at his waist and then took out a shield from his "backpack". Xiao Qiao had already set up the third arrow. "Don't cause trouble, girl!" The man threatened, "This is our territory. Let me take a look at your carriage and we will leave immediately." As he spoke, two more people jumped out of the heavy carriage behind him, one with a crossbow and the other with a long axe and a halberd. They were all wearing iron swords, with white double dragon emblems and a square shield emblem with chains on their chests.

"Why do you have to look at my carriage?" Xiao Qiao asked vigilantly.

The player holding the broadsword turned his head and looked at his companions, then said, "We heard that several players in Lengshi Town have kidnapped an NPC."

"Tsk." Xiao Qiao gritted his teeth, "If you want to see, I don't have any npc here." As he said that, Xiao Qiao lowered his bow and stood aside. The player holding the broadsword turned his head and nodded at his companion. His companion nodded impatiently, and then lowered the weapon in his hand. Then he seemed to relax and walked towards Xiao Qiao's carriage, "Will you be fine if you do this early? It's just a misunderstanding." He walked over while pretending to be relaxed, "There are more messy things after the new version, and our workload has also increased. I really hope you can understand more!"

While he was speaking, Xiao Qiao's third arrow had left the bowstring and directly pierced the throat armor holding the crossbow. He opened his mouth to shout, but only blood foam was spit out of his mouth. "Sden!" The player holding the long axe halberd shouted in panic, but at this moment the broadsword in the hand of the player named Stend had already cut open Xiao Qiao's cloak and the leather armor under it.

Xiao Qiao widened her eyes and looked at the bloody broadsword in his hand in disbelief. The fourth arrow that was about to hang a bowstring in his hand fell to the ground. "I've been eyeing you for a long time, girl." said a proud voice in the helmet, "But I didn't expect you to still think about sneaking into us, which is worthy of praise."

Xiao Qiao staggered back, then fell to the ground, her ribs were cut open by a broad sword, blood poured into her lungs, and blood surged into her throat, allowing her to taste the fishy and sweet smell of her mouth. Stein walked to Xiao Qiao and kicked her longbow open, "If you want to blame, blame yourself." After saying that, he stabbed the broad sword into her chest, "Although I don't like killing women, who makes you like to cause trouble so much? Besides, you killed one of my teammates."

"Next time, go build a principality account!" He laughed.

Xiao Qiao wanted to pull out the dagger on her waist, but her eyes were already pitch black, with only a few scarlet words appearing:

you                          

...

When Joel and his party got off the ancient avenue and walked onto the road to Jinshui City, it was already dark. Everyone held lanterns, and the fire of the lanterns seemed so warm and pleasant at this moment. After they came out of the Rabbit Hunting Plain, they went directly to Lengshi Town and went to the intersection village. There were also many guards guarding there, and the Alps and Olaf were even investigated. It seemed that Lengshi Town's rewards and wanted warrants had been released.

The Alps and Olaf got rid of the suspicion after a little entanglement. After all, there were neither barbarians carrying giant axes nor blind girls beside them. The red-haired Lianda seemed to be reluctant to leave after the Alps, and Anthony followed him with helplessness, "You can't let me go back to Lengshi Town alone, right? Maybe you'll be killed by the snow bandits on the way."

The group finally had a good rest in the village at the intersection. After escaping from the snowfield, Joel felt that his body was extremely tired, but he still held on. Before he saw Hemi, he could not sleep peacefully, so that they rested in the village for less than midnight. Before dawn, they dragged their exhausted bodies away from the village at the intersection and set foot onto the ancient avenue.

The next day was also a boring and boring journey. Joel fell asleep on the back of the newly bought old horse several times, and his neck was sore. Sister Simoken leaned on Joel's back and hugged his waist, resting peacefully for a while.

"Have Lord Al had been to Golden Falls before?" The red-haired Lianda was almost the most energetic among them. She seemed to have no idea what fatigue was and was entangled in the Alps.

"Well, I've been there once." Alps was completely different from her. She seemed to be exhausted, but she still had a polite conversation with her. "It's a good place, and I can rest when I get there."

"Is that true? Humph, for me, as long as I can follow Lord Al, there will be a good place everywhere! Should Lord Al Al take a good rest now? It's not good if I'm exhausted." Red-haired Lianda said excitedly.

"Well, no need. Thank you for your concern." The Alpine etiquette answered with a gentle tone.

"Oh, it seems that it's too popular and it's very hard." Anthony sighed.

"That's right, but the guy Al probably has been used to it for a long time. Now he has entered a normal state of dealing with fans." Olaf laughed.

"Is that true? I thought that guy was tired of dealing with it, so I gave up resisting." Anthony said in surprise at Alps.

Joel couldn't help but smile bitterly when he looked at the mercenaries. He had just lost a companion and experienced a life-and-death dilemma, but now it seems that nothing has happened. Is this a mercenary? I don't know if it's a cold-blooded or a strong guy on the one hand.

"Looking at their appearance, I really want to be a mercenary." Sister Simoken's voice brought Joel back to reality.

"Being a mercenary is not that simple." Joel said lightly.

"Yes, people like me may have died just after they went to the battlefield," Sister Simoken smiled self-deprecatingly, "and becoming a mercenary means cutting off all connections with the past, which is really a bit too difficult."

"Is Mr. Kang Ting also a mercenary?"

"No, I'm not." It probably wasn't. Joel looked down at his hands, but he could indeed use some magical things that only mercenaries could use.

"Yes, after all, Mr. Kang Ting is still in contact with the past." Sister Simoken said with a chuckling.

Everyone was walking on the valley road at night. On both sides, you could vaguely see the bleak trees dancing in the wind, and the sound of leaves rustling endlessly. Two bright moons in the sky were shining, one red and one white, and stars were clustered around. The most conspicuous one was the cold gray cross star.

"I have never heard of that star." Sister Simoken said, looking up at the cross star in the sky.

"Didn't even the nun serving the holy tree recognize the stars?" Joel was a little surprised.

Sister Simoken shook her head, "This star has only appeared recently. This has never happened before. The number of stars in the sky has never increased. Legend has it that it has only decreased during the ancient war of the gods."

"Does a new star mean a new god appear?" The question asked was Anthony, who had come to the side of the house at some point. He smiled at Sister Simoken, "I heard from Olaf that you are a nun?"

"Yes." Sister Simoken replied politely, "I have never heard of the words of the new god you said, and this has never happened in history."

"If it weren't for the new god, would some old god have revived?" Anthony asked while thinking.

"The old gods resurrected? If you refer to the old gods in the battle of the gods, I think this is impossible. The evil old gods who helped the God King have been defeated by the gods, if they resurrected..."

"It means that the battle between the gods is about to start again," Anthony said more as if he was talking to himself, "It's still like this in heaven, and what's happening on earth." He said that, and then he showed a strange smile, "It's interesting and interesting. This is really a star of 'dispute'." As he said that, he walked away to himself.

"What a weird guy." Sister Simoken said uneasy.

The tired team had already walked on the valley road in the middle of the night. "We can rest when we reach the stone bridge ahead," the Alps announced. "I asked Xiao Qiao to wait for us there, and after we meet, we will go to Golden Falls together."

While they were talking, they had already seen the stone bridge and the carriage listening to the stone bridge from afar, but the carriage did not light up the lanterns or bonfires, and just stopped quietly in the night. "What's going on?" Olaf frowned, "Is Xiao Qiao already off the line? Or is she resting?"

"Let's go and take a look." Alps urged the horse to run faster, and he approached the carriage first, and the red-haired Lianda followed closely behind.

"What are you doing? It's obviously my bodyguard." Anthony followed up with dissatisfaction.

"I'll go over and take a look first." After Olaf finished speaking to Joel and Sister Simoken, he also urged the horse to rush over. Joel's horse was slower because it had two people. When Joel approached, the mercenaries had already gotten off the horse. They were surrounded by the carriage, surrounded by a gloomy and depressing atmosphere.

What's wrong? Joel wanted to ask, but he saw it as soon as he got closer. A corpse wrapped in a cloak leaned against the carriage, and the horse pulling the carriage disappeared. Joel turned over and got off the horse and walked over quickly. He lifted the curtain of the carriage, and there was no one inside. Only then did he see clearly who the corpse on the ground was - the strange-minded Xiao Qiao, who was dead.

Hermi Joel clenched his fists.

"What happened?" Sister Simoken was helped off the horse by Olaf, and exclaimed when he saw the corpse on the ground, "Miss Qiao?"

"Who did it?" Anthony frowned and murmured to himself. He was checking the wound. "The ribs were cut open. The fatal injury was a sword wound on the chest, which was caused by a broad sword. There were no other traces of struggle. It seemed that it was caused by a sneak attack..."

"Enough." Alpine said in a cold tone, "Stop talking."

Anthony also shut up.

Alps clenched his iron armored hand, "First it was an iron fist, but now even Xiao Qiao is like this..."

"Al, this is just a game. They..." Olaf looked at Joel and Sister Simoken beside him, "They are not dead."

"So what?" Alps stood up, "they are my friends, and I have no way of doing anything."

"Sir Al... don't, don't be so nervous, this is just a game." The red-haired Lianda said at a loss.

"Enough." Alps waved his hand, then turned around and climbed into the carriage, "Help me take care of me, I'm off the line. I'll ask Xiao Qiao who did it."

"What after I asked?" Olaf asked with a serious expression.

"Do you still need to ask?" Alps said with a smile, "kill them."
Chapter completed!