"Wow!"

After a short period of confusion, Ji Lan suddenly raised his head and looked at the little thorny wolf who was still standing motionless as if he had been petrified. He exclaimed: "Isn't it right? As long as you get the key, the mission is completed."

?You don’t even have to go back and resurrect with that elf uncle?!”

"..."

"Hey? Are you reporting back to the people in the organization or are you doing something else? Please give me a reaction."

Seeing that Little Thorny Wolf still had no reaction, Zhou Lan raised his hand and waved it in front of the latter's eyes.

"impossible……"

This time, Little Thorny Wolf finally made some movement, but it was just movement. Both his expression and eyes were still in some unknown chaos, just like when he met Musashi for the first time, he found that

Not only did the latter not beautify himself in the game, he even murmured, "Impossible, this is impossible... this is not true..."

"What's wrong? If you change your vest, you won't recognize me anymore?!"

This was Musashi's line when he saw Little Thorny Wolf's reaction, and then an old punch with a sixth-degree black belt level hit the latter's waist, forcibly bringing him back to reality.

However, Hirarashi is not Musashi, and he does not have a high-level monk profession, so even if he has this intention, it is impossible to distract the latter, not to mention...

"Hey, hey, hey, hey!"

Zhou Lan, who is not stupid at all, saw that the professional player in front of him, who had seen big winds and waves, and was somewhere between a gold-collar worker and a white-collar worker, suddenly changed into this kind of behavior. After thinking for a few seconds, he came up with a rather ridiculous idea.

, but the speculation that was the most suitable to explain Little Thorny Wolf's reaction, he asked cautiously: "Don't tell me that the system prompt that the first stage of the mission was completed just now has nothing to do with your Tokiwa Studio."

Little Thorny Wolf opened his mouth, but before he could speak, the system prompt sounded in their ears again...

[After calculation, your contribution in this large-scale regional task is 16700, and the team contribution ranks second. Please go to the corresponding NPC to settle the reward. 】

This is what Little Thorn Wolf heard.

The same thing is true for Hiran, except that his personal contribution is only 3800, and his team contribution is third after Little Thorn Wolf and the others.

To be honest, it actually doesn't matter, because in this task, as long as the team's contribution is not first, the rewards will be almost the same regardless of whether the final ranking is second or twentieth.

only……

"If we are third, does that mean..."

After Hiran murmured something in a tone that was not regretful, he suddenly turned his head and looked at the livid-faced Little Thorn Wolf next to him: "You, the Tokiwa Brigade, didn't just take second place, right?"

"That's right."

Little Thorny Wolf took a deep breath, turned to look at Zhou Lan, and said solemnly: "We took second place."

Although there were indeed speculations in this regard, after Little Thorny Wolf personally admitted their 'failure', Ji Lan still opened his eyes in disbelief and exclaimed: "It can't be that the kobolds have completed their mission.

Is that possible? It’s impossible. My friend said before that those kobolds couldn’t get enough food and salt, and all the people assigned there had their heads bruised and bleeding. Did she lie to me?!”

"No."

Little Thorny Wolf shook his head, clenched his fists and said bitterly: "If it was 'before', that friend of yours probably didn't lie to you, because the colleague I sent over there to keep an eye on him also said the same.

We talk to cavemen who can even use mission items as bargaining chips. Those kobolds can indeed be said to be 'unable to communicate'. They seem to be very, very exclusive."

Zhou Lan nodded slightly and asked, "What then?"

"It won't happen anymore. Human resources are very valuable these days, okay?"

Little Thorny Wolf opened the mission panel and quickly read the unrecognizable log while saying: "After confirming that the kobolds will basically not pose a threat to us, they came back to follow up on our side. You take the girl to hunt."

He watched the process of killing Yalong for half the afternoon."

Ji Lan was shocked at that time: "When we were killing monsters, your colleagues were watching from the side!?"

"I can't tell from the side."

Little Thorny Wolf, who gradually calmed down, smiled, shrugged and said, "But it's not that far away from you."

Zhou Lan felt a chill on his back and looked at Little Thorny Wolf in surprise: "Your studio is really a hidden dragon and a crouching tiger. Wait a minute, could the colleague you are talking about be some of the other Big Four..."

"Are you talking about Sister Kona, Brother Xiba and the others? You have thought too much. They are too busy. How could they come here to do this kind of mission? And even if we carry out the mission together, I will only be able to cooperate step by step.

Are they good?"

Little Thorny Wolf waved his hand, shook his head and said, "The colleague who went to monitor the situation over there is just a brother thief with little fighting ability."

"Are you lying to a fool?"

Zhou Lan rolled his eyes and hummed: "My high-level profession is [Wind Listener]. I am the best at detecting invisible units among the ranger professions. If any rogue player with no combat power can detect invisible units at close range,

If you deceived me within a short distance, then why are you trying to win me over? Hurry up and give me a promotion and a salary increase."

As a result, Little Thorn Wolf said seriously: "I'm not lying to you, that colleague's level is only about third-rate in our studio, but..."

Ji Lan looked at him suspiciously: "Just what?"

"Do you know what it means to specialize in a skill?"

Little Thorny Wolf shook his finger and said with a smile: "Although his game level is very average, and his intuitive 'combat ability' is even worse, my colleague who specializes in training his stealth level is a master in stealth.

Well, maybe he is not a master himself. He was assigned corresponding equipment by the studio and learned the relevant skills, but he can avoid the perception of you [Wind Listener]."

Ji Lan's reaction was very quick. When Little Thorn Wolf finished speaking, he was already wondering. He clapped his hands and said, "Is it serious about partiality?"

"You can say that."

Little Thorny Wolf smiled approvingly at Hiran.

"anyway……"

Hiran smacked his lips and returned to the previous topic: "Why are you not in a hurry? The duck you got has flown away, and you should have the task of the studio with you, right? Is it really okay to be so calm?"

Little Thorny Wolf laughed bitterly, shook his head and said: "It's not a question of whether it's better to be so calm, but it's not a matter of going crazy or going crazy, so it's better to be calm, at least not to lose your grace."

Zhou Lan also stood up and gave Little Thorn Wolf a thumbs up: "You have such a good attitude, you are worthy of being a professional player."

"This matter needs to be divided between people. Musashi is also a professional player. If it were her, she would be crazy."

Little Thorny Wolf showed a miserable expression, and then slowly walked out of the camp, while saying to Zilan who was following him: "And I haven't planned to give up yet. When I was chatting with you just now, I already did

Some arrangements have been made. Although this mission is considered a failure, there may not be any room for our intervention in the next stage."

Zhou Lan called Wuhu softly and asked curiously: "Only those with the highest team contribution will get extra rewards for this task. It is also a task of in-depth exploration. Now that you are destined to be second, what else can you do? Uh,

If it’s a trade secret, forget it.”

"This is not a secret, but rather than answering your confusion with words now, I would rather prove it to you with practical actions later."

Little Thorny Wolf stopped and waved to the two men, one woman and one shota who were waiting for him not far away. He turned to Zhou Lan and said with a smile: "By the way, have you decided to take action with us? Then

You're welcome, I'll go introduce you to those people now."

"ha?!"

Only then did Zhou Lan realize that he had led the little thorny wolf to the exit of the caveman settlement. He subconsciously jumped out and said with a dry smile: "Man, you are overthinking. I'm just going to see you off. I'll see you later."

Go back with the captain."

"Okay, then hurry up and see you later."

The little thorny wolf nodded slightly, and then walked quickly towards his companion not far away.

And Zhou Lan also rushed non-stop to the arrow tower that had just been completed less than three hours ago. He hurriedly found the fluorite and told the latter about the matter without revealing too much. The general meaning

My friend said that the key that the Archaeologists Association wants has been obtained. We no longer need to work as free labor for these cavemen. Let's go back and confirm the situation with your good friend.

Since the arrow tower has been completed, Yingshi did not raise any objections. He took Zhoulan and the other three rangers working here to say goodbye to the two caveman elders briefly, and then ran all the way to the two settlements.

Station of the Association of Archaeologists (Kobolds and Troglodytes).

The mission log is completely useless. The moment the system prompt is heard, all the contribution values ​​of the first stage in the panel disappear, and there is nothing left except a reminder that the player should not forget to receive the reward.

Therefore, neither Hiran nor Little Thorny Wolf knew what happened in the end, and what percentage of the final mission contribution of the first stage was made after the Viridian Guild spent all its capital.

In other words...a few hundred percent or a few hundred percent!?

In any case, this mission has become a mess, and although Hiran hasn't given up like Little Thorny Wolf, he doesn't want to miss this opportunity, so he urges Yingshi when it has nothing to do with him.

Go back with yourself.

On the way, in line with the principle of good friends making love together, Zhou Lan also sent a message to Ji Xiaoge. It probably meant that there was a big bully on your kobold side. Is there any inside story you can share? And

That professional player from the Tokiwa Guild has gone crazy and seems to be planning to launch a desperate counterattack. If you want to watch the excitement, quickly put down what you are doing and go to the Archaeologists Association’s station to chat with you!

Soon, he received a reply from his friend.

The reply is concise and concise: As for the inside story...well, we seem to be the big cows you mentioned, does that count?

Hiran: "???"

…

After one hour

Game time pm22:07

The outer suburbs of the Golden City, the temporary residence of the Archaeologists Association, inside the central building

Led by Mo Tan, the members are Ji Xiaoge, Yaya, Jadeka, and Anthony Dabbs. All the members of Wang Bawang's team are here, and Kasena, Lucie, Mika, Christina,

The beautiful girl mercenary group formed by Tatiana was also hanging out with them, chatting in groups of twos and threes while eating fruit snacks, and seemed to be enjoying themselves.

In addition to these people, Zordon Nightcrawler, the head of the Golden City Branch of the Archaeologists Association, and Colonel Mojin, the player under his command who is responsible for connecting with the Wangwang team, are also there.

Colonel Mojin was asking Lucie, who seemed to be very talkative, about the ins and outs of how several people obtained the keystone. His face was red with excitement and his whole face was radiant.

This is not difficult to understand, because the first person to acquire the keystone was the Wangwang Team, and Colonel Mojin himself is the perfect candidate for the Wangwang Team, so at least at this stage, he has made the greatest contribution within the association, and the reward will definitely be huge.

There will be less.

Zordon Nightcrawler, who was sitting behind the long table, was playing with the keystone in his hand while chatting with the two captains, Mo Tan and Kasena.

There are two main contents of the sky -

"As I said just now, Mr. Zordon."

Mo Tan took a sip of the cider that Zordon had just filled for himself, and said seriously: "We were able to borrow this key from Ms. Scarlett this time, in large part because of the beautiful girl mercenary group.

Without the help of Kasena and the others, we would not be able to get this anyway, so although it is very presumptuous, I still hope you can consider letting our two teams go together."

The above is the first important point.

Zordon nodded slightly, neither agreeing nor rejecting. He just looked at the keystone in his hand and smiled: "You just said that you want to find a way to resolve the 'curse' of the leader of the kobold tribe in the ruins. Although I am not

It’s clear, but does that mean we have to put in extra effort and take extra risks in subsequent exploration?”

This is the second important point.

"They have lent us their keys! You can't just do everything by yourself!"

Kasena patted the table hard, hugged her arms with a face that was both delicate and sexy, and had a heroic temperament, and said in a deep voice: "Brother Zordon, if you feel that you should also take care of exploring and finding solutions at the same time.

It’s too difficult to protect us as burdensome people by using the curse, so you can protect us indiscriminately. We sisters can take good care of ourselves.”

Zordon, who originally wanted to use this reason to get Kasena to retreat, frowned and hesitated for a while before shaking his head and saying: "It's inappropriate, it's inappropriate."

"What's wrong?"

Kasena, who was confident because someone was there, asked loudly.

"If you come with us to explore the ruins, the Archaeologists Association has an obligation to protect your safety."

Zordon scratched his thick hair and smiled bitterly: "But our budget for hiring experts is already very tight..."

“If it’s a budget, you don’t have to worry~”

A hearty voice came from outside. Everyone looked back and saw Little Thorny Wolf walking briskly into the cabin surrounded by his teammates. He smiled at everyone and then leaned slightly towards Zordon——

"If you are willing to take our Joban Brigade with you, before noon tomorrow, I can hire at least a hundred good people for the Archaeologists Association through personal connections at one-fifth of the market price. Not only does it not require a pension, but also

… Check out after the support task is completed.”
Chapter completed!