This short journey at night did not trigger any possible tasks, but Xiao Yi kept this in mind when the old man said that. When looking for the main task, he must pay attention to any possible clues.

That night, Xiao Yi and Wang Dong were sleeping in the square. As soon as the dawn dawn came, the group of players were awakened. A team of fully armed soldiers outside the square, and the leader said in a high voice: "Imperial Decree, the commercial area square is not allowed to sleep in the square, leave here immediately!"

"Who are you? Just leave if you ask me to leave, why?"

"I'm going to pay the imperial decree. Wow, isn't it just a small city? It's probably about the same size as my hometown, haha!"

"It's so noisy, I'll sleep for a while!"

...

It is obvious that the local natives this time are not as friendly to players as the Taoyuan Village map last time. The arena system will adjust the attitude of NPC toward players based on the differences in each map. This is also a kind of difficulty. However, according to the summary of some people in the forum, in the Black Iron Arena, NPC and players are usually relatively harmonious, at least in the early stage. As for the later player behavior, as long as it does not interfere with the players, NPC will still stand with the players.

But the scene in the morning made many people a little confused. The fierce soldier captain didn't seem so easy to talk to. This commercial square was indeed completely occupied by players and used as a temporary base for camping. It was true that it affected normal commercial activities. But directly leading troops to drive people away made many people unhappy.

Some smart people immediately packed their tents and luggage and left quietly. Some people always felt superior when facing these virtual indigenous NPCs, and didn't want to compromise so easily, and they were stubborn and perplexed several times. Including verbal attacks, they didn't know who was the first to move. When the first smear of blood splashed all over the square, a brief silence appeared in the noisy square.

The dead man was one of the soldiers. I don’t know who quietly released the small fireball from behind, which hit the soldier’s head, and his entire head burst into a pool of blood on the spot.

"Idiot!" Many people couldn't help but curse in a low voice.

Xiao Yi was still eating breakfast slowly and watching the show. Until now, he frowned and pulled Wang Dong, who was still eating bread. He quickly walked outside.

"Brother Xiao, what's wrong with you? Wait, I haven't finished my bread yet!"

"Get out of here quickly!"

Not only Xiao Yi was the one who issued a similar warning, but with the intuition of the veterans, they didn't even care about the luggage they had not packed up. They only brought their own equipment and quickly spread out around them.

Wang Dong instinctively obeyed Xiao Yi's words, but while running, he couldn't help but wonder: "Brother Xiao, you don't think that those soldiers are going to kill people. First of all, don't you say whether you can beat us. And you haven't said that the Black Iron-level opportunity race has a characteristic. If you only do side missions before the main mission is released, there will definitely be no danger. The local natives are also friendly to us."

Xiao Yi said without looking back: "Yes, I said this. But the premise of this is that under normal circumstances, although I don't know what the arena wants to do, it is obvious that this opportunity match is a bit different. With a larger map range and a more complex map background, everything shows that the difficulty this time will be unprecedented! Just the second day after we arrived in the local area, no one even took the initiative to provoke the local natives, and they were actually sent to drive out soldiers. This is already very unusual!"

After running out for less than a hundred meters, screams and even more noisy noises came from behind. The clanging sound of weapons could be heard. Wang Dong immediately took a breath and realized that there was indeed a conflict behind him. He did not dare to neglect it immediately. He accelerated to leave the commercial area first.

Still staying in the square, there were at least half of the players who were still sleepy. They probably felt that these local natives could not easily attack them who had just arrived. They were deliberately delaying the time until one of the soldiers was killed. After a moment of silence, the captain of the soldier suddenly drew up the sharp knight's sword and sang: "Soldiers, kill these heretics for me!"

The conflict broke out suddenly, with this soldier team of about twenty or thirty people, and there were at least about a thousand players still in the square. In terms of strength, even if everyone spits and releases a small fireball, it is enough to bombard these soldiers until there is no waste.

At the beginning of the conflict, more than half of the soldiers died instantly, but when the captain in the leader drew out the knight's sword, an unknown halo spread out. All the players affected were shocked to find that they could no longer use their strength, the spell users could not mobilize their mental power to condense the spells, and the physical combatants found that the weapons in their hands were so heavy that they could not even lift them, or the pace became very slow.

It was as if they had lost all the strength to gain reinforcement from the arena in an instant. Although these soldiers themselves had ordinary strength, when facing more ordinary players, the armor and knight swords in their hands became big killers.

Under the bright sunshine, a cold atmosphere flowed over the square, which lasted almost a whole morning of fighting, and it did not end until noon. The square had already flowed into a river of blood.

Even if they lost the power they gained from the arena, there were also people who constantly train their bodies in reality. This physique was not deprived. Relying on the advantage of numbers, they could barely deal with it, at least they could fight and run while fighting, but soon more soldiers rushed out of the streets.

Their armor is different from these patrol soldiers. The new silver-white armor is tattooed with an animal similar to a dragon eagle, and the knight's sword in his hand also shines with magical light. This is a sign of rare level equipment. If someone has investigated the basic situation of Brada City, it will be clear that these people belong to the core military force of the city, the Royal Guard!

As a country with only one city size, it may be very difficult to call it an empire, but in terms of military power, Brada City definitely has a proud army. The military system is divided into two types. One is the patrol guard I just saw, responsible for ordinary security trivial matters, probably similar to the police; the other is the Royal Guard. Usually, the Royal Guard will only appear in the palace area. The Royal Guard is not many, but they are all elite among the elite.

...

After the Royal Guard appeared, the battle in the square was becoming more and more unfavorable to players. Many people saw that the situation was not good, and they had already escaped in advance. After all, relying on the advantage of the large number of people, the Royal Guard could not capture everyone. What's more, many smart people took off their equipment and dressed up as ordinary residents and mixed into the nearby streets and alleys. The citizens of this city are multiracial, with white skin and yellow skin, so it is difficult to tell.

Many people thought of this method of dressing up as an ordinary citizen. When Xiao Yi and Wang Dong were passing by the commercial area, they took out a rare-level short sword from the storage ring and sold it to a weapon shop. Although the profiteer with a fat face probably saw that Xiao Yi was an outsider, he lowered the price a lot, bargained it briefly, and finally sold it with 100 imperial gold coins.

Although I don’t know the local prices, I can’t think of it and know that Xiao Yi must have lost a lot. However, when this is imminent, Xiao Yi is too lazy to care about anything.

Later, I bought two very ordinary clothes in the clothing store, spending a total of 10 imperial gold coins. After the two changed, they basically couldn't see the difference with the locals at all. Of course, if they were talking, there were still many loopholes. The equipment they took off was a problem. Fortunately, Xiao Yi had a storage ring, although there was not much space, after discarding some irrelevant ordinary-level props, the equipment of the two could barely be stuffed in.

After all this, the two of them relaxed and found a wine shop and ordered two plates of barbecue. The flavor of the city was still very suitable for their taste. Compared to the cold and hard bread they brought, they were indeed more interested in meat.

During the meal, they gradually learned about the follow-up situation in the square from the conversation between other diners. Especially when they heard the blood flowing, they both looked at each other in shock.

The number of participants in this opportunity tournament is about 2,000, less than 3,000. From the descriptions from others, it is hard to imagine how many players died in this battle that lasted for a whole morning. Is it hundreds or thousands?

Although there is a probability of casualties in the opportunity tournament, it is unheard of for so many deaths like this one that you will die the next day after entering the map, at least in the competitions that everyone experienced in the forum has never had before.

"Luckily we can go!" Wang Dong patted his chest with fear and said in a low voice: "It's true that Brother Xiao is right!"

As for Wang Dong's only summarizing that he was obeying his words, Xiao Yi could only shake his head and smile, but his brows frowned even tighter. He was not a person like Wang Dong who could not think. This battle was full of weirdness. Although the players who stayed in the square had different strengths, the number of people was there, and there must be many high-equipped people who were defeated so quickly. Before understanding the reason, Xiao Yi had to temporarily avoid the edge and not actively conflict with the other party.

It is worth mentioning that after the morning battle, all the players who were still alive found that the progress of the world mission had reached 15%!

This makes many people speechless. Could it be that letting the player die is also one of the tasks?

Moreover, so far, there is no trace of being issued in both the main mission and the side mission. Compared to the Taoyuan Village map on the field, this opportunity match is simply a strange thing that is not enough to be figured out. (To be continued...)
Chapter completed!