Walking into the hotel this time, without Shura leading the way, Witt and Ayatsuji could finally take a good look at the people and things inside—
Dozens of adventurers sat scattered in the hotel. They were dressed the same as when they were captured, but their vigor had dissipated. Moreover, the fire lion tattoos of the Sarleon Guild on their bodies have all disappeared.
Witt stared at a character sitting near him. It was a boy of about twelve or thirteen years old, with short gray hair and freckles. His right hand was made of steel, and he was engaging with a red-headed The short-haired gunslinger girl speaks. Witt has a deep memory of this boy. When he assisted Shura Oniku and Ayatsuji to kidnap dozens of Sarleon members that day, only this adventurer had the image of a child.
The child noticed Witt's gaze, turned his face, and greeted him warmly: "My name is Gary, what's the matter?"
Only then did Witt realize his impoliteness, scratched his head, and asked: "It's nothing, it's just that you don't seem to have the tattoo of the Sarleon Guild on your body, it's just a little strange... I remember, you are all Sarleon A member of the guild?"
"That's right." The red-haired girl standing next to Gary replied first, "We were indeed members of the Sarleon Guild earlier, but after being brought here by Shura, we withdrew from the membership. By the way, my name is Diana .”
"Resigned? Have all the members of the Sarleon Guild here resigned?" Witt asked again.
"That's right, it's very simple to withdraw from the guild, as long as a drop of blood is destroyed on the guild's jade card, the relationship can be terminated. After we were brought here, Shura told us the current situation and situation, and we are naturally grateful to them It is also appropriate to withdraw from the meeting." Diana explained.
"The current situation and situation..." Ayatsuji just murmured after hearing this.
"Yes, in such troubled times now, Thor has controlled the kingship of the Manchester mainland, and also controlled the entire Sarleon Guild in a disguised form. This is clearly putting our safety at risk. In a world that cannot be resurrected, life-saving is of course the most important thing." The important thing is that we are lucky to be here." Diana said this to Ayatsuji.
Witt nodded and asked curiously, "Do you usually stay here just to eat, drink and have fun, waiting for the war outside to subside?"
"Of course not, is it very busy here?" This time Gary hurriedly replied, "Just look at the mission announcement on the wall over there!"
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Looking in the direction Gary pointed, Witt and Ayatsuji saw task kraft paper sheets densely pasted on the wall on the left hand side.
The two went up to take a look, and sure enough, the tasks on it were men farming and women weaving, building land and building houses, trading to make money and so on. Witt couldn't help commenting: "It turns out that in this hanging iron city, what we are playing is a cultivation game."
Witt naturally has no objections, but he has no interest in the tasks of growing vegetables and flowers, and the coolie tasks of building land and building houses are not interesting at all. Only a few of the tasks related to buying and selling have aroused his interest. One of the tasks, looking for a hundred silk flowers in exchange for a thousand gold coins, seemed the most clear and simple, so he raised his hand and picked it off.
Ayatsuji saw that Witt had made a choice, so he followed along and asked him to share the task with himself.
According to the description of the mission, the two immediately ran towards the northern edge of Hanging Iron City, which was the place where the silk flowers described in the mission description grew.
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Although the City of Hanging Iron was a boundless highland grassland when I first entered, I couldn't really feel the vastness of it. It wasn't until the two of them ran the mission that they really felt this.
It turns out that this city of iron that hangs deep in the high-altitude clouds and mist also has day and night. After running for a little while, the night shrouded the sky, but unlike the outside world, the sky here is full of stars. It can reflect the green and light blue of the grassland, and the blooming and scattered flowers and trees, making this night show a unique beauty and romance.
The two ran for a while among the flying flowers, and Witt couldn't help but stop and look up to appreciate the beautiful scenery, which made Ayatsuji, who was walking a few steps ahead, also stop.
"It's so beautiful." Witt couldn't help admiring, "I haven't seen such a beautiful and relaxing scene for a long time."
Ayatsuji followed his gaze to the sky, watching without saying a word, seemingly lost in thought.
"What are you thinking?" Witt stepped forward and asked the girl softly.
The girl sighed, and said softly: "I came here to escape the real world. I didn't expect that everything I saw in this continent of braves was more cruel than the real world. I haven't seen such a thing for a long time." It's a beautiful world... This is the world we expect, the world we want to escape from, isn't it?"
"Yes," Witt replied, "I understand 100 percent how you feel..."
That night, Witt and Ayatsuji lay casually on the grass, admiring the boundless starry sky and flying flowers, until the sky turned pale, until the light came from far away in the sky and shone on their faces and body...