Three minutes later, Amber rubbed her head and stood in front of Gao Wen with resentment: "I'll just joke with you, do you really knock it..."

Gawain rubbed his fingers and said casually: "I am used to knocking Rebecca, but I am not very used to your unscathed brain..."

When Amber heard the other party's attitude, she knew that her plan to take the opportunity to pay for medical expenses was vain. She raised her eyelids and looked at Gao Wen: "By the way, what was going on you just now? I suddenly fell asleep - don't say that it was meditation. Although I am not a wizard, I have never seen meditation."

Gao Wen rubbed his forehead and recalled his experience in the spiritual network in his mind. He suddenly looked up and asked, "How long have I 'slept' this time?"

"...about an hour?" Amber rolled his eyes and thought, "Hey, don't change the subject, I'll ask you the serious matter..."

"Is it only an hour..." Gao Wen frowned slightly, "The ratio seems to be different from the passage of time last time... Is it the deepest level of the network, the slower the flow of time?"

Then he denied this imprudent statement in his mind: it should not be said that the flow of time has changed, but that the speed of the human brain in the virtual world and the subjective time feeling are different from reality. This "acceleration" phenomenon is very common in dreams...

Amber saw that Gao Wen never paid attention to her. Instead, she muttered alone and seemed to be in the middle of thinking. She suddenly puffed her cheeks a little angry, but she did not continue to disturb her. Instead, she quietly waited for Gao Wen to come back to her senses. She had already discovered that Gao Wen was a little distracted and in a trance. This abnormal mental state was probably related to the "meditation" that hour before. Although Amber was usually careless and reckless, she could still distinguish between priorities at critical moments.

After a moment, Gao Wen came to his senses. He looked at the Amber in front of him, and after a brief hesitation, he chose not to tell the other party about the spiritual network.

It was not that he did not trust this half-elf girl, but for the sake of safety, the Eternal Sleeper's methods were strange, and there were also many "divine-like techniques" that affected other people's minds without knowing it without knowing it. Those cultists are now temporarily shocked by him and dare not attack him, but it is not guaranteed that there will be a few people with a genius in the cult to spy on the memories of the people around him. So until he is fully confident, he cannot reveal the fact that he has successfully invaded the Eternal Sleeper's spiritual network.

"I'm doing something very confidential and need to occasionally enter this special 'dormant' state," Gao Wen said to Amber. "One day I will tell you this secret, but I can't tell you the moment."

Amber curled his lips: "I'm so nagging."

Gao Wen's answer did not explain anything. Amber knew that the "old rice dumpling" he dug out might be conspiring to plot against something. And judging from his silence and carefulness this time, the scale of the calculation this time might be larger than ever.

She was curious, but she decided not to ask.

Gao Wen nodded when he saw Amber's expression: As he knew, Amber, who seemed careless, also had her unique intelligence and rationality, and this half-elf girl would not continue to worry about this issue.

"You help me get the acceleration track drawings that I didn't finish last time, right in the cabinet next to the bookshelf on the left," Gao Wen stretched and adjusted his sitting position behind the desk. "I suddenly realized in my sleep just now, thinking of something that needs to be modified..."

"What does epiphany mean? And looking at your tired face, do you make sure you don't need to take a break? Are you going to continue drawing the drawings?"

"I have to draw it quickly, otherwise Carmier and Nicholas Egg will do useless work..."

Amber kept muttering: "I'll tell you if you die suddenly if you die suddenly... I'll dig a hole for you if you die suddenly. Then your two granddaughters may not raise my wages..."

Gao Wen looked puzzled: "Why are you so persistent about waiting for me to die and dig a hole for me?"

"Nonsense, I dug you out, and I have a beginning and end to do things..."

Gao Wen felt that he had knocked lightly just now - although this half-elf's head was not as hard as Rebecca, her mouth was really worth sucking!

At the same time, in the eastern part of the extension of the Dark Mountains, the border town "Cedar Town".

This town is one of the few market towns on the border between Ansu and Tifeng. The people of Tifeng established it two hundred years ago and used it as a place for hunters, merchants and soldiers on the border. The development of the two hundred years has not made the town prosperous. Instead, because the relationship between Tifeng and Ansu has deteriorated in recent decades, the town has become desolate and tense.

Winter nights always come early. Under the dim sky, the small market town is covered with snow that fell a few days ago. The snow in many places has turned into mud due to human and animal trampling, making the streets of the town become more dirty and dilapidated. There are few pedestrians on the deserted streets. At this moment, the few permanent residents are staying at home to avoid the severe cold and north wind outside. In addition to the patrol soldiers of the Tifeng Empire, there are only mercenaries and armed men dressed by adventurers. The latter also seems to be in a hurry and will not stay on the street for too long - that is easy to cause trouble.

Since the relationship between the two countries fell to freezing point, the business and travel on this line have almost been cut off, and the town's most important economic pillar has been hit hard. In addition to the frost and snow this winter, East Wolf Castle has issued a ban on hunting in the south and west forests, and life has become increasingly difficult. Apart from soldiers, the only ones who can wander around the streets at this time are the only "desperate" who gather here to make a living while fighting.

Mercenaries and free adventurers are not much different from those of the ordinary people.

The only tavern in the town is the only lively place in this place. Before nightfall, bright lights were lit here - semi-solidified ointment made of stone-burning powder mixed with animal oils is a new thing brought by the Imperial soldiers from the east. This ointment emits an unpleasant smell when it burns, but its bright and lasting light and low price are very popular among the lower classes.

Under the bright light of the "greasing lamp", the mercenaries and adventurers in the tavern gathered together in groups, holding the bubbled inferior ale wine and drinking happily, chatting and laughing loudly, not caring about the various odors in the tavern - all kinds of disgusting odors permeate this chaotic space, even the strange smells burning when the petroleum ointment burns have no sense of existence here.

In this chaotic and noisy environment, the door of the tavern was suddenly pushed open, and a tall figure in a cloak flashed into the tavern and walked straight to the bar.

The cold wind poured into the room with the opening and closing of the wooden door. Several mercenaries sitting near the door cursed, while others' eyes fell on the man in a cloak. When the man in a cloak sat down at the bar and took off his hood to reveal a beautiful elf's face, a few whistles immediately came from all directions.

The beautiful elf hunter casually waved his hand back, and a few flying knives were accurately nailed to the table in front of every whistleblower. Then with her hand, all the flying knives returned to her hand under the guidance of magic.

The extraordinary person has a high level and is in a bad mood.

After confirming these three elements, everyone in the tavern quickly put their positions in the right place. Those who should drink will continue to drink, those who should blow the same thing will blow the same thing. Those who should sift sift sift sift sift sift sift sift sift sift sift sift sift sift sift sift sift sift sift sift

The owner of the tavern behind the bar just looked at all this coldly, and after the new customer sat down, he stepped forward and asked, "Or beer?"

This elf has been here once, although he only came once, as a tavern owner, he must remember the other person's appearance - not to mention that this is a very powerful guy, so he cannot be ignored.

"Beer," said the elf hunter in a very magnetic voice, her blonde hair hanging down from both sides of her cheeks, blocking some of her face, but she could still see that she looked a little gloomy, "I will compensate for the damaged table."

"Don't worry, there will always be someone stabbing a knife on it anyway," said the tavern owner with a smile, and pushed the big wooden cup full of beer in front of the huntress. "Why, I didn't pass the level?"

"The martial law is coming," said the hunter unhappy, "and he actually started asking for the East Wolf Castle pass..."

The tavern owner smiled: "After all, the situation is tense."

"But before, wasn't you able to pass the level by holding mercenary documents or recent employment certificates?" The huntress raised her eyelids, "When will you still need the proof of East Wolf Castle?"

"This is the rule that has just begun recently," the owner of the tavern is not a mercenary or adventurer, but he is in his business, especially on the border, who opens a tavern next to East Wolf Castle. He must be well-informed. "It is said that because East Wolf Castle was attacked, those imperial soldiers began to block the levels..."

"Attack?" The huntress's eyebrows immediately raised, "Did you start a war with Ansu?"

"That's not," the answer was not the tavern owner, but an adventurer sitting nearby. The adventurer looked very enthusiastic - or perhaps simply wanted to get close. He held his wine glass and moved to the female elf with his face with a look of "I know the inside story" on his face. "It is said that he was attacked by a human-shaped monster that he had never seen before... East Wolf Castle suffered a lot of losses, and even the fortress walls cracked, and the general there issued martial law orders. Now all the checkpoints on the entire border are very strict..."

"Human-shaped monster!" The female elf finally showed a surprised expression, "What's the specific one? Where did the monster come from?"

The adventurer who came over to get close to him did not expect that he had really succeeded in arousing the interest of this beautiful elf who seemed difficult to deal with. He clumsyly concealed his smugness, while continuing to say with the expression "I know the inside story": "It is said that it ran out of the dark mountains, a monster released from the Ansu Kingdom... but some people say that it ran out of the wasteland of Gondor..."

“…There’s a big problem now…”
Chapter completed!