When Louison returned, I held the gold coins and went to a normal equipment store to buy Louison a set of silver-level equipment, and also bought a golden-level sword. The items sold by the system were always more expensive than the players' items. In total, it cost me 18 gold coins.
The remaining money, I bought 50 gold coins worth of magic crystals and some auxiliary materials. Then I hurriedly returned.
After exiting the teleportation array, I heard a chorus of curses: "This big liar, 'With Heaven in Conflict', come out! Damn it, you dare deceive me!" "This kid, don't let me see him again. I'll kill him once I see him!"
Many people were walking towards the teleportation array angrily, then leaving.
I didn't know what had happened. First, I ran to the resurrection point and stood there. Here and the teleportation array were both places where attacks were ineffective. I didn't want to be killed by the angry crowd.
I raised my voice and shouted loudly: "I'm 'With Heaven in Conflict', everyone, what's your problem, please say it!"
After shouting several times, everyone heard me and rushed towards me, squeezing me tightly in the center. Fortunately, neither the sword nor my fists did any harm to me. It was just the saliva they spat that was a bit disgusting. Louison was standing behind me, and he couldn't harm the player either. He could only help me block some of the attacks.
I smiled wryly: "Everyone, talk it out properly. This way, it can't solve the problem, can it?"
At this moment, a familiar voice rang out: "Then I'll talk to you nicely - nicely - you still recognize me, right!"
The crowd parted, and I followed the voice to look, and the one speaking was the deputy leader of the "Eagle Hunting Sect", "Wu Li Xie". However, the Eagle Hunting Sect had disbanded with the disappearance of the sect leader, and now he had no gang emblem on him.
Wu Li Xie said coldly to me: "You weren't the friend of that fantasy god? You issued an announcement asking us to come here, wasn't it to distract everyone and make the fantasy god safe? Unfortunately, I always remember your name!"
I shook my head helplessly: "Wu Li Xie, you've made a mistake. I'm not the friend of that wanted criminal. I was just coincidentally assigned the same mission as him last time. If I really were his accomplice and deceived everyone, why would I come back?"
Wu Li Xie snorted coldly: "You came back because you couldn't imagine we would come!"
I looked and saw that the monk, the strong man, the archer from the forest, and about a dozen other people who seemed to be former members of the Eagle Hunting Sect were also there behind him.
I tried to explain, but Wu Li Xie wasn't moved at all. He simply said coldly: "If you're a man, come out and fight us one-on-one!"
Oh, one-on-one fight? Do I really fear you? But why should I help the god of magic bear the blame?
At this moment, a tall middle-aged man stepped out. He had a strong appearance and a calm temperament. Among the many players, he could stand out immediately. He consciously also revealed his level: "Level 47."
The players' age range was getting wider and wider. It wasn't rare to see players in their early forties. However, it was quite rare to see a middle-aged person who had reached his level.
The middle-aged man's voice was loud: "Please be quiet and listen to me!"
The older people could control the situation. The young players in their teens and twenties immediately quieted down. I was fine. Although he seemed intimidating, I was 45 years old. Thinking back to when I was playing games, he was still a high school student. I couldn't help smiling.
The middle-aged man was stunned by my smile, but he didn't pay much attention. He continued to shout loudly: "I am the leader of the 'Columbine Mercenary Group', 'Columbine'! Many friends must have heard my name!"
However, the surrounding players seemed to have little reaction. Only the hundred or so members of the mercenary group he brought shouted together: "Hoo!"
Columbine continued: "This is 'With Heaven in Conflict', the announcement you issued, saying that the fantasy god might come here, right?" I couldn't get used to his slow speech, but I still endured it and nodded: "Yes."
"Then," Columbine said, "how did you come to say that?"
I replied, "It's based on the movement route of the Mythical Lawgiver. He never skips a village; he kills one village after another in sequence."
Columbine thought for a moment and said, "Such evidence is not sufficient. Do you have any other evidence?"
I sighed and said, "No. But this is a very obvious thing. If everyone doesn't believe me, I can only ask everyone to wait. The Phoenix has just destroyed the village of Caiyu and is coming here. It should take no more than three hours. Now, there might be less than two hours left. When the time comes, everyone will know the truth for sure."
Columbine thought for a while and turned to Wanli Shaolin: "You say that this conflict with Heaven and the Lawgiver is a friendship. What's the reason for that?"
Wanli Shaolin told her about my visit to the Lawgiver at the Tuiguan Sect and how I and two others rushed into the encirclement when the Lawgiver was surrounded. Of course, I also defended myself.
Ultimately, it was Columbine who suggested that we just wait and see if what I said would be confirmed. If the Lawgiver doesn't appear in the Lost and Sunset Village, it would prove that I was on the same side as the Lawgiver. From now on, all the heroes of the world would jointly kill me to level 0.
Now my heart tightened. Just a moment ago, I was hoping that the Lawgiver wouldn't come to the Lost Village. Now, I pray that he has appeared. If he suddenly changes his route and attacks elsewhere, I'm doomed.
Louison kept silent and didn't say a word behind me. Suddenly, I became worried. If the players really attacked me, he would surely protect me. I didn't want to kill another person again. And the village guards over there were too.
I asked Louison and the village guards to stay inside the resurrection point. I began to purchase stones from the players.
Now the players have reached a consensus. As long as I don't leave the village, they won't care about me. Wanli Shaolin and others just stared at me fiercely, without attacking.
I quickly started to build the magic pillar, but every three minutes, players from the Tuiguan Sect kept knocking on me, keeping me in combat mode and preventing me from logging out. It was so annoying.
White Feather was nowhere to be found. The Baxter brothers were hiding in the crowd. Judging from their looks, they were pretending not to recognize me. It was infuriating. The original players in the village didn't come out to talk to me. They just whispered to outsiders about my situation. However, in this situation, the only ones who would recognize me as a friend were probably the best brothers or the stupidest ones.
Being constantly harassed by these people, I couldn't use "heart in skill". The magic pillar failed again and again. Two hours later, I exhausted 30 gold coins of magic crystals and finally succeeded in building a "damaged magic pillar".
My master's magic pillar had an attack range of twenty feet, using electricity and fire magic alternately with an interval of 2 seconds, with a damage of 1000. As long as I was within this range, I wasn't too afraid of the Lawgiver. However, due to the expansion of the village, many houses were outside the magic pillar, and the Lawgiver's magic range also reached over ten feet. He could completely launch his magic from outside the range, and with the extremely low casting speed of the magic pillar, it couldn't intercept his magic.
My own magic pillar, targeting the Lawgiver's fire characteristics, used water and earth magic. The attack range was seven feet, with an interval of 4 seconds, and the damage was 400. It was really too bad.
The 30 gold coins weren't in vain. Using such advanced materials as magic crystals, my construction skills were upgraded to intermediate two. However, I had no mood to build the magic pillar anymore.
After eating something to reduce my hunger, I took out the steel bed and slept in front of thousands of players. There was no other choice. They wouldn't let me go home. So I just took a nap in the relaxation space to think of a way. Just a short while after falling asleep, I was forcibly awakened. In front of me were all the players with gloomy expressions. Columbine said sternly, "The battle against fate has been going on for nearly two and a half hours. The fantasy divine mage hasn't arrived yet. The scouts we sent out have gone as far as a hundred miles and haven't seen a trace of the phoenix. What do you say!"
I secretly groaned and thought, "This fugitive buys so much medicine every time he arrives at a place. It must be for his level advancement. He can't just wait for others to kill him at that level. You all know that he can pack over a thousand bundles of medicine. To use them up, it's probably going to take... "
Wulin Sha laughed coldly, "So, what do you mean? Are you telling us to wait here for a few days?"
Headache, fantasy divine mage, you really don't give me any credit.
I gritted my teeth, "Wait for another two hours. If he still doesn't show up, do whatever you want!"
Wulin Sha sneered coldly, "We have no patience left!"
Just as the crowd was about to attack me, suddenly I heard a shrill voice shout, "Everyone believe him, he's a good person!"
It was Chico. I don't know how much effort he put in to squeeze himself in front of me and stand in front of me, looking so righteous.
Wulin Sha frowned, "Chico? How do you prove that he's a good person?"
Chico shouted loudly, "I just know that he's my friend!"
The Flying Eagle Town people basically knew Chico. He was a guy who wouldn't let players kill monsters every day and had only one small pair of glasses, making it impossible for him not to remember. They also knew that this guy wouldn't lie. However, it was still impossible for them to believe me just because of Chico.
Just then, from the direction of the teleportation array, a girl's voice came again, "I also prove that he's a good person!"
The cry of the geese also came at the same time. It was Senorita. Looking at the little sister's flushed face, I felt a wave of emotion. Now, I really need to get understanding and trust. Although Chico and Senorita didn't know what had happened, their trust really moved me very much.
Wulin Sha frowned again, "Where did you come from? Why should we believe you?"
Senorita angrily said, "My brother can prove it. I never lie!"
Behind Senorita, dozens of people with eye-catching equipment appeared. The leader was a man with all precious-level equipment, handsome in appearance, with lightning-like eyes, scanning the entire scene and his voice clearly reaching everyone's ears, "I am the president of the 'Sea Sky Society', 'Laure'. Who dares to doubt my sister!"