Chapter 543 Extra: Adventures in the Virtual Teaching Country (16,000 Words, Read with Caution)

Chapter 543 Extra · Adventures in Virtual Teaching Country (16,000 words, read with caution)

1

After listening to the solo live concert held by the Lexington sisters for him, Lin Lan went to the amusement park on the artificial island with the idol sisters the next morning.

As expected, the former amusement facilities here have been converted into a medieval classical theme park overnight.

Like the pointed white tower, the suspended glowing crystal, and the moss-covered church...

He looked around and everything here was full of the colors of the European magical world, making him feel that he had really traveled to the Teaching Country again.

If it weren't for the barbarians wearing knight armor and holding silver spears taking photos with the little lolita of the Fletcher-class destroyer.

"Commander~ Come and see what little Gaga and sister are wearing~"

After arriving here, Saratoga and Lexington also changed into distinctive clothes in the Teaching Country store that specializes in selling clothes.

Hearing Xiao Jiajia's excited voice, Lin Lan, who was waiting for them at the store entrance, turned and looked at the store entrance.

At this time, the pink-haired White Eagle idol sisters both wore the same silver skirt armor.

They had leather scabbards hanging around their waists, and their pink hair was tied into ponytails with silver headdresses.

But compared to Mrs. Lexington, who had a shy and gentle smile and a perfect and tall figure, the short Xiao Jiajia looked very cute in this outfit, and didn't look like a knight at all.

Instead, she looked more like a naughty kid who was ready to make trouble at any time on Halloween night.

"How should I put it, Xiao Jiajia, you may be more suitable for the clothes of the mage profession, which can highlight your cuteness."

After the two walked in front of her, Lin Lan smiled and reached out to touch the head of the pink-haired little Loli aircraft carrier, saying jokingly.

"Hehe, Xiao Jiajia has been a mage for a long time. He also has a heart for close combat!"

Saratoga didn't seem to understand the meaning of Lin Lan's words at all. Instead, she raised her silver breastplate and smiled at him triumphantly.

After hearing what Xiao Jiajia said, Lin Lan thought about it and realized that the carrier girls usually stayed behind the fleet like the wizards and released powerful carrier-based aircraft air strikes.

Unless the enemy ships broke into the back row, the carrier girls really didn't have any chance to fight in close combat.

Well, after all, as the old saying goes, wizards often have a heart for close combat.

Xiao Jiajia was lively by nature, and it was rare for him to cosplay as a knight this time, so he didn't dissuade Xiao Jiajia from changing clothes.

"Well, Commander, don't you consider changing into clothes that are more in line with the atmosphere here today?"

The three continued to walk into the interior of the teaching country theme park.

Lexington looked at the White Eagle companions around him who were already wearing cosplay clothes, and asked Lin Lan with some curiosity.

Today, Lin Lan is still wearing his iconic white commander uniform.

And what Lexington said also made Lin Lan, who had just waved and said hello to the Baltimore sisters, look thoughtful.

Indeed, his current clothes seem to be very inconsistent with the atmosphere here.

But this can't be blamed on him.

He didn't expect that when Akashi and Ariel and the others built the theme park in the virtual world, they would also decorate the surrounding real world so realistically.

It can only be said that the production efficiency of Manju and the Rubik's Cube Energy Robot is too strong. In just three days, this place has completely changed.

"It's not a big problem. Anyway, we will enter the virtual world later. I will definitely change clothes when the time comes."

Lin Lan said to the pink-haired big sister next to him, and Lexington's face also showed some expectations.

The theme park in the virtual world...what will it look like?

"Commander! Sister! Come and see this, it's so beautiful!"

At this time, Xiao Jiajia's excited voice came from behind them.

Lin Lan and Lexington turned around and saw that Little Gaga was standing in front of a stall selling a variety of souvenirs set up by a street vendor.

Little Gaga held a colorful magic crystal ball in her hand, and looked at them with a happy smile on her cute little face:

"Commander, come and help me pick some souvenirs!"

Lin Lan and Lexington looked at each other and walked over together with a smile.

It was still early, so there was no need to rush to the central area of ​​the theme park.

After choosing a bracelet souvenir made of blue crystal for Lexington, the three of them followed the road signs made of wooden signs, passed through the streets of buildings that were created to look like they were in the past, and came to the square in the center of the theme park.

In this spacious square with suspended crystals and a huge leather tent, Lin Lan saw the small profiteer Mingshi waving at him at a glance.

"Commander! Meow here!"

The little profiteer Akashi, dressed in a purple robe like a gypsy fortune-telling witch, was sitting on a wooden chair in front of the huge tent with his kitten ears shaking with a smile.

There was also a crystal ball on the table in front of Akashi, which was a complete show.

Lin Lan smiled and walked forward with the Lexington sisters. After greeting Akashi, she asked:

"You said in the text message you sent me this morning that you specially arranged a script adventure for us in this virtual world playground today?"

"Meow hum~ This is a special opening-limited project specially prepared for Commander, Commander, please look forward to it."

This green-haired kitten has an evil smile on its cute face, and it really looks like a divination witch.

However, there was some hesitation on Lin Lan's face.

Based on his understanding of Akashi, the more this profiteer pretends to be mysterious, the more likely he is to create some tricks for him.

"Commander, we must experience it. It should be very interesting."

When Saratoga heard what Akashi said, her curiosity was aroused by the success, so she pulled Lin Lan's clothes and said.

Well, even though this little profiteer often gets into trouble, Lin Lan also knows that this virtual world amusement park is sponsored by technology provided by Xinghai Base.

He believed that Memphis and Princeton would not let Akashi act recklessly, and Ariel would definitely ensure the safety of the virtual world.

What's more, since Little Gaga is so interested in the adventure of this script, how could he refuse again?

"In that case, let's experience it."

"But I also promised Essex that I will enter this virtual world amusement park with the sisters today. Let's wait for them here first."

After Lin Lan agreed to this script adventure, he also remembered that he woke up from Lexington's arms this morning and found that there were seven more missed calls from Essex on his phone.

He had promised to go on a virtual world adventure with Essex before. It was obvious that Dumpling was very anxious and couldn't wait to come to the virtual world and be a heroine.

He originally made an appointment with Dumpling to meet here, but on the way here, although he saw many White Eagle ship girls, he did not see Dumpling and the others.

"Commander, you said Essex and the others, meow? Hum, they are waiting for you in the virtual world now, meow, you will see them when you go in, meow~"

Hearing what he said, the little profiteer... no, it should be the little witch Akashi proudly pointed to the entrance of the huge tent behind her:

"This scripted adventure will be very interesting, Meow. In addition to them, there will be other surprise NPCs waiting for Commander Meow."

After that, Akashi took out a crystal clear crystal ball from his robe, closed his eyes seriously, and said in a mysterious background introduction tone to him, Lexington, and Little Gaga:

"For those who are chosen by fate, a holy sword once left by the gods appears in the great forest. However, over the long years, this holy sword has been contaminated by the evil spirits in the forest."

"Please follow the guidance of the gods and bring back the contaminated holy sword... Meow."

Hearing the last word "meow" that seemed to be forced out of control, Lin Lan and Little Gaga both chuckled.

It seems that even if he reads the script, Akashi can't change his habit of speaking.

Now that he knew that the Essex sisters had entered the virtual world and were waiting for them, Lin Lan nodded with the two white eagle idols beside him and walked into the tent together.

As for the surprise NPC Akashi mentioned, he wanted to see what kind of surprise it could bring him.

When Akashi watched the three people enter the tent, he immediately put the crystal ball back into his sleeve, took out a communicator, and said excitedly:

"Everyone, the Commander and the Lexington sisters have entered the virtual world, and the script is about to begin."

"I hope you all have a good time today, meow!"

two

The moment Lin Lan walked into the tent, he felt that the scene around him began to blur. Within a few seconds, he felt that everything around him fell into darkness.

Having had the experience of entering the virtual world in Hengyue City, he soon realized that he was now in the process of entering the virtual world consciously.

Unexpectedly, the huge tent just now was the entrance to the virtual world.

He turned around and looked, and sure enough, Lexington and Little Gaga had disappeared.

But he was not panicked.

Since Akashi has said that this is an adventure script, he will definitely get together with the two White Eagle idols in the virtual world.

He didn't wait long before he felt the original darkness around him suddenly dissipate quickly.

The noisy street hawking and the rolling sound of wooden carriage wheels gradually sounded around him.

The next second, the darkness in front of his eyes suddenly disappeared.

Lin Lan suddenly discovered that a fruit shop built from a wooden shed appeared in front of him.

He quickly looked around and found that he was standing on the street of a very lively town.

The architectural styles on both sides of the street are two or three-story European-style tiled houses or wooden houses, which are essentially different from modern Oran.

What surprised him most was that the carriages on the streets of this small town were not pulled by horses, but by a strong brown lizard that walked upright like an ostrich, dragged a long tail, and was covered in scales.

In addition, the styles of clothes worn by passers-by on the street are also very different from those of Oran people.

Most of the passers-by were wearing clothes woven from tawny or gray coarse cloth, and they were obviously ordinary town residents.

In addition to these ordinary residents, other people's clothing and equipment are different in their own way.

There are lean men with knives on their waists and wearing leather armor like thieves, as well as old magicians holding long staffs and wearing gray robes.

He even saw many strong men carrying giant swords on their backs, with their joints protected by armor, as well as masked assassins wearing revealing clothes and carrying two short daggers at their waists.

With just a glance, Lin Lan could see all kinds of professions that he thought would only appear in the magical world.

"So this is the scenery of the town in the Teaching Country... I wonder how much Akashi's simulation is restored."

He lowered his head and looked at his clothes while talking to himself.

As expected, his clothes had been changed into a set of capable leather clothes suitable for hiking, which perfectly blended into the atmosphere here.

On his right index finger, there was a metal ring.

Lin Lan raised his hand and looked at the ring carefully.

If it follows the traditional script, this should be the magic storage ring of the Teaching Country.

He touched the ring, and just as he expected, a sheepskin scroll sealed with a ruby ​​clasp appeared out of thin air in his right hand.

He unbuttoned the scroll and unfolded it to take a closer look.

It turned out that this scroll was a task commission from the headquarters of the Mercenary Association of the King's Capital of the Teaching.

This is an S-level task.

The mission content was almost the same as what Akashi had told him before. It was to ask the trustee to go to the depths of the Black Forest and bring the contaminated holy sword back to the capital.

After reading the mission content, a memory that seemed to come out of nowhere was inserted into his mind.

He, Lin Lan, as the leader of a high-level mercenary group with several powerful members, took on this mission in the capital.

He led the members to trek for dozens of days and came to this remote town adjacent to the Black Forest.

"How can I describe the character assigned to me? It seems that there is really nothing wrong with it."

After coming back to his senses from this short memory that served as an introduction, Lin Lan shrugged and smiled.

As a commander, it was reasonable for him to be assigned the role of the leader of the mercenary group. At least he was not assigned an inexplicable teacher identity by Ariel like last time.

He looked back at the scroll in his hand and turned it over.

On the back of this parchment scroll, in addition to the hand-painted simple forest map, it was also specially noted that his members could not use powers that did not belong to this world, but they were all given corresponding professional abilities.

Obviously, this was to make it clear to him that the Eagle Ship Girls could not use ship suits.

Lin Lan was not surprised at all.

After all, if the ship girls could use ship suits, then this script adventure would be too boring.

However, he himself did not have this restriction. After all, the power of the brave was placed in the magical teaching country, which was probably not cheating.

He was very curious about what the professional abilities given to the ship girls would be?

Lin Lan put the parchment scroll back into the ring with anticipation.

According to his memory just now, his mercenary group members were waiting for him in a tavern.

But he really didn't know where this tavern was.

Maybe this was a script task that required him to solve a puzzle?

Just as Lin Lan was thinking about this question, he turned around and planned to find a passerby to ask where the tavern in the town was...

Suddenly, a heroic voice came from the fruit stand behind him:

"Hey young man, do you want to eat an apple?"

This devilish title scared Lin Lan immediately, and he quickly turned to look at the fruit stand behind him, looking for the owner of this familiar voice.

At some point, a handsome proprietress wearing a linen shirt and linen trousers and a straw hat was sitting on the fruit stand that was originally empty.

And the familiar face of the proprietress with brown and yellow hair made him call out her name almost instantly:

"Nevada? Why are you selling fruit here... No, when did you appear behind me?"

That's right, this fruit stand proprietress, who could hardly hide her attractive figure even if she was wearing the most ordinary cloth shirt, was the White Eagle battleship, Nevada.

"Oh? Young man, how did you know my name? Do you have the magic of time travel and set my sister's place as a save point?"

"If so, then this is the nth time you have seen my sister, hahaha!"

Nevada laughed heartily and stood up from the bench of the fruit stall, throwing the red apple in his hand to Lin Lan.

"What the hell is going on...but I roughly understand it."

After Lin Lan took the apple, he had already guessed that Nevada in front of him should be one of the so-called surprise NPCs in the script prepared by Akashi.

So the so-called surprise NPCs are all played by the White Eagle Ship Girls themselves?

And the location of the tavern, he might just ask Nevada.

But according to the experience of the scripts or games he had played before, he had to find a way to make this "NPC" Nevada happy first.

After sorting out all this, Lin Lan no longer bothered about why Nevada was here. He smiled and asked the beautiful fruit stand owner jokingly:

"Okay, then, this handsome lady owner, did you see where my mercenaries who are as beautiful as you went just now?"

Nevada was obviously overjoyed by his words and smiled happily.

So the handsome fruit stand owner raised her hand and pointed to a store with a wine glass billboard across the street:

"Young man, your members are resting in the tavern across the street. Since you praised me so much... Sister, pack a bag of apples for this young man."

Halfway through Nevada's words, he turned to the wooden door ajar on the wall behind the fruit stand and shouted.

Then, like Nevada, Oklahoma, also wearing Teach State-style clothes, walked out.

"Hehe, where did this handsome guy come from? Sister, you won't be fascinated by him~"

Although Oklahoma, a high-challenged battleship girl with short white hair, said so, her blue eyes were always focused on Lin Lan, with a happy smile on her face.

"That's for sure. This handsome young man is a heartthrob at first sight. There are probably many girls who are jealous of him."

Nevada made no secret of her love for Lin Lan, which made Lin Lan blush immediately.

Such a direct attack really made him a little ashamed.

Soon, Oklahoma quickly packed him a large bag of apples from the basket on the fruit stall.

When he saw that Oklahoma had already filled the bag with apples and wanted to stuff a few more into it, he quickly stepped forward and spoke to stop this battleship girl whose behavior was inconsistent with her personality:

"None of you are doing this kind of business. If everyone delivers fruit to others like you, all the fruit stalls will close down that day!"

After being reminded like this, Oklahoma smiled sweetly and handed the bag of apples to his hand.

"Then I'll leave first, you guys..."

"It's okay for us to command... Young man, go and start your mission. After getting rid of the contaminated holy sword, we can have a better harvest of fruits."

Facing Lin Lan's farewell, Nevada, who almost spilled the beans, quickly changed his words and also mentioned the Holy Sword to him.

Lin Lan looked at Nevada's face, walked forward with a smile, hugged them one by one and thanked them, then took the apple and waved goodbye to these two ordinary fruit stall owners.

Following Nevada's guidance and walking through the busy streets, he soon arrived at the door of this pub, which seemed to be doing a very prosperous business.

During this period, he also took out the apple, put it in his mouth and took a bite.

The crisp and sweet taste that entered his mouth told him that even in the teaching country of the virtual world, the taste of apples was the same as that of Blue Star and Oran, and there was no change.

three

The tavern in front of Lin Lan was decorated in a similar style to many medieval fantasy games he had played. It could be said that it perfectly matched his imagination of a tavern in a magical world.

After finishing the apple in his hand, he stepped forward and pushed open the wooden door. Two very innocent and lovely girl waiters in black and white lace skirts came towards him.

"Welcome to the New Orleans Tavern! What would you like to order?"

Lin Lan took a closer look and found that these two girls were indeed his acquaintances, and both were waiters cosplayed by his White Eagle Ship Girl.

New Orleans-class heavy cruiser No. 6, Quincy, a gentle pink-haired girl.

And the New Orleans-level youngest sister, the cute blue-haired lazy girl with twin tails, Vincennes.

"I'm not ordering. I'm here to find the members of the mercenary group. Kun...cough, two lovely waitresses, have you seen where they are?"

Lin Lan saw these two cute heavy duty waiters winking mischievously at him, so he suppressed a smile and pretended not to recognize them and asked.

"This guest...if he comes to the New Orleans Tavern without spending money, we will not be able to provide you with any information. This is the rule set by the store manager."

Hearing Vincens answer him in a lazy tone, Lin Lan also realized that it seemed that this was going to end the plot again.

But after groping for a long time, he found that he didn't even have a penny on him.

"No, after all, I am also the leader of a high-level mercenary group. Why don't I even have a copper plate on me..."

Lin Lan complained in his heart, constantly thinking about how he should solve his urgent needs now.

At this moment, his eyes were suddenly attracted by the apple in his hand.

"Um...I don't have any money with me right now. Two lovely ladies, can I exchange this bag of apples for a cup of ordinary beer in your store? Will it be counted as consumption?"

Lin Lan handed the apple in front of the pink-haired girl Quincy and asked with a smile.

"Well, although according to the rules of the store, this is usually not allowed, but, but..."

Seeing that no guests around him noticed this, Quincy suddenly blushed and quickly moved in front of Lin Lan:

"For example, if your guest is willing to give me and Vincens a hug, we will take you to your group members."

Lin Lan's eyes widened. He did not expect that Quincy, who had always been shy, would actually make this request to him.

But the two girl waiters in front of him were so cute, so it was entirely his fault.

As a result, Lin Lan held the two fleshy patrol girls in his arms and enjoyed double the pleasure at once.

"It seems that this guest has a philanthropic character~"

After letting go of the two girls, Vincennes smiled and teased Lin Lan in a naughty tone.

Quincy, on the other hand, was so shy that he covered his red cheeks with his hands, and was too shy to look at Lin Lan again.

Seeing the completely opposite attitudes of the two White Eagle heavy cruiser ladies, Lin Lan coughed twice and did not refute Vincens' joke.

Who told him that he was truly philanthropic?

After Quincy finally calmed down his shy emotions, Lin Lan entered the tavern with the two waiters.

Vincens also told Lin Lan where the members of his mercenary group were today:

"Your team members are all in the private room upstairs."

Lin Lan followed Vincennes and Quincy to the private room upstairs and passed through the lively tavern hall on the first floor.

And he also met three heavy patrol girls in New Orleans, Astoria and San Francisco.

As a New Orleans-level eldest sister, New Orleans, a tall and slender lady with nickel gray short hair, was wearing a long dress made of black high-end silk and waved hello to him with a smile.

Obviously, New Orleans is the manager who set the rules for this tavern as Vincens just said.

After exchanging silent smiles with New Orleans, he arrived at the second floor of the tavern.

Lin Lan finally met the members of his "mercenary group".

At a wooden round table, five dumpling-class aircraft carrier girls dressed in the style of the Teaching Kingdom, and two white eagle pink-haired idols in minstrel costumes were tasting the delicacies of the Teaching Kingdom.

"Captain! You are finally here!"

As soon as he saw him, Essex showed an excited smile on his face, stood up from the wooden chair and greeted him.

At this time, the big dumpling was wearing a tight leather jacket and had a folded dark gold metal crossbow on his back.

Lin Lan could tell at a glance that Essex's profession was probably a shooter similar to a ranger.

"Okay, you members actually left the leader alone on the street. That's too much."

"What if a few cars drive up the street and a bunch of gun-wielding villains come down and open fire on me?"

Although Lin Lan was joking, he showed a relaxed and reassuring smile.

After thanking Quincy and Vincennes, he took his seat between Dauntless and Essex.

Lin Lan knew that food in the virtual world could perfectly simulate the taste and texture.

Therefore, when eating in this virtual world, you can feel a sense of fullness and satisfaction that is almost the same as in the real world.

Wuwei was wearing a golden lace magician's robe. He used a fork to pick up a piece of meat on the plate in front of him and put it into his mouth to chew. Lin Lan was extremely surprised and sighed:

"Commander, this amusement park in the virtual world is so magical. It really feels like everyone has traveled through time together."

"The virtual world is like this. I was shocked when I entered the virtual world for the first time."

After Lin Lan said to Wuwei with a smile, he looked at the aircraft carrier ladies who were all looking at him with interest. After thinking for a moment, he asked:

"It seems that you have all been assigned to various professions. Please introduce them to me."

Soon, several aircraft carrier girls were at the dining table and introduced themselves to him about their current status and occupation.

As a dumpling-class eldest sister who uses a ship-mounted hand crossbow to fight, Essex is assigned the identity of the deputy leader of the mercenary group and is also a former elite of the Royal Guards. She is good at using enchanted crossbows with perfect accuracy to snipe the enemy. .

Wuwei is a high-level lightning magician who can drive the crystals on the staff to use various high-level lightning magic.

Ticonderoga's identity is a famous gun warrior. On the wall behind her seat is a silver sharp spear, which is obviously an enchanted weapon.

This lady with long light purple hair wearing metal armor is also the accountant of their mercenary group, which fits Ticonderoga's character.

When Ticonderoga introduced himself, Lin Lan also knew where all the money he had went.

It turned out that Ticonderoga was responsible for all the finances of their mercenary group, which was why he didn't even have a copper plate on him just now.

Bunker Hill, who has long beige hair and cold eyes, is a shadow killer who betrayed the Killer Guild.

Bunker Hill masters the shadow magic that can kill people invisible, and is now the scout of their mercenary group.

The dumpling-level Yaomei, the bespectacled girl Shangri-La, is wearing a smart cloth armor attire, with a thick book slung around her waist.

She is a well-known scholar who came from the Royal Academy of Magic in the Teaching Kingdom. She is well aware of the abilities of various monsters, and can also prepare various alchemical potions through herbs.

As for the two idols Lexington and Little Gaga, they are not officially members of the mercenary group, but legendary bards who have traveled around the teaching country and were invited to participate in this commission.

Of course, as bards, they are also good at casting various auxiliary magic through singing, which can increase the combat effectiveness of teammates and heal injuries.

The above were all the members of their adventure. Lin Lan had to admit that his mercenary group was really full of talents.

Rangers, mages, warriors, scholars, assassins, and even two bards, it can really be called a perfect dungeon team.

But it would be better if there was another main T.

After complaining in his heart, Lin Lan also took out the sheepskin scroll recording the commissioned task from his storage ring and placed it on the wooden table.

This attracted the curious eyes of the girls on the White Eagle aircraft carrier.

"The location of our mission this time is right here, the Black Forest."

Lin Lan pointed to the mission location marked on the map on the scroll and said to the ship girls surrounding him;

"We have to go to the deepest part of the forest and bring out the contaminated holy sword. We should have completed our mission."

"It's okay that I have the power of a hero, but it's mainly you. The rules say that you can't use the power of the ship, so are you confident in completing the commissioned mission?"

Hearing what he said, Essex immediately patted the leather armor on his chest confidently and laughed:

"Needless to say? With the commander here, this commission is not something that can be done casually...Ah! Ticonderoga, it hurts!"

Before Da Jiaozi finished her words, she was hit on the head by a hand knife by the spearman beside her:

"Sister, from now on, you have to call the commander the captain."

Ticonderoga, who hung the spear behind her, reminded Essex with a smile, causing everyone to laugh.

However, all the White Eagle ship girls present were confident in completing the commission, and Lin Lan was the same.

You know, even if they don't use the power of the ship suit, the ship girls are not vegetarians.

Four

After determining the target of the commission, Lin Lan took several aircraft carrier ship girls and left the New Orleans Tavern, said goodbye to several New Orleans-class companions, and officially set off for the Black Forest.

Because there was still some distance from the town to the forest, Lin Lan bought two walking lizards and matching wooden carts at the market at the entrance of the town before leaving the town.

According to the vendors, this brown walking lizard with hard scales all over its body can run for a whole day without eating or drinking, and is an excellent means of transportation for the locals.

"Squeak, squeak..."

So, two lizard wooden carts carrying a group of people drove towards the dense forest on the muddy and rugged path.

Lin Lan sat on the front of the lizard wooden cart in front, looking around curiously.

Although he didn't know whether there was really a place called "Black Forest" in the Teaching Country, at present, the leaves of the trees and bushes on both sides of the road were still normal green.

This path that shuttled through the dense forest was now deserted except for their two wooden carts.

As for the fact that it was rarely visited, scholar Shangri-La had already asked the passers-by in the village and town for the reason before setting off.

Due to the influence of the polluted holy sword, many monsters and monsters in the Black Forest are now in a frenzy.

"Hey, I don't know what these crazy monsters look like..."

"Boom!!!"

Lin Lan just complained in a low voice, and the next second, a black two-headed giant snake with two heads and huge wings fell straight in front of him from the air.

The body of this terrifying monster fell to the ground, and even made the earth tremble, causing a dull loud noise.

"This is not the way to make your wish come true, right?"

Seeing such a sudden appearance of the road-blocking monster looking at him with blood-red eyes, Lin Lan was stunned on the spot.

Before the two walking lizards pulling the car were scared and fled, he jumped off the car and shouted loudly to the several ship girls in the car:

"Fighting monsters, fighting monsters, come out to meet the enemy!"

However, the White Eagle ship girls in the car did not need his reminder. The moment he opened his mouth, Lin Lan saw two figures rushing forward from his side.

The two melee aircraft carrier ship girls, Assassin Bunker Hill and Gunner Ticonderoga, had already rushed to the monster with their weapons.

And Bunker Hill had even entangled like a ghost, with the black dagger in his hand turning over the gorgeous knife flowers, and stabbed into the neck of one of the heads of the flying two-headed snake.

The two-headed snake in pain immediately let out a miserable hissing sound, and the noise caused a large number of birds in the surrounding woods to fly up.

But this scream did not affect the fierce offensive launched by the White Eagle ship girls.

In the next moment, Ticonderoga had already jumped up and pierced the other head of the two-headed snake with the sharp spear in his hand with a green light.

When Xiao Jiajia and the others jumped off the bumpy carriage, this monster that looked extremely terrifying had been killed cleanly by two dumpling-level ship girls.

Lin Lan didn't even have time to make a move, and the encounter was over.

"You adapt to your identity too quickly, you did a great job."

Looking at the two cool ship girls who were still admiring the monster's corpse, Lin Lan couldn't help but praise.

This is the strength of a full-level ship girl.

Even though Bunker Hill and Ticonderoga, the two aircraft carriers, usually rely on ship equipment to fight, they are still very experienced in close combat.

Especially, they have been able to quickly adapt to the professions assigned to them by the virtual world in just two hours, and skillfully rely on the skills given by the virtual world to fight.

I am afraid that Xiao Jiajia and Essex behind him have also adapted to their respective professions.

But being strong does not mean that they can solve the new troubles at the moment:

The two lizards they bought for pulling carts have been frightened in the attack just now and have escaped.

"Are these walking lizards used to pull goods called cowardly lizards? They are really useless when they encounter enemies..."

Lin Lan looked at the direction where the two lizards fled and complained speechlessly, but he understood that they could not return to the town to buy a lizard wooden cart again.

It's not that they don't have money, but that the time wasted in this round trip is too long.

"Captain~ What should we do now? Should we walk to the destination?"

Little Gaga, wearing a white bard dress, jumped up to him and asked.

Lin Lan touched his chin, thinking whether to continue walking into the Black Forest, when suddenly, the sound of flapping wings came from the air behind them again.

"Another monster?"

Lin Lan was startled and looked back with everyone.

But just as they were about to take a fighting stance, they found that it was not an ordinary monster.

To be precise, they were three huge white-headed griffins with flapping brown wings!

On the back of the gryphon were riding three female knights wearing silver armor and holding giant swords.

When Lin Lan saw the faces of these three heroic knights clearly, his eyes widened:

"Colorado, Maryland, West Virginia? Why are you here?"

Not only him, but several other White Eagle ship girls also recognized that these three knights were none other than the three Colorado-class battleship sisters from their White Eagle camp.

As the three domineering griffons converged their wings and fell down, Colorado, the royal sister with long white hair and a stern face, also jumped down first and came to Lin Lan and others.

Her red eyes first looked at the dead monster, and then she focused on Lin Lan, with a hint of apology on her iceberg-like face:

"That two-headed pterosaur was the prey that our Griffin Knights were originally hunting."

"I didn't expect that it would attack you when it was dying. We are very sorry for this."

Before Lin Lan had time to speak, Saratoga walked up to Colorado angrily, raised her head and said:

"Hey, hey, hey! This is not something that can be solved by apologizing!"

"Our mercenary group was originally going to get rid of the contaminated holy sword inside the Black Forest. Your prey scared away our mounts. How can we compensate for this wasted time?"

While little Gaga was talking, Maryland, the handsome knight with a burgundy ponytail, and their third sister, West Virginia with long black hair, also jumped off the back of the gryphon and came behind Colorado. .

"Deal with the contaminated holy sword? Are you the legendary mercenary group that took over this S-level mission in the capital... It seems to be called Lin Lan Mercenary Group?"

Maryland looked at Lin Lan and said with a smirk in an exaggerated tone.

Lin Lan didn't know until this moment that he was stunned when he heard that the name of this mercenary group was actually prefixed with his name.

Before this virtual world begins, can't he come up with a nicer mercenary group name?

What a shame!

"Yes, it's us!"

However, when he was extremely embarrassed, Essex stepped forward immediately and admitted his identity without changing his face.

After getting the answer, Maryland burst into laughter immediately, and Lin Lan couldn't bear the fact anymore, and covered her face with her hands in grief and anger.

However, the red-haired battleship lady quickly put away the smile on her face.

Maryland tugged on her eldest sister Colorado's arm and leaned in to whisper something.

Then, Colorado nodded, looked at Lin Lan again, and said seriously:

"This matter is indeed the fault of our Griffin Knights. Since you are going to the inside of the Black Forest to purify the contaminated holy sword, let us three sisters also wish you a helping hand."

After saying that, Colorado raised his hand and pointed to the gryphon behind them:

"If you don't mind, you can take our gryphon directly from the air to the hinterland of the Black Forest."

After hearing Colorado's words, Lin Lan, Essex and others couldn't help but feel happy.

Faced with the request of these three "Gryphon Knights" knights to join the team, Lin Lan readily agreed.

After all, these three knight ladies are his shipgirls, so there is no way he would harm them, right?

And to be honest, the three Colorado sisters came at just the right time, and it was hard for him not to suspect that this was a set script.

But just when he was about to get the team members around him to prepare to ride a gryphon, Maryland suddenly showed a bad smile and walked up from behind Colorado:

"But in order to prove that you indeed have the power to purify the Holy Sword, I, the strongest member of the Griffin Knights, 'Fighting Mary' Maryland, will come to test your skills!"

After saying that, the burgundy-haired lady had already taken the giant sword behind her in her hand.

"Hey, eldest sister, this shouldn't be in our script..."

Seeing this scene, not only Essex, Little Gaga and others were stunned, but even West Virginia quietly walked up to Colorado and asked in a low voice with some surprise.

"She has this kind of personality. It's rare for her to be able to show it in front of the commander. She should know how to measure..."

Colorado also whispered to her third sister, and then they did not interfere with Maryland's behavior, but chose to acquiesce.

"Tsk, then if you say yes, do you plan to fight alone or in a group?"

When Essex saw Maryland preparing to stand in the way, she stepped forward without fear, held her metal hand crossbow in her hand and asked loudly.

"Of course it's a one-on-one duel! Only an upright duel can be called a battle!"

Maryland chose the one-on-one approach without hesitation, but after hearing her words, Essex snapped his fingers.

And her four dumpling-level sisters all walked behind her as if they had a telepathic connection.

"Okay, then you can come and challenge a group of us by yourself."

Essex looked at Maryland with great pride, with a hint of eagerness in his tone.

After hearing Essex's words, not only Lin Lan was stunned, Maryland even raised his finger and pointed at Essex angrily, shouting angrily:

"Essex! Can you, can this be considered a one-on-one challenge?"

"Why doesn't it count? You only said a duel, but you didn't say how many people you wanted to duel. Everyone's time is precious, so just say whether you want to take action or not."

Essex said to Maryland in a very righteous tone, and her four sisters' faces were also very calm, as if what Essex said was completely correct.

"...Okay, I'll be honest with you."

Facing the aviation formation, Maryland opened its mouth, but finally gave up its plan to compete with one against five.

"Everyone, please ride on the gryphon."

Seeing that the discussion initiated by Maryland was cancelled, Iceberg Battleship Queen Colorado looked at Lin Lan without changing her expression and said.

The simple Essex looked back at him with a bright smile, and Lin Lan finally understood why the Essex class was called the dumpling class.

There is really no need to be unreasonable when there are many people.

five

I have to admit that the high speed of a creature like the griffin flying in the air is in stark contrast to its huge body.

Lin Lan, Essex, and Saratoga got on the Colorado Griffon. After taking off, they were almost knocked off by the violent air waves blowing in the face.

Fortunately, Essex hugged him tightly behind him and stabilized his body.

"Wuhu! Commander, look below! We are flying! We are flying!"

Essex was in a very excited mood at this time, and the long-haired aircraft carrier girl with light purple hair in a ponytail shouted to him excitedly.

Even the "whirring" of the wind in his ears could not conceal Essex's joy and excitement.

After Lin Lan heard Essex's words, he looked below them.

Looking down from a high place, the dense dark green canopy of the Black Forest was so close together that he could not see anything in the forest at all.

He couldn't imagine how long this forest had existed, and how the shorter trees had managed to grow without adequate sunlight.

But these are not the questions he should consider now. Why does the virtual world pay so much attention to authenticity?

But just as Lin Lan was thinking about how long it would take to reach the location of the Holy Sword, suddenly, the calm voice of Colorado in front of him came into his ears:

"Referring to... Captain, the flying monsters in the Black Forest are likely to interfere with our schedule. Please prepare everyone for battle."

"Fighting? Wait Colorado, you don't mean fighting in the sky, right?"

Lin Lan was shocked when she heard Colorado's reminder.

Right now, they were hundreds of meters above the tree canopy below.

When fighting at such a height, it would be no joke to slip and fall.

But as if in response to his thoughts, a roar that echoed through the sky came from behind them.

"dragon?!"

The shocked sounds made by Essex and Little Gaga made Lin Lan turn his head and look behind him.

And he suddenly felt his heart slow down by half a beat.

The two aircraft carrier ladies were right. At this moment, in the air behind their three griffons, a giant dragon with huge black wings flapping was rushing towards them at high speed.

What's even more frightening is that the giant dragon is not the only one chasing them.

Beside this huge black dragon, there were several smaller cyan pterosaur-like creatures that looked like crows.

These cyan pterodactyl monsters have sharp teeth in their pointed mouths, which fully illustrates their lethality.

"The griffins continue to move forward, everyone is ready to meet the enemy! Use magic and long-range attacks to greet them first!"

Lin Lan gave the order loudly without hesitation.

It is definitely not a wise move to let the griffin stop and fight with these monsters in the air at this time. Once someone is knocked over by the monsters and falls, the consequences will be disastrous.

So the best solution is to continue to keep the griffins moving forward while they attack from the rear.

"Crack!"

After receiving his order, the White Eagle Ship girls behind the three-headed griffon immediately began to prepare their own attack moves.

Essex had already held the metal crossbow behind her in one hand, and fired more than a dozen crossbow arrows at the group of monsters behind her in one breath.

Essex's attack hit the three cyan pterodactyl monsters very accurately, causing them to fall from the sky with a strange scream.

"My sister and I's singing will improve everyone's combat attributes!"

As a bard, little Gaga was not idle either. She held a harp-like instrument in her hand, and Lexington on the back of another griffon began to sing passionate songs for everyone.

At the same time, all the magic released by the shadow assassin Bunker Hill and the thunder magician Fearless also hit the group of monsters.

The arrows formed by dozens of black shadows penetrated several pterodactyl monsters like flowers.

A large net woven of cyan-blue current followed closely behind, enveloping dozens of pterodactyl monsters at once, bursting out with a large ball of fire.

"Nice!"

Seeing this magnificent scene that can almost only be seen in movies, Lin Lan, who was also affected by the music and had a fighting spirit in his heart, couldn't help but applaud.

But even though those pterodactyl monsters were almost wiped out by everyone, the largest dragon was still safe and sound.

"Oops! It's going to release its dragon breath! We must find a way to kill it quickly!"

Colorado, who was fully focused on controlling the griffon, noticed the dragon slowly opening its huge mouth out of the corner of his eye, and hurriedly reminded Lin Lan.

Lin Lan naturally noticed that the black dragon was about to attack. He had already begun to mobilize the elements, preparing to personally attack and kill the dragon in one fell swoop.

"Leave it to me!"

But before he could let Maryland and West Virginia behind him control the griffins to disperse, Essex's firm voice reached his ears.

Essex, who was sitting behind him, twisted his waist and held the metal crossbow in both hands, as if he was aiming at the black dragon.

And on Essex's metal crossbow, a dark red arrowhead with a magic rune engraved on it had been loaded.

"Dragon hunting - crazy arrows!"

The moment Essex shouted this sentence loudly, she pulled the trigger of the crossbow.

"Huh!"

A violent back-air wave rushed over, making Lin Lan feel that the griffins under them were affected by the impact and shook violently.

And the crossbow arrow fired by Essex, like a black and red laser, hit the dragon's wide-open mouth with a trailing shadow.

And penetrated and disintegrated.

The huge black dragon didn't even have time to let out a mournful cry, and its body was completely blasted into pieces by this arrow, and turned into fragments flying all over the sky.

"Oh my god, Essex, your arrow is so handsome!"

Lin Lan, who stabilized his body, didn't expect that this seemingly small arrow would have such lethality. It was completely worthy of the middle school name given by Essex, and he couldn't help but praise Jiaozi loudly.

At the same time, the cheers of several other White Eagle ship girls came from the other two griffins.

This also made Essex, who turned around, still smile happily at him despite his pale face as if he had used up all his strength:

"Thank you for the compliment, it's still the singing of seniors Saratoga and Lexington that helped, otherwise there wouldn't be such an exaggerated effect."

"We're here! The location of the Holy Sword!"

Before Lin Lan could ask Essex in detail about the arrowhead of the crossbow just now, Colorado's voice interrupted him.

Lin Lan turned around and saw that they had already arrived at the heart of the Black Forest during the chase.

At this time, not far in front of them, there was an open space in the dark green treetops that seemed to have no end.

And the ground of this open space was black from a high place.

There is no doubt that they have arrived at the destination of this trip, and the contaminated holy sword is there.

Six

As the three sisters of the Colorado class controlled the griffin to slowly descend, they finally landed on the edge of the black soil area.

Lin Lan, Colorado and others jumped down one after another.

"Well, is this the area where the holy sword is located? But there is nothing around?"

Essex had recovered some vitality from the exhaustion just now. She looked around curiously and said strangely.

Lin Lan was also observing the surrounding situation. The terrain here was flat, and they could even see the forest at the other end of the open space directly.

As Essex said, the place where the holy sword should have been was empty, and there was not even a monster.

Soon, Lin Lan discovered the abnormality here and said to the White Eagle Ship Girls beside him in a serious tone:

"Something is wrong, it's too quiet here."

"!"

His words made all the White Eagle Ship Girls react. It was indeed too quiet here.

Not only was there no sound from animals or monsters in the forest behind them, even the leaves of these towering trees seemed to be frozen.

In such a place, there would be such a strange and quiet atmosphere, which made people even feel creepy.

"Hehe, it seems that you have finally discovered it."

Just as everyone was holding weapons, tightly gathered together and vigilantly observed the surroundings, waiting for Lin Lan's next instructions, a crazy female voice suddenly exploded from the black open space.

"Is this voice?"

Hearing this familiar voice, Lin Lan's face was stunned, and all the White Eagle Ship Girls were also stunned.

"In order to eliminate your mercenary group, we have been lying in ambush in this disgusting forest for too long!"

The next second, a large number of silver-helmeted knights riding flying dragons and holding lances suddenly appeared out of thin air on the originally empty black open space.

Here, there is actually a complete and well-equipped army!

"Dragon Knights? How is this possible!"

Maryland saw this scene, as if he recognized the other party's identity, and was shocked. He shouted loudly in a shocked tone:

"Aren't you the elite knights under the Pope? Why are you here?!"

Lin Lan's face was serious, as if he had guessed something.

"It seems that our mercenary group is too strong and is regarded as a threat by the Pope."

"This commission is to trick us here and secretly eliminate the trap... Am I right, Knight Commander Washington?"

After he spoke loudly to the Dragon Knights, the knights wearing silver helmets controlled the flying dragons to get out of the way.

Two tall ladies riding flying dragons, both wearing silver armor, slowly controlled the flying dragons and walked out of the army.

Among them, the woman with short silver hair and blue eyes with a terrifying cold smile, holding a black long sword in her hand, stared at Lin Lan:

"You are indeed a smart person. Okay, I have decided that you will be the first victim of the holy sword that was corroded by our demon crystal."

Well, this battleship girl who has been seriously immersed in the play is Washington.

The female knight who appeared with Washington, with an awkward smile that was difficult to hold back and a beautiful blonde hair, is Washington's sister, North Carolina.

"Captain, why didn't I realize that Washington has such an excellent talent as a villain actor before?"

Seeing Washington's perfect villain performance, Shangri-La pushed her round-frame glasses beside Lin Lan and whispered in shock.

She usually likes to observe the interests and hobbies of her companions and keep them, but even she didn't expect that Washington would have this side.

"This is simply acting in his true colors..."

To be honest, Lin Lan didn't expect Washington to be arranged by the script to appear as the final villain.

Who is the director of this adventure script? He is too good at choosing people.

"Stop talking nonsense, today is your death day!"

Washington raised the black sword in his hand high, and North Carolina said to Lin Lan and others in a helpless tone:

"We are numerous and powerful, so you should give up resistance..."

The sharp contrast between the two sisters' attitudes also made Lin Lan silently complain. Compared with Washington who was too deep into the play, North Carolina really couldn't adapt to being a villain in a short time.

But even though she knew that this was all a script, Lin Lan still took the initiative to condense an elemental sword in her hand and answered loudly:

"That won't work, we will never fall here!"

"In order to restore peace to the forest, your behavior of polluting the holy sword will be punished!"

And Essex also stood beside him with a crossbow, looked at Washington with a righteous face and said:

"That's right, your behavior of sacrificing the forest for power will definitely be stopped by us!"

As soon as the two of them finished speaking, Lin Lan was shocked to find that the ground under his feet was shaking.

And the trembling was still getting more intense, and at the same time, the sound of footsteps and roars that broke through the bushes came from the forest.

"Wait! What is this? Could it be..."

Washington seemed to realize something, and her face changed. Just as she was about to order the whole army to attack, but before she could speak, a low and emotionless voice of a queen sounded from the deep forest:

"The cunning villains who destroyed the forest will be liquidated."

The next moment, Lin Lan and the White Eagle Ship Girls beside him were surprised to see all kinds of monsters and animals rushing out from all directions in the forest.

Just as they were about to meet the enemy, they found that these monsters and animals seemed to have reason, avoiding them and rushing towards the Dragon Knights in the black open space.

In an instant, the sound of soldiers fighting with dragons, the collision of weapons and monster claws, and the roar suddenly exploded.

"Damn! It's the guardian of the forest!"

Washington shouted angrily after killing a huge two-headed giant bear with a sword.

At this time, Lin Lan and others also saw three tall brown women wearing vines, slim figures, and patterns on their faces walking slowly behind them.

They all held sharp bone spears in their hands. When they saw Lin Lan, their eyes were on him.

White Eagle Battleship, South Dakota Class Three Sisters.

"Are you the messenger of God that the goddess of nature said to purify the holy sword and drive away these evil people?"

South Dakota, who was in the lead, walked in front of Lin Lan, and did not stop Massachusetts and Alabama from hugging Lin Lan tightly, and asked in a stiff tone as if reciting lines.

This also caused the surrounding White Eagle ship girls to laugh out loud.

"Who wrote this script? The gap between the enemy and us when fighting the villain is too big... Ahem, if you mean the one who wants to send the holy sword to be purified, then it's me."

Lin Lan, who was hugged by two sexy battleship ship girls, was numb. He really wanted to know who wrote the script for this adventure.

But no matter what, it must be related to Akashi.

"Don't think I'm so easy to deal with! I won't be killed so easily by the plot!"

However, before South Dakota could continue to recite the lines, Washington's roar came from behind everyone.

At this time, Washington actually rushed directly from the battlefield where monsters and knights were fighting with a giant sword. Looking at this posture, it seemed that he wanted to capture Lin Lan.

But obviously, Washington thought too much.

Even Maryland knew that he couldn't easily fight a group of aircraft carriers alone, not to mention that there were a group of battleships escorting him now?

So Washington didn't even rush to Lin Lan, and was knocked to the ground alive by everyone's magic, arrows and thrown potions, and disappeared.

And the holy sword in her hand was successfully picked up by Essex and sent to Lin Lan.

"..."

Looking at this black holy sword, Lin Lan didn't know what to say for a while.

Is this... over?

When he looked away from the holy sword and was about to ask South Dakota more questions, he found that the surroundings had fallen into darkness.

"The holy sword was purified by the gods, the Black Forest regained its peace, and the Pope's conspiracy completely collapsed."

"But the story of the legendary mercenary group continues to spread in the teaching country... meow."

Akashi's voice rang in his ears, and then a big blue End appeared in front of him.

"I..."

Lin Lan knew what this meant. He was actually being teleported back to the real world.

Epilogue

One day later, in the cinema of Xinyang Artificial Island, a movie called "The Adventures of the Legendary Mercenary Group" was put on the screen.

However, in stark contrast to the virtual world movie that was well received a few days ago, this time "The Adventures of the Legendary Mercenary Group" was directly rated as the worst movie of the year by many White Eagle Ship Girls after watching it.

It is said that the director of this movie, Akashi, was captured by the commander and Essex and taken to the forest of the artificial island, where he was hung on a tree for three days and three nights.

Whether this is true or not is unknown.