28 Chapter 28 - Fireball joins a guild? (2/2)

”Is that so?” Gu Fei lifted the glass off the table. The glass was filled with red wine that was sold for 50 copper coins and was largely considered as the cheapest in-game liquor available; the said wine made the most sales as well. Many players were obliged to order something since they were in a tavern, but almost no one was willing to purchase a drink except for the cheapest one. This was because many of them thought that their hard-earned coins should be spent on more important things. ”What guild caught your eye?” Gu Fei asked as he took a big gulp of the drink as if it was nothing more than water.

”Amethyst Rebirth,” Fireball said.

Pfftttt! Gu Fei spat out half of the wine he originally had in his mouth. It was a blessing that he was a full Agility-based Mage, as he somehow managed to turn his neck and avoid spitting his drink all over Fireball at the last minute.

”What?” Fireball was surprised at Gu Fei's strong reaction.

”Nothing. I choked,” Gu Fei coughed loudly as he asked, ”What's so special about this guild?”

”Drunk bro, have you not seen the forums?” Fireball replied with a question.

”Not recently, no,” Gu Fei answered.

”On the players' interactive board, there're various threads for each major city in-game. Right now, many guilds are busily recruiting players on these threads. That's where I found this guild in our city's thread,” Fireball spoke as his eyes glinted.

”Oh…” Gu Fei sounded, letting Fireball continue his narration.

Fireball shadily glanced around them before he moved his seat closer to the table as he whispered, ”Drunk bro, you better not tell others what I'm about to tell you.”

”It's already on the forums; why are you afraid others would find out?” Gu Fei asked.

”No no no!” Fireball anxiously responded, ”That thread has long been buried. It took me quite a while to dig for it. It's a post made not long after the game started. Guess what sort of guild it is?”

”What?” Gu Fei had pulled out the guild tab of Amethyst Rebirth and swept it a few times while he asked Fireball.

”It's a guild of babes!” Fireball's voice rose an octave in excitement, and his sentence ended up missing a key word.

Gu Fei did not give this much thought. He had already met a few ladies from Amethyst Rebirth. As for them being babes, it depended entirely on what a person considered as a 'babe'. Using Xi Xiaotian as the standard, then none of them would make the cut. If someone was to be more specific in defining the term, then July, Lie Lie, and another whose name he could not recall could be considered as beauties.

Given how Parallel World projected the actual person's figure and features, some of those ladies would be considered as dishonest, immodest, or even excessively narcissistic if they believed themselves to be 'babes'.

”So Drunk bro, you interested?” Fireball asked.

Gu Fei smiled forcefully. Just how was he going to tell Fireball?

”Let me read you their requirements!” Fireball said as he took out a booklet from his pocket. He cleared his throat and began, ”Number one: able to stand on their own and not be too dependent on others. How is it? I fit the criteria, yeah?” Fireball's voice cracked in his excitement.

Gu Fei nodded. It was true that Fireball had not followed him and leeched off experience despite Gu Fei being such an efficient monster slayer. This showed clearly that he was capable of standing on his own and not depending on others.

Gu Fei's nod stirred Fireball's heart and he could not wait to continue listing the requirements. However, Gu Fei extended his hand and stopped him, ”Although I think you probably fit the basic requirements listed, there's one thing you don't fit.”

”What?”

”Didn't they mention they only recruit female players?” Gu Fei stated.

”Drunk bro, how did you know?” Fireball was stunned.

”Since you said it's a guild full of babes, it's obvious they only recruit female players,” Gu Fei said.

”I don't think so,” Fireball scratched his head as he shared his opinion, ”I think the requirements are just a pretense. The guild officials are attracting all the babes first. Then, they will use this bevy of babes to lure men in to create a first-rate guild. Once the leaders have recruited enough female players, they will definitely start accepting male players since they need people like me to be their knight in shining armor.”

Gu Fei sighed. He would have seen the merit of Fireball's reasoning as well had he not interacted personally with the members of Amethyst Rebirth. Those people actually saw him like the plague. It was barely a day since he had joined in and they already wanted him to quit the guild of his accord. Was that the action of a guild that wanted a male player to join in?

Just as he was thinking of ways to explain things clearly to Fireball, Gu Fei suddenly heard someone nearby call him, ”You're here too, Thousand Miles Drunk.”

Gu Fei turned and saw a fellow member from Amethyst Rebirth. She was the one July referred to as Luo Luo and someone whom Gu Fei might consider as one of the three beauties, provided that the standard was lowered.

”Oh, hello,” Gu Fei got up and greeted her.

Fireball's eyes were filled with admiration when he looked at Gu Fei. Would learning kung fu cause one to be gifted in such areas? Fireball started to ponder if perhaps he should take Gu Fei as his teacher.