37 Chapter 37 - The Information Exper (1/2)

Young Master Han's loud shout could be heard from within the room, ”Sword Demon, if you've got something to say, say it out loud!”

Sword Demon was not in the room anymore, however. Instead, he was leaning over the bar counter and pestering Ray, ”Where're my drinks? You called me over to give them, right? Hand them over!”

Ray smiled wryly as he looked toward Gu Fei and Brother Assist, knowing they were all friends.

Brother Assist was about to stand up when Gu Fei stopped him. He looked around and spotted two Warriors sitting at a table nearby, both wearing beginner's equipment.

”Hey, fellas!” Gu Fei called the two.

They turned their heads.

”Do me a favor! Throw that guy by the counter in the back alley. I'm a Mage and I don't have the strength to do it,” Gu Fei pointed at Sword Demon as he spoke to them.

The two barely registered his words and remained seated.

Gu Fei thought for a moment before taking out two gold coins, ”Please help!”

The two Warriors' eyes twinkled. They did not care whether he was a Mage or not. What they cared for was the gold coins he was offering. Gold coins were hard to come by in Parallel World for a majority of newbie players. In fact, Gu Fei could already be considered as a wealthy player in-game after yesterday's mission payout.

They two Warriors took the coins and grabbed Sword Demon. Sword Demon was so drunk he could barely remain upright, let alone resist being dragged out of the bar by the two. It was not long before the two came back and excitedly asked, ”Do you still have someone you want to throw out, bro?”

”Nope, that's it. Thanks a lot!” Gu Fei said to the two Warriors.

”Is this fine?” Brother Assist asked in a hesitant voice.

”Don't worry about it. It's all good,” Gu Fei waved his hand nonchalantly. At this moment, Young Master Han's singing voice could be heard from the room. Gu Fei had the urge to call the two Warriors back again.

”He looks like a cultured man of refined taste, and often waxing poetically. Why is he…” Gu Fei muttered.

”It seems like you don't know,” Brother Assist laughed, ”Young Master Han is a new name he came up with for Parallel World. His previous alias was Drinking Addict.”

”Wouldn't that make Sword Demon Smoking Addict?” Gu Fei said.

”That's actually his name in other games before switching to Magic Domain,” Brother Assist confided seriously.

”No way!” Gu Fei was utterly taken aback, ”So why the change of name?”

”Well… Heard it's because Smoking Addict and Drinking Addict were being used as BL material by fujoshis. Sword Demon would rather die than to call himself Smoking Addict again by the time he switched to playing Magic Domain. Master Han followed suit now that they are playing Parallel World together,” Brother Assist explained.

”Oh…” Gu Fei drawled and then asked, ”What's a fujoshi?”

”Uhmm… It's a very strange creature,” Brother Assist said.

Gu Fei decided not to dig further since it sounded rather complex. He waved at Ray, ”Ray, get me two glasses of your most expensive liquor.”

”Isn't that a little too much?” Brother Assist felt stunned. As a self-proclaimed information expert, he knew very well how much the drink would cost.

”Don't worry about it,” Gu Fei said flippantly as his order was brought to them. Gu Fei inhaled sharply when he asked the price, ”That's really expensive! Put it on Young Master Han's tab!”

”Ah?” Ray was taken aback.

”Isn't he still here? Just let him pay for our order,” Gu Fei said.

”Oh!” Ray did not say anything further. He was not afraid of not being paid. Not paying for something was considered as fraud and was something penalized by the system. The immersion of the business was well-protected by the system and the safeguards in place were foolproof. No matter how strong the players were, they were nothing more than paper tigers before the system.

”You're actually shameless!” Brother Assist said to Gu Fei, ”I didn't peg you as such a person!”

”Just drink! This is a rare opportunity,” Gu Fei lifted his glass.

Brother Assist drank a gulp and was pleasantly surprised, ”This is something else. It's well worth the coin.”

”Mmmhmm. Especially when it's not your money,” Gu Fei lifted his glass and finished it in one go, ”Ray, get me another one.”

Brother Assist was speechless.

”Oh, yeah. You said you want to ask me something,” Brother Assist quickly inquired when he saw Gu Fei accepting the second glass from Ray. He was worried that Gu Fei would become drunk like those two.

”Yup. I do,” Gu Fei placed his glass down, ”Is there a type of quest in this game that two separate parties can acquire and be pitted against each other? For example…” Gu Fei was worried that he did not phrase the question well, so he was about to give an example when he saw Brother Assist bob his head, ”Yup. That happens. Actually, it's one of the selling points of Parallel World. Guild quests usually have plenty of participants, so the chances of acquiring a competitive quest at guild level are pretty high, whereas getting a competitive solo quest is much lower.”

”The content of such usually focuses on snatching or protecting something,” Brother Assist's information network was truly amazing as it was exactly the situation Amethyst Rebirth found itself in.

”But…” Gu Fei still had some doubts and began to describe the situation Amethyst Rebirth was in to Brother Assist.