57 Chapter 57 - Escape (1/2)
Youthful Reflection knew that he had been fooled, yet he did not know when it had started. Had this trap been set up by the Masked Slayer upon entering Oolong Cave and realizing that some players were still after him? Or had he planned to direct pursuers over here from the start?
”Can we push it open?” Youthful Reflection asked.
A Thief, who had already given up on pushing the plate upward, shook his head sadly.
”Who's left outside?” Youthful Reflection looked at the other four with him.
”Royal God Call. He didn't jump down,” someone replied.
”He must have been killed off by that guy,” Youthful Reflection assumed as he sighed deeply.
”He's still killing players despite having 15 PK points?!” someone asked in astonishment.
”It's PRECISELY because he has 15 PK points that he's not reluctant to add one more point!” Youthful Reflection replied.
”Something's off. The guild tab shows that Royal is still at level 30; this means that he hasn't died,” someone voiced out his discovery.
”Quickly message him!” a few of them shouted.
”I'm not dead. He slashed me once, locked the iron plate, and ran off,” Royal God Call messaged back.
”Locked?”
”Yup. The entrance has a padlock, which he locked. How am I going to open it?” Royal God Call asked.
”Since the Masked Slayer can open this passageway's entrance, it means that he has the key. Quickly get someone to chase after him!” Youthful Reflection yelled. He then frantically spread the word on the guild channel about the Masked Slayer's location in Oolong Cave.
At this moment, Gu Fei and Royal God Call just exited Oolong Cave.
”That 'Ahh!' you cried out earlier isn't good,” Gu Fei commented.
”Yeah? I thought so, too. I almost burst out laughing back then, and it nearly turned into 'Ha!' You think this is easy for me?” Royal God Call asked cheekily.
The two followed the mountain path leading down and a few figures appeared into view near the forked road.
”How was it?” Brother Assist immediately asked as soon as the two were within earshot.
”Of course everything's OK!” Royal God Call felt pleased with himself.
”Hmph. Youthful Reflection is still far off from being able to match wits with me,” Young Master Han laughed coldly. His face darkened when he faced Gu Fei, ”Why didn't you follow the exact coordinates I've set for you?”
”Are you kidding me? The coordinates you set were either a huge sinkhole or on a stalagmite; how am I going to stand on that? Are you trying to get me killed on purpose?” Gu Fei retorted.
”Alright, there's no time. Let's get to the next step of our plan!” Sword Demon interjected.
Once Sword Demon mentioned this next step, Gu Fei became a little teary-eyed, ”Can I not go?”
”No. You have to go!” Young Master Han sounded resolute.
”Hey, are you thinking of pranking me once more?” Gu Fei expressed his suspicion.
Young Master Han replied icily, ”This is definitely the best method to escape from those who are hot on your heels. Everyone will definitely stop chasing you if you run along this path through the Oolong Mountain Range.”
”How much longer until the coordinates refresh?” Brother Assist asked.
”Nine seconds,” Gu Fei answered.
”Time to go!” Brother Assist patted him on the back encouragingly.
”Good luck!” Sword Demon came forward and patted him as well.
”You can do it!” Royal God Call also joined in and patted him on the back.
”Mhmm!” War Without Wounds did not say a word beyond a purposeful nod.
”Scram!” Young Master Han felt irritated just by looking at Gu Fei's face.
”I'm off!” Gu Fei saw the coordinates refresh and immediately ran down the mountain path.
”He won't meet anyone else along that road, yeah?” Royal God Call muttered.
”Definitely not,” Young Master Han said confidently, ”The coordinates he left in Oolong Cave fooled everyone into looking for him on the other side of Oolong Mountain Range. They'll need at least ten minutes to get to our current position.”
”That's not right,” Royal God Call cried out, ”Why will it take them ten minutes? Miles has his coordinates updated every five minutes!”
”Mmhmm. They'll be searching around the first coordinates for five minutes, before discovering that the coordinates have been updated. And then, they'll proceed with haste toward the second coordinates. They'll actually need twelve minutes,” Young Master Han corrected his previous deduction.
Royal God Call felt confused, ”And what about the third coordinates?”
Young Master Han had a pained expression, ”If they move toward the third coordinates before even reaching the second coordinates, they'll simply come to the mountain's dead end after four minutes….”
”And then what's next?”
”Next? They can only turn back….”
”But by then, Miles will be on his fourth coordinates.”
”Exactly,” Young Master Han nodded, ”But they still have to go back to the second coordinates before they can carry on chasing after him. Not even I can calculate how much time it will take them to run back and forth like this. They'll have my utmost admiration if they still persist on pursuing him at that point.”
”That's terrible!” Royal God Call sighed.
”Others have it way worse,” Young Master Han lifted his thumb and pointed back to the cave's entrance some distance away, ”Those guys will be looking for Gu Fei using the coordinates in Oolong Cave… You can't really blame me for being excessive, right?”