71 Chapter 71 - Endless Robbery (2/2)

”Nope. It's killing one another. We're encouraging bad players like you to mutually kill one another!” Fleeting Smile clarified.

Gu Fei was utterly dumbfounded.

”Oh. You haven't explained to me what Spell Mastery—”

”I've got something on. I'll explain that to you next time. I'm logging off now,” With that, Fleeting Smile logged off.

Gu Fei's question was left hanging in the air.

Gu Fei looked around after his conversation with Fleeting Smile. He saw a man huddling in a corner, looking pitifully like a male version of the Little Match Girl. He walked over and asked, ”Hey, buddy! How do I get to the place that offers 'Bounty Mission'?”

The person raised his head drowsily. His breath stank of alcohol as he mumbled almost unintelligibly, ”Over by 4th Night Main Street.”

”Thanks a lot!” He patted the guy on his shoulder, ”Just log off if you want to sleep. It's not comfortable to slouch over here in one corner.”

”Nah, I'm waiting for someone,” the person said, ”He's a man wearing what looks like a black mage robe. He's a little good looking, but his actions and demeanor are nothing short of despicable. Have you seen such a person?”

”I'm sorry. That man you're speaking of, besides the last bit, sounds exactly like me!” Gu Fei said.

”Uh?!” The still sleepy guy forcefully opened his eyes. Now that he could clearly see the person whom he was talking to, he immediately sobered up with a start. Just as he was about to say something, Gu Fei brought out a sword, slashed him once with it, and pointed the tip to his chest. Gu Fei thought that simply pointing the sword's tip to the player would not be very threatening since they were in a game, so he reduced the person's HP first.

”The Black Hand mercenary group, right?” Gu Fei asked.

”Ah…” The person felt petrified.

”Why're you guys looking for me?” Gu Fei pressed on.

”Rob – Robbery…” the person stammered.

”Robbery?” Gu Fei questioned, feeling perplexed.

The person did not respond. Gu Fei noticed the blank look in his eyes. He was most likely calling for reinforcement on the conversation window. Gu Fei immediately put the sword back inside his dimensional pocket and turned around to leave.

Although the person was an enemy, the information he had provided should still be true. Gu Fei left the designated log-off point. After randomly asking a player, he found the direction to 4th Night Main Street. Since the possibility of Gu Fei getting ambushed by The Black Hand mercenary group on his way there was high, Gu Fei decided to get into a secluded corner to take off Midnight Spirit Robe and put on his beginner mage robe.

The opponents had obviously used the black mage robe as the main method to identify Gu Fei. He reckoned that by changing his equipment, the opponents would have a harder time distinguishing him from others.

With that, he strutted out the street. While a beginner mage robe was a sensitive symbol to players in Yunduan City due to the 'Masked Slayer' incident, it was just a common sight here in Yueye City. In fact, Gu Fei noticed that a majority of players in Yueye City favored wearing beginner equipment. It was probably because of the rampant PvPs in Yueye City. The players here did not want to risk losing their equipment if they got killed.

As he was walking down the street, he suddenly received a message. He opened it and saw that it was from Brother Assist: ”F*ck me. You actually reached level 31! Is there a special grinding area over there?”

”It's not that. I just finished a chain quest. The experience points I received are quite hefty,” Gu Fei explained.

”Chain quest…” Brother Assist muttered, ”Come back and tell me more about what type of quest it is.”

”Sure.”

”Now that you're at level 31, it'll be easier for you to hide your identity,” Brother Assist said.

”Really? Why's that?”

”Players with lower level can't use Appraisal on players with a higher level. Since there're only a few level 31 players in the game right now, you don't have to worry about the others managing to appraise your equipment or job class,” Brother Assist explained in detail.

”So that's how it works,” Gu Fei's eyes shone brightly, ”That's great, then!”

”Yup. If not for the fact that you're the highly sought after Fugitive 27149, you'd have no problem swaggering down to the Bounty Assignment Hall and obtaining a 'Bounty Mission'.”

Gu Fei laughed, ”I may be Fugitive 27149 in Yunduan City, but over here I'm a nobody. Actually, I'm just about to head over to the Bounty Assignment Hall to obtain a 'Bounty Mission'.”

”Where're you?” Brother Assist asked, curious.

”Yueye City. The players will arrive at this new city once they cross over the Oolong Mountain Range,” Gu Fei said.

”I see. How're things over there?” Brother Assist asked.

”Extremely chaotic. The streets are filled with fights and even robbery—f*ck! I'm being robbed right now! I'll talk to you later—” Gu Fei abruptly ended their conversation.

”...” Brother Assist was left alone on the conversation window.

”Who're you?” Gu Fei stared at the person before him.

”My name's Coward's Savior! I want to clarify to all that I'm not a coward!” the person thundered.

Yet another drunkard! Gu Fei sighed in his heart. ”Come at me, then!” Gu Fei said, as he took out his Sacred Flames of Baptism. He decided not to use Moonlit Nightfalls for now to prevent The Black Hand mercenary group from recognizing him. He did not know, however, that the person before him was originally a member of that very same mercenary group.

Coward's Savior assumed a fighting stance bare-handedly. Gu Fei felt stunned when he saw this. The stance was....

”Mantis Fist Style?!”