121 Chapter 121 - Blatant Teasing (2/2)

”What? Could it be that you are afraid of me?” Luo Luo smilingly asked.

”What's there to be afraid of? I'm just not used to getting preferential treatment from a Priest,” Gu Fei answered lightly.

”Then, get used to it!” Luo Luo remarked.

”See you tomorrow,” Gu Fei said.

”See you tomorrow,” Luo Luo said as well.

All went their separate ways once they arrived at Yunduan City, either heading to the log-off points or going to do their personal matters. The level grinding session's end did not mean that everyone would get offline. Out of consideration for people who worked and slept at regular hours, guilds and mercenary groups would do their joint activities during the peak hour of the game – from the time after dinner until the time before bed. The really large-scale or lengthy activities would only be conducted during the dead of the night when the 'normal people' were fast asleep.

Gu Fei saw Young Master Han, with eyes brimming with vigor, exit Ray's Bar as he passed by it. ”Hi!” he greeted.

”Time to work,” Young Master Han greeted Gu Fei with a liquor-induced burp and headed to the direction of the city gate. This one was obviously among those with irregular lifestyles that would energetically do their businesses once others were sound asleep.

Gu Fei headed to a safe zone to log off.

He had more free time the next day, so he logged into the game earlier than usual. He had a lot of idle time before the peak hour arrived, so Gu Fei hung Moonlit Nightfalls on his back and flashily wandered the streets, hoping to encounter a few robbers. In the end, his effort was in vain. Most players were law-abiding; even if they saw some top-grade equipment, they would at most fantasize about owning it inwardly and would never actually try to steal the item. As for those who would do such felonious act, they began walking on a more rational path after Parallel World's release to the public. Although they could see that Gu Fei's Moonlit Nightfalls was top grade, they would not hastily steal it without uncovering its traits through the Appraisal skill first.

Top-grade equipment referred to an item that possessed strong traits, which had obvious edges over the weak traits of regular equipment. If the traits of an item were lousy, then that particular equipment would be nothing but lustrous trash. Those who wanted to rob equipment would never do so for collection purposes; since equipment-looters were either thinking of using the equipment themselves or selling it for money, none of them would of course steal equipment that they had failed to appraise. Killing a player for his or her particular equipment to drop was not an easy task, after all.

Gu Fei inadvertently found himself arriving at Ray's Bar after roaming around and failing to attract any robbers. He went inside and greeted Ray who pointed him toward the mercenary group's usual private room. This gesture meant: ”Someone from your group is inside.”

Gu Fei walked inside and indeed saw one member, Royal God Call, writing by a corner!

”What's the matter? Bringing homework to do in-game again?” Gu Fei asked.

Royal God Call lifted his head at Gu Fei's words before lowering his head to continue what he had been doing, ”I'm writing the secret manual for Mages!”

The legendary 'Mages' Secret Manual' was supposed to be written by Royal God Call, but it turned out that he had merely promised to write one on a whim. Royal God Call previously bringing Gu Fei along to buy stacks of booklets and pens caused the latter to mistakenly assume that the former was about to seriously write the manual. When Gu Fei inquired about it several times afterward, Royal God Call always put it off as another day's work. A month later, Royal God Call resorted to putting up a blank look on his face and pretending to not know about it whenever Gu Fei brought up the issue, so Gu Fei eventually stopped expecting anything about it from Royal God Call. Thus, Royal God Call resuming his initial plan today made Gu Fei think that he had eaten something wrong. Gu Fei picked one booklet up, casually flipping through it before dropping it down. He asked, ”How's your 'Bounty Mission' going?”

Royal God Call's expression dimmed, answering, ”I managed to kill three, but the fourth one is on hiatus.”

”What happened?” Gu Fei pressed on.

”My target has many companions, so I dared not make my move.” Decision-making was an important quality expert gamers like Royal God Call had; when experts were faced with an unwinnable situation, they would oftentimes refrain from making a move. ”What would you do if you encountered a situation like that?” he asked Gu Fei. Since players usually grinded together with others, Royal God Call firmly believed that Gu Fei had likely stumbled upon a situation like his more than once.

”Make my way over there and kill the target,” Gu Fei answered simply.

”Sh*t! That only applies to you!” Royal God Call felt foolish for asking such a question. Gu Fei's circumstance was clearly different from the rest of them. Putting his ability to insta-kill his opponents aside, Gu Fei was a super melee expert, and many methods applicable to him were simply not doable for them. ”It's impossible to consecutively complete 'Bounty Mission' for one hundred times at this rate!” Royal God Call exclaimed in anguish.

”Want me to help you?” Gu Fei asked.

”How can you help?” Royal God Call asked with eyes wide open.

”By accompanying you, of course! I'll slightly reduce your target's HP, and then you can settle everything by shooting the target from afar!” Gu Fei replied.

”This...This...” Royal God Call stuttered, shocked. It was not that the idea was not good, but that it would waste a huge amount of Gu Fei's time. Since the final objective of doing the 'Bounty Mission' was to get Royal God Call the reward, Gu Fei himself would not gain anything from helping him out. Even biological brothers were not necessarily willing to help each other like this, right?

”What is it?” Gu Fei asked while looking at him in a puzzled way.

”Bro, you are a real brother to me!” Royal God Call was moved to tears.

”You brat! That's very rude! Call me your uncle!” Gu Fei scolded.

”If you manage to get me the boots, I'll even call you grandpa if you want!” Royal God Call threw himself at Gu Fei, saying, ”Let's go! Let's go!”