122 Chapter 122 - An Archer in a Tavern (1/2)

As the two left Ray's Bar, Gu Fei beckoned Royal God Call over and said, ”Go ahead and do your 'Bounty Mission'. Call me when there's one that you can't handle.”

Royal God Call nodded his head compliantly. He was already very grateful that Gu Fei had volunteered to help him, so he was not expecting for the latter to fully assist him and any support from Gu Fei would do. He and Gu Fei had the same thought: only asked for help when a target could not be handled alone.

The two went their separate ways, with Royal God Call getting a new 'Bounty Mission'– as his previous one had expired – and Gu Fei heading to a grinding map.

Based on Gu Fei's bounty hunting experiences for a whole month, the 'a lot of companions' situation that Royal God Call had encountered usually occurred over at a grinding map. Who would be able to summon and gather up a whole gang of brothers when he or she was just casually walking on the streets, anyway? At most, it would be a pair of lovers who would be capable of such feat.

Gu Fei had actually encountered many pairs of lovers while he had previously been bounty hunting. For the vile-looking boyfriends, he would just go straight up and finish them off. As for those with kind-looking faces, he would generously approach the pairs of lovers and asked for a private moment with his targets before inviting them to a secluded corner and saying, ”Bro, I won't disgrace you in front of your girlfriend, so just say that you've been ambushed later.” Only by then would he proceed to kill his targets.

There were some instances when his targets turned out to be the girlfriends. Dealing with those situations were trickier, since male players were often more hot blooded and the boyfriends would always confront Gu Fei angrily regardless of whether his first strike landed on his targets or not.

Gu Fei would normally say, ”I am on 'Bounty Mission', so snap yourself out of it!” to explain himself to the pairs of lovers before killing his targets and proceeding to deal with the partners afterward. For those boyfriends who understood the circumstance, Gu Fei would leave after casually exchanging a few blows with them. As for those who did not realize that Gu Fei was on 'Bounty Mission' and were continuously spouting foul words, he would straight up kill them. Suffering a level drop while their girlfriends were stuck in prison... truly a tragic, double loss.

Ironically, with how the PvP rules worked in Parallel World, Gu Fei's PK value would not even increase by killing those boyfriends since they were the ones who had chosen to 'die' with their partners by initiating the attacks on to Gu Fei. Frankly speaking, Gu Fei was not afraid of acquiring PK points, as him doing 'Bounty Mission' would clear off the gained PK value anyway.

In the past month, Gu Fei even experienced hunting and killing the same people, with the most ridiculous one being a good-looking man whom Gu Fei had received the 'Bounty Mission' for three times in a row. Eventually, the two met for the fourth time in a tavern and the good-looking man burst into tears upon seeing him, ”Bro, I'll buy you a drink. Just please spare me!”

Gu Fei laughingly said, ”You already know that I'm on 'Bounty Mission'! Why be afraid of me if you don't have PK value on you?”

”But I do have PK value on me....”

”Oh, that's fine, too. My current mission target isn't you.” After saying this, Gu Fei proceeded to slay the good-looking man's wife who was sitting beside him, causing the man to cry even harder. Gu Fei paid for his drinks and silently left....

Having experienced the many ups and downs of PvP, Gu Fei finally realized something: Those who killed must be consciously aware that they could be killed as well. The players who were aware of this would handle everything calmly whenever Gu Fei declared: ”I am here on 'Bounty Mission'” and do their utmost to go up against Gu Fei. Only the scummy players who did not understand this logic would lash out and spout nonsense, such as ”None of your f*cking business!”

Just what reasons or mindsets did these people have when they killed others? Gu Fei had thoughts of doing research about the matter to understand it, but he immediately gave up upon remembering that it was not his forte.

A message from Royal God Call arrived while he was still deep in his thoughts. ”HELP!” Royal God Call typed this word in English.

”So soon?” Gu Fei expressed his doubts, as he was not even out of the city yet! Royal God Call only needed such a short time to accept a new mission and acquire a difficult target?

”The target is not in a grinding map. He's at a tavern and a bunch of people is drinking with him!” Royal God Call reported his location as he said that.

”Oh!” Gu Fei acknowledged as he made his way over to the direction of the indicated place. This type of targets that appeared inside taverns was indeed very troublesome for Royal God Call. Archers' strong suit lay in their ability to perform long-range sneak attacks, which included the 'kiting' method of shooting people from afar. Excluding the fact that staying hidden in a tavern was impossible with the many pairs of eyes inside, the showy action of an Archer drawing a bow and nocking an arrow would surely cause a commotion, leaving no room for the Archer to launch any surprise attacks at all. It was truly hard for Archers to display their might in fixed, cramped spaces like a tavern that were populated by people.

Gu Fei arrived at that tavern not too long after and spotted Royal God Call standing and waiting anxiously for someone by the entrance. He quickly waved at Gu Fei when he saw him, ”The target is still drinking inside!” He politely asked, ”How should we do this?” Royal God Call was being very courteous at Gu Fei as he knew that the latter was the real expert in this aspect.

”Which one is the target? Point the person out to me first,” Gu Fei said instead.

The two entered the tavern, and Royal God Call carefully pointed out his target to Gu Fei, ”See that Warrior? It's the one wearing a black cap.”

”Yeah, I see him,” Gu Fei affirmed.

”How should we do this?” Royal God Call nervously repeated his question.

Gu Fei took his sword out and coughed once loudly. Quite a lot of people looked over his direction, with some already displaying a change of expression on their faces. Gu Fei knocked on an empty table by the side with his sword and, as if he was declaring a holdup in a bank, he announced, ”'Bounty Mission'!”

Many tavern patrons began to grow nervous... Clearly, a lot of people with PK value were inside the tavern.

”Hey!” Royal God Call panicked. We should be doing a sneak attack! Although revealing our intention outright is a polite gesture, it's not logical and reasonable at all!

Gu Fei had long pointed his sword over at the black-capped Warrior, saying, ”You are the mission's target; let's settle this outside!”

While the others breathed a sigh of relief, the black-capped Warrior felt stunned. I've seen people doing 'Bounty Mission' before, but never someone who did it in such an arrogant way until now. Didn't he see that I'm with others at this table? ”Who's this guy?” he asked aloud, thinking that he had stumbled upon a lunatic.

A player sitting at a nearby table drew closer to the black-capped Warrior and whispered to his ear, ”Good luck.”

”What's that supposed to mean?” the black-capped Warrior questioned, baffled.

”You don't often hang out in taverns, right?” the person asked. As the black-capped Warrior nodded his head, the person sighed and said, ”You'll know what I mean if you hang out in taverns more often.”

The companions of the black-capped Warrior obviously barely hung out in taverns as well, as they were at a loss regarding this current situation.