123 Chapter 123 - The Number One Mage (2/2)
”Left Hand of Love,” the Fighter introduced himself.
Gu Fei seemed to have developed a slight habit of commenting on others' IGN, so he immediately smiled upon hearing the name, ”Then, what about the right hand?”
”Right Hand of Cool,” the Archer sitting with them replied while pointing to himself.
”We didn't know each other before,” Left Hand of Love laughingly said, adding, ”I never thought someone will have an IGN that rhymes with mine.” As he finished saying this, the two looked at each other with understanding. The way their lips curved upward while looking at each other sent goosebumps all over Gu Fei's skin. Could these two be the Brokeback Mountain people spoken in legends?
The Mage finished his negotiations with the NPC tavern owner and joined them as well. ”This is Drifting,” Left Hand of Love introduced the Mage to Gu Fei.
His IGN sounds familiar! As Gu Fei was thinking of this to himself, he noticed that the others around him were also thinking the same thing. Whispers could be heard all around them after Left Hand of Love said the name. Gu Fei was able to make out a phrase from all the whispers around them: the number one Mage. That was when he recalled where he had heard such a name before. 'Drifting' was the IGN listed on the very top of the Mages' experience leaderboard and it was also listed quite high on the overall leaderboard. At present, only five people reached level 41 in Parallel World and Drifting was one of them.
Gu Fei had not heard that this well-known figure was a player of Yunduan City, though. The other two seem to be friends with him; are they all from another city? Since when did the various in-game cities start to get linked with one another? Gu Fei did not remember hearing the game officials announce anything about the teleporting arrays yet.
”What about you, brother? What's your name?” the three collectively asked Gu Fei after introducing themselves.
Gu Fei smilingly replied, ”Thousand Miles Drunk.”
”You're THAT Thousand Miles Drunk?!” Even the dauntless Mage, Drifting, had a change of expression on his face.
Gu Fei's smile turned uncertain, ”Yeah.” Gu Fei had actually expected such a reaction from Drifting. Drifting's IGN had always been on the very top of the Mages' leaderboard ever since the start of Parallel World, but there was a period of time when the 'Thousand Miles Drunk' IGN outranked Drifting's on the leaderboard.
Although Drifting surpassed Thousand Miles Drunk a few days later, the incident had undoubtedly left a thorn inside Drifting's heart. From that point onward, he began to pay attention to the 'Thousand Miles Drunk' IGN on the leaderboard. However, the ranking of Thousand Miles Drunk eventually sank and sank until it finally disappeared into the ranking of the thousands to the point where he could only find the IGN by keying it in.
Drifting could not help but be curious about him! He even tried adding Thousand Miles Drunk as a friend, only to discover that the latter had disabled his account's friend request feature. Drifting was very aware that this was a normal move, especially by a high-ranking expert on the leaderboard, due to a very logical reason. Any player only had to search an individual's IGN to add someone as a friend in-game. As for high-ranking players like them, they might enjoy the adorations of others this way, but they would also receive the harassment of countless others at the same time. Friend requests with messages, such as ”Big bro, take me under your wing”, ”Big bro, teach me how to play”, ”Give me money and I'll stream myself live for you”, and so on, made it impossible to play the game peacefully without them disabling that feature.
Drifting came to Yunduan City for a different reason, so he did not expect to meet THE Thousand Miles Drunk that he had long been curious about. The leaderboard lists did not include the city that the players lived in, after all. After thinking of all these things, Drifting started to talk to him, ”Never thought I would get to meet the two renowned figures of Yunduan City so soon after arriving.”
”Ah? What?” Gu Fei asked, dumbfounded. Since when did I become a renowned figure?
Drifting exchanged looks with Left Hand of Love and Right Hand of Cool, ”We have seen Ray, the acclaimed owner of Ray's Bar. As for Miles, you're probably the other renowned figure of Yunduan City, right? That Close Combat Mage 27149?”
The tavern patrons were in an uproar. Compared to the number one Mage, the title 'Close Combat Mage 27149' was evidently more distinguished here in Yunduan City. However, Gu Fei reflexively responded, ”No. I am not.”
”You are not?” Drifting asked, skeptical.
”Would I need you guys' help if I were 27149?” as Gu Fei asked this, he could not help but channel a bit of the bitterness in his voice, since they had just snatched his PvP away from him.
”If we knew just then that you are 27149, we would of course not lend a helping hand,” Drifting answered frankly.
”Although I'm not 27149, I actually didn't need the help just then. But...” Gu Fei stopped for a bit before continuing, ”Still, you have my thanks.”
The three were stumped for a good while before they all said, ”You're welcome.”
”You've just accumulated 5 PK points in one shot... I have a friend who is actually doing 'Bounty Mission' right now, so be wary of him accepting the one targeting you.”
Drifting felt stunned, saying, ”Is your friend not searching for local targets when he's doing 'Bounty Mission'?”
”Oh...” Gu Fei understood what he meant. Although Drifting had PK points on him, he was not a player of Yunduan City. Those doing 'Bounty Mission' in Yunduan City would of course not choose targets from other cities. As for those players from Drifting's own city who had just picked up the 'Bounty Mission' for him, they were probably having their just desserts for targeting such a high PK value player that they could not hunt due to Drifting currently being here in Yunduan City.
Drifting curiously asked, ”Hmm? Is doing 'Bounty Mission' a hot thing in Yunduan City right now?”