133 Chapter 133 - Endless Disdain (1/2)
The three men who had just emerged from the white lights acted very differently from the other players inside the underground prison.
No one, including Gu Fei who had sacrificed himself to help Royal God Call with his 'Bounty Mission', entered the prison to serve time jovially. In contrast, these new arrivals openly expressed their excitement upon seeing that the cell had quite a lot of occupants.
At this moment, the players inside the cell were currently split into two factions. Gu Fei was the leader, as well as the sole member, of the 'depressed' faction. He was dazedly occupying the left corner of the cell while wondering whether he should log off or not. As for everyone else, they were part of the 'indignant' faction and were all standing by the right corner as they furiously regarded Gu Fei. A fight would have long broken out between the two factions had the entire prison not been designed as a safe zone.
The new arrivals saw this situation of Gu Fei being ostracized by everyone. All these prisoners barely knew each other and would mostly spend a couple of hours together here, so how did such a conflict occur in just a short duration? And yet, the current conflict seemed to be so serious that all were isolating Gu Fei.
After considering everything, the three began to move closer to the larger group first.
”Hello, fellow brothers…” The leader cheerfully greeted the lot. It was rare to see people who were jovial of being sent to prison, so the pack of players found their behavior to be somewhat odd and regarded the lot with raised eyebrows.
”Were you guys sent here by an Archer?” one of the players finally inquired.
”Ah? No. We came here of our accord,” one of the three men replied.
Everyone felt shocked. They turned themselves in… Such an occurrence was much more infrequent, as most people would rather work to rid themselves of their PK value by asking their buddies to help them accomplish 'Bounty Mission'. This sort of honest players who would willingly turn themselves in could not be found PvPing in the first place.
The three men conversed with them for a while, before finally pointing at Gu Fei who was sitting by a corner on his own, ”That guy….”
The group of convicts once more burst into an angry chatter, with some whispering to one another. Their indignation gradually became evident as their voices and swearing grew louder with each passing moment. Gu Fei could no longer bear it, so he got up from his corner and made his way to the front of the group.
”What are you trying to do,” everyone stared at Gu Fei. Although the players who had fought with him and had mostly been insta-killed by him knew of Gu Fei's fighting prowess, the fact that the deadly Gu Fei could not do anything to them inside this prison that was a big safe zone emboldened everyone.
”Say whatever you want, but don't speak such vulgarities,” Gu Fei stood up, towering over them as he lectured the men squatting by the wall for their foul language.
”F*ck! Why do you care?” all arrogantly demanded with raised chins.
Gu Fei exasperatedly said, ”I won't care if you are speaking of others; but you're cursing at me, right? Actually, we should be condemning that Archer together. I share the same fate with you all since I was also sent by that guy here!”
When he said that, over half the players present stirred emotionally. They were sent to prison by an Archer, so this Mage doing 'Bounty Mission' had nothing to do with them at all. Conversely speaking, Gu Fei was indeed on the same side as them as he was sent to prison by the Archer as well. Since Royal God Call had been busying himself with the bounty hunting business these past two days, most of the cell occupants were truly Royal God Call's doing.
When Gu Fei's 'customers' saw that a majority of the people were getting convinced by Gu Fei's words, one of them quickly voiced his opposition, ”Don't be fooled, everyone. They must be working together.”
Gu Fei took the lead in staring at the speaker as if he was an idiot. Even the three newcomers at the side chimed in, ”Working together? Why would the Archer dump him in this prison if they are indeed working together?!”
”How would I know? There must be a reason behind this!” the person insisted.
All turned their noses to this fool. Gu Fei sighed in his heart. This saying really held some truth: 'The minority was the one who always had a good grasp of the truth!'
”By the way, did you guys see what that Archer looks like? The brat actually attacked me from behind, so I didn't get a good look of his face,” Gu Fei began to dissect Royal God Call, planning to utterly divert everyone's attention from the recent allegation.
His plan worked perfectly as everyone began to discuss and partake in all sorts of gossips about Royal God Call. As Gu Fei had expected, many of Royal God Call's 'customers' were sent to prison without seeing a lick of his shadow due to his fighting method. Almost all of them were taken down by Royal God Call's sneaky shots from afar, so not one actually saw his face clearly.
”How utterly despicable and shameless!” everyone criticized Royal God Call severely.
”Very true!” Gu Fei agreed as he laughed inside. His 'customers' could not interject anything and could only stare at Gu Fei hatefully while squatting by a corner. Gu Fei no longer bothered himself with them and turned his gaze toward the three newcomers. The prison's lighting was slightly dim, so distinguishing the others' looks at a certain distance was hard. Unexpectedly, Gu Fei felt stunned when he recognized one of the three, ”SILVER MOON!”
Who else could the person on the left be but the guild leader of Past Deeds, Silver Moon?
The three men were originally checking Gu Fei out with a slight smile on their faces. Evidently, they were quite interested in him. While the three viewed the others inside the prison as mediocre beings that had lost in PvP, they saw Gu Fei as a talented individual who had contributed to the population inside this prison by bravely doing 'Bounty Mission'.
As for how he got sent to this prison, the three heard everything clearly: 'An Archer attacked him sneakily!' Archers had an advantage when it came to PvP over Mages, so they thought it was still reasonable that Gu Fei was eliminated by an Archer no matter how strong he was, especially since it was a sneak attack that might have caught him off-guarded.
Unexpectedly, this Mage that the three were interested in actually knew Silver Moon.
”You're…” Silver Moon hesitated. Many people knew him, as he was a guild leader, but that was in Yueye City. It totally did not make sense for Yunduan City's players to recognize him – unless, they were from Yueye City.
Gu Fei promptly got a hold of his emotions and he schooled his facial expression into a neutral one, saying, ”I once went to Yueye City in the past. I heard and even saw you at the time.”
”Oh!” The three were visibly relieved by this.
Silver Moon was even pleased with himself, This proves that we are so well-known that even those from other cities visit Yueye City just to see us. Furthermore, some remember us to the point of recognizing us at a glance despite barely meeting us. As he relished in this thought, his impression of Gu Fei deepened by quite a lot. ”Bro—” Just as he was about to ask Gu Fei's name, he discovered that the Mage had squatted down once more with the rest of the trashy players to deride the Archer that they all despised.
Silver Moon felt somewhat shocked. Why is this guy's interest in this bunch of commoners stronger than his interest in an important person like me? With this thought in mind, Silver Moon joined the crowd of squatting players and addressed them, ”Gentlemen, what's the name of that Archer who bullied you? Since we met by fate in this place, I will take it upon myself to avenge you all when I get out.” With that, he smiled cheerily at Gu Fei.
What are you smiling at me for, you f*ck*r?! Can't you see that I don't wanna associate myself with you? Gu Fei thought to himself as he shifted to the side by half a step. He felt as if someone wanted to get closer to him while he was taking a dump in a latrine pit… It was downright disgusting!
Meanwhile, Silver Moon mistook Gu Fei's action as him being afraid that the space was too cramped for Silver Moon, so the latter kindly gave the former more space. Silver Moon was instantly delighted by this as he glanced at everyone emotionally, awaiting their reply to his suggestion.
”Who are you?” Someone suddenly sank the spirits of Silver Moon with this seemingly innocent question, causing Gu Fei to sputter as he stifled his laughter.
Everyone curiously stared at him, not understanding what Gu Fei found so funny. Gu Fei quickly recovered himself and introduced the arrogant prick to everyone, ”Silver Moon here came from Yueye City. Have you guys heard of the Past Deeds Guild?”
”Oh…” everyone chorused.
Silver Moon. That person was almost as famous as Close Combat Mage 27149 who had single-handedly cut down No Smile eight times. However, while the source of Close Combat Mage's fame lay in his PvP prowess, Silver Moon's fame lay in his OP equipment.