134 Chapter 134 - Gambling (2/2)

Gu Fei still had that same smile on his face, ”Man, can't you tell I was joking?”

Silver Moon still maintained that wronged expression on his face.

Gu Fei said, ”Look. If I truly suspected you guys of foul play, would I suggest upping the ante? Do you think I'm stupid?”

Hearing that, Silver Moon's face slightly softened as he nodded his head, ”I hope Miles didn't think we're that sort of people.”

”How could that be,” Gu Fei laughed forcefully. ”Why don't we just bet 13 gold coins, instead? How does that sound?”

”Not a problem,” Silver Moon accepted it readily.

Fourteen minutes later, the betting had to stop. One of Silver Moon's companions paled, ”I have no coins left.”

Gu Fei's expression was even more serious than this person's. Staring at the small mountain of gold coins, he gaped, ”To think all my good luck today rest entirely in these few minutes.”

Silver Moon's face was ashen and he said dryly, ”Your luck is really great.”

”Yeah, it is!” Gu Fei nodded his head as he began to fill his dimensional pocket with his earnings. When it got to his last 5 gold coins, he returned it to Silver Moon, ”I'm returning you the 5 gold coins I borrowed earlier.”

”Forget it. It's only 5 gold coins,” Silver Moon pushed his hand away.

”Take 'em! Take 'em!” Gu Fei forcefully stuffed the few gold coins into Silver Moon's hands as he patted his dimensional pocket, ”I've already gotten quite a bit of gold coins from you.”

Silver Moon's eyes twitched crazily.

Gu Fei glanced at that companion of his that that had lost all his gold coins, ”Shall I lend you some gold coins? Else, you guys can't continue once I leave.”

The person shook his head and did not say a word.

”Are you sure you don't need any?” Gu Fei asked once more.

”Nope,” the person croaked.

”Oh! If that's the case, I'm leaving,” Gu Fei stood up.

The three nodded their heads as Silver Moon said, ”Keep in touch.”

”How much longer are you guys in for?” Gu Fei asked instead.

”About four hours more,” Silver Moon answered.

”Good luck. See you guys around,” Gu Fei looked at the broke player and waved goodbye. In a white flash, he found himself out of the cell.

”F*ck!” Just as Gu Fei disappeared, the broke player who had lost everything to Gu Fei beat the floorboards in exasperation.

The other player picked up the three dice and studied them closely, ”Was his luck truly just amazing?”

”What else could it be?” Silver Moon retorted.

”Skill?” someone voiced his suspicion.

”If he had this skill, he would already be rich. Why would he use it here to win a few shitty gold coins?” Silver Moon stated the obvious.

The other two companions of his were speechless, neither able to make sense of what had just happened. Actually, Silver Moon also did not feel good right now as he had lost many gold coins as well.

”Forget it; let's not think anymore about that. Now that the prison is empty, let us begin our quest!” With that sentence, his two companions nodded their heads and all three began to get busy in the cell.

Gu Fei, who had finally exited the prison, breathed a huge sigh of relief. The game environment inside was too real. The air in the underground prison was damp and rotten. The game designers boldly designed everything inside to be so life-like because they knew that the simulation would have no negative effect on people's health in reality. However, the psychological effect of undergoing that entire ordeal was evident. Gu Fei gasped for quite a few breaths of air and instantly thought that the world was a truly wonderful place to live freely in and would never ever enter the prison again even if it meant his death. After Gu Fei collected himself, he finally noticed that a person was seating on the stone steps of the underground prison's entrance.

As he bewilderedly backed away for a bit, the person turned its face toward his direction. ”It's you,” the person said expressionlessly.

It was Vast Lushness. Gu Fei sighed in relief as he asked, ”Are you waiting for Silver Moon?”

Vast Lushness nodded her head, ”I sent him a message and the system prompt stated that he is 'not in a serviceable area', so that probably means that he's currently serving time in prison.”

Gu Fei nodded his head, ”He's inside. I saw him.”

”Oh…” Vast Lushness said, yet no happiness was visible on her face.

”I'm going.”

”Bye.”

Gu Fei walked off a few steps before turning back. Vast Lushness sat there by the stone steps by herself, looking very lonesome. He thought for a bit before finally returning to face Vast Lushness.

She raised her head to look at Gu Fei.

”There are some things that you should know…” Gu Fei began. As Vast Lushness looked at him unerringly, Gu Fei repeated everything Silver Moon had said inside the prison.

Her expression actually did not change much when he told her everything. No rage or sadness was visible on her face and she just listened quietly to Gu Fei's recount.

”I… I still want to ask him myself,” Vast Lushness finally said.

Gu Fei nodded his head and walked away. Turning his head backward after five steps, he shared, ”Silver Moon said he should be out in four hours or so. Maybe you can log off and take a rest first.”

”Alright,” Vast Lushness nodded her head.

Gu Fei faced forward once more and left the area. He did not look back even once and walked all the way to a log-off point and went offline.

When he got online the next day, he immediately received Royal God Call's message asking him to head over at Ray's Bar. By the time Gu Fei entered their usual private room, all the members of Young Master's Elite mercenary group were already there. Before everyone would grind in earnest each night, the mercenary group members would meet up and spend time together for a bit. Truthfully, there would hardly be any form of interaction between the six if it was not for this habitual meet-up. This was because the mercenary group had not had anyone hiring them for anything for a long time.

This reality proved that Young Master Han was not fit to be in charge of the mercenary group's operations.

Many ways existed for a mercenary group to gain fame compared to a guild. A guild's strength lay in its number of members and the quality of these members. As for a mercenary group, besides the two methods mentioned, it also had the quest completion leaderboard in the Hall of Mercenaries to display the group's prowess.

The leaderboard was arranged by the total number of quests taken, the number of quests completed, and the overall percentage of quest completion of every mercenary group. The amount of completed quests and percentage of completed quests were very important factors. With a higher percentage of completed quests, a mercenary group would indubitably be widely lauded.

As for Young Master's Elite mercenary group, it was not even listed there. Just based on the percentage of completed quests alone, the mercenary group achieved the highest possible 100%. However, when the number of completed quests was considered, people would think that the mercenary group was a newly established one. This was especially so because the mercenary group's attainment and completion of system-issued quests was glaringly zero.