137 Chapter 137 - Svelte Dancer (1/2)

After everyone vomited inwardly, Brother Assist began to present the information he had collected these past few days regarding the major mercenary groups in Yunduan City.

”The Black Hand mercenary group. It is currently the most well-known, independent mercenary group in Yunduan City. It is at level 5 and has filled up the player limit of one hundred. The mercenary group's leader is called Black Index Finger, a level 40 Warrior. The group has maintained a steady progress ever since its establishment, consistently accumulating successes due to the leader's solid management.” After reporting all this, Brother Assist stopped speaking and joined his fellow mercenary group members on squinting at Young Master Han.

Young Master Han was unfazed by their actions and continued to leisurely sip his liquor, ”So the group is called The Black Hand and the leader is called Index Finger? Does that mean there is a Thumb, Middle Finger, and Pinky?”

Brother Assist shook his head, ”No other players in the mercenary group have similar naming conventions.”

Young Master Han opined, ”Maybe they are in other in-game cities. The Black Hand might be the unified name they share, since the name of a mercenary group can be reused in different in-game cities.”

Brother Assist nodded his head in agreement, ”Indeed, it can be repeated.”

Gu Fei interjected, ”Yueye City has The Black Hand mercenary group, too.”

”What's the group leader's name?”

”I don't know… but it seems like the average small mercenary group,” Gu Fei answered.

”Let's not bother about that now. The gist is that we are facing a group of one hundred men. Continue, Brother Assist,” Young Master Han said.

”The second largest mercenary group in Yunduan City is Four Seas mercenary group. Just as the name says, it's the mercenary group of Traversing Four Seas. It is also at level 5 with one hundred players. The group leader is Youthful Reflection. We have faced him before,” Brother Assist said.

”Who's that person?” Gu Fei asked.

”It's the guy you tricked into entering Oolong Cave before,” Royal God Call reminded him.

”Oh…” Gu Fei recalled him now. It was not that he forgot about the person, but that he did not even know the guy's name in the first place. He was different from Brother Assist and the other experts who had known some of these IGNs even before. It was just that there were so many online games that had various servers out there, so even though many expert players existed in the online gaming community, they had yet to meet one another. With the emergence of Parallel World, all these first-rate experts from the various MMOs gathered in this first ever VR game, creating a situation that had never been seen before.

”The members of Four Seas mercenary group are from Traversing Four Seas. In terms of raw strength, I feel that Four Seas is better than The Black Hand. However, I've based this report on everyone's model when discussing mercenary groups, which focuses on their quest completion rate, so Four Seas is ranked number two,” Brother Assist added.

”No matter if they are first or second, they are still our enemies,” Young Master Han commented.

”Besides them, there is also the level 4 Water Flower mercenary group with eighty members under the leadership of Brave Surge. This group belongs to Carouse, the second biggest guild in Yunduan City. Young Master is a member of this guild, right?” Brother Assist asked Young Master Han as he introduced this third-ranked mercenary group to the gang.

Young Master Han nodded his head, ”This guild's name is to my liking, so I changed my mind about not joining any guild.”

”Then, I won't introduce them anymore. You should be more familiar with them,” Brother Assist said.

”Brave Surge is our guild leader, as well as the Water Flower mercenary group's leader. While on the surface it appears that this mercenary group is set up to safeguard the interest of Carouse's guild members, the likely reason for its establishment is to gather the experts within the guild and form an elite team. All the skilled members, except for me, of Carouse are part of this mercenary group,” Young Master Han shared.

”Since you know those people, what are you gonna do when the time comes?” Royal God Call asked.

”No one will recognize me as long as I wear a mask; I know what I have to do!” Young Master Han replied.

”Does this mean that you'll be participating in the guild versus guild tournament as well?” Brother Assist also asked him a question.

As Young Master Han nodded his head, Brother Assist looked at the others, ”Besides Young Master Han, Miles, Wounds, and Royal are members of other guilds, too. I take it that you are all participating in the upcoming guild versus guild tournament?”

The three nodded their heads; War Without Wounds and Royal God Call gazed enviously at Gu Fei, ”Amethyst Rebirth, right?”

Gu Fei nodded his head again, turning to look at Sword Demon, ”You're not in any guild?”

”No,” Sword Demon replied. Gu Fei's heart tightened. Did his past PvP with Sword Demon destroy the latter's dream of forming the Heaven-Defying Guild, and the reason why he was distancing himself in any guild-related topics?

”Let's not talk about guilds anymore. With regard to mercenary groups, those are the three most distinguished in Yunduan City. If we can settle those groups with just the six of us, I doubt the rest will be a problem,” Brother Assist concluded confidently.

The other five members also revealed a confident expression on their faces as if that outcome was already guaranteed; the atmosphere in the room was thick with the experts' arrogance. People would definitely laugh until their teeth fell off if they were to find out that a mere six-person mercenary group viewed the three largest mercenary groups in Yunduan City as worthy opponents. Nonetheless, these six men continued to discuss the matter with great severity.

”Among all those groups, there is a special one.” Brother Assist swept his gaze at them all before saying, ”Silver Moon.”

”Silver Moon, the guild leader of Past Deeds in Yueye City?!” Royal God Call asked in shock.

Brother Assist nodded his head, ”The very same. I don't know when he arrived in Yunduan City, but he has created a mercenary group called Symphony of the Night. Although it is just at level 2 with only forty members, I'm sure that everyone here remembers that Silver Moon possesses a skill for group buffing, so we must be on our guard toward him.”

”Got it. Pass me all the information you've gathered about those mercenary groups and I'll pore over them,” Young Master Han said.