155 Chapter 155 - Process and Resul (1/2)

A certain level of intelligence was necessary for anyone to become part of a generation of experts in an online game. In the fast ever-changing world of online games, many people would move to a new game every three to five months, so going down the path of Guo Jing would never work if someone wanted to make a name for himself or herself in the online gaming community.

The gaming experts currently seated in one of the private rooms at Ray's Bar bagged numerous achievements in the many MMOs that they had played. Although they might not be heaven-sent geniuses, they were at least very experienced and quick-witted. Therefore, Young Master Han did not need to elaborate further after giving his straightforward speech.

If sacrificing themselves could secure their mercenary group's victory in the long run, these experts would of course be more than willing to comply with Young Master Han's instructions. Although they were still resentful about being kept in the dark and being sent out like lambs to the slaughter, Young Master Han's actions actually went in line with his personality. Now, they could only content themselves with cursing at him inwardly and move on from this matter. They even refrained themselves from saying pointless stuff like ”never again” to him, as they knew that it would truly be 'pointless'. After all, Young Master Han's actions were governed by his 'great' personality and this narcissist would certainly never accept anyone's advice about reforming his 'awesome' personality.

The atmosphere in the room was still far from regaining its usual sense of friendliness, but the current ambiance would do. At the very least, this six-man mercenary group was no longer on the verge of breaking apart. For them, dying once was not actually that big of a deal in a game, but it was especially hurtful to their pride as experts! Brother Assist was just a 'pseudo expert', so his pride was not as intense as Royal God Call and War Without Wounds'. Despite the two being utterly deplorable when in front of beautiful women, they seriously valued their reputation as pros. The two felt somewhat better after hearing Young Master Han's explanation and it might even be possible to remove the last splinter in their hearts if a sycophant were to praise them right now for their noble sacrifice at yesterday's PvP match.

Such a person unfortunately did not exist in this six-man mercenary group, so everyone stared blankly at one another for a while. Recovering himself first, Royal God Call promptly stood up, ”I'm gonna restock my arrows. I'll meet you guys in the 'changing room'!”

”I'll go repair my equipment,” War Without Wounds said as he stood up as well.

Restocking on arrows and repairing equipment were pretexts that these two would often give to excuse themselves from the room, so no one was surprised.

”I'll go walk around for a bit,” Brother Assist said as he also stood up. Reaching the curtain door, he casually called out to Gu Fei who had been staying motionless for a while now, ”Let's go, Miles!”

Gu Fei jolted awake and sat upright, ”Ah! Is the meeting over?”

Everyone suddenly felt irked. In a meeting where the life and death of their mercenary group was on tenterhooks, this person actually had the nerve to sleep. He was being far too easy-going!

”It's over,” Young Master Han replied faintly.

”Oh. Then, I'm off to buy two catties of fruits.” This was Gu Fei's excuse for leaving every time.

Leaving Ray's Bar together, Brother Assist asked Gu Fei, ”Buying fruits?”

Gu Fei flashed him a grin, as his dimensional pocket already had plenty of fruits. Brother Assist returned his smile. Since neither knew where to go, they ended up walking around aimlessly.

”Do you also mind Young Master's method?” Brother Assist finally broached this topic after a period of hesitation.

Gu Fei smiled and replied, ”Although he sacrificed you all for his scheme, he did nothing untoward to me!”

”That reason… It's too superficial!” Brother Assist sighed.

”I'm just joking,” Gu Fei laughingly said. He then asked in return, ”How about you? What do you think of it?”

”If our mercenary group were a large one, his method would be hard to accept. Since we are just a small mercenary group made up of a handful of friends, it should not be that big a deal,” Brother Assist offered.

”Mhm!” Gu Fei nodded his head, saying, ”I think so, too.”

”How sly of you to copy my opinion! Just what do you really think?” Brother Assist probed.

Gu Fei gave a serious reply this time, ”I was angry at first, but this is just a game in the end. Based on the PvP tournament's rules, dying won't affect us much. If we can truly win, I reckon it won't matter what method we use.”

”Hmm… You've got a point,” Brother Assist, ”Does this mean that you don't mind Young Master's method at all?”

”I mind. In fact, I am extremely bothered by it!” Gu Fei admitted with a crestfallen look on his face, adding, ”We should just kill our opponents every match. That's far more enjoyable.”

”But how far can we go using that method with only us, six men?” Brother Assist asked.

”Why even care about that?! As long as we enjoy the fights, any result is fine,” Gu Fei firmly replied with clenched fists.

Brother Assist stayed quiet for quite a while before finally saying with a sigh, ”You're such a PvP fanatic that we're barely on the same wavelength.”

Gu Fei only smiled at his comment, as his perspective about this matter was indeed very different from Brother Assist and the rest's. Between process and result, most players would value the result more. As long as they could obtain a satisfactory result, they would not care about the process at all. A slight dispute might happen along the way, but it would truly not matter as long as the end goal was achieved.