156 Chapter 156 - Single File Formation (1/2)

Although Carouse was known as Yunduan City's second largest guild, its size and level were the same as Traversing Four Seas. Both guilds were at level 5 with seven hundred fifty members. Frankly speaking, the only worry that large guilds in Parallel World had was if the guild level was not high enough. As for the member count, many players would immediately fill up the available spots once the guild level rose. People were dying to join such large guilds at the first opportunity, after all.

Carouse was viewed as the second largest guild in Yunduan City only because it started slower than Traversing Four Seas and was always a few steps behind the latter at leveling up the guild, leaving Carouse at an unfavorable position whenever it was time to level the guild and recruit new members.

However, ranking the guilds was not just simply a race to being higher level. The day-to-day tasks and happenings in the guild were important as well. A large guild would not simply let its members waste away their spots as days went by, so replacing members was a common occurrence in a guild. Players that seldom logged on or were leveling too slowly to meet the guild's demands would be kicked out, and the freed spots would naturally be used to inject new blood to further strengthen the guild.

This race to recruit capable experts was the main contest of struggle between the two guilds. Although Traversing Four Seas and Carouse were ranked as first and second based on the time they each leveled, the public was still unsure which of them was stronger and had better experts since the two guilds had never clashed before. Thus, a majority of the players were hoping that the guild versus guild tournament would determine for everyone which was the better guild between the two.

Since Amethyst Rebirth, a small guild with fifty-four players, had drawn such a formidable opponent, the specter of death was visible even on the ladies' very expressions. Although they were not heavily invested to the match's outcome, they still had some regards toward it. The small flicker of hope inside each of them wished for a miracle to happen. They managed to breeze through their two matches easily thus far, so they naturally felt a little sad to finally encounter a huge hurdle today. This was more or less what the ladies currently had in mind.

Concluding her presentation, July merely said, ”Everyone, do your best.”

All the ladies and the sole gentleman nodded their heads. Gu Fei chose to remain silent, as Svelte Dancer approached him and said, ”Plenty of kill points out there today, so I won't lose to you for sure.”

Gu Fei laughed bitterly for a moment, ”I'm afraid this might be our last chance to compete for kill points, so you better try your darndest.”

Svelte Dancer bewilderedly asked, ”Why did you say that?”

”You actually think that we've got a chance to win today?” Gu Fei asked back instead, astonished.

”Why not?” Svelte Dancer felt shocked at his question, asking, ”Haven't you seen the forums?”

Gu Fei was confused by her question, saying, ”Forums? I've skimmed through them. Why?”

”There is this six-man mercenary group called Young Master's Elite that defeated Cloud Herder mercenary group with over seventy members. Don't you know of this matter?!” Svelte Dancer gasped in surprise.

”Of course, I know about it,” Gu Fei replied hastily.

Everyone had already been drawn in by Svelte Dancer's gasp. Young Master's Elite might not be very famous, but that name held plenty of weight to Amethyst Rebirth's older members. The ladies knew that that mercenary group had helped them resolve the matter with No Smile, so they were happy that Young Master's Elite had made the headlines. Hearing Svelte Dancer suddenly mention this mercenary group, they eagerly pricked their ears to eavesdrop.

Svelte Dancer cleared her throat and swept her gaze over at everyone present, ”Ladies!”

”Ahem!” Gu Fei coughed lightly.

Svelte Dancer casted a sideway glance at him before adding, ”And someone.”

Gu Fei did not cough anymore, as being 'someone' was better than being labeled as one of the 'ladies'.

Svelte Dancer continued to address the crowd, ”Young Master's Elite is a good example for us. The players in that group did not falter despite encountering strong enemies and instead tried their best to drag the fight out with their opponents. We are in a similar predicament to Young Master's Elite in today's fight, so we must actively learn from that group's tenacity. Keep running if you can and drag as many enemies down if you cannot; do your best to cause an upheaval and sacrifice every bit of your strength for our guild to win this match.”

Svelte Dancer's speech had an extremely rousing effect to the crowd. One after another, these ladies showed in their expressions how her speech had cleared the heavy mood permeating the air and had given them hope for victory. These ladies solemnly promised to put their all into this match.

The meeting ended in a positive note, and everyone was subsequently teleported into the PvP arena when the countdown was over. Svelte Dancer whirled her dagger in the air and yelled out a battlecry before sprinting out of sight in a cloud of dust. The other ladies followed suit by waving their weapons about, shouting battlecries, and proceeding to run toward the rolling hills and vast plains before them.