181 Chapter 181 - The Woeful Experts (1/2)
July's thinking was too idealistic, as it was impossible for any group to keep everyone in it satisfied. Her way of thinking that wished to respect everyone's wishes was quite a western concept. What China promoted was collectivism, so the minority in the country usually submitted to the will and ideologies of the majority.
On the guild channel, besides July who had not voiced her opinion, all the Amethyst Rebirth's ladies were currently expressing their wish for Gu Fei to stay.
This was precisely what made Gu Fei confused. Amid the ladies' chattering, Gu Fei feebly asked, ”But when did I say that I'm leaving the guild?”
The whole channel instantly became quiet. The wilder the thoughts were, the further the digression became. Foe-herder wanted to use gold coins to loosen the ladies' mouths, but it was simply to learn of Gu Fei's IGN. This matter… It absolutely did not involve Gu Fei leaving the guild.
”Oh…” The ladies immediately stopped discussing the matter upon realizing this and carried on with their chit-chats. Only a few ladies continued to message Gu Fei in private.
”Beware of being led astray when you're keeping bad company,” Luo Luo advised Gu Fei.
”Large guilds love to bully small guilds, so you better not join any of them!” was Will-low's two cents regarding this matter. She had previously been oppressed by a powerful guild, after all.
”Large guilds are super annoying. It's so pointless,” Svelte Dancer said to Gu Fei based on her similar experiences with his. Evidently, joining any large guilds she wished to was easy given her indomitable strength.
”That Foe-herder is so silly. He doesn't even know to look for the 'Wheat within the Mud' when it already says so,” June's Rain remarked.
Gu Fei felt somewhat sorry for Foe-herder's quest debacle earlier. It was similar to taking an important exam, only to realize that the only question printed on the paper was '1+1=?'
Most people would definitely assume that it was a trick question, and would be having second thoughts on writing down '2' as the answer. Perhaps, '1+1' had other answers as well. But if June's Rain was the one posing the question, the answer would definitely be '2'.
Foe-herder must have overthought things, which turned him into a laughingstock to June's Rain. How pitiful! Gu Fei thought to himself as he headed to Ray's Bar.
The ladies no longer had to participate in the mercenary PvP tournament since they were eliminated last night, but Gu Fei still had to join Young Master's Elite for today's match. Seeing that it was about time for the match, he headed to Ray's Bar to meet up with his fellow mercenaries.
”I've advanced to a Lightning Mage!” Gu Fei immediately informed them this once he saw that the five were already inside the room.
”Ah?” The five eyed him in confusion.
”Thunderbolt! Strike!” Gu Fei waved his hand and a bolt of lightning descended from the ceiling. It then struck the table and a burned smell subsequently filled the air.
”Stop messing around!” Brother Assist grimly admonished as that lightning bolt had struck somewhere near him. Given Gu Fei's high Magic Attack Power and the cramped space of the room, that bolt would have struck Brother Assist dead had Gu Fei slightly shifted his hand to his direction.
”Don't worry. I'm not even holding my weapon,” Gu Fei said as he sat down.
”Why did you suddenly choose Lightning Affinity?” Brother Assist asked.
”I learned that Lightning Affinity has the Blink skill that can let me move from one place to another instantly. That's something useful to me,” Gu Fei explained.
All the present experts inhaled sharply, as they knew very well what would happen if Gu Fei came to possess the Blink skill.
”Blink! How could I have forgotten?! Mages can learn Blink!” Royal God Call muttered to himself.
Gu Fei's fighting prowess had shocked these online gaming experts time and time again. Although all of them had become friends now, the others had unknowingly been imagining Gu Fei as an opponent that they were thinking of ways to deal with.
Royal God Call, for his part, was thinking that he could now contend with Gu Fei after acquiring Svelte Dancer's Boots of the Nimble Cloud, which gave him a faster movement speed than Gu Fei's. Unknowingly, Royal God Call was already considering ways to deal with Gu Fei and was even thinking of kiting Gu Fei to prevent the latter from closing in on him.
While the other Mages were worrying about players engaging them in close combat, these experts were worrying about this Mage before them getting anywhere near them in combat.
Gu Fei's unintentional reversal of a Mage's combat method had literally flipped the usage of his job class's many spells and skills. An example was Twin Incineration; this spell was insignificant in the hands of other Mages, yet it was a deadly spell in the hands of Gu Fei. He was even intending to use the defensive skill, Blink, as an offensive skill.
To think that a Mage can be played like this! All these experts felt amazed by this enlightenment.
”I also learned that Blink will only be available for Mages at the later part of the game, so I want to get a skill scroll for it. Hopefully, I'll get that in today's match,” Gu Fei made a grabbing motion with his hand.
Brother Assist shook his head repeatedly, ”Do you think that the system is kind enough to provide you with that when you need it? How can anyone be that lucky?”
”So how would I get it, then?” Gu Fei asked.
”You buy it, of course!” Brother Assist replied matter-of-factly, saying, ”Go to the forums and leave a post. Buying the permanent skill scroll for Blink is more realistic than you depending on luck to obtain it.”
”Won't… Won't that be very expensive?” Gu Fei asked apprehensively. He had already experienced earlier today how hard it was to have insufficient money.