183 Chapter 183 - He that Runs Fastest Gets the Ring (1/2)

Foe-herder had suffered many hardships to get the IGN 'Thousand Miles Drunk'. Just this afternoon alone, he had experienced being disdained by over fifty Amethyst Rebirth ladies – a matter that any man would find heartbreaking.

At his wit's end, Foe-herder finally emailed Xi Xiaotian to discuss the matter at hand. Nonetheless, no sane person would purchase a name at the high price of 1000 gold coins. Foe-herder decided that if the lady still insisted on the price of 1000 gold coins for just a name, he would slay her where she stood.

In the end, Foe-herder was rather satisfied when Xi Xiaotian said that she would not only provide the Mage's name but also set up a face-to-face meeting between them.

Both parties made their way to the tavern by the central plaza once they had come to an agreement on the payment. Along the way, Foe-herder was wondering how he could test the Mage's capabilities as the possibility existed of Xi Xiaotian teaming up with a random Mage to trick him. But when he saw that the Mage who had showed up was Gu Fei, he immediately felt assured.

Foe-herder recognized Gu Fei as the Mage who had crossed swords with him before at the mercenary PvP tournament. Although Gu Fei's job that day was to run and hide, Foe-herder could tell that he was a skilled player. He quite believed that he was the Mage that he had been looking for.

As Foe-herder thought of this, he noticed Gu Fei's expression turning dark as he fixed Xi Xiaotian a vicious glare.

”Bro, take a seat!” Foe-herder feebly offered.

Gu Fei sat down.

”Let's add each other as friends!” Foe-herder requested. Laying the groundwork was important in building a solid foundation, as Foe-herder knew that Gu Fei would not defect over to his guild just because he asked him to. But as long as they added each other as friends, he would have the means to contact Gu Fei and slowly persuade the latter into joining his guild. That alone was worth spending this large amount of money.

”What for?” Gu Fei asked Foe-herder. After hearing from the ladies about Foe-herder's deplorable actions, Gu Fei no longer viewed him in a favorable light. He knew very well of Foe- herder's intention, so he planned to reject him outright.

”Oh, it's nothing serious… I just wanna be friends with you, bro,” Foe-herder decided to proceed with his recruitment plan slowly. Why would a player agree to switch guilds for no good reason? Therefore, it was better for him to add Gu Fei as a friend first while he thought of ways to entice the latter into joining his guild.

Foe-herder had calculated his every move, yet Gu Fei unexpectedly denied his request, ”I don't want to!”

”Why… Why not?” Foe-herder asked, perplexed.

”Uhh… I don't like your name,” Gu Fei replied.

The reason he gave was very childish, yet Foe-herder could not find a way around it, leaving him speechless for a moment.

”We're leaving!” Gu Fei stood up and dragged Xi Xiaotian along with him.

”Huh?” Xi Xiaotian was at a loss as Gu Fei continued to drag her toward the tavern's doorway.

”Sigh…” Foe-herder finally realized what was happening and quickly got up to chase after the two.

Xi Xiaotian kept pace with Gu Fei as she looked backward to address Foe-herder, ”Hey!” To those not privy to the situation, she and Foe-herder appeared to be a pair of lovers that was being forcefully separated by the evil Gu Fei. ”You haven't paid me fully, so I'll contact you later.” These words of hers effectively broke that illusion.

Gu Fei and Xi Xiaotian finally exited the tavern. Foe-herder tried to chase after them, but he was soon left in the dust.

With Gu Fei being a full-Agility Mage and Xi Xiaotian being a full-Agility Archer, Foe-herder could only helplessly watch them became distant blurs.

Only when Foe-herder was no longer in sight that Gu Fei stopped rushing forward. Xi Xiaotian was nonplussed, ”What's with you?”

”How much did you charge for this meet-up between me and Foe-herder?” Gu Fei asked.

”Umm... 400 gold coins, to be exact. I originally wanted 1000 gold coins, but all seem to be suffering from financial crisis nowadays, so they were grinding their teeth in anger and refused to do business with me when I asked for that kind of payment. In the end, we agreed on 400 gold coins. I have yet to collect the total fee since he only gave me a deposit of 100 gold coins just then, so I am still missing 300 gold coins… Oh, and the remaining 300 gold coins are meant for you, you know! But since we've ditched him, I bet he is thinking twice about giving us the rest of the payment... Since I'm such a nice lady, I'll just split the 100 gold coins I've gotten from him with you!” With that, Xi Xiaotian took out her coin purse from her dimensional pocket. Dangling it before Gu Fei, Xi Xiaotian made it look as if she was about to pour all its contents, ”Reach out your hand!”

Gu Fei wanted to spit out the anger welling up in him, yet he could not bring himself to do so and only shake his head, ”No, thanks.”

”Why not?” Xi Xiaotian asked.

Gu Fei took a deep breath, ”Next time you think of a scheme to get rich quickly, please do it without involving me.” He then walked away.

Xi Xiaotian stood on one spot for quite a while before coming back to her senses and quickly running after Gu Fei. It was at this moment that an arrow on Snipe whistled through the air from a side alley.

Xi Xiaotian's reaction speed was good and she managed to dodge that arrow. A shout of ”Over here!” made Gu Fei look backward, only to see a bunch of players surrounding Xi Xiaotian.