184 Chapter 184 - One Hundred Kills (1/2)

Initially, Foe-herder was certain that Gu Fei was the Mage that he was looking for, but he was now considering the possibility of Xi Xiaotian bringing an imposter to scam him out of his money. Is it really necessary for them to leave hastily like that even if he is reluctant to add me as a friend? Something seems off... There was also the fact that Gu Fei had just given Foe-herder a nonsensical excuse on why he refuse to add him as a friend, causing the latter to become even more suspicious of the whole matter.

It was a rough day for Foe-herder. His attempt to find out the identity of the mysterious Mage had caused others to treat the players of his guild as weirdos with how they kept on asking the same question around the city. The worst thing here was that the Amethyst Rebirth's ladies hated him now after he had tried to get the mysterious Mage's IGN from them through bribery. Foe-herder was not in a good mood from the start, and after Gu Fei and Xi Xiaotian left without a word, he was no longer thinking clearly and simply assumed that Xi Xiaotian was just trying to swindle him. In a fit of rage, he mobilized his entire guild to hunt those two down.

When the Cloud Herder's members asked him how much he had been cheated off by Xi Xiaotian, Foe-herder felt slightly embarrassed to tell them that it was only 100 gold coins. While the amount was not small, it was too little to warrant mobilizing many players of his guild. However, he could care less about that right now as he only wanted to vent his frustration and seek revenge from those two who had made a fool of him.

It was human nature to feel like that, of course. Would anyone just laugh it off if someone raised his or her hopes up, only to smash them to pieces later by revealing that everything was but a scam?

But when Foe-herder was about to deploy his entire guild for their first-ever organized manhunt, the Mage Gu Fei squeezed his way through the crowd and spoke aloud to him, causing Foe-herder to be dumbfounded.

”Who's this guy?” the men of Cloud Herder whispered to one another. As expected, not many could recognize Gu Fei's face with his fast movement speed in their previous PvP match.

”Just what is up with him?” Foe-herder was utterly confused.

”I assure you that this is just a huge misunderstanding, so can you please disperse everyone first?” Gu Fei then turned around and waved his hands dismissively to the surrounding Cloud Herder members, ”Everyone can leave already!”

Some simpletons of Cloud Herder began to take their leave upon hearing Gu Fei, so Foe-herder quickly sent out a command, ”Don't leave just yet, everyone.” As Gu Fei innocently faced him once more, Foe-herder said, ”Give me an explanation for all this.”

”Xi Xiaotian didn't lie to you. I am truly the man you're looking for,” Gu Fei said.

”You are the masked Mage of Amethyst Rebirth during our guild match?” Foe-herder asked.

Gu Fei nodded his head.

”How are you gonna prove it?” Foe-herder pressed on.

Gu Fei was vexed. Being a full-blooded man, he felt embarrassed that he had entered an all-female guild before, so he had done everything to prevent others from knowing about it. Who knew that a day would come where he actually had to prove his Amethyst Rebirth membership?

Seeing that Gu Fei was speechless for a moment, the members of Cloud Herder thought that Foe-herder was in the right and lifted their weapons in hand.

Seems like this crowd won't be pacified without me presenting some evidence, Gu Fei thought to himself. While he was good at killing people, he did not know how to deal with such a situation!

Foe-herder coldly snorted, ”There's no way we will believe your claim of being a member of Amethyst Rebirth without proof; can you show us your guild emblem?”

Gu Fei was once more regretful. The guild emblem Foe-herder spoke of existed precisely to prove a player's guild membership. Any players could prove that they were part of certain guilds so long as they had their respective guild emblems.

Luo Luo had once given him this item, but Gu Fei had actually politely rejected it, believing that he would not be in the guild for long. As a corollary, he had become the only player in Parallel World without his guild's emblem. Now that he had to prove his guild membership to other players, Gu Fei could only feebly say, ”That… Erm… I forgot to bring it along…”

Everything suddenly became quiet. A guild emblem was an item with a specific purpose. It could be placed in a slot inside the dimensional pocket and would not take up space; it would also not take up an equipment slot when worn. It did not even weigh a thing when held in hand. Besides not possessing it in the first place, there was no reason that one would actually ”forget to bring it along”.

With that, the players of Cloud Herder started making their moves. Archers nocked their arrows, Mages raised their magic staves, Thieves vanished from view, and Warriors pointed their weapons to Gu Fei. He hurriedly cried out, ”Don't be so hasty! Is there another way to prove my identity?”

”Another way? You can try killing all of us, then. Should be easy for you if you really are the Mage that we're looking for,” Foe-herder rasped out coldly.

Hearing that, Gu Fei seriously checked his surroundings. Cloud Herder Guild had a hundred men surrounding him here at the Archer Range. This situation was similar to that time he had been left by himself in the frontline of Carouse Guild. Except on that day, he had appeared into the opposing guild's defensive formation in a way that was akin to an instantaneous movement, allowing him to catch the enemies by surprise.

Right now, the members of Cloud Herder were fully prepared. In this tight encirclement, Gu Fei did not have any way to avoid their Mages' AOE spells or to cast his spells without being interrupted. Seeing the empty, unguarded space behind Cloud Herder's PvP formation, Gu Fei wished that he had already learned Blink by now.

”What's the matter? Cat got your tongue?” Foe-herder cruelly laughed.

”The difficulty is too high. Can you lower your standard a bit and just assign twenty to thirty of your men to test me out?” Gu Fei asked.

All the players of Cloud Herder felt stunned. They knew that Foe-herder had said those words flippantly, yet Gu Fei had apparently taken him seriously. Although he did not say that he could kill everyone present, challenging twenty to thirty of them was already daring enough. Foe-herder was still hesitating when Gu Fei's eyes suddenly shone and he excitedly said, ”I got it! l will fight all of you at once, but under the condition that no one can use their skills. How does that sound?”