195 Chapter 195 - Getting Him to Reveal Himself (1/2)

Gu Fei, Sword Demon, and Royal God Call were too fast for them, so Silver Moon commanded his men to focus on the other three slower opponents, instead. But as soon as Young Master Han, War Without Wounds, and Brother Assist started running away, Silver Moon realized that the three were simply too far away, so he let out a sigh and ordered his men to stop chasing after the three.

Silver Moon's sigh did not escape Gu Fei, Sword Demon, and Royal God Call's keen eyes. Gu Fei could not be bothered to converse with Silver Moon, while Sword Demon lacked interest in a war of words. Only Royal God Call was childish enough to make fun of Silver Moon for it, ”Silver Moon bro, do we really have to continue this fight? Why don't you people just kill yourselves to save us the trouble?”

”This sh*tty brat! What are you insinuating?!” Although their situation was indeed dire, Silver Moon's fellow mercenaries refused to take Royal God Call's insulting words lying down and immediately hurled back slurs at him. Silver Moon was actually the only one who had not responded to Royal God Call's taunting and merely continued to ponder on a solution to their predicament.

Royal God Call was filled with despicable pride as he continued to wage verbal war with the enemies. Gu Fei steadily munched on his fruit, and Sword Demon relayed the information based on his use of Appraisal to Young Master Han, Brother Assist, and War Without Wounds.

Sword Demon had tried appraising Silver Moon's golden sword for several times already, but he had failed to find out anything about the item in the end. For a weapon's traits and stats to still remain unknown despite being appraised by someone with a high ranking for the Appraisal skill, it could only mean that the weapon itself was a higher level weapon like Gu Fei's Moonlit Nightfalls.

”I'll get closer to Appraise it myself!” Brother Assist was unwilling to let this opportunity go, especially since it was his passion to uncover the secrets of unknown items. He then proceeded to climb up the small hill with War Without Wounds and Young Master Han.

Silver Moon could not fathom why their three enemies were suddenly advancing toward them instead of fleeing, but it was actually a good thing for him, so he acted as if he did not notice their movement and averted his gaze to the acrimonious verbal exchange happening next to him. All the while, he was telling his companions on the mercenary channel to prepare themselves for a fight at any given time and to try and take down the enemies in one fell swoop.

However, Young Master Han and the two others only proceeded up to where Gu Fei and the rest were and explained Brother Assist's intention.

”Is your Appraisal's rank higher than mine?” Sword Demon asked.

”Maybe my luck will be better than yours,” Brother Assist replied, putting on the air of an expert. As long as a matter did not involve fighting, Brother Assist was more than willing to be boastful. ”I'm off!” Brother Assist said this in a tone that sounded as if he was bound for a kamikaze trip. A certain distance was required for the Appraisal skill to work, and since he did not have the speed of Gu Fei or the other speed demons in Young Master's Elite, he was not sure if he could make it back after getting close to the enemies.

”Must you be this persistent in finding out just what sword he is using?!” someone tried to dissuade Brother Assist from taking the risk.

”It's a hobby,” Brother Assist smiled.

”We'll cover you,” Gu Fei said, somewhat understanding the mentality of someone passionate over something.

Young Master Han, for his part, reacted indifferently, ”Actually, you guys don't need to assist him. We are currently ahead by 3 kill points against them. Giving them 1 kill point won't affect our group's victory.”

Everyone could not believe how indifferent Young Master Han was about the life and death of a comrade.

”What Young Master said makes sense. Plus, I haven't been of much use in this match!” Brother Assist agreed.

”No can do! We're friends, after all!” Royal God Call exclaimed emphatically. When everyone threw him a disgusted look, he asked perplexedly, ”Did I say something wrong?”

”You didn't, but—” Gu Fei began.

”—But as a group of adults, what you've said is cringe-worthy,” Young Master Han finished.

Even Brother Assist laughed at this and said, ”It's good to be young”, before walking toward Silver Moon.

”F*CK! It's not like you guys are that much older than me!” Royal God Call exclaimed indignantly.

”The point is that we're not as young and naive as you are!” War Without Wounds had on an expression as if he had seen much in life.

”F*ck off! You're the old one, alright!” Royal God Call shouted at War Without Wounds.

War Without Wounds lifted his arm with a glare, but Royal God Call had already run off far from him.

The ones who really took actions to words were Sword Demon and Gu Fei. When each of them flanked Brother Assist's left and right as they followed him toward Silver Moon, Sword Demon and Gu Fei could not help but smile at each other for doing the same thing. Young Master Han expressionlessly stared at the two, unimpressed by their action.

”There's really no need…” Brother Assist persuaded the two to return to the group.

”I wanna try my luck again,” Sword Demon said.

”I need to train my Appraisal as well, so I can't let this chance go,” Gu Fei said.

Brother Assist no longer insisted and just smiled at the two as they made their way up the hill together.

Atop the hill, Silver Moon continued to monitor the enemies' activity below. He could not eavesdrop on the their conversation, so he had no idea on why the three men were making their way up the hill.

The members of Young Master's Elite should logically be distancing themselves from his group to safeguard their victory for this match, yet three of them were actually heading this way. Just what were they trying to achieve?

Furthermore, there was a Knight among them. Silver Moon was a Knight himself, so he could say with surety that it was not a job class that could determine the match's outcome.

Suspicion filled his heart and he hesitated over whether his group should attack or defend right now. The confidence he had to defeat his current opponents with his ability to buff his comrades had long disappeared ever since they managed to kill three of his men.