202 Chapter 202 - A Huge Mess (1/2)

Only a minority of the present players could see through Gu Fei's bluff, and a majority of them were completely taken in by his Zhao San Mu Si. Feeling that Gu Fei had cast the spell on their very feet, the whole bar lost any semblance of order as many leaders scampered about to dodge the incoming spell.

Just as Drifting was regarding the flustered leaders contemptuously, Blazing Tree of a Thousand Inferno flared into existence in the middle of the bar.

The spell's AOE only extended to the center of the bar, so the fleeing players were able to escape to the side unscathed. Only a handful of players got blasted by the spell and they were mainly made up of those who had thought that they had seen through Gu Fei's wild gestures. These people included the number one Mage Drifting, the four Amethyst Rebirth ladies, and The Black Hand mercenary group leader Black Index Finger.

The four Amethyst Rebirth ladies freaked out for a bit, thinking that their death was unavoidable given Gu Fei's high Spell Damage. But when they unexpectedly remained relatively fine, they became very perplexed.

As for Drifting, he was trying to figure out how the spell had successfully been cast despite Gu Fei's wild flailing of his sword, and he began to thoroughly inspect himself. The Black Hand mercenary group leader, for his part, promptly checked his HP and subsequently sneered, ”You call this the Insta-kill Mage?”

They were not the only people who had gotten burned by the spell. When these other players heard Black Index Finger's words, they immediately checked their HP and were shocked. The damage they had received from this Blazing Tree of a Thousand Inferno was far lower than the damage output of a naked level 40 Mage's spell. It was indeed too farfetched to claim that Gu Fei could insta-kill someone based on the low Spell Damage he displayed just now.

'Insta-kill Mage' was how Brother Assist had promoted Gu Fei in his posts on the forums. Many of the present people had been drawn to this conference due to those two words, but now that they had experienced Gu Fei's Spell Damage for themselves, the surrounding players grew extremely agitated as they assumed that they had been scammed by Brother Assist. Calling him a liar, everyone demanded a refund upfront. Some players even asked Brother Assist for a deathmatch. The scene quickly descended into chaos.

This was entirely outside Brother Assist's realm of calculation. Seeing so many people brandishing their swords, sabers, bows, and staves threateningly at him, Brother Assist hurriedly raised his hands to appease the crowd, ”Please don't be so hasty, everyone. Let's calmly talk about this.”

”What's there to talk about?!” someone bellowed, ”We've already experienced what his spell is capable of! That's nowhere near enough to actually insta-kill someone at all!”

The men refused to be pacified. After all, they now had solid proof of the falsity of Brother Assist's claim after getting hit by Gu Fei's spell. As for those players who had escaped Gu Fei's Blazing Tree of a Thousand Inferno, they immediately asked the enraged men about Gu Fei's Spell Damage. In a matter of minutes, dissatisfaction spread throughout the crowd in the bar.

Brother Assist was absolutely certain that Gu Fei's Spell Damage could insta-kill many people, but it was also irrefutable that the latter's recently released Blazing Tree of a Thousand Inferno had weak damage output. But as an acclaimed information expert, he was able to easily deduce what had just happened: While it was hard for weak players to suddenly get stronger in MMOs, it was actually very easy for the stronger players to slightly weaken their own Attack Power, and one of the way was through removing their weapons that greatly boosted their damage output.

The troubled Brother Assist thought of this as he gazed at Gu Fei. Despite his face being covered, Gu Fei's twinkling eyes could clearly be seen. Brother Assist blanched as he exclaimed to himself, F*ck! I got sabotaged!

”Miles bro, don't mess around. You almost caused my death!” Brother Assist hurriedly sent Gu Fei this private message.

[The player you're trying to contact is temporarily unavailable.] the system expressed.

Sh*t! He came prepared! Brother Assist almost coughed up blood.

Covering his face, intentionally casting a weak spell, and even blocking any incoming messages… Gu Fei had clearly seen through Brother Assist's plan and had purposely messed things up for him. Brother Assist watched helplessly as the hoard of leaders before him became more and more enraged. ”You are all leaders or influential figures in our city! How am I going to live peacefully in this city from here onward if this is truly an attempt to scam you all out of your money?” was what he had said previously to eliminate the doubts of everyone, and in the eyes of the others, it seemed that he had done just that at the moment.

Guess I will have to abscond from this city! Brother Assist was in tears as this thought filled his head. Unexpectedly, someone stood up in his defense, ”Everyone, please hold your horses!”

The one who had spoken was Young Master Han. But given the sort of people gathered in the bar today, Young Master Han held no sway to them. Some arrogant leaders even pointed to him and yelled, ”Just who do you think you are?!”

At the same time, Brother Assist received a private message from Young Master Han: ”I request to be given a bigger share of the pot if I manage to resolve your predicament.”

”Taking advantage of me while I'm in trouble?” They were both gaming experts after all, so their messaging speed was even faster than actual speech. Brother Assist might be lacking in other aspects as a player, but he was truly top-notch when it came to chatting, with his replying speed being faster than Blink.

Young Master Han did not respond to that; instead, his eyes steadily made contact with Brother Assist's while smiling faintly.

Brother Assist was clueless to Young Master Han's plan, so he could only nod his head to the latter.

”Ahem!” Young Master Han cleared his throat and raised his voice above the leaders' din, ”Hear me out first!”

”What's there to explain?!” The men demanded angrily.

”Listen!” Young Master Han suddenly bellowed, ”That man is absolutely not the Insta-kill Mage we want to introduce you guys to.”

The whole bar suddenly became quiet. Even Gu Fei looked at Young Master Han in surprise.

”Who is he, then?” someone skeptically asked.

”How do I know? I don't know him. Perhaps, he's here to sabotage us?” Young Master Han innocently replied.