205 Chapter 205 - The Situation Inside and Outside (1/2)

The goal of players for establishing guilds was mainly to dominate the land and their subjects, while the aim of players for creating mercenary groups was to obtain rewards by doing various types of quests and missions. Between these two types of organizations, one strove for dominance while another was just after the benefits. From this perspective, one could say that the jostling between guilds was similar to the struggle between two nations, while the competition between mercenary groups was just limited to two gaming workshops duking it out.

Whatever the case might be, talent would always be the ultimate source of strength for these organizations. But when it came down to it, guilds thirsted more for the existence of talented individuals. After all, their ultimate aim was similar to establishing a dynasty that could unify all of Jianghu.

As such, the attendees of the Insta-kill Mage's meet and greet were mainly consisted of guild leaders.

Currently, this bunch of guild leaders was glaring with arched eyebrows at Young Master Han and Brother Assist, demanding for them to call Gu Fei back. Evidently, they were looking to draw him over to their own guilds. A guild poaching another guild's member was a common occurrence in online games, but it was at the very least not done right in front of the other guild leader's face, as that would just be too high-handed and disrespectful. And even if the poaching was successful and everything was revealed afterward, a guild leader must still maintain a certain level of tact and discretion regarding his or her poaching activity to show the appropriate respect over to a fellow guild leader.

At this time, all these guild leaders were openly expressing their intentions to poach Gu Fei, not knowing that he was already spoken for and that his guild leader was even sharing the very same space with them! Young Master Han had been quietly observing things all this while with a pair of emotionless eyes, simply waiting for the ladies to speak up.

Indeed, the ladies could no longer bear to watch these guild leaders openly poach their fellow guildmate. While July and Luo Luo calmly lowered their heads to discuss the best course of action, Lie Lie and Svelte Dancer impatiently leaped from their seats and said aloud, ”You guys are too much! That Mage belongs to our guild. Are you ignoring our existence as you poach him?”

The entire bar abruptly descended into an uncomfortable silence.

These guild leaders were not Sakurazaka Moony, so they would not turn meek at the sight of a few ladies. Their sudden silence was due to the underlying meaning of the ladies' words: they were poaching a member right before the guild leader. Poaching someone else's member was considered as a taboo in any game, and all these guild leaders were clear of this unspoken rule for acquiring talent. Hearing that Gu Fei's guild leader was actually in this conference, these guild leaders were momentarily at a loss on their next step. Besides that, a sudden thought flashed through their minds.

How did a small guild like Amethyst Rebirth manage to beat the large guilds of Carouse and Cloud Herder?

Furthermore, Carouse and Cloud Herder had conducted their city-wide advertisement in search of a particular Mage after their defeat at the hands of Amethyst Rebirth.

At this moment, these leaders finally knew the reason behind all those puzzling events. Amethyst Rebirth had a hidden expert in it, and Carouse and Cloud Herder became aware of his existence after clashing with the guild during the PvP tournament, so they conducted a city-wide search to find the Mage.

In short, the Insta-kill Mage was a member of Amethyst Rebirth.

All the leaders were speechless and no longer pressed Young Master Han and Brother Assist for information about the Mage. Brother Assist heaved a sigh of relief and wiped the sweat off of his forehead, yet Young Master Han, who was beside him, actually kept his eyes trained on the two claws of Silver Moon; he would love to see if they had any moves left after this unexpected resolution of the situation.

At this same moment, the two men were relaying everything that they were witnessing at Ray's Bar to Silver Moon who was currently walking down a street. When Silver Moon received this piece of news, he felt quite shocked. He knew that Gu Fei was a member of a mercenary group, but he had no idea at all that the latter was also a member of a guild. With the presence of the people from his guild, it would truly be difficult for the other leaders to pursue the matter further.

However, this also meant that the guild leaders would feel even more dissatisfied with how the matter had unfolded. There was even a possibility of them directly venting their gradually escalating frustration on to Young Master's Elite. Would that not be amazing?!

Silver Moon was happily keying in his reply when he suddenly heard someone from behind him shout, ”He's over here!” He continued to compose a message even as he reflexively turned to look at the voice's origin, just in time to see an arrow fly toward him and embed itself into his forehead.

Silver Moon staggered backward from the sheer force behind the arrow. His eyes darted to where the attack had come from and saw War Without Wounds marching toward him. Royal God Call who was pulling his bowstring with a nocked arrow on it was right behind War Without Wounds.

”Brat, you're pretty ruthless!” War Without Wounds said to Royal God Call as he flourished the claymores in his hands.

Silver Moon knew that he was no match for him so he turned to flee, yet War Without Wounds was already prepared for this and activated his Charge to rush toward him.

Warriors had slow speed, but that would change whenever they were using the Charge skill. Having expected Silver Moon to turn tail and run, the veteran expert War Without Wounds had timely activated his Charge skill and flawlessly hit Silver Moon's butt cheeks with his claymores.

That thrust from the claymore propelled Silver Moon straight towards a nearby wall.

”AH!” Royal God Call yelped for Silver Moon. His face was scrunched up, and he dared not to look, but his eyes showed more glee than sympathy. By the time he finished yelping, Silver Moon had already crashed into a nearby wall.

”You did that on purpose!” Royal God Call exclaimed as he approached War Without Wounds.

Silver Moon was crumpled up against the wall. He felt light-headed, and it was not due him being inflicted with the Dizzy effect of Charge but due to him bodily slamming into a wall. He shook his head to clear his thoughts when the ground before him darkened as the large frame of War Without Wounds blocked off the sun's warm glow.

”What are you guys doing?!” Silver Moon asked.

”F*cker. You were messing things up in the background and you dared to ask what we are doing?!” War Without Wounds replied with a question.

”Rough him up!” Royal God Call merrily cried out.

”Yeah!” War Without Wounds agreed, as he stooped over and lifted Silver Moon up. With a slap of his arm, Silver Moon found himself slamming against the wall again. Although the damage dealt to him was insignificant, the damage the blow had inflicted on his soul could not be expressed by mere numbers.

The two were not done yet. Royal God Call took this chance to let loose an arrow, landing it right on to Silver Moon's chest. Silver Moon did not die from that, though, and merely slid down the wall. Royal God Call regretfully commented, ”What a pity; it would be great if I could pin you against the wall!”