262 Chapter 262 - Have a Taste of their Medicine (1/2)
Thinking that his ruse was successful, Monologue under the Moon felt elated to see Gu Fei on this mountain peak. He was the first one to rush up the mountain, and his teammates climbed up following him. Monologue under the Moon kept his eyes glued to Gu Fei, hoping to savor the change in the latter's expression. He and his men would feel more confident if Gu Fei's face revealed a hint of fear or surprise.
Unfortunately for them, Gu Fei only had that placid smile on his lips. Counting the players before him, he could not help but say to Monologue under the Moon, ”Seventeen? Why didn't you bring an even number of men?”
Didn't he see the three men on the other side of the mountain? Monologue under the Moon stood rooted to the spot until the three men finally made it to the peak as well. Gu Fei nodded his head when he saw the newest arrivals, ”Twenty. So you did bring an even number of men.”
Monologue under the Moon could not fathom Gu Fei's thoughts, but now that all his twenty teammates were present, he no longer felt scared of this one Mage. With a wave of his arm, the twenty men spread evenly and surrounded Gu Fei. Everyone was pumped up; after getting tricked by their opponents time and time again, they finally got the chance to vent their frustrations.
”Twenty men… Is that the limit you've set for me to challenge?” Gu Fei sent this message over to Young Master Han.
”Do whatever you can! Don't go crying for help if you can't deal with them; no one is going to come and save you,” Young Master Han replied apathetically.
Gu Fei collected himself and asked the person before him, ”Are there more?”
”What do you mean 'more'?” Monologue under the Moon asked back, puzzled.
”Are there more people coming?” Gu Fei clarified.
Monologue under the Moon was too shocked to respond, which Gu Fei took in as a silent agreement.
”Alright. Facing twenty men is quite difficult. Don't blame me for not showing mercy!” Gu Fei told the people present.
What sort of joke is this?! Monologue under the Moon felt confused when his heart trembled. He clearly had the advantage in this fight with his twenty men, yet fear still gripped his heart. ”ATTACK!” Monologue under the Moon attempted to clear the unsettling feeling inside him by starting the fight.
”Descending Wheel of Flames! Descend!”
”Blazing Tree of a Thousand Inferno! Arise!”
The Mages in the twenty-man team cast their favorite AOE spells to begin the assault. It was impossible to dodge AOE spells in this kind of encirclement which did not give much room for mobility. If Gu Fei wanted to evade all the spells, he would have to break through the enemies' encirclement. However, Monologue under the Moon and company would never be kind enough to let him do so. The spells were almost upon Gu Fei by now. Back when he had been fighting Carouse, this was precisely how he had died without being able to put up a fight.
The saying that 'The present cannot be compared to the past' had never been truer, though. Now that Gu Fei had the Blink skill, tactics employing encirclement were no longer a problem for him. As flames were about to break out from above and beneath him, Gu Fei raised his arm, uttered an incantation, and teleported himself behind an enemy.
This was quite similar to the traditional children's game of 'handkerchief toss'. Twenty men formed a circle, with Gu Fei tossing the handkerchief, and everyone wondering who was he actually behind. There were naturally crafty children who would toss the handkerchief without the others knowing, pretending to carry on searching for a target until they completed a full circle. All the while, the target would be foolishly sitting without knowing that he had actually been targeted!
Gu Fei did not bother with this sort of machination and simply depended on his speed. The moment he disappeared from everyone's sight, he already appeared behind an enemy without giving anyone a chance to react. Gu Fei wasted no time. Shoving the man toward the encirclement, he sent a sword slash for good measure.
Like pushing a man into a burning furnace, Gu Fei specifically chose someone who seemed to have low HP. He added in a slash for fear that the combined Mages' Spell Damage would not be enough to insta-kill the man.
The man instantly morphed into a beam of white light in that blazing fire. All the enemies' hearts chilled at their teammate's death, but they quickly recovered themselves and continued attacking Gu Fei.
Monologue under the Moon also did not get flustered for he was mentally counting, That's one spell down.
According to their intel, Gu Fei's mana was only enough for him to cast about four spells. Monologue under the Moon truly believed that depleting Gu Fei's mana was the key to dealing with him. While it seemed cruel to sacrifice his teammates for an enemy Mage's mana, this was hardly an issue in the mercenary PvP tournament, as the penalty for dying was currently not being enforced. No one would actually mind sacrificing a little bit of experience points and similar rewards at the end of the match if it meant winning the overall PvP in the grand scheme of things.
Gu Fei extended his sword and swiftly deflected an arrow on Homing Projectile that an Archer had released when Gu Fei was still inside the encirclement and had managed to home in on him despite his Blink. He then took several steps backward to distance himself from the other players.
Everyone thought that Gu Fei was trying to escape when he began retreating. One of the Thieves was even seized with anxiety at the thought of being unable to catch up to Gu Fei once he fled, possibly born of hearing that Gu Fei had very fast movement speed, so he activated his Fleetfoot to chase after him.
Perfect timing! Gu Fei thought to himself. Seeing the Thief rush toward him, Gu Fei took a step forward, turned his body to the side, and extended his leg out. His hand found its way to the man's back and gave the latter a push.
”Ah!” The Thief staggered after being tripped up by Gu Fei, but this Thief's inherent nimbleness did not cause him to fall down. The Thief's staggering brought him in the direction of the slope ahead and he soon found himself tumbling down the mountain edge.
His scream reverberated everywhere, causing Young Master Han to send Gu Fei a message: ”What in the world is going on up there?!”
”I just pushed someone down the mountain,” was Gu Fei's calm reply. The remaining eighteen men stood rooted to the spot as they listened to their teammate's terrible scream on his tumble down the mountain.
”Kill them off properly! Can they even die from being pushed down the mountain?” Young Master Han was unhappy. Although he told Gu Fei to challenge his limits, his real intention was to have Gu Fei completely annihilate the twenty men.