265 Chapter 265 - Shoving People off the Mountaintop (2/2)

Naturally, Gu Fei was aware of how futile his every action right now was! Back when the three men were surrounding him, he would deliver cuts to his left and right, causing the two Priests to get flustered and to toss Heal haphazardly. Gu Fei was hoping to deplete the Priests' mana this way so that he could slay them one by one. Unfortunately, his opponents were quick-witted enough to see through this plan at their moment of crisis. There was literally no sense in him continuing this fight at this rate.

With that thought in mind, Gu Fei decisively stopped his attacks and returned the Chinese broadsword to his dimensional pocket. As the five men eyed him suspiciously, Gu Fei shrugged his shoulders, ”Since I can't kill you lot, why bother fighting?”

”What are you up to now?!” Monologue under the Moon nervously asked. In his mind, Gu Fei was utterly diabolical and someone who was always up to some tricks.

”Can't you guys tell that we've reached a stalemate? It's a waste of time to continue on at this rate,” Gu Fei answered before sending Young Master Han this message: ”It's no good. I failed your challenge. I ran out of mana and there are still five of them left. With three Priests and a Holy Knight, there's no way I can slay them.”

”Hold on; we're almost there,” was Young Master Han's reply.

”Really?” Gu Fei walked toward the mountain edge while ignoring The Black Hand's players around him as if they were air. Honestly speaking, fighting against the two non-combat job classes was boring for Gu Fei. ”Your comrades are about to arrive.” The first people Gu Fei spotted as he stood by the mountain edge were of course Black Index Finger and company. Close to them were Royal God Call and Sword Demon, while Young Master Han, War Without Wounds, and Brother Assist trailed behind them all. Further away were the four teams of The Black Hand mercenary group that were coming toward the mountain from separate directions.

Gu Fei standing precariously by the mountain edge was such a tempting sight that one of the Knights could not help but stealthily approach him. When the Knight's companions realized his intention, silence fell on the mountain peak.

”Sword Demon and Royal, you two run a little faster! Catch up to them!” Gu Fei waved to them animatedly. His fellow mercenaries naturally did not notice his action. As for the Knight, he hurriedly closed the gap between him and Gu Fei at this moment. He was about to push Gu Fei over the edge when the latter turned around.

The Knight's arms were already outstretched forward. Seeing that Gu Fei had chosen to turn around at this exact moment, the Knight threw caution to the wind and proceeded with his plan to push Gu Fei over the edge.

Gu Fei turning around was no coincidence, though. Quickly turning his body sideways, Gu Fei grabbed one of the Knight's arms and pulled the latter to the trajectory of his push. Speaking of which, the Knight only tried pushing Gu Fei slightly to tip him over. He was not gutsy enough to sacrifice himself just to push Gu Fei off the mountain edge, so his arms merely shot forward ever slightly. Hence, Gu Fei's attempt at amplifying the Knight's forward momentum by pulling him forward was not enough to topple the latter over the edge.

Gu Fei was not about to let this opportunity slip by, though. With his arm pulling the Knight forward, Gu Fei tried to trip the latter using his leg. Few moves that focused on tripping an opponent existed in kung fu. Gu Fei did his best to trip the Knight, but his Strength was just insufficient to accomplish the task. In any case, he still managed to force the Knight to the ground. Since the Knight did not trip or fall, Gu Fei could not even label his attempt as anything but 'forced'.

The two's scuffle was naturally witnessed by the people climbing up the mountain, and these people wondered what sort of epic fight was occurring to necessitate the pair into bringing it near the edge.

The four men on the mountain, meanwhile, took inspiration from the two's struggle; Monologue under the Moon quickly urged the other three, ”He's got no mana right now, which means his damage output can practically be ignored. Let's go toss him down now!”

Gu Fei felt stunned when he heard this. Indeed, such a despicable way of fighting was possible in this VRMMO. This often happened when one side held numerical superiority in a fight; the side with more men would tank the enemies' attacks as they tried to grab a hold of the enemies. Back then, Cloud Herder's men had tried doing exactly this when they had crowded around Gu Fei outside a spawn point.

This sort of fighting maneuver was ultimately seen by many players as barbaric and despicable, and they wished not to be associated with it. This opinion only became popular among the skilled players the more they progressed into the game.

Even a rabbit would bite a human when flustered, though! Monologue under the Moon and the remaining men of The Black Hand were bullied by Gu Fei to the point of them discarding their image as they resolutely strode toward him.

Gu Fei was honestly afraid of what these men had set their minds to do. They even ignored the slash he had sent their way and just continued to surround him. With his Mage character's meager Strength, Gu Fei simply had no way to fend them off despite his superb fighting skill in reality. What he needed to do now was avoid them at all cost!

Thus, Gu Fei bitterly ran away from the four men, dodging and weaving through them as they tried to grab a hold of him.

”Whew! Luckily, I have faster movement speed than them.” Gu Fei wiped non-existent sweat off his forehead, thinking, If Drifting were the one to run out of mana right now, he would certainly be unable to escape these men!