288 Chapter 288 - Giving Face to Gu Fei (2/2)
”Hey! Why are you guys leaving?!” Gu Fei got flustered.
”Our bosses' order.” The team leader looked directly at Gu Fei while saying this. ”They said we need to give face to Thousand Miles Drunk, so we'll let this matter go this time around!”
Gu Fei sighed regretfully. He had never expected such a development. Gu Fei was unsure if he still had time to retract his earlier affirmation, but he had nothing to lose trying, ”Actually, I'm not him.”
The man halted his steps in shock and was very confused by the Mage's vacillation. Obviously, they would continue their hunt if Gu Fei was not 27149. It was clear that they had given him plenty of face by not doubting his claim, which allowed him to take advantage of the situation, so it absolutely made no sense for him to correct himself now.
There was no lack of PvP maniacs in MMOs, but few were as passionate about fighting as Gu Fei.
Gu Fei wanted to engage these players in PvP, while Fireball and the rest were hoping to escape with their shirts intact. Everyone sighed in relief when they heard that the enemies had decided to give Gu Fei face for this matter, but who would have guessed that Gu Fei would actually be so meddlesome? Seeing the enemies' hesitation, Fireball hurriedly jumped in front of Gu Fei and said, ”Drunk bro, stop joking around like this. Anyone here can tell you're 27149 upon witnessing your fighting prowess. Besides you, is there any other Mage out there that can display such exquisite swordsmanship in a black, mage robe, and that sharp longswo—”
”Scram!” Gu Fei could not take his level of flattering.
The enemy team leader smiled ever so slightly at this. Indeed, Gu Fei matched the rumored 27149 to a tee. He looked the part, acted the part, and was OP enough. Even casting doubt on his identity and asking further questions were unnecessary. Who knew why he suddenly changed his mind about admitting to his identity? No matter how bold the Ten Guild Alliance's members were, they still had a little selfishness in them. Grinding was not easy, so no one was willing to lose a level unnecessarily, and they knew better than to clash with a formidable foe like Gu Fei. Even if they had to fight him, it would still be better to not take the lead in this. With such a selfish thought in mind, this team leader merely led the men away with a wave of his arm. The enemy players blocking the other entryway seemed to have received a similar command from their superiors as they also departed accordingly.
Gu Fei disappointedly placed his sword back inside his dimensional pocket soundlessly.
Sakurazaka Moony and his gang were dumbfounded. Gu Fei was apparently not only an expert skirt-chaser, he was also in possession of godly gaming skill to the point where people would gladly give him face once his name was mentioned. These were people that had relentlessly pursued them for a full day and night as well....
In their eyes, Gu Fei's awesomeness seemed to just grow more and more....
Gu Fei helplessly shrugged his shoulders as he turned to look at them, ”Looks like everything fine now.”
”We should still be careful. Who knows if they have an ambush waiting for us outside this alley or even by the log-off points,” Sakurazaka Moony cautioned.
”They won't,” Vast Lushness refuted this, saying, ”Although they are not exactly good guys, they are at least men of their words. Since they already said that they won't pursue this matter, then they really would uphold their word on account of Gu Fei today.”
”Mhm-mhm!” Gu Fei merely hummed in agreement. Sword Demon and War Without Wounds, who were better acquainted with Dusky Cloud and his men, considered them to be upright and hot-blooded. As for Gu Fei… When he had first come into contact with Dusky Cloud, the latter had actually been attempting to lure him into an ambush. Man! A person's character is just way too complex.
Sakurazaka Moony and company finally felt reassured when they heard this. Having run all over Yueye City for an entire day and night, they barely had any energy left to even talk with one another, yet Sakurazaka Moony had just to ask Vast Lushness the question that had been plaguing his mind, ”Just what sort of hatred do those guys have with you to actually go to such extent?!”
Mobilizing hundreds of players to relentlessly hunt them down… this vendetta seemed to run deeper than Marianas Trench.
Vast Lushness simply replied, ”It's nothing much. Just like today, I have been hunted down by them before.”
”Oh… Did you belong to that what's-it-called guild in Yueye City, too?” Sakurazaka Moony asked. The large-scale guild war that had happened in Yueye City was still the most intense dispute in the history of Parallel World even now. It was rather famous, but because Sakurazaka Moony and his lot were not locals of Yueye City, they knew little about that event.
”Past Deeds?” Vast Lushness wryly smiled. Although she was still looking at Sakurazaka Moony, her eyes seemed to glaze over ever so slightly, ”All went their separate ways when tragedy struck!”
”What?” While Sakurazaka Moony was confused by her answer, Gu Fei thoroughly got what she meant. He even figured out why Vast Lushness had been smiling sincerely throughout this whole ordeal.
It was camaraderie!
Sakurazaka Moony, Fireball… This bunch of reprehensible gamers was not hot-blooded or vehemently arrogant about facing death. They had simply worked hard together to deal with the sudden hunt that they had found themselves in – just like how they would diligently do their best to woo a beautiful lady that they met on the street. Be it getting hunted by others or wooing beautiful women… They thought of everything as nothing more than slapstick entertainment that spiced up their lives.
They were comrades – a bunch of comrades playing this game in search of pleasure and fun.