289 Chapter 289 - Somber Drinking (1/2)

It was just as Vast Lushness had said; Dusky Cloud and his lot were indeed men of their words. Gu Fei and company walked down the streets under the watchful gazes of Yueye City's players, yet no one gave them a hard time.

Some players even looked familiar, as if they were among those who had closely pursued Sakurazaka Moony and his lot just moments ago, now walking no more than five meters apart from one another. Sakurazaka Moony was still on guard against these men, yet those players instead began chatting with them casually. ”Are you guys logging off? Let's go together!” someone even warmly invited.

”M*th*rf*ck*rs. What a bunch of d*ckw*ds.” Sakurazaka Moony and his gang did not know whether to cry or laugh at this absurd situation. They were totally drained from running all day and night, and those people pursuing them all this while were naturally not in a better shape. The Ten Guild Alliance might have been able to swap the players out easily, given how many members it had, yet some of the faces Sakurazaka Moony was currently seeing belonged to those men that had tenaciously been on their tail from start to finish.

Sakurazaka Moony's team lost twenty members as a result of this, but the losses of the Ten Guild Alliance far surpassed that number. Most of them were killed off by Sakurazaka Moony and company's occasional volley of arrows when they got ensnared by the traps.

”Let's log off and rest up, then.” Sakurazaka Moony and the gang made a beeline for the spawn point.

”What about tonight's mission?” Gu Fei asked, perplexed. All the mercenary groups were supposed to rendezvous with Traversing Four Seas in an hour to resume their journey toward the next in-game city. Was Sakurazaka Moony giving up on this mission just for his mercenary group to be able to rest up and sleep in reality?

”Drunk bro, didn't you hear from your mercenary group leader? We are temporarily staying over in Yueye City tonight. Seems like they have an important matter to attend to over here before we can continue the expedition.”

”Is that so? What business is that?” Gu Fei asked.

”I don't know about that. I've been on the run all this while; where would I find the time to meet with them?!” Sakurazaka Moony answered.

”Oh. I'll see you guys later, then!” Gu Fei bid them goodbye with a wave of his hand. Why would he log off now when he just got online a while ago?

With that, this bunch of people continued to head toward the nearest spawn point. Gu Fei had seen plenty of players showing dissatisfied looks after getting PKed, yet these reprehensible men were unexpectedly very open-minded about such matters. A person's character is just too complex! Gu Fei sighed to himself.

With this matter resolved, Gu Fei was just about to acquire himself a 'Bounty Mission' from the Bounty Assignment Hall when he was alerted by the system of a new message. It was from Sword Demon: ”Dusky Cloud is treating us to a round of drinks and is specifically mentioning you. Mind coming over for a bit?”

That was quick! Gu Fei thought to himself. He reckoned Dusky Cloud would promptly contact Sword Demon to find out what was going on the moment he caught wind of Thousand Miles Drunk extricating Sakurazaka Moony and company from their predicament. After fighting side by side in that previous guild war in Yueye City, Dusky Cloud and Sword Demon had added each other as friends. Hearing that Sword Demon and his fellow mercenaries were in Yueye City once more, Dusky Cloud saw it fit to receive them properly as the de facto overlord of the city.

Sword Demon and War Without Wounds had a good impression of Dusky Cloud, so it was unlikely for them to reject his offer. Royal God Call and Brother Assist did not have a particular opinion about him, but since this was a treat, they had no reason to miss it. As for Young Master Han, the fact that he did not see eye to eye with Dusky Cloud only gave him more incentive to take up his offer. Gu Fei reckoned Young Master Han would make it a point to drink more than his fill just to hurt Dusky Cloud through his pockets.

Gu Fei originally did not wish to join in on the fun, but thinking that Dusky Cloud and his gang had only let off Vast Lushness, Sakurazaka Moony, and company on his account today, he could not tell for sure what tomorrow would bring. While half of The Great Hunting's members managed to survive today, the Ten Guild Alliance might just hunt them down with greater ferocity than their hunt for the Past Deeds' members if he did not respond to Dusky Cloud's offer appropriately.

I better head over there and find out Dusky Cloud and the rest's plan of action! Gu Fei told himself. Getting the location from Sword Demon, he made his way over to the tavern.

Yueye City did not have any player-operated tavern like Ray's Bar in Yunduan City, so Dusky Cloud just chose the largest establishment in the heart of the city to hold the welcome party. Being the overlord that he was, all the tavern patrons vacated the premise once he entered the tavern. The system-designated tavern owner continued to conduct business as usual and attended to the remaining players, obviously not bothered by the sudden departure of a large bulk of customers.

When Gu Fei reached the tavern, the place was already jam-packed with people from the Ten Guild Alliance. He even saw the team leader that he had exchanged words with earlier occupying a table, along with a few others that had died by his sword moments ago. Every member of Young Master's Elite was indeed present, sitting around a few small tables that were dragged together to form a large one. Dusky Cloud and a few others, whom Gu Fei could currently not recall the names of but reckoned were also leaders of the Ten Guild Alliance, were sitting with Young Master's Elite. The Ten Guild Alliance should at least have ten guild leaders as well, right?

The whole tavern grew quiet with Gu Fei's arrival. Sword Demon and the rest raised their hands to greet him; Dusky Cloud demonstrated the nimbleness that a Thief possessed by reaching Gu Fei in a few quick steps. With a handshake and a pat on the back, Dusky Cloud showed his pleasure to Gu Fei's presence, ”You're finally here, bro. Come; let's take a seat.”

Gu Fei followed him to the table everyone was occupying, took off the piece of cloth covering his face, and sat on a seat. Dusky Cloud offered a glass of liquor to Gu Fei, who received it with a word of thanks.

The liquor he had received was the very best, noting that the others were also enjoying the same sort of liquor; their table was not treated any differently from the rest alcohol-wise. Young Master Han took this opportunity to drink as much as he could; Dusky Cloud did not seem to mind his behavior in the least, merely ordering a few more bottles for the table when he discovered how much the man was enjoying himself.

Gu Fei even saw Brother Assist lift his fingers while watching Young Master Han drink. He chuckled to himself as he realized that Brother Assist must have nothing better to do than to calculate how much money Young Master Han had drunk away in this sitting.