291 Chapter 291 - The Prison Entrance (1/2)

It was currently the peak period for the game, so over four thousand members of the Ten Guild Alliance were online. At Dusky Cloud's command, all these ten guilds were stirred into a frenzy as they began searching for Silver Moon's hiding place.

Locate, hunt, and kill the target… The Ten Guild Alliance was skilled at doing this sort of activities. In fact, it was not even an issue for them that Yueye City's players were covering their faces. As the organization that reigned supreme in Yueye City, no player out there would refuse to remove the cloth covering his or her face upon The Ten Guild Alliance's request.

However, these four thousand players' hot-blooded search simmered down when they realized that Silver Moon was not even online.

Given how shrewd Silver Moon was, he knew that the best course of action for him was to not reveal himself in Yueye City; he had already decided to remain offline while the expedition was staying in the city. He did not even set his character to respawn in Yueye City upon death. It was better to err on the side of caution, after all. Silver Moon knew that being spawn camped was the only fate awaiting him if his enemies caught sight of him, so he would rather return to Yunduan City upon his death than to fall into the vicious cycle of dying and respawning. His in-game life would be as good as over if that really happened.

Those that were inside the tavern came to this disappointing realization as they were about to move out following Dusky Cloud's command.

”M*th*rf*ck*r! That b*st*rd is still as cunning as ever!” Those who had clashed with him before were loudly cursing Silver Moon; they even went as far as to bring up his past wretched actions, leaving Gu Fei, Brother Assist, War Without Wounds, and Royal God Call horrified.

”Seems like Silver Moon has led quite the legendary life,” Brother Assist sighed.

”Yeah. Still, his legend looks to be about to come to an end,” Royal God Call remarked.

Dusky Cloud continued relaying instructions from the tavern, assigning the Ten Guild Alliance's members to stake out the seven job classes' safe zones for any Knight that was coming online. He especially emphasized on the need for all those Knights to remove the pieces of cloth covering their faces. At the sight of the Ten Guild Alliance's emblem, the players of Yueye City could only swallow their dissent and cooperate with these men. Anyone who chose to resist—honestly, anyone who resisted would be killed off, whether that person was Silver Moon or just a regular civilian. There was just no way for Silver Moon to escape now.

”Hmph. At most, you'll be able to kill him once,” Young Master Han interjected when he saw Gu Fei and the rest's discussion about it on the mercenary channel.

”Why do you say that?” Royal God Call asked.

”Just the fact that Silver Moon isn't online at this peak hour clearly shows his intention to stay hidden. Since he knows the danger waiting for him, he will certainly not set his character to respawn in Yueye City, so if he gets killed this time, his character will probably be sent back to Yunduan City; get it?” Young Master Han explained.

”That makes sense!” They agreed to this reasoning and quickly passed it over to Dusky Cloud. Dusky Cloud also thought that it was logical; killing Silver Moon just once was simply not enough to satisfy his appetite for revenge, especially after he had mobilized his force in such a grand scale.

”Old Cloud, why don't we assign a few brothers to block the Knights' Barracks in Yunduan City as well?” someone suggested.

”This…” Dusky Cloud was rather hesitant to do that. This was because Yunduan City was not their home ground. Moreover, he did know how Silver Moon had progressed or how many friends he had acquired in that city. Gu Fei and company were unable to provide him much information either, since all they knew was that Silver Moon had a forty-man mercenary group. Besides, it would be foolish to underestimate Silver Moon's capability, given his shrewdness and diplomatic skills.

Gu Fei had come to know of Silver Moon's excellent social skills after spending a few hours squatting in prison with him. What separated Silver Moon from Dusky Cloud was how the latter only befriended players whom he acknowledged or had a similar temperament. Dusky Cloud would never befriend someone like Young Master Han. As for Silver Moon, he was hypocritical enough to do just that. Spreading his net wide, he could easily call anyone a comrade. Even if he was tricking someone, he could easily put on a happy countenance and not reveal his hand until the last moment, making him more difficult to deal with than Dusky Cloud. The positions these two had once held in Yueye City before were proof enough of this; were it not for Young Master's Elite's help, Dusky Cloud and his comrades would likely still be under Silver Moon's foot right now!

Dusky Cloud had even fallen into Silver Moon's trap in Yunduan City before. Thinking about it now, Dusky Cloud felt unsure that he would be able to kill the man even if he sent all four thousand members of the alliance over.

After much pondering, Dusky Cloud was struck with inspiration and he hurriedly asked Gu Fei and the others, ”What exactly are you guys doing for your mission, anyway?”

”We're helping a guild escort something to its destination,” Gu Fei replied.

”So you'll head to other cities to carry out the mission?” Dusky Cloud's eyes glinted as he asked this.

”Yeah… If I remember correctly, we will be passing through five in-game cities,” Brother Assist replied.

”You can't possibly be thinking…” The five men trailed off, somewhat guessing Dusky Cloud's intention.

”Since Silver Moon doesn't dare set his character to revive here in Yueye City, he'll definitely have to do so in the next city. We'll attack and take him down there, instead. He may have many tricks up his sleeves, but he'll be unable to do anything in a city he has never been to before!” Dusky Cloud declared.

”True!” All nodded their heads in agreement.

”Great! Select a few of our brothers. We'll join Yunduan City's expedition team on the road and give Silver Moon a run for his money once we reach the next city,” Dusky Cloud spiritedly ordered.

All those inside the tavern voiced their agreement and earnestly volunteered for this operation.

Dusky Cloud swept his gaze through the crowd, ”Those brothers who came later shan't compete for a spot in this operation. Let's leave this chance to bully Silver Moon to those who have previously been bullied by him!”

”That's right!” Celestial Pig was the first to stand up. Slapping the table heavily, he resolutely said, ”I'll bully him to death!”

The entire tavern burst into laughter. Celestial Pig's strong response to this suggestion revealed the fact that he had been bullied terribly by Silver Moon in the past. Celestial Pig felt embarrassed at his faux-pas and awkwardly returned to his seat.

Gu Fei and the rest did not know how Dusky Cloud would choose his men, but they did watch the people before them plot and arrange their revenge against Silver Moon.

”Isn't this a little cruel?” War Without Wounds asked Sword Demon.

”What do you think?” Sword Demon asked Royal God Call.

”I'm looking forward to it,” Royal God Call was looking at Gu Fei when he said this.

”With so many men on their side, I don't think they'll need my help,” Gu Fei expressed his dejection.

Brother Assist consolingly patted Gu Fei on his back, ”There are other more meaningful things for you to do.”

”Like what?” Gu Fei asked.

”It's almost 7 P.M. We've got a mission to do!” Brother Assist replied.

”Aren't we staying here in Yueye City today?” Gu Fei asked, nonplussed.

”While we won't be resuming our journey today, the mission still has to go on. Have you forgotten? We still haven't seen what item Traversing Four Seas has to escort! It's because today is the day when we'll retrieve this item in Yueye City,” Brother Assist supplied.

”Why don't I know anything about this?” Gu Fei was very confused.

Royal God Call patted Gu Fei on his back as well. ”If you're online more often, you'd know of this as well.”

Apparently, while 7 P.M. was the official time for all the players involved to gather and perform the guild quest's main mission, any information, planning, and such stuff were relayed and discussed as early as the morning. Gu Fei was never online that early in the day, so it was not surprising for him to be in the dark about all this.

The five men of Young Master's Elite got up and bid Dusky Cloud farewell. The man made an effort to send them out the door, requesting, ”Don't forget to tell your bros if you see Silver Moon around!” After making the arrangements for the plan, Dusky Cloud dispersed his men stationed at the various spawn points to prevent Silver Moon from suspecting that anything was a foot.

”Sure thing!” the five men replied.

”Oh, yeah. What's the next city you guys are heading to? I'll see if I can make prior preparations for it,” Dusky Cloud said.

”I think it's Baishi City,” Brother Assist replied, adding, ”But we're not sure how we will get there.”

”Okay. Thanks a lot!” Dusky Cloud said.

”Oh, that's right, Old Cloud!” Royal God Call suddenly spoke up, ”Do you guys happen to have any conflict with Drifting?”

”Drifting? The number one Mage? Well… We've never even met him before!” Dusky Cloud was quite puzzled by Royal God Call's inquiry and he questioningly stared at him.

”Aww… That's such a pity…” Royal God Call sighed regretfully.

”Oh?” Dusky Cloud somewhat figured what Royal God Call was getting at. ”Bro, are you the one who has some issues with that twerp? Don't worry; just say the word and I'll make sure he won't be leaving Yueye City.”

”Now that's what I'm talking about!” Royal God Call was elated. ”Just get him—”

Before he could finish his words, Gu Fei extended an arm and squeezed Royal God Call's neck under his armpits, gagging the latter. He then smiled at Dusky Cloud, ”This kid here is spouting nonsense; ignore him.”

”That right. This guy enjoys playing pranks a little too much, so don't take him seriously,” War Without Wounds added. It was easy for Royal God Call to extricate himself from Gu Fei's sleeper hold, but War Without Wounds came to take over that hold with his arm.

”Bye! We're leaving!” Brother Assist abruptly said their goodbyes to those in the tavern and the four men dragged Royal God Call along. ”War Without Wounds! LET ME GO, YOU B*ST*RD!” Royal God Call struggled with his all, slowly disappearing from Dusky Cloud's line of sight.

”Uhm… Take care…” Dusky Cloud returned to his senses and stiffly waved his hand, wiping the sweat off his forehead after.

At that moment, most of the players from Yunduan City were gathered outside Yueye City's prison entrance. Oathless Sword was standing at the entrance steps, dwarfing the players around him. His face had a solemn expression. He swept his gaze around, and when he judged that almost all of them were present, he began his speech, ”Everyone, we originally thought that today's job would be a piece of cake. But given how every step of the way since our departure from Yunduan City has been fraught with hidden danger, I've taken precaution by gathering all of you here. Please get ready to enter combat at any moment; I'm not ruling out such a possibility.”