304 Chapter 304 - Yueye City’s Master Appraiser (1/2)

Oathless Sword narrated Traversing Four Seas' recent ordeal to Young Master's Elite in a plaintive tone. The six men felt pain inside as Oathless Sword was recounting the unfortunate incident to them, yet that pain was not because of sadness but because of having to prevent themselves from bursting into laughter.

As soon as Oathless Sword finished his narration, he asked the six men for their take on the matter. ”What do you think has caused this?”

The six of them looked at one another. Young Master Han coughed before answering, ”Maybe this is part of the quest?”

”That's what we think, too. In fact, we are following them to find out what's going to happen to them,” Oathless Sword said.

It was just as everyone had expected in the end; the bunch of players that the NPC guards had captured were marched straight into prison upon their return to Yueye City, and amid everyone's watchful gazes, these players disappeared inside the prison entrance.

Although imprisonment would forcefully restrict all manners of communication, Parallel World had a feature that allowed others to visit prisoners. Naturally, money was required to do this. Provided that the fee was paid, any player could enter the cell and do anything with the convicted, except for bailing them out, that was. There was no time limit for this either, much to the delight of those couples who could not bear spending even a second away from their other halves.

Oathless Sword only crept over once he saw the NPC guards leave upon locking up his underlings in the prison. He approached the place with as much apprehension as he had when he was earlier knocking on Mr. Adrian's door; while 30% of him was heading forward, 70% of him was already preparing to bolt out. He was worried that the system would identify him as the boss of the convicted players and detain him as well.

His worry turned out to be unfounded, though, as the prison guards merely continued on their usual tasks, unfazed by Oathless Sword's presence. After paying the fee for this visit, Oathless Sword entered the cell to talk to his comrades.

The imprisoned players were as clueless about this as Oathless Sword. The only thing they knew more than him was that they had to spend four hours inside the cell. The system did not provide them any explanation for their imprisonment, though. All they heard was the NPCs referring to them as 'felons' whenever they conversed with one another, causing everyone to feel mortified at being labeled as such.

From their perspective, the only thing they were guilty of was surrounding Mr. Adrian… Such an action should not warrant them being sent to prison, though! When did NPCs have such rights, anyway? Those imprisoned were absolutely incensed by this.

Oathless Sword was already downcast when he entered the prison, yet he looked much worse when he finally exited it. He stared blankly at the members of Young Master's Elite that had been waiting for him just outside the prison. Eventually, he woke from his reverie and asked the six men, ”Is there anything else?”

Young Master Han sighed, ”Did you forget? We're here for the note you wanted Miles to test out with Mr. Adrian.”

”Oh…” Oathless Sword was out of it at the moment, so he did not think deeply about this and just handed the note over to Gu Fei.

”How long are they inside for?” Gu Fei asked when he took the note from him.

”Four hours!” Oathless Sword answered.

”So I guess we can't continue the quest today?” Gu Fei probed.

Oathless Sword nodded his head and turned his attention to Young Master Han. ”Can you contact the other mercenary leaders?” As Young Master Han shook his head, Oathless Sword looked absolutely broken now. ”G*dd*mn! I still have to inform all those people about this.” Evidently, it had always been Youthful Reflection's responsibility to contact the mercenary leaders about anything. Guild Leader Oathless Sword did not seem to know how to handle such trivialities.

”Shall we continue this matter tomorrow, too?” Gu Fei was now waving the note to Oathless Sword.

”Of course,” Oathless Sword felt a slight twinge of annoyance at the sight of the note, wishing he could just get rid of it. After exchanging a few words with Young Master's Elite, he led his remaining men away from the place. The six men could hear him grumbling all the way and his words were littered with expletives.

”Should we…. Go and test it out now?” Gu Fei sought the five's advice regarding the note.

”Of course. Otherwise, there's no way I'm getting any sleep tonight,” Brother Assist answered.

”Do you guys even sleep at night?” Gu Fei asked, skeptical.

”What nonsense!” the five men chided Gu Fei for not viewing them as humans.

Inquiring to the locals along the way, the six men finally located the system-assigned Master Appraiser in Yueye City. She was a witch wearing a half mask and was in charge of teaching every player in the city about the Appraisal skill.

”Take out the ledger.” Gu Fei nudged Young Master Han.

”Wait a sec!” Brother Assist called out.

”What?” Everyone looked at him questioningly.

”Let me give this a shot first. To find out if this quest requires someone who has a pre-established relationship with the Werewolves like Miles to complete,” Brother Assist said. ”Let's find out what is the logic behind Parallel World's d*mnable design.”

”By your words, you can't be the one to test it out. You and Miles have come into contact with the Werewolves, so common sense dictates that you would most likely be included in Miles' quest,” Sword Demon reasoned.

”That's true,” Brother Assist nodded his head in agreement.

”I'll test it, instead!” Sword Demon took the note and ledger from them.

Gu Fei watched this team of experts at work, slightly moved by their dedication to researching the game. How great would it be if there were more people like them that were equally passionate about kung fu!

Sword Demon presented the ledger and note to the Master Appraiser and requested for her to analyze if the handwriting in both items matched. Just as they were worrying about the NPC not understanding the instruction, the witch brought her two fingers upright, instead, ”200 gold coins.”