317 Chapter 317 - The Death of Silver Moon (1/2)

Gu Fei and Gu Xiaoshang dumbly watched the internal conflict that took hold of the seven men before them. Neither of them had expected for such a situation to occur, instantly making them feel really awkward, as though they were forcing these good men to do something incorrigible. The six Thieves were already exploding with anger as they bellowed, ”You'll be the first one to lose your level!” They then surrounded the traitor and six daggers flashed out in unison. White light shone from within the encirclement after – a clear indication to everyone present that the traitor had not met a good ending.

The six men proceeded to face Gu Fei and Gu Xiaoshang once more, their eyes shining in defiance, ”Come and kill us if you can! The jury's still out on who will be the one doing the dying!”

”Forget it. Just leave!” Gu Xiaoshang suddenly said.

The six men, including Gu Fei and her underlings, were all stunned.

”What do you mean?” Gu Fei asked Gu Xiaoshang.

”I was only looking to scare them a bit and yet they have shown to not be in the least bit afraid, we'll just take it as our loss,” Gu Xiaoshang replied.

”Oh…” Gu Fei shrugged his shoulders and did not say anything else.

”Leave. Otherwise, it'll be too late,” Gu Xiaoshang told the six Thieves.

The six of them showed hesitation on what they should do.

When Gu Fei saw their hesitation he could not help but wonder, You hesitate to answer our questions and also hesitate when we're letting you off. Just what do we have to do for you to shake that skepticism off?! Gu Fei drew out two flaming arcs in the air, ”Leave. Otherwise, I'll make my move.”

The six men turned around doubtfully. Gu Xiaoshang clapped her hands and the three Thieves stepped aside to give them a way out. At the same time, a flurry of footsteps could be heard coming from behind Gu Fei and Gu Xiaoshang as their reinforcement appeared a good distance away. Gu Xiaoshang impatiently stamped her feet, ”Hurry!”

The six men no longer hesitated and scrambled off as fast as they could.

Gu Fei turned to watch their reinforcement's arrival. Youthful Reflection, who was taking the lead, brought along an assorted score of comrades, staring at the six Thieves making their heroic escape. He quickly asked, ”How did they get away?”

”I told you guys to hurry. All of you were too slow, so we didn't manage to stop them from escaping,” Gu Xiaoshang reasoned.

”Weren't there only eight Thieves? Couldn't you even block them for a little longer?” Youthful Reflection was suspicious.

”I didn't manage to stop any of them and that's all there is to it; why are you asking so many nonsensical questions?” Gu Xiaoshang was visibly annoyed by this.

Women! They were all natural-born actors. Gu Xiaoshang looked so calm even when she said all this! Youthful Reflection, would you ever suspect that she had intentionally let those men off? As Gu Fei thought this, Youthful Reflection unexpectedly changed target. ”Miles bro, it's just eight Thieves. Surely, you could've made an effort to stop them?”

Gu Fei froze up, as Gu Xiaoshang nervously glanced at him. Gu Fei gave this reply with arched eyebrows, ”My stomach coincidentally ached at that moment, so I didn't manage to stop them.”

Suddenly being the focus of everyone's attention, Gu Fei was unable to conjure up any convincing excuse. It was obvious that he was lying, so Youthful Reflection glared at him hatefully. Youthful Reflection could not even give chase as he did not even manage to find any trace of the Thieves. He turned to ask Gu Xiaoshang, ”So what did they plan to do?”

Gu Xiaoshang helplessly answered, ”I don't know. They didn't reveal anything even when we beat them to death.”

Youthful Reflection heaved a sigh, feeling helpless at their situation. ”Let's hurry back, then!”

Youthful Reflection brought all his men to rejoin the rest of the battalion as fast as they could. They were all members of Traversing Four Seas, and being away from the rest of their fellow members made them feel uneasy. They felt as though the whole world was out to assassinate them, preventing them from completing their guild quest. At that moment, not one of them wanted to travel with Gu Fei and the rest of the mercenaries, and they seized this chance to chase after the expedition's main body.

With Youthful Reflection's departure, Gu Xiaoshang finally sighed in relief and faced Gu Fei, ”Thanks a lot!”

”What for?”

”I'm thanking your stomach for hurting… Although that's a really lousy excuse,” Gu Xiaoshang remarked.

”I'm not good at lying,” Gu Fei said, saying, ”Anyway, aren't you close with Traversing Four Seas? Why didn't you tell them the truth?”

”Rules still have to be followed even when we are close… If I told them that I let the enemies escape, they might dock my commission; I gotta at least make sure my men could make a living with me, after all!” Gu Xiaoshang explained.

They all chatted while hurrying to catch up with the rest of the group, but since the Warrior Gu Xiaoshang was among them and they could not possibly abandon her, they had slight difficulties catching up. Thankfully, Oathless Sword, as the leader, was able to command the expedition to slow down the pace, all to take care of his beloved lady, which allowed Gu Fei and the others to slowly but surely make up for the distance between them and the main body.

Youthful Reflection had long since rejoined the battalion by now, and Oathless Sword came forward to ask him for an update. Silver Moon stood by the side without making another sound, yet his heart was actually beating in trepidation.