318 Chapter 318 - The Implications of Dying (1/2)

The Thief Dusky Cloud was waiting by the Knights' Barracks in Stealth mode. He wanted to be the first one to begin the process of killing Silver Moon. Just as he received the message, white light flashed and a Knight in gaudy armor appeared inside this spawn point. Who else could the man be but Silver Moon?

Silver Moon did not know what to think right now, but his actions and expression did not betray him losing his cool. The instant he respawned inside the Knights' Barracks, he started observing his surroundings very closely. Dusky Cloud felt vexed when he saw how Silver Moon was behaving. The target was in such proximity with him, yet it was hardly that easy to kill Silver Moon, much less wipe him down to level 10. This was going to be a protracted fight that would expend so much manpower and effort. Dusky Cloud suddenly regretted his actions. Was it worth disrupting so many players' gaming lives just to torment this person like so?

At the same time, back in the jungle, Gu Fei was gawking at Svelte Dancer, ”Why are you here, too?”

Gu Fei had also used the same method Silver Moon had employed to get behind the tree, except Silver Moon made his move when the battalion had reached that copse of trees, while Gu Fei came in from outside beyond the copse. Unbeknown to Silver Moon, his most feared reaper of death, Gu Fei, was actually only separated to him by just one tree. By the time Sword Demon's Bludgeon struck Silver Moon in the back of his head, Gu Fei had teleported himself right behind Silver Moon using Blink and ruthlessly stabbed him. At the same time, another person plunged a blade into Silver Moon, and that person was none other than Svelte Dancer.

”I'm the only one who has movement speed that can keep up with everyone even while in Stealth,” Svelte Dancer replied.

”So you've been keeping an eye on Silver Moon this whole time?” Gu Fei asked.

Sword Demon shrugged his shoulders helplessly. ”I've got no choice. I just don't have the movement speed.”

Silver Moon had sneakily left the main body by pretending to gather herbs from this tree, not knowing that a Rogue in Stealth was actually standing beside him and watching his every move all this while. Oathless Sword could also be credited for making this happen. The slower pace he set for the entire expedition for Gu Xiaoshang to catch up to them actually allowed Svelte Dancer in Stealth to close in on Silver Moon.

The three left the copse and quickly joined the battalion. The other men of Young Master's Elite that were hanging around the back of the pack naturally received the news about the successful assassination of Silver Moon. Svelte Dancer reached her hand out to Young Master Han. ”Pay up!”

Young Master Han actually dismissively waved her off. ”I have yet to get paid myself. I'll pass your share to you once we reach Linyin City.”

Svelte Dancer did not badger him any further and merely left to find the Amethyst Rebirth ladies. Young Master Han announced to Gu Fei and Sword Demon, ”Silver Moon has been sent back to the Knights' Barracks in Baishi City, and Dusky Cloud already caught sight of him. That concludes our current mission. Everyone may now applaud.”

The others rolled their eyes.

”Record our contribution points,” Young Master Han told Sword Demon.

Sword Demon took out the booklet he was using to record Young Master's Elite's contribution points and awarded everyone points accordingly. Royal God Call and War Without Wounds were rather disgruntled, as neither of them had active participation in this mission, only acquiring some sympathy points for their presence. As Gu Fei watched Sword Demon record the points, he asked Young Master Han, ”It makes sense for Royal and Wounds to only get 10 points each, but why are you the one receiving the highest points when it was Sword Demon and I who have performed the mission? 30 points for 'orchestration'? What did you orchestrate?”

”Did you really think we were merely waiting for Silver Moon to leave the battalion to strike?” Young Master Han asked sarcastically.

”Wasn't that what happened?”

”Don't you think Silver Moon needed a reason to leave first?”

”Are you saying you caused Silver Moon to leave? Didn't he leave because he's afraid of those Thieves in Stealth being after him?” Gu Fei asked.

”Absolutely.”

”And you have a hand in that?”

”I hired those men,” Young Master Han stated.

Gu Fei was stunned. He turned to look at the other four and saw that each of them seemed to be aware of this particular information as they gazed at him sympathetically.

”Why didn't I know this?” Gu Fei asked.

Young Master Han did not bother to answer him; instead, it was Brother Assist who patted Gu Fei. ”Everyone already discussed all this early in the morning; you just happened to be offline.” With that, he turned to Sword Demon. ”Should we deduct 5 or 10 points from Miles for his failure to turn up for the meeting?”

”Logically speaking, yes. But he wasn't online, so…” Sword Demon was hesitant.

”No excuses. Deduct 10 points,” Young Master Han declared.

”Indeed, deduct 10 points off of him,” War Without Wounds and Royal God Call immediately voiced their agreement.

Whether his attendance mattered when he was online or otherwise was a similar argument as an offside call on the soccer field. Seeing the majority in favor of it and Gu Fei himself not really minding it either way, Sword Demon went ahead and deducted 10 points off of him.

Gu Fei was still pondering on this so-called 'orchestration'. ”Since you're the one who hired those men, why didn't you say a word when I set out to stop them? What would you've done if I had killed them all?”

”Didn't I tell you to go easy on them if they're after Silver Moon before you left?” Young Master Han asked.