377 Chapter 377 - Judging the Situation (1/2)
That man sighed in relief upon hearing what Young Master Han had said. He did not bother to resist his fate no longer as he exposed his neck and shut his eyes, awaiting for death.
Royal God Call did not relent either, releasing the already prepped Homing Projectile in his hand. The glowing white arrow homed right into the man, turning him into a beam of light that sent him back to the city in an instant.
This group of experts could not help but feel delighted when they saw how expeditiously the battle had ended. War Without Wounds sheathed his claymore back into his dimensional pocket and was about to brag for a bit, but Young Master Han was a step ahead of him as he said with a solemnly, ”Let's not waste time on words and hurry on our way!”
”To think they were not together with Eternal War mercenary group. Just what's going on?” Brother Assist wondered aloud as they continued on.
”What's so strange about that? Why would a mercenary group like Eternal War that had the ability to suppress a guild lessen themselves to work with others?” Young Master Han said plainly.
”You already expected this?” Brother Assist asked.
”Of course!” Young Master Han replied.
”If Eternal Dominion had seen through our plan and brought his men over…” Brother Assist could not help shiver despite the warmth around them. The fact that Eternal War had not collaborated with any other mercenary group meant that if they had been the ones who uncovered their plan, they would have rushed over and barricaded that valley with all their men.
Given that his entire mercenary group seemed to have learned kung fu, just dealing with the handful of them would have been difficult, let alone the whole lot he had with him. Even though they were all veterans and apex experts when it came to MMOs, they just might have suffered a loss if such a situation occurred.
However, Young Master Han had instead chuckled. ”Intelligence and levels are two different matter altogether. I doubt they have the brains to comprehend our plan.”
”Why's that?” Brother Assist was confused at his statement.
”Would any intelligent person send five men to block our advance, in an effort to 'let you guys experience our skill'? If they had the time to arrange that, wouldn't it have been better for them to immediately make their way over and finish the quest?” Young Master Han snorted with derision when he spoke of the method Eternal Dominion had employed.
”I wonder what that guy we killed will do now,” Brother Assist began to worry.
”He'll be back,” Young Master Han said with confidence.
”Now that he has suffered quite the loss in that exchange with us moments ago, I'm sure he'll bring along the rest of the mercenary groups along the next time!” Brother Assist stated.
”Don't worry about that, he won't do it.”
”Why not?”
”It's precisely because he had suffered such a painful loss that he will not do this. He had planned to swallow the reward for this competitive Mission from the start. Now that he has paid such a high price, I have reasons to believe that it would simply fuel his wish to capitalize on this competitive mission himself. We may be powerful, but we are still just six men. He'd surely believe that as long as he brought more men the next round, eliminating us six experts should be more than achievable. Thus, he's sure to handle this matter only with his own men the next round,” Young Master Han confidently explained.
”That makes a lot of sense,” Brother Assist nodded.
”And more importantly, the fact that he intended to take the reward all for himself is sure to be something he could not share with his fellow buddies in the coalition,” Young Master Han added.
”But how would the others know about what he did before?” War Without Wounds had been listening the whole time when he interjected, ”He won't be dumb enough to tell them that he fought with us prior, which was why he went searching for them?”
Young Master Han stared at War Without Wounds. ”He won't be dumb enough to say it, but those friends he brings along from the coalition, are you gonna be dumb enough to not tell them this?”
War Without Wounds was stunned for a second, recovering enough to say, ”So he's actually afraid of what we would say…”
Young Master Han rolled his eyes, ”Even if we are outsiders, given how sensitive this situation is, especially since they are nothing but a temporarily gathered alliance of men, there just might not be any trust between one another to speak of.”
”In that case, that means that guy is really in a awkward position right now!” Brother Assist said.
”Things were bound to end poorly for wise guys like him. He wouldn't be in this much trouble had he already informed everyone of his discovery,” Young Master Han commented coldly.
”So, what should we do now?” Honestly, none of them were truly worried about that man's situation. They had only been analyzing his plight so as to take the appropriate action.
”Now that he has an understanding of the strength we possess, we are sure to have difficulty dealing with the reinforcements the next time he comes. Thus, I suggest we change our route,” Young Master Han said.
”Who are we changing it?” Royal God Call was a little touchy when he heard the route was changing, afraid that he might get lost in the process.
This river valley branches off somewhere ahead of us. One would lead directly to Luori City, while the other would bring us to a dead-end. We are taking the latter,” Young Master Han took out that spyglass from his dimensional pocket and looked ahead to where they were going. ”It's not too far now, let's quicken our pace!”
”It's inauspicious to walk towards a dead-end!” War Without Wounds grumbled.
”Then you can stay where you are. Let's see if you will be the one dying first, or us,” Young Master Han replied.
War Without Wounds was speechless, taking the lead as he took big strides forward.
”Everything is really in the palm of your hands!” Brother Assist sighed in awe.