379 Chapter 379 - Mistaken for Someone Else (1/2)

”Mistaken us for someone else…” Southern Lone Blade repeated those five words in his heart when he suddenly stopped running.

”What's the matter, quick run!” Flame Singed Clothes was flustered.

”There's no need to run anymore. How are we getting away at any rate?” All that was left was Southern Lone Blade, Flame Singed Clothes and the other Priest. None of them were job classes with high movement speed, so as long as the enemy sent their Archers and Thieves to give chase, they would easily catch up to them. The time Flame Singed Clothes's Palatial Balefire had earned for them were nothing more than self-consolation.

”Then let's have it out with them!” Flame Singed Clothes rolled up his sleeves and stared at the turn-off the enemy would have to take, ready to bombard anyone that appeared with his arsenal of spells.

”Don't be so hasty,” Southern Lone Blade reached out to lower the magic staff he was raising.

”Just what's up with you?” Flame Singed Clothes was confused.

”They must have mistaken us for someone else!” Southern Lone Blade said.

”What?”

”The Dynamic Addict Duo also chose a Priest and Thief job class respectively. Brother Assist's a Knight, while RGC's an Archer. WWW is naturally a Warrior and if you include the Video Mage… Their group composition is exactly like ours! And since they are escorting the target, the headcount for their team happened to be seven as well! When those guys saw the seven us together, they must have began their attack without checking our identity…” Southern Lone Blade evaluated.

Flame Singed Clothes felt that was a logical conclusion as well when he heard this. The Archers had all opened fire the first chance they got when both parties were meters apart. While they would have been able to make out others if they were familiar faces, but their targets this time were strangers, and they most likely had mistaken them for their targets the moment they saw the headcount matched.

Since this river valley did not spawn a single monster for players to grind, nor would any Quest NPCs appear here, players from Luori City who took this route were usually couples who were looking to find some alone time. It would not make sense for seven players to come frolicking together, so when the enemy saw this group of seven coming towards them, why would they not think they were the same players they had clashed with from Yunduan City at first glance?

After Flame Singed Clothes made sense of all this, he slowly lowered the magic staff in his hand and asked, ”So what do we do now? Do we go ahead and explain ourselves?”

”What's there to explain? Let's just meet them face to face to sort this out…” Southern Lone Blade sighed as he began to make his way back. The Archers had already made their way to the mouth of this fork and fired an arrow the moment they saw the three of them. Southern Lone Blade was already prepared for this, so he raised his shield to block the shot before shouting loudly, ”Wait a minute! Have you guys mistaken us for someone else?”

The enemy Archers paused for a good moment as their mercenary leader rushed over. The moment he saw the faces of the three men they had been chasing, he instantly realized he did not recognize any of them.

In fact, he had already suspected something was off the moment the battle began. The formation those seven men had taken, standing out in a straight line would make perfect sense if they were all players, but the issue was that there should have been an NPC with them, and that NPC he had caught a glimpse of earlier had only stood stationary like a blockhead when battle began; it would never move as obediently as any of those men did, especially going as far as to cooperate with the other players to such a degree.

Yet, despite the doubts he had, that mercenary leader still cared more for completing the mission; even if they had made a mistake and erroneously killed someone, they could always talk things over after the deed was done! With such thoughts in mind, he did not bother to say anything more about the matter, either. As for those Archers that had taken the initiative to start the battle, none of them recognized any of the targets. They had simply began their attack on first glance without even waiting for their leader to say the word!

And the situation at the moment really was a case of mistaken identity. However, that mercenary leader did not even feel a shred of guilt, merely asking with bewilderment, ”Who are you guys?” He even suspected that these men who had suddenly appeared out of nowhere might be in cahoots with the people they were hunting.

”Southern Lone Blade, from Linshui City,” Southern Lone Blade calmly reported his name, positive that his IGN alone bore quite a bit of weight in Parallel World these days, enough to elicit a different reaction from others.

It was just as he had expected, his name caused those men to give each other the side eye. That mercenary leader felt he must be having quite the lucky day, to actually meet someone from the renowned Five Unyielding Experts during this random kill today. Of course, while the fame attached to the names of the Five Unyielding Experts was widespread, it was not to the point where people would grovel at their feet and fawn over them. This was especially true since this mercenary leader had some urgent business he needed to tend to, not really giving a hoot who he was.

Nevertheless, hearing that this person was someone of a certain acclaim, he made note to extend his apologies appropriately. ”Sorry about that. We're currently on the hunt for another group of seven, and we failed to verify your identities before attacking. I apologize for any offence caused. We have some urgent business to attend to right now; I'll personally make sure to make proper reparations in Linshui City when we are free.”

With that, he was about to command his men to continue on their way when Southern Lone Blade suddenly shouted, ”Are you guys looking for the seven men from Yunduan City?”

”What? Have you seen them?” There was nothing else that this mercenary leader was more concerned over. Hearing what Southern Lone Blade had said caused him to spin back to face him so quickly, it was like his movement speed had increased to 1000 in that instant.

”We are actually looking for them, as well. We seem to have seen them enter this river valley, but we've not seen them since we made our way over,” Southern Lone Blade said.

Those men looked at one another for a quick moment, their reaction to this piece of news was definitely quicker given how familiar they were with the lay of the land.

”Did they walk the wrong way?” someone voiced suspiciously.

However, their mercenary leader was staring solemnly at Southern Lone Blade, wondering if this was a trap. After all, it was really suspicious that another seven men would appear in this river valley.

”What business do you have with them?” That was the only angle the mercenary leader could probe without being too invasive.