387 Chapter 387 - Trap, Yet Another Trap (1/2)

Oathless Sword's expression turned ashen. At the first chance he got, he sent out a message to Young Master Han, ”Crap. Deep Waters is here!”

”Deep Waters?” Young Master Han was astonished when he got the message. He was not taken aback by the fact they had encountered trouble, but was instead shocked that Deep Waters would actually expend so much effort to hound them all the way to Luori City.

”Even Deep Waters is here!?” the others naturally exclaimed when they heard the news.

Young Master Han helplessly nodded, ”That guy's always such a pest.”

War Without Wounds nodded in understanding, even showing an expression of pride as he commented, ”To be able to stay together with a lady for seven MMOs, you can imagine how great he is at being a pest.”

The others glared at him in contempt.

”Now what do we do?” Brother Assist anxiously asked.

”What else can we do? There's no way he can make it in time,” Young Master Han shrugged.

”Did you not make any arrangements for such an event?” Everybody present was clear when it came to Young Master Han's temperament, and his penchant for acting shocked, just to keep everyone on their toes.

”Of course I did. It only makes sense to save our ace in the hole for the most crucial conundrum,” Young Master Han replied.

”Miles?” everyone exclaimed in unison.

Young Master Han neither confirmed nor denied this, which was as good as admitting to it.

”Miles has always been with them?” everybody asked. There were various moving parts for this current plan of theirs. The average player would only know a small portion of them, which was what most of the players from Luori City were aware of. The experts here naturally knew another portion of the plan, that Todd would take a different route into the city. At this point, none of them were aware of anything regarding Todd's safety, and they had reason to believe that perhaps Oathless Sword himself had no idea of this either; this was where Young Master Han's sadistic nature really infuriated people.

”Oathless Sword's group left for the North Gate, which isn't too far away from the prison,” Young Master Han explained.

”Oh…” the experts hummed together. They had long suspected that Young Master Han had been lying when he said Todd was headed to the North Gate, but it turned out to be otherwise. Since the Prison was near the North Gate, it made no difference if they entered via the East or North Gate; the only difference would be whether they travelled outside the city, or inside it.

”But how did you know the prison was near the North Gate? Did you have a friend here?” Brother Assist asked.

Young Master Han shook his head, ”Miles told me.”

”Miles? He's got a friend here?” Everyone was all the more astonished at this fact. They knew Gu Fei was a MMO newbie, so it was impossible for him to have any sort of old acquaintances in this game.

”Miles was the first to enter Luori City. He inquired after the route with some of the locals before suggesting that I send Oathless Sword over to the North Gate,” Young Master Han elaborated.

”He was the first to enter the city? Why? Just to inquire after the route?... Hmmm…” Everybody was still confused.

”He only did that in passing. More importantly, he needed to clear off the PK Value he had on him,” Young Master Han said.

”Oh…” Everybody immediately understood. With Gu Fei's high PK value, slaying a few more people would easily result in him breaking the 30 ceiling once more. Considering the whole buttload of trouble that came with it, it was better if he cleared up what he could before a huge battle like this. They dared believe that he must have been equally busy himself in these past few hours, like everybody else.

At this point, the entirety of Young Master Han's master plan had been laid out. In this final push, the players from Yunduan City were split into four separate fronts.

The first was made up of the majority of the players. While they were further split into four parties, they were actually considered to be a single front, meant to draw the attention of the enemy.

The second was Young Master Han and the team of elites he led. Pretending to head down the valley like this, they were acting as a diversion specifically for those elites from Luori City that could see through the first layer of his plan, as well as the men who had been stalking them for reasons unknown, who had turned out to be Southern Lone Blade and his squad. The seven men sprawling upon that large boulder viewing the matter from afar had long been spotted by Young Master Han. The spyglass he borrowed from Vast Lushness was far more powerful than a Sharpshooter's Eagle Eyes. Not only did he know it was a seven-man squad, he even identified SLB himself. Everything else that happened afterwards had successfully played out in the exact manner he had directed.

The third front here was naturally the small team led by Oathless Sword that had Todd in tow. They mixed in with the players that were grinding and slowly made their way away from the battle, looking exactly like any of those grinders. With how both of those sides were neck deep in each other, why would there be anyone out there who would notice this small detail?

The fourth and final front was Gu Fei alone. Obviously, he was not the object of anybody's attention since he was running solo, and with his fast movement speed, he had long since made his way to Luori City and began to clear his PK points doing Bounty Missions. He was meant to step out only at the critical moment to save Oathless Sword from any potential disaster.