403 Chapter 403 - Wait Up! (1/2)
It was some time after Gu Fei and Eternal Dominion had left the tavern, and aside from Young Master Han, who was still steadily drinking away, the others were still seated in the same places, each fallen into a dispirited state.
”With such people around, how are we gonna survive?” War Without Wounds was the first to sigh after everyone shared a sullen moment together.
”Let Southern Lone Blade be the one to worry about this problem!” Young Master Han said.
”Aren't we following them to catch the show?” War Without Wounds swept his gaze over to the others present. Watching a generation of experts fall from grace seemed to be something everybody would be interested in.
”Let's go! Let's go take a look!” RGC leapt to his feet.
”Don't be in such a hurry,” Young Master Han said.
The four turned to stare at him, wondering just what sort of ploy this man was up to.
”Is Linshui City somewhere you can just visit whenever you like?” Young Master Han continued.
”What do you mean?” The four men were puzzled.
”Expert, we need a boat!” He said sarcastically while flashing a look of contempt to the other four who were looking at him solemnly; it was clear they had thought there was some huge problem they had overlooked.
”Oh….” The four men murmured. This was a problem often overlooked by people who were not native to Linshui City.
”So that means they…” War Without Wounds was speechless. Young Master Han had already recalled this fact, yet had not bothered to remind those two. It was really abominable of him..
”There's no boat right now,” Young Master Han announced after referring to his booklet of notes.
”Ahahahaha!” RGC revelled in this oversight. Sword Demon, at least, was decent enough to send Gu Fei a message about this.
The two men had already stepped out of the city gates when Sword Demon's message came in. Gu Fei immediately realized this as he slapped his forehead, ”When would there be a boat?” he asked Eternal Dominion.
”That's right, we'll need the ship to ferry us over!” Eternal Dominion also recalled this point as he hurriedly went about to inquire after the time. He shook his head soon after. ”There's no way we can make it over tonight. It'll be too late. Let's deal with all this tomorrow morning!”
”If we log on a bit earlier, can we grab the earlier scheduled ferry?” Gu Fei asked.
”That would be a little difficult… Unless we make our way over to the pier and log off there,” Eternal Dominion said. Luori City's pier was not a designated log off zone, so there was no reason for them to risk it for this matter.
”Then let's do it over the weekend, then. Are you free then?” Gu Fei asked.
”Yeah! Make it Saturday!” Eternal Dominion replied.
After confirming the time, the two headed back into Luori City. The experts all celebrated for Southern Lone Blade the moment they learned of this decision: His nightmare was now delayed by two days. Today was Thursday, so there were two days before Gu Fei and Eternal Dominion would descend upon him.
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On Saturday, Gu Fei rushed to log into Parallel World before noon arrived. Eternal Dominion had also done the same, since the two men had agreed two days prior to take the noon ferry and make their way over to Linshui City.
It was instead the experts from Young Master's Elites who were actually not online during this magnificent period. Gu Fei and Eternal Dominion met up before heading towards the pier together, getting on board and floating their way towards Linshui City.
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It had been three days since Traversing Four Seas had completed their guild quest. Southern Lone Blade had also spent the last three days impatiently waiting for their arrival. Because the Harbor at Linshui City was also the most bustling and busy location in the city, it was actually very convenient for them to keep watch. Every day, Southern Lone Blade and his buddies would all hurry to mix in with the tavern patrons when the time came for the scheduled ferry from Luori City to arrive, studying the players who alighted.
There were plenty of people arriving on the first day. Even though the quest was over, and there was no need for the players from Yunduan City to gather together, they nevertheless did just that since all of them had to take a ferry on their way back. The whole crowd of them rushed out the moment the ferry docked. Southern Lone Blade and his men were already prepared for this, closely scanning the crowd for their target. But aside from Southern Lone Blade himself, none of the men with him actually knew what Gu Fei looked like, so all they could do was look for any Mage dressed in black robes and get Southern Lone Blade to identify the man himself.
Nor could any of them rush over to any target they had potentially identified, since they had to act the part and calmly drink while still seated, so it was rather exhausting.
In the end, everybody from the ship departed, yet none of the watchers managed to catch a glimpse of Gu Fei, nor any of the experts from Young Master's Elites.
Similarly, they did not see anyone that fit the description of any of these people on the second day.
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On the third day, those men got ready to watch out for the three scheduled ferry trips once more. There were significantly fewer players coming from Luori City, yet the target they had in mind had not yet arrived. It was some time past noon when the squad of seven ambled towards the harbor yet again.
”You're here!” the barkeep by the beach warmly greeted the seven men.
Southern Lone Blade was depressed. Naturally, he did not wish to call too much attention to himself, but in order to keep watch on the arrivals, he needed to sit in the most optimal seats. In doing so, he became a frequent patron of these bars during the last three days.
”Has the person you gentlemen are waiting for not yet arrived?” the barkeep asked offhandedly. He did not even bother to ask the seven men what they would like to drink, as he immediately brought the same drinks that they had ordered the past three days.
”Hehe, yeah!” Southern Lone Blade flashed the barkeep an awkward smile. Even his intentions were revealed. Thankfully, it was impossible for Young Master Han and his men to be in contact with anyone from Linshui City, otherwise they would probably have found out about his plan.
The barkeep was someone who had done plenty of jobs within the service industry, so he had a good grasp when it came to reading people's moods. He could tell from the atmosphere that he was not welcome to stay around, so he quietly retreated back to his bar after he was paid.