405 Chapter 405 - Rise from the Dead (1/2)
If this was the real world, Southern Lone Blade's corpse would probably remain on the ground, lacerated by a sword. But thankfully, this was an MMO, so Southern Lone Blade's body was whisked away in that white light, leaving nary a trace of his presence where he once stood.
Gu Fei calmly sheathed his sword, turned around to smile at the dumbfounded three men who were in charge of the bar, ”See, I told you I would be quick! It wasn't any trouble for you guys, right?”
The three were momentarily speechless. Everything had indeed happened really quickly; from the instant Gu Fei raised his sword angering the three, his subsequent disappearance, and the three men turning to witness Southern Lone Blade getting tossed up in the air, followed by Gu Fei's sword cleave to end his life. Everything had happened over the course of several seconds. The players who saw the entire sequence of event seemed to have all forgotten to take a breath as they tried their best to recall what had happened.
The remaining six men from Southern Lone Blade's squad of seven were all at a loss. Southern Lone Blade had already died to Gu Fei's sword by the time they finally realized what was going on, and thought of helping their leader.
Eternal Dominion did not give them any opportunity to take revenge either, as he had quickly slipped away next to Gu Fei after he completed his Seismic Toss.
”See you again!” Gu Fei even bade farewell to the six men, as he and Eternal Dominion proceeded to swagger off. He sent a message over the mercenary channel, ”That's one time!”
”So soon!?” Brother Assist was extremely surprised at this development. He saw that the time was not too long after they disembarked from the ferry, so could it be that Southern Lone Blade had been standing by the Harbor, waiting for them to slay him?
”Heh, we had quite the good luck, spotting him the moment we walked off the ship!” Gu Fei replied.
”Wait for us,” Young Master Han said.
Everybody immediately made sense of the situation. After all, Southern Lone Blade must have been secretly waiting for their arrival, which just so happened to have allowed Gu Fei to expose him. But of course, the fact that Southern Lone Blade had been waiting for Gu Fei exclusively was a fact that the experts were unaware of.
”How many times do you want him dead?” Gu Fei asked. Now that the job had already begun, there was no need to keep things vague. Of course they had to first understand what their job entailed.
”Kill on. Just kill as much as you can. Didn't you say it was a piece of cake?” A flippant line from Young Master Han had essentially tossed Southern Lone Blade down into the bottomless ravine; it was apparent Young Master Han did not have a shred of sympathy for the man.
”That's true,” Gu Fei admitted. He would not even regard Southern Lone Blade as an enemy if he was alone, much less now that he had a powerful assistant like Eternal Dominion. Gu Fei had been so excited about getting into this fight that he had forgotten that Eternal Dominion was supposed to be the lead here; it should be Gu Fei who was the assistant in this situation.
”Should we keep slaying him?” Eternal Dominion asked Gu Fei. He was obviously unable to see the conversation happening in Gu Fei's mercenary channel.
”Of course!” Gu Fei nodded. ”Since we're being paid, you can just kill as much as you want.”
”This job is really too lucrative a venture!” Eternal Dominion was visibly excited.
”I don't know if we can intercept the man in the Warrior's Encampment. Let's go take a look first!” Gu Fei had plenty of experience doing this sort of thing. At this point, anybody who had been scheming would usually have set up an encirclement in the Warriors' Encampment, in an attempt to wait for their prey to get themselves ensnared again. However, given how skilled and bold he was, Gu Fei would find nothing more enjoyable than eliminating both the target and the trap at one go, so he really could not be bothered to think too much about this.
The two man left the open bar by the beach, their figures slowly getting further and further away, but the shock they had left behind with the crowd of players stayed for the longest time.
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This was especially true for the three men from the bar, who were looking at one another before someone finally said, ”Inform the guild leader…”
Indeed, Gu Fei had been expeditious with the kill, closing the matter so quickly that there was not even time for pandemonium to set in. While his act did not even impact their business, the problem was that Gu Fei's action was nevertheless an infringement of the rules they had set. This was a matter of face; be it expert or guild, the more outstanding they were, the more they valued their image.
Gu Fei had killed one of their patrons in their open-air bar by the beach. If they did not mete out any punishment for his action, it was possible for others to use this incident as an excuse to cause trouble in the future. Even if trouble did not find their way to them, all it would take was a snide remark or two, and people might mock their guild for being an entity that bullied the weak but feared the strong, creating a double standard for experts. This was something they simply could not stand for.
So even though Gu Fei's action had not caused them any physical damage, the harm they did mentality-wise could not be discredited. The three men were well aware that this matter should not be casually handled, so they hurriedly contacted their guild leader about this, letting their leader determine the course of action.
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While the guild was sorting the matter on their end, Flame Singed Clothes immediately turned to their Priest the moment Gu Fei and Eternal Dominion departed and ordered, ”Paddy Scent, quick!”
The Priest's IGN was Paddy Scent Pastures. He had been staring at the spot where Southern Lone Blade had disappeared, nodding slightly as he quickly strode over. He took out his magic staff and carefully drew out an array on the ground, before pointing his magic staff on the ground. He retrieved a little booklet from his dimensional pocket with his left hand and flipped to a page before immediately beginning to chant a spell with great vigor.
This strange scene caught the eye of plenty of other players. The remaining five players of the squad were all currently standing around Paddy Scent Pastures.
”What are they doing?”
”Just what is that guy they are enclosing saying?”