478 Chapter 478 - Inside and Outside the Courtyard (2/2)

”That's quick…” Sword Demon exclaimed. He had already done his best to be as efficient as possible, but who would have thought that he was still not be as quick as Gu Fei?

”It's much more convenient for me. All I had to do was stand there and show my face and they started howling without even needing me to attack,” Gu Fei explained.

”Oh…” Sword Demon understood. ”Is it enough?”

”Yeah, that's good. Where shall we meet?”

Sword Demon randomly chose a set of coordinates as the two began to head over to meet up. At the same time, the members of Flowergazing in the Fog began to gather at all the spots that had been attacked, not really to mount a defense but merely to give a sense of security to those there.

”I don't think that this circle of players outside is positioned there for defense; rather, it's formed to alert those people inside of our arrival,” Gu Fei said once they met up.

”Yeah, that's most likely it.” Sword Demon agreed with Gu Fei's assessment.

”What next?”

”Let's go! We should be more or less successful if they don't know where we're attempting to break in from,” Sword Demon said.

Gu Fei nodded. The two very quickly located a suitable spot for the climb. The defense outside the wall was already in a mess thanks to their harassment, and there were plenty of gaps where no one was in position. Gu Fei sighed. ”They are still pretty bad with the positioning of their defense! But with how scattered they are right now, I don't think it'll be easy for us to find an inconspicuous spot to breach through.”

Sword Demon shook his head. ”There are times we can't do anything about that. In the end, they are still players in a game. Do you expect them to possess the level of discipline found in soldiers?”

”Yeah, that makes sense.” Gu Fei nodded.

”Besides, some sacrifices are necessary if their job is to get a clear idea of which direction we're coming from. Such an order is that much harder to achieve in a game setting…” Sword Demon continued.

”Mmm, you've got a good grasp of this!” Gu Fei remarked.

”Of course; I'm someone who had experience in these matters, after all.” Sword Demon laughed.

”Oh, yeah! I almost forgot!” Gu Fei slapped his forehead. He had almost forgotten that Sword Demon was once a high and mighty leader of a big guild in days past. How could he not have a good grasp of things when talking about the rules and regulation within a guild?

”However, if a guild had someone like Young Master, he'd surely position these men far more perfectly than this,” Gu Fei added.

”Hehe…” Sword Demon laughed dryly. If it were that man, he would naturally sacrifice all these cannon fodders without qualms. Furthermore, that man would have surely found an excuse that these players without them even realizing they were going to be sacrificed!

”Alright, let's head on up!” Gu Fei had already tossed out two grappling hooks and passed a rope over to Sword Demon.

After having been baptized to this that other day, he was no longer a stranger to climbing via this method and skillfully began his ascent.

That's quite the improvement… Gu Fei silently commended. Sword Demon was nowhere as skillful as he was now that day. Seems like he's been practicing on his own in these past two days. This man sure isn't the usual sort of competitive individual if he takes to heart even such things!

With that, Gu Fei grabbed on to his rope and followed Sword Demon right up the wall as well.

”To think everything would go so smoothly…” Gu Fei was rather surprised as he reached the top of the wall, dropping this comment as he began to wind the rope up.

”What do you mean by that?”

”I thought they would find a way to get up these walls and position guards up here in these two days,” Gu Fei explained.

”Well...” Sword Demon helped Gu Fei keep that grappling hook he had used as he spoke, ”I think you're the only one who'd find this to be simple... Just how many people out there would know about this sort of thing and actually act on it? Just this sort of grappling hook you made is not something that exists on the market. I doubt even Brother Assist could guess which quest you got this from. Furthermore, forget about climbing, just tossing this hook in a way that secures it firmly for a human to climb surely has a technique behind it, right?”

”Yeah, a little,” Gu Fei admitted.

”That's why I say it would be rather difficult for anyone to do the same despite having personally witnessed you do it successfully,” Sword Demon said.

”That's a logical conclusion you've drawn,” Gu Fei said. Indeed, in this MMO setting, there were certain aspects which Sword Demon and these experts would have a more thorough insight on.

”So, what next?”

”Well, of course, we're gonna take stock of the situation a little.” Gu Fei took out the spyglass and began his observation.