479 Chapter 479 - Vertical Integration Again? (1/2)

It was not up to Gu Fei and Sword Demon where they would make the climb down, so the two ended up somewhere relatively near the backyard. Gu Fei took out his spyglass and carefully observed the place as Sword Demon quietly sat beside him waiting. After a while, Gu Fei lowered the spyglass and Sword Demon threw him a questioning look.

Gu Fei sighed. ”Their defenses are mainly gathered right under the wall, so it's impossible for us to sneak past. If I knew that this would be the case, I would just have us walking right in from the front gates.”

”What would happen if we head down directly?”

”We'll be surrounded and likely drown in the surging mob,” Gu Fei answered.

”Then, what about that firewood storage shed you mentioned? Can we kill our way in there?” Sword Demon asked.

”We can definitely kill our way over, except we'll die outside the door if we can't get in. If we do make it inside, we'll probably die inside, instead,” Gu Fei shrugged.

”I guess that explains why they didn't bother securing the perimeter outside the wall too well. There's no need to do that when they can be on guard for us by being alerted of our arrival,” Sword Demon said.

Gu Fei nodded. ”They don't really care where we sneak in from up the wall.”

”We don't have enough manpower...” Sword Demon was really regretful as he recalled his glorious days of leading the Heaven-defying Guild. Back then, all he had to do was raise his hand, and hordes of brothers and sisters would rush these men directly. Was there even a need for him to be all sneaky like this, worrying about his every move?

”I guess our only solution left is to create a diversion,” Gu Fei said. ”But with just the two of us here, I don't think we can lure anyone over to us if we leap down like this.”

”Brother Assist and the others… They are still over by Linyin City and have yet to even mention if they are returning.” Sword Demon began to run through the list of names that could provide help.

”Drifting and his companions are the enemies right now…” Gu Fei did the same.

”Slyris and Yan Xiaozhu?” Sword Demon asked.

”I don't think we're that close yet…” Gu Fei rejected.

”Is there anyone else?” Sword Demon wondered aloud.

”Well… There is just the one...” Gu Fei hedged.

”Young Master…” the two of them said in unison, becoming silent for quite a while after.

”What's Young Master doing?” Gu Fei asked.

Sword Demon turned to regard him, telling him with his eyes that such a question was redundant.

Gu Fei went ”Oh” as he sent a message over. ”Let me ask him.”

”Are you doing anything? Ha ha ha ha!” Gu Fei sent this message over to the man in question.

”What?” Young Master Han replied immediately.

”There's a really meaningful job that I feel you're the most suited for,” Gu Fei began.

”Are you drunk? Coming to me for help?” Young Master Han said sarcastically.

”I'll let Sword Demon do the talking!” Gu Fei directed the conversation over to the mercenary channel.

Sword Demon gave a brief overview of the entire matter, naturally making a point to mention the analysis Gu Fei had made from the contents of Andrew Su's Diary. Young Master Han was drinking his liquor in a tavern as this went on. Taking a look at what was being typed, he eventually expressed his intrigue over the matter. ”Hmm… That seems rather interesting.”

”Yeah, so what I'm thinking is, if that Sleeping Assassin and the Shadowmist Assassin came for the same purpose, the firewood storage shed that his feet were pointing to would be key to solving the quest,” Gu Fei said.

”Have you searched his body? Perhaps, there might be something there,” Young Master Han said.

”I have not… I didn't really consider doing that when I was next to it,” Gu Fei said. This idea had only come to him after he had noted where the Sleeping Assassin's feet were pointing from inside the Government City Hall. That was when he was watching Seven get killed by the members of Flowergazing in the Fog. If it had been possible then, he would of course have run over to check. Unfortunately, that was not doable at that time, so he could only start over from here.

”Can you really consider the quest in such a way?” Brother Assist was still having his doubts over this aspect.

”Why not? Look at the three of you traveling all the way over to Linyin City for nothing. Why not just stay with me and mess around with this?” Gu Fei reasoned.

The three got really quiet. Gu Fei was really insouciant when it came to poking and prodding their raw nerves.

”What you two need right now is to draw their attention over to another part of the courtyard so that the two of you can investigate the Sleeping Assassin and the firewood shed, right?” Young Master Han repeated the quandary that Gu Fei and Sword Demon were facing at this point.

”That's right!” they confirmed.

”This isn't something that can be done with just one person alone! We'll need a group with a certain level of strength,” Young Master Han said.

”It'll take some time for the three of us to make our way back. Miles will have already logged off by then. Why not tomorrow?” Brother Assist said on behalf of Royal God Call and War Without Wounds.

”The three of you might not be of use here,” Young Master Han was painfully honest.

The three men were very despondent when they heard this.

”Help me contact Slyris for a bit,” Young Master Han suddenly said.

”Oh? What do you want to do?” Gu Fei asked.