490 Chapter 490 - Receptive to Neither the Hard nor Soft Approach (1/2)
Gu Fei and Svelte Dancer proceeded to leave the underground chamber and make their way back to the firewood shed. After taking a quick peek at the situation outside through that hole in the wall, he was about to give further instructions to Svelte Dancer when he realized that she had already pulled open the door.
”F*CK!” Gu Fei yelled and dashed out right after Svelte Dancer without missing a beat.
The battle raged on outside. Svelte Dancer, who had daggers for eyes, was ready to kill the nearest player the moment she leaped out from the shed. In the end, Gu Fei was quicker to spy an opportunity. Placing his hand onto Svelte Dancer's arm, he held her back. ”Wait a minute.”
”Wait for what?”
”It's two different groups; kill those over there!” Gu Fei said.
”Why?”
”Just look at their eyes!” Gu Fei said.
At his cue, Svelte Dancer began to take note of the looks that the enemies were giving her and indeed found it to be different. The player she had been planning to attack revealed much surprise when the two darted out the door, while the player that this person was fighting against stared at them as if he had seen his adversaries.
With a flaming blaze, that second player was cleaved into white light by Gu Fei's sword.
”Keep fighting, everyone!” Gu Fei raised his fist high in the air and yelled.
”YEAHHHHHH! KEEP FIGHTING!” A bunch of players cheered along with Gu Fei. The eyes of that player he was standing in front of was all the more starstruck. Seeing the opponent he had been contending with easily get insta-killed with one blow and proving for himself just what an indomitable expert Gu Fei was, this player could not help but look at Gu Fei in veneration.
”Bro, what guild are you from?” That man asked this when he did not find a guild emblem pinned anywhere on Gu Fei.
”We can chat later; there're more enemies coming!” Gu Fei wielded his sword and blocked a blow for the man before casually patting him on the back. ”I'll leave this to you.”
It was as if that man had received an important mission. Adopting the attitude of a man ready to risk blade and death, he nodded his head gravely and turned around to dive into the fray.
”This way!” Gu Fei beckoned Svelte Dancer over. He had previously made it a point to commit Flowergazing in the Fog's guild emblem to memory; thus, along the way, he would throw a warm greeting to anyone he met that did not belong to Flowergazing in the Fog, while he would slash anyone he met with that emblem before randomly patting someone genially. ”I'll leave this to you…”
The black and red pair that was Gu Fei and Svelte Dancer smoothly traversed across the battlefield this way, without even needing Svelte Dancer to attack at any point.
”You're so cunning!” Svelte Dancer derided Gu Fei.
Gu Fei ignored the woman and continued to yell out, ”Keep fighting, everyone!” Thus, making their way from the backyard of the city hall to their destination in such a fashion.
”This is the place right here!” Gu Fei led Svelte Dancer to the first of the emptier spots Giordano would pass by during his patrol. Naturally, this emptiness Gu Fei meant was in reference to the NPC and the absence of other guards in the vicinity for several dozen meters. Giordano would be hidden from anyone's sight once the fog appeared. Because the overarching battle was still ongoing between the guilds, even though they might be quite a distance from any potential NPC intervention here in this spot, there was nevertheless still sporadic fighting about.
”Alright, stay here and wait.” Gu Fei instructed Svelte Dancer.
”What about you?” Svelte Dancer asked.
”It's too dangerous here; it's better if I hide in the building,” Gu Fei answered.
”B*st*rd! Do you mean to leave a beauty like me here in such a dangerous position, while you leave for somewhere else safer? Do you even have a shred of human decency?!” Svelte Dancer was immediately infuriated when she heard this.
”You can rely on your Stealth, but I can't; I can enter the city hall, but you can't. As such, you will be safe here, while I'll be safer in the building. We're all safer that way,” Gu Fei explained.
”How are you able to enter the city hall?” Svelte Dancer asked.
Gu Fei took out his Bounty License and showed it to her.
”How much?” Svelte Dancer revealed her true form, looking to buy anything good that appeared before her eyes.
”Sorry, but only I can use this,” Gu Fei said.
”How did you get it?” Svelte Dancer asked.
”Get into Stealth first. We can chat about this over private messaging,” Gu Fei said, turning in a hurry to leave in the direction of the Government City Hall. He continued to muddle his way through the battlefield like before. In such a chaotic engagement, everybody would only focus on their enemies. Gu Fei tried his best not to draw too much attention to himself. Sure enough, no one seemed to take notice of his presence, allowing him to successfully make his way into the building without much of a fuss. Sighing in relief, he sent a message over to Svelte Dancer: ”Are you still safe?”
”Yes.” Svelte Dancer, currently Stealthed, was squatting over in a clearing. She was safe enough to do whatever she wanted. ”Tell me how you got that thing.”
Gu Fei proceeded to the Vigilante Corps Chamber as he relayed a simple overview of the conditions and wondrous uses of the Bounty License over to Svelte Dancer.
”That's so troublesome…” Svelte Dancer was in a bind. She was already used to easily obtaining items and equipment she desired with money. Previously, waiting for the grind for the Windchaser's Boots to be completed had already challenged her patience, yet this Bounty License this time around apparently needed even greater perseverance. Svelte Dancer dithered.
”You don't have a use for it this time, right? It's not like you'd do 'Bounty Mission',” Gu Fei said.
”It is useless… but I still want it,” Svelte Dancer answered. While she was not a fool that would treat money like waste paper, she was not someone who had a lack of it and needed to live her life carefully planning out her expenses. Even though the Bounty License was something that she had no need for, it was already a habit of hers to obtain things just because they were rare.
”Then, you'd better get grinding!” Gu Fei maintained his stance, saying this even as he pushed the door that led him right into the Vigilante Corps Chamber.
”Hi!” The moment he stepped inside, a man sitting on the couch greeted Gu Fei with a wave of his hand. That man was none other than Drifting.