490 Chapter 490 - Receptive to Neither the Hard nor Soft Approach (2/2)

”Are you waiting for me?” Gu Fei asked.

”Of course!” Drifting laughed.

”What for? Are you looking to die?” Gu Fei asked.

”How arrogant! You should at least be a little surprised and flustered after seeing me sitting here all calm and collected and waiting for you to serve yourself up on a platter!” Drifting said.

”I am indeed rather surprised. Even though you know about my mission target, you're actually boldly sitting here. Do you perhaps find the burden of being one of the Five Unyielding Experts too much to handle?” Gu Fei countered even as he pulled out his sword.

”Hold it!” Drifting quickly cried out. He knew how inhumanly fast Gu Fei would strike. All it would take was a single Blink, and Drifting would already be unsure of the outcome. He could not help but admit that, when it came down to a head-to-head confrontation, in terms of power, he was absolutely no match for Gu Fei.

”What?” Gu Fei was not in a hurry. That was because he knew that the city hall was not a place that anyone could enter as they wished. Thus, even if Drifting had set up any sort of trap or ploy, it would at most just be him and the Left and Right Hands duo. Taking on merely three players was nothing to Gu Fei; even if one of them was an apex expert that was one of the Five Unyielding Experts.

”Don't you feel that there's no longer any need for us to remain hostile with each other?” Drifting said.

”Oh?”

”We're all doing this for our quest! Quests are more important,” Drifting explained.

”Oh? Do you need my help with your quest or something?” Gu Fei asked.

”You're thinking too much. Our quest is already completed,” Drifting replied.

”Then, why the change of heart?” Gu Fei pressed on.

”Aren't you already privy to my original plan? We sought only to enter and exit the building as we wished when we were dealing with you and the others that day. Since we have already accomplished that, and the matter has been fully resolved, what's the point in us staying as enemies?” Drifting asked.

”Because I can't stand the method you've used to accomplish your quest!” Gu Fei sighed.

”Is that so? Then, I apologize; I'm truly sorry for that,” Drifting said.

Gu Fei was in a daze. He found this sudden change in Drifting to be a little odd. Could he really be afraid of me? That was when he thought to ask, ”So what about the matter with your guild?”

”Guild? I've already done all I can on that front; do you expect me to sacrifice even my life to the cause? After only these few days in this guild? I'm not that self-actualized.” Drifting chuckled.

Gu Fei finally understood that Drifting really had no intentions of going against him. The way this man handled things had always been devious and polished. Having completed his personal quest, he was completely uncaring of the current mess surrounding the guild he had been part of for a short while. His goal here, at this moment, was to resolve the bad blood between him and Gu Fei and treat everything that had happened here as nothing. It was as though he had not offended anyone, so everyone could just go back to being friends.

”I should really bring Svelte Dancer up here and show her what it's truly like to be treacherous,” Gu Fei said.

”That's right. I saw Svelte Dancer. You even managed to get such a powerful person to help you; looks like you've got this in the bag!” Drifting acted as if he had not heard Gu Fei call him treacherous.

Gu Fei, however, continued to stare at Drifting. ”As an educator, I just don't feel good until I've corrected a problem I come across!”

”What educator?” Drifting was perplexed.

”Since you're an adult, it seems there's no need to work in the education aspect of things. Just bear with the consequences of your action!” Gu Fei said, instead.

The expression on Drifting's face changed, for he knew that his parley with Gu Fei had failed. This was also the point when he realized he was mistaken about Gu Fei, he believed that such an assertive man would have a tenacious temperament against confrontation that could be amenable to a soft approach. Unexpectedly, Gu Fei was the sort that was receptive toward neither the hard nor soft approach, and was unafraid of fighting at any cost to the point that he would actually ignore his efforts of reconciliation.

”I hope you wouldn't take this to heart; we're still friends even after I punish you for your deeds,” Gu Fei said.

Drifting had already left the comfort of the couch and stood up, his magic staff placed across his chest, yet he was hardly panicking. What sort of joke is this? Taking on this man by myself, it's not like I'm a BOSS…

Icy Mirage? That's no use. This man can directly tell which one is the real me.

Blossoming Crimson Lotus? There's only so much space in this room; a Blossoming Crimson Lotus will only result in all the NPC guards attacking me in response. While there's no guarantee I can insta-kill Miles, it's almost certain these guards can insta-kill me.

Since I don't have any solution to this, I will just have to gamble and see if I can take him down along with me; I can't possibly die in too cowardly a fashion, right?

Drifting just started waving his magic staff and chanting when Gu Fei materialized right before him.

Blink! Drifting had already expected this… Does this man wish to use that same move as before? If that's the case, I shouldn't be too bothered with my bearing, either! Seeing that Gu Fei's arm was lifted and was indeed about to stuff it toward his mouth, Drifting made the decision to bite down at it.

Drifting nimbly extended his mouth forward and bit down hard. A crunching sound could be heard, and Drifting discovered an apple had actually been inserted to his mouth.

Muffled objection could be heard as Gu Fei firmly pushed the apple in. Drifting was still unable to say a word, as tears ran down his cheeks and in his heart. Shameless! Not even saying a word that he's going to use an item…

”Seeing as we're friends, I won't kill you by my hands. Let's see how lucky you are!” Gu Fei said, even as his right hand pushed the apple that Drifting had in his mouth and took a step backward. His left hand shot forth and pushed open the window right behind the man as his leg worked to trip Drifting over. The apple fell off from Drifting's mouth, but it was already too late for him to chant anything. All he could do was yell out, ”What are you trying to do?!” as he found himself being hurled right out the window by Gu Fei.

”Cool Apple's dropping down!” Gu Fei shouted to the pack of players three floors below.