498 Chapter 498 - Faction Intelligence Station (1/2)
”In the process of Cool Apple PKing and clearing his accumulated PK value, he inadvertently achieved the slaying of 300 unique players first and qualified to join this 'bounty faction'. However, he probably felt that such a faction is boring, so he rejected the offer outright. Continuing his PKing ways and accumulating more PK value as he did so, the man finally hit another milestone and completed the condition to join the League of Assassins. This faction was more in line with what he had in mind, so he decided to join this faction, becoming number 1 for the League of Assassins. How's that? Think that that's more or less what has happened?” Brother Assist summarized their inferences regarding Cool Apple as he conscientiously made a record of it.
”Sounds about right.” Young Master Han nodded.
”Wait a minute! Something's not right,” Gu Fei suddenly quipped.
”What now?” Brother Assist was aggrieved. He had been feeling so contented when he made this completely logical inference; Brother Assist had no wish to hear any more about that difficult question. This was as good as torture for him, and too much of it merely made him want to run away.
”It's this,” Gu Fei said. ”Slaying 300 unique players as bounty targets means a player should've at least completed the 'Bounty Mission' three hundred times. That means before this happened, Cool Apple probably first got the Windchaser's Emblem as a reward, and it should at least be at level 2 by now.”
”Is that relevant to the example we have given?” Brother Assist asked.
”I don't think Cool Apple possesses a level 2 emblem,” Gu Fei said. Naturally, the man had his reasoning for saying this, and it was all because Gu Fei had used the 100% appraisal feature that came with the level 2 Windchaser's Emblem to find out about the over-level skill Cool Apple had access through his dagger. That man's reaction on how Gu Fei had found out became the very basis with which he had made this inference. If Cool Apple possessed the Windchaser's Emblem, which had the same features, Gu Fei believed his reaction would be to assume that the opponent possessed the same emblem and not express disbelief at what had happened.
”This inference you just made don't really hold water,” Young Master Han said. ”That's just a reaction from the man in that moment, and there are plenty of explanations to this. Maybe he was just expressing his shock over how you possess a level 2 emblem, too. There's a limit to the application of that emblem's features, which coincidentally require you to pick up a 'Daily Bounty Mission' with him as the target. That's rather surprising by itself. Or perhaps he enjoys acting, and the surprise you saw is merely an act… Look; there're plenty of ways to interpret that, so why are you so certain that his reaction stemmed from the fact that he's unaware of such a feature?”
It was not that Gu Fei had not thought of other possibilities, and he simply did not know why he believed that Cool Apple was not in possession of an emblem. In this situation where he could not provide a reason for making such an inference, Gu Fei could only shamelessly answer, ”My intuition.”
”Intuition? Is there even such a thing in this world?” Young Master Han turned to ask the others.
”Ahem… Just how long are we going to spend talking about this matter?” War Without Wounds forcibly changed the topic, clearly showing how annoyed he had been with it.
Gu Fei shook his head, implying he neither agreed nor disagreed about the matter, even as he continued to mull over the matter himself.
Young Master Han did not say anything further and just opened a bottle of liquor and guzzled it.
Brother Assist was depressed. ”Hey, you guys should at least come to a conclusion for this discussion…” He felt that either of them had logical claims to their inferences. Young Master Han had always been meticulous and careful when considering problems, while Gu Fei was the only one among them that had actually come face to face with Cool Apple. There was no way to disprove Gu Fei's reasoning given the subconscious hunch he might have gotten from his impression of and interaction with the man. Thus, seeing the two each insist on their views, Brother Assist was the one suffering as he struggled over who he found more believable.
When no one said another word, Sword Demon got up and asked, ”Is the matter resolved? If that is so, can I go do my mission now?” Having never experienced a faction's 'Daily Mission', how could Sword Demon not feel hard-pressed right now? Unlike Brother Assist, the man cared not for the discussion to reach any sort of conclusion, as all he wanted was for it to end as soon as possible.
”Oh, yeah. Sword Demon, you did say got a mission; what sort of 'Daily Mission' is it?” War Without Wounds and Royal God Call came over and asked.
”It's a PK mission,” Sword Demon replied, ”but the content of it is very similar to what Miles has mentioned before.”
Gu Fei turned his gaze over and saw that Sword Demon was holding a slip of paper about the size of a name card. Brother Assist quickly took it and read it aloud to the crowd.
[Name: Broken Water Arrow
Location: Linyin City
Job Class: Unknown
Level: Unknown
Equipment: Unknown
Experience: Unknown]
…
”Why is everything unknown; how can you even call this information?” Brother Assist flipped the card over, but its other side was empty.
Sword Demon shrugged helplessly as he took back the card, shaking it in his hand as he addressed Gru, ”Is there no other information?”
”A large amount of manpower is required to collect information. With the current manpower that the League possess…” Gru sighed.
”Ha ha ha! It's a given that they don't have a lot manpower. There are only two members, after all.” War Without Wounds roared with laughter.
”Everyone has the rights and obligation to provide information to the League. If you feel that you are not up to the important task of cleansing evil from the land, it might not be a bad choice to start from here,” Gru said as he lifted another name card. ”Yaru is in charge of gathering intel on people and will pay for the information accordingly.”
Sword Demon was stunned as he took the card from Gru, realizing a set of coordinates was in it.
”What does this mean?” Sword Demon turned to regard the rest of his companions.
”It seems that players can provide information on other players to the faction.” Brother Assist made such a guess even as he radiated a look of excitement. This was his forte! His specialty was valued by the game system, after all!
”Quick; let's head over there and take a look!” Brother Assist gushed.
”Brother Assist, there's no way you can provide any information or such even if you head over. This is the rights and obligation the players from a particular faction have,” Royal God Call said.