530 Chapter 530 - A Bunch of Bit Players (2/2)
”That means that those guys we've thought to be his underlings were no more than acting the part,” Young Master Han explained.
”And that means?” Royal God Call could not make sense of it.
”Bro, this round is on me. Take this token sum and give me a hand. Just stand up and stare at that table when I say so later.” Young Master Han slung his arm around Royal God Call's shoulders.
The others exchanged glances. Young Master Han's demonstration was just an example of how it happened, but everybody understood what he meant. The Priest must have casually gotten a bunch of bit players to act the part, causing them to mistakenly believe they were surrounded by enemies. In reality, those people were nothing but background characters; they had no other intentions aside from standing up and staring at them.
”That explains why our escape has been very successful…” Sword Demon carefully recalled what had happened. Indeed, not one of those players that had stood up made any attempt to stop them from breaking out.
”If he carefully made arrangements to stop us intentionally, even if we managed to make our escape, there's no way we would be able to do so unscathed,” War Without Wounds said. He was a veteran as well, so he was able to be conscious of this fact.
”Furthermore, it doesn't seem that there's anyone pursuing us…” Brother Assist added. Everybody was only standing and chatting over at this spot for quite a while now, yet he did not catch even a single person behind him. It was truly unlikely that they could so easily shake them off like this.
”That rascal, he even managed to fool me.” Young Master Han laughed mirthlessly.
”Why would he want to do something like this?” The others were confused.
”Would any of you listen to what he had to say were you not preoccupied by that situation earlier?” Young Master Han asked.
Everyone immediately came to realize the truth. Sure enough, had it not been for the fact that they were surrounded, none of them would have patiently let such a loathsome person ask them those questions one by one. Seeing the foe that had just dropped Sword Demon by a single level, they would have immediately acted to kill the man. Any word they would have would be shelved for later.
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This same answer was also repeated to Broken Water Arrow by Ye Xiaowu back in the tavern.
”All right. Let's hurry up and leave! Those guys are experienced veterans, after all. They would most likely guess that something was amiss in no time at all,” Ye Xiaowu said.
”Sure.” Broken Water Arrow nodded. After the members of Young Master's Elite left the tavern, these two men also left the premise right after.
”To think that all those men have the same attitude toward this; I guess Thousand Miles Drunk really has his ways when it comes to making friends.” Ye Xiaowu sighed.
”He's not really a man of poor character. He might be a little too passionate when it comes to PKing, but most of his energy is channeled toward doing 'Bounty Mission,'” Broken Water Arrow said.
”I know.” Ye Xiaowu nodded. ”But ludicrous is ludicrous. Since we are unable to eliminate him directly, I can only become his nemesis to restrain him.”
”Confronting those friends of his won't be much easier despite them not being on the same level as him,” Broken Water Arrow said.
”Yes, which is why we need accomplices of our own. How are those men you are in charge of getting in touch with?” Ye Xiaowu asked.
”It's not difficult getting in touch with them, but the rumors about them aren't exactly favorable…” Broken Water Arrow replied.
”I know that. We're only borrowing their strength to suppress Thousand Miles Drunk. As for their issues of character, we have no right to interfere in that, so we're gonna temporarily feign ignorance about it,” Ye Xiaowu answered.
”Still, in order to use them, we may end up letting them gain some rather unfair benefits. I feel that allowing such men to get ahead would be nothing compared to letting those guys just now get them,” Broken Water Arrow said.
”He he. Don't worry about that! I know the limits.” Ye Xiaowu chuckled.
”Speaking of those men who lent us a helping hand back at the tavern... What's all that about the grotto on Emerald Island in the Chilling Loch?” Broken Water Arrow asked.
”Oh, that? It's exactly what you've heard. It's a boss's lair, except that the Chilling Loch is right in the center of Century Woods. Century Woods should originally be a high-level grinding map, and since the high-level monsters found loitering around that lake travel in tightly knitted packs, it is entirely impossible for players to make it through by force. Players need to do the necessary background scenario quest first before they can set foot on Emerald Island. Once the world storyline has been set into motion, the surrounding monsters will change their distribution and dispersion rate. Only then will players have the chance to reach Emerald Island,” Ye Xiaowu explained.
”So, what you're saying is, even though those players learned the coordinates for that place in advance from you, they won't have any means of making it in?” Broken Water Arrow asked.
”That's right. The triggering of background scenario quests should be a gradual process. Unfortunately, Miles began to advance these world storylines at level 30, causing a domino effect, which changed parts of the quest contents in Yueye City. The difficulty of missions and quests increased as a result, with many of current players having no ability to complete them. That guild chain quest from Yundan City is affected by this difficulty spike. If it weren't for the coincidental participation of Thousand Miles Drunk, it's very likely that they would run into an impasse at that stage,” Ye Xiaowu explained.
”So, that means… Isn't this a flaw in the game design?” Broken Water Arrow asked.
Ye Xiaowu nodded. ”Yup. We did not expect for a powerful player, with such prowess, to emerge in the game. We also didn't predict that matters would align so serendipitously that a quest he had encountered before would cause such a change in the overarching storyline of the world in this game, much less for him to achieve a 90% completion rate to a chain quest that is well beyond his level… His imbalance is not just in his strength alone but also in that lady luck seems to be on his side.”
”I… I think I more or less get it now.” Broken Water Arrow nodded.
”Previously, I thought that, as long as the players' level and strength increase, he would be naturally restrained as well, but who knew that, even with the increase in the levels of the majority of the players, he would only become more and more indomitable… That is why we must take such drastic measures,” Ye Xiaowu said.
Broken Water Arrow nodded in agreement.
”We don't have the capability to directly take on their mercenary group, so we can only find an opportunity to divide and strike first!” Ye Xiaowu said.
”Yeah. I've already given that item to Cool Apple,” Broken Water Arrow answered.