531 Chapter 531 - Similarly Unconfiden (1/2)

Sure enough, Ye Xiaowu and Broken Water Arrow were already long gone by the time these five men from Young Master's Elite made their way back to the tavern. They swept their gazes around them. Although they completely could not recall what the appearance of those players from before were, several of the players present betrayed themselves to the five by the look in their eyes. After all, there were two members out of the five that were definitely rather outstanding in terms of looks.

Without missing a beat, Young Master Han randomly picked a table and came forward to find out more. The other party seemed to have only gone about helping because they received something in return for their effort and were not really in a beneficial relationship with those two. No one sought to bind them into any sort of contract, either, so these people immediately spilled the beans upon being asked. Sure enough, it was as how Young Master Han had suspected. They were all players the Priest had casually picked right off the streets.

It was just that these people seemed to be hiding something, especially when they were asked just what sort of benefit they got in return from their help. All of these players evaded the topic and refused to talk about it, so Young Master Han and the others were unable to learn anything further even after going around a few more tables.

”Looking at that Priest's self-confidence, it doesn't seem that he's faking it.” The others sat back at a table and began to mull over this matter.

”So, there's actually someone out there who has an even better understanding of this game than me.” Brother Assist's ego was a little bruised by this. He had long admitted that he was no top-class expert in terms of combat, but he had always been very confident about his knowledge and information network. This self-confidence he had was not self-inflated, either. Any random player off the street, as long as they had a little bit of experience in gaming, would have no doubt regarding this field of expertise of Brother Assist. At most, people might mock his hobby, but that was it.

However, today, he happened to meet someone who was actually confident to say that what Brother Assist knew was nothing but the tip of an iceberg. This incident wounded Brother Assist no less than Sword Demon when he lost a level; it cut deeply.

”Seeing these people's evasiveness and unwillingness to tell us anything else, I believe that the benefit they got isn't the sort that can easily be obtained,” Sword Demon said. ”At least, it doesn't seem to be anything like treating them to a round of drinks or money.”

”He also offered us the same benefits as long as we don't stand on Miles' side in this matter,” War Without Wounds pointed out.

They were all men who had seen the world. Exchanging looks with one another for a moment, they all uttered the same thing at the same time. ”Is he a game employee?”

”If he's a game employee, it would completely satisfy all the criteria we've considered.” Sword Demon nodded.

Brother Assist sighed in relief as well. If that Priest was an internal game employee, it was not too excessive for him to claim that what Brother Assist knew was just the tip off an iceberg. Parallel World was really cheap in this respect. The information that the officials provided was paltry at best, making it such that every new equipment, quest, or skill they unearthed now would be announced to the world like when the New World was first discovered. While the game maintained that sense of freshness, the lack of actual information as to what was to come meant that there was nothing for players to safely look forward to. Whether this was a good or a bad thing was up for debate as well.

”Still, if he is a game employee, why would he appear in such a fashion?” Brother Assist found this to be strange.

”Yeah. They shouldn't be able to get an account of their own, right? Even if they did manage to get around this and made it into the game, they should be furtive with their actions. How could they be acting so brazenly like this guy? Does he think we can't tell that he's an insider?” Royal God Call asked.

”Also, if he truly has such a thorough understanding of everything in this game, I'm afraid that the man doesn't merely have a rudimentary comprehension. I strongly believe that this man have an understanding at the developmental level of the game,” Brother Assist posited.

”That's not necessarily the case, right? As long as someone has the intention, an internal employee just has to pay more attention to data collection, and they may be able to do what he just did as well.” Brother Assist quickly debunked his assessment, most likely upon recalling his own interest in information collection.

”If such a person is truly our opponent…” Sword Demon voice trailed off, as everyone exchanged looks with one another yet again.

”We won't be able to defeat him with conventional means. Levels mean nothing to him as the strongest weapon in his arsenal is the information he possesses,” Young Master Han concluded.

”Hey. Let's get back to the question I've asked before! Why would such a person appear in the game?” Royal God Call reiterated his question.

”If he's here in the game secretly, it won't be worthwhile to tangle himself with the problem of Miles being a game-breaking existence, much less expose himself in front of other players by adopting such a position. Since he wanted to get rid of Miles, he could just directly freeze his account and end this matter; why did he bother to run into the game and to gather other players to contend with him directly?” Brother Assist carefully dissected the implausibility of such a person appearing in the game thusly.

The others shook their heads, feeling that this man's presence to be somewhat bizarre.

”No matter the case is, we need to report this issue to a GM first!” Brother Assist began to compose the ticket. GM had a separate channel as well, so although it would essentially have an automated reply, it was the only method players could use to report in-game issues to the system. It was a proven fact that there were employees taking note of this, as players would occasionally be contacted by these people. Of course, it would be a waste for these players not to buy a lottery ticket on the day when this happened.

”That's all that we can do for now! Let's wait for Miles to come online later tonight. Perhaps, he may have a better understanding of this person,” Young Master Han suggested.

With that, everyone involuntarily condemned Gu Fei for being so irresponsible as to only play the game a few hours every day before they habitually went about their separate ways.

Sword Demon was the last to leave the tavern, and he endeavored to make a beeline for the grinding maps the moment he left the premise. He was initially concentrating on this issue, but with everything at a temporary standstill, the sadness of him losing level quickly occupied his mind.