557 Chapter 557 - A Chance not to Be Missed (1/2)
”Don't panic!” Southern Lone Blade was actually super depressed deep down, but he still made sure to look calm and composed. He knew that he was the backbone of his team, so he needed to maintain a shred of aplomb. If he were to panic as well, the entire team was bound to break down in an instant.
”We gotta increase the price with Silver Moon first now that Thousand Miles Drunk is here,” Southern Lone Blade said as he led the others to consider the conventional business aspect of things. They should treat Thousand Miles Drunk as a trouble that required a price tag increase rather than an unavoidable disaster.
”How much more? 20,000?” Flame Singed Clothes' words revealed how truly frightened he was when facing Gu Fei. There had yet to be a transaction that went over 20,000 gold coins in the whole of Parallel World.
Southern Lone Blade looked him in the eyes before he gazed at the rest. Realizing that his words had not managed to appease the fear in his comrades' hearts, he continued to reason. ”Our target isn't Thousand Miles Drunk, so even though he's here, he'll surely be leaving sooner or later. I refuse to believe that he'll stay at Vast Lushness' side twenty-four seven. That's why we don't need to think of how terrifying it will be to face off against him. All we gotta do is keep being patient. If he refuses to leave, then we won't choose to act, either. How many times have we been through such a situation before? What's so scary about it? It's just that we gotta avoid Thousand Miles Drunk; that's all.”
The men slowly began to calm down after hearing Southern Lone Blade's speech. Sure enough, because their previous assignment's target being Thousand Miles Drunk himself, both parties had to clash head on, which resulted in the tragedy that befell upon them. However, right now, the man was no more than a hurdle to their real target, so he should be seen as no more than an insurmountable obstacle, and it was not as if they had not come across similar obstacles in their larceny career. Take Baishi City as an example; Southern Lone Blade and his team had once targeted a vice guild leader from one of the guilds there. In the beginning, when they located the target, he was busy fighting with monsters in a grinding map, and almost hundreds of players in the said map were members of the same guild. Southern Lone Blade's team only had seven men, so it was only natural they were no match for them. That situation was similar to having a single Gu Fei right now. All they could do then was wait – patiently wait for the vice guild leader to leave the map or when there were not so many comrades around to aid their target.
Similarly, all they could do now was wait – wait until Gu Fei left Vast Lushness' side and their opportunity to strike appeared.
”Big South is right.” Glue was the first to nod his head. ”We should maintain our distance and keep our eyes on them for now. It's no different from how we usually do things.”
”Let's get to work, everyone!” Southern Lone Blade waved his hand, and they all scattered. When it came to trailing the target, Southern Lone Blade and his men had their own methods. They rarely ever needed to stick close to their target and rely on Stealth, and what they used was a relay tracking method that covered a wide area.
Take Vast Lushness and her group as an example; they were casually strolling down the street, so their speed was so slow that even Priests, the job class with the slowest movement speed, could easily outpace them. The method Southern Lone Blade's team utilized had them first determining the direction their target was going before circling around to position themselves ahead to wait at the other end of the street. From there onward, each player would alternately conduct their surveillance. Furthermore, this allowed them to maintain quite a good distance from the target, such that the target would never suspect a thing.
”With someone like Thousand Miles Drunk that can recognize us even while we are hanging around, everyone gotta be extra cautious,” Southern Lone Blade instructed the others even as he messaged Silver Moon. ”That matter with Vast Lushness is gonna cost you another 1000.”
”Why?” Silver Moon was shocked.
”Thousand Miles Drunk is in Baishi City, and he's right by her side,” Southern Lone Blade replied.
”How is that possible?!” Silver Moon exclaimed.
”It is what it is. If you don't believe me, you can come over and take a look yourself,” Southern Lone Blade suggested.
”How will I not believe what you've said?” Silver Moon was still really unctuous. ”I'm just surprised. That guy was clearly in Linyin City earlier.”
”It's not really strange for him to pop by a neighboring city. Is Thousand Miles Drunk and Vast Lushness well acquainted?” Southern Lone Blade asked.
”I don't know…” The feeling Silver Moon got when he said those three words were only known by the man himself. When he had heartlessly abandoned Vast Lushness in the beginning and first learnt that she had gone all the way to Yunduan City in search of him, he was not at all touched by her actions and had instead felt a little pleased about it. He thought of himself as someone magnificent and believed that all he had to do was turn around and the lady would be there following right behind him.
Ultimately, when he turned around in all his magnificence, all he got was a middle finger.
That was when he realized that the lady and him had since drifted far from him. What he imagined to be transcendent had been nothing more than his wishful thinking.
Vast Lushness got herself new friends, which even included their old nemesis, Gu Fei. At that time, Silver Moon was still squatting over in Baishi City's Knights' Barracks, counting the number of players ready outside to take turns at beating him up.
”Half of the newly added 1000 gold coins should be paid out as deposit!” Southern Lone Blade sent another message.
”Okay…” Silver Moon replied numbly.
Gu Fei was clearly in Linyin City; how was he suddenly in Baishi City? Of course, there was only one reason for this: He went over there to lend a hand.
Thinking that Vast Lushness had actually gotten such a powerful helper, Silver Moon was filled with sadness, indignance, and jealousy…
”Uhm…” Silver Moon sent a message over to Ye Xiaowu. ”The person selling the magic staff changed the price; he's now asking for 4000 gold coins.”
”Why?” Ye Xiaowu asked.
”It's a price hike; what else can we do about it? Why don't we just drop it?” Silver Moon made a show to back off so as to move forward. He could already tell that Ye Xiaowu was not short on money, so adding an extra 1000 gold coins to something he was ready to purchase for 4000 gold coins would not be anything.
”There's no need for that. 4000 it is!” Sure enough, Ye Xiaowu answered just as how Silver Moon had predicted he would.