586 Chapter 586 - Scaring out a Path (2/2)
”Nope. I didn't see Southern Lone Blade,” Eternal Dominion replied with surety.
”He didn't use the Windchaser's Emblem, huh…” Gu Fei muttered to himself, knowing full well that Southern Lone Blade had seen through their plan, and quickly hailed a departing random player. ”Where's the robber Southern Lone Blade?”
”He left,” the person answered.
”How did he leave?”
”He bought a Teleportation Scroll and disappeared,” was the reply.
”How did he get near an auction panel?” Gu Fei was surprised. Considering how all those players were mobbing that larcenist, he was sure that Southern Lone Blade had no chance of escaping unless he logged out there and then or activated the teleportation function of his Windchaser's Emblem.
The person did not say a word in response to Gu Fei's question, which indicated that Southern Lone Blade's means to get near an auction panel did not shine a good light on their lot. Simply put, they all succumbed to the threat of that team of larcenists.
”I have no idea,” this person mumbled before leaving in a hurry.
Gu Fei was stunned. Soon, he discovered that the players departing from the place all had the same heavy air on them. It was in stark contrast to the glee they had shown while surrounding the robber Southern Lone Blade beforehand! Just what in the world happened? Gu Fei questioned a few more players, but everybody's replies to his questions were evasive. However, after getting bits of information from the handful he had approached, he still managed to get the gist of what had happened. In the end, all he could do was to heave a deep sigh.
Unhealthy practices like this in real life had been completely brought over to the MMO world, so who was it that claimed that online games were unrealistic? Furthermore, doing such vile stuff became all the more frightening online than in real life. In reality, the perpetrator would easily be subdued by the mob and sent to the relevant department for justice, and even if that did not happen, the crowd would have beaten the person to death, so at the very least, no one would need to worry about potential reprisal going forward. However, the knowledge that Southern Lone Blade was another player that would respawn upon death, everyone got a really good sense of just how terrifying reprisals could be.
Gu Fei did not blame these people for having such thoughts, for in this troubled world, even the officials advised everyone not to put up an excessive resistance to the point that their enemies would lose all sense of reason. The bad guys were too much at the advantage here, whereas the good guys lacked enough security.
”There's no need to wait there anymore. Southern Lone Blade got away.” Gu Fei sent this message to Eternal Dominion.
”Ah? Where did he escape to?” To Eternal Dominion, Southern Lone Blade managing to escape was equivalent to him losing potential income.
”He used a Teleportation Scroll. No idea where that man is right now,” Gu Fei replied.
”Then, what now?” Eternal Dominion asked.
”There's no way we can locate him any time soon, so you should go do your thing!” He told the other this before contacting Southern Lone Blade. ”I dare you to tell me where you are now!”
Just how depressed got Southern Lone Blade after receiving such a message? He had the urge to blocklist Gu Fei, but thinking about it in another way, it was just two messages with a few words inside, which sought to provoke him psychologically. It would not do any harm if he could show some fortitude, and there was no telling that he could not gain some useful information from doing so. Thus, he decided to let Gu Fei remain as his 'friend' and of course did not bother replying to the latter's 'dare'. Just as he got his bearings on this new location he had teleported himself to, he contacted his comrades.
”There's no way we can lead a happy life with Thousand Miles Drunk around!” Southern Lone Blade broached the subject in this message.
”What?” Both teams that had been playing Landlord and Tie for Golden Flower all this while were having the time of their lives when they received his abrupt message.
”That guy has latched on to us, refusing to let go. If we don't take him down for good, he'll just remain a repressed trauma to us,” Southern Lone Blade explained.
”Can't we just keep our distance from him?” Flame Singed Clothes meekly asked, showing how little confidence he had with that question.
The game world was huge; it was hardly difficult avoiding someone, but Southern Lone Blade simply could not stomach this outrage. Trees needed bark to survive, and humans needed to be able to breathe to live. Most people were willing to throw away their faces for the sake of living, but if they were to swallow this bitter pill, they would surely shorten their lifespan by a decade at the very least.
”Didn't that Fleeting Smile person mention that he has a plan to take care of Thousand Miles Drunk? I wonder what he has in mind?” Glue reminded everyone that settling Gu Fei was already their next big assignment, which Southern Lone Blade and Flame Singed Clothes seemed to have forgotten.