587 Chapter 587 - Do Not Even Think Of Trying Anything With Me Around (1/2)

”That guy…” Southern Lone Blade had truly forgotten about Fleeting Smile's existence. Actually, Silver Moon's guess before was not off the mark; Southern Lone Blade and the others had already resolved not to pick up any request related to Thousand Miles Drunk. Unfortunately, they still ended up meeting someone who intended to eliminate Thousand Miles Drunk. Having felt that outrightly rejecting that man's request back then would be far too discouraging to the other party, he gave them the vague chance as a show of support, which was why he had casually quoted the five-digit figure of 20,000 gold coins.

A single level for 20,000 gold coins! This insane price he had quoted made Southern Lone Blade feel a little embarrassed; Glue even privately messaged him, asking if he had gone insane back then.

However, before Southern Lone Blade could even give an answer to Glue, the other party ended up consulting him on the matter measuredly. As it turned out, Southern Lone Blade was not the one who had gone crazy but it was the Priest Fleeting Smile standing before him that had lost his mind, instead.

To accept a price of 20,000 gold coins for a single level, Southern Lone Blade suspected that he would laugh himself awake from the dream if the target were not Thousand Miles Drunk. Still, even if the target was Thousand Miles Drunk, the high remuneration was so very attractive that Southern Lone Blade felt it would be worth going all out just this once. Nothing was truer than the saying 'high risks come with high rewards.'

However, when the details of the agreement were finalized and it was time to pay the deposit, Fleeting Smile mentioned that he needed to gather the necessary funds. Southern Lone Blade merely chuckled when he heard this. 20,000 gold coins was indeed a huge sum, so it was hardly surprising for the other party to be unable to pull out such an amount at one go, but what he had asked for was just the deposit, which would come at around 3000 to 5000 gold coins given their conventional rates, so that should not be a sum that a wealthy player could not fork out.

Southern Lone Blade suspected that Fleeting Smile had merely been humoring him, which was why he had accepted his exorbitant price of 20,000 gold coins. Especially since there had been no contact in these past two days, Southern Lone Blade felt that his guess held water. If that person was truly a wealthy man, would he have any trouble getting the 3000 to 5000 gold coins needed for the deposit in these few days?

There was no doubt that the man wanted to deal with Thousand Miles Drunk, but there was a good chance that he had been frightened off by his quote of 20,000 gold coins, which was how it was supposed to go. How much of a grudge must there be to justify that 20,000 gold coins for a level? Did he have some sort of patricidal vendetta against Thousand Miles Drunk?

”Has that guy contacted you recently?” Southern Lone Blade asked Glue. Although the 20,000-gold coin price he had opened with before was done to scare the other party into backing down. But now that he had to stomach this bellyful of rage, Southern Lone Blade was honestly starting to consider searching for others to work together with in viciously finishing off that scourge known as 'Thousand Miles Drunk'.

”Nope. The last time was that day after that auction,” Glue replied.

”Auction…” Southern Lone Blade muttered this word. That was what had triggered their recent tragedy.

”He wanted to find out who the buyer was that day as well. In the end, he left after a while when that person didn't show up,” Glue replied.

Southern Lone Blade did not say a word for a while. Suddenly talking about that person and considering everything that had happened, Southern Lone Blade realized something at once.

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After Gu Fei pestered Southern Lone Blade with ”I dare you to tell me where you are now!” a few more times, the latter ended up restricting any incoming messages, not even once replying to the former; this made Gu Fei feel ennui.

Now that it was the winter holidays, he had more time to play the game, and just as he was about to demonstrate the full extent of his kung fu prowess and take care of the whole lot of them, the other party ended up running away faster than a fleeing hare.

I'm stuck searching for the target yet again! There was nothing more frustrating to Gu Fei than this. 'Bounty Mission' was Gu Fei's main source of activity in the game and locating the target happened to be a huge part of it, which explained why he found this particular affair so tiresome. Actually, he was very envious of how Vast Lushness was being treated; rather than needing to head out to find people to fight, people would actually take the initiative to come looking for her.

Gu Fei saw no signs of those he wanted to find after walking down two whole streets, nor did any criminal came forward to rob him. Now that he had a lot of time on him, Gu Fei felt all the more lonely. Usually, playing around with 'Bounty Mission' for two hours or so was fine, but Gu Fei found it to be a little unbearable if he were to keep doing that overnight. Besides, Gu Fei hardly found any joy in the act since most of the average players he ended up facing would die with a slash of his sword.

The idle Gu Fei could only choose to log out, but because he was a little unfamiliar with the layout of Baishi City, he had to ask a passing pedestrian where the nearest designated log-off point was before he made his way over.

Soon, Gu Fei learned what it meant to walk along boundless expanse with no end in sight, what it meant not to reach his destination despite wearing down metal shoes, and what it meant to search endlessly in a dream!

Reaching the designated log-off point in the Archer Range, the moment Gu Fei stepped through the main entrance he caught sight of three figures in his periphery. He turned to look and saw Glue, Flame Singed Clothes, and the other person, whose name he was unsure of but recognized as the other Priest in Southern Lone Blade's team of seven. The three men were seated by the base of the wall, holding handcrafted cards as they had quite an intense time with each other.

Glue and the Priest, who had already spotted Gu Fei upon lifting their eyes from the game, stared with dumbfounded eyes at the man. Only Flame Singed Clothes, who had his back on Gu Fei, remained oblivious to this fact even as he raised his hand high with the four cards in hand. Slamming them down on to the ground, he shouted, ”Four 2s! Ha ha ha ha!”

The expression on Glue and Verdant Timber's face went stiff, their eyes not even registering the bomb Flame Singed Clothes had dropped. Seeing the rascal still gleeful at what he did, the two men twisted their mouths to gesture toward his back.

Flame Singed Clothes went cold as he hunched himself, killing intent showing on his face as he asked the two in hushed tones, ”Is he here?”

Before either man could reply, Flame Singed Clothes turned around, and he went even more exaggeratedly rigid than the two.

”Hey! Having fun?” Gu Fei was elated to see these three, immediately making his way over to them.

”What are you doing?” Flame Singed Clothes scrambled back a good distance, the cards strewn all over the floor.

”Where's Southern Lone Blade?” Gu Fei enjoyed getting straight to the point.

”We don't know.” The three men naturally gave such an answer. Glue grabbed hold of Flame Singed Clothes, reminding him that they were at a spawn point, and it was one that let players log out.

”Bumping into you three ain't too bad, either. Heading out?” Gu Fei asked.

The three shook their heads mechanically.

”I am about to log out, too. I truly didn't expect to find you three hiding here having fun.” Gu Fei continued.

With a mouthful of bitter anguish, the three men thought inwardly just how unlucky they were! Glue quickly sent a message to the other four players not present. ”We've been discovered!”

”How?”

”Thousand Miles Drunk!”