592 Chapter 592 - Level Doesnst Matter (1/2)

Southern Lone Blade, Glue, and Unrivaled Lucky Star waited until everyone was long gone before climbing out of their hiding spot behind the tall grass. They exchanged glances.

”Uhm… Those kids don't seem to be anyone with any sort of backing,” Unrivaled Lucky Star remarked.

”I think I heard them call Thousand Miles Drunk a teacher,” Glue added.

”Teacher? Students?” Southern Lone Blade was stunned and thought the same thing as Dusky Cloud. Bringing students to play MMOs, is this a subject that schools organize as extra-curricular activities nowadays?

”It was a false alarm.” Glue began dusting himself off from the dirt and mud. Despite the entire ordeal being quite tiring, he was feeling rather contented with what had happened. At the very least, they were not in danger in any sense this time.

”Blackwater, the group that made their way over isn't a threat. Stay over in Yueye City temporarily and continue to monitor Dusky Cloud and his men's actions.” As their leader, Southern Lone Blade always thought one step ahead of everyone else.

”Dusky Cloud's gang seems to be preparing to log out.” At the moment, those nocturnal gamers in the locality were starting to call it a night and were returning to the city to log out.

”Okay, then. You can call it a night as well,” Southern Lone Blade said.

”All right. Let's head back to the city.” After messaging Blackwater, Southern Lone Blade called out to Glue and Unrivaled Lucky Star so they could all return to the city. In the meantime, the two were in the middle of retelling what they had seen and heard to Flame Singed Clothes and the others, as if it were all a joke. Of course, some of the more embarrassing deeds they did in the process were glossed over.

”Ha ha! To think there's such a thing. What is Thousand Miles Drunk trying to do? Open a kindergarten? Treat the kids as kings?” Flame Singed Clothes guffawed upon hearing everything. Even though it was hardly a hilarious matter, as long as it could be a source of ridicule toward Thousand Miles Drunk, he would surely find it extremely funny.

”Has Silver Moon shown his face yet?” Southern Lone Blade asked the two that were still camping out both spawn points.

”Nope.” The same answer came from both ends.

”Silver Moon's no longer online.” Glue, who had Silver Moon on his friends list, told the others this.

”That scum's really lucky to actually not make his way to either safe zone.” Everyone sighed.

”All right. We're all tired. Let's get some rest first! We'll talk about everything else when we next get online,” Southern Lone Blade said.

”Big South, that Utopian Magic Staff…” Everybody reminded him vaguely, just what were they going to do about the magic staff? Should they continue and persist or abandon it? They were all hoping for a message of certainty; otherwise, their hearts would be weighed down by this huge burden.

”Let me think about it first to see if there's any solution to this!” Southern Lone Blade replied.

Everybody sighed. Southern Lone Blade was truly persistent.

”A whole night spent without keeping watch, perhaps, the magic staff has already picked up by now…”

”Relax; it's still there.” Southern Lone Blade laughed.

”What?” Everybody was shocked.

”I discovered our peers when I was staking out the place for the staff today,” Southern Lone Blade shared.

”Do you mean to say that there's another team out there targeting this staff, too?”

”That's right. They were there as well when Unrivaled Lucky Star went over to the Auction House before, so that means that the staff has yet to be retrieved,” Southern Lone Blade explained.

”What next?”

”You guys should get some rest. I'll keep watch first,” Unrivaled Lucky Star volunteered. It was apparent that Southern Lone Blade had already privately messaged him about this.

”Okay!” the rest replied. Since the three players were already in a designated safe zone, they just logged out there and then. Southern Lone Blade and the other two deliberately passed by the Auction House as they headed back to the city. Evidently, Southern Lone Blade and Glue would be in danger if they were to show their faces here; keeping their faces covered would attract suspicion on them as they would be deemed as potential criminals. Thus, the three did not get too near the place. Southern Lone Blade and Glue and hid themselves behind a wall while Unrivaled Lucky Star went in and circled around once before swiftly running out, nodding. ”They are still there!”

Southern Lone Blade laughed. This was indeed a good discovery. They no longer had to be the mantis stalking the cicada but the oriole, instead. They might even have a chance to hoodwink Thousand Miles Drunk easily as well.

”Then, I'll let you keep an eye on them first. We're gonna log out and come by to relieve you when it's time.” Southern Lone Blade said this to Unrivaled Lucky Star.

”Yeah. Go ahead!” Unrivaled Lucky Star nodded. They had been up all night, yet he still had work to do right now. Larceny could be a tiring job that went from dawn to dusk, and it was far more exhausting than how most players played the game. It was all because looting equipment from players was far more troublesome than robbing someone in real life!

Southern Lone Blade and the others quickly went offline soon after. Young Master's Elite, Svelte Dancer, Vast Lushness, Fireball, and the other characters all logged out one after another after busying themselves the entire day as well; meanwhile, Gu Fei, who was known for his short sessions in Parallel World, had yet to find a chance to call it a night. His students had just arrived at Baishi City and had all just witnessed their teacher instantly killing dozens of players at one fell swoop. Each of them was excited, pestering him with all sorts of questions, annoying him to the point that he felt himself about to have a breakdown.

Furthermore, the six rascals that had only joined the game today were all the more insistent as they asked him for equipment, having learned from their peers about their teacher giving away equipment when they started playing the game. They believed that he should treat everyone impartially and play no favorites to this end. However, Gu Fei's warehouse had practically been emptied out after that last gifting session, and his last grind on monsters had been before he left with Traversing Four Seas for their guild quest. Why would he have any sort of collection this time?

”Stop with your clamoring!” Gu Fei bellowed at those students. ”Do you take your teacher as a shop? I've already given away all my equipment last time; I don't have anything now.”

”If you don't have equipment, give us some coins so we can buy equipment ourselves!” These kids were not giving up so easily.

”I'm out of coins as well!” Gu Fei replied. All his money was on Sword Demon's tab!

”Teacher's a liar.” Someone pouted. ”It said on the forums that you had sold your sword for 20,000 gold coins; why would you be out of coins.”

”That's right,” the whole lot of them echoed.

Gu Fei was in tears; he was really a mover and shaker in this game! He made the forum headlines even just from selling a sword, and the ensuing hype became known to all. In order to prove his innocence, he pulled out his Moonlit Nightfalls and showed it to everybody. ”Look here. The sword is still with me. Your teacher was merely pulling a joke with his friend; I didn't really sell it.”

”Ahhh! What a beautiful sword. Sir, why don't you give that sword for me to collect?” a student cried out.

Collect… No matter how of little importance equipment in this game was to Gu Fei, there was no way he would give someone any gear for his or her collection. Looking at this student's yearning look, he hinted. ”Do you intend to change schools next semester?”

”No!” That student was stunned. Realizing the underlying threat in Gu Fei's words the next moment, he bawled, ”Sir, spare me!”

A teacher might be unable to kill someone outright, but a P.E. teacher definitely had the means to leave his or students wishing that they were dead.

”Everyone, behave and stop making a racket. It's already late; head back and rest up first! This is your growth period; how can you lot not have a good night's sleep?” Gu Fei questioned.

”Tsk!” All the students snorted in contempt, openly showing their scorn for being admonished while playing a game.

”Are you all thinking of changing schools?!” Gu Fei demanded.

The students were crying even as they lined up to head toward the nearest safe zone.

”You guys need to allocate your time wisely. This is only the first day of your holiday; you can't go crazy like this.” Gu Fei continued lecturing them. ”You may study less since it's the holidays, but how can you forgo your physical exercise? Make sure to maintain a certain level of outdoor activity every day.”

Indeed, to dare say something like 'study less', Gu Fei was truly a P.E. teacher. All the students sighed.

”Teacher, what do you do in-game every day?” The student asked him this as they made their way to a designated safe zone.

”I fight with the forces of evil,” Gu Fei answered.

A barrel of laughter ensued.

”What's the forces of evil? Sir, bring us to fight them, too!” someone else quipped.

”You guys? You were all about to be extinguished by the forces of evil yourselves just moments ago; what are you going to fight them with?” Gu Fei asked.

”Then, can you bring us to do some level grinding, sir?”

”What's the use of grinding?” he questioned.

”What would you rather we learn, then?” All his students were confused.