607 Chapter 607 - An Unfair Match (1/2)
Gu Fei took two steps back, rubbed his nose, and grimaced. ”It's not fun. You're not gonna be interested.”
”How do you know? What is it?” Svelte Dancer was still acting hostile.
”Making money,” Gu Fei answered.
”Urgh…” Svelte Dancer was stunned. Sure enough, what Gu Fei had just said was something she had the least interest in. While it was a fact that professional gamers and workshops could earn quite a bit of money from gaming, it was not an incredible way of earning money. It would be far too fantastical if someone could surpass Bill Gates' level of rich by farming gold or selling equipment through the game. After all, the game itself was just another means for people to make money, and it was definitely not a technology that would help people achieve prosperity together fast. It might be too much of a tragedy if the MMO players themselves could earn money faster playing the game than the game developers for operating this game.
Thus, for someone like Svelte Dancer who had thousands of gold coins to her name in the game, all her money would be spent entirely for entertainment purposes, which meant she must surely have a more effective way of earning money in real life to help balance out her expenditure here. As such, there was no need for her to waste time in the game earning money. Even Sword Demon and the others did not want to waste too much time earning money, so someone like Svelte Dancer, who had no lack of it, would of course have no need to do this as well.
When the crowd of men saw that Svelte Dancer was suddenly silent, all of them could not help but feel envious. To not worry about money, that was a life plenty of people could only dream about!
As everyone fantasized about this, they suddenly saw Svelte Dancer turn around grandly and glared at Southern Lone Blade with rage-filled eyes. ”Time to die, you curr!”
Southern Lone Blade puffed his chest out forward as he deftly unequipped his gear. In the eyes of gamers, right now, Southern Lone Blade was in a state of stark nakedness.
”What's the meaning of this?” Svelte Dancer was immediately left dumbfounded; that dagger of hers, which was lunging toward the man, stopped mid-flight when she turned to face Gu Fei for an explanation.
All Gu Fei could do was laugh bitterly. ”He said that he's gonna let you kill him once as a sign of his sincere apology.”
”What sort of sincerity is he showing if he's gonna be naked?!” Svelte Dancer was incensed.
Southern Lone Blade hurriedly explained, ”I'm only thinking of making it quicker for you to kill me off.”
This was not the first time Sword Demon and the others had witnessed Southern Lone Blade do such a full unequip in the face of death, so Royal God Call immediately blew the whistle of this. ”Aren't you doing this in fear of dropping your equipment upon death?”
In the end, Southern Lone Blade smiled. ”I would be afraid under normal circumstances, but today's special; those present are all acquaintances, so there's really no need to worry about losing any of my equipment in front of everyone.”
Everybody realized the truth in his words. It was more or less settled that Southern Lone Blade and his men would be working with Young Master's Elite, so even if he really did drop a piece of equipment upon death here, whoever picked it up would be sure to return it to him. Otherwise, it would just be awkward for them to do anything together in the future.
”So I really just wish to help you kill me quicker.” Southern Lone Blade said to Svelte Dancer.
”Fine!” Svelte Dancer nodded. ”You wanna die once without resisting, huh! I shall grant your wish, then. You're gonna retaliate the next time I kill you, right?”
Southern Lone Blade was surprised. ”Why will there be a next time?”
Gu Fei, however, was already chuckling bitterly at the side. He had thought too simply of Svelte Dancer, believing that Southern Lone Blade's stance here would cause the lady to lose her interest in her opponent. He had not expected that, not only would she still do the deed, she would not even bother counting this one time and would simply find another opportunity to try for his life again.
It was not just Southern Lone Blade; Wven Glue, Flame Singed Clothes, and his other mates were all questioning her. ”That's right? Why will there be another time? Big South only slew you just once!”
That woman scowled. ”It's none of your business. Shut up.”
The six men were in tears. Why must all experts have the habit of being so supercilious? Are we really so nondescript? The six were still prepared to stand up for Southern Lone Blade, but none of them knew if they should be laughing or crying when they learned that Svelte Dancer did not hold even the slightest regard for any of them.
It was at this time when Southern Lone Blade realized what Svelte Dancer meant. She would definitely get her kill, and she would not care a hoot about his cowardly surrender. Such a death would not count, and she would just come for him again.
Southern Lone Blade sighed. ”I am earnestly extending my apology here.”
However, Svelte Dancer callously expressed her disdain. ”This is a game. Killing each other is all part of it; why apologize for killing someone, anyway?”
Southern Lone Blade was at a loss himself. He turned to look at Gu Fei, but the man turned his head to avoid his gaze. In the end, Southern Lone Blade's message was just as quick as that look of his. ”What now?”
”Do what you want,” Gu Fei replied.
”So do I don my equipment and fight with her?” Southern Lone Blade asked.
”That's up to you!”
”What if she gets killed by me; then, what?” Southern Lone Blade asked.
”Why don't you ask her that yourself?” Gu Fei responded.
Thus, Southern Lone Blade really posed this question to Svelte Dancer. ”Okay. I'll seriously have a PK match with you, but what if you're no match for me again? Then, what?”
Svelte Dancer found that word 'again' extremely grating, angrily answering, ”Then, that means you've got the skill; I'll come looking for you again!”
When the crowd heard this, they immediately thought Southern Lone Blade would surely go easy on the lady, only for Svelte Dancer to mention in advance. ”Hmph. Don't let me find out that you're going easy on me, or else there will be no end to this business between us.”
Everyone began to pity Southern Lone Blade even as they all shared the same thought. Women sure are difficult to handle.
Southern Lone Blade was helpless, but he already had all his gear equipped once more; no one had any idea just what plan he had in mind. The team of seven had collectively lost plenty of their levels to Gu Fei due to the assignment they had picked up, but Southern Lone Blade's level was still intact; at the moment, he was still at level 40 as he assumed his mysterious weapon configuration of a sword in his right hand and a shield in his left hand. With his shield propped forward and his sword hidden behind, this was the usual technique he used when PKing, showing absolutely no signs of holding back.
”Hey, don't you two fight here! My lesson is still ongoing!” What had been happening here clashed with the lesson, upsetting Brother Assist, who was still in the middle of instructing the students below, quite a bit.
Svelte Dancer also felt that fighting in the midst of all these people would make it hard for her to go all out, so she waved her hand. ”Over there.”
Everyone followed to watch the show, with some of the students attending Brother Assist's lesson moving along to take a look as well. In the end, Brother Assist had to bark crossly. ”There are no supplementary lessons for anyone who leaves!” That stopped these people from walking away. They all paid good money for this chance to learn the fighting routine, so these people could only curb their curiosity and continue with their lesson.
Meanwhile, Gu Fei's lot circled to the back of the 9527 outcrop where nobody could have a view of Brother Assist, so there was naturally no other players about. The circle of men stood firmly, leaving just Svelte Dancer and Southern Lone Blade in the center. Southern Lone Blade was still maintaining that same posture, while Svelte Dancer was standing a little more casually. She flicked her wrist to the people around. ”Stand a bit further. Don't affect my movement.”
The crowd quickly stood further away, even as Southern Lone Blade stood within the circle and quietly asked, ”Can we begin?”
”Come on, then!” In the moment when Svelte Dancer said this, she had already dashed forward herself. She was never the sort to wait for her enemy to attack first and retaliating accordingly, so she utilized her Fleetfoot-adapted attack style in this assault at once. The speed she possessed after activating her Fleetfoot was all the more indomitable, and with how the two were not far apart from each other, it was as if she had appeared right behind Southern Lone Blade in the blink of an eye, with her dagger slipping right out at him.
Southern Lone Blade might not have a quick movement speed, but his reaction was fast enough. Furthermore, having homed in on Svelte Dancer's attack strategy, he readily unleashed his Cyclone even before his head turned to face her.
But Svelte Dancer merely ignored the skill and continued her stab, undeterred. The players watching all heaved a sigh when they saw this; everyone was hoping to see some high-level PK and maybe pick up some techniques from the match, but Svelte Dancer's style of PKing was something no one could learn – not even Gu Fei! This was all because no one would dare to just stand and take the damage from a Warrior's Cyclone unwaveringly; this lady was just that confident when it came to her equipment.
The cutting whirl of blades from Southern Lone Blade's Cyclone painfully lacerated her body when she closed in, but Svelte Dancer did not care for it as long as the damage it dealt to her HP was at the level at which she could still survive. As a result, it was Southern Lone Blade who had come away losing more of his HP from that one stab she delivered. The only regret Svelte Dancer had was of how quick Southern Lone Blade was at turning while executing his Cyclone. It was to the extent that she could not get a grasp of when Southern Lone Blade's back would be shown to her. As such, she was unable to inflict a Backstab on him.
Southern Lone Blade's HP dropped a chunk after taking that stab. Had his equipment been worse or had he possessed a lower HP, he would very well have been insta-killed with that one attack. The shock from this caused him to break into a bout of cold sweat. Canceling his Cyclone, Southern Lone blade immediately lifted his weapon and Charged right at Svelte Dancer.
This change-up was swift, showing great acuity in his grasp of direction; anyone could tell that the man had plenty of practice in this particular maneuver. This time, Svelte Dancer was too close to defend herself from this and was immediately thrown out by Southern Lone Blade's Charge.