653 Chapter 653 - Great justice is only achievable without secular desires (1/2)
”Crap! We got discovered!” Those two men keeping an eye on Gu Fei noticed their mark sweeping his gaze onto them, before striding right over imperiously. The man even pulled out his Moonlit Nightfalls right as he walked over to them.
The two quickly turned away in the hopes of leaving, but they were no match for Gu Fei's speed. A single Blink, and he appeared directly in front of them, blocking their path as he glared at the two. ”Who are you guys?”
Neither gave him an answer. Acting as if they had never seen him before, they lowered their heads as they tried to go around him. Having been playing this game for so long, Gu Fei had experienced being spied on, ambushed, cursed at, slashed at, and dodged, but never had he been so blatantly ignored. He could tell at a glance that these two rascals were just playing him for a fool! Feeling that he must punish them a little, he directly brandished his sword out. This was was a cut that was not imbued with a spell, for Gu Fei was afraid that going all out would end up killing the man.
In the end, just as his sword was about to connect with the man, he heard the ping of a system notification, as the two players turned around to smile at Gu Fei before wantonly leaving the place.
”What's the matter?” Eternal Dominion was surprised. He never would have thought that Gu Fei's sword would miss the two common players, and just as he was about to give chase, Gu Fei gave a bitter laugh. ”There's no need to give chase. They aren't level 10 yet.”
Players that had not reached level 10 were protected by the system, and there was no way anybody could attack them in any sense. What Gu Fei received was not just a system notification but also a warning. It was a stern warning from the system, informing him how shameful it was to strike a newbie below level 10 so further infraction would immediately be awarded with PK points even without killing the said target.
”Yet to be at level 10…” Eternal Dominion, who had experienced fighting in Parallel World, was of course aware of such a basic PK rule. Since neither of those two was at level 10, that essentially reached the legendary state of 'strong as he is, he is no more than a light breeze in the hills; as unruly as he is, the moon will still shine on a still lake.'
Gu Fei and Eternal Dominion helplessly watched the two happily walk away, and that was when Deep Waters' message came. ”I sent a Teleportation Scroll over. Mark the coordinates and send it back to me.”
Gu Fei hurried over to the mailbox in the city and retrieved the said scroll. Writing the corresponding set of coordinates on it, he then sent the scroll back. It was clear that Deep Waters had been patiently waiting by the mailbox this whole time, as it took no more than three seconds for a white light to appear right before Gu Fei, and Deep Waters stepped out of it with Coco by his side. Coco was not particularly happy to see Gu Fei, opting to greet him by flaring her nose in a huff. This lady still remembered how Gu Fei had cynically inferred everything happening in her guild, and even though they had indeed proven that Broken Water Arrow was problematic, the root of the problem was him once more, so no matter how anybody looked at it, it was all this man's fault.
Deep Waters, on the other hand, was full of vigor, asking Gu Fei the moment he stepped out from the light, ”Where's Five Nights?”
”He said he's going to draw the contract up,” Gu Fei said even as he introduced Eternal Dominion. ”You should know Eternal Dominion, right?”
”Yes, we've met,” Deep Waters said.
”This is Eternal Dominion,” Gu Fei proceeded to introduce Eternal Dominion.
”A fellow Five Unyielding Expert!” Eternal Dominion praised Deep Waters.
”It's unbearable to look back into the past!” Deep Waters sighed.
”What? You're no longer in it?” Eternal Dominion had just learned that there was a new version of the Five Unyielding Experts today.
That was when Gu Fei interjected. ”I slew him.”
Even though everyone had buried the hatchet, this was evidently not a particularly happy topic for all. Deep Waters looked around before he asked, ”Where's Sword Demon and that other d*mb*ss?” When Deep Waters spoke of that certain idiot, that grinding of his teeth was not simply for show.
”They're busy leveling!” Gu Fei said.
”Why did you guys all come over to Yueye City?” Deep Waters inquired.
It was not as if Gu Fei was doing something despicable, so he told everything without any omission straight to Deep Waters.
”Ohh… The efficient monster grinding routines! He he! Then, when will you travel to Linyin City and help teach us a little something? How much will it cost us?” Deep Waters asked.
”500,000 gold coins!” The moment Eternal Dominion heard that there could be business, he happily snatched the chance to give an answer. He knew that the price for the Ten Guild Alliance was 500,000, but he was unaware that that was a discounted price given as a favor, and that it was not the going market rate. Despite this, such a price gave Deep Waters quite the fright. The Ten Guild Alliance had over 4000 players, while Deep Waters had only just risen to be a level 6 guild not too long ago, so his guild only had 1050 members as of date. The difference in the number of players meant that the burden of cost differed as well; 500,000 gold coins would mean each player must pay upward to 500 gold coins each. 500 gold coins might be nothing to wealthy players like Gu Fei and the others, but to the average player, any sum that went above the hundred would be a hefty sum, and anyone with assets that were valued above a thousand would be deemed as a magnate.
”We're all friends here; give us a discount!” Deep Waters said.
”He he! You can discuss this with Sword Demon and the others later.” Gu Fei clearly had no objections doing him a favor.
Deep Waters was not courteous, either, nodding vigorously. ”Good talk.”
”However, you've got plenty of Archers in your guild, and the monster grinding routines for that particular job class is effectively the worst,” Gu Fei cautioned.
”What do you mean?” Deep Waters furrowed his brows.
”My efficient monster grinding routines are all focused on close combat, and Archers are greatly limited in this avenue,” Gu Fei informed him truthfully.
”We can talk about all that later; the important thing is the discount!” Deep Waters said.
Gu Fei laughed feebly.
”Oh, right. Is Old Broken still entangled with you guys?” Deep Waters asked.
”Yeah. We've had a proper fight these past two days!” Gu Fei answered.
”And?”
”What else? He got slain, of course!” Gu Fei replied.
Deep Waters wiped his sweat before changing the topic again. ”Why is this Five Nights so slow? The d*mn work efficiency of workshops is just getting worse with each passing day; do they not have templates and drafts? Can he still be writing it all at the last minute?”
Gu Fei was clueless about such matters, so he naturally avoided chiming in. However, he did discover that even though Five Nights had said that he was going to log out and draw up the contract, his name was still brightly lit in his friends' list. Both parties had added each other as friends back at the barbecue joint, so Gu Fei did not bother delving any further into the matter; it was just waiting, anyway! Having nothing better to do, he decided to lead Deep Waters and Coco to a tavern for everyone to wait in. This was the first time either came to Yueye City, and walking from the city gate to the tavern, they witnessed eight separate incidents of PKing – some seeking revenge, others instigating a fight, and a few quarreling breaking out all because they bumped shoulders.
”This is Yueye City alright; its reputation truly precedes itself!” Deep Waters sighed repeatedly.
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At the moment, those two players below level 10 had went to report to Overgrown Foliage about the situation after they got away from Eternal Dominion and Gu Fei's line of sight.
”You guys got discovered so soon?” Overgrown Foliage knitted his brows. ”How could you be so careless? I even repeatedly warned you guys to be extra careful. This is a huge deal we are making.”
The two felt aggrieved. ”We have no idea. We were really being very careful, yet we still got discovered.”
”So did you two find out anything?”
”Nothing. We only started our surveillance of them,” the two answered.
”So what happened when you were discovered?”
”That Thousand Miles Drunk pulled his sword out and attacked us, so we departed just like how we always did,” the two continued.