675 Chapter 675 - Everyone had a Breakdown (1/2)
Before Youthful Reflection could even recover, half of the men from Black and White, Life or Death Federation went chasing after Gu Fei and Sword Demon, even as the other half completely surrounded Youthful Reflection. All of them obviously knew that he was someone from Traversing Four Seas, hailing from the biggest guild in Yunduan City. But now that they were so openly being bullied by one of theirs, as a gamer, there was definitely no reason for any of them not to put up a fight in such circumstances.
There was no penalty for death during this event, so Youthful Reflection was not worried for himself, but the relationship between his guild and Black and White, Life or Death Federation. Now that such an incident had occurred, there was no doubt that Black and White, Life or Death Federation would regard them with hatred.
”Brothers… Please hear me explain, I've been m*th*rf*ck*ng fooled as well!!!” Youthful Reflection yelled this hoarsely, but it was not any faster than everybody's sword, and the second half of what he had to say only came out when he reappeared in the spawn point.
”Oathless Sword, I will never m*th*rf*ck*ng let Traversing Four Seas off!!!” At around the same time, Oathless Sword had suddenly received this message. Just like how many people knew him but he might not know the other party, there were plenty of people who had added his name on their friends' list. But that did not mean that Oathless Sword had reciprocated and added the other person in his friends' list. Thus, while he might have trouble sending messages to people, he had no problem receiving them from others. Oathless Sword was still clueless as to what just happened, so he could only try and play it off, ”What's the matter bro, what do you mean by that?”
”Who's your m*th*rf*ck*ng bro? Just you wait! This isn't over yet!” White and Black had been in a very ugly mood recently, and he had just been tricked by someone at this juncture. Everybody knew that there was no penalty for death during this event, but he was not focused merely on the material as a youth of this new generation. There was a need for spiritual sustenance as well, and White and Black's spirit had been severely damaged after this incident. He had clearly lost any sense of reason, starting off the conversation straight by reprimanding Oathless Sword.
There was no language filter in Parallel World, so White and Black swore like a sailor as he unloaded his substantive vocabulary. Oathless Sword was soon piqued by this exposition of curses as well, for he still had no idea what triggered this! Just as he was about to rebuke the man severely, Youthful Reflection's message finally made it to him. This matter had plenty of cause and effect that needed to be explained properly, so it made perfect sense for Youthful Reflection to take quite some time to dictate a proper message.
Oathless Sword reacted rather nimbly to this new information, immediately copying what Youthful Reflection sent word for word and forwarded it to White and Black. In the end, White and Black coldly replied, ”You're just trying to hoodwink me!”
Oathless Sword had accumulated quite a bit of anger having endured the scoldings all this while! Even though this conversation was entirely done through messages and he had no sight of the man himself, he could also imagine the cold and deliberately ambiguous countenance White and Black would show when he said that, resulting in Oathless Sword to momentarily explode, ”Hoodwink your *ss, do you think yours truly is afraid of you? It's up to you to believe me or otherwise! We'll gladly take you up if you wish to look for trouble!”
”Fine! Just you wait!!” White and Black replied spitefully. He had been trying to figure out just how he would get his revenge ever since he revived, and he happened to have thought up of some outlandish ideas on his end, so he immediately gave the order across his guild channel.
”Hunt? Why on earth are you guys hunting that pair for? Those two men were no more than tools used for the assassination, and Traversing Four Seas is the real m*th*f*ck*ng puppeteer pulling the strings from behind the scene. G*dd*mm*t, he had specifically tried to double-cross us.” White and Black was completely mistaken about their intention as to the reason they had made contact and after. Everyone in the guild listened to their guild leader thundering on even as they thought to themselves: What reason would they have to double-cross us? Just so they could kill you? That does not seem to be the case! Everybody shared this sentiment, but nobody dared to voice this opinion out loud.
”How did it go?” Youthful Reflection was still waiting for Oathless Sword to update him with the result of his attempt at conciliation. Oathless Sword was seething to the point he was close to having a fit, ”How else could it go? I got OT-ed!!!”
”What do you mean OT-ed?” Youthful Reflection was nonplussed.
”White and Black's aggro had shifted over to my head now!!!” Oathless Sword fumed.
To think Oathless Sword that would still use MMO-lingo at this instance, even Youthful Reflection was about to breakdown, ”He didn't believe you? What do we do now?”
”I'm not afraid of him!” Oathless Sword said.
”But the timing for this... ” Youthful Reflection sighed heavily. There was indeed nothing to be afraid of when Traversing Four Seas end up angering any guild, but now that they were in the middle of the City War event, large guilds were all trying to find ways to recruit people under their banner. Yet Traversing Four Seas had actually made themselves some new enemies, contrary to anyone's expectations. Youthful Reflection figured it was best for him to not say anything further about this; he was the one who had caused this fracas in the first place. And at most, Oathless Sword had done a bad job cleaning up after his mess, what more could he really say?
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On the flip side of this incident, both Gu Fei and Sword Demon had essentially managed to escape unscathed. Given how much faster the two men were in terms of their movement speed, and their ability to jump into the ongoing battlefield without drawing attention to themselves. Neither of them had much trouble getting away, now that White and Black's aggro had shifted off their heads. The men from Black and White, Life or Death Federation had already turned back halfway while chasing them, which left them both quite baffled. Indeed, Gu Fei had exploited Youthful Reflection this time round, but he never would have thought that this scheme of his would actually result in such a fallout between the two parties. He had merely used Youthful Reflection to orchestrate this opportunity for them when he first discovered that the man knew where White and Black would be.
”Why aren't they chasing us?” Gu Fei was confused when he saw their pursuers suddenly turn around and leave.
Sword Demon shrugged.
”Is your quest completed?” Gu Fei asked.
Sword Demon nodded his head, before saying, ”Actually, it might have been better if we used them to assault that entrenched position that Carouse has taken up for your quest before I killed him off. After all, my quest did not have a time limit.”
Gu Fei studied Sword Demon for a moment before sighing, ”It's really quick for man to become corrupt!”
Sword Demon was utterly remorseful when he heard him say this. How did I start picking up such a despicable line of thinking after going with the flow?
”How much time do you have left for your quest?” Sword Demon did not wish to dwell on this further and decided to change the subject.
”21 minutes,” Gu Fei answered.
”What's your plan now?”
”We're close by anyway, let's go take a look. I'll try and complete it if an opportunity arises, otherwise, I'll just die and head back to pick up another quest!” Gu Fei casually replied.
”Let's go then!”
”You're coming too? You've already gotten your kill, wouldn't dying once more cause your quest to fail as well?” Gu Fei said.
The noob inside Gu Fei reared its head once more, as Sword Demon explained weakly, ”If I've killed the target, that means my quest is completed. How could I fail it any further?”
”Oh, so that's how it works. Well, let's hurry!”
The two men and three soldiers nonchalantly continued toward Carouse's entrenched cavity like nothing had happened. Black and White, Life or Death Federation's attempt had been canceled halfway along, yet Pike N' Roses had coincidentally arrived at this time. The guild leader Black Rose was no fool either, and everyone taking part in this clandestine operation had removed their guild emblems and kept their faces covered, dressing up like bandits. Seeing that the coordinates that Oathless Sword had provided was right ahead, Black Rose waved his arm and ordered his men to spread out their formation.
”There's someone over there, guild leader!” someone reported.
”I know, I'm not blind,” Black Rose replied gruffly.
A Priest was seated on the edge of that entrenched cavity, currently savoring the bottle of liquor he was holding in hand. However, the man did not seem to be particularly bothered when he saw the pack of bandits in front of him.
”I'll kill him!” an Archer said as he readied his bow.
”There's no need for that. Let's rush them all at once, snuff them all out once and for all!” Everybody had differing styles. Black Rose loved the feeling of doing battle with an overwhelming number of combatants charging right into the battlefield, so he made sure to create such an atmosphere whenever he was taking charge of the offense. This was the sort of spiritual sustenance he was pursuing!
”CHARGE!!!!” When the players from Pikes N' Roses saw that someone had already spotted their approach, none of them were looking o set up their own ambush any longer as they bellowed their warcry loud, storming toward the enemy as their morale surged. Their guild leader Black Rose was heading this charge without any hesitation, setting himself as an example to boost the morale of everyone was such an awesome feeling for him. However, there were plenty of others in the guilds who felt shackled deep down, for having a baby-legged Warrior like him in front meant the rest had to match their speed accordingly, and that was far too frustrating.
The Priest from Carouse continued to act as if he saw nothing, staying seated where he was until Black Rose was just several meters away when he suddenly threw that bottle of liquor in his hand high up in the air.
Everybody involuntarily raised their heads to look and saw the beautiful incandescent flame flash above them.
The sound of shattering glass could be heard as the bottle broke when it dropped onto the ground.
The flames that were infused with mana began to grow and burn at that moment. The men from Pikes N” Roses were already diving for cover as tears streaked down their faces; some wanted to hurry and rush forward a few more steps, while others came to a halt and backed away. Then there were those who ran to either side, but not many truly managed to escape the ensuing sea of flames that engulfed the land.
The red glow from the flames shone brightly against the white light that ensued, a sight that would sometimes be seen during a large-scale battle like this one. Black Rose was the guild leader, so his equipment was a little better than most. Even though he did not manage to leap out of the conflagration, he still managed to stubbornly survive through it all. However, when he turned around to regard his comrades behind him, he saw that the flame ambush had actually killed off half his men!
”Brothers! TO THE DEATH!!” Now that everything had gotten to this stage, there was no point in retreating any longer. Black Rose continued to rally his troops, and those people who were still alive echoed this cry and strove forward. With a single Charge, Black Rose came smashing right into the Priest.