677 Chapter 677 - The Second Assaul (2/2)
”CHARGE!!!”
Seeing the two large guilds participate in this assault, the other guilds watching this unfold no longer hesitated, and each jumped out from behind their cover and continued their charge toward the city. These men faced the hail of stones bravely as they rushed ahead, with some people dying in the process, but it did not matter, as there were plenty of other players behind them that swiftly filled in their spots. This was the strategy that the guilds present had already agreed upon before. They were depending on their unlimited respawns to bring the system down through solidarity.
”Brothers, the system is usually the one who would spawn monsters and bully us, but today, we can spawn endlessly and bully them to death!!!” Someone bellowed amid this charge, and the people who heard it felt what the person said rang true, so they roared in unison.
Players finally made it past the forceful attack from the hail of stones, and the Warriors that were standing in their shiny and pristine armor were right before their eyes. They began to march forward to face the player horde with undaunting resolve.
”This is our time! Everyone, charge! Tear open a path and let's talk about things after we make it through the gate!” a person yelled, echoed readily by others as the players pounced on the city guards. A close combat melee involving tens of thousands of players presently outside the north gate had begun in full force.
”What's the difference between this time and the last?” Behind the north gate, Gu Fei and Sword Demon were huddled by the door opening watching the huge battle unfold. In Gu Fei's eyes, there was hardly any difference between the current formation that the players had shown and the one before. The players had been quiet for such a long time here, so why was the scene still the same as before?
”No, there are differences. Look!” Sword Demon reached his hand out and pointed. ”Right there, there, and there. They have players gathered in wait. They did not push off in full force this time, but had unleashed the horde bit by bit to deal with the enemy. Those three points are surely connected to their spawn point, and the people who spawn would not immediately rush back into battle, but would reorganize their teams and wait, observing the skirmish from afar before being deployed in an orderly fashion into this battlefield. They look to be trying to draw this battle into a cycle of sorts, using the players' unlimited respawn for this event to help fill this rotation of combatants and whittle down the system's defenses.”
”Would the system not just spawn new guards?” Gu Fei asked.
”We don't know about that yet, but this battle strategy that they have employed would at least allow them to enter into a deadlock with the system. This would allow the players to adapt and improvise in accordance with the general overview of the situation afterward. It's quite the reasonable method of fighting,” Sword Demon analyzed.
”Actually, there aren't just three different points. There's another one over there as well!” Gu Fei gestured toward a fourth area.
Sword Demon had already spotted it before, adding after a brief pause, ”That's just cannon fodder. I can tell that it was mainly the players who were weaker in terms of their combat strength that have all been funneled there. While the forces there might not be able to whittle down the system in any sense, they are still able to leverage on their numerical advantage to spread the city's forces over. The players who would decide the outcome of this city assault would come from those three points that I've previously mentioned.”
”That's not quite accurate. If they aren't able to waylay the forces there, and those city guards were to be freed up, I doubt the three points of rotational reinforcement would have an easy time, right?” Gu Fei said.
”But the problem with those players on that side was the fact that they lacked any sort of technical combat tactics, so all they are doing is endlessly sending themselves to their own deaths. All it takes is for them to keep running from the spawn point to the battlefield, so there's no reason for there to be any accidents,” Sword Demon said.
”Then the Thieves and Archers are really out of luck. In the time it took for Warriors and Priests to die and run back into battle, the other two job classes would have died two or three times,” Gu Fei lamented on their behalf.
Both men continued to discuss this when they heard the sound of crunching gravel behind them. Ray was pushing his wooden cart with stock and was making his way out, so when he saw the two men, he naturally came to a stop and casually chatted with them for a bit. And right in front of them, tens of thousands of players were throwing their head back as blood rained upon them and they put their lives on the line with reckless abandon in the ensuing massacre. Though the three men were just caught up in their own conversation, the image made them appear very heartless.
”Carry on with what you're doing, then. I'm off,” After chatting for a good moment, Ray resumed his quest and pushed his cart to deliver his designated cargo. It was at this time when Gu Fei began to fret, ”I have no idea where that Oathless Sword has gone.”
”Yeah, their guild flags are not even raised anymore, ” Sword Demon nodded. The players had been too reckless, wanting to make their guild famous waving their flags for all to see. They only realized how grim the situation was after getting on the battlefield. They were not in the mood to play around as they focused on killing the enemy.
”In this sea of people, even if we managed to slip in unseen and search, there's no telling when we would be able to locate him,” Gu Fei said.
”How troublesome, even the Windchaser's Emblem is useless,” Sword Demon had even tried using his Windchaser's Emblem, but in such unique circumstances, it was not considered to be a bounty mission.
”It would be great if we could message Royal,” Gu Fei sighed. He missed the days when he had a spy.
This sentence reminded Sword Demon, and he slapped his forehead in realization, ”This City War is mainly pitting the city against the players in a guild. So what role do you think those people who are not affiliated with any guild would have in this?”
”Shouldn't those who had no guild have no role to play in this event?”
”No role, means they are neither friend nor foe. So why can't we message them?” Sword Demon said.
”Who are you talking about?” Gu Fei asked.
”Brother Assist, of course! Brother Assist has no guild, so why is it that he was considered as a hostile enemy when we try to send a message to him, despite not being an enemy? Would he be considered an enemy to those people with guilds outside as well?” Sword Demon intimated.
”This…” Gu Fei felt a little confused by all this.
”Anyway, I've tried message Brother Assist and the message can't be sent,” Gu Fei said.
”I've tried that as well. Could it be that people who have no guild affiliations were considered to be a neutral third-party force, so they could not be contacted by players from either side?” Sword Demon wondered aloud.
”Then the system should not have them as hostile!” Gu Fei said.
”Why don't we go and find Brother Assist?!” Sword Demon suggested.
”And just how are we going to find him?” Gu Fei was lost.
”He's sure to be online at this time, so what else can he do aside from leveling out in the wilds. I know where he grinds as well,” Sword Demon said.
”But what can he do even if we find him?” Gu Fei asked.
”That's why I was suddenly wondering that perhaps this third party might have something to their existence,” Sword Demon said.
”Alright, then let's go look for Brother Assist and find out!” Gu Fei nodded.
The two hardly had any difficulties blending in with the assaulting players, covering their faces and easily slipping through. Both parties won't be attacking the two of them after all, and keeping their face covered was mainly because they were afraid of being recognized. Since their identity had already been blown after that fight with Carouse before, the two firmly believed that Young Master Han would surely not be so nice as to help to cover up for the two of them.
The two quickly negotiated through the chaotic battlefield without too much of a fuss. Gu Fei had even attempted to see if he could coincidentally bump into Oathless Sword as he was passing through. Even if he did not come across Oathless Sword, even Youthful Reflection would not be too bad as well? In the end, all he got was disappointment.
Sword Demon knew the grinding maps in Yunduan City like the back of his hand, so he soon brought Gu Fei out to the area where Brother Assist would often be found grinding. While the City Wars was happening, the grinding maps seemed to be pretty deserted as well. Even though the players who were not participating in the City Wars had nothing else to do aside from grinding during this time, they could also opt to not play the game where there was nothing to do as well! It was not as if the game was their life.
Sword Demon began searching for traces of Brother Assist among the people spread out across the grinding map, while Gu Fei was a lot less restrained, shouting out loud as they went around, ”BROTHER ASSIST! BROTHER ASSIST! WHERE ARE YOU?!”
”WHO'S THAT SHOUTING FOR ME?” behind a certain tree, someone was holding a little booklet in one hand and a pen in another and had turned around to answer the call.