679 Chapter 679 - Hardest to Thwart an Attempt from Within (2/2)
”I'm about to arrive as well,” Gu Fei messaged, he could already see an encampment in the distance in front of him. There were plenty of job classes in Parallel World, but it was apparent that the game's setting was set during the cold weapons era. The encampments were very simple and sparse in terms of their construction, without even a wall in sight, and were no more than a mess of tents clustered together, making them look like simple camping grounds. Similarly, the spawn points on site were much larger than the spawn points that the seven job classes in the city possessed.
”I'm in!” The moment that Gu Fei took a step into the spawn point and messaged the two men, he suddenly felt a gust of wind coming straight for him. Gu Fei did not even have the time to look as he did a quick sidestep to dodge it, before turning his head back with a glance. He saw someone dressed as a soldier holding onto a sharp sword, and a second attack was already upon him.
The klaxon sounds of an alarm began to ring from within the encampment, leaving the players who respawned on the grounds stunned as Gu Fei heard the soldier yelling loudly, ”A SPY HAS INFILTRATED THE ENCAMPMENT!!”
Tears streamed down Gu Fei's cheeks. It turned out that this someone was actually an NPC. Players might not be able to identify Gu Fei as the enemy, but the NPCs would not have the same problem. Since Gu Fei had so openly walked right into the encampment, he was immediately exposed by the NPC guards patrolling the site.
The players were originally dumbfounded, but were soon excited as they exchanged questions with one another, ”What spy? Is this a quest?”
”Yes, it must be a quest. Let's go take a look!!”
”Where's the spy? We gotta capture the spy!!”
Some of these players were all waiting for their recuperation timer to finish its countdown and could not leave the encampment, and others had merely spawned after dying and had not triggered the recuperation period imposed by the system yet. At this moment, all of them were invigorated and were running around the encampment, looking for the spy.
Many players had instantly appeared near where Gu Fei was at, who was bemoaning his fate deep down. This NPC had quite the combat strength, which made it difficult for him to escape easily. These players were all so eager to get a quest that they had very quickly sprinted their way over. Gu Fei kept his eyes peeled on his surroundings, the tip of his sword dipping slightly, ready to clear them all off in one rotation of his Twin Incineration when he heard that player closest to him tell, ”That was really quick, bro!!!” With that, he saw this person activate with his Fleetfoot, ducking right behind the NPC and plant his Backstab mercilessly, yelling to everyone, ”Quick, let's all team up against it together. We can't let it get away.”
The crowd echoed in agreement as spells, arrows, swords, and axes came raining down on the NPC. Gu Fei had no time to intervene before this happened, as he stood there frozen.
Empiricism was truly their downfall! Gu Fei shook his head repeatedly. Who told you guys the spy must be an NPC?
”D*mn, this NPC even dressed the part. Bro, how did you discover that he was the spy?” someone turned round to ask Gu Fei even as he continued to hit the NPC.
”Ahem, the system prompted,” Gu Fei said.
”Oh, keep at it!” This person shouted.
”Same to you!” Gu Fei nodded as he said this, as more and more players came running over toward them. Gu Fei did not dare to stick around and join in on the spectacle, as he guiltily backed away to the side.
It was not just players that came to catch the spy and that guard was not the only NPC here in the entire encampment. Soon, the other camp guards had gotten the news about the infiltration attempt and came dashing over. Gu Fei had already quietly backed out from the encampment by this time, so when these identical guards that came to the call for action, they saw so many players surrounding their own comrade and immediately went to assist it without another word of explanation. Players that attacked the guard were immediately attacked by the other guards as a result.
The players exclaimed loudly in their astonishment, ”F*ck me, there are so many spies! Quick, everyone, come help!!”
In the beginning, several players were still hoping to pick up the quest solo and put on airs, but when they saw that they were unable to hold it by themselves any longer, they quickly began calling for assistance. Many players came rushing to their cries, the whole lot of them descending upon the guards in an effort to eliminate the 'spies' while Gu Fei hid in the nearby woods, dumbfounded by what he was witnessing.
”Crap, I can't sneak into the encampment! There are NPC guards here, and I'm afraid they might pick us out and uncover our identity.” It was around this time when Gu Fei received this message from Sword Demon. The man was too genuine and careful, taking the effort to survey the terrain upon reaching the location. He spotted the guards during his reconnoiter of the encampment and the moment he saw them patrolling, he knew that they were not the same side as the NPCs they saw in the city. NPCs were all able to automatically detect their enemy, and no amount of make-up or covering of faces would prevent this. Sword Demon messaged Gu Fei even as he went into Stealth and searched around for any potential openings where there were no guards!
”Yeah, I know.” Gu Fei said.
”You got discovered?” Sword Demon asked.
”Oh yeah!”
”How was it?”
”Really hectic,” Gu Fei said.
”What do you mean?” Sword Demon did not understand.
Gu Fei gave a simple overview of what happened that left Sword Demon at a loss for words, ”Did that really happen?”
”You can give it a try,” Gu Fei said.
”That's a little bit too much, yeah?” Sword Demon said.
”I didn't mean to intentionally do it,” Gu Fei protested.
”Then I shall do it intentionally, for the sake of successfully defending the city!” Sword Demon declared.
”You can do it!” Gu Fei said.
Sword Demon had always been someone who was quick at making decisions. When he spotted a guard right in front of him, he did not even go into Stealth again and immediately went charging in for the attack! Sure enough, the alarm rang, as the NPC guard bellowed, ”A SPY HAS INFILTRATED THE ENCAMPMENT!!” The guard's shout was like a MAP weapon. It did not matter how loud this shout was; it was like the players in the entire camp had heard it, and their reaction was exactly the same as what Gu Fei had experienced in the other encampment. Players all began to clamor, ”What spy? What spy? Is this a quest?”
Of course, Sword Demon had made sure that nobody saw him initiating the attack, so when players soon noticed the fight he was engaged in, he was prepared. He shouted loudly, ”Quick. It's really strong, I can't beat it alone!!”
”Hold on, buddy!!” Many players broke into a sprint as they came rushing over, spells, arrows, sword and axes, all these attacks came landing on the lone soldier.
”Fight for a bit, and slip away while others aren't noticing you. There will soon be a huge pack of guards that would arrive, so be careful not to expose yourself,” Gu Fei was even giving him advice based on what he had just experienced!
Sword Demon digested what he implied, pretending to fight for just a while more before he found a perfect time to go into Stealth. It was very normal for Thieves to break away from the fight and go into Stealth to try for a Backstab, so none of the other players found it odd. Thus, Sword Demon had gotten himself the perfect opportunity to slip away undetected, even as more players and camp guards came rushing over. The players soon yelped ”So many spies” and began fighting with all the guards.
”This is so silly. I wonder when will they realize what's happening,” Sword Demon said to Gu Fei.
”I reckon it would not be too long, I gotta hurry,” Gu Fei said.
”What for?” Sword Demon asked.
”I'm heading over to Brother Assist's location,” Gu Fei said.
”Truly, some people just want to watch the world burn!” Sword Demon sighed emotionally.