681 Chapter 681 - Falling Apar (2/2)
”Same here.”
These guilds all left one after another, while the handful of small guilds that completely had no qualifications to join in this guild leaders' meeting here could only watch quietly from the fringes, waiting for further instruction. The moment they had heard what had happened, each of them made their own decisions as well, and some left the coalition without saying another word while others remained to watch from the sidelines. Then there were even those who moved even closer to directly watch everything transpire.
The people who had left at the start had bothered to mention their intention before leaving, but the rest that left afterward had simply kept their heads down and did not say a word, quietly vacating the premises. The Yunduan City Guild Coalition completely disbanded just like that, leaving not even 50 guilds out of all the guilds that originally numbered over 800.
This was an outcome that Oathless Sword had not imagined would happen, much less Brave Surge. The two men exchanged glances at this moment, before turning to take in the look of utmost contempt that those people leaving had thrown toward the two. Everyone finally realized that this whole idea where the large guilds claim to be about working together had all just been built off lies. Gathering everyone together as they did was just part of the show that these large guilds openly put on for their clandestine schemes underneath it all. The large guilds would still be the first to benefit from all their efforts, and the rest would only have the chance to fight over their leftovers if they were to follow them. Even if any of them would actually luck out and stumble upon meat, these large guilds would be more than willing to jeopardize friendships just to snatch it away without a second thought.
The crowd thinned, though the battle between Traversing Four Seas and Black and White, Life or Death Federation continued to rage on. However, not a single player watching showed any concern for the outcome of this fight, as each and every one of them looked on coldly with a mocking sneer like they were watching a group of rabid dogs fighting over scraps.
”Fight them, give them a good beating!!” Oathless Sword was no longer saying this with relish. He had originally thought that Gu Xiaoshang would side with him, so he would at least get a touch of sweetness in his heart even if his guild were to collapse. But he now realized that Gu Xiaoshang had merely been doing whatever she wished, as always. Compared to the intrigue that these old veterans were engaged in, the lady had just been simply going by the beat of her own drum, doing everything in a straightforward matter one-sidedly. Yet, just like what she had mentioned before: she might be simple, but that did not mean she was a fool.
It was not just these players involved in the coalition that had witnessed everything happening. Brother Assist had also been among the crowd and he had been watching this from start till finish, and he was all the more amazed since he was pretty much privy to every aspect of the incident.
What did Gu Fei do?
Did he not just cast a Blink, Twin Incineration and sneaked away after that? Yet it actually caused deep unrest among these guilds that ultimately led to the dissolution of the coalition that they had formed for this City War event.
Powerful, truly too powerful! It was unknown if Miles had intentionally calculated all this, or if it was merely all just coincidence. This could be considered as a major development that was worth recording down, and it was with that thought that Brother Assist began scribbling on that booklet of his.
Naturally, Gu Fei and Sword Demon did not dare to openly mingle in the crowd like what Brother Assist had done, so the two men had been watching everything transpire from afar, even as they listened to Brother Assist narrate as it happened, all the way until the coalition was disbanded. Both men had inexplicably exchanged glances when that happened.
”Talk about impact!” Gu Fei said. ”If the system is also tabulating contribution points for the two of us, how much do you think that would have been worth?”
”Given the level of intelligence demonstrated by the system, I really doubt it would have the means to formulate any viable metric to tabulate scores regarding what just happened,” Sword Demon said.
”Brother Assist, what are the coordinates where Oathless Sword is now?” Gu Fei asked.
”Are we still doing this? Let's just forget it…” Brother Assist was on the scene and had personally witnessed how Oathless Sword had been forced into his current dilemma through a series of encounters. Even he felt sympathy for what happened, but he never would have thought that Gu Fei and Sword Demon would still be intent on causing further damage to the poor man.
”It's just a quest!” Gu Fei replied very casually.
”I can see him from where I stand, and he's currently commanding his men and venting his anger all on Black and White, Life or Death Federation!” Brother Assist said.
”I really wish I can join in!” Gu Fei rubbed his hands together.
”Wait for a little more time to pass. Let them brawl for a bit more first,” Brother Assist said.
”Okay!” Gu Fei was helpless as well. The whole lot of men from Traversing Four Seas were piled up there, so killing off Oathless Sword would be more than a little difficult since Gu Fei did not think he could take on 1000 players all at once. Of course, the reason for this was not because he did not have the strength to take down a thousand men, but he knew that he lacked the mana to do so.
After Brother Assist sent that message, he continued to jot down his words under a tree. That was when someone soundlessly drifted to his side, crooked his head to take a look at what he was writing, before saying, ”You must be pretty bored. What's the point of making a record of all that?”
Brother Assist instantly recognized the familiar whiff of alcohol, and he inclined his head to see Young Master Han leaning against the tree, looking over his shoulders condescendingly with a bottle of liquor swaying in his hand, looking like it could drop down onto his head at any time.
Brother Assist consciously ducked away even as he said, ”It's a major incident, I've gotta record it down.”
”Where are those two?” Young Master Han asked.
”No idea,” Brother Assist said.
”Help me pass along my message: I'll most definitely ferret them out and exterminate them,” Young Master Han said nonchalantly.
”No way, right? We're all comrades, Why so serious?” Brother Assist said.
”Serious? I'm just bored. Do you think they would be scared to the point they lose control of their bowels if you tell them what I said?” Young Master Han asked, slightly bemused.
Brother Assist laughed, ”I don't think so.”
Young Master Han nodded, ”I'm 80% certain you would if you were in their shoes.”
Brother Assist was in tears, how did I provoke you?
After Brother Assist relayed Young Master Han's message to the two men, Gu Fei was nonplussed, ”What? Has he got nothing better to do?”
”Yeah, I think you guys must have completely messed up the situation for him, yet there was nothing he could do about it, so you guys wounded his pride.” Brother Assist had no qualms saying what he really thought behind Young Master Han's back.
”Is that possible?” Gu Fei asked Sword Demon, hoping that he would be able to judge the veracity of this thinking given his understanding of Young Master Han.
”Very possible,” Sword Demon affirmed. ”Looks like he's going to be prepared to deal with us seriously now.”
”He may have the wish to, but he lacks the strength to do it! He's obviously incapable of confronting us directly. But if he were taking command, I'm afraid there are not many people out there who would listen to him, right?” Gu Fei said.
”That's true…” Sword Demon nodded. ”I wonder what he's going to do.”
At around the same time, A single system message suddenly appeared in Carouse's guild channel: Young Master Han has left the guild. And over by the site where the guild Colored Clouds had claimed as their own, Young Master Han smiled as he appeared with his bottle of liquor in hand, ”Is your guild recruiting?”