684 Chapter 684 - Partially burnt scrap of paper (1/2)
Leaving Traversing Four Seas' site, Gu Xiaoshang asked Young Master Han in her surprise, ”Why don't we just wait together with the rest of them until Thousand Miles Drunk and Sword Demon appear, instead of just specifically coming over to report this information?” She had thought that was what they were going to do in the beginning, only for Young Master Han to end up doing no such thing. Gu Xiaoshang was a woman of her word when she said Young Master Han would be in command. She never once interrupted with her own questions, only asking for clarification afterward.
”There's no way we can just camp them out till the bitter end, those two still have a bit of brain between them. They would surely do their own reconnaissance and search for the best opportunity to strike. We can't let them scout out our presence. We only need to keep watch in secret, maintaining our composure and surround them once they strike,” Young Master Han said.
”Then why do we have to inform Oathless Sword about the matter? The chances of them revealing themselves would increase further if Traversing Four Seas was caught off guard, right?” Gu Xiaoshang asked.
”The problem is that they would have surely guessed that I would be here attempting to ambush them. That is why if Traversing Four Seas was not taking any precaution in the least, that would only serve to make our trap all the more obvious,” Young Master Han said.
”Are you certain they would know this much?”
”Of course.” Young Master Han confidently stated. ”It's because we have a good friend that loves capitulating to both sides.” Young Master Han said this as he sent a message to Brother Assist, wanting to find out if there were any new updates regarding what Gu Fei and Sword Demon were doing, but he ended up receiving the [The other party has blocked all incoming messages] prompt from the system.
”F*ck*ng hell. He actually dares to reject receiving messages from yours truly,” Young Master Han muttered viciously. Brother Assist would surely be crying till the morning had he known this would happen. As it turned out, he would still end up offending Young Master Han no matter what he did.
”So what now? Actually, all we can do now is wait for them to act, right?” Gu Xiaoshang asked.
Indeed, Young Master Han had nothing to do now that Brother Assist had blocked all incoming messages. He could only helplessly answer, ”I originally wanted to use that good friend of mine to spy on those two and see what they were up to. Who knows, perhaps we could learn something about what they would be planning to do. But who would have guessed there would be times when our good friend would actually stand his ground, to actually steel his heart and not help either side.”
”Who's your good friend?” Gu Xiaoshang cannot help but be curious.
”Just a noob,” Young Master Han said.
Brother Assist would be in tears, would you die letting my name get exposed to any bit of light?
”Split our men into three groups and send them out to these three separate sets of coordinates, respectively. None of them should have their guild emblem on display either. There's no need to get flustered if any of you catch sight of either target, much less make any move without hearing any order given to do so, since there's no way that they would know that you're their enemy. Otherwise, if they were to begin avoiding people at the stir of the wind once alerted, there's no way that any of you would have the movement speeds necessary to be able to catch up to either of them.”
”What's their movement speed?” A handful of players from Colored Clouds were disgruntled and they were naturally those who were very confident of their own movement speed.
Young Master Han glanced at that player who spoke up, ”Just running alone isn't any good. How much HP do you have?”
”HP?”
”With so little HP, wouldn't you just be insta-killed if you were to chase them?” Young Master Han added.
”We would still be able to stall them and give everyone the time to catch up!” that man replied.
”I've never ever heard of how being insta-killed would be considered as stalling for time… How are you going to buy us time? A second with every death?”
That man did not say a word, and Young Master Han gestured toward him, ”Come over and give me a hand.”
”Give you what hand?” this person was confused.
”Hoist me up,” Young Master Han pointed to a tree branch above his head. He had been looking left and right when he got to the forest, and he had actually been searching for a suitable vantage point. This was the style that he had consistently used. Only by getting a clear overview of the situation would he be able to demonstrate a comprehensive and effective command.
That man came over and offered his arm as a step, allowing Young Master Han to climb up to the tree branch before continued to ascend the tree. Gu Xiaoshang lifted her head up and asked, ”Can you see everything just by getting up on that tree?”
”I've got a tool,” Young Master Han pulled out his spyglass and showed it to her.
”So you're gonna stay up there?” Gu Xiaoshang asked.
”For the moment, yeah. Unless the people from Traversing Four Seas change their location, we should all split up!” Young Master Han said.
Young Master Han might be the overall commander, but it was still Gu Xiaoshang who gave the orders to everyone. Young Master Han was smart enough to know that everyone would surely be unhappy if he were to begin bossing everybody about as someone new, so he did not bother making that mistake. The position and general strategy they employed was largely related to the rest through Gu Xiaoshang, leaving it up to the woman to assign her manpower to their relevant tasks and to make sure everything was perfectly organized.
”We'll be taking our leave then.” After Gu Xiaoshang was done assigning everyone into groups, she had gotten ready to lead one group herself and bade Young Master Han farewell.
”Go on. When you bump into any suspicious character, fire a message with their coordinates to me. I'm 80% certain that I would be able to recognize either of the two even if they are disguised,” Young Master Han said.
”Gotcha,” Gu Xiaoshang waved her hand and led her men away.
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As a spectator who seemed to know the most about everything that transpired, Brother Assist had always been lurking in an area close to where Traversing Four Seas was located, ready to watch the show unfold. He reckoned if Young Master Han were to come over and directly cooperate with Oathless Sword, he would surely have brought men from Carouse to come and help. But in the end, Young Master Han had gone about this business in a manner which Brother Assist never would have expected and actually turned up together with Gu Xiaoshang.
Brother Assist was a clever man so he, of course, knew about the unique feature Colored Clouds brought to the table, and he could not help but praise Young Master Han's foresight. As for how he had managed to make a partnership with the guild, Brother Assist had impulsively wanted to fire a message over to ask about it, but he managed to keep it in check. Having blocked all incoming messages, if he were to open it again, it would make him look too spineless in retrospect. Brother Assist contemplated this as he did his best to repress his strong curiosity. Actually, he had really wanted to inform Gu Fei and Sword Demon about how Young Master Han had collaborated with Colored Clouds. He believed that this move that Young Master Han made was not something that Gu Fei or Sword Demon would have expected, so they would only consider the players from Carouse and Traversing Four Seas as enemies. And there was a possibility that the two of them might be negligent and overlook these men from Colored Clouds when they bump into them.
Ah! I really wanna butt in! Brother Assist endured this painfully.
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A good distance away from Yunduan City, Gu Fei and Sword Demon had finally arrived right by the side of the lake in Yunjiao Lake. The two men looked to their left and then right, and then Sword Demon began to offer his analysis based upon what gaming experience he had, ”Often, this sort of quest requires the player to investigate for clues, but without any obvious information on how to go about doing it, players would usually be sent to search for a certain NPC to find out further details. Otherwise, the system would automatically update them that the investigation was over once the player arrives at the location. Take a look, have you gotten any prompts from the system?”
”Nope,” Gu Fei answered.
”Then that means we'll have to find someone to speak to about this. I'm not too familiar with this map. Where can we find some NPCs?” Yunjiao Lakeside was a grinding map that was popular with lovers of all ages. Sword Demon had never had his breakthrough in this aspect of his life, so he never had the opportunity to visit such a place. He might have passed by the map on occasion, but he never had a thorough understanding of the place.
”There's a wooden structure over there,” Gu Fei swept his gaze around the surroundings and pointed in the southwest direction of the lakeside. A simple log cabin was right by the lakefront, and it could be considered to be the only sign of life in this wild expanse.