689 Chapter 689 - You Guys are Waiting to Die (1/2)
The north gate that had been quiet for a long time finally had some action, as the players from Traversing Four Seas made the first move. The guilds nearby had been staring at one another, watching each and everyone's actions, so when Traversing Four Seas made their move, plenty of people who were keeping an eye on them were startled, staring hard as they wondered just what Traversing Four Seas was up to.
The direction that Traversing Four Seas was headed toward was all the more inexplicable, as it seemed like they were leaving the north gate. Their old rival Carouse was obviously the most concerned about Traversing Four Seas, and the Thieves that Brave Surge had sent out to investigate them had quickly gathered around Traversing Four Seas as they kept B Surge constantly updated with their activity.
”Just what are they up to?” Brave Surge wondered even as his eyes flitted over to where Gu Fei was arrogantly walking along the city walls. Naturally, Brave Surge had long since spotted Gu Fei's presence, but it was because he was like a comet that everyone could hardly avoid it if they could help it. Brave Surge had been on tenterhooks after that man and Sword Demon had crashed into the vital quest Carouse had chanced upon. In reality, even Brave Surge had found the existence of those two men to be rather annoying; the fact remained that they were just two players, it was somewhat too much effort on his end if he were to send his men to deal with them. But opting to not deal with the two men only made everyone panic whenever they saw them coming and going like that. Brave Surge heard the reports of Traversing Four Seas' movement and he was slowly able to connect the dots between them and Gu Fei. He wondered just why Oathless Sword would make such a huge decision? Was he really intending on sending all one thousand men up against a single Thousand Miles Drunk?
But no matter how he evaluated the move, all they would achieve was send that person back to a spawn point and it would hardly serve to solve any problem, which was precisely one such reason why Brave Surge felt that the existence of the two men was very disgusting. Of course, he had no idea that Oathless Sword happened to have been severely constrained by the two, so he had no choice but to shed his passivity and take the initiative. He needed to eradicate the mission those two had otherwise he would be ill at ease.
”Guild Leader, I think they seem to be targeting Thousand Miles Drunk!” At this moment, Brave Surge's spy had also read the signs and discussed this matter with him.
”Yes, I've come to the same conclusion as well. Something fishy is going on here,” Blue Surge did not believe Oathless Sword would waste his efforts on something so unfavorable. There must surely be some reason as to why he had gathered his entire guild just to deal with Thousand Miles Drunk.
It was not like Gu Fei was blind; he had already spotted Traversing Four Seas' activity in the distant. Seeing some of the quicker job classes move completely paralleling his own, with some even faster than his own movement speed, Gu Fei felt that he understood what was happening as he quickly sent a message to Sword Demon, ”Where are you? Our chance is here!”
”What happened?”
”Traversing Four Seas has made their move,” Gu Fei answered.
”What move?” Sword Demon asked.
”It looks like they are taking the initiative to look for me,” Gu Fei said.
”You call that a chance?” Sword Demon was feeling sorry for Oathless Sword. Gu Fei's mentality was forever so exasperating.
”We would only have a chance if they made a move! Otherwise, it would really be difficult for us to deal with a thousand people. You know how little mana I have,” Gu Fei explained.
Sword Demon was speechless. This was the first time that Gu Fei had openly expressed the belief that if he had enough mana, even a thousand players would fall to him.
”I'm headed toward the west gate here. I think he's about to come over here, so you should Stealth your way here as well. We can act the moment opportunity comes knocking,” Gu Fei said.
”What about Slyris and Yan Xiaozhu?” Sword Demon asked.
”Eh? What do they want to do? Has Slyris dried herself yet?” Gu Fei asked.
”She's all dry already…” Sword Demon answered. Just what sort of lousy question was that!?
”Then they can do whatever they want!” Gu Fei said.
Thus, Sword Demon relayed Gu Fei's greeting about if Slyris was dry yet as well as the fact that they could do whatever they pleased, which Yan Xiaozhu curiously asked, ”What are the two of you doing?”
”We're assassinating someone,” Sword Demon answered.
”Who?” Yan Xiaozhu persisted.
”A guild leader here in Yunduan City. The two of you probably don't know much, yeah?” Sword Demon said.
”Among all the guild leaders here in Yunduan City, Oathless Sword and Brave Surge are two of the more famous ones. Is it any of them?” Slyris asked.
”It's Oathless Sword,” Sword Demon nodded.
”Do you any help with him?” she proceeded to ask.
Sword Demon grimaced, ”There are a thousand players in his guild, we'll only be four if we included the both of you. Miles claims this to be an opportunity, but I really can't see it.”
Slyris and Yan Xiaozhu could not give an answer either. No normal human would dare to think that a situation where a single person had to face a thousand people could be seen as an opportunity.
”Well, no matter the case, I'll go over and take a look first,” Sword Demon said.
”We don't have anything happening here either, so let's go take a look as well!” Slyris and Yan Xiaozhu had really done as they pleased and joined Sword Demon.
While the party of three was moving over to the west gate, Gu Fei had not headed over to the west gate. Instead, he pulled out his sword and walked straight in the direction of Traversing Four Seas. Oathless Sword received this report and confirmed it with his own eyes, quickly commanding his troops to halt their advance. Traversing Four Seas had stopped in their tracks, skeptically sizing up the lone figure that was walking right over to them. All the various spies had each taken up a position, as they continued to observe everything that was happening.
”I'll go greet him,” Youthful Reflection said.
”Go on then!” Oathless Sword did not dare to reveal himself, afraid that he would miraculously die once Gu Fei caught sight of him. After all, common sense did not apply to this person.
Youthful Reflection made his way through the crowd and walked out to the front. When he saw Gu Fei stepping closer with every step, he secretly gave the order over the guild channel, getting their Arrow Formation ready. If Gu Fei were to step into the range of the Arrow Formation, Youthful Reflection would immediately give the order to fire and kill him, and that would be the end of it. This might be what Youthful Reflection hoped, but he did not expect Gu Fei to stop right before he entered the firing range, waving his hand out to the players from Traversing Four Seas.
”What does that mean?” Youthful Reflection asked people on his left and right, nonplussed.
”It looks like he's saying something? I see his lips moving,” someone beside him said.
”No sh*t, I can see that too,” Youthful Reflection said.
”You need to be louder!” Youthful Reflection shouted at Gu Fei, but he still could not hear what Gu Fei was saying. That was when Gale Force came forward and Youthful Reflection quickly asked Gale Force, ”Look, tell me what he's saying?”
”How can I see anything so far away?” Gale Force was someone who knew how to read lips, but at such distances, even he was struggling just locating Gu Fei's mouth.
”I think he's intentionally not raising his voice, so when we want to hear what he's saying. He is trying to lure us over,” another guildmate mentioned.
”It could not be something so childish, right?” Youthful Reflection said.
Everybody shrugged to show they had no clue. Youthful Reflection could only shrug as well even as he reported back to Oathless Sword, ”We've no idea what he's up to.”
The eyes of those gathered near the north gate had already shifted over to this confrontation. Gu Fei was all alone, facing off against the one thousand-man strong army from Traversing Four Seas. Neither side stepped forward, as they continued to waste time there. Gu Fei was not in the least bit anxious despite being alone, while it was the one thousand players who were fraught with thoughts, speculating just what his intention was. Sword Demon, Slyris and Yan Xiaozhu had also arrived here, none of them reaching the west gate. They could see from afar that Gu Fei was attempting to do something with Traversing Four Seas, and even as they came running over, they messaged him, ”What are you up to?”
”Waiting,” Gu Fei told them.
”What are you waiting for?”
”I'm just staying here, not making my move. I want to see what are they gonna do about it,” Gu Fei answered.
What could they do? Traversing Four Seas had no idea what they should be doing right now. They might have taken the initiative to go up against Thousand Miles Drunk, but now that he was standing right before them, if they were to stand before him, they would not just be dealing with Thousand Miles Drunk alone, but the trebuchets from up the walls as well. Were it not for their apprehension toward being subjected to the attacks, Traversing Four Seas would have long since stormed forward.
”Thousand Miles Drunk is really being too savage doing this!!!” Youthful Reflection gleaned a bit of understanding of what he was doing and was uncertain if he should laugh or cry.
”What's the matter?” Oathless Sword asked.
”Isn't he taunting us? 'You guys want to come and kill me? Fine, I'll stand right here. Give it your best shot!' And what's the end result of that? We can't just go attack him in the current circumstances and if we leave, that's as good as meaning that what we said before about taking care of Thousand Miles Drunk was all just nonsense. This guy is clearly forcing us in a situation where we've got a tiger by its tail!” Youthful Reflection moaned.
”Argh, how am I so unlucky!!” tears were streaking down Oathless Sword's cheeks. The honor of catching Thousand Miles Drunk's eye was the one thing that he did not want to compete with Brave Surge over, and he was more than happy to concede this to Brave Surge.