703 Chapter 703 - Do Not Pay Mind to the Anomalous (2/2)
”Yup,” Slyris nodded.
Gu Fei was a little unwilling to part with them, but he finally mustered enough courage to ask, ”Are you selling them?”
”Nope!” Slyris answered.
Gu Fei had no choice but to hand them back to her, and Slyris did not miss a beat and slipped them on her fingers.
”Where did you get them?” Gu Fei asked.
”Chain quest,” Slyris answered.
Chain quest meant that it would not be repeated, which also meant that there was no need to ask her about the details of the quest any further.
”There's no such equipment in the market right?” Gu Fei wondered.
”I've not seen it,” Slyris was rather serious when it came to how she presented herself.
”Equipment that gives you mana regeneration, eh? We'll help you take note of things, Drunk bro,” Sakurazaka Moony said.
”Thank you very much,” Gu Fei replied.
”So what are we going to do now?” Vast Lushness asked.
”Oh right! My quest,” Gu Fei slapped his forehead.
”What quest?” Everyone asked.
”I need to look for an NPC. It was all a ruse by the guild Disembodied Spirits Under the Tree previously. They had already moved the NPC to God knows where, so I need to go find it now,” Gu Fei explained.
”Oh, do you need help?” Sakurazaka Moony asked.
”No need,” Gu Fei said. He did not wish to get Forever In Flowers' help during this time because he was well aware that it would only trouble them further, and the players from all the guilds in Yunduan City would utterly despise them for it. Even though they acted like they did not care about it, this was their business, and Gu Fei did not wish to meddle with them about it.
”Okay, you guys can go have fun by yourselves, I'm leaving now,” Gu Fei called out.
”I'm gonna follow you, Drunk bro!” Fireball was still hugging his leg!
”Let go already! Don't force me to slay you!” Gu Fei raised his sword.
Fireball knew Gu Fei was a man of action that would do what he said, so he had no choice but to let go. He tried his very best but was unable to squeeze out any tears at all.
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Outside Yunduan City, right by Yunduan Lakeside, a group of players were being vigilant, their anxiety visible on their faces. Even though their movement was neither in a hurry nor too lackadaisical, this pace brought them immense pain.
None of them wanted to be moving at such a nonchalant pace, and all of them wished that they could advance as quickly as they could afford to, but they had no choice. They were moving along with an NPC. It did not care for whatever these men were feeling as it continued that nonchalant pace without a whit of care in this world.
”Elder Guillermo, can you please be a little faster?” players knew beseeching the NPCs was a lost cause, but doing so alleviated a bit of of the frustration they were feeling.
”Wind Seal, how are things over on the other side?” Someone in this group of men asked.
”Everyone there already been vanquished by Carouse,” Wind Seal replied. ”However, they don't seem to have realized that everything set up there was just a ruse.”
”How about Skygazing Under the Tree and the rest?”
”They won't be coming over as people might have eyes on them. We can only depend on ourselves for the moment, so everyone should take care and be on their guard,” Wind Seal cautioned.
”Haha, as long as no one has seen through our disguise, there's no one who would discover us, seeing how far away we are from the city war,” someone said.
”Let's hope that is really the case! This NPC has brought us so far away out here, I wonder where are we headed?” Wind Seal muttered.
”Hey, Yunduan Lakeside. This is a good place! Everyone, be careful you don't end up treading on people,” one of them cheekily grinned.
Sure enough, there were plenty of people hidden in the tall grass, but as long as they did not create a scene like what Gu Fei had done, none of the lovebirds would care to poke their noses into anyone else's business. Nevertheless, there were two pairs of eyes staring unblinkingly at these men, and the mouths and noses of the two were gulping huge breaths of air laboriously.
”You rascal. You've really run far; do you really plan to run beyond 30 miles?” Guzzler asked.
”Why would I!? This here will do. Say, why were you following me?” Beyond Thirty Miles asked.
”Coincidence,” Guzzler answered.
”Do you see that group of men there?” Beyond Thirty Miles said.
”Yeah.”
”Do you recognize any of them? That one's Wind Seal.” Beyond Thirty Miles pointed out.
”The Wind Seal who was related to the quest?” Guzzler asked.
”The one and the same. Turns out they are the real culprits here. The set up over by the cavity was all just a misdirection, and they've already escorted the NPC out over here,” Beyond Thirty Miles explained. ”Hurry up and inform the guild!”
”Are you insane? Inform the guild that Wind Seal is here by Yunduan Lakeside? How did you learn this? You're not thinking of admitting you saw them, right? But the problem is we seem to have been tasked to hunt down Thousand Miles Drunk. Do you have eyes that could see for miles or something?” Guzzler asked.
”Well…”
”You can go tell them yourself; don't drag me into this,” Guzzler snapped.
”The quest is more important! The guild leader won't blame us if we say it's about the quest,” Beyond Thirty Miles mentioned.
”Heh, if this quest could be snatched over, the guild leader would surely thank you for your efforts, but the problem is that there don't seem to be such a design for the quest, right? I think the guild leader will just end up eliminating you along with Wind Seal and the others. Do you still want to tell them about it? If you're gonna do it, I'm just going to take off first.”
”Hmm, let's just wait and see then…”