708 Chapter 708 - Changed my mind (1/2)

The guilds had gathered quickly, and parted ways even more swiftly. Oathless Sword and Brave Surge had not thought that after Black Index Finger had calmly given that little speech of his, most of the hundreds of guilds present would leave just like that, all of them informing the two before leaving, ”We're going to be wearing our guild emblems, but don't expect us to help you in hunting Thousand Miles Drunk!”

”That rascal Black Index Finger, just what is that guy up to!?” Oathless Sword angrily cleaved a nearby tree sapling.

”Seeing the expression on his face during that whole time, it's clear he intentionally wanted to make a mockery out of us,” Brave Surge said.

”I really hope Thousand Miles Drunk picks up a quest that specifically targets him and his guild. Let's see if he still dares to say such things,” Oathless Sword spat.

Brave Surge heaved a deep sigh. It was rare for him to share the same sentiments as Oathless Sword. Looking all around, the guilds that remained were those guilds who had close ties with the two guilds. Actually, the good relationship that they had was all tacitly understood. Unsurprisingly, these were all the guilds that had been supported from behind the scenes by either Traversing Four Seas or Carouse in terms of their development. Because both of these large guilds had hit the limit in terms of the number of members that they could accept in their original guild, yet such a large city like Yunduan still had a near limitless supply of talent waiting for them to plunder, they evidently could not just kick and add new players to their respective guild every day. As such, they instead opted to establish such small guilds and have some of their experts housed within. These players would then join the main guild once Traversing Four Seas or Carouse raised their guild level and saw an increase to their guild capacity. Furthermore, these small guilds also had some newbies in them. Since they could tell that the game had great potential, they did not mind cultivating new talent in such a fashion.

The guild leaders of these small guilds were essentially reliable men that the two guilds had sent out in the first place, and they would, of course, be standing side by side with the two at this time. Meanwhile, the members from these smaller guilds could also clearly tell that they were, to put it bluntly, the reserve army for either Traversing Four Seas or Carouse. When these players saw that there was no way for them to join the two large guilds properly, they figured it was better to become their reserve members than joining some random trash guild, so they at least approve of their own identity. When the two guild leaders of their respective large guilds looked at the faces of the players who still remained, neither of them saw anyone in front of them that belonged to a guild unaffiliated to either of them aside from the reserve members from their own guilds, which was why the two indignantly cursed at those selfish guild leaders that lacked foresight. From the time these two men established their guilds in Yunduan City, never had these two men resonated so perfectly with each other's hearts and minds.

”After wasting all that time, it is still our own men who were the ones involved in the end. Xiaoshang had been on the hunt for Thousand Miles Drunk for such a long time, I don't even know if she has any leads as to his whereabouts. Let me ask her,” Oathless Sword was someone who would not miss a chance to converse with Gu Xiaoshang.

Brave Surge really wanted to tease him a little; after all, Oathless Sword was a guild leader for a large guild, yet he evidently lacked any sense of proportion when it came to Gu Xiaoshang. He might be delighted about being able to speak to the apple of his eye, but he should at least think on behalf of his own guildmates! Brave Surge simply could not understand this. Did none of his guild members find it awkward that their guild leader would keep fawning and preening over Gu Xiaoshang every time? Brave Surge felt just this point alone was sufficient for Oathless Sword's reputation to plummet, yet he saw the same expressionless look on Gale Force, Youthful Reflection, and all the other men that Oathless Sword had brought with him when Oathless Sword declared that he was going to contact Gu Xiaoshang.

They are all actually used to it by now… D*mn, how did they even survive through it all… Brave Surge sighed. He was someone who paid special attention to his own image and reputation as a guild leader, and would never do something like what Oathless Sword was doing. That was the reason why Brave Surge simply could not understand how and why Oathless Sword acted the way he did. He was clueless as to how this person had been able to lead Traversing Four Seas to such a state, especially to the point where they had even managed to surpass his own guild, Carouse.

Gu Xiaoshang had not gotten too far, seeing as she was a Warrior herself. She received Oathless Sword's message while making her way back to Yunjiao Lakeside, asking if she had any leads on Thousand Miles Drunk.

”You need clues as well?” Gu Xiaoshang was perplexed.

”Of course!” Oathless Sword said.

”Have you forgotten? Thousand Miles Drunk still has an assassination mission for you. You don't have to look for him, he'll be the one searching for you, sooner or later,” Gu Xiaoshang said.

”Ah… That…” Oathless Sword had indeed forgotten about that.

”That is why it is hard to say if he will end up appearing at our location, or at yours,” Gu Xiaoshang continued.

”Then we should all gather together, since that would mean that we can make this attempt entirely foolproof,” Oathless Sword fought hard for every chance.

”Oh? We're over by Yunjiao Lakeside,” Gu Xiaoshang answered.

”Yunjiao Lakeside!” Oathless Sword was excited. That was a sacred land! His greatest dream was to hold hands with Gu Xiaoshang and take a romantic walk along the banks of Yunjiao Lakeside. He never would have thought that the opportunity would come so soon, and he was a little emotionally unprepared for it.

The look of delight on Oathless Sword's face quickly appeared, and Youthful Reflection, Brave Surge, and the others all looked at him. Gale Force was a lot more straightforward, so he immediately asked, ”What are you happy about?”

”Yunjiao Lakeside, we're going to hold hand in hand with Xiaoshang. Wait, I mean work hand in hand!” Oathless Sword excitedly blurted out.

”Why are we going there?” Everyone was confused. It was very far away from the battlefield for the City Wars.

”Perhaps because there's a good ambiance there?” Oathless Sword was about to drool, his thoughts going in a completely different direction than everyone else's.

Youthful Reflection and the others all rolled their eyes.

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Going back to Gu Fei, after he discovered that all the players participating in the City Wars event were starting to target him, even going so far as to change their equipment and outfit so that he would be only one wearing black, Gu Fei had very happily taken off his Midnight Spirit Robes along with everyone and continued to blend in with the crowd. But this did not last for long. Soon, everyone was inexplicably wearing their own equipment again, and more importantly, they carefully pinned their guild emblems back on.

”Bro, which guild are you from?” A kind-hearted player quickly approached Gu Fei when he saw him standing there in a daze.

”Ah?” Gu Fei turned to look at that person.

”Quick, pin on your guild emblem! You're a Mage too, so you'll surely be treated as Thousand Miles Drunk if you do not wear your guild emblem and end up dying without being able to bemoan at the injustice,” this player told him.

”But I am Thousand Miles Drunk,” Gu Fei answered.

The man stood there stunned, staring at Gu Fei, the hand that was pinning on his guild emblem freezing in place, before he softly opened his mouth, ”Big bro…”

”What are you 'big bro'-ing me for!?” Gu Fei was annoyed.

That person did not say another word but he slowly backed away, step by step. His eyes fixed on Gu Fei.

However, Gu Fei took two steps right up to him and asked, ”Let me ask you something; you guys were taking off your equipment one moment, and putting them back on the next. Then there's this idea that anyone not wearing any guild emblem would be identified as Thousand Miles Drunk. Just what is going on?”

”It's none of my business!” The man was flustered.

”I know, I'm just asking you a question,” Gu Fei hurriedly pressed.

”It's the idea that the two big guilds, Traversing Four Seas and Carouse, came up with. They planned to get everyone to go up against you, but none of us agreed. However, they still wanted our cooperation, and at first, they wanted us to remove our equipment, and the next they want us to wear our guild emblems. I believe they intend to sniff you out like this,” the man answered.

”Those guys are so baffling,” Gu Fei said. ”I was just fighting with Carouse not too long ago, yet they were the ones who ran off. Why are they back now, trying to hunt me down? This is so strange.”

”It's none of my business, truly,” That man pleaded.

”I know, I know. How should I address you?” Gu Fei asked.

”My— My name is Small Bottlecap. I'm from the guild Soy Sauce Pourer,” he answered.

”Small… Small Bottlecap?” Gu Fei was astonished when he heard it, he told the man to ”wait a moment,” even as he quickly fired a message to Sword Demon, ”Have you abandoned your Bounty Mission yet?”

”Yep. What about it?”

”How tragic. I just bumped into Small Bottlecap,” Gu Fei replied.

”Balls!!” Sword Demon was a very honest and upright person, but even he could not bear being played by fate thusly. ”How did you meet him?”

”I came across the man while randomly walking around. You're really unlucky, man.” Gu Fei said.

”Such is life,” Sword Demon had also accepted that his destiny was one of disappointment and misery.

”What are you up to?”

”After abandoning the quest, some time has to pass before I can pick up a new quest, so I'm waiting it out right now!” Sword Demon explained. ”Aren't you logging off soon?”

”Oh, right. Did you receive any sort of system prompt just now?” Gu Fei asked.

”System prompt? The one about occupying the enemy camp?” Sword Demon clarified.

”That's the one. You saw it?” Gu Fei said.

”Yeah. Something must have happened again, I think?”

”It's not something, it was me!” Gu Fei admitted.

”Ah?”