712 Chapter 712 - Gathering Manpower I (1/2)

”You're right about that. If we form a guild with those guys, it's no different from just the two of us fighting,” Gu Fei said.

”But no matter the case, it's still better to create it in the first place. Directly dismantling an encampment, I wonder how much contribution score would you get from such an act? But how are they going to calculate the reward in your current state? I doubt they would lump it all to Amethyst Rebirth, much less your friend's guild out in another city, right?” Xi Xiaotian said.

”That makes sense,” Gu Fei nodded.

Meanwhile, Sword Demon, being the faithful and true gamer that he was, was also rather keen about the in-game reward. He felt extremely discomforted when he heard that his efforts before might well be treated like nothing in the eyes of the system and the rewards might not be rightfully granted to him.

”Let's establish a guild first. We'll use whomever we can get our hands on to join, and we'll both do the fighting even if none of them would be of any use in the end. At least your guild would be eligible to get something when it's time to allocate the reward,” Gu Fei said.

”That's all we can do for now,” Sword Demon nodded his head.

”Then I'll go get my people,” Xi Xiaotian said.

”Who needs you to do that?” Gu Fei eyed her with disdain. ”It's just 20 people. I can easily gather that many with a wave of my hand.”

Xi Xiaotian had no choice but to pout her lips in response.

”Brother Assist. Let's call Brother Assist over,” the first thought that Sword Demon had was their colleague from their mercenary group, a neutral third party player that had no guild affiliations just like him.

”He still has his private messages blocked. Seems like it's a little inconvenient for us to put it up in the mercenary channel, right?” Gu Fei said. ”Say, do you think Young Master would join us if we ask him?”

”He might join us later… But now… I'm afraid it is highly unlikely.” Sword Demon said. He understood Young Master Han well. Even if that man was someone who treated the people around him like they were nothing more than mere chess pieces for him to use, abandoning his compatriots for the enemy and switching sides was an act that he looked upon with great disdain.

”Oh, do you think Royal would join us though?” Gu Fei asked.

Sword Demon was silent for a good moment. Even though he did not want to say that Royal God Call would do it, it was very unfortunate that deep down in his heart, Sword Demon knew that he would definitely have no moral qualms about switching sides like this, so he nodded, ”I think he would.”

”Speaking of which… Where did Royal run off to yesterday?” Gu Fei suddenly remembered this.

”What? Was he not with you?” Sword Demon was astonished.

”I thought he was with you,” Gu Fei replied, aghast.

”No, he wasn't!” Sword Demon blurted.

The two pondered about this for a moment before they looked at one another, ”Is he lost?”

”Doesn't he know to ask for help after getting lost?” Gu Fei shook his head.

”His pride probably got in the way!” Sword Demon concluded.

”So do you think he's able to find this place now?” Gu Fei wondered.

”It would be quite the ordeal,” Sword Demon concurred.

”We'll just have to go fetch him if he can't!” Gu Fei said.

”Then why don't we ask him for his current location and go search for him ourselves? Otherwise, we would just end up wasting even more time if he were to insist on finding his way to us by himself,” even though Sword Demon was honest and considerate, he was also very pragmatic, putting emotional considerations aside for actual results.

”We'll go look for him then…” Gu Fei nodded. He originally wanted to tell Royal God Call their coordinates and get him to meet them, but hearing Sword Demon's analysis of the situation, he was completely convinced of his point of view and simply asked Royal God Call for his coordinates and told him to sit tight and wait for them.

”After meeting Royal, we'll get him to contact Sakurazaka Moony and his bunch,” Gu Fei said. Sword Demon and he were both city defenders, so there was no way he could message the opposing guild forces representing the city assaulter's forces directly. Thus, they needed to use Royal God Call as the middleman to make contact.

”Mmhmm…” Sword Demon kept his opinion to himself. In all honesty, hearing that the guild he was about to establish would include those reprehensible men as a foundation, Sword Demon could not help but shiver despite the lack of chilly wind. Then, there was also Royal God Call… But was there any difference between that rascal and the men from Forever In Flowers?

Sword Demon held out a little bit of hope for Royal God Call, but it instantly crumbled when they met; Royal God Call had jogged the short distance when they caught sight with one another, but he had ignored both Gu Fei and Sword Demon, heading straight toward Xi Xiaotian without asking a single question.

”Big sister Xiaotian!” Royal God Call had called out sweetly, which only caused Sword Demon's mood to worsen.

”Why are you still here?” Gu Fei asked Xi Xiaotian.

”Hey, it's really bad manners to shoo someone away like this! Can't I play along for a bit with this guild business of yours?” Xi Xiaotian pouted.

”What guild business?” Having just been kicked out of a guild, Royal God Call was a little sensitive when the word was mentioned.

”Sword Demon is going to establish a guild, you should join as well!” Gu Fei said.

”With big sis Xiaotian?” Royal God Call was grinning cheerfully, and Sword Demon's disappointment toward the man had hit rock bottom.

”What's your intentions here?” Gu Fei asked Xi Xiaotian.

”The City Wars event had gone on for a day, and the city assaulters have hardly made any progress. Conversely, the two of you have created plenty of upheaval on the city defender's side. I'm just going with the flow; don't you think it makes sense for me to throw in my lot with you guys and leech off your contribution score?” Xi Xiaotian very honestly broke down her situation to him.

”Eh? Wait a minute. If Sword Demon were to create a guild now, we would all be on the city defender's side?” Royal God Call's attention had finally shifted away from the pretty lady and he began thinking about the question at hand.

”We're going to give it a try. We're not too sure about it at the moment,” Sword Demon said.

”Sword Demon, you need to be prudent. You can't accept this sort of menace,” Gu Fei was still hung up on the matter with Xi Xiaotian, persuading Sword Demon even as he glanced over Xi Xiaotian closely, ”Speaking of which, you seem to have been convinced that you would be a calamitous existence that would become a huge burden if you were to ever join a guild the last time we spoke about this. How is it that you've changed your mind now? You must be looking to find a safe harbor to ride out the storm after causing trouble, eh?”

”I could just join any random guild for that; why even risk getting stabbed by you for that?” Xi Xiaotian countered.

”That's true…” even Sword Demon could see the logic in that. Having been a guild leader before, it was definitely easy for a lady to join a guild. There were probably many guilds out there that would fight for a chance to get a real beauty like Xi Xiaotian to join them.

”Let's do a raise of hands to decide, I'll vote for, big sister Xiaotian would vote for, Sword Demon is undecided so he abstains, while Miles votes against. 2 against 1, the decision to include big sister Xiaotian has gone through!” Royal God Call declared.

”I'll slay both of you and make it a 0 against 1!” Gu Fei pulled his sword out.

”Don't do that,” it looked like Sword Demon was about to become a guild leader once more, so he quickly stepped forward and exercised his impartiality. ”This idea was something Xi Xiaotian had come up with after all. It's not good for us to leave her out of it like this, Miles.”

”Boss Sword Demon is still the one who knows how to sort things out fairly,” Xi Xiaotian giggled, eyeing Gu Fei disdainfully.

”You've let in a wolf amidst the sheep!” Gu Fei bemoaned.

”Since it's a guild, we would naturally have our guild rules. So if anyone were to do something that goes against these rules, we would of course deal with the culprit accordingly,” Sword Demon stated matter-of-factly.

”That's right, it's frowned upon to judge people based on their choice of hobby,” Xi Xiaotian cheekily announced.

Gu Fei had the urge to just slay her right where she stood, but he thought it would be better if he just endured it for now. He decided he'll first find out just what the woman's up to before acting, thus he glared at Xi Xiaotian. She simply ignored him as she turned her head the other way and began whistling.

”We need at least 20 players to establish a guild. Where're the others?” Royal God Call asked.

”Royal, help me send a message to Deep Waters,” Sword Demon said.

”Got it!” Royal God Call was now a mouthpiece for Sword Demon, immediately contacting Deep Waters.

”Also, contact Sakurazaka Moony. Ask them for their coordinates and set a meeting,” Gu Fei instructed as well.

Royal God Call acted accordingly. Deep Waters was the first to reply, and he naturally had no complaint whatsoever, even helping Sword Demon by directly kicking him from the guild.

Now that Sword Demon was back to being a free agent, the party of four began to make their way over to meet the men from Forever In Flowers. These men were quite pitiful; now that they were deeply despised by every player from every guild in Yunduan City, none of them dared to appear in front of other players with their guild emblem. Even if none of them ended up getting killed because of their identity, they would surely be drowned out by the sound of curses from everyone. At the moment, the whole lot of them were gathered in a little forest outside the war zone and were just having fun entertaining themselves. Gu Fei wondered to himself: If what these guys ended up doing had nothing to do with the City Wars, what was the reason for even registering to participate in the first place?

Sword Demon had a different opinion about this. The moment he saw that these men were all hiding out in the gloomy little forest, hidden away from the rest of the world, he felt that it was because of their intervention helping Gu Fei that resulted in the whole lot of them to be in their current predicament. Afraid of revealing themselves to the general population out in Yunduan City, they could only choose to hide somewhere as pitiful as this forest here. Sword Demon instantly felt that he was being excessive to dislike them for their actions and how they conducted themselves. Sword Demon had figured that Forever In Flowers had no qualms making a stand and rebelling against the masses, but while they had done a disservice to the entire population of players from Yunduan City, they definitely have not wronged him at all! Thinking about this, Sword Demon immediately felt that he was being very unbrotherly, so he hurriedly reflected upon this profoundly.

”Where are you guys?! Come on out!!” Gu Fei entered the forest and saw nobody. He knew these people were all in hiding, so he promptly shouted to make himself known.

As it turned out, there was actually no need for Gu Fei to shout as the boys from Forever In Flowers were already running out. Their keen eyes had very quickly spotted Xi Xiaotian's presence, and Fireball had pretty much came scrambling out from the foliage, demonstrating a level of agility that an Archer would boast, bounding forward almost like he was a cheetah. Just as he crossed the halfway mark between where he started and where Xi Xiaotian was standing, the man suddenly disappeared in a flash of white light. While the four were puzzled about what just happened, they discovered a man standing up from a bush behind where Fireball had been moments ago, blowing off the bow in his hand like it was a gun, ”So shameless.”