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

”Drunk bro, what are you in such a hurry for?” Nobody from Forever In Flowers seemed to care about Fireball, acting like nothing had happened as Sakurazaka Moony walked on over and rather casually addressed Gu Fei.

”Oh, it's like this…” Gu Fei began to tell them everything that the four had discussed prior.

These men were all very excited when they heard it, everyone raising their hand to volunteer to second the guild's formation. They were all keen to join Gu Fei's guild, eager to leave Sakurazaka Moony to play all by himself in Forever In Flowers. In the ensuing hubbub, someone finally asked a question that they were very concerned about, ”Drunk bro, after getting us in, will you be getting the ladies from Amethyst Rebirth to join in after?”

”Ah yes? Will that happen?” These men all asked, their saliva flowing freely.

”About that… Well… I didn't ask them, nor did I intend to ask them…” Even if Gu Fei had such plans to begin with, he would have most certainly changed his mind when he saw how this bunch of ravenous ghouls acted. Sword Demon's fear surfaced once more: if a bunch of ladies, who do not know how to game, join my guild like this, then add in this pack of players who only knew how to chase skirts… What sort of guild would it become?

”Oh, in that case…” Even though these men all sounded rather disappointed, none of them shrank away in response. All of them still expressed their wish to follow Gu Fei. Accompanying Gu Fei means there would be ladies to chase! That was the mantra all of them believed the entire time.

”Alright, all of you better shut your g*dd*mn*d mouths!” Sakurazaka Moony suddenly bellowed. Everyone was about to ridicule the man when they saw an unprecedented somber expression on his mug. All of them instantly shut themselves up, quietly preparing themselves to hear what Sakurazaka Moony wanted to say, while they got ready to mock him once he was done giving his speech.

”Drunk bro, if Boss Sword Demon wishes to establish a guild, then it would most definitely become well renowned. Honestly speaking, these guys with me are just all over the place. None of them are the sort that would ever consider the outcome of their own actions and all of them being the delinquent sort. Such a proper guild looking to achieve any measure of greatness would not suit us. If we were really to join you, we would most definitely stir up quite a lot of trouble, making it difficult for Boss Sword Demon to properly act the part. That is why I firmly believe we are not suitable for this task, even though you've sought us out,” Sakurazaka Moony very earnestly gave his opinion on this matter.

The entire forest was silent, before someone from within Forever In Flowers mused, ”Well, what do you know? Moony actually knows how to speak like a human.”

”You jackass!!” Sakurazaka Moony fumed.

”That idiot really thought that we would actually join Boss Sword Demon's guild! Hehe, we were all just looking to liven things up a little. We're the charming men of Forever In Flowers, how can we join such a garish large guild? That would be too much of a disgrace.”

”That's right, we can't do something that would cause us to lose face. How would we be able to chase after the ladies in the future?”

”Heh, Drunk bro, we were only joking around before. Did you really think we were for real?”

Gu Fei and Sword Demon were both feeling all sorts of emotions right now. Gu Fei was clueless when it came to matters pertaining to guilds, so he had never considered things in such fine details. In truth, these men lacked any sense of conscience and would provoke much hatred from others. If they were to be in a guild, it would most definitely be a huge headache to deal with the trouble they might cause. Sword Demon knew this, but when he thought of how much help these men from Forever In Flowers had been for him, he was unable to say a thing about it. He had even felt ashamed that he originally shared the same sentiment that Sakurazaka Moony had just expressed.

But who would have guessed that the men of Forever In Flowers were well aware of this reason themselves? Everyone had the impulse to join at the start, but after hearing what Sakurazaka Moony said, all of them immediately came to their senses. They were very clear about what they enjoyed and how they played the game. Joining a proper guild? That would just restrict their own freedoms and end up putting their guild in a difficult position. That was the reason why they had freely established a group just for themselves that suited their playstyle the most.

”Drunk bro, Boss Sword Demon, I do believe that should more or less settle the matter regarding joining your guild, alright?” Sakurazaka Moony said. From the very beginning, Gu Fei had only wanted to borrow their headcount to meet the minimum amount of members needed to start a guild, but the men from Forever In Flowers had mistaken it for an invitation to their guild. Saying all that now would make things more than a little awkward, considering the kindness that Sakurazaka Moony and his men had shown to them. Gu Fei and Sword Demon exchanged glances with one another. If everyone in Forever In Flowers had thought of them as such, neither Gu Fei nor Sword Demon could find it in them to tell them that they were only thinking of using them to hit the minimum member quota. As such, there was no need to mention anything further about this, nodding their heads as a reply as he called, ”Alright then!”

After parting ways with the people from Forever In Flowers, everyone's emotions were in a state of turmoil. Nobody expected this group of men that seemed to have no care for responsibility to actually show such unyielding thoughtfulness.

”Those men…” Sword Demon had a fleeting moment of impulse to just get those men to join his guild, but emotions were just emotions, and there was no space for that when considering things from a logical standpoint. Sword Demon was very clear that if he were to get those men into his guild, the rules would only act as a restraint to them, and they would have a very unhappy time playing the game; Conversely, not giving those men constraints would only result in the guild becoming unhappy, so the result they had ended up with right now was actually the optimal solution.

”So what do we do? Do you need me to find some people?” Xi Xiaotian asked.

Before either Sword Demon or Gu Fei could express their thoughts about this, they saw someone scurry on his feet as he came hurtling over, yelling loudly, ”Drunk bro!!!”

Gu Fei looked and saw it was Fireball. He had just come dashing over from the spawn point and happened to run into the four people. He quickly came bounding over shouting, ”Bring me along, bring me along!”

”Sakurazaka Moony has already said that you guys won't be joining us,” Gu Fei explained.

”No no no. I've already quit Forever In Flowers. I want to hang around with you guys,” Fireball said with a measure of determination.

”Me? I won't be joining the guild!” Gu Fei exclaimed.

”Even better; then I'll join you in Amethyst Rebirth!” Fireball said.

”I'm really gonna slay you!!” Gu Fei curbed the urge.

”Since I've already decided and told Moony about it, and I've even left the guild as well, you can't not accept me in,” Fireball was being unreasonable.

”I'll leave it to you!” Gu Fei said to Sword Demon.

”Then we'll just take him in! Are there any friends of yours willing to come over?” Sword Demon had suddenly felt this was a good idea to repay these men, so he would accept anyone willing to come over.

”Won't this be considered poaching his men?” Gu Fei reminded Sword Demon.

”Ah?” Sword Demon broke in a bout of cold sweat, regretting that he misspoke, but thankfully, Fireball soon answered, ”Nope, none of them were interested.”

”Why are you so determined to join us? I can tell that you get along very well with those guys from Forever in Flowers!” Gu Fei asked. Even though Fireball had just been killed through the hands of a fellow guildmate, anyone could tell that it was precisely because their camaraderie was so strong that such a thing had actually occurred. Had their relationship been anything but strong, how would Fireball not be at odds with the others when he got casually finished off like that?

”I figured I'll be a lot cooler following Drunk bro,” Fireball balled his fist.

”Your boss is there,” Gu Fei pointed to Sword Demon.

”Does that make you the no. 2?” Fireball asked.

”I'll kill you!!” Gu Fei was very disgruntled after being called by the easily misunderstood term of 'no. 2'. Given just how lewd Fireball was, Gu Fei had no doubts that he had said it intentionally.

”Okay, now that we've gotten another to join us, do you need me to look for more?” Xi Xiaotian asked in a serious tone.

”Oh, are there more babes coming? Let's go find them quick!” Fireball was instantly excited.

”Ah? Ladies are going to join us? Then what are we waiting for!!!” The moment Royal God Call heard Fireball utter out his misinterpretation, he had also further misunderstood what was happening.

”Wait a minute, we seem to have forgotten some people,” Gu Fei called out.

”Who?”

”Southern Lone Blade and the others!” Gu Fei mentioned.

”Oh right!” Sword Demon slapped his forehead.

”Royal, contact them for us,” Gu Fei said.

”They are neutral third party players, you can contact them yourself,” Sword Demon reminded.

”Oh, that's right…” Gu Fei had almost forgotten, and quickly sent a message to Southern Lone Blade. Simple and concise words were exchanged, and the other party quickly embraced the idea. This time, the intention of simply making up the numbers was also laid out, making it so that even if they were interested in staying with the guild after, they simply had to temporarily join in and find some other ways to get out from being bound to the guild at a later time.

Southern Lone Blade and his men had been idling about. They had nothing to do during the City Wars, so the moment they heard they could join the city defender's side, and they could quite possibly earn a huge reward, their interests were piqued and they easily agreed to it without another word.

”We got another seven men,” Gu Fei announced.

”That makes 11. We still need 9 more,” Sword Demon counted.

”Brother Assist! That guy hasn't allowed private messages yet, so we need to think of a solution to contact the man. Then there's also Wounds, should we ask him as well?” Gu Fei wondered.

”I'll ask,” Sword Demon said.

The exchange of messages that occurred was quick, and Sword Demon shook his head, ”Wounds said we'll discuss it further after the City War.”

”Tsk, he's still pretending!” Royal God Call did not believe that War Without Wounds so upstanding.

”He's different from you; his relationship with the people in his guild isn't that bad,” Sword Demon explained for War Without Wounds, though that was actually indirectly refuting War Without Wounds' virtuosity. Sword Demon was not particularly surprised by his answer, and he was certain that Wounds would have immediately defected if he was in a guild that he was not particularly attached toward, just like Royal God Call.

”Young Master? Have you guys checked in with Young Master?” Royal God Call asked.

”He won't do it,” Sword Demon was certain.

”Then we still need 8 more players, even if we add Brother Assist into the mix!” Gu Fei said.

Xi Xiaotian was not saying a word either. Her suggestions would always be ignored anyway! Might as well just let them solve the problem themselves!