753 Chapter 753 - Leading to Tragedy (2/2)
”See that!” Xi Xiaotian ridiculed Gu Fei. ”If you don't pay attention to what an NPC wants, there's no way you would be able to think of what it wants to do, and would therefore be unable to find the clue by following its line of thinking.”
”Diving tools? Are you telling me that we'll have to use those to go into that underwater opening and check out the project site?” Gu Fei said.
”Of course. As for what you asked, let's discuss it in detail as we make our way over there!” Xi Xiaotian said her piece and the four of them departed together. Svelte Dancer turned her head around and saw Courtney was just quietly sitting beside Angus' grave.
”Enemy sighted right ahead!” Royal God Call suddenly pointed out to a hill as all of them lifted their heads to look. The men from the four large guilds were finally here. Of course, it was not everyone in their guilds. Even though their opponent was Thousand Miles Drunk, the thought of the quest causing the city assault to fail the moment their enemy managed to complete it had directed the four guild leaders to find the courage and form up a vanguard team that comprised of players with plenty of movement speed. Sprinting all the way over, they had all finally arrived at Yunjiao Lakeside before everyone else.
Gu Fei lifted his sword and flourished it with eager anticipation, but Xi Xiaotian had actually pulled him back, ”Avoid fighting if we can help it! What if something were to happen to you? How much of a waste would it be if you end up failing your quest as a result?”
Gu Fei thought what she said made sense, so he decided to place emphasis on the bigger picture and the four of them chose to flee. There was no better location to hide in the region of Yunduan City than Yunjiao Lakeside. The four of them dove into the cover of the tall reeds, crawling in a way that made it impossible for anyone from outside to see.
”Head north,” Gu Fei said.
”We would be northbound if we swim right across from here,” Svelte Dancer was experienced.
”I have no problems with that,” Xi Xiaotian said.
When Royal God Call thought about the scene of the two beauties soaking wet with their deadly curves, his nosebleed almost came out as he giddily nodded his head.
”I don't know how to swim,” Gu Fei confessed.
The three were stunned.
”What? Is it so bizarre to not know how to swim?” Gu Fei was disgruntled.
”How about this, the three of you will swim on over, while I'll block here. It was Swindler Tian who was speaking with Courtney then anyway, so I believe you should be able to continue the quest line. You guys can go ahead and retrieve the tools,” Gu Fei said.
”Hmm? Are you thinking of staying back so you can slay people in the end?” Xi Xiaotian said.
”The terrain is very favorable,” Gu Fei smiled.
”Then we're leaving now,” Xi Xiaotian said.
”Go on,” Gu Fei pushed the tree away and abruptly jumped out from the reeds. He waved his arms and tossed out an AoE spell, yelling, ”I'm about to start killing people; leave if you are not involved!”
This spell and the subsequent declaration he made frightened many players. All of them poked their heads out to observe their surroundings. Royal God Call turned back to look, and he could not help but sigh, ”They are all paired up one man to one woman. How rare it is to behold such a scene!”
The players who were alerted had no idea what was happening. Those close to Gu Fei had noticed him to be the source of all the shouting, so they quickly asked, ”Bro, what's all this about?”
”You better leave soon. A PK fight is about to break out, look,” Gu Fei pointed to the vanguards that the four large guilds had sent in advance, all of them bounding down the hill ahead at breakneck speeds.
”Why are they PK-ing again!?” The players who were active in Yunjiao Lakeside had already experienced this plenty of times, and it was not that strange a sight for them to behold any longer. Thus, all of them began to very cooperatively leave the place. Xi Xiaotian turned around and saw everyone running in every direction, ”We don't have to swim anymore. We should capitalize on this chaos and run off along with them.”
Even though they would be going in a straight line if they swam, there was no way they could demonstrate the same movement speed as when they are on land, so even though circling around the lake would be a longer distance than swimming, they would actually be much quicker.
”Hey, use this chance to leave!” Svelte Dancer shouted at Gu Fei.
”You guys go ahead. I'll cover your retreat,” Gu Fei shouted back.
”Violent Fei clearly wants to stay behind and PK,” Xi Xiaotian berated.
”The quest is going to fail if you die!” Svelte Dancer hollered.
”Relax, even if you die, I doubt I'll meet the same fate!” Gu Fei beat his chest, bursting with confidence. Utilizing his Tang Style kungfu before, he had discovered that the terrain here in Yunjiao Lakeside was yet another location he was able to take on the masses just by himself. The only thing he was afraid of would be if the enemy's Mages teaming up to bombard him together, but that hardly mattered when the enemy's Mages were not here yet, right?
The three followed the scattered lovers and evacuated from the area. Quite a few had noticed Royal God Call being flanked by a beauty on each side and gave him a look of envy. Royal God Call instantly caught the looks that he was given and perfectly understood what they were alluding to. He was delighted with himself, appearing completely unfazed by it.
The vanguard came charging in like the blast of a gale. Gu Fei stood amidst the tall reeds, worried that the enemy might not know where he was. Seeing that they were about to draw in close, he bent low, and was now submerged among the vegetation.
However, these members of the four large guilds had plenty of combat experience by this time, and none of them acted rashly. Knowing that Thousand Miles Drunk could have either hid or fled, yet opted to make such a big scene disappearing. It was highly suspect. Everyone quickly reported back to their respective guild leaders, seeking their instructions.
”Is this another misdirection ploy?” The four guild leaders had just fallen victim to the same trick, and were particularly vigilant. ”Where are those with him?”
”No clue.”
”D*mm*t, why didn't you keep a closer eye on them!?”
”The moment the PK was about to break out, all the little lovers around began running out en masse. Everything was in a mess, and that made it really difficult to keep track of them!” The vanguards were all very helpless on this front.
”In such a scenario, why did Thousand Miles Drunk not take this opportunity to run away?” The four guild leaders were having quite the headache. None of them could guess Gu Fei's intentions.
”Is he trying to distract us, or does he have some sort of ulterior motive that requires him to hang back?”
There were also core members from each of the four guilds among these vanguards, such as Youthful Reflection from Traversing Four Seas, and Folding Fan Invader from Carouse. Presently, both men were gathered together with the others, having a deep discussion about the possible intentions behind Thousand Miles Drunk's actions. These hundreds of Agility-focused players had stopped before entering the reeds, all of them with their eyes peeled for movement from the tall reeds, not daring to make any rash moves.
The three person team that was among the pairs of lovers fleeing had already gotten away. Looking back, they saw how the enemy did not dare to advance on Gu Fei, all of them blankly stopping right beyond the reeds.
”What are those fools doing?” Royal God Call wondered out loud.
”They've had enough of being made a fool of, so it looks like they are unable to make sense of what we are doing,” Xi Xiaotian chuckled.
”Let's forget about them. Let's hurry up and get the quest items. Magical tools used for diving, I wonder what it is?” Svelte Dancer was eager to find out.
”The biggest problem with diving is the difficulty of breathing, right? So I believe it should be something we can use that would allow us to breathe freely underwater!” Xi Xiaotian guessed.
”That sounds pretty fun,” Svelte Dancer commented.
”Let's make haste,” The three were no longer concerned with Gu Fei and sprinted off to their destination.
Gu Fei was squatting among the reeds, all alone. He had been waiting for the longest time, yet he saw no one coming over. The four large guilds had previously been completely taken advantage of when they tried to converge on Gu Fei while he was hiding among the reeds, so none of them were interested in playing with him any longer. They had all come to the same decision: They were all just waiting for their Mages to come and bombard the entire area. As the vanguards all had nothing to do at the moment, they were merely taking random potshots into the reeds as they kept their distance.
Gu Fei was left without a choice, and could only stand up to reveal his position, ”Why aren't any of you coming in?”
All he heard was the sharp whistle as a torrent of arrows sent his way in response.
Gu Fei quickly crouched for safety, Blinking away to reposition himself. He looked back and saw another wave of arrows that homed in like hornets back at the position he just evacuated from.
Nobody was willing to brave the reeds, and Gu Fei could not play on like this. Helpless, he begrudgingly took out a teleportation scroll.
A bask of white light appeared. An idiot among these vanguards cheered thunderously, ”Thousand Miles Drunk has been slain!”
”I'll slay your sister! Did anyone even attack that spot there?” Someone immediately chastised him.
”What's going on?” The guild leaders from the four large guilds were still a bundle of nerves right now!
”He ran away using a teleportation scroll,” Someone reported.
”That's trouble!!!” The four guild leaders were all dumbfounded. Now that they had completely lost any trace of their enemy once more, nobody had any idea where to go regarding their quest.
”It's all that son of a gun's fault!!” Oathless Sword was of course referring to Ye Xiaowu.
”That's right! That jerk!” The others concurred.
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Ye Xiaowu was all alone squatting in the 17th district.
He had been repeatedly targeted. As a defenseless little Priest, tricking the four guild leaders from the large guilds, why would they let him get away so easily? Before they sent him back to the nearest encampment, they had already informed the various guilds waiting. Thus, the moment Ye Xiaowu appeared in the spawn point, he had instantly become the target of a furious beating.
In no time, all 25 lives were used up, and Ye Xiaowu had essentially been removed from the event before he could even explain the situation to the four guild leaders.
Ye Xiaowu knew what Thousand Miles Drunk and the others would be doing next, but he simply did not have the power to stop them.
The four guild leaders had the power to prevent Thousand Miles Drunk and the others from completing the quest, yet they had no idea just what their next step would be.
And that was what led up to the impending tragedy.