759 Chapter 759 - Goal (2/2)

Broken Water Arrow was speechless. Expecting these players to be as accomplished and possess the tacit understanding that he and his war buddies shared was far too unrealistic, so all he could do was endure this.

”Quick, hurry up, those who can jump do so!” Broken Water Arrow beckoned to the players behind. There were still quite a few Archers and Thieves who were now all in front of the players, taking this opportunity to dash on down first.

”Non-stop! Homing Projectiles!” Broken Water Arrow was gritting his teeth this time as he emphasized the word 'non-stop', hoping the newcomers would understand what he was trying to do. It just so happened that these newcomers were all from Traversing Four Seas, so they were able to mesh well together coordinating their arrows. Upon hearing the order, they each took turns, one after another to send their Homing Projectiles at Thousand Miles Drunk.

Gu Fei was being inundated with all these arrows, and there was still the spell bombardment from the Mages right in front of him, leaving him somewhat at a loss as to what he could do. Then there were also the players up on the stone steps hurrying down; The Mages and Archers from the specialty teams of Carouse and Traversing Four Seas respectively were slowly able to coordinate with the forces tacitly. Gu Fei was spinning to his left and twirling to his right, keeping away from the encroaching flames but unable to find a chance to take the fight into melee range. He could not cast any AoE spells of his own in retaliation either, only able to cast his Thunderbolt at best as he was kept moving in order to avoid getting caught up in all the attacks. However, his Thunderbolts were soon made useless as well once the enemy's Priests slowly joined in the fight.

At the end of the day, Thunderbolt was considered to be the weakest out of all the Lightning Affinity spells players could learn, and not everyone would be insta-kill by that one little spell. Now that they had the support of Priests Healing, Thunderbolt was no more than just a tickle.

”Push onward, move forward!” Broken Water Arrow shouted. He delivered all his tactical positioning via his voice, and he was not afraid of Gu Fei listening in. This was all because his tactics were all out in the open, so even if Gu Fei was unable to hear it, he could very well understand what was going on just with his own two eyes.

”Professionals sure are different,” Gu Fei was helpless. He simply could not find any opportunity now that he was being pressured from all sides. With a quick glance to his left and right, he quickly spotted an area of inky blackness and Blinked over, melding into the safety of the darkness almost immediately.

”He's gone!” The players were all disconcerted.

”He's around here somewhere!” Broken Water Arrow was rather alert. ”Take note of all the dark corners.”

And so, all the Mages began to act like flashlights, tossing their Fireballs in every direction, throwing one to every bit of darkness in sight. The entire space looked like someone was setting off fireworks, a light show in every angle of the room; it would be dark over on one side while another lit up with a varying degree of brightness every so often.

Under this intermittently faint lighting, the players down below were finally able to make out the thing that was in the middle of the place… But all they could do was make out the device, and no one actually knew what it was. It was cylindrical in shape, standing up right. Upon closer inspection, they more or less realized it was not a cylinder, but several cylinders put together, some thick and some thin that went straight to the top. Nobody could see clearly beyond that, however.

”How are we doing the quest?” Wing had abruptly appeared beside Broken Water Arrow, asking him about their next step.

”Uh… I haven't been here before. I'll have to take a look,” Broken Water Arrow said.

”Is that how we're doing this?” Brave Surge suddenly popped out of nowhere. Ever since the ownership of the quest had been decided, the guild leader who had plenty of ideas had been treading water, essentially invisible to the entire matter.

”Guild leader Surge, just what do you mean?” Broken Water Arrow messaged him in return because he was not speaking openly, but he had actually sent a message to Broken Water Arrow.

”Heh, I understand what you're intending to do,” Brave Surge said.

”What do you mean by that?” Broken Water Arrow asked again.

”Blowing up that tunnel doesn't seem to be the decisive aspect of this quest. There's still more follow-ups to this quest, but it looks like only Colored Clouds can finish it. Does that not mean that there's something else that Colored Clouds has that could only be used in our current situation?” Brave Surge said.

”That's right,” Broken Water Arrow replied.

”However, you and Fleeting Smile have always been prioritizing Thousand Miles Drunk this entire time. The truth of the matter is, in order to stop him from completing his quest, aside from finishing the quest before he does, we still have another choice: Killing him,” Brave Surge said.

”That's accurate.”

”And the two of you don't seem willing to reveal information that neither of you should reveal. As such, in our current situation, you're hoping to kill Thousand Miles Drunk in order to stop him from finishing the quest, and helping the city assaulters' forces with this quest is actually the last resort you're forced to fall back on after all your other options are exhausted. Am I right?”

”Yes…” Broken Water Arrow did not expect Brave Surge to have seen through his intentions, so he did not refute this. Indeed, under the current circumstances where they could take down Thousand Miles Drunk before he ruined the quest, Broken Water Arrow would then not be required to leak any information to the city assaulters.

”Heh, I'll help you,” Brave Surge said.

”Oh?” Broken Water Arrow was a little surprised.

”That would also be an outcome that I would find most favorable as well,” Brave Surge said. ”I've already sent for even more manpower to come over.”

Broken Water Arrow thought about this for a moment, and could only laugh bitterly. Humans! At the end of the day, all they care about is their own interests. Brave Surge did not wish for Thousand Miles Drunk's quest completion to cause the city assaulters to fail the event, but at the same time, he was unwilling to let Colored Clouds or any other guild gain any sort of advantage. As such, he had been secretly watching the situation develop this whole time, and he had finally stumbled unto the opportunity that he had been waiting for. Broken Water Arrow believed that what Brave Surge had said just now was just him probing for a confirmation. The latter had not been certain if that was what the former intended, but it was very obvious that Brave Surge had already seen through what both Fleeting Smile and Broken Water Arrow wanted, so even if that was not what they had originally planned, Brave Surge had ended up hinting at Broken Water Arrow of the possibility at that moment.

With extra reinforcements making their way over, Broken Water Arrow was now reassured. He shall do his best to kill Thousand Miles Drunk right here, which was why Broken Water Arrow did not need to help Colored Clouds complete the quest any longer.

Flames were still being set off like fireworks, yet no one had caught sight of Thousand Miles Drunk anywhere. Broken Water Arrow looked over to the players occupied with their spellcasting and suddenly realized: Are they really trying to find Thousand Miles Drunk?

Each of them was running to the places that were lit up, touching everything, looking, tapping and searching…

They are not looking for Thousand Miles Drunk; they are looking for the quest… All of them had not given up the chance of prying the quest away till the very end.

So what about the players who were really conscientiously searching for Thousand Miles Drunk? They were all players from Colored Clouds. All of them knew the quest was in their hands, which was why they were completely focused on searching for their biggest obstacle. But honestly? If they were to locate Thousand Miles Drunk and finish him off, I would not be revealing anything about the quest to them instead… Thinking about this, Broken Water Arrow really wished to slap himself, for he suddenly felt that the role he was playing was utterly repulsive.

”What are you doing?” Someone was suddenly right beside Broken Water Arrow, talking to him. Turning to look, he saw that the newcomer was Young Master Han. He was momentarily stunned before he said, ”I've never been here before, so I've only heard the description of this place. I want to look for the next link for the quest… but it's too dark.”

I need to keep my distance from this person... Broken Water Arrow thought to himself. After he uttered that line, Broken Water Arrow ran off to find someone to hand him a torch, acting like he was looking all around the place to find the quest.

”What's going on?” Gu Xiaoshang walked over to Young Master Han and asked.

”Is everyone here?” Young Master Han asked her.

”They are all rushing over here. What's the problem?” Gu Xiaoshang asked.

”It's that guy! Do you really think he's searching for the quest? He's actually trying to find Thousand Miles Drunk,” Young Master Han revealed.

”Why?”

”Because his real goal is to prevent Thousand Miles Drunk from completing his quest. Helping complete the quest for us is just one way for them to do so, and it appears as if he doesn't really like this option right now,” Young Master Han explained.