788 Chapter 788 - Digging his own grave (2/2)

The first idea that Young Master Han had was for him to probe the authenticity of these workshops, and he had retained a teleportation scroll from the various workshops. Seeing that the opportunity was now ripe for the picking, he immediately began using them and inspected the various locations.

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Back to Svelte Dancer, the lady was of course no simpleton. She had initially used her Stealth in order to blend into the crowd without anyone being any the wiser. Even though maintaining Stealth to follow those two NPCs as they continued forward was an excellent idea, in the event that any of the random players out there coincidentally possessed some means to detect Stealth, she would be very quickly snuffed out and there was essentially no explanation she could provide that would not be suspicious in the least.

That was why the best method would still be as Gu Fei had suggested: Svelte Dancer needed to take advantage of this chaos while everyone was not paying any attention to what was happening here to blend in and slowly edge on closer to the target.

Making this more convenient for Svelte Dancer was also an order that the enemy had given.

When Gu Fei had suddenly appeared, even though he acted as if he was determined to fight to the death, any slightly normal human being would not believe that Gu Fei was going to fight off this overwhelming number of players all at once. Forget about his strength, the enemy would all remember the 30 PK points limit that Gu Fei would have to keep within.

As a result, when Gu Fei suddenly came out to provoke them, all of them had viewed it as his attempt to expend their manpower, and they had also thought that he was trying to cause a diversion so as to create a chance for his guildmates in Jail to escape.

Of course, it was impossible for them to swagger on out and leave, but as long as they have those few seconds of being free of attack when they get out, they would then be able to use teleportation scrolls to get away.

As a result, while they kept chasing after Gu Fei, the troop leaders were also calmly giving orders, gathering sizable firepower over by the entrance of the Jail. They had essentially sent a portion of their forces to go after Gu Fei, while another portion of them was gathered outside the Jail.

Svelte Dancer used this opportunity to head in the same direction without alerting anyone else. They simply treated her as another player who had received the same orders to head toward the Jail entrance like everyone else.

As Svelte Dancer made her way toward the entrance, her eyes were locked on the two guards. These players were completely unprepared for these two city guards. When the two city guards turned away from where everyone was heading and were no longer moving toward the Jail entrance, but was instead approaching the group of players where Black Index Finger was huddled within, nobody thought anything about it. Everyone had even taken the initiative to let the pair pass whenever they crossed paths.

By now, Svelte Dancer could already tell which of the players was Black Index Finger. As the guild leader, everyone else was subconsciously standing around the man with him at the center of the circle. The closer she got to Black Index Finger's position, the more orderly the players were positioned. And in the middle of this formation, standing there with his sword planted to the ground was none other than Black Index Finger.

Having already sighted her target, Svelte Dancer no longer had the need to follow the city guards. Looking all around, she searched for a suitable angle for her to execute her sudden attack, slowly but surely shuffling her way over.

Closer and closer…

Svelte Dancer very anxiously counted the distance between Black Index Finger and the two city guards, and when she pretended to pass by and enter the circle of players from The Black Hand Syndicate, no one seemed to be paying any attention to her presence.

They attacked!

Svelte Dancer saw the two guards pulling out their swords and slashing out in unison all of a sudden, activating their Charge promptly as they stampeded toward Black Index Finger.

This unforeseen attack was truly too abrupt; nobody had expected these two NPCs to suddenly attack as they did. Even those that watched the two city guards pull out their swords and Charge out were still puzzled, ”Just what are those two NPCs doing?”

Aside from someone with inhuman reaction time, there was basically no one out there that could successfully dodge this sort of unexpected attack. Unfortunately for Black Index Finger, he did not have this capability, so he had essentially reacted like everyone else. He had also wondered to himself just what the two NPC guards were trying to accomplish, only to end up being on the receiving end of their Charge there and then.

Black Index Finger was instantaneously sprawling on the ground when both blows connected, but he was not sent flying by the force of their attacks. This clearly demonstrated to everyone that the strength these two city guards possessed was average at best. Ironically, this was the fact that caused everyone to become suspicious. Many of them began shouting out ”we've got spies among us” as others cried out ”Who's there?”. There were even some who attempted their Appraisal skill on the two NPCs.

The results stated they were 100% city guards. There were no doubts that either of them were NPCs. But if that was true, just what sort of city guards would actually be so weak? Did the twin Charge from both guards only create enough force to send Black Index Finger eating dirt?

The whole lot of them were about to dash in and finish off the two guards when someone suddenly yelled, ”Don't make a move!”

At the same time the shout rang out, the man turned toward Black Index Finger, ”Is this a quest?”

When Black Index Finger heard this, he instantly connected the dots and realized what he meant. For two NPCs to appear out of nowhere, yet they possessed a level of strength that was no different from the normal city guards, attacking for no rhyme or reason; what else could this be, if not a quest?

Black Index Finger quickly pulled up his quest log, yet he did not make any discoveries. However, could this be a quest that would only be accepted after he got killed by the two city guards?

Black Index Finger was thinking about this as he got up to his feet. Presently, the two guards were being surrounded by the rest of the players, unable to get within reach of him.

But Svelte Dancer had already seized this opportunity. In that instant when Black Index Finger would be attacked, a huge number of players had sprung out to lend a hand. Depending on her high movement speed, Svelte Dancer had very quickly seized the initiative and was already right next to Black Index Finger. It was just that she had not expected the two little city guards to have been so weak, and seeing the lack of panic or fear on Black Index Finger's face after everything, she could tell that there was a very high chance that he might very well have enough strength to take on the two city guards by himself.

This is going to be difficult… Svelte Dancer thought to herself. Given how weak these two guards were, there was no way that they would be able to break out from the encirclement after being surrounded, so how would she even get the opportunity to deal the final blow like what Gu Fei had planned? Was she supposed to attack right now? There were still many Priests positioned near Black Index Finger right now, and given that he was a Warrior with the support of so many Priests healing him, her burst damage would not be enough to insta-kill Black Index Finger outright. In the end, all she would accomplish from attacking prematurely would be dying for nothing.

Svelte Dancer thought about this in greater detail and figured that she did not even have the chance of suiciding herself in order to take down the enemy at the same time, which meant there was a chance that this situation remained unresolved. This was a particularly embarrassing situation, but no matter how terrible it was, Svelte Dancer had no choice but to helplessly admit to Gu Fei, ”I don't got any chance here.”

Gu Fei had already escaped from his pursuers by now and was presently waiting for an update from either Young Master Han or Svelte Dancer. The message from the lady was the first to arrive, and the moment he received bad news, Gu Fei had very humanely shown his concern for Svelte Dancer's well-being, ”Are you okay?”

”I'm fine, but I don't have an opening to make the move. Those two city guards were simply too weak and were completely unlike the normal city guards we would see,” Svelte Dancer answered.

Gu Fei sighed, ”Then you better make your getaway then. Don't let yourself get caught.”

”Wait a minute, I see a chance!” Svelte Dancer suddenly blurted out.

”What?”

”Looks like Black Index Finger is digging his own grave!!” Svelte Dancer was very excited. This was because she had very clearly overheard Black Index Finger instruct everyone to let the two city guards pass, expressing his desire to solo the city guards.

”No heals. There's no need to help me. These two aren't that strong and there are no indicators of any sort about triggering the quest. What if there was a hidden condition for players to solo and defeat the two guards? It would truly be quite the disaster if anyone ends up jeopardizing this by helping me,” Black Index Finger pointed out.

Everyone nodded their heads with much understanding. It was not that Parallel World did not have such quests. When it required players to solo a quest, the ensuing expectation would be for the player to not be in a part or group, nor should they receive any aid from anyone passing by. Heals from a Priest would of course be seen as a form of help, so that would disqualify the solo aspect as well.

Everyone backed away a good distance, giving Black Index Finger the space to demonstrate his prowess. Black Index Finger was also very confident in his capabilities. He was a Warrior, so it was only natural for him to be familiar with the Charge skill. After taking the two consecutive blows, he instantly had a grasp of the damage that the two NPCs could dish out. He figured it was not difficult for him to take on the two unless their HP was so disgustingly bloated to the point that it was completely illogical, he would then figuratively cross that bridge when he got there.

After the two city guards made their way out from the encirclement, they immediately came lunging toward Black Index Finger. This in turn made him all the more convinced that this was a quest that belonged solely to him, so he took the initiative to attack with his Charge. This move sent one of the two city guards flying upon contact, eliciting a round of applause from the onlookers, cheering for their guild leader's bravery.

The other city guard cleaved with his sword, and Black Index Finger had actually evaded this attack by ducking. He retaliated with a slash of his own onto the city guard's waist. NPCs would of course react like how an NPC would, ignoring that one attack like it meant nothing as it continued to lash out with a cut from its sword. This time, Black Index Finger did not dodge the attack, taking the attack squarely on his chest, but he maintained his easy smile, showing how a single attack was not enough to scare him off.

Both sides began a fierce back and forth with their swords, and when the guard that Black Index Finger had first sent flying came running back into the fray, he ducked the entirety of his body, activating his Cyclone as a sharp cut that sang out. That city guard which had spent quite some time entangled in combat with Black Index Finger was the first to succumb to his pressure and died on the spot.