790 Chapter 790 - Statemen (2/2)
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After Black Index Finger respawned in the Warrior Encampment and learned that Gu Fei had managed to escape completely unscathed, going so far as to leave behind threatening words to his men, even he felt somewhat shaken by it. But there was no way that he would show this in front of his comrades, so he had no choice but to act, spitting out over the guild channel with extreme contempt, ”Tsk. That guy had only gotten lucky and killed me twice. I refuse to believe that his treachery would succeed each and every time. I dare him to come and kill me again.”
”Boss, he might have already left to do that,” someone answered.
”What? You guys saw him?” Black Index Finger was astonished.
”No, we didn't. But we did see Svelte Dancer leave, and the direction she ran off to seemed to be heading toward the Warrior Encampment. Could they not be thinking of meeting up to find you?” This underling of his continued to provide evidence to his claim.
Black Index Finger was scared sh*tl*ss by this point, but he continued to calm himself, ”Very good. Then we shall gather here too, and we can have a fight to the death.”
The meaning behind the words he said had already revealed Black Index Finger's inner panic. The enemy that they were up against were no more than two players. He was in a spawn point right now, and there were plenty of men stationed outside. However, he still wanted his men to gather, and even wanted to have a fight to the death with them… Despite the fact they were just a pair of players.
However, the players from The Black Hand Syndicate were still aware that even though their guild leader would be safe there, he would have to end up requiring them to put in the work for a bit. As such, they departed for the Warrior Encampment as well, at the same time praying in their hearts nonstop, Please don't slay me, Thousand Miles Drunk. Please don't slay me, Thousand Miles Drunk.
Given the movement speed both Gu Fei and Svelte Dancer possessed, they had very quickly made it to a location near the Warrior Encampment. The enemy had quite a comprehensive positioning for the ambush over by the spawn point, and it was similar to what they had done over by the Priest Academy before; there were players who had their faces covered, as well as those who were not. At present, the players who were masked were out in the open, while those who did not cover their faces were the real threats looking to harm their targets without alerting them.
Gu Fei was crazy! He did not care if there was an ambush or otherwise, he simply walked right in. Svelte Dancer was originally hesitant making the same move, but she had always enjoyed competing with Gu Fei, so the moment she saw how the man did not have a shred of fear in him, she took a step out and wanted to do the same, only for Gu Fei to pull her back, ”hold it!”
”What?! He's about to run.”
”His men are all inside, why would he need to run? I'm certain he has planned a trap here. Be careful.” Gu Fei said.
”Look, there's two of them there again,” Svelte Dancer pointed. She had already discovered two players with their faces covered.
Gu Fei was looking all around their surroundings. It was still a little difficult to identify if the players around them were just ordinary players or if they were the enemy. But the moment he saw that the players with their faces covered had run off the moment they spotted him instead of coming over to confront him, it became rather obvious that they wanted him to step right into a trap of some sort, so of course it was not his intention to fall for this at all. Seeing three players run off to their right, Gu Fei intentionally chose not to go in that direction, pulling Svelte Dancer along to head left instead.
”Where are we going?” Svelte Dancer asked.
”There most definitely must be an ambush lying in wait for us there. Let's head over this way to take a look first, see what sort of tricks they are up to. I refuse to believe that they would still be able to move their men and surround us right under my nose,” Gu Fei said.
Svelte Dancer was a little confused after hearing his explanation, but she nevertheless followed Gu Fei to head left. Searching for a position, the two had their backs against each other, beginning to stand still and not move.
”Are we just gonna foolishly stand here?” Svelte Dancer asked.
”You're so uncouth. This is called preventing a move through tranquility,” Gu Fei said.
”How so?” Svelte Dancer was unconvinced.
”Because we are tranquil, that is why they would not dare to make a move,” Gu Fei explained.
”Why not?”
”Because if they do not have their faces covered, I would be able to memorize their faces, so what will they do if I hunt them down after? It's too scary a possibility,” Gu Fei said.
”You're so shameless,” Svelte Dancer chided.
However, what Gu Fei had said was not in the least bit wrong; the enemy was almost going crazy wanting to make their move against Gu Fei. They had come up with all sorts of tactics and strategies, and the most important factor out of them all was not to alert their targets of their presence. Because of Gu Fei's fast movement speed, he would be able to escape at the sign of the slightest trouble. Even if they used players with higher movement speed than him, the fact that Thousand Miles Drunk possessed Blink meant that he could very easily scale up to the roofs as he had demonstrated time and time again. Conversely, they would have to move ladders in order to give chase; how could they ever compete?
They must most assuredly surround him completely and kill him. Only when he had no way of escaping would they have any chance of killing the man. There was no use mobilizing just a handful of men against him to try and stall for time.
They were speaking from their bloodsoaked combat experience, and their conclusion was right on the money. Unfortunately for them, Gu Fei had seen through it. When those three masked individuals had run off after spotting Gu Fei, their goal was indeed to lure Gu Fei to chase after them, to end up barging into an encirclement that they would then be able to have him completely surrounded without any way of escaping, subsequently killing him. In the end, Gu Fei did not fall for their trick, and went in the opposite direction instead. As a result, the bunch of them that were prepared to bare their fangs and claws were all stuck. It was exactly as what Gu Fei had said; these people who did not have their faces covered did not dare to reveal their identities so easily. What would they do if Thousand Miles Drunk were to take his revenge on them? They must be 100% certain that Thousand Miles Drunk could be slain if they were to reveal their identities, as he would only no longer be a threat when they could ensure they were able to kill him until his account was rendered useless. But in their current situation, Thousand Miles Drunk had not even lost a strand of hair on himself, and he was even holding his sword at the ready, which was why none of these men dared to make a move. All of them merely continued acting the parts that they were assigned, as if nothing had happened at all. The players who had their faces covered were scratching their heads all over the place, trying to draw Gu Fei's attention to make him chase them, only to find Gu Fei looking at them with a smile on his face, addressing Svelte Dancer, ”Is it fun?”
”What fun?”
”Look at how flustered they are without either of us doing anything,” Gu Fei said with bemusement.
”We may not have to do anything right now, but we will have to move eventually! Those men from The Black Hand Syndicate could still make their way over, right?” Svelte Dancer said.
”I reckon they would be here soon.”
”So won't we still be fleeing when they arrive?”
”Yeah.”
”Then what's the point of coming all the way out here in the first place?”
”See, you're not keenly observing your surroundings; Black Index Finger has poked his head out thirteen times over there by the Warrior Encampment since we arrived, and every time he would shrink his head back once he caught a glimpse of us. My plan to scare him is still very successful,” Gu Fei said.
”What's the use of just scaring him like this? When you were up on the rooftops tooting your own horn, the people below were still perfectly fine and did not act like your ex-guildmates in Extremely Heaven Defying. Just how many people ended up leaving then?” Svelte Dancer taunted.
”It is a matter of time before they leave the guild. You gotta be patient,” Gu Fei replied.
”Look, here they come. Why don't you go ask if any of them wish to quit their guild?!” The horde of players from The Black Hand Syndicate was already hurrying over in the direction where Svelte Dancer was facing.
”Oh, could they be looking to pincer us?” Gu Fei suddenly realized the players who did not have their faces covered were ready to start causing trouble.
”You toyed with them too much!” Svelte Dancer was in sorrow.
”Don't panic.”
”What do we do now?”
”Kill our way out, of course!”