Chapter 59 – The Crafty City Lord (1/2)

“Fatty, what should we do?” Liu Lan looked at Fatty anxiously.

“Take a look at the geezer,” Fatty indicated the guild masters to look at the viscount.

“What about him?” the guild masters were rather annoyed after hearing that they did everything for nothing. When they heard Fatty’s words, they immediately looked towards the old man, but didn’t notice anything wrong.

“Look at his name,” Fatty gave them a hint.

“Viscount Linkin. I don’t see anything wrong with it?” Liu Lan asked with confusion thick in her voice.

“Red! It’s red! It was white just earlier, and now it’s red!” Fierce Dragon TheTalent said quietly.

“What do you mean red?” Jiangdong’s LittleOverlord asked in confusion.

East Gate BlowingWind immediately understood. “His name is red, that means we can attack him!”

Can attack? The other guild masters’ eyes lit up at his words.

“Rally your people and hurry!” Fierce Dragon TheTalent called out softly, then immediately took out his communicator. The other guild masters also did the same and gave similar orders.

“Warriors, why have you lot not left yet? Is there something else?” Linkin looked at the players.

“Oh, my lord, although the mine has been reclaimed, a very important problem has not been dealt with,” Fatty spoke slowly.

“Very important matter has not been dealt with? What is it?” Linkin looked at Fatty in confusion.

“Do you even know why the bat swarm took over this place? It’s because there is a crack in space, which opens up to the Demon Realm, allowing them to absorb the powers of the Demon Realm. That’s why, although the bat swarm has been chased away, they will return,” Fatty’s words were not a complete lie. There was a crack leading to the Demon Realm, but the bat swarms might not actually return.

“What? What should I do!?” Linkin yelled frantically. “I just reclaimed the mine, am I going to be shamed again? No, I will not permit it. Damn it, what should I do? If I lose the mine again, then that damn Lin Xi will not return the mine to me when its reclaimed once again.”

As Linkin muttered to himself, 500 people from each of the five major guilds hurried over, forming a 2500 player strong army.

“Huh? So many people now? What are you lot trying to do?” Linkin suddenly noticed something amiss. When he looked up, he saw him and his 200 subordinates get surrounded by a large group of players just like a little lamb surrounded by a wolf pack.

“Hah, what do you think we want?” Jiangdong’s LittleOverlord spat on the ground. “F*cking hell, we worked so hard to finish the mission, then you f*cking came out of nowhere to take our rewards. Tsk, do you really think we can be pushed around like this?”

“I am a viscount that the kingdom officially recognizes. You dare to do something to me!?” Linkin yelled. Yet, when he saw the looks of disdain on the players’ faces, he immediately shrunk his neck. “Uhm… heroes. Let’s take it easy. Take it easy…”

“Who wants to take it easy? Guys, let’s start. We’ve got trouble to take care of outside,” Fierce Dragon TheTalent said quietly. Nearly half of Black Tortoise City’s guilds were waiting eagerly on the flank. They will enter the moment Drucker leads the NPC army away, and that meant another fierce fight for the five guilds.

“Attack,” the guild masters gave their orders determinedly.

2500 players attacking together was a real scene to behold. Although most of the attacks did not land on Linkin and his private army, the small portion that did hit them instantly engulfed them.

“Ahhh, you dare to attack a viscount of the kingdom!? His Majesty will not let you off!” Linkin let out a final wail as his life ended.

Although there were no drops from killing all the NPCs, the guild masters cared not for that, as their people waiting outside said that Black Tortoise City’s army has left, so the various guilds are preparing to enter the cave.

“Let’s go. It’ll depend on you guys to see whether you can actually keep your turf,” Fierce Dragon TheTalent said plainly, then led the Fierce Dragon Gang away.

As the guilds all left to claim and defend their territories, only Fatty was left with the equally bored God Familia and TheFugitive.

“Brother Grubber, what are you doing to do now?” HeadofGod asked the bored Fatty with a smile.

Although HeadofGod was a rogue, he did look rather good. If there was any ‘flaw’ about him, then it would be that he looked thirty something.

“Just going to turn in the mission. Ahhh, I’m so bored,” Fatty stretched. This mission better give me something good for doing it. Not only did I have to spend so many days on it, I caused everyone to drop one level too.

“What are you guys going to do?” Fatty asked the God Familia when he saw them checking the state of their equipment.

“Hehe, we’re going to settle some personal grudges,” HeadofGod smiled evilly. Fatty instantly understood. They’re probably going to fight the Ice Rose Alliance again. I wonder what sort of grudge do they actually have with the Ice Rose Alliance? Not only did they kill Ice Witch and Rosethorn twice, they ended up dying twice too.

“Then, see you,” Fatty nodded, then disappeared into stealth.

…

When he arrived at where the old skeleton was, Fatty could tell that the old skeleton was very excited. In fact, even though the old skeleton didn’t have a heart anymore, Fatty was still kind of worried that the old skeleton would suddenly have a heart attack and die on him.

“Thank you so much, young traveler. Thank you so so much,” the old skeleton seemed a lot brighter as he looked at the torchlight in the surrounding areas. “Black Tortoise City’s equipment need can be satisfied now that the mine has been reclaimed. We no longer have to be afraid of a war.”