Chapter 162 – Assassination (2/2)

If the Metalwalk book hadn’t dropped, just this Flowing Moon Sword alone was enough to exceed the payment Fatty should have gotten from luring out the boss. Too bad that Fatty needed that specific skill book.

“093, I need your intel,” walking out of the bank, Fatty opened Bai Xiaosheng093’s contact.

“OK, what do you need?” Bai Xiaosheng093 was quick to respond.

“Cloud Dragon Sailing’s movement. I need you to inform me when he leaves the city,” Fatty spoke in a serious tone.

“No problem. I know all. Since I need keep watch at all time, each bit of intel requires 150 gold coins. Since you get a 20% discount as my frequent customer, 120 would do,” Bai Xiaosheng093 neatly set the price. “If you want to know Cloud Dragon Sailing’s purpose for leaving the city, routes, and the details of people he brings; the fee is 300 gold coins, specifically 240 after the discount.”

“Alright, just tell me when he leave the city. I’ll contact you again if there’s anything else,” said Fatty.

“Understood.”

Closing Bai Xiaosheng093’s info, Fatty’s lips curved up into a cold smile. What Cloud Dragon Gang? Even if you are the best guild in Black Tortoise City, Lord Fatty can still screw you up as much as desired. Now, I only need to wait for news from Bai Xiaosheng093.

Very soon, Bai Xiaosheng093 sent a message informing Fatty that Cloud Dragon Sailing wanted to go to an area south of Black Tortoise City to grind. Fatty sent Bai Xiaosheng093 120 gold coins1 then departed atop Wheat to wait for his target at the midpoint between the grind spot and the city.

As for Cloud Dragon Sailing, he didn’t think that being killed by Fatty once was a big deal. He only felt that he had been careless to let a rogue get near him. Otherwise, he could definitely kill Fatty in a one-on-one fight.

Even so, every additional level took a mountain of effort to earn, so Cloud Dragon Sailing was a bit upset at losing a level. Cursing Fatty in his heart, he lead over 300 people out of the city to farm.

“Guild Master, just focus on grinding and don’t trouble yourself. We’ll teach that damn bastard Money Grubber a lesson in your stead,” Vice-Masters Cloud Dragon Rumblesea and Cloud Dragon Windwielder guaranteed through the communicator. Cloud Dragon Sailing nodded in satisfaction. Then, he left the city with complete confidence in his own safety.

With the majority of the players being mounted, the group numbering over 300 flashily exited the city. Several guildless players hurriedly got out of their way, afraid that the guild members would pick a fight with them out of nothing.

Here they come. Fatty didn’t have to wait long on the side of the main road. In the distance, a group of people was approaching noisily. The person at their very front was indeed guild master Cloud Dragon Sailing.

“Wheat, I’m counting on you,” Fatty patted Wheat. The latter let out a low roar before sinking underground.

“Guild Master, I’ve researched the person who bought the Waterwalk book. They’re completely unknown, and the Golden Scale Guild is looking for them as well,” a player whispered to Cloud Dragon Sailing.

“Oh? Didn’t that person kill a member of theirs? How do they not know?” Cloud Dragon Sailing was surprised.

“That person killed them as counterattack after being hit, so they didn’t leave any information. Moreover, we think that they must be a rogue who hid their identity with Disguise,” the player answered.

“So that’s why,” Cloud Dragon Sailing nodded. A brief thought flashed through his mind and connected this person to Fatty, but he quickly denied it.

BOOM. All of a sudden, a dozen of stalagmites shot out from the ground, followed by a rat, not at all smaller than Cloud Dragon Sailing’s mount appearing. The rat viciously bit his mount on the leg.

Crack. The mount’s leg snapped. Cloud Dragon Sailing could feel the mount supporting him vanished and was forced out of the mounted state as his mount returned to the pet inventory.

“What happened?” Cloud Dragon Sailing’s sudden fall during high speed caused chaos to erupt. The members behind frantically pulled back their mount for fear that they’d trample their guild master to death.

Amid of the chaos, a pointy blade glistening with a cold light pierced out from Cloud Dragon Sailing’s neck before ruthlessly swinging to the side, slashing Cloud Dragon Sailing’s throat without hesitation.

Pfff. Blood sprayed out everywhere, and it seemed that just like the last time Cloud Dragon Sailing died, all it took was one carefully placed blade.

“You… you dare… kill…” Cloud Dragon Sailing gawked at Fatty in disbelief.

Heh. Fatty snorted coldly. His right hand swung and executed a speedy Combo Attack, followed with a kick to the ribs, sending Cloud Dragon Sailing flying. The little remaining health of Fatty’s victim quickly dropped. Before his body even hit the ground, he disappeared in white light.

“Him, it’s him! Money Grubber, he killed our guild master!”

The large group of people was tangled in a mess. Some tried to stop their mounts from colliding with others, others wanted to rush out from the clutter, and another portion of people directly abandoned their mounts and prepared to attack.

“Not good enough,” Fatty’s lips curved up. Then, he vanished.

Boom, boom. When the players’ attacks finally landed, there was no sign of Fatty. The group looked dumbly at one another before they finally sent a message to Vice-Masters Cloud Dragon Rumblesea and Cloud Dragon Windwielder.

“What? There are so many of you, yet you let the Guild Master die before your eyes?”

The two were so angry that their noses almost exploded. Although their guild was the side who started actively looking for the opponent, their target took the initiative to find them and kill their guild master. Even worse, they allowed the enemy to escape despite absolutely outnumbering him. If news of this got out, the Cloud Dragon Gang would lose any face they had left after their guild master was killed by one person the first time.

“All of you, follow me,” Cloud Dragon Rumblesea called out when everyone returned to the city. Still at the respawn point, they saw their guild master, Cloud Dragon Sailing, who had only been standing around for a short amount of time. He was gripping his fist, his entire body trembling.

“Immediately send people to hunt him down. Kill him! I want him slaughtered until he returns to the Beginner’s Village. Massacre him back to level 0!” Seeing his subordinates walking over, Cloud Dragon Sailing shrieked loudly, completely ignoring the strange looks he got from the unaffiliated players around him.

1. Fatty only needed the time, the additional info was a small bonus from 093 so price was still 120.↩