Chapter 536: Chapter 536 – Online
Translator: Exodus Tales Editor: Exodus Tales
The losses Cool Apple incurred from this one death was indeed as regrettable as what everybody had expected. He had lost his Assassin Job Class Advancent, and the faction which he could join only after getting an advanced job class was gone as well. As a result, the Assassin skill, Shadowstep, that he had learned from joining the faction was also gone. Disappearing along with it was the condition skill ‘Assassin’s Acuity’ that he had learned upon becoming an Assassin; this skill raised his ability to fight. Furthermore, Cool Apple’s dagger had the Shadowstep skill in it, but the wielder had to be an Assassin for it to be usable. Now that he had devolved into being a re Thief, it was no longer a skill he had access to...
Cool Apple needed not to account for these losses, for he was already certain of the cost that ca with this one death. It was difficult for him not to feel a little disheartened as he trudged out of the spawn point. Now that he had lost that level, he knew that there was no way he would have a shred of chance in defeating an expert like Sword Demon. Very soon, the man found himself doing the sa thing Sword Demon was currently doing. Striding off with great determination under the falling leaves, the man headed deep into the jungle surrounding Linyin City.
Questing and grinding.
These were the two most common thods to obtain experience. Comparing the two, most players would prefer the forr as they would at least be involved with a variety of activities. It was completely different from the drab and boring act of withdrawing into so part of a grinding map and grinding on monsters.
However, to experts like Sword Demon and the others, they usually stuck to the grinding thod. As players with the skill and equipnt, their efficiency when it ca to grinding monsters was a step above the masses. Quests? Those depended on what sorts of rewards were offered, or when they were truly put off by grinding on monsters and needed to do sothing different to get themselves adjusted.
Finally, evening ca, and the chief culprit of everything that had happened today between the two opposing parties, the legendary ga-breaker, Thousand Miles Drunk, got online. The system was fair, so this single news was sent to both parties online: [Your friend, Thousand Miles Drunk, is online.]
Having been away for the whole day, Gu Fei naturally had no idea of all the things that had happened in-ga. His thoughts when he entered Parallel World were still about that mistake and awkwardness with Deep Waters, Broken Water Arrow, and the others, wondering just how he could deal with the matter. In the end, a torrential succession of ssages ca in rapid-fire the mont he stepped into the ga.
Over the channel and private ssages, everybody was all chattering at the sa ti.
“What happened?” Gu Fei asked.
Everyone was talking at once, so Gu Fei was only able to make sense of what had transpired after a fashion.
“Our preliminary conjecture is that even if this person isn’t a ga employee, he should at least have connections to the company. He holds plenty of information about the ga that most players don’t have access to, and that is his most powerful weapon. I’ve already relayed this matter to the GM online, and even the various avenues players can lodge complaints to, but I have yet to receive a reply from them about the matter.” Brother Assist concluded his report.
“Fleeting Smile?” Gu Fei asked.
“What?” Everybody was confused.
“That Priest you just ntioned. Is his na Fleeting Smile?” Gu Fei asked.
“Ah? You know the man?”
“Indeed, I do know soone who claims that he is a ga employee, and he goes by the IGN ‘Fleeting Smile’. I believe his job class is a Priest,” Gu Fei recalled. It had been quite so ti since he had last t Ye Xiaowu. Back then, Gu Fei’s level of expertise in gaming was nowhere near his current understanding of it, so the thought of using Appraisal did not even cross his mind, nor did he have any in-depth knowledge when it ca to a player’s equipnt. Recalling what he could with the aid of what he had learned about the ga so far, Gu Fei reckoned that the gear Ye Xiaowu was wearing back then seed to belong to the Priest job class.
“Wait a minute. That na sounds a little familiar.” Brother Assist suddenly had a vague impression of sothing and quickly began to flip through the recording book he had with him. Soon, he found the na. It was precisely the IGN of that player who had been ahead of Thousand Miles Drunk on the experience efficiency leaderboards a long ti ago.
“No wonder!” Now that he was so familiar with Gu Fei, Brother Assist knew the latter was able to grind on monsters at a terrifying rate. Thus, for a player to top that, and a Priest to boot, Brother Assist only held great reverence for this person who had been etched in his mind all this while. It all made perfect sense now. Since that player turned out to be a ga employee, it was only naturally for him to locate the fastest and most appropriate ans of leveling given the extensive in-ga knowledge he possessed.
“Hey. He’s online! Wait; let ask the man himself!” Gu Fei suddenly said this. Everybody was flabbergasted. F*ck*ng hell. The two of them even have each other as friends?
“Haven’t heard from you in so long. What’s all that about?” Gu Fei was simple and direct. He greeted the man but also asked what he had on his mind.
“I reckon your friends have already filled you in on what’s happened. Your existence is ga-breaking in this world, so I must stop you,” Ye Xiaowu replied.
“Then, just delete my account. What has this gotta do with Sword Demon and the others?” Gu Fei was of course inford of Sword Demon’s loss of level earlier that day.
It was this question of his that had undoubtedly hit Ye Xiaowu’s raw nerve. Had he been the one making the decisions, Gu Fei would have long since lost his account. Why would he have waited until he had lost his job before he took action? It was precisely because of this that Ye Xiaowu had beco all the more resolute in his decision to eliminate Gu Fei – not even hesitating to give up on the scruples he was once so proud of.
It’s because I’m no longer a ga employee. Ye Xiaowu said this to himself. He had chosen to resign from his job because he felt that his identity as a ga employee would beco an impedance to what he was about to do in-ga. Giving up on that identity of his was akin to discarding a set of shackles that hindered him.
Ye Xiaowu had plenty of thoughts running through his mind montarily, so he had actually forgotten to give a reply to Gu Fei’s question. The latter got impatient and fired off another ssage. Ye Xiaowu opened it and saw a string of numbers.
“What’re these?” Ye Xiaowu was a little perplexed.
“Those are my coordinates. Co and find directly!” Gu Fei urged.
You g*dd*mn noob... Ye Xiaowu was annoyed. He needed a comma to separate the string of numbers that comprised his coordinates. Sending all the numbers without doing so made them seem like a contact number, instead.
“I know you’re very strong,” Ye Xiaowu replied. “In a one-versus-one duel, no one has the chance of beating you.”
“Doesn’t matter. Send 10 or 20 n over; I’m fine with it. The more the rrier!” Gu Fei declared.
Ye Xiaowu wanted to curse the man down the whole street. Look at how ridiculously outrageous this is! There’s no way for there to be balance with such a ga-breaking entity. With that thought in mind, Ye Xiaowu firmly closed the conversation window with Gu Fei. He had his thods of rectifying the man, so what was the point of continuing this back and forth with him?
In truth, up against Sword Demon and the average players, Ye Xiaowu could leverage on his knowledge of this ga to contend with them, but his ‘ability’ was no good against a player like Gu Fei. Gu Fei might also use spells and skills in-ga, but the way he used them was very abnormal. His ingenious expertise had already transcended what the ga designers had thought they could be used for. Take that Twin Incineration spell as an example; when it was used in tandem with Gu Fei’s revolving footwork, it ended up like a Cyclone... Ye Xiaowu had never once considered this possibility. Was he even able to see through the flaw in Gu Fei’s martial arts like how he could reveal the weakness of Sword Demon’s Shadowmist Assault?
The strength that Gu Fei possessed, the greatest advantage the man had, was all thanks to the kung fu he knew and nothing else.
Ye Xiaowu’s superiority lay in his in-depth knowledge of the ga; he was utterly clueless when it ca to kung fu itself.
That was why at this current stage, he did not dare to carelessly challenge Gu Fei in a one-versus-one PvP. It was as the saying went. Facing off against Gu Fei, he would have to outsmart the man and not attempt to overpower him.
Ye Xiaowu pondered on these questions as he ignored the few more ssages Gu Fei had sent over. Right now, he was dealing with the bigger headache of Cool Apple losing his level. No one was more acquainted than Ye Xiaowu just how huge the gap between a level 39 and 40 was, and it seed that Cool Apple had gone offline for the ti being. While they had successfully dropped Sword Demon’s level by one, his party had also lost an important combat power.
Back over to Gu Fei, he tried firing a few more ssages and saw that Ye Xiaowu was no longer replying. Thus, he glumly told the other mbers of Young Master’s Elite: “He’s ignoring now.”
“You guys are... friends?” They were all shocked.
“We’ve t quite a few tis before,” Gu Fei replied.
“Just what in the world is his background?”
“I previously heard him say that he’s a ga employee,” Gu Fei stated.
“How can a ga employee play this ga?” Everyone simply could not make sense of it.
“Is Parallel World really so novel that, upon realizing how ga-breaking Miles is, it has opted to send n to contest with him instead of deleting his account?” Royal God Call had begun to let his imagination run wild.
“D*mb*ss!” This ti, it was not just Young Master Han, but everyone else joined in deriding him.
“The problem is that he should just stop the buck right at ; what’s the point of harassing you guys, too?” Gu Fei was far more irritated by this, especially since he had even implicated Sword Demon, who had always been the most upright among the lot. If Young Master Han had been the one to lose his level, everyone would have most likely secretly laughed at his misfortune.
“Didn’t he tell you? Because of how ga-breaking you are, a chain reaction was generated and that resulted in us benefiting from your imbalance,” Young Master Han said.
“That’s nonsense,” Gu Fei said.
“In any case, you need to be careful. That guy seems to have set his eyes on you,” Brother Assist advised.
Gu Fei was quiet for the longest ti before he finally asked, “Shouldn’t you guys be the ones that need to be cautious?”
The tears flowed freely when everyone heard his comnt. This was usually the sort of truth that hurt the most. Even though the other party’s target was Gu Fei, he actually expressed his intentions to take on the rest of them as well. And given how their strengths were no match to the chief culprit himself, that ant that they were indeed in greater danger than him.
Brother Assist was starting to let his anxiety get to him. Very unconfident of his fighting skills, he quickly suggested, “Why don’t we try to engage in our online activities together these few days.”
“Logically speaking, it shouldn’t be that easy to locate a player given the size of the world map. Perhaps, those guys have so special tricks up their sleeves, just like how they previously managed to track down Sword Demon. I’m sure they are using a sort of thod that we are currently unaware of, and that’s what we should be focusing on,” Young Master Han proposed.
“Is that the advantage that this Fleeting Smile person bring?” Brother Assist muttered.
“Sword Demon? Why aren’t you speaking?” Gu Fei asked. Sword Demon had not said a single word over the rcenary channel.
“He’s gone to grind his level, so he’s turned off all ssaging,” Young Master Han replied.
Gu Fei tried to send a private ssage, and sure enough, he was t with the system prompt about the recipient having turned off ssaging. Sword Demon was focusing on the grind; It appeared that he was preparing to be up and running again in the shortest ti.
“Well. Now that we know that guy’s na, I’ll go and lodge a more detailed complaint about his actions once more,” Brother Assist said.
“I’m afraid that might not be of any use... That guy has probably thought of this, and that’s why he can act so openly. The man probably has nothing to fear,” Young Master Han said.
“Then, what do we do?” Brother Assist asked.
“You can continue to try it your way. We’ll be more than happy if you succeed, but if it doesn’t work, then we’ll just have to put in so effort and take them down one by one. Right now, we’ve already taken down Cool Apple, and we know his accomplice is that Broken Water Arrow,” Young Master Han said.
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On the other end, Ye Xiaowu finally received Broken Water Arrow’s ssage. “Those people we wanted to get in contact with has finally reached out.”
“Okay. I’m good on my end, too,” Ye Xiaowu replied.
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