Chapter 536
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 Advancement, 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 mere 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 came 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 same 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 methods to obtain experience . Comparing the two, most players would prefer the former 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 some part of a grinding map and grinding on monsters .
However, to experts like Sword Demon and the others, they usually stuck to the grinding method . As players with the skill and equipment, their efficiency when it came 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 something different to get themselves adjusted .
Finally, evening came, and the chief culprit of everything that had happened today between the two opposing parties, the legendary game-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-game . 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 messages came in rapid-fire the moment he stepped into the game .
Over the channel and private messages, everybody was all chattering at the same time .
"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 game employee, he should at least have connections to the company . He holds plenty of information about the game 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 mentioned . Is his name Fleeting Smile?" Gu Fei asked .
"Ah? You know the man?"
"Indeed, I do know someone who claims that he is a game employee, and he goes by the IGN 'Fleeting Smile' . I believe his job class is a Priest," Gu Fei recalled . It had been quite some time since he had last met 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 came to a player's equipment . Recalling what he could with the aid of what he had learned about the game so far, Gu Fei reckoned that the gear Ye Xiaowu was wearing back then seemed to belong to the Priest job class .
"Wait a minute . That name sounds a little familiar . " Brother Assist suddenly had a vague impression of something and quickly began to flip through the recording book he had with him . Soon, he found the name . It was precisely the IGN of that player who had been ahead of Thousand Miles Drunk on the experience efficiency leaderboards a long time 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 game employee, it was only naturally for him to locate the fastest and most appropriate means of leveling given the extensive in-game knowledge he possessed .
"Hey . He's online! Wait; let me 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 game-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 informed 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 become 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 game employee . Ye Xiaowu said this to himself . He had chosen to resign from his job because he felt that his identity as a game employee would become an impedance to what he was about to do in-game . 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 momentarily, so he had actually forgotten to give a reply to Gu Fei's question . The latter got impatient and fired off another message . Ye Xiaowu opened it and saw a string of numbers .
"What're these?" Ye Xiaowu was a little perplexed .
"Those are my coordinates . Come and find me 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 . "
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