Chapter 720
As for Gu Fei and the others, none of them cared to think too much about the overly complex situation that they were in . The fact that Young Master Han might be coming was enough for them to see their own deaths, and all of them were having a headache just thinking about it . Was Young Master Han coming or not? Just that option alone represented a huge problem for them .
But there was someone who was feeling rather lonely—Will-low… The lady had also spent plenty of her time revising her responses with Xi Xiaotian and Cirrus, yet no one had cared about the existence of this 'guild leader' of theirs in the end, so the whole role that she had prepared was completely unused . As for the whole getting herself killed to cause the quest to fail' situation, it had only been something that they would merely mention, but never enacted .
But why would anyone even be bothered with how she was feeling right now? The moment they heard the latest update, everyone had immediately begun their nervous discussion about what they should be doing . Everybody was trying hard to come up with ideas, hoping to find a solution to avoid such an outcome .
"I've got it!" Royal God Call had actually been the first to come up with an idea . He leaped to his feet and shouted, "Why don't we tell them that the quest can only be picked up by a man, and women can't acquire the quest?"
"But I'm a woman…" the fake guild leader Will-low spoke up as the player who had been the one who had supposedly acquired the quest .
"Nobody's came in contact with you for this role yet, right? Let's take a risk on this!" Royal God Call said .
"Risk your head! It's a bit too late to mention this now," Brother Assist said . "For such a reason to make sense, we would not have told them there was no need to invite Colored Clouds from the start, but that she could not even qualify for the quest! If we had done that, we might have been able to hoodwink the others when we mention that there was such a quest requirement . "
"It's too late to discuss all these things now, what we need is a solution . Cirrus, how are things over on your end?" Sword Demon asked .
Cirrus was current put in a very awkward spot . After talking to Oathless Sword, the man had begun messaging Gu Xiaoshang to inform her about the auction, not even caring to ask Cirrus anything else . Oathless Sword was basically just standing there, staring blankly as he exchanged messages with Gu Xiaoshang . Instead, it was the other core member standing beside the guild leader, Youthful Reflection, who came over and asked a host of questions . What guild was he from? How many players were there in the guild? Who was your guild leader? How will this auction work? All of these questions were posed to Cirrus .
Cirrus answered all these questions diligently like before . But at the moment when he was about to tell Youthful Reflection who their guild leader was, Xi Xiaotian had hurriedly sent a message, "Don't mention Will-low when they ask you about our guild leader . We need time to prepare anew . Try and buy us some time . "
Xi Xiaotian had already clarified with Gu Fei and the others that Young Master Han should recall meeting Will-low before, so she could not take the role of the guild leader any longer . They now have to find someone whom Young Master Han had never met before .
"Within this group of players present, the only person who would fit this criterion was Bashful Countenance, but the problem was that if she were to quit the guild right now, the guild itself would immediately be disbanded . As such, they had to find a replacement for her place in Extremely Heaven Defying beforehand, and that meant finding someone to head over to the Hall of Guild Creations to apply for the guild . None of the ladies from Amethyst Rebirth were coincidentally in the vicinity of the hall, so it was going to take some time for someone to make her way over . Did Cirrus have the capability to drag things out for that long?
He had no choice but to try!
The moment he received Xi Xiaotian's message, Youthful Reflection had already asked him about the identity of his guild leader and was waiting for him to reply . Cirrus felt fortunate that he had not chosen to check his message while he answered the question verbally, or he would surely have endless regrets about it . But how was he going to buy them the time they need in the interim? Cirrus was at a complete loss regarding what he could mention in order to stall for time on giving Youthful Reflection an answer . Should I attempt to b*llsh*t the man? That would only make him all the more suspicious . The anxious Cirrus was almost at his wit's end, when he suddenly saw a flash of white light appear a short distance away from him . He froze for a moment before gritting his teeth, and he disappeared .
Forceful log out! Cirrus had opted to forcefully log out of the game . Even though the log off point in this encampment was pretty much just several meters in front of him, it was far too illogical for him to make his way over there before logging out, so the only thing he felt he could do was forcefully log out without notice and disappear . Everyone playing the game knew that there was nothing to be gained from forcefully logging out like this, so Cirrus felt it was a very good cover story . The only problem was that he hoped that he was a little lucky, and that the punishment for what he had done here would not be too harsh .
"To think that he would resort to such a method…" Xi Xiaotian saw Cirrus' name turn dark and reckoned the other party must have been just about to ask the question, so the man made the choice to make such a huge move . "Quick, we need to find the nearest lady in the city to head over to the Hall of Guild Creations . "
"Who's the nearest to the hall?" Gu Fei quickly shouted out in the guild channel .
"Did something crop up again?"
"It's an emergency . I'll explain later, but we need those of you who are nearest to the Hall of Guild Creations to immediately request to join Extremely Heaven Defying . This matter is urgent; hurry!" When had Gu Fei been so unsettled? The ladies did not dare to tarry either, but none of them really had any clue as to how close each of them was to the Hall of Guild Creations on their end! Thus, almost every one of these ladies began making their way over as fast as they could, still continuing to chatter over the guild channel even as they ran . When Gu Fei saw how everyone was so involved with the speculation, he decided to take the time to give a simple summary of their current predicament .
"You guys are really tiring . We'll add a few more players over to your side . Just staying around the 20 players of yours is really too dangerous," July commented .
Meanwhile, there was really only one viable option to be the guild leader of their fake guild . The only person who Young Master Han had no knowledge about, out of all the players here in this scheme, was Bashful Countenance . Even though the lady was introverted and shy, it was more than apparent that she most definitely lacked the acting skills necessary for this role . But because their interaction would most likely be limited to just an exchange of messages, it would not be too much of a trouble as long as she had someone beside her, coaching her through the process . However, Sword Demon had his doubts, "We are not too familiar with your cousin, Brother Assist . Would she be unhappy now that we are kicking her out of the guild after only recently getting her to join us?"
"She won't," Brother Assist confidently answered . "In fact, she's quite happy about it . I'll be the one having the headache trying to coax her to return afterward, however . "
"Eh? What do you mean?" Sword Demon asked .
"Oh, nothing…" Brother Assist grimaced . How was he going to explain it? Was he supposed to reveal that Bashful Countenance found none of the players in the guild, be it the ugly, the violent, the larcenists, perverts and the swindler . Did any of them look to be good people?
But Bashful Countenance had happily obtained this task, as it was essentially Brother Assist giving her the perfect chance to quit the guild for good .
Now, all they were waiting for was the ladies from Amethyst Rebirth to reach the Hall of Guild Creation and proceed to join their guild so that they could kick Bashful Countenance properly . As for Cirrus, it was best if he did not come online during this time, since he would need to log out again even if he did come online, and put the blame on frequent network failures… .
This was a race against time, so no one spoke any more about this matter as everyone waited with bated breath as they listened to Gu Fei's broadcast about their progress .
"Lady no . 1 is currently ahead, and she's just 300 meters away from the hall . "
"However, lady no . 4 is about to catch up because she's an Archer, possessing a movement speed that far outstripped lady no . 1's . "
"Oh dear, lady no . 6 had suddenly closed the distance . She actually knew that there was a shortcut over by Crystal Square . Truly an unexpected dark horse! Did no one else know about it?"
"Lady no . 8… I feel like you're better off just backing out from this race… You're going the wrong way! I'll speak in Royal God Call's stead and extend my most sincere greeting . "
"D*MM*T! Why didn't you say so earlier, I've betted on no . 8!" Fireball's tears was flowing freely .
"Haha, such is life . The almighty pressure from no . 6 . That is why six is more auspicious than eight," Royal God Call was delighted, not even paying mind when Gu Fei exposed his lack of sense of direction so matter-of-factly .
"Okay, we're now down to the final sprint . No . 1, 4 and 6; Just which of these ladies would make it to the destination first?" Gu Fei was yelling, as everyone could not help but move in closer to him .
"I have some very bad news . It appears that we have a traitor within our midst, and she actually bribed the participating ladies . Right now, No . 6 should have been the first to enter the Hall of Guild Creations, yet she has decided to stop by the stairs, waiting, as lady No . 4 is coming up right behind her," Gu Fei continued his shoutcast .
"Ah! NOOOO!" Royal God Call yelled . "I protest! We need to crack down on this meddling and corruption!"
"Your protestation is invalid," Svelte Dancer sent a swift kick right toward Royal God Call, raising both her arms and declared in jubilation, "The winner is lady No . 4! Those who placed your bets, please hand them all over to yours truly, hahahaha!"
"Alright everyone, I've gotten their requests to join the guild…" While Svelte Dancer was still celebrating, Sword Demon had been busy dealing with the matter at hand, accepting the three consecutive applications from the ladies from Amethyst Rebirth . Once confirmed, he proceeded to hail Bashful Countenance and kick her out from the guild .
"Why isn't Cirrus back yet?" Everyone was now focused on this question after all the excitement had died down with them .
"That fool could not have possibly pretended to disappear just like that, right?" Just as someone asked this, the system prompt chimed, and Cirrus was back in the game world .
Xi Xiaotian had already left him a message, "The guild leader is Bashful Countenance . " Furthermore, she reminded him that he must act like he had really disconnected, and not forcefully logged out, so he should take note of the emotions he was showing .
Cirrus had already considered how he should be acting during the few minutes he went offline . When he came back online, he made sure to look visibly agitated, not even paying any attention to Oathless Sword, Youthful Reflection and the others as he quickly checked his own equipment, experience points and coins that he had on him . There was no need to act for this portion, as the forceful log off he had just performed was the real deal . Cirrus was indeed anxious to find out what he got penalized on .
"D*mm*t, someone kicked the plug," Cirrus inspected himself even as he tearfully complained to everyone around him .
The men from Traversing Four Seas were at least compassionate enough to empathetically ask him what he lost .
"I lost my experience points… D*mn, I lost 23% of my current experience bar . Would the officials even care if I lodge a complaint about this?" Cirrus asked around .
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