Silence. Deathly silence.
The focus. The focus of everyone's attention.
The one who said this was just a small character in the mercenary group. Unsworn Sword, who was counting, turned around in shock. Seeing this guy, he smiled calmly. "Tell your leader to talk to me!"
The person nodded. "Our leader told me to. Our whole group agreed. We're withdrawing from this quest."
Only then did Unsworn Sword take this seriously. He slowly stood up, his face already filled with anger. Withdrawing from the quest at this time was no different from adding fuel to the fire. Unsworn Sword's member count was mostly done. Currently, there were more than 300 of them. Roughly, Unhindered still had around 400 players. Nearly half of them were gone. The mercenary group suffered even more losses. Originally, there were more than 500, but now there were only around 200 left.
But the problem was that the players who sacrificed themselves had already failed their quest and returned to Cloud Cloud City. As for the mercenary group, as long as Todd was not dead, their quest was not considered a failure. Moreover, they could revive in White Stone City and reach Forest Shade City in about three hours. The reason Unsworn Sword had invited so many mercenary groups to participate in this mission was to prevent the Guild from suffering heavy casualties. Now, however, the mercenary group's members had actually said that they wanted to withdraw from the mission. Unsworn Sword believed that he wasn't the only one who felt this was too much.
But before he could say anything, three other mercenary group leaders or temporary representatives stood up. "We also want to withdraw."
"You!!!" Unsworn Sword was so angry that he didn't know what to say. The other party's tone was firm. It seemed that they were just informing him and not discussing it with him.
"Don't you think it's too much to withdraw at this time?" Many players from Unhindered were indignant. At this time, someone stood up and said.
In the end, one of the four mercenary groups that wanted to withdraw nodded and said, "Yes, we do have some apologies. So, our group has decided to refund the deposit in full. " Saying that, this person turned around and communicated with a few of his brothers. Everyone rummaged through their pockets, put together a bag of money, and handed it to Unsworn Sword.
Different mercenary groups had different rules when it came to deposits. Sometimes, employers who were in a hurry to find mercenaries would use this method to attract people to take the bait. For example, the Reigning the Four Seas quest had a rule where players had to pay half of the deposit in advance and the other half upon completion of the quest. Even if the guild failed the quest in the end, the deposit would not be refunded.
However, it was the mercenary group that took the initiative to withdraw from the mission, something that had never happened before. Unsworn Sword could only hate the fact that there was no breach clause in the contract. When the other party returned the deposit, he did not reach out to accept it. Behind him, Feng Xing had already stood up and yelled angrily, "This is not about money. The problem is, aren't you being too untrustworthy?"
Apparently, the man didn't feel that what he had done was glorious either. He didn't raise his head too high, and his eyes were sparkling. He didn't look at Feng Xing, Sword of No Oath and the others, and said in a bland tone, "Sorry, we truly feel that we are not capable enough for this mission."
"So you're scared." Feng Xing sneered. In fact, anyone could imagine that there were people who wanted to retreat at this time. Apart from fear, there was no other reason.
"Scared?" He didn't expect the man to show dissatisfaction at this word. After looking at Feng Xing, he continued with his gentle attitude, "This mission, to put it bluntly, we're here to be cannon fodder. We understand this principle. If we were really scared, would we accept this kind of mission?"
Feng Xing was stunned.
"Leader Unsworn, you should remember how you lured us into this mission, right? Just for the mercenary fees? Hehe, I'm afraid none of our mercenary brothers here would have such little ambition. This mission requires us to go through five main cities. Right now, Moonlit Night, White Stone, and Shady Forest, we've already gone through three of them. In my opinion, our estimation seems to be a bit wrong. This mission doesn't have the extra rewards we imagined, and there's even a two-way mission with high risk and zero reward. After some discussion, we think that it's really hard for us to continue this mission. That's all I have to say. You guys can think whatever you want! "
After saying this, the player saw that Unsworn Sword still had no intention of taking his money bag. He bent down and gently put the money bag on the ground, then turned around and waved his hand, "Let's go."
A few players immediately separated from the crowd and returned to the forest without looking back.
The other three mercenary groups that wanted to leave felt that the brother just now had said all he could say, so they silently put their money bags on the ground, turned around, and left.
Unsworn Sword was about to say something, but this action unexpectedly spread like a plague. Another five mercenary groups stood up, silently put down their money bags, and silently turned around to leave.
"Hey, you guys …" Feng Xing angrily wanted to chase after them, but was pulled back by Unsworn Sword, who shook his head and said, "Forget it, let them go!"
Looking around again, Unsworn Sword said in a deep voice, "Is there anyone else who wants to leave?"
The remaining few mercenary groups looked at each other. Among them was the largest mercenary group in Cloud Cloud City, Black Hand Mercenary Group. Although their leader, Black Index Finger, had died, they didn't retreat. At this time, Drifting was still in the group, calmly standing at the head of the group.
After that, the girls in Purple Crystal Mercenary Group didn't retreat either. Other than the Young Master Elite Group, they were the only ones who didn't suffer any damage. With how weak they were, this was simply a miracle.
Then, the perverted men from the Great Hunt were also there. These guys didn't suffer any damage in the forest battle, and their main losses were in Moonlit Night City.
Other than this, there were two normal mercenary groups that didn't choose to leave at this time. Of course, the six people from the Young Master Elite Group were also there.
But Unsworn Sword didn't care too much about these six mercenary groups. Instead, he looked at the seventh mercenary group and very emotionally called out, "Little Shang."
"Ow …" Imperial God Ming immediately made a pained expression, as if he had been poisoned to death.
"Don't call me that disgustingly, call me by my full name, Gu Little Shang!!" Gu Little Shang said angrily.
"Thank you for staying." Unsworn Sword continued to be emotional. Even his own guild couldn't take it anymore. Feng Xing coughed violently on the side.
Other than these seven guilds, there were a few other people who were stunned on the spot. They were the players from the Silver Moon Mercenary Group. Right now, they were truly a group without a leader. Even if the leaders of the other groups weren't present, they were still in the chat, and the decisions were still made by the leaders. As for them, although Silver Moon was still in name, everyone had already ignored him. Even if he had something to say, no one would listen. For a moment, there were many different opinions in the chat, and currently, no one had come up with a plan.
Unsworn Sword recognized these people and nodded to them, "Everyone, I'm afraid that mercenary group can only be considered to exist in name. However, as long as you continue, I will still pay you the remaining half of the money."
"For the five of us?" the five of them asked. The Silver Moon Mercenary Group had a total of 40 people. Originally, the money would be split among 40 people. If it was given to five people, it was equivalent to raising the price.
Unsworn Sword nodded, "The brothers who just died, as long as they are willing to continue, they can all get a share of the money."
"Okay, okay!" The five of them happily agreed. They didn't dare to keep this information to themselves, and relayed it to the others in the chat. Thus, there were those who were willing to come, and those who were not. This group of people was settled just like that.
Unsworn Sword sighed ruefully as he gazed at the remaining mercenary groups. Just as he was about to say something, Thousand Miles Drunk of Gongzi's Elite Group stepped forward. His footsteps were as silent and determined as the players who had left.
"F * ck!!!" Unsworn Sword was enraged once again. He should have known that these people would definitely kick him when he was down, and give up at this critical moment.
Gu Fei, who didn't want to walk out, said, "Guild leader Unsworn, is there anything else? If there's nothing else, hurry up and log off. "
"Ah? Log off? " Unsworn Sword was startled. He didn't expect Gu Fei to ask such a simple question. He didn't even react to what Gu Fei said. Why would such an expert say that he wanted to log off at this time?
"Yes, it's getting late." Gu Fei nodded eagerly, confirming that he was an anomaly.
"Oh, log off, oh!" Unsworn Sword seemed to have woken up from a dream, and hurriedly said, "We still have to escort Todd to the dungeon for a while. It'll be fine after that. Everyone, hurry up!"
Everyone's expression immediately became vigilant. It was obvious that Water Depth and his group wouldn't simply give up the quest just because they were out of the forest. However, in the city, the Cloud Cloud City players wouldn't be afraid of them at all. At the moment, they still had more than 600 people, and there was no lack of experts among them. If Water Depth really wanted to fight to the death, then everyone would fight to the death.
With this kind of indomitable spirit, the Cloud Cloud City players officially entered Forest Shade City.
The houses and other buildings in Forest Shade City were mostly made of wood, causing its village aura to be even stronger. Other than that, the streets were filled with the figures of busy players. For a large group of strangers suddenly appearing, they would also be curious and vigilant, which was no different from other main cities.
At this time, Brother You, who was good at observation and summary, quickly discovered a problem.
"Did you notice?" Brother You said, "The player classes here are very unbalanced. Warriors, Knights, Priests, and Grandmasters of Combat, these four classes, how many have you seen along the way? "
"Very few indeed!" Everyone recalled.
"The streets are full of archers!" Everyone exclaimed.
"And it seems that most of them are Lurkers." Brother You said, "Did the surrounding environment cause the abnormal development of the classes in this main city? No wonder many people said that they originally had friends in this city, but then they all moved away … "
"Hey, friends from Cloud Cloud City, how are you?" Suddenly, a voice came. Everyone turned around and saw Water Depth sitting cross-legged on the roof with a smile, one hand hugging his knees, the other raised and waving at everyone.
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[Butterfly Knot: Uh, the last chapter's chapter number is wrong, but this can't be changed … So, let's pay tribute to the lost Chapter 335 ~]
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