The guards of Cloud Peak City and the guards of Xia Wu City seemed to be carved from the same mold. A bunch of miscellaneous soldiers and a captain who looked like a proper person. In this so-called autumn of the city war, they still pretended to exist in the office! As soon as Gu Fei entered the door, the captain stood up: "Thousand Miles Drunk, you're here!!"
In the game, an NPC taking the initiative to speak to you was already a quest prompt. After all, there were countless NPCs in and out of the city. It would be too much of a hassle to ask all of them, "Hello, do you need help?" So in most quests, when the player sneaked past the NPC, the NPC would take the initiative to speak to them. Players who were familiar with the situation would immediately know that there was a door here.
However, for daily quests or wanted quests, NPCs generally didn't have this service. At this time, the captain of the guards took the initiative to speak. It seemed that this was a special setting during the city war. Gu Fei quickly went over and continued the NPC's words: "Coming, coming."
"Cloud Cloud City is being attacked by a group of mobs. As a member of the guards, you should pick up your weapon and defend your home!" The captain of the guards said sincerely.
Gu Fei was startled. The mystery of his faction was about to be revealed. It turned out that the guards were a faction. But he had taken the lead in causing trouble in Xia Wu City and killed the captain of the guards there. How should this be counted? Could it be that because he wasn't the one who took the last hit, it shouldn't be counted? This didn't seem to be the rule in the parallel world! Who started the fight, who dealt damage during the fight, and the last hit, these three factors were taken into consideration. Gu Fei should be the main person responsible for killing Giordano.
However, there was no point in dwelling on this. It was clear that the guards didn't treat Gu Fei as an outsider. After Gu Fei quickly expressed his willingness to protect his home, the captain of the guards happily gave him a task: "There is a group of mobs that have kidnapped Cloud Cloud City's civil engineer Master Gilkino. They want to use his talent to destroy the defense structure of Cloud Cloud City. Now that the city guards are short on manpower, the rescue mission has to be handed over to the guards. Thousand Miles Drunk, go stop their plot and save Gilkino!! "
Gu Fei understood the meaning of the NPC's words. The guards and city guards weren't in the same system. This quest asked him to stop the mobs. Weren't mobs all players? Fighting with others was an endless joy! Gu Fei liked to PK with others, so he happily accepted.
"According to the scouts, Gilkino is currently imprisoned here. Go, bring some people to rescue him!" The captain said.
"Bring someone?" Gu Fei was at a loss. There were only him, Sword Ghoul, and Xiaolei in the city. What was the point of bringing someone? As he agreed, he pondered over it! The captain had already given his closing words. "Good luck!"
There was no need to be polite with an NPC. Gu Fei didn't say goodbye and left the room. He didn't expect to hear footsteps behind him. When he turned around, he saw that the four guards who were originally in the guard room had actually followed him out the door.
Gu Fei didn't care at first, but when he went downstairs and left the council hall, he found that the four soldiers were still following him. Gu Fei was puzzled. "Why are they following me?"
"Rescue Gilkino!" The four soldiers bowed to Gu Fei and answered respectfully.
So there really was someone who brought him along! They actually sent him four NPCs. What was this? Pet? Gu Fei didn't know much about the game. It was a pity that he recognized these four soldiers as pets.
However, these pets didn't make Gu Fei happy at all. These four soldiers as helpers made him feel that the difficulty of the quest had increased. Gu Fei's thoughts were that the players outside the city didn't know he was an enemy. He could openly walk among them. But now that he was followed by four system guards, wouldn't he become a public enemy? However, after thinking about it, most people wouldn't think that he was the one leading these four soldiers! When he walked into the crowd, if the players wanted to attack him, he could just let them fend for themselves!
Fortunately, these four soldiers were just system NPCs without any thoughts. If a living person knew of Gu Fei's thoughts, they would definitely die from anger. Following him and risking their lives was nothing! He had already made up his mind to not care if they lived or died.
After Gu Fei left the council hall, he sent a message to Sword Ghoul. "I received a quest. What's the situation outside? Did they start fighting?"
"Not yet. What quest did you receive?" Sword Ghoul asked.
"Rescue someone. They even sent me helpers. "Gu Fei said.
"What helpers?" Sword Ghoul asked.
"Four soldiers!" Gu Fei said.
"There's such a thing? Come and take a look." It was common for the system to send NPCs to follow the players. Wasn't it the chain quest from Reigning the Four Seas? It was an escort quest! However, NPCs were sent to help the players fight. Moreover, there were four of them. Sword Ghoul had never heard of such a thing.
The two met up in the city, and the four guards followed Gu Fei closely. At this moment, Gu Fei stood down and spoke to Sword Ghoul. The four of them stood in a square behind him.
"Just these four? Hey, this is new. I've never heard of them. "Sword Ghoul walked up and curiously sized up the NPCs. The NPCs didn't care about Sword Ghoul's gaze at all.
"I have to hurry. My quest is on the timer!" After Gu Fei received the quest, a timer appeared on the quest list. It was two hours. The parallel world map was too big. Normally, it would take a lot of time to travel in the game. Two hours wasn't a long time.
"Where are we going to save them?" Sword Ghoul asked.
The Captain's service was very good. He gave him the coordinates and a map. The map was not very clear, but the coordinates were more important. Gu Fei said the coordinates, and Sword Ghost calculated that it was a little far away. He quickly nodded and said, "Yes, we have to hurry. I'll go with you!" Sword Ghost didn't have a chance to look for White and Black, so he had nothing to do.
"The north gate is still the same. No one is moving?" Gu Fei asked.
"Yeah!"
"We can't get out like that! It's too obvious. We have to go to the other three gates. "Gu Fei said.
"The west gate should be the closest. Let's go to the west gate!" Sword Ghoul suggested.
The two walked towards the west gate. Along the way, Sword Ghoul was amazed by the four guards.
"I wonder how strong these four are?" Sword Ghoul said.
"Let's try." Gu Fei said.
"How?" Sword Ghoul asked.
Gu Fei pointed at Sword Ghoul, "Attack!!"
The four guards were very obedient. They immediately unsheathed their swords and charged at Sword Ghoul. Gu Fei laughed, "You try."
Sword Ghoul was caught off guard. He hastily dodged two attacks and shouted, "How am I supposed to try? What if I kill them? "
"Kill them then kill them. They're a burden anyway. Let's see if you've improved in the past few days." Gu Fei said.
Sword Ghoul heard this and became more and more spirited. He had been fighting monsters according to Gu Fei's instructions for the past two days. Using this method to level wasn't as efficient as he wanted, but Sword Ghoul was very aware of the huge changes this method would bring in in PvP. Moreover, the inefficiency of leveling was only because he hadn't reached the level yet. If he could reach Gu Fei's level, his efficiency would definitely be amazing. How could Sword Ghoul not see the foundation of this efficient leveling method?
However, although Sword Ghost had the will to fight, his current major was a one-on-one course. With every additional opponent, the difficulty would increase exponentially. Sword Ghost had once courageously pulled two monsters to train with him, but he almost lost his life in the end. Afterwards, he trained hard for a few days and was planning to pull two more monsters to practice with. Today, there were four.
The four soldiers also attacked and defended well. The four of them still stood in a square, but they surrounded the Sword Ghost in the middle. Four swords slashed down from four different angles. Sword Ghoul tried his best and dodged three of the swords, but was hit by the fourth. The more Sword Ghost practiced, the more he understood. At this point, he knew that it would be too difficult to use this method to deal with the four of them.
But he couldn't just give in after one move, right? Sword Ghoul's tenacity returned. He gritted his teeth and persevered. Gu Fei understood people better than him. After two rounds, he had already predicted the situation. He waved his hand, "Stop attacking."
The four guards immediately put away their swords and stopped. Sword Ghoul looked over blankly. Gu Fei said, "Even if you can't kill them, you still have a quest. Hurry up."
Sword Ghoul felt quite ashamed. The skills of the NPCs in the system were basically the same. When it came to their strength, it was usually based on numbers. For example, attack, speed, health, defense, and whether or not they had any special skills. Although Sword Ghoul only lasted two rounds, he still took two swords. After looking at the damage, he said, "Their attack is pretty average, their speed isn't that fast, and their health and defense aren't that clear … but based on their attack and speed, they should be normal monsters!"
"Yeah, why else would the system send you four Haze Assassins?" Gu Fei said.
"You don't say. When I went to the Thief Guild today, I found out that there was a secret area in the Thief Guild. It was the territory of the Assassin Alliance. There were all kinds of NPC assassins there, and I think one of them was a Haze Assassin." Sword Ghoul said.
"But it can't be the one who wrote the diary, right?" Gu Fei said.
"That … that one got lost in Fog City again!" Sword Ghoul laughed.
As the two spoke, they were already out of the west gate. The west gate wasn't like the north gate. Unsworn Sword went against the flow. They gathered guilds, and some people were willing to work together to form a unified command, while others were willing to keep their own sovereignty. Most of those who weren't willing to go were small to medium guilds. This was because everyone knew that even if the big guilds joined the alliance, they would still have a lot of power and status. The weaker guilds would only be able to carry the shoes of the bigger guilds. Many people didn't like this kind of feeling. They would rather have a small fight and just have fun!
These players were quite relaxed, and there were quite a few of them. At this time, the west gate was in full swing. Dead? So what if they died? They didn't lose anything. They could just revive at the revival point and repair their equipment!! These leisurely players kept dying, which indirectly formed the plan that Unsworn Sword and the others had come up with: when one row fell, another row would come up, and it would be a battle of attrition against the system.
And in the process of continuous fighting, there were all sorts of rock shattering attacks! There were hidden assassins! They had all seen these methods before. When Gu Fei and Sword Ghoul went out of the west gate, the players here had once again rushed to the bottom of the city wall, causing the guards to charge in. Without a unified command, without a unified plan, these players didn't know if their charging had shaken the system's defense. In short, they didn't back down and were having fun as they died and got back up again and again.
Although they didn't have a formal negotiation to form an alliance, they still built a comradely friendship through this kind of battle. Seeing the players around them being attacked, those who could help would take the initiative to help. After that, everyone looked at each other and smiled. They didn't care who the other party was, and they didn't care if the other party stole their guild's points.
Compared to the north gate, their sacrifices were more tragic, but they were having a lot of fun. Because for them, whether they lived or died, it was fun.
"Hey, it's lively here!" Gu Fei exclaimed.
"Yeah! Someone at the north gate is obviously giving orders to control the players' attacks. Although it's messy here, it's quite fun to watch. "Sword Ghoul said.
"It's not easy to fight like this." Gu Fei said.
"Should we find a place to sneak over?" Sword Ghoul counted the coordinates while calculating the direction.
"Don't worry about it, just charge into the crowd! If anyone attacks these four guys, just pretend we don't know them. "Gu Fei said.
"Why?" Sword Ghoul asked.
"These four guys will expose our identity! They'll just be a burden. "Gu Fei said.
"That's too much of a waste." Sword Ghoul liked to experience the fun of the game. It was rare to have four NPCs listen to his command, so he didn't want to sacrifice them. He thought for a moment and said, "Do you think we can disguise them?"
"How?"
"Little System Soldier, look. Actually, the reason why people can recognize them as NPCs at a glance is mainly because their clothing is too NPCs. It's very orthodox. Give them some equipment and let them wear it. I don't think they'll be recognized as NPCs at a glance," the Sword Specter said.
"Will it work?" Gu Fei was confused.
"Tell them to take off their equipment and see if they listen." Sword Ghoul said.
Gu Fei immediately ordered, "Take off their armor!"
The four soldiers obediently took off their armor from head to toe, and each of them wore a tight-fitting underwear.
"It really works!" Gu Fei was surprised. "What equipment do you have? Hurry up and put it on them!"
"Wait here!" Sword Ghoul flew over. The city gate was very close to the warehouse, and Sword Ghoul had a lot of inventory in the warehouse. Taking care of the four wasn't a problem. They weren't equipment, but disguises. There was no need to pay attention to accessories.
The four soldiers listened to Gu Fei's instructions and put on the equipment that Sword Ghoul brought. As expected, they didn't look like NPCs. At first glance, they looked like two Thieves, one Warrior, and one Priest.
"I wonder what kind of good equipment the NPCs use!" Sword Ghoul muttered. He went to pick up the equipment that the soldiers had taken off. At the same time, he carefully watched them, worried that they wouldn't let him touch their equipment.
However, the soldiers ignored Sword Ghoul. Sword Ghoul picked up the soldier's armor and was very excited. "Damn, it's a set! A five-piece set! "
The system soldier's equipment was a Green Equipment Set, consisting of a helmet, armor, belt, combat boots, and gauntlets. The four rows of additional attributes were enough to make people excited. At the moment, there were no players with so many parts in a Equipment Set! Sword Ghoul was excited when he suddenly saw a row of words on the equipment: Quest Item, Not Equippable.
"Damn!" This was too disappointing. Gu Fei also came over to take a look. Sword Ghoul put the equipment back.
"Put the equipment away." Gu Fei tried to give the order.
The soldiers were really smart. They even knew how to use the pocket function of the player's equipment. They put their armor into their pockets.
"It's about time. I think we can get through this. Let's go!" Gu Fei said.
The two of them and the four soldiers rushed out of the city gate. They quickly blended into the fierce battle between the players and the system soldiers. At this time, the city guards and the players were fighting in close combat. The catapults on the city wall had stopped. The Mages didn't use AoE spells either. They observed the situation with the archers and shot.
Everything was as Gu Fei expected. The system guards treated them as companions. They didn't attack them at all. In the eyes of the players, they were also comrades. Naturally, they wouldn't make things difficult for them. Some players happened to see the six of them running in the opposite direction. They thought they were being pursued and jumped out to cut them off. In the end, they didn't see anything. They just watched the six of them pass through the formation without stopping.
Since the camp was a spontaneous battle without any organization, no one paid any attention to the six people going against the flow. The main spirit of the battle here was: do what you want to do, even if you don't want to fight anymore and run to the leveling area to level up.
Gu Fei, Sword Ghoul, and the other four soldiers ran away from the battlefield. After running for a while, Sword Ghoul came to a conclusion. "These four guys aren't slow!"
Gu Fei and Sword Ghoul were the fastest players. However, these four soldiers were all warriors, yet they could move at this speed. This was how unreasonable the system was.
"Maybe it's to coordinate with my movement speed. Otherwise, why would I have to coordinate with them? That wouldn't be an escort mission. "Gu Fei said.
"Makes sense." Sword Ghoul nodded. He looked at the coordinates again and pointed to the front. "It's over there. We're almost there."
"I think this may be similar to a two-way mission. Some players must have received a mission to use this engineer to attack the city. My mission now is to disrupt their mission."
"Well, then let's approach carefully now!" Sword Ghoul suggested.
"What's there to be afraid of? They definitely won't guess that we're actually opponents." Gu Fei said.
"Uh, then why don't we mask our faces. Otherwise, we'll be exposed this time." Sword Ghoul had a long-term vision.
"You're quite sinister!" Gu Fei exclaimed.
Sword Ghoul was sincere. "Boss, I haven't finished my mission yet!"
So that's what he was thinking about! Gu Fei smiled, so he accepted the suggestion and covered his face with a cloth. He thought that the team should have a unified style, so he waved his hand at the four guards. "Mask your faces."
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[Butterfly Knot: Four NPC soldiers appeared in this chapter. Ahem, the greedy one asked for four cameos at a time. He claimed that they were for the four brothers in the dormitory. Take them, don't be shy!]
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