Chapter 44 Planned Conspiracy

Sword Demon really didn't understand guilds very well and didn't know the details, but this question was too specific, and July hadn't paid attention to it either. You Ge leaned over at this time, somewhat dissatisfied, and said, "Why didn't you ask me?"

"Oh, you know?" Sword Demon quickly turned his head.

"Of course." You Ge entered boastful mode and said to Sword Demon, "First, we need to figure out what you really want to know. Do you want to know if the guild application can be retained? Or do you want to know how to retain the guild application?"

"You Ge!" Sword Demon called out You Ge's name heavily.

"Okay, let's use the example you just gave to explain. You just said that a beginner guild is full at 50 people. If that's the condition, then the answer is clear: there won't be any application retained, because the guild is full, and the system will automatically reject players' applications," You Ge said.

Sword Demon took a deep breath. "What kind of situation allows for retention?"

"Of course, when the guild isn't full. If someone applies to join the guild, you don't pay attention to it, don't accept, and don't reject it, then it will definitely hang there. This is very common, right? Video games often do this, right?" You Ge said.

"Is there a limit?" Sword Demon asked.

"No, but the system will clear it regularly, probably during the weekly routine maintenance," You Ge said.

"That's it!!" Sword Demon waved his fist.

"What's wrong?" everyone asked busily.

"All their members have already submitted their applications to join the guild, but they haven't processed them yet. Once the guild reaches level two, they can absorb all the members at any time. They don't need to waste too much time in the guild hall; players just need to come back and submit the quest after completing it," Sword Demon said.

"But if we guard here, they still can't get in!"

"Teleport scrolls!" Sword Demon said.

"Guard the building!!" You Ge had already turned around to shout. Everyone poured into the building, but there wasn't just one guild quest issuer in this building. The most important and frequently dealt with NPCs in this guild building numbered up to twelve, distributed throughout the guild hall.

"Each team guards two quest NPCs, and kill the target as soon as they teleport in," Sword Demon quickly arranged, but the situation wasn't optimistic. The other side left one spot open to ensure the guild wasn't full, so there could still be 49 players coming with quests. Sword Demon's total number of people was only slightly more than 49, and most of them were the rather unskilled Rebirth Amethyst girls; it was impossible to kill all 49 people at once. If it were four people, that wouldn't be a problem.

After seeing everyone spread out near the twelve NPCs, Sword Demon also realized this problem and sighed, "Useless, we can't stop them from submitting the quest. Alas..."

You Ge was calculating on the side, "A beginner guild only needs 5,000 fame points to upgrade to level two. Generally, medium to large quests have fame rewards of 150 points or more. Even if we calculate with the lowest 150 points, the other side only needs to complete 34 quests of this level to upgrade to level two. 49 quest people, very rich. And if the other side has another two hundred or so helpers, there's no question of whether they can take down a medium-sized quest, it just takes a little time. But, scattered throughout the city, even outside the city, it's impossible for us to stop them!"

Everyone's mood was low. At first, everyone was convinced by Sword Demon's deduction, but now they found that the other side had set up a dead end. There was no way to stop the guild from upgrading to level two.

"Even if we kill them here, and then use teleport scrolls to chase them to the resurrection point and kill them 25 times each, we'd only clear out 49 people at most. The other side's total number is three hundred. If they all submit applications, they can immediately fill the two hundred slots, plus the roughly 50 priests and knights who don't need to join the guild... The number of three hundred isn't just Young Master's special preference for round numbers, it's a prediction of the current situation, right?" You Ge never hesitated to ponder Young Master deeply.

But Sword Demon shook his head. "Chasing down 49 people is just a theoretical idea. How could we possibly clear all 49 people from the formation at the same time? Even if we could clear them all from the formation at the same time, where would we get the strength to chase multiple resurrection points at the same time? Even if we had that strength, how could the other side not have arrangements? Only 49 people came over; there are still two hundred or so who didn't come. With dozens of people ambushing each resurrection point, chase them? We'd just be delivering ourselves to be killed in turn!"

"Does that mean all we can do is wipe out this group of quest-submitting guys once?" You Ge said.

"I'm afraid we can't even do that. These 49 people will fight us to the death after submitting their quests, because they know very well that they'll only die once, but if they bring our people to the resurrection point, that's equivalent to 25 times..." Sword Demon said.

"This... are we just going to let them swaggeringly accept the quest, and we don't dare to move?" Yu Tian Shen Ming said.

"Try to arrange it as much as possible, we can still kill them... but, the trouble is later..." Sword Demon said.

"What?"

"If the other side has the advantage in numbers, they'll ambush the resurrection points. They'll ambush forty to fifty people at several resurrection points, and then leave a team with an equal number of people as us. When they encounter us, they'll spare no effort to exchange as many people as possible. They can afford to die, but we can't afford to die!" Sword Demon said.

Everyone was silent. If the other side used this tactic, they would be fully exploiting their numerical advantage. Even if Very Heaven and Rebirth Amethyst had top-tier super experts like Drunken Bow, Sword Demon, or Soft Waist Dance, even the strongest expert could only block one side. The other side would bloom everywhere, and even the expert would be unable to split themselves up.

"There's only one way," Gu Fei suddenly said.

"What way?" Everyone looked at him.

"I'll go find Xiao Lei." Gu Fei turned around to leave.

"Discuss it with him? This... is that going to work?" You Ge was doubtful.

"Discuss?" Gu Fei glanced back at You Ge. "Kill him twenty-five times, the guild leader quits the city war. How are the members supposed to join the guild?"

Everyone was dumbfounded. Although Xiao Lei was the other side's guild leader, everyone just thought the other side was borrowing Xiao Lei's city defense identity. Xiao Lei himself probably didn't participate much in this matter. Xiao Lei was still that pure Xiao Lei who was detached from low-level money-making interests, but now, Gu Fei regarded Xiao Lei as a target to be repeatedly killed.

"That's all we can do," Sword Demon also nodded. "There's no point in staying here. Everyone maintain the same groupings as before, search the city, and prevent enemy's quest as much as possible, meet Xiao Lei, kill quickly, and immediately send message to Drunken Bow, who will repeatedly deal with Xiao Lei... Wait..." Sword Demon suddenly remembered something again.

"What is it again?"

"What if the other side has already predicted this step? Xiao Lei is a knight, so if he resurrects, it'll be at the Knight Camp. If the other side has set a trap there, wouldn't we be falling into an ambush if we chased after him?" Sword Demon said.

"That's very possible," Gu Fei nodded in agreement. "One team come with me to check out the Knight Camp first, and the others do as Sword Demon arranged!" The opponent was the cunning Han Family Young Master, so Gu Fei didn't dare to be too carefree, and still brought a team of helpers. Gu Fei had already experienced the value of helpers today. The first time he fought Against the Flow when Han Family Young Master was commanding, if it hadn't been for a few hired soldiers, the result might have been different.

With the plan decided, everyone quickly took action. Yu Tian Shen Ming's team followed Gu Fei to the Knight Camp. Sword Demon also asked Soft Waist Dance for information at this time. Soft Waist Dance had just walked around the four major resurrection points, but according to her, she hadn't found anything. Like Gu Fei, this girl wanted to bump into some guy on the road and clean them up, but she hadn't gotten her wish.

The four resurrection points that Soft Waist Dance walked around didn't include the Knight Camp. When she heard that there might be a big show going on at the Knight Camp, this girl naturally went wherever there was excitement. Sword Demon warned her to be careful of ambushes, but she didn't pay much attention to it. This girl's speed was faster than Gu Fei's, and Gu Fei was leading a team of people, so she arrived at the Knight Camp much earlier than Gu Fei and the others.

Arguing with Gu Fei was a major theme in Soft Waist Dance's parallel world, so at this time, she naturally had to send a message to ridicule Gu Fei's snail speed.

Gu Fei was also used to arguing with this girl, and replied angrily, "If you run so fast, no one will bury you when you die!"

"Tch, I don't know who's going to die first, honor kill oh!" Soft Waist Dance said.

Gu Fei burst into tears. Stigma! And it was an indelible stain. He had already been killed once, and he was destined to be ridiculed by Soft Waist Dance until the end of the city war.

"Be careful, we'll be there soon." After being honor killed, Gu Fei couldn't refute the ridicule, so he had to seriously change the subject.

"Mm!" Soft Waist Dance was just a bit ambitious, but she wasn't completely clueless. She knew very well what would happen to her if she jumped into the Knight Camp and rushed out after fifty players. Actually, when she was within the range of the Knight Camp, and when she sent the message to Gu Fei, she had already entered stealth mode.

Moving, slowly moving, there was no one on the street. Many of the Rebirth Amethyst girls had already realized that moving around in such an empty city was a bit scary. Except for a few daring ones, the girls did quests in pairs. Soft Waist Dance was more conflicted. Actually, she was also a bit afraid of the scene of this empty city, but with her usual behavior, she couldn't say the word "afraid", so she had to grit her teeth and pretend. When Gu Fei sent her to the four resurrection points alone to make coordinates for the teleport scrolls, she was quite gnashing her teeth in her heart, but she couldn't show it.

At this time, being in stealth mode and slowly moving on the empty street undoubtedly created more atmosphere. Soft Waist Dance nervously looked around at the slightest sound. She wasn't afraid of being ambushed by players. What she was afraid of was the situation where there was clearly movement behind her, but when she turned her head, there was no one there.

Soft Waist Dance stuck close to the wall, moving little by little.

"Beep!!" A sound suddenly came from the quiet street. Soft Waist Dance was scared out of her wits, especially since there was no one around when she looked around. She felt even more panicked and wanted to send a message to ask Gu Fei where they were. As a result, when she took a look, the message reception was flashing. It turned out that the "beep" just now was a system message prompt.

Opening it, Gu Fei asked, "What's the situation?"

Damn it, you scared me to death! Soft Waist Dance gritted her teeth, but of course she couldn't say that. She calmly replied, "Nothing's happening. Where are you guys?"

"If nothing's happening, then we're not coming," Gu Fei said.

"Damn it!!!!" Soft Waist Dance was angry.

"What?" Gu Fei was puzzled.

"Nothing..." Soft Waist Dance said.

"What exactly is the situation? Since you're there, go take a look. It's okay if you're ambushed. You'll just return to the Thieves' Guild... I... damn it, you haven't given me the teleport scroll yet! Don't die, I can't save you," Gu Fei said.

"Hmph, am I that easy to die? You think I'm you?" Stimulated by Gu Fei, Soft Waist Dance's fear dissipated a bit. She took a few big steps forward. Soft Waist Dance looked at the street corners, alleys, and nearby places where people could hide. There was no one. Ahead was the Knight Camp's courtyard. Soft Waist Dance moved to the front, poked her head out, and found that it was empty. She breathed a sigh of relief and replied to Gu Fei, "I took a look around, and didn't see anyone."

"Right? I actually also felt that there wouldn't be an ambush at this time. Most of the other side are still neutral players. Where would they be able to mobilize people from? But don't leave. Just stay there and guard it. If Xiao Lei is sent over, you kill him," Gu Fei said.

"I'm not doing it. I don't do such a boring thing as waiting for people!" Soft Waist Dance said busily.

"Huh?" In Gu Fei's memory, Soft Waist Dance was quite patient with ambushes and assassinations!

"If you want to guard, you guard. I'm leaving," Soft Waist Dance said.

"Then make a teleport scroll for the Knight Camp. Uh, make two!" Gu Fei said.

"Where are you?" Soft Waist Dance asked Gu Fei for his location while doing it.

Gu Fei replied with the coordinates while dismissing the people around him, "Soft Waist Dance has already checked the Knight Camp. There's no ambush. Everyone go busy with your own things!"

Yu Tian Shen Ming nodded and led the people to search elsewhere. Just after going out a few meters, Gu Fei saw someone in their team yelling, "Why is the captain going that way? We should go this way, right?"

Gu Fei waited for Soft Waist Dance in place. After a while, Soft Waist Dance arrived and took her pile of scrolls. Soft Waist Dance didn't argue with Gu Fei on this matter. Although she liked to argue with Gu Fei, this girl knew in her heart that she was a lot worse than Gu Fei. She wouldn't disrupt the overall situation on serious matters.

"Okay, you performed very well. I'll talk to Sword Demon later and recommend you," Gu Fei praised Soft Waist Dance.

Soft Waist Dance rolled her eyes and asked, "Where are we going to find Xiao Lei?"

"I'll go to his tavern first," Gu Fei said.

"He wouldn't be so stupid as to stay in such a conspicuous place, right? He should have thought of that," Soft Waist Dance said.

"Anyway, we're just bumping into things," Gu Fei said. It was really hard to find someone in the game. It wasn't like real life, where at least there was a home, a company, and a school. Several fixed points made it very convenient to find people.

After saying that, Gu Fei went in the direction of Xiao Lei's tavern. He stopped after walking a few steps and turned his head in surprise. "Why are you following me?"

"Going to Xiao Lei's tavern!" Soft Waist Dance said.

"No need, I'm enough alone," Gu Fei said.

"Damn it, I'm seeing that you're eight deaths away from being eliminated. After all, our team still needs you more, so we need to do some protection for you," Soft Waist Dance said.

"Is that so?" Gu Fei felt that there was something else going on.

"What else could it be?" Soft Waist Dance said.

Gu Fei thought about it, but he really couldn't imagine that such a tough girl like Soft Waist Dance would be a little afraid of walking alone in this empty city like other girls. In the end, he had to shake his head. "Okay, then it's settled. You're protecting me. If you die, I won't save you."

"Tch!" Soft Waist Dance snorted coldly and walked ahead in big steps.

Gu Fei followed behind, keeping in touch with Sword Demon and each team while on the road, asking about their discoveries.

"Found a team of people!!!" Someone suddenly sent a message. Yun Xiang, the first to discover the target was actually Yun Xiang.

"Coordinates, coordinates!!" Sword Demon hurriedly called out.

"Damn it, what is this!!!" Not only Yun Xiang, but everyone in Yun Xiang's team also complained.

"What's wrong? What's wrong?" Sword Demon was very nervous.

"The other side turned around and ran as soon as they saw us..." Yun Xiang said.

"How many people?" Sword Demon asked.

"There were thirty or so!" Yun Xiang said. It turned out that this team was quite nervous, but when the other team of thirty or so people saw them, they immediately started running like a track meet.

"Can't identify who is a guild player, right?" Sword Demon asked.

"Can't identify them at all," Yun Xiang said.

"This is really troublesome," Sword Demon sighed.

And Yun Xiang was currently commanding the team to pursue. Such an opponent who wouldn't fight back was a rare opportunity. Wasting it was a crime. More than ten people were chasing behind the other party, wildly bombing. At this time, you really couldn't see any cohesion in the Colorful Clouds Guild. Everyone was running on their own. At some intersections and corners, some were even scattered. There was no spirit of helping each other at all. Yun Xiang led the team all the way, killing a few characters. Although he knew that the other party might all be neutral, the suppressed anger in his heart was really relieved. He was very excited and bragged to the other teams.

When the others heard that there was such a happy event, they all hoped that they could quickly encounter some sandbags to play with. As a result, they could really encounter them. Yu Tian Shen Ming and July's team also encountered the other party's men one after another, but they weren't as large as Yun Xiang's team. One team had ten or so people, and the other only had two.

Pursue, of course they pursued without hesitation. The other party also had the same strategy, not resisting at all, just running. In the end, July's team cheered very happily. The target that this team discovered was only two people, and they were both successfully killed. Theoretically speaking, one of them must be a guild member, which was finally a substantial kill.

But the pursuit couldn't continue. The other party wasn't wearing guild badges at all. Who knew which of the dead ones was a guild member?

"We can't waste time like this anymore!" Sword Demon realized the seriousness of the problem. "Xiao Lei, everyone hurry up and find Xiao Lei. If we encounter the enemy again, let them run. Don't pursue anymore. They're not running away, they're stalling for time. In their current situation, running away and leading us to pursue is the most effective way to stall."

Gu Fei and Soft Waist Dance also encountered a team of people on the road. But at this time, Sword Demon had already made a judgment. The two were very rational. When they saw the other team fleeing in panic, they ignored them and quickly went to Xiao Lei's tavern. The tavern was indeed not open. Xiao Lei's whereabouts were currently unknown.