Chapter 272 More Knowledge

All night long, Sword Demon followed Ah Yi and his group, crawling and rolling around in the forest. He familiarized himself with the trap placements, paid attention to his positioning, and observed Ah Yi and the others' habits. Although Ah Yi talked a good game, after a night of observation, Sword Demon realized they were only at the theoretical level. Seamless teamwork could never be achieved overnight. However, the trap array laid on the ground was definitely not just for show, Sword Demon, who needed to incorporate it into his movement, felt this even more deeply.

"Ah... seems like it's morning already..." After a night, Ah Yi stretched and walked out from behind a tree. By morning, he meant morning in the real world. For these night owls, the time others got up was usually their quitting time.

Sword Demon was also one of them. He checked the time and felt it was about time to log off. Everyone emerged from their hiding places, tallying up the night's gains. Although it was called practice, it wasn't just about setting traps and running around in the forest. In fact, everyone was just adding some complex variations to the process of fighting monsters and leveling up. After a night, there were quite a few scattered gains.

But for a top player like Sword Demon, this night of leveling was pretty ordinary. Besides, Sword Demon wasn't here to level up. Unfortunately, Broken Water Arrow didn't show up again that night, and from Ah Yi and these kids, he could only see their admiration for Broken Water Arrow. In this way, Gu Fei's deduction seemed more and more reliable, but for Sword Demon, who had been immersed in online games for too long, he still found Gu Fei's avant-garde thinking a bit incredible.

"Sha Sha, not logging off?" Ah Yi and his group had finished packing up and came over to call Sword Demon.

"Logging off!"

"Put away your clothes, no need to wipe your face, just cover it up, the game will save your appearance when you log off," Ah Yi told Sword Demon.

"I know," Sword Demon nodded, how could Sword Demon not understand these basic settings.

The group left the forest together. After staying in the dim forest for nearly ten hours, Sword Demon felt the sunlight was particularly dazzling. Looking at Ah Yi and the others, they were obviously used to this situation, skillfully shading their eyes with their hands and continuing to chat casually as if nothing had happened.

Sword Demon imitated their appearance and looked around. The edge of the forest was very lively at this time, and everyone looked the same, shading their eyes with their hands like Sun Wukong on his journey. The players in the forest were already used to this, but Sword Demon, this stranger, found it really funny and ridiculous.

He went to the resurrection point with Ah Yi and his group, agreed on a meeting time after going online today, and everyone logged off together.

Evening. Gu Fei always went online in the evening, and at this time, Sword Demon had been messing around with Ah Yi's group in the forest for several hours. The ordinary leveling efficiency, the meaningless teamwork training for Sword Demon, and more importantly, the fact that he couldn't get any more information about Broken Water Arrow, made Sword Demon unable to feel at ease. But the kind Sword Demon was so loyal in playing his role as Bai Sha. And what depressed him was that Gu Fei, playing Fan Tang, as an actor, didn't think about how to play his role well, but directly replaced the role with his own style, which was a bit too unrestrained.

Since logging off last night, he hadn't shown his face. Ah Yi and the others were naturally not suspicious, but they already had a lot of opinions. In their view, since this Comrade Fan Tang was an office worker, he shouldn't be grouped with them, who could stay up all night. Without so much time to practice together, wouldn't he be dragging everyone down?

"When is Fan Tang coming online?" Ah Yi and the others had asked this question repeatedly, countless times.

"Soon!"

"He's coming online, right?"

"Strange, why hasn't he come online yet?"

Sword Demon was just covering for Gu Fei with vague answers, finally waiting for Gu Fei to come online. Before he could send the message urging him to come over quickly, he received a message from Gu Fei: "How is it, did you find out anything?"

"After you logged off, I haven't seen Broken Water Arrow again," Sword Demon replied helplessly.

"Oh, what about from others? Like those little brats," Gu Fei said.

"They admire Broken Water Arrow very much. Also, I've seen the trap array designed by Broken Water Arrow. It's indeed quite something," Sword Demon said.

"So, regarding whether we can kill Broken Water Arrow today, it seems we still don't have an answer?" Gu Fei said.

"This question does need further research," Sword Demon replied.

"Your online time is very long every day, right? You haven't figured it out after so long? What are you doing? Playing with those little brats?" Gu Fei said.

"Frankly speaking... yes, and to make matters worse, I'm playing with them now!" Sword Demon was in pain.

"Why don't you really join Waterdeep's guild..." Gu Fei said.

"Okay, no more jokes. Regarding Broken Water Arrow, I don't think I can get anything useful from these people. To understand him, I can only approach him personally," Sword Demon said.

"Okay, find him, track him, and see what he's busy with!" Gu Fei said.

"Track him?" Sword Demon felt a little perverted.

"Otherwise, what else can we do? Walk up to him and ask: 'Hey, brother, are you a good guy or a bad guy?' Is that it?" Gu Fei said.

"Tracking this person should be difficult, right? Will he also be able to sense any killing intent like you?" Sword Demon said.

"It won't be a problem if we're a little further away," Gu Fei said.

"How far?" Sword Demon asked.

"Ten meters away should be fine," Gu Fei said.

"Okay, then there's another question, where do we go to find Broken Water Arrow now?" Sword Demon said.

"Find your old friend! Let her find an excuse to help inquire about it. Can't she find out where Broken Water Arrow is with a shout in the guild channel? As long as he's with the people from Waterdeep's guild," Gu Fei said.

So Sword Demon immediately sent a message to Lu Ke, asking her to help find out where Broken Water Arrow was.

"That's easy," Lu Ke replied, "Speaking of which, you guys have been busy all day, right? Did you find anything?"

Sword Demon found the "you guys" extremely irritating. The one who was really busy all day was him! Gu Fei went to the group, watched a five-minute duel that he couldn't see anything in, then showed off and left, leaving him alone to mess around with a bunch of kids until now.

What was even worse was that after answering Lu Ke's question, Sword Demon realized that his messing around really didn't have any results. What he told Lu Ke were all Gu Fei's deductions from yesterday.

"This guy's ideas are pretty bold!!" Sword Demon was an honest person, and when telling Lu Ke these things, he didn't forget to tell her that these were Gu Fei's deductions after witnessing some of Broken Water Arrow's actions.

"Uh, and I contacted that group of kids called Ah Yi for a night, and found that they really admired Broken Water Arrow."

Sword Demon didn't want to admit that he was busy for nothing all night, so he also summed up something he thought was meaningful, but it was clear that his night was destined to be tragic. Lu Ke replied after receiving this message: "You contacted them for a night and found this out?"

Sword Demon: "..."

"To be honest, I thought from the beginning that this matter was not suitable for you..." Lu Ke said.

Sword Demon: "..."

"But that guy's deduction makes sense," Lu Ke said.

"Oh?"

"You're not in a guild now, so there are some guild matters you might not be aware of," Lu Ke said, "Take the upcoming city war for example, what kind of status will the winning guild have in the main city? What are the actual benefits? The officials haven't announced these yet, but some studios have already started to make a move. Don't you understand the situation of the studios? Which of the larger ones doesn't have connections to the game company? Back when we were playing Eternal Legend, didn't you notice that Tengfei Studio was clearing out a large number of Gu Lianquan on the market, and then told us that this thing would definitely rise in price, and suggested that we should also buy as much as we could? Later, sure enough, after the expansion pack was updated, Gu Lianquan was one of the main raw materials in the production of equipment, food, and medicine, and the price skyrocketed, and everyone took the opportunity to make a fortune. The current guilds are also like this. In the past, studios would operate a guild as a commodity, and sell it to others at the first opportunity. Now they seem to have the idea of ​​really establishing their own guilds. I think it's for this city war. Even if the winner of this city war doesn't have too many immediate benefits, they will definitely have sustainable follow-up benefits."

"You... I've learned something..." Sword Demon was a little embarrassed after listening.

"Our guild is currently the most powerful in Lin Yin City, and it can be said that we are the biggest obstacle to their winning the city war. If a studio is interfering and playing tricks, I wouldn't be surprised by any means they use," Lu Ke said.

"Your current thoughts are intense enough, I need to digest them. I think everyone should meet again, and talk to your Thousand Miles Drunk, your views are closer," Sword Demon said.

"Hey, hey, you haven't really become this slow, have you? This game is really not what it used to be," Lu Ke said.

"I know, I've gradually felt that way recently. I'll stop sending messages for now, tell me a place to meet and chat," Sword Demon replied to the message, and also told Ah Yi and the others that he had something to leave for a while, and then notified Gu Fei to prepare to meet Lu Ke.

"What's up, Boss Lu has the latest instructions?" Gu Fei laughed. He originally came for Sword Demon's mission, but now it seemed like he was going to help Lu Ke remove hidden dangers from the guild.

"She agrees with your deduction very much," Sword Demon said.

"Really? What are her thoughts?" Gu Fei asked.

"We'll know in a moment."

Inside a thatched hut in the city. One woman and two men sneaked in one after another, it was Lu Ke, Gu Fei, and Sword Demon. This thatched hut was also Lu Ke's private property, and discussing matters in such a place was undoubtedly as safe as sending messages.