Chapter 84 Hostage

The silence in the courtyard was shattered by the sound of the door opening. All the players reacted to the noise, their weapons already pointed at the entrance of the administrative office. The melee characters standing closest to the door raised their weapons.

However, everyone's movements quickly froze. The person who walked out of the building was none other than their quest giver: Giordano.

No one dared to neglect this master. The players consciously made way for Giordano. After guarding this courtyard for so long, everyone already knew the route of this Master Qiao's stroll. But then, a figure flashed, and Gu Fei emerged from behind Giordano with a smile.

The crowd cried out in alarm. Just as they were about to act, Gu Fei flipped his hand, and the Dark Night Flowing Light Sword was already against Giordano's side.

"Don't move!" Gu Fei shouted.

Everyone was stunned for a moment. Then they heard their guild leader, Liu Feng San Tan, shout in the guild channel: "Don't move!!!"

*This* guy would actually do this. How despicable! Although Liu Feng San Tan had issued the order not to move, he was gnashing his teeth in his heart. He had a strong desire to tear Gu Fei into pieces, but he had to repeatedly remind himself: Focus on the big picture. A small impatience can ruin a major plan.

Giordano was completely unmoved by the situation in front of him, continuing to walk his path. Gu Fei followed beside him, holding the sword level, his hand steady, the sword very close...

"Back up..." Gu Fei reminded the players in front of him, who were staring at him with hateful expressions.

At this point, everyone had understood the stakes of Gu Fei's current actions. What kind of punishment would their quests receive if their quest giver was attacked? This was something they couldn't even imagine.

It was on this basis that Gu Fei had planned this hostage-taking incident using the NPC as a hostage.

This was an unprecedented hostage-taking event. The hostage was completely unaware of his situation, offering no cooperation and no resistance, continuing to walk his path on his own.

And the kidnapper made no threats to life, simply holding his sword lazily, maintaining an extremely close distance to Giordano, close enough that a slight deviation could complete an attack.

The courtyard returned to complete silence. No one dared to act rashly. Everyone just stared dumbfounded as Gu Fei and Giordano walked like this. The rustling sound of their footsteps was extremely piercing.

In contrast to the silence on the scene, the guild channel was buzzing with activity. After everyone condemned Gu Fei's shamelessness in loud voices, they immediately began to brainstorm ideas. But the methods were nothing more than a few: archer sniping, thief stealth approach...

Amidst the discussions, the players who were thieves and archers all volunteered actively and enthusiastically. But exactly what to do was still up to the guild leader, Liu Feng San Tan, to decide.

Liu Feng San Tan frowned, unable to make up his mind. Because Gu Fei was too close to Giordano, and he didn't need to kill the target. He could simply complete an attack, which was the same as killing the hostage. Such a simple act of killing the hostage made it extremely difficult for them to rescue the hostage. Whether it was long-range sniping or stealthy approach, both carried extremely high risks.

At this time, Liu Feng San Tan had gradually overcome the initial impulse he felt when he saw Gu Fei's impulsive actions and began to calmly consider the problem. There was no need to take this risk. Killing this guy now would only vent his anger and wouldn't bring any immediate benefits to the guild. For their guild, the completion rate of the quest was the most important thing. And Giordano's appearance was precisely the moment to announce the completion rate of the quest. After being disturbed by this group of people today, he really didn't know how far the quest completion rate had fallen. If it had already dropped to zero, then there was no need to care about Gu Fei's threats at all.

Thinking like this, Liu Feng San Tan finally made a decision. Not only did he not order an attack, but he also steadily cleared the way for the guild members and even actively cleared out the personnel on the section of road leading to the courtyard gate.

Gu Fei saw that this was also convenient. He couldn't change Giordano's route. Following him would always leave a distance from the main gate of the courtyard. Gu Fei had originally wanted to coerce the people of Misty Flowers to clear this section of the road as well. But now he saw that the other party had already anticipated his idea and actively cleared the road, so he didn't need to say anything more.

"Guild Leader Liu Feng is very considerate, haha..." Gu Fei saw Liu Feng San Tan and a few others appear in his field of vision and greeted him with a laugh. His smile was a bit forced, because what he was doing at the moment didn't make him feel very proud, even though the entire Misty Flowers guild had been restrained by this move.

Of course, Liu Feng San Tan couldn't smile even more. He said with a cold expression, "Everyone is just doing it for the quest."

"Understanding is great, understanding is great," Gu Fei said.

Liu Feng San Tan's eyes flickered, and he didn't reply. At this time, he had arrived at the position where Giordano was supposed to stop, where he could inquire about their quest completion rate. And Gu Fei had already chosen his escape route. On this route, he hadn't found any suspicious points...

"Well then, I'll take my leave first," Gu Fei said.

Liu Feng San Tan didn't speak. He didn't want to say "goodbye" to Gu Fei at all.

Gu Fei sighed deeply. He didn't actually have any ill feelings towards Liu Feng San Tan or the Misty Flowers guild. It was just that the quest mode had thrown the two sides into opposition. More importantly, Gu Fei's quest, in the words of You Ge and the others, was simply something he had imagined himself. Because of this, it had affected the other party's guild's quest, which they had put their heart and soul into. Gu Fei couldn't help but feel a little guilty.

What made him even more guilty was that after all the trouble he had caused, the quest hadn't improved at all. This meant that if he wanted to continue, he would have to come back and cause trouble again, which would make Misty Flowers even more headache.

"I think it's better not to tell them this news... This isn't good news for them..." It was with this sigh that Gu Fei quickly escaped from Giordano's side, looking back and seeing that no one had used any means of attack against him.

Their credibility is really good... Gu Fei thought, feeling even more guilty.

But this layer of guilt didn't last long. Just when Gu Fei had left Giordano for about thirty meters, a distance that even a mage's ranged attack couldn't reach, a mountain-shaking roar suddenly erupted behind him.

What is meant by being condemned by a thousand people? Gu Fei suddenly had a personal experience.

Following this, arrows from archers, who could still attack from this distance, flew over like locusts.

Then, Gu Fei saw some people flashing out from outside the courtyard exit, firmly guarding the gate. At the same time, the thieves who had been lurking in stealth on this road also began to show themselves, brazenly attacking Gu Fei.

"Sure enough, it's not that easy..." Gu Fei said with emotion, but he didn't feel flustered, because this situation was within his expectations. He didn't expect that after being escorted halfway by Giordano, the Misty Flowers players would continue to watch him complete the other half in peace.

So, he was very surprised that he hadn't been attacked the moment he left Giordano's side.

In this light, it was just the other party's caution. The other party wanted to completely confirm the safety of the hostage before launching a sudden attack on him, the kidnapper.

It wasn't an unexpected arrangement. It would have been unexpected if there hadn't been such an arrangement.

Gu Fei suddenly turned his head and changed direction. This surprised the Misty Flowers crowd, who had already shifted their focus to the exit.

And this new path that he had turned onto was also one that Gu Fei had been eyeing for a long time: a shortcut with little defense, a shortcut to the wall.

During this journey, Gu Fei only encountered three thieves blocking his way. He didn't use any harsh moves, just a feint and a saucy footwork, and the thieves had already been swayed behind him. Turning around and chasing, Gu Fei's speed was not fake. Not every thief could keep up. These three average thieves all belonged to the type who couldn't keep up.

Before he had even reached the wall, Gu Fei's flying hook had already been launched, grabbing firmly onto the top of the wall with a flick. Running, jumping, stepping on the wall, the movements were completed in one go. In the blink of an eye, Gu Fei had already climbed five meters, and while climbing, he also reeled in the rope. The thieves who had chased to the wall could only sigh with their heads raised.

The only ones who could still pose a threat were the archers. After all, climbing while dodging was still difficult. When Gu Fei successfully climbed to the top of the wall, he was still hit by two arrows.

"As expected, there aren't that many experts..." Gu Fei said with emotion after noticing the damage from these two arrows. The damage from these two arrows was average and could not be compared with the likes of Yu Tian Shen Ming.

After throwing the pulled-out arrows down the wall, Gu Fei turned around and jumped down from the other end. After instantly moving to land, he was already deep in the fog, and the escape was successfully completed.

And Misty Flowers didn't rush to continue the pursuit, because at this time, Liu Feng San Tan had completed his conversation with Giordano. To his great surprise, although the quest completion rate had decreased, it was far less than he had expected. After such a disturbance, Liu Feng San Tan wouldn't have been surprised if it had been directly deducted to zero. But now, this result made him feel very encouraged.

The completion rate had only decreased by five percentage points. After Liu Feng San Tan announced this result in the guild, sure enough, everyone was satisfied with it.

"Only five points! Not much, not much. I thought it would be deducted to zero." Most people thought this way and were in a happy mood at this time.

"It seems we were a little too nervous!" Someone said.

"These people might not be here to deliberately cause trouble. They might really have some quest," someone said.

"But we still dropped five points!"

"Maybe if we don't bother them and let them complete their quest peacefully, it won't..."

"But who knows if their quest is real or fake?"

"Alas, people's hearts are difficult to fathom..."

The discussion became more and more profound, but at this time, Liu Feng San Tan was frowning tightly. Because he had already learned from Piao Liu that the most troublesome guy would definitely come again, and his quest would definitely cause Misty Flowers heavy losses.

Assassinate Giordano...