Chapter 101 What to do?

“Guild leader, what do we do?!!” Almost every guild was echoing similar cries. After all, it was impossible for an entire guild to be unaware of the changing situation.

Yes, what to do? At this moment, the guild leaders of large guilds like Unsworn Sword and Against the Current wanted nothing more than to curse. Ordinary people only saw the glory these leaders displayed in public, but who knew their difficulties when decisions had to be made? Especially at this moment, when a single wrong step could leave a terrible impression on all the guilds in the city, both of them were holding their breaths, hoping the other would speak first, willing to give the other the chance to issue orders. Or perhaps, someone like that impulsive young man from before would pop up and shout something, and this matter could be dealt with!

But no! No one was shouting. Everything was actually a matter of chance, but also a matter of inevitability. The previous stalemate easily led to hot-blooded youths jumping out. But this situation was a delicate one, and those with hotheads wouldn't jump out at this time, because they would feel that continuing to fight like this was fine.

Unsworn Sword and Against the Current were suffering! Tearing at their hair!

“Guild leader, make a decision quickly, we can't delay any longer.” Some players who understood the extremely unfavorable direction of the battle were very anxious and kept urging their guild leaders.

The guild leaders were also very anxious, so they came to urge the even bigger guild leaders, mainly Unsworn Sword and Against the Current.

So the two guys cursed while tears streamed down their faces.

This time, the two of them were determined not to make a decision casually, so they held a channel democratic meeting in the large guild leaders' team channel. The democratic representatives, mainly guild leaders, held their own opinions and engaged in fierce discussions. The two old foxes, Unsworn Sword and Against the Current, watched silently, hoping for a voice that would overwhelm the others to appear. It could be said that both of these guild leaders lacked a bit of魄力 (po li – courage, decisiveness), but it had to be said that both of their mental arithmetic abilities were very good. At this time, even if someone came out with an idea, if it was wrong, they would be a scapegoat. If it was right, the influence of this person might not be able to compete with the two of them, after all, the two of them had real strength, which was an important foundation in online games.

“Everyone, don't quarrel, don't quarrel, listen to me!” At this time, someone made a sound, asking the guild leaders in the channel to calm down, he wanted to broadcast separately.

Unsworn Sword and Against the Current's hearts both thumped when they saw this ID. Black Index Finger, also a guild leader of the top five guilds, they didn't expect this person to have the courage to speak out at this time.

The channel gradually quieted down, Unsworn Sword and Against the Current waited for Black Index Finger to speak, this person had the strength to compete with the two of them… At this time, Unsworn Sword and Against the Current were not together, but their hearts were together, uneasy.

“We have to retreat!” After the channel was quiet, Black Index Finger simply said two words. Unsworn Sword and Against the Current breathed a sigh of relief. So it was just this idea. Daring to make a decision was not enough, what was more important was to come up with a courageous idea, that was what truly counted as 魄力 (po li). Take this moment as an example, if Black Index Finger dared to propose to continue fighting, or to propose a policy of maintaining the situation and ultimately winning, then his reputation today would soar. It was a pity that he was now proposing a retreat plan, so even if it was correct and reasonable, it was not necessarily pleasing. Unsworn Sword and Against the Current had long seen that retreating was the best option in the current situation, but neither of them said this, because they didn't want to leave people with the impression of being too weak. These two were no longer just focused on the strength of the guild, image projects were also something they had to grasp, especially had to grasp.

As soon as Black Index Finger finished speaking, there were different voices shouting, just as Unsworn Sword and Against the Current had expected, they were despising Black Index Finger for not having the courage.

After Black Index Finger shouted a few more times to be quiet, he said, “If we continue to fight, I believe in your strength, and it won't be a problem to spend a few more hours with careful arrangements, but the problem is that area… that definitely won't last long.”

That area… everyone knew which area Black Index Finger was referring to, the cannon fodder army. Everyone was silent. The cannon fodder army definitely couldn't be compared with their regular army, they weren't going to resist, they were basically going to die. Although there were many people, their death frequency was too fast. After effective organization, although it was somewhat suppressed, it was still several times faster than the main force. If this continued, that side would indeed collapse before the main force. By then, when that side's system had no opponents, they would come to support and break the original balance of the main force. What would be the result?

“Then quickly transfer some manpower to that side?” Someone suggested.

“I'm afraid it's a bit late.” Black Index Finger said, “The existing balance was also maintained and grasped with great difficulty after prior preparation and continuous practical combat during this period. Now, a sudden change is likely to be crushed by the system in one fell swoop. I think everyone understands this.”

“So, we can only retreat!” Black Index Finger concluded.

Many of the previous voices were silent this time, but an unexpected person opened his mouth.

“Can't retreat!!!” The person who spoke was Against the Current.

As Against the Current listened to Black Index Finger's speech, the more he listened, the more he felt that something was wrong. Black Index Finger was openly analyzing the situation in front of him, but secretly, he was pointing out the mistakes of the cannon fodder army's deployment, because it was this deployment that led to the current difficulty in adjustment. And the cannon fodder army was exactly the concept proposed by Against the Current.

The rotation system of alternating battles to consume the system was the plan proposed by Unsworn Sword; and streamlining the staff and removing the slackers was proposed and implemented by Black Index Finger. Against the Current originally had a key task in his hands, so he didn't pay much attention to this frontal attack. As a result, that important task was gone, and the frontal battlefield became the only place to determine the victory or defeat. How could Against the Current be willing to have no color of his own in the planning of the frontal battle? So he added a method of having the cannon fodder army to attract some firepower and relieve the pressure on the main force. Everyone thought this idea was good, so they naturally arranged according to the plan. Now, the cannon fodder army had become the key to affecting the battle situation. If responsibility was to be investigated, Against the Current, the guy who came up with the idea, would naturally be hard to blame.

Black Index Finger was now analyzing the situation, directly pointing out this matter. If the troops were withdrawn at this time, players would naturally discuss: "Why?"

So someone would answer: "Because the cannon fodder army can't hold on."

Then someone would ask again: "Who the hell came up with the idea of the cannon fodder army?"

Then answer again: "Against the Current."

With just two questions and two answers, Against the Current would be finished, so he suddenly realized that he couldn't retreat!! Especially when Black Index Finger had exposed this layer. Was this guy deliberately plotting against me? Against the Current felt uneasy, and didn't care about anything else for a while, so he quickly spoke out to stop the retreat.

Against the Current was worthy of being a famous guild leader in Cloud City, also a level six guild leader, his speech was obviously more weighty than Black Index Finger. When Black Index Finger spoke, there were people who booed with different opinions, but Against the Current stood against the crowd, and the voices that followed were: "What ideas does Guild Leader Against the Current have?"

"It's not easy for the battle to reach this level. Everyone has also seen this rule of death counts. If we retreat now, all previous efforts will be cleared, but I believe the system will record the number of deaths. Next time we fight again, we will directly face the penalty of not being able to fight for five minutes, ten minutes, or even fifteen minutes after death. Instead of this, it is better to continue on the current basis!" Against the Current said.

"But… what about that side?"

"That side, leave it to me to command! I will try my best to buy enough time for everyone. Brothers, please work harder, we must take this game in one go!!" Against the Current's words were sonorous and powerful, but his heart was very depressed. He was forced onto the shelf, anyway, retreating would definitely cause a commotion, so it was better to go all out now. Even if he lost in the end, there would still be people who would remember his perseverance. If more changes could occur in the battle, deciding the victory, then he would be very glorious.

Many people supported Against the Current's meaning. Black Index Finger, who originally advocated retreating, didn't insist much, but just said lightly in the channel: "Since Guild Leader Against the Current is so confident, then we might as well give it a try. If we really want to retreat, I also feel reluctant."

Bastard! Against the Current cursed angrily, this guy was squeezing himself, still mentioning what certainty at this time, wasn't it to make everyone remember that this battle was entirely Against the Current's idea!

Unsworn Sword wanted to be air, but who told him that he had built a good foundation, at this time someone remembered his guild leader and specifically asked: "Guild Leader Unsworn Sword, what do you think? Why haven't you been speaking?"

Unsworn Sword typed "hehe" and said: "Everyone has analyzed it thoroughly, I can't even interject. Now that we have discussed it almost, then let's do it this way, I won't say anything."

Bastard!! Against the Current was angry again, didn't he understand Unsworn Sword? This guy liked to broadcast alone the most, when did he not have the chance to interject, this time he let this guy see the whole joke.

"Then, that side will be entrusted to Guild Leader Against the Current. Other brothers, we must hold on here, kill efficiently, don't let down the efforts made by Guild Leader Against the Current!!!" Unsworn Sword finally shouted, and the guild leaders all cheered, Against the Current was frightened. It's hard to guard against a thief at home! If Unsworn Sword was plotting against him at this time, deliberately trying to embarrass himself, and not putting in effort, then he would fall. He only hoped that this guy would focus on the big picture, and not be childish at such an important moment…

Against the Current went anxiously, and Unsworn Sword continued to command the battle in place. As the commanders of the battle, these guild leaders would not easily let themselves hang, at least they would bring enough priests. But it wasn't that the guild leader's body was precious and couldn't be hung, it was just that without a commander during team battles, it wouldn't work.

The plan was set on the big battlefield, Against the Current became the head of the cannon fodder group, and took office with tears in his eyes. And the system's tactics were still carried out in an orderly manner, while the elusive Gu Fei, Sword Demon comrade, was already actively operating behind enemy lines.

"Already arrived." Brother You was the closest, and arrived at the central camp first, sending a message to the two of them.

"Well, thanks Brother You, you can also interview some information and write a battle report!" Gu Fei said.

"Do you still need me for this?" Brother You replied, he saw that there were already online reporters from various websites in the camp, grabbing resurrected players and constantly asking questions.

"I'm almost there too." Gu Fei replied to the message, already seeing this resurrection camp in front of him. Although there were many types of occupations in the game, it was still obviously an era of cold weapons. The camp construction was very simple, without even a wall. All he could see was a chaotic pile of tents, making it clear that this was a garrison, and the resurrection point of this camp was even larger than the seven-occupation resurrection point in the city.

"I'm here!" Gu Fei stepped into the resurrection point, sending a message to the two of them, when suddenly a gust of wind came from beside him. Gu Fei didn't even bother to look, and stepped aside, then turned around to take a glance. A guy dressed as a guard, holding a sharp sword, had already launched the second attack.

"Wuwuwu" an unknown sound began to echo in the camp, the reborn players in the camp were confused, and then Gu Fei heard the guard in front of him shout: "A spy has infiltrated the camp!!!"

Gu Fei was in tears. It turned out that this guy was an NPC. If players couldn't recognize that Gu Fei wasn't their kind, how could NPCs not recognize him? Gu Fei publicly mixed into the camp, and was immediately caught by the NPCs.

The players were first stunned when they heard this sound, and then excited, asking each other: "What spy? Is it a mission?"

"Yes, a mission, hurry up and take a look!!!"

"Where is the spy? Go catch the spy!!!"

Some of these players hadn't reached the end of their rest time and couldn't leave the camp, while others had simply died and returned, and hadn't reached the number of injuries to recover. At this time, they were all refreshed and ran around in the camp looking for spies.

Several players instantly appeared on Gu Fei's side, Gu Fei groaned in his heart, but this NPC was strong, and it was not easy to escape in a short time. Those players were obviously extremely eager for the mission, and rushed to him in the blink of an eye. Gu Fei looked in all directions, the sword's edge darkened, preparing to use a turning double Flame Slash to clear this wave of people first, when he heard the player rushing in front say: "Brother, you came fast enough!!!" After speaking, he saw this guy slip behind the NPC with a quick step, and ruthlessly delivered a backstab, shouting: "Brothers, hurry up, don't let this guy escape."

The players responded, spells, arrows, heavy swords, and giant axes all went towards the NPC, Gu Fei didn't even have a place to interject for a while, and was stunned on the spot.

Experientialism kills people! Gu Fei shook his head repeatedly, who told you that spies must be from the system?

"Damn, dressed quite like it, brother, how did you find out he was a spy?" Someone asked while fighting.

"Cough, system prompt." Gu Fei said.

"Oh, go, go!" That person shouted.

"Go!" Gu Fei nodded in response, seeing more and more players rushing over, Gu Fei dared not join in the fun, and retreated to the side with a guilty conscience.

Not only players came to catch spies, and the entire camp was definitely not so few guards, the system guards also came to the rescue upon hearing the news. At this time, Gu Fei had already quietly withdrawn from the camp. The system guards were really connected and acted, seeing so many players besieging their brothers, they didn't explain, and went up to support, and immediately fought back against anyone who attacked the guards.

The players exclaimed: "Damn, so many spies! Come on!!!"

The first few people still wanted to lead this mission alone, but seeing that this situation was unmanageable, they quickly began to shout for reinforcements, a large number of players rushed to the scene, working together to eliminate the "spies". Gu Fei hid in the small forest next to the camp, watching in amazement.

"Oops, can't mix into the camp! There are system guards, I'm afraid they will find out our identities." Gu Fei received a message from Jian Gui at this time. Jian Gui was really honest and careful, when he arrived at the camp, he observed the terrain. As soon as he observed it, he saw the guards. As soon as he saw the guards, he knew that they were a group of NPCs who didn't deal with them. NPCs had an automatic enemy identification system, masks and makeup didn't work, Jian Gui sent a message to Gu Fei while sneaking around, suddenly there was a loophole where there were no system guards!

"Well, I know." Gu Fei said.

"Have you been discovered?" Jian Gui asked.

"Yeah!"

"How is it?"

"It's very lively." Gu Fei said.

"What?" Jian Gui didn't understand.

Gu Fei said simply, Jian Gui was stunned: "There is such a thing."

"You can try it." Gu Fei said.

"Isn't that too bad?" Jian Gui said.

"I didn't mean to." Gu Fei said.

"Then I'll be bad on purpose, for the victory of defending the city!" Jian Gui stated.

"You can definitely do it." Gu Fei said.

Jian Gui always acted decisively, seeing a guard in front, he didn't even sneak, he rushed up and attacked! Sure enough, the "wuwuwu" sound rang, and the guard shouted "A spy has infiltrated the camp!!!" The shout was like a map weapon, the sound wasn't very loud, but the players in the camp could all hear it, and the reaction was exactly the same as in Gu Fei's camp, shouting: "What spy, what spy, is it a mission?"

Of course, Jian Gui wouldn't be seen when he attacked, but when players noticed him, he was well prepared, and shouted at the top of his lungs: "Come on, he's strong, I can't beat him!!!"

"Brother, hold on!!!" Several players rushed over, spells, arrows, great swords, and giant axes, all greeted the little soldier's head.

"Hit twice, take advantage of people's inattention and retreat, there will be a lot of guards later, be careful not to expose yourself." Gu Fei gave an experienced tip.

Jian Gui understood, pretended to fight for a while, and immediately used stealth when it was ready. It was very normal for a thief to sneak to attack, and no one else thought about it, so Jian Gui left silently, players, guards, both sides killed each other, so the players shouted "So many spies", and fought with the guards.

"So confused, I don't know when they will react." Jian Gui said to Gu Fei.

"It probably won't be too long, I have to hurry." Gu Fei said.

"What are you doing?" Jian Gui asked.

"I'm going to Brother You's side." Gu Fei said.

He's really afraid that the world won't be in chaos! Jian Gui was filled with emotion.

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