Chapter 10 Players

At ten minutes to seven, players preparing to participate in the mercenary团 (tuan - group/team) competition gathered in the square outside the Mercenary Guild. The officials had announced that a teleportation array would be set up here, and participating players would enter the competition map through the teleportation array.

The players, who had been taught the importance of "participation" since childhood, demonstrated a high degree of responsibility at this time. Almost all players with mercenary团 (tuan - group/team)s had not refused to participate in the competition. At this time, the outside of the Mercenary Guild was crowded with people, filling the square and the streets leading to it.

This scene naturally delighted the game company, which simultaneously issued an emergency system notification: Due to this being the first round of the first day of competition, the number of participants had reached its peak. Therefore, the entry time was extended, and players were asked to hurry.

The players complained, including the six members of the Gongzi Elite 团 (tuan - group/team). The six guys were scattered as soon as they arrived on the street leading to the square. Gu Fei discovered that the crowd was now divided into several grades based on strength, and he was in the weakest group. He was surrounded by weak mages who looked like they could be killed with a single finger.

"Where is everyone?" Gu Fei asked in the mercenary channel, discovering that the other five guys were asking the same question.

In the blink of an eye, it was seven o'clock, and Gu Fei hadn't moved an inch. The system had already announced the start of entry.

The flow of people suddenly started to move. People in the square kept flashing away through the teleportation array, and those still stuck on the street were able to move at a speed of 1. Ten minutes later, the system was forced to send another notification: Due to the special circumstances of the first game, there was no limit to entry time, so everyone could take their time.

"I'm in," Han Jia Gongzi, the first of the six elite members to reach the teleportation array, reported.

"How is that possible!" Gu Fei exclaimed in surprise. Theoretically, Zhan Wu Shang should have been the first!

"Seduction, it must be seduction!" Yu Tian Shen Ming said affirmatively, wondering if he had already been seduced.

Gu Fei was silent. With Han Jia Gongzi's stunning face, it would be too easy to pretend to be a woman. Presumably, everyone else immediately thought he was a beauty and immediately showed their gentlemanly demeanor, letting him have "ladies first."

"Oh, the opponent is ready," Han Jia Gongzi reported, "Damn, it's just one person!"

This was not surprising. There were many players who liked to be lone wolves, and many mercenary团 (tuan - group/team)s actually only had one person. Moreover, this group was huge, so it was normal to be drawn in the first round.

But immediately afterward, several messages with the exact same content were刷 (shua - spammed) in the mercenary channel: Then I'm not going.

"Damn!" Han Jia Gongzi was furious. No matter how skilled he was, he was still a priest. Even if he could protect himself, he didn't have the ability to kill his opponent. But after a closer look, he found that there were four messages of "Then I'm not going," which meant that there was still one person who hadn't said it.

"Qian Li?" Han Jia Gongzi asked cautiously. The situation was tense. Although Han Jia Gongzi was the 团长 (tuan zhang - leader/chief), in fact, everyone in the mercenary团 (tuan - group/team) was equal. It was impossible to order anyone around. Now that four masters were saying they weren't coming and weren't to be seen, if Gu Fei didn't come either, wouldn't he, a priest, only be at the mercy of the enemy on the battlefield?

Fortunately, Gu Fei would not miss any PK opportunity and immediately nodded, saying, "Then I'll do it!"

Han Jia Gongzi breathed a sigh of relief, but still said with lingering fear, "You four guys, remember this."

"Tch~~" The four of them simultaneously expressed their contempt.

Gu Fei couldn't squeeze through the crowd and could only move little by little with the flow. It was half an hour later when he reached the teleportation array and entered the battle map.

Blue sky, white clouds, earth, Han Jia Gongzi. These were the first four things Gu Fei saw after entering the map.

"Let's start!" Han Jia Gongzi said.

Originally, the competition would start automatically when the time came, but since the entry time limit had been canceled for the first game, it also meant that the unified competition start time had been canceled. The system would allow the game to start after receiving applications from both sides to be ready.

Gu Fei nodded, and Han Jia Gongzi submitted the application. The system immediately started a five-second countdown. After five, four, three, two, and one, the two were transported into the real competition map after another flash.

Compared to the previous monotonous plain, this map had much more resources. A three-person battle was definitely the smallest type, but it was fully equipped. The terrain was high and low, with water and trees. In addition to the朵 (duo - measure word for clouds) white clouds, there were also a few silly birds flying in the sky. As for the boundary of the map, it was set as a steep slope of 90 degrees.

"There," Han Jia Gongzi pointed ahead while paying attention to the map.

Because the map was so small, you could see the boundaries on all sides at a glance. The two's opponent was clearly standing on the opposite side, only two hundred meters away.

Originally, this kind of single-person mercenary团 (tuan - group/team) would definitely have the most "participation" awareness. Unless they encountered another single-person mercenary团 (tuan - group/team), they still had a chance to compete, but otherwise, they could be said to have no chance of winning. However, when the opponent saw that there were only two opponents, they immediately felt that there was still a chance. They strode out diagonally and disappeared into a depression in the blink of an eye, disappearing from the two's sight.

"Let's go!" Gu Fei drew his sword.

"Yes!" Han Jia Gongzi followed behind Gu Fei.

As the two approached, the player hiding in the depression could clearly see them. Gu Fei and Han Jia Gongzi's attire was very characteristic of their professions, making it easy to recognize a mage and a priest at a glance, saving the need for appraisal skills.

This player was a warrior. After seeing the two's professions, he had more ideas in his mind. If the opponent was also a melee profession, plus a priest, the warrior could basically give up the idea of winning. But now it was a mage, so as long as he could get a chance to get close, the mage's small body would definitely not be able to withstand it, even with a priest by his side.

To take care of Han Jia Gongzi's speed, Gu Fei walked very slowly. After walking halfway, Han Jia Gongzi suddenly said, "You go deal with him. I'll go look at that slope over there."

"What's so good about it?" Gu Fei asked in confusion.

"I'm looking at the terrain. The official website didn't announce the map. Although this is the smallest one, I think the proportions of certain things should be similar in the twelve maps. It's higher over there. I'll go up and take a good look at the whole picture." Han Jia Gongzi said, already heading in that direction.

"Go ahead!" Gu Fei didn't understand what Han Jia Gongzi was saying at all.

The warrior, who was still hiding in the pit and偷窥 (tou kui - peeking/spying), was overjoyed when he discovered that the two had suddenly parted ways. Seeing Han Jia Gongzi's direction, he thought that the two couldn't find him, so they were going to the highlands to take a look. But one went to look, and the other continued to look, this decision was too deadly. The warrior secretly laughed at the two noobs while shrinking back his neck. He had already seen the highlands that Han Jia Gongzi was going to and was preparing to detour from the side to take down the priest first.

In order to prevent being discovered, the warrior bent over and lowered his head, almost趴 (pa - lying prone) on the ground, carefully moving in that direction.

Everything went smoothly. The warrior made a big circle and came to the other end of the highlands. Looking up, he could see Han Jia Gongzi sitting at the top of the highlands, looking around from left to right.

"Don't turn around, don't turn around, don't turn around!" The warrior念叨 (nian dao - chanted/muttered), while爬 (pa - climbing) out of the lowlands, slowly moving upward step by step.

It was a pity that he was a warrior and not a thief. Even with light steps, the heavy armor inevitably made friction sounds. The surrounding was quiet, making the friction sound especially harsh. The warrior moved a few steps and felt that it was impossible to get close quietly. Then he thought, what was the point of防御力 (fang yu li - defensive power) when dealing with a priest? He immediately took off his armor,拎 (lin - carrying/holding) a huge sword, and went up shirtless.

Now there was no sound. Walking more lightly, the warrior advanced in silence, feeling extremely satisfied with himself.

Thirty meters left, twenty meters left, ten meters left... The warrior approached Han Jia Gongzi step by step.

Cool啊 (a - interjection)! After cleaning up this guy, find a pit to猫 (mao - hiding), why worry about that mage? When he was five meters away from Han Jia Gongzi, the warrior was ecstatic, vaguely seeing victory waving at him.

Three meters! This distance was enough to launch an attack. The warrior舔 (tian - licked) his lips, raised the sword in both hands, pointed it at Han Jia Gongzi, and was about to冲锋 (chong feng - charge) when someone suddenly patted his shoulder.

The warrior instantly石化 (shi hua - petrified/turned into stone), and slowly turned around after a long time.

The black-clothed mage was standing behind him.

The warrior张大 (zhang da - opened wide) his mouth and didn't make a sound. He was still thinking about keeping quiet and launching a sneak attack!

"You... how..." The warrior finally realized that the sneak attack was no longer possible.

"I am your opponent," Gu Fei said.

"This... this... is this a圈套 (quan tao - trap)?" The warrior asked愣 (leng - blankly).

"Of course not," Gu Fei said, shouting to Han Jia Gongzi, "Have you finished researching the map?"

"Almost," Han Jia Gongzi said.

"He'll be done soon. Go put on your clothes!" Gu Fei said to the warrior.

"What for?" The warrior said愣愣 (leng leng - blankly).

"You'll fight better with equipment on. Look at you now, do you have any防御力 (fang yu li - defensive power)?" Gu Fei said.

At this time, Han Jia Gongzi had already turned around and stood up, frowning and saying, "Why so much啰嗦 (luo suo - nagging/chattering)? Just quickly finish him off."

"You want me to be slow, and you want me to be fast. Why is it so difficult to be a human!" Gu Fei嘟囔 (du nang - muttered).

"What do you guys mean?" The warrior continued to愣 (leng - blankly).

"Oh, he said he wanted to see the map and wanted me to take my time solving you, so I followed you all the way without doing anything. Sorry!" Gu Fei said.

"You were behind me all the time?" The warrior was surprised.

Gu Fei nodded, "Always."

The warrior looked at Gu Fei, then at Han Jia Gongzi.

One had a face full of期待 (qi dai - anticipation), and the other had a face full of不耐 (bu nai - impatience).

"What is this?" The warrior said,垂下 (chui xia - lowered) his hands, as if losing the will to fight.

"Double Flame Flash, flash!"

Gu Fei suddenly attacked, and the bursting flames秒 (miao - instantly killed) the warrior.

"Why did you use Whirlwind Slash!" Gu Fei said痛苦 (tong ku - painfully), "Aren't you forcing me to秒 (miao - instantly kill) you? Wouldn't it be better to play more?"

White light rose, and the two were teleported out of the competition map.

First game, Gongzi Elite 团 (tuan - group/team) wins.