Chapter 20 Defeat

From the moment he led the charge into the forest against the tide, he had been steadily walking into the Han Family Young Master's trap.

Using his own men as bait for Gu Fei's area-of-effect spells?

That was just a tiny part of the trap. That tactic might work the first time someone fell for it. But after the first wave was wiped out by Gu Fei's spells, anyone else falling into the same situation would, like Against the Tide had just judged, definitely stop the melee classes from advancing and instead opt for ranged classes.

The moment Against the Tide made that judgment was when he truly fell into the trap.

The melee classes didn't dare to get close, and the ranged classes were severely restricted in the forest. No matter how many people the Water Flower Mercenary Group had, their combat power had been weakened to its limit. This was the key to the Han Family Young Master's battle plan.

Using his own men as bait and Gu Fei wiping them out. This entire scenario was actually the bait, designed to induce Against the Tide to make the decision that the Han Family Young Master was expecting.

Against the Tide's judgment wasn't necessarily wrong. In a normal confrontation, Water Flower's numerical advantage would have been enough to win, even with such constraints.

Unfortunately, he wasn't facing ordinary opponents. He was facing an elite group composed of top-tier experts.

Each member of the group was maximizing their potential, focusing fire on multiple targets, throwing the Water Flower members into disarray. In this situation, Against the Tide's emotions became unstable, and he finally made a major mistake in his command, giving Gu Fei an opportunity to exploit.

Twenty-nine people! Only twenty-nine remained, mostly priests and knights. The Water Flower Mercenary Group's combat players finally had the ultimate configuration they dreamed of. Each of them could now have a dedicated priest and a dedicated knight behind them, a privilege usually reserved for the top experts in the guild. But the guys enjoying this expert treatment couldn't smile at all.

The forest was silent. Gu Fei, Jian Gui, and Yu Tian Shen Ming suddenly stopped attacking as if they had discussed it beforehand. The Han Family Young Master was still hiding behind a tree, You Ge was hiding in a tree, and only Zhan Wu Shang stood openly in front of the twenty-nine.

From the start of the battle, Zhan Wu Shang's falling from the tree had exposed him to everyone, but he had never been the one leading the offense. But Zhan Wu Shang didn't really care. He had fought heroically and happily in this battle, and more importantly, he had earned a lot of points today, which was rare. He had always been the one with the fewest points among the six members of the mercenary group. Gu Fei, Jian Gui, and Yu Tian Shen Ming earned points for killing enemies, while the Han Family Young Master and You Ge got points for non-combat contributions. As for him? He had limited kills in each match. Jian Gui always felt sorry for him, seeing him get only one, two, or three points, and even gave him five points for protecting the Han Family Young Master and You Ge.

What a disgrace! This was simply a disgrace. The number one warrior in the online game had his own pride, but he had been reduced to a bodyguard in this mercenary group. Zhan Wu Shang had been looking forward to a chance to prove himself, and today he finally got it.

But luckily, Gu Fei had saved him at the beginning, otherwise he would have been swarmed and eliminated. Zhan Wu Shang shuddered at the thought. If he had been killed then, he wouldn't even have had a reason to take the bodyguard's five points.

Zhan Wu Shang was lost in his thoughts, treating the twenty-nine people in front of him as if they were nothing.

The Han Family Young Master also emerged from behind the tree, smiling at Against the Tide.

Against the Tide also smiled, a bitter smile. He was truly out of options. Today's defeat wasn't like the guild war. That defeat had many accidental elements, and no one was convinced. But this match was a complete defeat from beginning to end, and he had to accept it whether he liked it or not.

Against the Tide was about to say some polite words when suddenly, there was a rustling sound in the sky above, the branches suddenly scattered to the sides, and a figure shot out with lightning speed, flying towards Against the Tide.

But the Water Flower members saw it clearly and suddenly realized, "Wow, he's using a zipline!"

The person flying out was of course Gu Fei, who was now holding a rope in his hand. The upper end was tied to some part of the tree, and in short, he was flying like Tarzan. Everyone saw it and, combined with Gu Fei's ghostly aerial skills from before, immediately felt that they had found the appropriate scientific explanation.

"Twin Fire Flash, Flash!" Gu Fei didn't just fly, he also used a big move. He had just eaten fruit and his mana was full. This time, after summoning the Twin Fire Flash, he didn't dance around much. He just held it down, and with his swinging momentum, the Twin Fire Flash flew like a fire dragon, skimming over the heads of the Water Flower Mercenary Group members who were still marveling at his zipline skills. Those who were unlucky enough to be standing in Gu Fei's flight path were instantly killed by him.

Twenty-five! The Water Flower Mercenary Group lost four more people.

But Gu Fei wasn't really Tarzan. He didn't practice swinging from trees in his martial arts training. Gu Fei swung across and, when he reached the highest point, found that there was nowhere to land. So, Gu Fei could only conform to the law of conservation of energy, converting potential energy back into kinetic energy, and swung back again.

This time, the Water Flower members were furious.

Because from the various images they had seen in martial arts films, science fiction, and even animal documentaries, anyone who adopted such a flying posture would definitely land gracefully on another tree after swinging. No one expected Gu Fei to be so dishonest, to not find a place to land after flying out, and then to fly back again so shamelessly.

Wouldn't this just become swinging on a swing?

Swings were the main props for sending ambiguous messages in romance dramas, but everyone was currently acting in a passionate fighting drama, which was obviously very out of sync. Gu Fei also felt that it wasn't a good idea to keep swinging like this, so he decisively chanted a spell while swinging back: "Instantaneous Movement, Move!"

The advantage of instant-cast skills was that there was no need to pose, you could cast them whenever you wanted, as you pleased.

As soon as Gu Fei finished chanting, he disappeared from the end of the rope. The Water Flower members were still looking up, trying to find Gu Fei on the tree, wondering if he had flown back to the branches and would come down again with a rope when everyone wasn't paying attention. Unexpectedly, someone behind them screamed. Everyone hurriedly turned around and saw Gu Fei dancing with his sword behind them. Not only him, but the thief had also sneaked out again, taking advantage of the fact that everyone's attention was focused elsewhere to pick up cheap kills behind them.

The two of them quickly killed two people and disappeared just as quickly, hiding behind a large tree. With the guidance of the Han Family Young Master, who had great map skills and coordinate talent, the places they pointed out were definitely blind spots in the view of the large group. Poor Yu Tian Shen Ming, who was a complete idiot when it came to directions, couldn't enjoy the Han Family Young Master's guidance and could only pitifully lie on the tree, secretly shooting arrows.

Jian Gui and Gu Fei, one stealthing and one using Instantaneous Movement, would suddenly appear to harass them as soon as their cooldowns were up, gently appearing, taking three or four lives, and then disappearing just as quickly.

There were also Yu Tian Shen Ming's occasional cold arrows from above. Over there, Zhan Wu Shang was carrying two big swords and making fake charging movements, which was very annoying. The number of Water Flower members was decreasing, and those who hadn't been killed were not far from a mental breakdown. The only gain was a deeper understanding of the cooldown time of Gu Fei's Instantaneous Movement.

After repeated torment, the Water Flower members couldn't come up with any good countermeasures and could only watch as their numbers dwindled one by one. When there were only five people left, the Han Family Young Master once again emerged from behind the tree and smiled at Against the Tide, "Give up?"

Against the Tide sighed and forced a smile, "See you later!"

The Han Family Young Master nodded. Against the Tide signaled to the remaining four members of his team. The four of them looked exhausted and didn't raise any objections. They simply and neatly withdrew.

In the mercenary group's four-way battle, the six-member Young Master Elite Group once again achieved a perfect victory.

Having killed to this extent, the rewards of experience and money alone were already very generous. The six members of the elite group were naturally happy, but on the surface, they were still as calm as water, because as soon as they left the teleportation array, Against the Tide would be waiting there!

After that, there was inevitably the same old set of praises. Against the Tide's intention to win them over was already too obvious. He was practically saying, "If you join my guild, you'll all be my lords."

But the more it was like this, the more the B-grade qualities of these experts could be highlighted.

Yu Tian Shen Ming pretended to be aloof, looking disdainful.

Zhan Wu Shang pretended to be modest, being so humble that it was disgusting.

You Ge was a little lonely, because he knew that he didn't really have the strength to reach that level. People were being so enthusiastic towards him mainly because of the other members' reputation.

Jian Gui replied more seriously: "I'm not considering these things for the time being."

The Han Family Young Master didn't say a word. He was originally a member of "Singing Aloud with Wine"...

Gu Fei, the person the other party was most hoping to recruit, was talking about other things, waiting for the other members to express their opinions one by one before making a helpless look, appearing to be swept along by the tide.

Against the Tide also knew that forcing it would only annoy people, so he didn't say much more. After laughing it off, he said, "Then I look forward to future opportunities to cooperate. If there are any difficult tasks, I must ask you for help!"

Mercenary groups were of course in the business of doing business. No matter how bad the Han Family Young Master was, he couldn't refuse the good intentions that were offered. He also laughed naturally, "We're all so familiar, of course we'll help if there's anything."

It was a rather strange thing that a match could be lost so happily.

There was great harmony before the war, and there was still great harmony after the war. This match ended harmoniously.

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Ahhh! My monthly votes have been pulled apart a lot in the past two days, uh, could it be caused by the irregular updates?