Chapter 159 Pigeon

The Cloud Piercer players had dispersed, and Nightlight Village was unusually quiet. The NPCs simply stood silently at their posts, unlike the players who ran around chattering. Without a word, the six of them silently arrived at Adrian’s mansion and immediately saw that familiar, busy figure.

“This girl is really too persistent.” Everyone was touched.

“Xiao Yu!” Gu Fei shouted and waved.

June Rain, who was sweating buckets in Adrian’s backyard, turned around, saw the six of them, wiped her forehead, and waved. That wipe instantly turned her attractive, sweaty face into a mosaic.

“What are you doing again?” Gu Fei asked as he walked up. June Rain was half-buried in the ground.

“I’m preparing to dig a tunnel to sneak into Adrian’s cellar from the side. How about it? Isn’t this a brilliant idea?” June Rain said.

“Is that even possible?” Gu Fei asked, wiping his brow.

“How would I know if I don’t try?” June Rain said.

“If you do this, won’t Adrian say something?” Gu Fei said.

“Isn’t he gone?” June Rain asked, puzzled.

“He’s already back!” Gu Fei said. “He was here when a bunch of people were fighting just now!”

“Really? I didn’t see him!” June Rain panicked and quickly tried to climb out of the pit.

“Don’t panic, don’t panic!” Gu Fei stopped her. “Hide here first. He’ll be gone again soon.”

“Oh!” June Rain breathed a sigh of relief. “He didn’t see me, did he?”

“I don’t think so…” Gu Fei felt like he was哄 (hōng - coaxing) a child.

“Go see if he’s gone yet,” June Rain ordered Gu Fei.

“Right away, right away…” Gu Fei quickly got up. Turning around, he saw the other five staring blankly at the girl… There were many ways to attract attention.

“Ahem!” Gu Fei coughed, and the five came back to their senses, covering up their embarrassment.

“Hurry, hurry,” Gu Fei said.

“Sword Demon and Brother Yu, check the rooms for other exits. Zhan Wushang, guard the cellar; perhaps his room is connected to it. Yutian, guard the side of the house and be sure you can shoot him if he tries to escape in any of the three directions. Qian Li and I will go in through the main entrance. Any problems?” Han Jia Gongzi said.

“No!” The five replied and went to their respective positions. Sword Demon and Brother Yu circled the house but found no back doors, so they focused on monitoring the windows. Yutian Shenming also chose a sniper position, while Zhan Wushang squatted directly on top of the cellar. June Rain in the pit occasionally popped her head out like a gopher, but never noticed Zhan Wushang less than three meters behind her…

Gu Fei and Han Jia Gongzi arrived at the door and knocked.

No one knew what an NPC hiding in a room was doing. Perhaps he was just standing behind the door, waiting for players to knock. In any case, the door was quickly opened after Han Jia Gongzi knocked only once.

Trying to patiently talk to NPCs was something only those poisoned by online game novels or naive people like June Rain would do. Han Jia Gongzi had come with a purpose, to be simple and clear. He threw the note and ledger at Adrian and said, “Your collusion with the werewolves has been exposed. Die!”

The behavior and language were simple to the extreme, but the necessary props were shown, and the key meaning was expressed. There was no reason why the mission shouldn’t continue.

Compared to Han Jia Gongzi, Gu Fei was also a simple and decisive character. As soon as Han Jia Gongzi finished speaking, Gu Fei had already drawn his sword. Adrian had just shown a surprised and fearful expression when Gu Fei’s sword came flying.

Although the Transformation Necklace, the Fang of the Wolf King, had been confiscated by Gu Fei last time, this newly generated Adrian was also someone who knew the werewolves’ secrets. Who knew if he had another Fang of the Wolf King hidden away…

Werewolves were already level 70 monsters, and the transformed Wolf King would be a level 70 Boss. Gu Fei couldn’t give him that chance. So, like the last time he dealt with Adrian, he quickly attacked to entangle him.

Adrian’s strength was still the same, but Gu Fei had leveled up ten times since their last encounter, and his equipment was much better. Two Twin Flame Flashes burned Adrian into a beardless old man. The two fought like whirlwinds in the house, and Adrian was completely suppressed by Gu Fei.

Han Jia Gongzi had originally held his staff, ready to support Gu Fei at any time, but seeing the situation, he put the staff back in his pocket. He wandered around the house with his hands behind his back, finally stopping to carefully examine a painting hanging on the wall. He sighed, “This game really puts in the effort. The painting simulation is quite detailed. Hey, come and look!”

“Scram!” Gu Fei cursed at him while giving Adrian two more fierce blows.

After Han Jia Gongzi lost interest in wandering around the house, he moved a stool to the corner, opened a bottle of wine, and cheered for Gu Fei’s skills while occasionally urging him to hurry up.

Gu Fei was in high spirits. He imagined Adrian as Han Jia Gongzi and chopped and chopped without mercy…

Adrian was indeed Adrian. Seeing that he was no match, he began the same verbal惑 (huò - entice, delude) as last time, offering to help kill werewolves, promising his wealth… Unfortunately, he had encountered the same opponent twice. Gu Fei was naturally unmoved by his words and resolutely struck the killing blow.

But what happened next exceeded Gu Fei’s expectations.

Seeing that Adrian’s skills were getting worse and worse, and he was completely resigned to his fate, Gu Fei estimated that he could solve the problem in two or three more sword strikes. Suddenly, Adrian seemed like a Saint Seiya encouraged by a goddess. He erupted with immense power from who knew where, and with a speed far beyond Gu Fei’s imagination, he suddenly broke free from Gu Fei’s swordplay.

“Damn it!” Han Jia Gongzi, who had been drinking and watching the fun, instantly dropped his bottle and stood up. But Adrian didn’t rush toward the door. Instead, he lunged toward the window.

“Window!!!” Han Jia Gongzi quickly sent a message on the mercenary channel, hoping the guys outside could stop him in time.

“Lightning, descend!” Gu Fei also quickly chanted. He always saved enough mana for a Lightning Spell after four Twin Flame Flashes. A bolt of lightning struck Adrian’s head from the ceiling.

The spells cast by the Dark Night Flowing Light Sword were much stronger than ordinary slashes. Gu Fei estimated that this lightning bolt would be enough to kill Adrian. Who knew that Adrian had become an unkillable cockroach at this time. He still charged toward the window after being struck by the lightning, but his steps were staggering, and he no longer had the unstoppable momentum he had at the beginning of the outbreak.

Gu Fei flashed in front of him, violently flicking his wrist and instantly stabbing Adrian several times. This was already the limit of attacks Gu Fei could make in the game. Han Jia Gongzi, an outsider, could hardly see the path of the sword, only feeling a dazzling purple light.

Adrian finally fell, one step away from the window. His arm was raised as if he still had infinite longing for the window. As a result, as he fell, his palm hit the window. The window opened with a “wūlālā” sound. Gu Fei and Han Jia Gongzi didn’t pay much attention, only thinking that the NPC’s death was a bit tragic. Then they heard the sound of birds flapping their wings, and a gray shadow jumped out from who knew where and flew out the window.

“What was that?” Gu Fei quickly rushed to the window, and Han Jia Gongzi was not much slower. The two leaned on the windowsill, looking up, and saw a gray pigeon flying straight into the sky.

“Pigeon!” Han Jia Gongzi quickly sent a message on the mercenary channel.

“This is too difficult…” Yutian Shenming said regretfully. Even he couldn’t be godly enough to shoot down a fast-moving pigeon in the air. Although he released a Tracking Arrow, its speed was too slow and it was impossible to catch up.

“Did Adrian let it out?” Gu Fei looked at Adrian’s corpse on the ground.

“Probably,” Han Jia Gongzi said.

Adrian’s final eruption had a reasonable explanation. He was accumulating strength not to escape, but to release this pigeon. The pigeon was naturally going to send a message, but what that message was was currently unknown. As for how Adrian accumulated the strength… you would lose if you argued about this with the illogical system.

At this time, Sword Demon and Brother Yu had also arrived outside the window. They saw Adrian’s body and breathed a sigh of relief, “Solved it!” Then they asked, “What just flew out?”

“Probably a messenger pigeon.”

“What message?”

“Two possibilities,” Han Jia Gongzi said. “First, a message targeting the werewolves, but that’s unlikely. He was exposed by us, and it’s not like the werewolves didn’t follow his instructions. It wouldn’t be logical for him to take revenge on the werewolves as he died. So, the second possibility is the continuation of this mission. Judging from Adrian’s collusion with the werewolves, this is an organized elimination operation, which for the players is naturally to sabotage the Across the World escort mission. The message Adrian sent at the last minute was probably just to notify the next person: he failed, and the next person should fully prepare!”

Hu Die Lan