Chapter 134: Whereabouts
Bai Xingyishi ordered his men to tally the losses and spoils.
Two team members were killed under mysterious circumstances, but the rest were in good condition and could continue fighting.
As for the gains, they killed about eight or nine elite monsters. Other than experience, they were utterly poor. After searching for a long time, they only found some coins, materials, and some unknown suspicious potions.
All in all, it was a battle with only losses and no gains.
If not for these people acting like rabid dogs, rushing forward to fight them desperately upon seeing them, Bai Xingyishi would not want to waste his precious time on these guys.
Bai Xingyishi was somewhat exasperated. He had been extremely unlucky lately.
First, a quest related to a divine artifact was leaked on the forum. Then, they were waiting at Black Raven Port to ambush the person who stole the divine artifact. Unexpectedly, Black Raven Port mysteriously exploded. Bai Xingyishi still hadn’t figured out what happened. He only knew that if he hadn’t fled quickly, he would likely have met the same fate as the port.
The port was unusable, but the divine artifact still had to be retrieved. Fortunately, a friendly Mage player pointed him in the right direction, seeing the NPC who stole the Sage Ovum Sheath running towards the Old Town. Although what the other party said might not be true, Bai Xingyishi had no other options and could only take a gamble.
As it turned out, when he reached the Old Town, he didn’t find the person, but a pack of rabid dogs did catch his scent.
“Fang, tell me, what should we do now… At least we need to find the whereabouts of that NPC.”
Bai Xingyishi gave up thinking and decided to hand over the decision-making power to the smart person.
What else could be done? Try their luck.
Bai Xingya was also full of complaints but dared not show them. He was quite impressed with this Guild Leader, being led around by others from start to finish without even realizing it.
First, it was the Lagovin Family, and then some mysterious mage who appeared out of nowhere. Only someone like Bai Xingyishi, who played games without thinking, would consider them good people.
Bai Xingya really wanted to advise him to give up on the so-called “divine artifact” that he hadn’t even seen, and cut his losses while they were still small. After all, he had seen the fireworks above the port. The intensity of those explosions was clearly not something ordinary individuals could cause. Once such a character joined the competition, Bai Star Studio, no, all players would have no chance… But given Bai Xingyishi’s current mental state, he probably wouldn’t listen to advice.
“Someone in the Guild witnessed that NPC. He seems to have the ability to transform into a werewolf,” Bai Xingya analyzed, “This might be the ability of the异种猎人 (Exotic Hunter) class. In Leicester, only the Wolf Pack Club has this class path, which is the organization of these NPCs who attacked us earlier.”
Upon hearing this, Bai Xingyishi also reacted.
“You mean that guy is from the Wolf Pack Club? No wonder those rabid dogs came to provoke us. So they didn’t want us to get the divine artifact back.”
“Not necessarily,” Bai Xingya immediately denied the Guild Leader’s statement and explained slowly, “If the divine artifact has already been obtained by the Wolf Pack Club, they wouldn’t need to bite everyone everywhere. Concentrating their efforts to protect the divine artifact would be the correct choice. Since they haven’t done so, either that person is not a member of the club, or he has defected from the club…”
Bai Xingyishi’s eyebrows twitched. Subconsciously, he felt something was wrong, but upon closer thought, he felt nothing was wrong.
That’s right, since someone obtained the divine artifact, as long as they still have ambition, they will definitely choose to hoard it all. At least Bai Xingyishi believed he would do so.
“Continue.”
Bai Xingya’s lips twitched. Was there still any need to continue?
“The possibility of the former is extremely slim, so we can temporarily assume it’s the latter. If that’s the case, then those who attacked us could only be the club members sent to hunt down the traitor. We just happened to encounter them with the same target… In other words, as long as we secretly track them, with their familiarity with their own people, we will eventually find the guy who took the divine artifact. As for how to track them, I have already used the tracking technique on them beforehand…”
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While other players were fighting the players and locals fiercely, Bailu was taking care of children.
This might be a bit of an exaggeration, but in Bailu’s opinion, a group of high school students was indeed like children.
After all, “World Tree: Origin” is a game that is suitable for all ages. Even underage high school students can play it if they purchase special gaming equipment. As for the difference between this special equipment and the normal one… if forced to say, there is no difference.
“Senior Bai, what do you think?”
“Uh, ah?” Bailu snapped back to attention, giving a slight awkward smile. What did they mean by asking her opinion? What opinion? “Ahem, you guys do whatever you need to do. Anyway, I’m only responsible for fighting.”
This group of kids came from the same high school, and it seemed they were even from the same class. One of them was the cousin of Bailu’s university classmate. Bailu had met her a few times in reality, so they weren’t strangers.
The post that was still trending in the hottest section of the forum had drawn the attention of players from the Leicester region and its surrounding areas, whether they were from studios, hardcore players, or casual players.
After all, it was a divine artifact. Although the post originator’s words seemed suspicious, most people thought that since the post had been up for so long without being deleted, it must be real, and perhaps even officially promoted.
As a result, countless players came to Leicester or were on their way. The vast majority of them were not there to compete for the divine artifact, but simply to join in the fun. This was the first large-scale collective event for players since the game’s launch.
The cousin and her classmates also came to join in the fun. However, Bailu’s classmate, who was supposed to be the tour guide, had something to do in reality and entrusted the task to her. Although Bailu suffered from social anxiety, she agreed because it was a friend’s request.
If not for this, she should be searching for Li Wen all over the city right now.
“I’m asking Senior Bai about my sister’s opinion, since she left us without a word.” The cousin made a small jest and quickly changed the subject before Bailu could react. “Hmm… If you ask me, we should go to the port first to check.”
Bailu quite agreed with this. After all, the quest location mentioned in the post was Black Raven Port. Although it might be too late to go there now, they weren’t really going for the divine artifact reward, so it didn’t matter.
But just then, other voices emerged from the group.
“I went offline and checked the forum. Black Raven Port had an explosion and caught fire. It’s very dangerous now, and the Sage Ovum Sheath has already been taken away by an NPC,” said an elf girl who looked very frail. “It was also said by the person who posted. That NPC is named **Edward Harriman, from Leicester’s Old Town, a Level 22 Exotic Hunter of the Mad Hunt path, with skills and traits such as… He is now hiding somewhere in the Old Town, so we should go to the Old Town.”
Bailu didn’t bother thinking about why there was such detailed information on the forum. Perhaps, as some players speculated, this was a promotional campaign by the game’s official developers.
But what did that have to do with them?
“Okay, then let’s go to the Old Town. I’m very familiar with that place.”
Bailu patted her meager chest and said it was no problem at all, completely unaware that she seemed to have overlooked something.
