Chapter 11 Misidentification

"Mistaken identity…" Jian Nan You silently repeated these three words in his mind, then suddenly stopped.

"What's wrong? Run!" Huo Ran Yi said anxiously.

"There's no need to run. Where can we run to?" Jian Nan You, Huo Ran Yi, and the priest with them were not speed-based classes. If the opponents sent archers and thieves to chase them, they could easily catch up. Huo Ran Yi winning with "Beacon Fires Connect the Cities" could only be considered a consolation.

"Then let's fight them!" Huo Ran Yi rolled up his sleeves, glaring fiercely at the road ahead, ready to unleash a powerful spell the moment an enemy showed their face.

"Don't be hasty." Jian Nan You reached out and pressed down on his raised staff.

"What is it?" Huo Ran Yi was confused.

"They really mistook us for someone else!" Jian Nan You said.

"What?"

"Yan Gui and Jiu Gui are a Thief and a Priest, You-ge is a Knight, Yu Tian Shen Ming is an Archer, Zhan Wu Shang is a Warrior, plus a video mage... their class composition is exactly the same as ours! Moreover, they're escorting a target, and the number of people in their team is exactly seven, just like us! Just now, those guys saw our group of seven and started attacking without taking a closer look..." Jian Nan You analyzed.

Huo Ran Yi listened, and it did make sense. The opponents' archers had started firing as soon as they entered the range. At that time, the two sides were still dozens of meters apart. Acquaintances could probably recognize each other by silhouette, but the three parties were all strangers to each other. Seeing the right number of people, they probably assumed it was their target.

Since there were no leveling NPCs or quest NPCs in this valley, players from Sunset City usually came in pairs for some leisure activities, and never in groups of seven for a team PvP. When the opponents saw the group of seven, they would naturally assume they were the team from Cloud City.

After figuring this out, Huo Ran Yi slowly lowered his raised staff: "Then what do we do? Go up and explain?"

"What's the point of explaining? It'll be clear as soon as we meet..." Jian Nan You sighed and started walking back. At this moment, the opponent's archer quickly chased to the fork in the road, turned their head, and fired an arrow at the three of them. Jian Nan You was prepared for this, raised his shield to block it, and shouted loudly, "Wait, have you mistaken us for someone else?"

The opponent's archer paused slightly, and their guild leader rushed over. As soon as he saw the faces of the three, he realized that he didn't recognize them.

In fact, he had felt something was wrong from the very beginning of the battle. The way the opponents were standing in a line was common for players, but the problem was that one of them should have been the quest NPC. He had seen that NPC before, and after the battle started, it just stood there dumbly. It wasn't as obedient as this one, cooperating with the players.

However, although he had doubts, the guild leader was still eager to complete the mission. Even if he was wrong, then he was wrong. Besides, he might not be wrong! With this in mind, he didn't say anything. As for the archers who mainly attacked in the battle just now, they didn't recognize anyone. Seeing seven people, they had already taken the initiative to attack without waiting for the leader to give the order.

Now that they had met face-to-face, they had indeed killed the wrong people. However, the guild leader didn't feel any remorse. He just paused and said, "Who are you?" He even suspected that these seven people who had suddenly appeared might have something to do with the other side.

"From Linshui City, Jian Nan You." Jian Nan You calmly stated his name. He believed that his ID should still carry some weight in Parallel World, at least enough to bring out a different kind of emotion.

Sure enough, people who heard the name turned their heads. The guild leader felt that he was really lucky today, that he could kill one of the legendary Five Strong Ones by mistake. Of course, although the name of the Five Strong Ones was famous, it wasn't enough to make people fawn over him as soon as they heard the name. Moreover, the guild leader had more important things to do right now and didn't have the mind to care whether you were one of the Five Strong Ones or the Six Strong Ones. However, after hearing that the other party was also someone of significance, he was more polite in his words: "I'm really sorry, we were looking for another seven people. We didn't see clearly just now. We've really offended you. We have urgent matters to attend to now. We'll definitely go to Linshui City to apologize in person when we have time later."

After saying that, he wanted to direct his brothers to continue on their way, but Jian Nan You suddenly stopped him from behind: "Are you looking for the seven people from Cloud City?"

"What? Have you seen them?" What could be more important to the guild leader than this? Hearing this voice, he turned around at 1000 speed.

"Actually, we're also looking for them. We seemed to see them go down into the valley earlier, but we didn't find them on the way." Jian Nan You said.

The group exchanged glances, and those more familiar with the terrain reacted incredibly quickly.

"Did they take the wrong path?" Someone suspected.

Their guild leader looked at Jian Nan You very seriously, wondering if this was a trap. After all, it was quite suspicious for seven people to suddenly appear in the valley.

"What do you want them for?" The guild leader could only start from this angle.

"Actually, we're not looking for them, just for the mage among them. It's a personal matter." Jian Nan You replied indifferently.

"Personal matter..." The guild leader muttered to himself. This tone made it clear that they were seeking revenge. If it was something else, they would contact them directly through messages. Chasing someone's ass with a team of people was obviously ill-intentioned.

"If it's convenient, we can cooperate. I'm not very clear about what you're doing, but I hope you can leave that mage for us to deal with." Jian Nan You continued.

The Five Strong Ones took the initiative to offer cooperation! Under normal circumstances, people would be overjoyed to have such a strong reinforcement suddenly appear. But at this time, the guild leader was unexpectedly cautious. He was really worried that there was some conspiracy in this.

Jian Nan You had originally thought that people would be very happy if a master like him took the initiative to help, but he didn't expect the other party's leader to be so suspicious. Seeing that the other party was still hesitant, Jian Nan You simply said, "I don't know what your mission is, but if you don't want us to get in the way, then can you please leave that mage for us? If it doesn't hinder you in any way."

"This...it doesn't hinder us." After hearing this, the other party felt that Jian Nan You shouldn't have any conspiracy. He finally nodded and said, "Why bother? Let's all go together!"

"Then we'll have to trouble you." Jian Nan You smiled faintly. But Huo Ran Yi and the priest were not as calm as him. The other party had attacked without asking any questions, directly causing three of their brothers to die for no reason. The two were still very indignant about this.

"Let's get things done first and talk about it later!" Jian Nan You said to the two in the channel. At this time, Jiao Shui and the other three who had been killed were resurrected in Linshui City and could no longer come to help. Therefore, Jian Nan You couldn't confront the other party head-on and needed to use these external forces. So, although he was also quite annoyed by these people for attacking randomly, he temporarily endured it.

After resolving this matter, Hei Shui, the thief who was traveling with Jian Nan You, also rushed over. After confirming that no one had climbed up from the valley during this time, the guild leader could be sure that the group from Cloud City had taken the dead end on the left.

"How could they have taken the dead end? Are they really lost?" The guild leader began to suspect again.

Jian Nan You helplessly gave his reasoning, and the other party felt it made a lot of sense. He cursed the opponents for being cunning. He also realized that if he hadn't met Jian Nan You and his group, he probably would have been fooled by those people. Thinking of this, he finally felt guilty for killing three of Jian Nan You's people and apologized repeatedly.

"Boss, let's move quickly. The battle above is almost over." Someone reminded him.

"Yes, yes! Everyone move, split into two teams. One team goes from here to the left valley and goes back, and the other team continues forward. We'll surround them and catch them." The guild leader ordered, and didn't forget to ask, "Brother Jian Nan, what do you think of this?"

"No problem." Jian Nan You nodded. He and his remaining three brothers randomly joined a team and set off.

At this time, the four team battles outside the valley were reaching their climax.

The Cloud City team prioritized defense, focusing on their own healing while not making any overly aggressive moves to provoke the opponents, taking more of a "touch and stop" approach. Therefore, the casualties on both sides were very small. The scene seemed quite peaceful.

However, this situation finally couldn't continue.

As Gu Xiao Shang's team was trying their best to hold off the enemy, reinforcements suddenly arrived. The Cloud City players, who had originally been intentionally focusing on defense, instantly switched to a truly defensive stance.

The new force consisted mainly of Fighters. As soon as they got close, they used skills like Body Blow to throw many people away. The Cloud City players were experienced masters, but they could barely last three moves against these new fighters. Those who were lucky could last five moves before being knocked to the ground. Only those who kept their distance with speed from the start were spared.

The Cloud City players were quickly thrown all over the ground. The new fighters didn't follow up with killing blows. After knocking one person down, they rushed to the next person and continued to use techniques combined with the game skill Body Blow to throw the players away.

The situation was reversed easily. In an instant, it seemed as if this had become a performance for these Fighters. The original combatants, Cloud City, couldn't resist, while the original Sunset City team had no chance to intervene.

The leader of the opposing team was also a guild leader, and he was very unhappy at this time. He twisted his head and said indignantly, "Bai Shi, isn't this a bit too much?"

"What?" On a large rock nearby, a person was sitting cross-legged with his left arm resting on his leg, supporting his chin with his hand, tilting his head, and smiling: "We're helping because you couldn't solve it for so long!"

"This is outright snatching, okay!" The other party continued to be indignant. "We were the ones who encountered them first. Even if it's a competition, we should have some sense of first come, first served, right?"

"Hehe, that's really hard on you, but I'm online now, so let us handle it!" Bai Shi Jing Lun said.