Chapter 1 Sunshine, Waves, and a Running Dog

Sunshine, sea waves, beach, and... someone running like a dog.

Gu Fei was one of them.

Knowing that the Seven Swords of Jiangnan You were outside the city, finding a boat wasn't as crucial as quickly finding them. Linshui City wasn't as vast as a typical main city because it was close to the water. The terrain here was relatively simple, mostly beaches with few undulations. There were some flowers, plants, and trees, but they didn't amount to much. Small woods might count, but definitely not forests.

So the view here was relatively broad. Gu Fei ran while looking around, along the coast, which was essentially circling Linshui City. While circling, Gu Fei finally saw a group of people.

Far more than seven people, clearly not the Seven Swords of Jiangnan You. But they were just as hurried, with weapons in hand, radiating killing intent. At the same time Gu Fei saw them, they noticed him. Four people suddenly separated from the group and ran towards Gu Fei.

"What are you doing?" The four asked as they approached Gu Fei, their tone not very friendly.

"Nothing, just running," Gu Fei replied calmly.

"Running?" The others were stunned.

"Life lies in movement!" Gu Fei jumped in place a few times, looking quite professional. He was a gym teacher, after all!

The others gave him a look like he was an idiot. Gu Fei grinned, showing his teeth. The four stared at him, seemingly hesitating.

"Is there anything I can do for you? If not, I'll continue running," Gu Fei said.

The four didn't answer, still seeming hesitant. Gu Fei smiled again, said "goodbye," and ran past them.

The four suddenly made up their minds, shouted "stop," and pounced on Gu Fei...

Their main force was still moving forward when the leading player suddenly received a message: "Damn it, we're dead!!!"

"What?" the captain didn't understand.

"That guy killed us!" the other repeated.

The captain was stunned and quickly turned to look in the direction they indicated. The black-clad mage continued to run forward on the beach as if no one else was there. His four brothers who had just passed were gone.

The captain's mouth dropped open in disbelief. Because they were in a hurry, they had just sent four players to ask this suspicious person a few questions. The other party's answers were strange, so he had ordered them to kill him just in case.

The four players were all skilled. Dealing with a mage should have been easy, so he didn't even bother to look back, continuing to lead the team forward.

As a result, less than five seconds after he issued the order, the message came that the four were dead.

This was simply unbelievable. Even if this mage was a master, there should have been a struggle. How could he have dealt with the four of them in five seconds?

The captain's face was grave. He asked the dead man, "How did you die?"

"He one-shotted us!"

"One-shotted? You were one-shotted by a mage??" The captain was shocked. He was talking to a warrior, and the word "one-shot" usually wasn't associated with warriors unless they were facing a boss many levels higher.

"Yes," the other replied with certainty.

The captain looked at the beach in shock again. "Damn! That mage is running so fast." He exclaimed again. He only noticed a stranger on the beach where there shouldn't have been anyone. He hadn't paid attention to the details. Now that he did, he realized that the mage was strange in every way.

This person's origins were unknown, and he didn't know if it was related to what they were doing. Should they continue to pursue it? The captain couldn't make up his mind. If this person was just an ordinary player, they would have killed him earlier, and there wouldn't be so many troubles. But he was a master, which made it very difficult.

After one-shotting the four guys, Gu Fei waited for the team's next move. But after a long time, there was no reaction, so he didn't care anymore and sped up to leave them behind.

At this time, Fireball, who had gone to the beach tavern, sent a message to Gu Fei. This kid went to the artificial safe zone to seek a sense of security, but accidentally overheard the meeting of the Linshui City guild leaders.

Fireball, who was listening carefully, also heard something about the beginning and the end of the situation. He learned about the staff being dropped at the West City Gate. The staff had been obtained by the guild called Binggongchang (Weapon Factory), and the person who picked up the staff had logged off immediately. The guild leaders were sulking about this.

"The item has already been dropped?" Gu Fei was stunned when he heard this. He couldn't help but look back at the team behind him.

Gathering people and appearing outside the city, Gu Fei could only think that it was related to the Seven Swords of Jiangnan You. But the problem was that other than himself, everyone else was clearly here for the equipment with the respawn skill. Now that the staff had been dropped, why were these people still investigating something at the city gate?

"Ask around and find out what the guild badge of the guild called Binggongchang (Weapon Factory) looks like," Gu Fei replied to Fireball. After sending the message, he turned around and ran towards the team of players.

The captain watched Gu Fei get further and further away from them, but he couldn't figure out what to do. He thought it would be better to just let it go. But he didn't expect that after a while, the guy suddenly turned around and ran towards their team.

"Archers!!!" the captain called out in a panic.

Archers immediately stepped forward and shot arrows at Gu Fei. Gu Fei stopped, swung his sword to knock down the arrows. The archers were speechless in shock, Gu Fei seized the opportunity to shout at them: "Don't attack, I just want to ask something!!!"

"Who are you?" the captain also shouted.

"It's not convenient to talk from so far away, can we get closer?" Gu Fei actually wanted to find the guild badge on them. He didn't think to pay attention to this when he one-shotted the four people earlier.

The captain wanted to say "no," but there were dozens of people on his side. It would be unreasonable to be afraid of just one person, so he nodded: "Come over here!"

To show that he had no malice, Gu Fei put his sword back in his pocket. The captain was relieved to see this. But if he knew that Gu Fei's speed of drawing his sword from his pocket was not much different from the speed of wielding a sword in his hand, he would definitely not be so relieved.

In the blink of an eye, Gu Fei arrived and quickly scanned a row of people. Damn it! No one was wearing a guild badge. Gu Fei cursed inwardly.

At this time, Fireball's message arrived: "I heard that the guild badge of Binggongchang (Weapon Factory) is a small tank. It's easy to recognize." There was also a supplementary message, which he had just overheard: These guild leaders planned to work together to destroy the Binggongchang (Weapon Factory) guild, and they were going to do it immediately.

Gu Fei remained calm and quickly searched through the crowd again, but still didn't see anyone wearing a guild badge. So harmonious, they must have deliberately discussed doing this. Gu Fei thought.

The others saw Gu Fei arrive and didn't say anything, his eyes suspiciously scanning their crowd. Finally, they couldn't help but ask: "Who exactly are you, what's the matter?"

"Nothing, nothing, everyone continue to be busy!" Gu Fei suddenly turned around and ran.

"Damn it!!" Everyone was dumbfounded and looked at each other.

"Captain, should we kill him?" someone came up and asked.

"Forget it!" the captain watched Gu Fei run away. "It's better to have one less thing to worry about! We still have important things to do, hurry up and move forward."

The team continued to move forward, Gu Fei was in front of them, running further and further away. He suddenly thought that no matter what these people were doing, he at least knew the direction they were heading. The terrain outside Linshui City was simple, just this circle. He was also moving in this direction, so he might be able to easily encounter them. Gu Fei was calculating like this, so he didn't say anything more to probe the other party's origins, and turned around and ran.

At this time in the city, the major guilds that had just surrounded and suppressed the Seven Swords of Jiangnan You were busy again. This time, their target was Binggongchang (Weapon Factory), one of the major guilds in Linshui City.

After the period of fighting for territory on the dock beach had passed, Linshui City had not had a large-scale guild war for a long time. The levels of each guild had been set, and everyone was carefully managing and maintaining the current balance. But the appearance of this supreme-quality equipment finally broke this balance. Binggongchang (Weapon Factory), who was suspected of obtaining this equipment, was hated by all the guilds. The guild leaders were gathered around the table, taking advantage of the alcohol, and announced the declaration of war against Binggongchang (Weapon Factory) in their own guilds.

This was the largest guild alliance in the history of Linshui City. As many as 11 guilds jointly launched a challenge against Binggongchang (Weapon Factory).

Binggongchang (Weapon Factory) was not powerful enough to compete with 11 guilds. The guild leader was still feeling complacent about his cleverness when he suddenly encountered this catastrophe. He was leading a team on the street, wanting to quickly leave the city to search for the Seven Swords of Jiangnan You when several teams suddenly emerged from various streets. Even he had never seen such a grand scene. They were extinguished by the other party's storm-like attack before they could even attack.

At the same time, bad news came from all over. All members of Binggongchang (Weapon Factory) wearing the small tank badge were being beaten up. Even those who were leveling outside and had not returned to participate in this matter were no exception. The teams that had been leveling together in the leveling area, not interfering with each other, pounced on them like they had encountered a boss and devoured them.

Many members of Binggongchang (Weapon Factory) didn't understand what was going on when they respawned. The guild leader of Binggongchang (Weapon Factory) was also squatting in the respawn point, and a group of hungry wolves were staring at him outside the respawn point.

What made him want to cry was that the team that had already left the city to search for the Seven Swords of Jiangnan You had not been attacked for the time being and was still giving him messages to report the situation from time to time: "No discovery, no discovery, still no discovery..."

The guild leader of Binggongchang (Weapon Factory) finally understood the principle of "it is a crime to possess a treasure." This made him feel even more wronged, because he didn't even possess the treasure, he just pretended to have it for a moment...

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Hot, still hot, hate the heat... You can add clothes when it's cold, but what to do when it's hot? Even running naked doesn't work... It's really annoying when it gets hot. Is there anyone who wants me to kick them a few times?