… That sister seems a bit familiar.
On the clearing ahead, a group of people was fighting against a boss-level Marsh Frog King that had spawned in the wetlands.
It could be seen that this team’s overall equipment and strength were decent; with just around forty people, they could steadily hold the BOSS, and they had even easily reduced the BOSS’s health to below 30%.
However, at this moment, this group wasn’t so relaxed anymore, and the reason was the thirty-odd monsters that had rushed out from the forest, including even three elites, completely disrupting the team’s rhythm and forcing them to split off a batch of people to deal with this sudden trouble first.
And the culprits behind all this—the twenty-odd thieves—were still standing on the other side of the battlefield, eyeing the situation covetously.
Just by looking at the clearing in front, I had a rough understanding of the situation.
It seemed those thieves had set their sights on the boss-level BOSS, planning to use the opportunity while the other side was holding aggro to lure monsters and sabotage that team.
But thieves generally operated alone; teams composed entirely of thieves were very rare.
They were either a thief regiment specially established by a guild or a special organization in the game—either way, there should be deeper entanglements between these two sides.
Huh…
Originally planning to detour around and not meddle in others’ affairs, when I saw the female player leading that team, I couldn’t help but stop in my tracks.
Yi Li Qingqiu felt that her luck today seemed a bit bad.
First, at seven in the morning, she was chased out of bed by her mom to air out the quilts, then she was grabbed by her sister who was a teacher to test the difficulty of the school entrance exam papers, and then right now, she had finally brought her team members to fight a BOSS but ended up being targeted by a group of ill-intentioned guys.
However, even if life was so difficult, she could only maintain a smile, and even had to act as the caring big sister to comfort the people in the team.
“I’m sorry, Sister Qingqiu, if we hadn’t blabbed a few extra words in the guild, we wouldn’t have leaked the trail.” Several girls kept apologizing, blaming themselves for their carelessness.
“It’s not your fault.” Yi Li Qingqiu shook her head. “It’s all because of those spies in the guild. After this incident, I need to discuss with Little Uncle and properly deal with those people.”
Clearly with a smiling face, but in the eyes of those around, it inexplicably seemed like a little devil revealing its tail, and they couldn’t help but feel a bit of sympathy for those self-inflicted guys.
“Qingqiu, what should we do now? We can barely handle these monsters, but…” Beside her, the priest cast a healing spell on the frontline who was low on blood while nervously glancing into the distance.
The appearance of these monsters had indeed disrupted the team’s rhythm, but fortunately, their equipment, strength, and skills were generally good, and with proper coordination, no major accidents had occurred.
If they could smoothly deal with this batch of sudden monsters while holding the BOSS, that would be great, but anyone with eyes knew that the group of thieves nearby wouldn’t just simply watch them resolve the situation—that was what everyone was truly worried about.
“We’ll counter whatever comes; you guys just focus on handling things here, I’ll take care of over there.”
Though she said that, Yi Li Qingqiu didn’t have much confidence in her heart. After all, so many thieves posed an obvious threat to the team’s backline, especially in this situation, not to mention that these thieves’ identities weren’t low.
But even so, she didn’t show much timidity—or rather, from beginning to end, she hadn’t.
“Good afternoon, Uncle Modao. I wonder what you’re planning to do bringing so many people. If it’s to deliver gifts, these are already more than enough.”
Yi Li Qingqiu casually blasted away the mud monster in front of her with an arcane explosion, revealing a bright smile toward the group of thieves not far away. Her soft tone and demeanor seemed like a greeting between friends, but the other side naturally understood the deeper meaning.
The Modao she mentioned was a rather famous player in the Constanterna Empire.
But not famous for skills, rather for establishing a guild composed entirely of thief players, netting quite a few well-known thief players—even two from the empire’s top ten thieves list were in this guild.
As long as you paid the right price, this guild could handle any matter for you. Professionally speaking nicely, they were assassins in the shadows; speaking harshly, they were a bunch of flies, just like in the current situation.
Standing at the other corner of the battlefield, Modao just watched the opposing team struggle with the Marsh Frog King and the horde of monsters without rushing.
“How could such small gifts match Miss Qiu’s status? My brothers and I naturally have to present a grand gift for a distinguished guest like you.”
“Oh, is that so? Then I’d really like to express my thanks.”
Modao shook his head, twirling the sharp short blade in his hand with interest. “Miss Qingqiu, don’t waste your effort. I don’t have any friends, only clients. Client information is the utmost secret for a principled businessman like me.”
Yi Li Qingqiu curled her lip, thinking this guy was indeed hard to deal with.
But what she hadn’t expected was that the next moment, the other side spoke again. “However, there is one secret I can tell you.”
“Oh, what is it?” Though her hands didn’t stop moving, Yi Li Qingqiu couldn’t avoid having her attention drawn.
Modao smiled faintly and mouthed silently.
Before Yi Li Qingqiu could understand the other side’s mysterious action, several exclamations suddenly came from behind.
She hurriedly cast her gaze, seeing that unbeknownst to when, three figures had appeared behind the backline professions in her team, each ruthlessly stabbing their daggers into those fragile bodies.
I’ve been tricked.
Such a thought immediately appeared in Yi Li Qingqiu’s mind. The opponent had deliberately placed the thieves under his command in the open to make her mistakenly think that was all their manpower, but secretly arranged other thieves to sneak in, then used the conversation to divert her attention and strike unexpectedly.
No need to look; Modao’s people over there had already entered stealth, planning to pincer from both sides.
“Orange, A Wu, Mo Di, charge to coordinates (3134, 2237).”
Her reaction was quick; she immediately pulled two frontlines from the team while preparing to cast blink to approach the attacked position and save her team members.
However, the next second, she was stunned by the scene before her.
Or rather, not just her—even Modao not far away and many others were equally stunned.