Chapter 355 - Who’s Leaving? Who’s Staying? (1/2)

As soon as someone said this, a lot of people began to wonder as well. Although, for the spies, they all froze as if they had been struck by thunder.

Who would have thought that Lord Grim would be so quick and decisive? Could he have seen through them from the start? If that were the case, then the others who had come in together with them, were in the same position that they were in.

The only difference was that those two had acted out of line and exposed themselves. As for the others, even though they didn’t put on a very good performance, they at least did as they had been told. Had they been detected by Lord Grim or not? This was what made everyone feel uneasy.

The spies once again began chatting.

They had planned on killing themselves from the very beginning. Failing the Guardian challenge was only their secondary objective. Their main objective was to pretend that they were new, inexperienced players in order to avert any suspicions towards them.

But these guys had messed this up. Under Ye Xiu’s and Su Mucheng’s lead, where it wasn’t possible to make any mistake, they all still actively looked to make mistakes. That was the complete opposite of their main objective.

The past was the past. They no longer thought about it, but then suddenly, someone raised the question, making everyone once again recall their ident.i.ties and think of Lord Grim’s decisiveness at that time. It was as if cold water had been splashed on their heads and they immediately woke up.

Messages continued to be typed in the chat and the question had been lost amidst the storm. However, it would never be erased from the spies’ minds. The spies all stared intently at their screens and at the chat to see if Lord Grim would reply. They all hoped that Lord Grim wouldn’t see the question.

Lord Grim didn’t speak in the guild chat, but rather in their party chat.

“Good work everyone.” Lord Grim’s name suddenly appeared.

“It was nothing. How could that have been difficult?” The spies lied. Even though from a killing the Guardian perspective, “it was nothing” was the truth, but from the spies’ perspective, the battle had been very difficult for them.

“Then what now?” Lord Grim said.

“What now?” They didn’t understand.

“Stay or leave. It’s up to you guys :)” Lord Grim even added a smiley face.

The spies stared stupidly at their screens. They understood now. They hadn’t dispelled any of Lord Grim’s doubts. They had been compromised from the very beginning, yet even so, Lord Grim had still bravely brought them to fight the Guardian. Lord Grim had been confident because he had the skills to create a situation where it wasn’t possible for them to make a mistake.

The party chat instantly quieted down. Lord Grim didn’t dissolve the party either. For a short moment, no one said anything.

This time, even the private messages to the spies had quieted down and instead went directly to their higher ups. The QQ group chat set up by the top guilds immediately went into a frenzy again. Blue River was already distraught with anxiety and didn’t want to be involved any longer.

“This Lord Grim! How cunning!!” Samsara’s tenth server guild leader Lonely Drink hatefully spouted. This was the impression that Ye Xiu had left him since the very first time they had met and it would never die. He completely ignored the fact that their plans had been too obvious and went straight for the “It’s not our fault. Our opponent’s just too cunning!” a.n.a.lysis.