Chapter 438 - Violence is the Answer (1/2)

When Shadow Cloudfall appeared, the masses rejoiced. No doubt, everyone had elected her as their leader. Even the middle or low tier guild masters would not dare to voice their complaints. Even though they wanted to be the leader of the impromptu army, they could not compete with her reputation. If they tried to take over, it might backfire on them.

Now that she had obtained the support of the crowd, Shadow Cloudfall headed toward Jiang Fei.

“Verdure Glider, you have earned my respect and admiration for defeating Cosmic Dragon. However, why did you kill the innocent bystanders?” said Cloudfall. She was angry as she was a player of Saintlight City. The act of killing players in her own city was similar to looking down and bullying.

“Hoho. You are correct about two things. Yes, I defeated Cosmic Dragon. Yes, I killed the players. But had you asked the players whom I have killed, if they were really innocent? My fight with Cosmic Dragon was fair and square. I didn’t use my pet nor my mount to attack, and neither did he. The innocent bystanders that you said… They were not bystanders at all. When the battle was about to end, they had voluntarily come in to take advantage of the situation, trying to fight me when I was fighting Cosmic Dragon. Naturally, nothing can stand in my way. Tell me… Who is to be blamed?” asked Jiang Fei as he laughed coldly in the face of 100,000 players. There was no shred of fear in his expression, only confidence.

“So you say…” said Cloudfall. Even though she was stoic in appearance, Jiang Fei could see a twitch in her face. She was hesitating. What she heard from the players were different from what Jiang Fei said. What she heard was after the defeat of Cosmic Dragon, Jiang Fei’s bloodlust could not be sated. He then directed his lust for blood toward the spectators present.

If Jiang Fei was speaking the truth, that would mean that he did not simply attack the mass. It was the fault of those players who had butted into the fight.

“F*ck you! Own up to your actions! You think you could lie your way out of killing our brothers and sisters? Think again!” cried one of the players from the ground. There were many players who were not amongst those whom Jiang Fei had killed. It was when they saw that Cloudfall was hesitating that they had jumped onto the bandwagon.

“It does not matter who killed who! The fact is that you came here from Dawnlight and killed our men and women! Right now, we will have our revenge.”

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These players dared to say empty words because of the power of the crowd. They thought that with 100,000 players, victory would be at hand. Hence, be it earning points or bringing justice to a bully, the mass had gathered just to defeat Jiang Fei.

“An eye for an eye!”

“Blood for blood!”

More and more players joined the noisy chants.

Jiang Fei was not in a good position to defend himself. The perpetrator was amongst their own people. Naturally, the people would protect their own. When the players had started to include Saintlight and Dawnlight, Jiang Fei knew that he could never explain himself out of this conundrum. No one would believe him anyway.

“Verdure Glider! There’s nothing else to talk about. You are in Saintlight City’s territory. I don’t care about what you have done but you have broken the society conform and must pay the price!”

Cloudfall steeled her decision when she saw just how the crowd reacted to the situation. Although she understood the situation and sided with Jiang Fei, she could not reveal that. She was a professional player with sponsors. Her reputation and fame in the game would directly affect her salary. If she had decided to act on her own will instead of following the mass, her fame and reputation might drop and that would only result in her salary deduction.

At this point, the only safe way to act was to subjugate the intruder known as Verdure Glider.

“Hoho. It seems that the city is rotten to the core! No matter. If reason and logic could not move you, my fist would!” said Jiang Fei as he smiled. Ever since he had gotten involved with the Metahumans, he had understood the cold truth about the world. Power means power. Nothing else mattered.

“I’m sorry that you have to reach that conclusion. Hence, I must first apologize to you. If you could escape here alive, I would really want to be your friend!” said Shadow Cloudfall as she bowed apologetically to Jiang Fei. With haste, she turned around and flew toward the back of the army.