NOVEL NEXT Chapter 391: Sidelined
When Xu Feng revealed the true objective of today's meeting, both Carmen and Wei Xing were startled.
Though Carmen quickly composed herself as she found it in line with Xu Feng's character.
'Those guilds wished to target us, so Feng will definitely make them pay the price.' She thought to herself.
As for Wei Xing, he was concerned about the possibility of it happening.
Maybe if it was because the Vanguard guild had shown its might, then it might work. But now that most of the guilds were wary of their every action and movement, it would be difficult to make them suffer.
"It seems like you have some concerns, Xing." Xu Feng smiled, noticing his micro-expression change.
Nodding, Wei Xing bit his lips softly and said, "Previously, the Vanguard guild got the upper hand because of the advantage it obtained for being the first in the city and gaining lots of crucial lands. But the update this time places everyone nearly at the same starting point."
"Hmm, but we know some more information than the rest?" Carmen raised an eyebrow. Just earlier, they learned what the Colossus would target and some more information about what type of monster they were from Xu Feng.
"That is true, but doesn't offset the disadvantages." Wei Xing didn't diminish her input, but rather, raised his main concern. Explore stories on empire
"We know about it, but we can't take advantage of it because we're all waiting for the update to complete. Since everyone would be eyeing us, no matter how secretive we want to be, it'll be bound to be leaked."
This was the nature and harsh reality when competing against others.
It didn't matter if one had critical information.
So long as the enemies were clever in planting spies or other people to watch their every move, it would be hard to implement anything.
Not to mention, they stated it was going to be livestream, so everyone could see the surroundings and easily rush to their locations shortly after.
"Was it a bad move to announce the live stream then?" Carmen pursed her lips, finding the matter troublesome.
However, Wei Xing disagreed and shook his head. "The announcement wasn't a bad move because it made the Vanguard guild become a focal point. Without it, the others would still do it anyway, and by then, the Vanguard would be behind them in terms of popularity instead."
"Hmm, then we need to create a security measurement to ensure that they can't spy on us." Carmen knitted her brows.
Shortly after, these two continued to discuss and attempted multiple solutions, leaving Xu Feng on the sideline.
'Having smart guildmates is good, but why hadn't they asked me if I got any solutions?' Xu Feng twitched his mouth, unsure of what to feel. Naturally, he was experienced in this type of situation and knew how to tackle it, but he also didn't want to just chime into their conversation.
It was rare to see useful members discussing and actively trying to resolve a conflict rather than seeking his help.
Watching them discuss the possible solution and then banning it the very next moment was quite… unique.
20 minutes later…
"This can't work either. The manpower from Reaver Guild alone can put the member count of our Vanguard to shame." Wei Xing shook his head and banned another solution.
"We're lacking manpower, but who would want to join us? Other than those still trapped in Star Falls City, the other city has been steadily developing." Carmen sighed and leaned back, feeling the massage from the chair.
Wei Xing furrowed his brows. "I wanted to ask the Guild Leader for help, but he hadn't told me anything, much less the boss behind him."
"Eh, we can just ask Cool Wind then." Carmen suddenly coughed and turned to the person who had been ignored for a while.
At this moment, Xu Feng was sipping on some tea, having gone out and ordered some snacks to enjoy for himself.
"Where did you get those?" Her eyes widened in shock at the snacks laid across the desk.
"Oh, these?" Xu Feng chuckled and grabbed a spicy stick. "I bought it while you two were discussing the problem intensively."
By the time he said it, he felt an intense glare from two people.
Naturally, Wei Xing remained unaware of Xu Feng's alias, Lin Feng, so his fear of Cool Wind wasn't much, especially when this was their first meeting.
Hence, he was quite irritated to see how nonchalant Cool Wind was when the guild was experiencing quite a crisis.
Although Wei Xing was scared into joining the guild, he also couldn't help but admit the guild was rather lax and good. Thus, his opinion of the guild gradually changed.
"Are you seriously a core member or someone with connections?" Wei Xing questioned but then shook his head. "No, that wouldn't make sense because Vanguard wouldn't allow idle people to gain any ranks."
Being a game reporter, Wei Xing naturally spotted many individuals with quite the background in the guild. Despite this, they were all on the same standings as many others, with those who dared to make a scene being blacklisted.
Once blacklisted, their life became even more miserable, given that the Star Falls City was practically the playground of the Vanguard guild.
Just at this moment, Wei Xing suddenly recalled there wasn't a member called Cool Wind in the Vanguard guild.
Horrified, Wei Xing quickly grabbed his phone and looked at the message.
When he confirmed that the sender was indeed Lin Feng and mentioned the name, Cool Wind, he was further stupefied. 'Cool Wind is not a member of the guild but got the Guild Leader to mention him? Just what is his identity?'
"Hey, Carmen, have you known him for a while?" Wei Xing turned to Carmen and asked softly, not really caring that Xu Feng could hear him.
Since these two had exchanged their game username and added each other through their smartwatch, Wei Xing's guard wasn't up for her. After all, Carmen's ID was Lunar Wraith, the Commander Rank in the guild.