Outside Jiamao City.
Several Shadow Guards, including [Crazy Guy], [Bitter Gourd Vine], and [Bai Yin], returned from Western Mountain carrying Fierce Beast pelts, fangs, and other spoils. They had just reached the main road when several players led by [Lone Elder] blocked their path.
"Looking for PvP?" [Crazy Guy] dropped the pelts from his shoulder onto the ground and drew the saber at his waist, glaring at them.
He had every reason to be wary.
When the players had run wild, the Shadow Guards had thrown plenty of them in jail, forcing many to delete their characters and start over. Now that everyone had leveled up, it was only natural for them to want revenge.
"Jiamao City's players are one big family. We don't fight our own." [Lone Elder] chuckled. "Crazy, we came to discuss something with you today."
"Talk," [Crazy Guy] said. He did not put away his saber.
"Before we get to that, I'd like to ask you all a question." [Lone Elder] smiled faintly. "Are you planning to stick with the Shadow Guard profession forever?"
"What are you getting at?" [Crazy Guy] frowned.
"Crazy," [Lone Elder] said, "the third batch of accounts has been released. This one's huge."
"Yeah." [Crazy Guy] nodded.
"Grig, the top player in Binghuo City, joined an organization called Stabbing Star and learned assassination skills for sneaking around and hiding his tracks. He's already level twenty-eight," [Lone Elder] continued.
"Wild Wolf in Yimu City is level twenty-six, and he's now the Black Tiger Gang's deputy leader. His next step is to carve out territory in Qian City. He doesn't want to work for someone else, so he's recruiting players into the Black Tiger Gang en masse on the forums, planning to kill the gang leader and seize power. Unless something unexpected happens, he'll