Chapter 675: Down-Time

[Global Announcement :- The last known co-ordinates of player 'TheBoss' are 122.456.789N, 145.667.778E ]

Exactly a couple hours after the previous global announcement, a second one followed, which informed the righteous faction players that 'TheBoss' had already bypassed Bilspread town and was currently moving deeper and deeper into Empire lands, with little to no opposition.

Naturally, this caused quite the stir on the global forums, as the righteous faction players were now left scratching their heads on what was going on?

"What's going on guys? If we draw a line on the map on where 'TheBoss' was two hours ago, versus where he is now, it's clear that he has moved in a near straight line.

It's impossible for him to do so, without crossing the town of Bilspread, so how come none of you managed to spot him?"

"TheBoss is making a fool of all of us, there's less than 15 minutes of gaming time left in the day and we have been unable to pin him down. He's brazenly roaming around in our lands, and not a single one of us can catch him"

"Is it really this easy to be an outlaw? I mean I never thought about it before, but now that I think about it, the entire gaming map is quite large. As long as one hides in the woods or some outskirts, they can perhaps get away with being a rebel. I thought catching criminals was easy, but after looking at 'TheBoss', I realize it's not" Searᴄh the NôvelFire(.)net website on Google to access chapters of novels early and in the highest quality.

"The rebels are laughing at all of us in the comments section. They're having the time of their lives.

Here we are desperately trying to take down just one player, however, somehow we can't even pin him down, we are humiliating our own faction by our poor performance"

"Laughing? Beneath that bravado the rebel faction players are scared for their life. If the boss is finally caught and captured, they will have no face left to show. Although they're laughing now, they will be crying for sure later"

After the failure to stop 'TheBoss' at Bilspread, the global forums found themselves in a heated debate before the gaming hours ended.

Everyone wanted to get an understanding of the situation before they logged out, so that they could strategize better before they logged in tomorrow, however, they had no idea that all their planning was futile.

The mandatory gaming/ working hour rules did not apply to 'TheBoss' who lived in the VIP sector, and hence, while the rest of them strategized on how to catch 'TheBoss' once they logged into tomorrow, Leo made the most of this time to accelerate as hard as he could.

Once the gaming time was officially over and the majority of players had to return to their on-ship duties, Leo began his mad dash down the main road, as he ordered Dumpy to assume his full size and rode on his back alongside Ben.

"Dumpy, I have been carrying you on my shoulder for most of this day, so that you can cover for me and master Ben at night.

We will try to sleep and get some rest, while you continue down the road and carry us...

Try and be gentle when you land, so as to not wake your Lord Grandfather up in his rest, but also maintain a steady pace, for we need to cover as much ground as possible through the night" Leo instructed, as Dumpy enlarged to his full size and allowed both Ben and Leo to mount on his back.

"Worry not Lord Father, Grandfather, this lowly one will not disappoint—" Dumpy said, as while Ben and Leo rested on his back, Dumpy began making giant leaps down the road, trying to cover as large a distance as possible with each jump.

Compared to Leo and Ben running on foot, riding Dumpy was thrice as fast, as in the eight hours of nightfall, whereby the group encountered no major problems apart from a few patrolling NPC's, they managed to cover a days worth of journey, completing nearly 60% of their trip from the Eastern Duchy to the Capital.

By the time that the sun started to come back up and Dumpy was exhausted from his duties, they had already crossed up-till Tianmen City, with Ben and Leo having rested enough to carry on with the journey for next day.

"30 minutes till the players log back in…." Leo muttered, as checking the in-game clock, he rushed to move-past Tianmen City before the players logged back in, so that he could hit the open road again without facing a big obstacle.

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"Good Job Dumpy, shrink and rest on my shoulders now" Leo said, as once they arrived near the city gates, he switched places with Dumpy, allowing the little frog to rest on his shoulders, while he and Ben made their way through the large City.

Since it was extremely early in the morning, the streets were not as bustling as usual, while the guards seemed to be changing shifts, with the night's watch retiring for the day and the day guard taking charge.

For Leo and Ben, this was the optimal time to cross the streets unnoticed, as although they ran through countless 'Wanted' posters of Leo plastered through the city, not one civilian or guard managed to pin him down before he exited the city.

Overall, Leo achieved everything that he could have hoped for in the down-time where the righteous faction players were not logged into the game, as by the time they did come back online, he was nowhere near where they expected him to be.

While most players expected him to be near Bilspread town, where they last saw him, Leo had already crossed Tianmen City, which caused a major uproar amongst the returning players.

Many had spent hours trying to strategize about how to capture him once they returned to the game, however, they now found themselves half a day away from TheBoss's location, having completely lost the opportunity to chase him.