Chapter 675: Down-Time


    Chapter 675: Down-Time


    [Global Announcement :- Thest known co-ordinates of yer ‘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 yers that ‘TheBoss’ had already bypassed Bilspread town and was currently moving deeper and deeper into Empirends, with little to no opposition.


    Naturally, this caused quite the stir on the global forums, as the righteous faction yers 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 howe 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 ournds, and not a single one of us can catch him”


    “Is it really this easy to be an ouw? I mean I never thought about it before, but now that I think about it, the entire gaming map is quiterge. 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”


    “The rebels areughing at all of us in thements section. They’re having the time of their lives. Here we are desperately trying to take down just one yer, 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 yers are scared for their life. If the boss is finally caught and captured, they will have no face left to show. Although they’reughing now, they will be crying for sureter”


    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 nning 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 elerate as hard as he could.


    Once the gaming time was officially over and the majority of yers 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 yound, 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 erged 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 asrge 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,pleting nearly 60% of their trip from the Eastern Duchy to the Capital.


    By the time that the sun started toe 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 yers log back in….” Leo muttered, as checking the in-game clock, he rushed to move-past Tianmen City before the yers logged back in, so that he could hit the open road again without facing a big obstacle.


    “Good Job Dumpy, shrink and rest on my shoulders now” Leo said, as once they arrived near the city gates, he switched ces with Dumpy, allowing the little frog to rest on his shoulders, while he and Ben made their way through therge 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 stered 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 yers were not logged into the game, as by the time they dide back online, he was nowhere near where they expected him to be.


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


    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, havingpletely lost the opportunity to chase him.