The players who shared Oathless Sword's sentiment were in the minority, as most of them were instantly on guard when they were informed other players were skulking about near them to their right. This was especially true for the mercenaries who had already lost their lives once. They were no longer expecting any sort of reward from this mission beyond the pay that Oathless Sword had promised, and they were already dissatisfied with losing their level just for that small bit of gold coins. Losing a second level on top of it would truly make it unbearable.
It was with that thought that caused an explosive fighting spirit to flare within them.
"Boss Oathless, shall we attack? We had been far too passive all this while. Now that we are at this stage, we should change that passivity into proactivity; it's better to mistakenly kill them than hesitate! Who cares what these people intend to do, let's kill them first!" some of the more ruthless among them suggested.
