Chapter 1 A Sigh of Relief

Nie Yan logged out of the game, letting out a breath of relief.

His mood was turbulent. By the time he logged back in, the guild headquarters would have been moved to Okoron.

Qin Han’s skeleton army was reduced to less than two million. The most troublesome were the Necromancer Bodman and the Bone Dragon. He wondered if the three thousand Royal Griffon Knights could whittle them down. If they could exhaust the Necromancer Bodman and the Bone Dragon to death, the world would be theirs.

As for the remaining nine hundred thousand player troops, Nie Yan was confident he could slowly wear them down. By the time their troops reached Okoron, nearly all the members of Nirvana Flame would have resurrected.

Nie Yan had just finished breakfast when the phone rang. It was Guo Huai. He answered the call.

“Did you successfully move the guild headquarters?” Guo Huai asked anxiously.

“Of course. Tomorrow, when I log in, the guild headquarters will be in Okoron,” Nie Yan said with a slight smile.

“That puts my mind at ease. When we log in, we need to deal with Necromancer Bodman immediately. He seems to be seriously injured. We can’t miss this opportunity.”

“Understood,” Nie Yan nodded. “Any other news?”

“According to your plan, we worked on Guangming Yongsui. Qin Han ordered them to attack Nirvana Flame's southern fortress, but they’ve been sitting still, probably driving Qin Han crazy,” Guo Huai said with a laugh.

“Guangming Yongsui is an old fox. Even if he openly defies Qin Han’s orders, he won’t suffer any losses. He avoids becoming enemies with us and protects himself. If we win, the Radiant Sacred Empire can avoid conflict with us. If we lose, Qin Han will still have to rely on them,” Nie Yan said. He understood Guangming Yongsui’s thinking very well.

“It doesn’t hurt us. If Guangming Yongsui has these thoughts, the guilds under the Monet Financial Group probably feel the same way. Someone like Qin Han, although he uses benefits to tie those guilds together, lacks the personal charisma of a leader. He only chases after profits and will eventually be abandoned,” Guo Huai said. In this regard, the Monet Financial Group and Nirvana Flame were different.

After chatting with Guo Huai, Nie Yan accompanied Xie Yao around Hua Hai and took her to the Tianxia Group. The two elders were very happy to see their daughter-in-law. In every aspect, Xie Yao was impeccable, exceeding their standards by far.

As for the Xie family, ever since Mo Yuntian appeared, they had no temper at all and tacitly accepted Nie Yan and Xie Yao's relationship.

Nie Yan was in a good mood. In the evening, they re-entered the game.

As soon as the server opened, everyone threw themselves into the tense situation.

Qin Han was dispatching the skeleton army to besiege the Okoron city guards led by Yarop. Just as these city guards were about to be surrounded, more than three thousand Royal Griffons appeared at the end of the sky. They rapidly approached.

Seeing this scene, the members of Nirvana Flame were in an uproar.

“Boss Nie Yan is back!”

“That’s the Royal Griffon Knights of Carol City!”

More than two thousand units of the Royal Griffon Knights howled as they swooped down on the skeleton army outside the Krips Fortress. In an instant, dense magic swept across, and the enormous Royal Griffons flew across the sky, sending skeletons flying.

One by one, warriors and paladins wearing standard armor jumped from the sky, launching wave after wave of charges. Wherever they went, they were invincible, and the skeleton army retreated in disarray.

Those skeletons were no match for these regular troops at all, collapsing at the first touch.

The entire skeleton army fell into chaos. Seeing this, Qin Han was almost in despair. His only hope was that the Necromancer Bodman could withstand the attacks of these Royal Griffon Knights.

The Bone Dragon carried Necromancer Bodman into the air. The remaining thousand-odd Royal Griffons immediately surrounded them, launching a fierce attack.

The Bone Dragon and the Royal Griffons that pounced on it were engaged in a chaotic battle. In a short time, two or three Royal Griffons screamed and fell from the sky, but more Royal Griffons immediately rushed up, and dense magic bombarded the Bone Dragon, exploding with dull thuds.

The sky was a chaotic mess.

Nie Yan, riding on the Darkwing Dragon, hovered outside the battlefield, no more than two hundred yards away from the Bone Dragon. He could clearly see the Bone Dragon and the Necromancer Bodman on its back. The Bone Dragon was covered in scars left by holy light and various claw marks. As for the Necromancer Bodman standing on the Bone Dragon’s head, he was weakly leaning against the Bone Dragon’s head, also seriously injured.

Just as Guo Huai said, this was an opportunity that could not be missed. This was definitely the best time to kill the Bone Dragon and the Necromancer Bodman!

Among these thousand-odd city guards, more than a hundred were top-tier professions, and their damage to the Bone Dragon was quite considerable.

After a while, Canlancer, Tang Yao, and others also summoned their respective flying mounts and flew into the sky.

“How are things looking?” Canlancer asked, looking at Nie Yan.

“It’s hard to say right now. I don’t know if we can wear down Necromancer Bodman,” Nie Yan said. Necromancer Bodman was a legendary mage, no small matter.

Right now, they could only use attrition warfare. Every so often, several Royal Griffons would fall from the sky.

The Royal Griffon Knights had already lost more than fifty units, killed by the claws of the Bone Dragon.

About an hour later, Nie Yan received good news. The skeleton army was completely wiped out, swept clean by the Royal Griffon Knights and the Okoron city guards.

That was a full six million skeleton troops!

The Battle of Krips Fortress had resulted in heavy casualties, which was definitely an incredible miracle for the players.

Now, only Necromancer Bodman and the Bone Dragon were fighting alone.

The two thousand-odd Royal Griffons that had finished clearing the skeletons rose into the air and surrounded Necromancer Bodman and the Bone Dragon.

Necromancer Bodman and the Bone Dragon were completely surrounded. To escape, they would have to slaughter the Royal Griffon Knights!

This battle stirred the hearts of all the players in the Greenland Empire. Only one side could remain, Necromancer Bodman or the Royal Griffon Knights, and this would determine the future direction of the Greenland Empire. If the Necromancer survived, the Greenland Empire would remain shrouded in gloom.

The six million skeleton troops had turned into corpses scattered across the mountains and plains. This blow drove Qin Han almost mad. At this moment, he was somewhat hysterical.

“Holy Swords, are the troops assembled? I want to make Nirvana Flame suffer eternal damnation!” Qin Han said coldly in the team chat. This team included Holy Swords Resplendent, Guangming Yongsui, Sacred Flame, and other bigwigs from various guilds, a total of sixteen guild leaders.

After Qin Han spoke, no one replied for a long time.

“Holy Swords Resplendent, Guangming Yongsui, Sacred Flame, what are you doing? Are you ready or not?” Qin Han shouted angrily.

Still, no one answered.

After a moment, Holy Swords Resplendent said in the team chat, “Boss Qin Han, let’s just forget it. We can’t possibly be a match for Nirvana Flame.”

“What do you mean? Who says it’s impossible? As long as we take down Krips Fortress, the remaining fortresses will be ours!”

“The Necromancer Bodman can’t hold on any longer. Nirvana Flame still has so many NPC troops. It’s impossible for us to take down Krips Fortress,” Guangming Yongsui said indifferently in the team chat.

No one refuted, and the others obviously agreed with Guangming Yongsui’s statement. Qin Han had recruited them together with heavy money. They had all come for profit. Knowing that the road ahead was a dead end, why would they follow Qin Han down to the end?

Although Qin Han held shares in their guilds and had the power to mobilize their troops, they had at least dozens of ways to protect themselves, such as feigning weakness, organizing guild members to quit the guild and then form another guild, and so on. They had long thought of ways to do this, so they were very confident when disobeying orders.

Qin Han suddenly realized that he could no longer mobilize these people. If only one or two people disobeyed his orders, he would still have a way to deal with them, but now they had obviously colluded with each other, leaving him as the only commander, what could he do?

“You people took the Monet Financial Group’s money, but now you’re protecting yourselves and not doing anything for the Monet Financial Group. Aren’t you afraid people will stab you in the back?” Qin Han said angrily.

“Boss Qin Han, that’s a bit too much to say. When you created the skeleton army, we contributed at least eight or nine hundred thousand people. We didn’t miss a single thing you ordered us to do. In this situation, we’re definitely going to die if we oppose Nirvana Flame. Who’s going to do something that sends them to their deaths?” one of the guild leaders said in the team chat.

His words were supported by everyone.

“Boss Qin Han, we can’t say things so absolutely. We’ve done a lot for you. We can’t just sacrifice our entire guild, that would be too unjust,” Guangming Yongsui said.

“Holy Swords Resplendent, Sacred Flame, is this what you mean too?” Qin Han shouted in the team chat.

Holy Swords Resplendent and Sacred Flame didn’t answer for a long time.

“We think the same way as Guangming Yongsui.”

“Alright, alright, I admit defeat today. Don’t even think about getting a penny from the Monet Financial Group in the future! And you better watch out!” Qin Han said gloomily, exiting the team.

Holy Swords Resplendent, Sacred Flame, and Guangming Yongsui all felt a chill in their hearts when they heard Qin Han’s last words. They understood Qin Han’s character, but they had seen some things and wouldn’t be threatened so easily.

Qin Han was abandoned by everyone, and the troops he had assembled with heavy money completely disintegrated. After this news spread, the members of Nirvana Flame fell into great joy. They had originally thought that a bitter battle awaited them, but they didn’t expect their opponents to collapse from within.

In the time that followed, the Radiant Sacred Empire was the first to declare its surrender to Nirvana Flame on the forums, followed by Holy Guardians and Judgement Sword, and many more guilds. They all begged Nirvana Flame for peace.

Only Necromancer Bodman remained!