Chapter 114 The Angel's Decision

"Boss, news from over there says the Mages Alliance is about to collapse. Should we send troops to support them?" Lie Yan asked. Angel Corps and the Mages Alliance did have some cooperative relationship.

The Seraphic Angel shook his head, smiling. "We supported the Mages Alliance before because of our friendship with the Century Financial Group; we had no choice. Now, the Mages Alliance is in an irreversible decline. Even if we go support them, they're destined to fail. A large capital is intercepting the Century Financial Group, which is preoccupied and can't take care of the Mages Alliance anymore. We don't need to join the fun. The Niuren Tribe still has a long way to go before they can dominate the Greenland Empire. They pose no threat to us at all. Even if the Niuren Tribe defeats the Mages Alliance and Sacred Guardians, they won't have an easy time dominating in the future. As far as I know, there is another force in the Greenland Empire no less inferior than the Century Financial Group that is rising. They've already won over dozens of guilds. Let the Niuren Tribe keep fighting since they won’t settle down."

The Seraphic Angel wasn't worried about the situation in the Greenland Empire at all. The Niuren Tribe's Frost Iron Ballistas couldn't climb mountains and cross borders to reach the Saturn Empire. They were stepping up their research on advanced siege equipment. In a few months, the Frost Iron Ballistas naturally wouldn't be able to threaten them.

The position of Angel Corps in the Saturn Empire was unshakable, while the Niuren Tribe still had a long way to go.

With the Seraphic Angel's words, several high-ranking members of Angel Corps no longer thought about sending troops to aid the Mages Alliance. Their task was to continue exploring the Griffon Woodlands. The top priority was to find more flying mounts and establish a strong enough air force! Once they established air superiority, it would be very helpful for future cross-border operations.

With Angel Corps deciding not to intervene, the Mages Alliance and Sacred Guardians were truly isolated.

Guo Huai received news that Angel Corps had no intention of helping the Mages Alliance and Sacred Guardians, and he breathed a sigh of relief. As long as Angel Corps didn't decide to intervene, things would be easy. They could slowly eat away at the Mages Alliance.

Knowing that the Seraphic Angel had abandoned them, Kuangfa must be very depressed.

The Niuren Tribe's Frost Iron Ballistas were ravaging the Mages Alliance's fortress. Two Catapult Ballistas had been produced. The Mages Alliance was already within their grasp. Next, they would consider how to slowly dismember and harvest them.

According to Guo Huai's calculations, the Mages Alliance's Agderdon Fortress would be in ruins within three days at most.

The powerful advantage strengthened the confidence of the Niuren Tribe players. The morale of the entire Niuren Tribe was soaring.

There was nothing to worry about in that battlefield. Nie Yan focused more on training his skill proficiency. In his past life, even experts at Shadow Dancer level of over a hundred levels might not be able to train free skills like Backstab to Level 8. When these free skills were trained to a certain level, challenging Shadow Dancer wouldn't be a problem at all.

What was unfolding before Nie Yan was a broad road.

Nie Yan buried himself in hard training, grinding monsters in the wilderness while exploring outwards.

The map of this Mystic Land was really huge. No matter how he walked, he couldn't see the edge. Nie Yan's harvest during the monster grinding was quite rich. He collected more than fifty different skill books. This place didn't produce anything else, just skill books. There were really a lot of good things, which made Nie Yan very excited. Among these skills, there were many top-tier skills. If he threw them into the guild warehouse, it would definitely drive the players of the Niuren Tribe crazy. There were several Thief skills, and a Free Skill Book. However, he already had so many skills. Continuing to learn more would be a burden. He decided to put it off for now and first train the existing skills.

Walking up a high slope, he looked towards a sunken basin in the middle of the grassland. A tall Minotaur Warrior appeared in Nie Yan's field of vision. This Minotaur Warrior was like a wild bear, two heads taller than ordinary Minotaur Warriors. His body was very burly, covered in golden spiked armor, and he held a super giant axe.

'Probably an elite monster,' Nie Yan couldn't help thinking. He stealthily crept towards the back of the Minotaur Warrior, stopping when he was about thirty yards away and casting an Identify.

Frenzied Minotaur Warrior: Level 120 Elite, Health 3,000,000.

'As expected, it's an elite,' Nie Yan's heart skipped a beat at the huge amount of health. Elites above Level 100 were very difficult to deal with. Nie Yan was no match for it in his current state.

After pondering for a moment, Nie Yan decided to leave. Among all his skills, it was estimated that only the Level 8 Backstab could deal damage to the Frenzied Minotaur Warrior. With only one skill, there was no way to kill the Frenzied Minotaur Warrior.

Just as Nie Yan was about to leave, something shiny on the grassland beside the Frenzied Minotaur Warrior caught his attention.

It was a soft, seven-colored light, the colors constantly changing, incomparably gorgeous.

At first, Nie Yan thought it was the light refracting off the Frenzied Minotaur Warrior's armor, but he later realized it wasn't.

'Could it be a treasure chest?' Generally, chests that emitted this kind of seven-colored light were at least Sub-Legendary, or even possibly Legendary.

Nie Yan slowly stealthed towards it, approaching to about twenty yards away from the Frenzied Minotaur Warrior.

The Frenzied Minotaur Warrior took a few steps, his heavy footsteps shaking the ground.

Seeing the Frenzied Minotaur Warrior move, Nie Yan quickly held his breath and cast several skills to enhance his stealth.

The Frenzied Minotaur Warrior didn't notice Nie Yan and continued to wander around.

'It seems the Frenzied Minotaur Warrior's perception isn't very good,' Nie Yan continued to walk forward a few steps. When he was about seven yards away from the Frenzied Minotaur Warrior, it finally reacted, searching around with its eyes.

Nie Yan stopped and looked towards the bushes not far from the Frenzied Minotaur Warrior. A small treasure chest lay quietly inside, hidden by the knee-high grass and not easily seen. It was made of an unknown metal and looked very sturdy, with an iron lock the size of a fist hanging on the lid.

He cast Identify on the treasure chest, and it was a Sub-Legendary chest.

Nie Yan looked at the Frenzied Minotaur Warrior, which, while wandering around, always kept a distance of less than five yards from the treasure chest. He had no chance to attack at all.

'Unless I can lure the Frenzied Minotaur Warrior away!'

It wouldn't be worth it if the Golden Earth Dragon died while luring it away. After thinking about it, hiring a Holy Paladin with the Holy Hire skill would be more cost-effective. Anyway, if the hired Holy Paladin died, he only needed to pay some gold coins to revive it.

Nie Yan retreated, more than thirty yards away from the Frenzied Minotaur Warrior, opened the Holy Hire interface, and hired a Level 10 mercenary, the Holy Paladin Kilworth. Compared to lower-level Holy Paladins, the strength of a Level 10 Holy Paladin had been greatly improved, the most obvious being the faster running speed.

"Respected Mister Nie Yan, I am willing to serve you," Kilworth said respectfully.

Under Nie Yan's command, Kilworth cautiously approached the Frenzied Minotaur Warrior.

When he was still twenty yards away from the Frenzied Minotaur Warrior, its eyes, like copper bells, stared at Kilworth, but it never took the initiative to attack.

Kilworth got closer and closer to the Frenzied Minotaur Warrior, nineteen yards, eighteen yards... He was testing the limit of the Frenzied Minotaur Warrior. Nie Yan felt a cold sweat in his heart and had Kilworth cast several skills to increase his running speed, ready to run away at any time.

When Kilworth approached the Frenzied Minotaur Warrior to about thirteen yards, he finally reached the limit of the Frenzied Minotaur Warrior. The Frenzied Minotaur Warrior roared and pounced on Kilworth.

"Here it comes," Nie Yan's heart suddenly tightened.

Kilworth raised the greatsword in his hand and cast Purify on the Frenzied Minotaur Warrior.

The Frenzied Minotaur Warrior quickly approached Kilworth, who turned and ran.

Ground Cleave!

The giant axe in the Frenzied Minotaur Warrior's hand shone brightly, and a powerful force slashed down.

Kilworth suddenly accelerated, rushing forward five or six yards.

With a loud bang, the Frenzied Minotaur Warrior chopped at the ground, the ground cracking with traces of splitting, spreading rapidly, like a landslide, with flying gravel.

Fortunately, Nie Yan reacted quickly and gave Kilworth the command in advance, allowing Kilworth to escape.

However, the Frenzied Minotaur Warrior's attack didn't end there. It roared, and powerful sound waves spread out.

War Roar!

Kilworth hadn't run far when a powerful sound wave hit his back, sending Kilworth flying out, crashing heavily to the ground.

Kilworth staggered to his feet and ran wildly outwards, casting several healing and status skills on himself.

However, his speed was far too different compared to the Frenzied Minotaur Warrior. With a charge, the Frenzied Minotaur Warrior quickly closed the distance between them, and the giant axe in his hand slashed down fiercely.

Seeing the Frenzied Minotaur Warrior's actions, Nie Yan's pupils suddenly shrank. 'What a fast attack speed!'

The attack speed of ordinary Minotaur Warriors was very slow, but the Frenzied Minotaur Warrior was completely different, with a freakishly fast attack speed.

With a muffled thud, Kilworth was knocked flying by the Frenzied Minotaur Warrior and fell into a stunned state. Immediately afterwards, the Frenzied Minotaur Warrior chopped down with an axe, instantly reducing Kilworth's health to zero.

Kilworth died.

The Frenzied Minotaur Warrior snorted, hovered around Kilworth's corpse for a moment, and then returned to the side of the treasure chest.

The strength of the Frenzied Minotaur Warrior was too astonishing. Nie Yan wanted to retrieve the contents of the Sub-Legendary treasure chest, but it might not be easy.

Originally, he wanted to have Kilworth lure the Frenzied Minotaur Warrior away so he could take the opportunity to open the treasure chest, but now this plan had to be abandoned.

Lowering his head and looking at the skill bar, 'Perhaps there will be a chance if I train all the other free skills to Level 7 or 8,' Nie Yan couldn't help thinking. He could only leave for now, honestly train his skills, and then come back to deal with the Frenzied Minotaur Warrior.