Chapter 1 The Beginning

Nie Yan headed in the direction of the Thieves Guild, his face hidden beneath a cloak. Everything he saw, the pedestrians on the street, the shops on both sides, filled him with a strong sense of familiarity.

This city of Calore was his territory!

Even though he was hidden beneath a cloak, the angel Kalenna on his left shoulder still attracted a lot of attention. He was somewhat helpless. With the angel Kalenna standing on his shoulder, even if he wanted to keep a low profile, he wouldn't be able to.

He might as well stop worrying about it. He was now the only top-tier class in the entire server, and in a while, a large number of top-tier class players would emerge from the Ni Ren Tribe (Amazing Guild). From then on, the Ni Ren Tribe (Amazing Guild) would stand at the peak.

He clenched his fist, his heart filled with heroic spirit. Once Sun, Wangzhe Tianxia, Xie Yao, and the others had all completed their class changes, he would begin to completely conquer the Grelin Empire and rule it. After consolidating the Grelin Empire, the next target would be Angel Corps!

The players on the street looked towards Nie Yan, discussing the guardian angel Kalenna on his shoulder.

Ignoring their sidelong glances, Nie Yan went straight into the Thieves Guild. The person who received him was a young female NPC in her twenties named Nia. She looked somewhat green, wearing a thief's leather armor, but her figure was quite shapely.

When Nia looked up and saw Nie Yan, she was stunned for a moment, then she came back to her senses and respectfully said, "Greetings, esteemed Shadow Dancer Nie Yan. Welcome to the Thieves Guild. Elder Fellen is looking for you. Please, follow me."

"Alright," Nie Yan replied. He hadn't expected Nia to take the initiative to invite him and lead the way, saving him a lot of trouble.

Nie Yan followed behind Nia. Nia led him to a conference hall. In the center was a square table, with many chairs placed around it.

"Esteemed Nie Yan, we will record your name in the register. You are the sixty-seventh Shadow Dancer of the Thieves Guild, the only player to advance to Shadow Dancer. Elder Fellen will be here soon to give you the token of the Thieves Guild," Nia said as she took out a register and recorded Nie Yan's name.

Nie Yan glanced at the register. It contained the names of all the Shadow Dancers of the Thieves Guild, all of whom were NPCs. As a player, Nie Yan was unique. His name was written after the NPCs.

"As a Shadow Dancer of the Thieves Guild, these are the rights you can enjoy. In addition, your name will be announced to everyone in the Thieves Guild..." Nia said, handing Nie Yan a silver-white booklet, filled with various rules and regulations written in Common Tongue.

Nie Yan casually browsed through it. As a Shadow Dancer of the Thieves Guild, the Thieves Guild had very few restrictive clauses for him, only some of the most basic ones, such as providing assistance when the Thieves Guild faced destruction. But as a Shadow Dancer, the power was quite great. He could receive a subsidy of three thousand gold coins from the Thieves Guild every day, enjoy lofty treatment in any branch of the Thieves Guild, and hire some mercenaries from the Thieves Guild. Among these mercenaries were even Shadow Dancer level ones, mostly Grand Thieves. Shadow Dancers were relatively rare and difficult to hire; it depended on luck.

Nie Yan glanced at the announcement column. All thieves had received a system announcement.

System: Player Nie Yan has become the first player to change class to Shadow Dancer.

In a short sentence, a stone stirred up a thousand waves. The news of Nie Yan's successful class change to Shadow Dancer spread rapidly, causing a huge sensation.

The players of the Ni Ren Tribe (Amazing Guild) also received the news, and the guild chat group exploded.

"Boss Nie Yan changed class to Shadow Dancer?"

"Boss Nie Yan is mighty!"

"Boss Nie Yan is too awesome, the first top-tier class in the entire server!"

Everyone discussed animatedly. They were eager to know what the Shadow Dancer's skills were like and looked forward to Nie Yan demonstrating the Shadow Dancer's powerful combat abilities. However, Nie Yan was usually elusive, so they could only continue to wait.

Nie Yan glanced at the guild chat and smiled knowingly. His successful class change to Holy Shadow Dancer was a huge encouragement to the players of the Ni Ren Tribe (Amazing Guild). Nie Yan had proved to the players that no matter what, the Ni Ren Tribe (Amazing Guild) could always be ahead of others.

Nie Yan waited in the conference hall for a moment. After a while, an elderly NPC walked in. It was Elder Fellen of the Thieves Guild. He had a long white beard and hair, but he was very energetic despite his age.

"Mr. Nie Yan, hello. I am Fellen, an elder of the Thieves Guild. Congratulations on successfully advancing to Shadow Dancer. This is the emblem of the Thieves Guild. Please accept it." Fellen handed Nie Yan a blue crystal badge. The crystal badge was sparkling and translucent, edged with purple gold and covered with exquisite carvings.

Nie Yan took the badge from Fellen and looked at its attributes.

Nie Yan's Shadow Dancer Honor Badge: Exclusive item, Legendary grade.

Attribute description: Agility +50%, Movement speed +200%, Comes with Phantom effect, 70% chance to evade attacks while running, Uses illusions to interfere with the opponent's vision. Gale Step skill level +5, enhances stealth effect.

Limited to Nie Yan himself. This item is bound, cannot be traded, cannot be dropped.

Why were the attributes of this badge so much stronger? Nie Yan was a little puzzled. In his previous life, Shadow Dancers had shown off their exclusive badges. Their badges had a movement speed bonus of 100%, an agility bonus of 30%, and the Phantom effect only had a 50% chance to evade attacks. Moreover, the grade seemed to be Sub-Legendary.

At that time, when he saw the Sub-Legendary Shadow Dancer badge, he felt it was extremely abnormal. Even Legendary-grade equipment rarely had such good attributes. At that time, his goal was to become a Shadow Dancer and obtain this badge, but in his previous life, he never met the requirements for Shadow Dancer, which he greatly regretted.

He didn't expect that the Shadow Dancer badge he obtained in this life was even stronger than the Shadow Dancer badges shown online in his previous life, and it was Legendary grade, which surprised him.

This was probably a reward for being the first to change class to Shadow Dancer.

Nie Yan put on the Shadow Dancer badge and looked at his attributes. His agility and speed had been greatly increased. His Gale Step was originally level 8, but now it had been directly increased to level 13, and the effect had been greatly enhanced, second only to the level 16 Shadow Dance.

Fellen told Nie Yan about the history of the Thieves Guild and introduced the strength of the Thieves Guild. The Thieves Guild had more than three hundred branches in the Grelin Empire and the Satrin Empire, with countless members. In addition, the Thieves Guild had many legends, including the Song of the Thorns Bird and so on.

After listening to Fellen, Nie Yan cut out this video clip and saved it. It might come in handy in the future.

After dealing with the matters in the Thieves Guild, Nie Yan came out of the Thieves Guild. He went to the street outside and tested it out, activating Gale Step and sprinting forward. He instantly flew out a long distance, and in a moment, he was five hundred yards away.

The players on the street only felt a gust of wind blowing past. They looked around in confusion, but found nothing, and continued walking.

While running, Nie Yan only felt the nearby things rapidly receding. This feeling of extreme speed was really exhilarating.

Nie Yan stretched his muscles. This was Shadow Dancer, the perfect interpretation of speed!

The reason why mages were so afraid of Shadow Dancers in his previous life was because of the Shadow Dancers' terrifying speed. They were often killed before they had any reaction.

Among all the top-tier classes, mages represented invincible destructive power and scene control, Divine Warriors and Holy Swordsmen represented extreme defense and strength, Shadow Dancers represented the pinnacle of speed, Guardian Knights had very balanced abilities and the strongest comprehensive strength, and Divine Priests were inexhaustible blood banks.

Classes were mutually restrictive. Because of speed, Shadow Dancers were the nemesis of all magic-based classes.

This feeling of extreme speed was simply exhilarating.

In just two or three minutes, Nie Yan arrived at the Ni Ren Tribe (Amazing Guild) office in Calore.

Nie Yan teleported to Cripps Fortress. Cripps Fortress was more lively and prosperous than before. Due to the strength of the Ni Ren Tribe (Amazing Guild), more and more merchants had gathered in Cripps Fortress, which had led to the rapid development of commerce here. The streets were crowded with people coming and going.

Nie Yan took off his cloak and walked towards the guild headquarters.

Many Ni Ren Tribe (Amazing Guild) players were stunned when they saw Nie Yan. After confirming that it was Nie Yan and that they hadn't made a mistake, they came up to greet him: "Hello, Boss Nie Yan."

Nie Yan nodded with a smile and walked forward.

The players on the street cleared a path, and they followed behind Nie Yan or gathered on his left and right sides, like a river converging. The street was immediately crowded with people.

The news of Nie Yan's return to Cripps Fortress spread, causing a shock throughout Cripps Fortress.

"Boss is back!"

"Boss is back!"

The news spread quickly, and the players at the Cripps Fortress Ni Ren Tribe (Amazing Guild) headquarters received the news and immediately rushed out of the guild headquarters.

Nie Yan looked at the surrounding players. The consequences of the Ni Ren Tribe's (Amazing Guild) rapid expansion had caused the number of members to increase by two or three times, so many faces were unfamiliar to Nie Yan.

Many players had never seen Nie Yan before, but when they learned that Nie Yan had returned, they were all excited.

Nie Yan had always been a legend in the Grelin Empire, whether it was his previous glorious achievements or his first class change to Shadow Dancer. Everything he did was earth-shattering.

When the crowd saw the equipment on Nie Yan's body, they felt dizzy. Nie Yan had four Legendary items on his body, and the worst was also Sub-Legendary. Not to mention the Sword of Zennarde in his hand, he had another guardian angel on his left shoulder. In addition, they didn't know how Nie Yan's Golden Earth Dragon and Darkwing Dragon were doing.

Such equipment was unattainable for ordinary players. They didn't even dare to think about it. Any piece of equipment on Nie Yan's body was probably worth more than all of their assets combined.

Seeing more and more players gathering, Nie Yan smiled wryly. He didn't expect that his appearance would cause such a sensation.