Chapter 1 Through the Lush Jungle

Through the dense jungle, a white Kamiren structure appeared in Nie Yan's vision amidst the distant greenery. In ancient common tongue, Kamiren meant purity and light. Temples everywhere adopted similar architectural styles. The most distinctive feature of Kamiren architecture was the use of expensive Kamiren white stone as the main building material. It was more dazzling and eye-catching than ordinary white stone, reflecting white halos under the sun, giving people a sacred and inviolable feeling. In addition, the roofs of Kamiren buildings were generally composed of deep red circular domes.

At this time, the Light Monastery was dilapidated, covered in dust, and dim. It used to be a holy place for pilgrims, but now it had decayed and no longer possessed its former glory. In front of the Light Monastery was an open square, with a statue of an angel standing in the center, its vivid expression faintly visible, but it was extremely damaged.

Nie Yan walked towards the gate of the Light Monastery. The gate was wide open, and vaguely visible in the corridor were humanoid monsters wearing red cloaks, crouching and holding two daggers, some thieves.

Red-Clothed Heretic: Level 30, Health 1200/1200.

Thief-type humanoid creatures often had thin health, but their attacks were fierce, and they occasionally stunned you. At the same time, as humanoid monsters, players who had the Steal skill could steal coins from them. Therefore, it was extremely cost-effective for thieves with Steal at level 30 to level up in the Light Monastery.

Red-Clothed Heretics were evil creatures. Nie Yan's Intermediate Demon Hunter could weaken their attributes by 20%, so it was relatively easy to deal with them, dealing about 300 points of damage with each attack.

Nie Yan was only level 17, so it would take a lot of time to deal with these Red-Clothed Heretics, so he just used Stealth to bypass them.

As he stepped into the gate of the Light Monastery, Nie Yan found a boundary marker. It was already dilapidated, and only some ancient common language characters could be vaguely seen on it.

Ten Knights of Light: The age of darkness is about to pass, let us wait for the coming of light.

The Legend of the Ten Knights of Light: In the dark age, the legend of the Ten Knights of Light circulated in Glenming Province. They resisted the brutal rule of the Dragon Clan and spread the faith of light. They were unyielding warriors and established the Light Monastery. From then on, the Light Monastery became the most important resistance force in Glenming Province, until the late Dark Ages, when the rule of the Dragon Clan was overthrown. The Light Monastery suddenly disappeared, and the Ten Knights of Light were nowhere to be found. Some said they went to heaven to receive God's baptism, and some said they took their beloved girls and lived a life of seclusion in the northern grasslands of Glenming Province.

This Light Monastery was later occupied by some Red-Clothed Heretics, who drove away the residents living nearby and turned it into a den of thieves.

What kind of story lies behind the legend of the Ten Knights of Light? The history of faith is always so intriguing, making people want to find the truth of history.

Entering the Light Monastery, he could actually hear some fighting sounds coming from inside.

"Tuo Ba, tell me, why did you come to this ghostly place to wander around? There are too many monsters in this place, all level 30. It's troublesome if we encounter an elite."

A rough voice entered Nie Yan's ears, sounding somewhat familiar.

"If we come late, we won't have a chance at this place in the future. The legend of the Ten Knights of Light, such a big name, this place must be related to the Knights of Light. Maybe we can dig up a Knights of Light quest!" Another voice sounded a bit lazy.

Nie Yan frowned. It seemed that someone had arrived here before him. There was only one passage to enter the inner courtyard of the Light Monastery, and it was difficult to bypass them.

Entering Stealth, he slowly crept over. The scene that came into view stunned him.

Nie Yan thought that other players would need at least a team of five or six to dare to come here, but he didn't expect that there were only two people in front.

A tall warrior, 1.9 meters tall, with muscles all over his body, wearing a set of Dark War Armor, shining with a dark golden metallic luster, and wielding a greatsword in his hand, all black, with three bright blue gems studded on the hilt. He was like a steel behemoth, capable of tearing everything apart.

Nie Yan's heart trembled. This guy was awesome. He could actually get a set of Dark War equipment. The Dark War set was dropped by the undead blacksmith Karu in the Dark Wind Canyon. The undead blacksmith Karu was a level 25 elite, who was refreshed once a day. The Dark War set had five components, including a sword, armor, helmet, gauntlets, and boots, so it would take at least five days or more to collect the entire Dark War set.

Looking at the other paladin, wearing a set of azure armor, the paladin's Azure Holy Light, also a level 25 set, was no less difficult than the Dark War set. It took a lot of effort to get such a set of armor, at least seven or eight days of management.

The backs of these two people looked a bit familiar. He cast a Super Identification spell on the two of them to take a look.

Tuo Ba Shi: Level 25.

Shi Fen Hao Shuang: Level 25.

Nie Yan's heart trembled. Both of these people were level 25, but their names were not on the level leaderboard. It seemed that they, like Nie Yan, had chosen to hide their levels. He had seen these two people at the entrance of the Starry Night Potion Shop before. He didn't think much of it at the time, but he didn't expect that when they met again, they would be wearing such awesome equipment. Level 25, plus the Dark War set and the Azure Holy Light set, represented considerable strength.

No wonder they dared to come to the Light Monastery with only two people.

Nie Yan had never heard of these two players in his previous life, but there were many unknown experts. These people were usually not professional players. Playing games was just a hobby. They didn't compete for fame or profit, but many of them had skills that were no less than those of professional players. They usually had better economic conditions, and the gain or loss of equipment in the game was irrelevant to them.

If he spent six or seven days, Nie Yan could also get a set of awesome gold-grade equipment for his current level, but for Nie Yan, it was not cost-effective to spend six or seven days getting a set of equipment that he would have to replace in a while. Getting six Chapters of Order to synthesize the first volume of the Chapters of Order was crucial for future development. Even going to get the fragments of Sogot's Shadow and synthesizing Sogot's Shadow would be more cost-effective than getting a set of gold equipment.

Next to Shi Fen Hao Shuang and Tuo Ba Shi, a pile of corpses was already lying on the ground.

Shi Fen Hao Shuang charged forward, and with a Taunt, more than a dozen Red-Clothed Heretics gathered around him.

Whirlwind!

Shi Fen Hao Shuang swept his greatsword horizontally, and the heads of these Red-Clothed Heretics popped up with damage of -200 or more, while the Red-Clothed Heretics' attacks on Shi Fen Hao Shuang only caused twenty or thirty points of damage.

Although the Dark War set focused more on attack, its defensive capabilities could not be ignored.

At the same time, warriors had a certain damage bonus when attacking leather armor professions, so Shi Fen Hao Shuang's attack was quite considerable.

Tuo Ba Shi cast a Lesser Heal on Shi Fen Hao Shuang and a Holy Strike, hitting a Red-Clothed Heretic for -430.

The paladin's holy attack dealt high damage to evil creatures. After the Holy Strike, Tuo Ba Shi activated Holy Light Punishment, and the light from his body was like thorns, shining on these Red-Clothed Heretics. Under Holy Light Punishment, the surrounding heretics lost 20 health points per second.

Shi Fen Hao Shuang unleashed another Whirlwind, sweeping up a mass of damage. After a while, a pile of Red-Clothed Heretics fell to the ground, leaving a ground full of corpses.

Tuo Ba Shi cleaned up the equipment that had fallen on the ground, and the two sat in a corner eating bread to recover their health, while chatting.

"Those legends of the Ten Knights of Light are just fabricated background history. Maybe there's nothing here. Is it worth taking such a big risk?" Even though it was just a normal conversation, Shi Fen Hao Shuang's voice was still very explosive.

"Who knows? Let's come and take a look. We should be able to deal with elites. If there are more than two elites, we'll go back," Tuo Ba Shi said casually.

Shi Fen Hao Shuang knew that he couldn't convince Tuo Ba. This guy seemed lazy, but he was actually stubborn. Once he made a decision, ten bulls couldn't pull him back. Originally, there were six people in the team, preparing to team up to level up together, but Tuo Ba Shi insisted on coming to the Light Monastery. The others didn't want to come, and in the end, only he and Shi Fen Hao Shuang were left in the team.

"What can I do with a friend like you? I can only accompany you to the death," Shi Fen Hao Shuang said with a wry smile.

Tuo Ba Shi smiled slightly. Although Shi Fen Hao Shuang had a loud voice, he was very sincere and not bad.

Tuo Ba Shi was usually lazy, but he was also very loyal. This was why two people with such different personalities could become friends.

The two recovered their health to full, stood up, and prepared to deal with the next wave of monsters.

Shi Fen Hao Shuang prepared to charge.

Tuo Ba Shi cast a Prayer on Shi Fen Hao Shuang and himself, and their Strength, Agility, Perception, and other abilities soared. After the Perception was increased, a strange feeling surged in his heart.

"Thief, be careful!" Tuo Ba Shi activated Eye of God, his pupils constricted, and he looked into the distance, discovering that Nie Yan was about ten yards away from them, but he didn't seem to have any intention of attacking them.

Shi Fen Hao Shuang was stunned for a moment. He was a warrior, and his Perception was much worse than that of a paladin. In addition, he was a carefree person. It was okay for him to charge and smash, but he wasn't very good at detecting thieves in Stealth. However, he was a warrior with such good equipment. When he was leveling up outside, he basically ignored thieves, and thieves wouldn't be stupid enough to attack warriors with such good equipment. A warrior wouldn't die if he was stunned by a sneak attack for a few seconds, but once they parried and Hamstrung, ordinary thieves would be crippled.