Chapter 15 Counterattack

The Shield Warrior roared and charged forward, his long sword slashing down with a *thwack*, opening a wound on the Horned Deer Leader.

The Horned Deer Leader lunged forward, its sharp antlers aimed to strike.

The Shield Warrior retreated slightly, holding his shield in front. The antlers collided with the wooden shield with a dull thud.

The Berserker and Holy Knight immediately flanked the Horned Deer Leader from both sides.

"Watch your aggro," the Shield Warrior cautioned, feeling uneasy. Because he had a shield, his defense was higher, and the Horned Deer Leader could only knock off ten points of his health with each hit. If the Horned Deer Leader's aggro shifted to the Berserker or Holy Knight, they would probably be killed in no more than five hits.

The person who attacks a monster first will be the primary target for its aggro. If someone nearby deals excessive damage, has too low a level, or is too weak, the aggro can shift.

"We know, don't worry," the Berserker and Holy Knight replied.

The Holy Priest and Elemental Mage in the rear began to unleash their damage, one spell after another.

Their coordination was decent. It shouldn't be a problem to take down the Horned Deer Leader in a while, but what they didn't know was that danger was quietly approaching.

Nie Yan, in stealth, was only a few steps away from the Holy Priest and Elemental Mage. They were standing close together, their attention focused on the Horned Deer Leader.

In just half a minute, they could kill a Horned Deer Leader and get a piece of equipment. They were very excited.

The heads of the Holy Priest and Elemental Mage were completely exposed in front of Nie Yan.

Nie Yan slowly approached, moving slower and slower. The closer he got, the more careful he had to be, or the prey within reach might fly away.

Patience is also very important in judging whether a Thief is qualified. The victory or defeat of a Thief's battle often depends on whether the first strike is successful. Before the first strike, there is a long preparation process of stealth and approaching. If one lacks patience, it is easy to be caught off guard.

The battle between the Horned Deer Leader and the players intensified. The Horned Deer Leader kept charging and attacking the Shield Warrior, whose health quickly dropped to just over twenty percent. He took out a bottle of Basic Instant Health Potion and gulped it down.

"Everyone, keep up the damage. The Horned Deer Leader only has half its health left," the Shield Warrior said, blocking with his shield, then slashing with his sword again.

The Berserker and Holy Knight also stepped up their attacks. They had lost nearly half their health in the battle with the Horned Deer. The Holy Priest and Elemental Mage were the only ones who hadn't taken any damage.

"Lei, back up a little. Why are you charging so far forward?" the Shield Warrior shouted to the Berserker.

"Okay, okay," the Berserker quickly backed up a bit.

Of the five, the Shield Warrior clearly had more combat experience.

"When we go to dungeons in the future, Berserkers and Holy Knights must never charge too far forward. That's suicide. After today's business is done, we'll go to a five-person dungeon tomorrow. You guys can familiarize yourselves with it first, and then we'll go to a large dungeon with the guild in a while," the Shield Warrior said, retreating a few steps, leading the Horned Deer Leader between two large trees behind them.

"Are there any guild activities recently?" the Berserker asked, his eyes lighting up.

"There are always guild activities. The guild leader and the others have been farming the Treant Forest and the Dark Swamp. Can you guys go?" the Shield Warrior countered.

Those who farmed the Treant Forest and the Dark Swamp were all elites of the Radiant Sacred Flame, and they had strict requirements for players' defense, attack, and health. If their equipment didn't reach a certain level and their skills weren't good enough, they couldn't go at all. There was no way the five of them could.

"Are there any Level 2 dungeons, like the Elk Rat Cave or the Skeleton Cave?" the Berserker asked. Those were also twenty-person dungeons, with lower requirements and decent equipment drops. Only by improving their equipment could they challenge higher-level dungeons.

"The guild leader will organize some in a few days. Let's level up first, focus our attention, and kill this Horned Deer Leader. Maybe we'll get some good equipment," the Shield Warrior said, taking two more steps back, but his retreat was very steady.

The Holy Priest and Elemental Mage also took a few steps back.

Nie Yan could tell that the Shield Warrior on the other side was pretty good. He was holding aggro very well. As soon as he saw signs of the Horned Deer Leader's aggro shifting, he immediately used Shield Bash to draw the Horned Deer Leader's aggro back.

By pulling and leading, he prevented the Horned Deer Leader from exerting its full combat power.

If it weren't for such a Shield Warrior, they wouldn't be able to fight a Level 3 Horned Deer Leader at all.

To avoid being discovered by the Holy Priest and Elemental Mage, Nie Yan moved very carefully, but unexpectedly, the Holy Priest and Elemental Mage retreated towards him.

Heaven is helping me, Nie Yan thought. The Holy Priest had retreated to his side.

Nie Yan raised the dagger in his hand and stabbed the back of the Holy Priest's head.

"Muffle!"

Nie Yan hit the Holy Priest, and the Holy Priest fell into a stunned state.

"Someone's stea..." The Elemental Mage next to him noticed the movement around him, turned his head, and saw Nie Yan, but before he could finish his sentence, Nie Yan pounced on him and plunged his dagger into the Elemental Mage's forehead, stunning him!

After stunning him, Assassinate attached Cut, and then a vital attack stabbed straight into his throat.

Nie Yan moved very quickly, unleashing maximum damage in a short time.

-20, -22, -29, -36, four damage numbers floated from the Elemental Mage's head. The Elemental Mage had just woken up, and his health was only 18 points.

He panicked. Nie Yan's attack output was too terrifying.

-5, -5, two damage numbers floated from the Elemental Mage's head.

The Elemental Mage took out a bottle of Low-level Instant Health Potion and was about to gulp it down, but Nie Yan's dagger gently stroked his chest. -8, a damage number floated from the Elemental Mage's head.

The Elemental Mage's hand froze in mid-air, his health bottomed out, and he fell to the ground.

"Got one," Nie Yan picked up the equipment dropped by the Elemental Mage.

When the Holy Priest woke up, Nie Yan had just killed the Elemental Mage. He turned around to escape, but how could Nie Yan give him the chance!

Nie Yan chased up from behind, waving his dagger to attack the Holy Priest's back.

-12, -13, -15, all his skills were used up, and he only had ordinary attacks, but because the Thief's attack speed was fast, the damage was still considerable.

The Holy Priest turned back to cast Divine Judgment, and then Divine Strike, counterattacking Nie Yan, knocking off 53 points of Nie Yan's health.

The Shield Warrior, Berserker, and Holy Knight were besieging the Horned Deer Leader, but the Elemental Mage and Holy Priest, who had been maintaining output from the rear, had fallen silent.

"Someone's ambushing us, it's that Thief Nie Yan!" the Shield Warrior said anxiously. It was a critical moment for them to fight the monster. How could this guy come now!

Nie Yan had more than twenty minutes of legitimate defense time against them!

"What do we do!?" The Berserker retreated, panicking. They were now facing a pincer attack from Nie Yan and the Horned Deer Leader. The three of them had been tanking the Horned Deer Leader all the time, and they had less than half their health left. If they weren't careful, all five of them would die here. In the blink of an eye, the Elemental Mage was killed by Nie Yan, leaving only the Holy Priest. Their situation was even more dangerous!

"Kill the Horned Deer Leader first!" the Shield Warrior said. The Horned Deer Leader's aggro was all focused on them. If they didn't kill the Horned Deer Leader, they wouldn't have an easy time dealing with Nie Yan.

The Horned Deer Leader didn't have much health left!

"Cleave!"

The Shield Warrior slashed out with his sword, and the Berserker and Holy Knight also sped up their movements, constantly hacking at the Horned Deer Leader.

"Flame Slash!" "Holy Light Slash!"

The Berserker and Holy Knight both used their strongest killing moves, and numbers floated from the Horned Deer Leader's head.

Everyone was racing against time.

The battle between Nie Yan and the Holy Priest had also entered a fever pitch. The two of them fought while running. Nie Yan ran, jumped, and circled behind the Holy Priest, waving his dagger repeatedly. Wherever the dagger went, blood splattered.

The Holy Priest, on the other hand, was running away to get rid of Nie Yan, casting one spell after another.

Their health was dropping bit by bit, but clearly, the Holy Priest's health was dropping faster. He quickly took out a bottle of Low-level Instant Health and drank it, and then downed a bottle of Slow Recovery Potion.

+3, +3.......

The Holy Priest had only taken a few seconds after drinking the Slow Recovery Potion before Nie Yan interrupted it with a dagger.

"Run this way." The Shield Warrior attacked the Horned Deer Leader while paying attention to the battle between Nie Yan and the Holy Priest, shouting anxiously. He could see that the Holy Priest was no match for Nie Yan.

-18, -15.......

The Holy Priest only had thirty-six points of health left.

"Damn Thief, is this guy specifically targeting us?" the Shield Warrior cursed, attacking the Horned Deer Leader with his sword. Nie Yan had killed Dian Cang and the others first, and now he had appeared here. This was definitely not a coincidence. Could Nie Yan be a friend of Tang Yao and the others?

"Nie Yan, I'll remember you. The Radiant Sacred Flame Guild won't let you off easily," the Berserker said angrily.

"I'm honored. I'll be waiting for you at any time," Nie Yan replied calmly. Radiant Sacred Flame was just a small guild at this time, with only a thousand people in total. How could they have so much energy to search the world for Nie Yan and Tang Yao? Even if they found Nie Yan and Tang Yao, they couldn't possibly send all the members of the guild over. Even if they sent them, if he couldn't afford to provoke them, couldn't he hide?

In the beginning, Nie Yan alone made the five guilds under Cao Xu's Century Financial Group jump up and down, and tens of thousands of people couldn't do anything to him. How could he be afraid of Radiant Sacred Flame?

Nie Yan after rebirth was definitely more difficult to deal with than before.

What did Nie Yan have to fear?

"A second one, no matter how many more come, they'll just be delivering food!" Nie Yan said disdainfully, stabbing his dagger into the Holy Priest's chest and killing him. He looked at his health, which was still more than fifty points, about as he expected.

Nie Yan pounced towards them. At this time, the Horned Deer Leader's health had been reduced to only about 10%, and it was about to die. He was going to snatch the equipment that the Horned Deer Leader dropped.

"Kill!" The Shield Warrior shouted, using Shield Bash to knock the Horned Deer Leader back.

The Horned Deer Leader's body paused for a moment.

"One-word Slash!" The Berserker's greatsword slashed down at the Horned Deer Leader.

-15, a large number floated from the Horned Deer Leader's head. It was a critical hit!

The Horned Deer Leader let out a mournful cry and fell to the ground.

The Shield Warrior bent down and picked up the items dropped by the Horned Deer Leader, throwing them into his backpack.

"One step too late." Seeing the Shield Warrior pick up the items dropped by the Horned Deer Leader, Nie Yan stopped and retreated.

The Shield Warrior had 25% health left, the Berserker had 38%, and the Holy Knight had 35%. Although they didn't have much, three melee fighters gathered together were not as simple as 1+1. Moreover, the Thief's dagger dealt very low damage when attacking heavily armored classes like Shield Warriors. If he couldn't deal with the three of them, he shouldn't take the risk, Nie Yan thought.

The three Shield Warriors didn't have much health left, and they didn't dare to rush up to encircle Nie Yan, so they stood in place to recover their health. Killing a Horned Deer Leader and getting a piece of Bronze equipment, but losing two people, was too uneconomical.

"Two more died." The Shield Warrior's eyes were like knives. Counting this way, the Radiant Sacred Flame Guild had lost five people to Nie Yan.

Nie Yan was not far away. The Shield Warrior, Berserker, and Holy Knight looked at each other, but none dared to attack rashly. They didn't have much health left. The three of them gathered together could definitely deal with Nie Yan, but once they were separated, no one could say for sure.

Three melee fighters were frightened by a Thief and didn't dare to move. This was simply a great humiliation, and their faces were a little hot.

Nie Yan stretched out his right hand, his thumb pointing down, making a gesture of contempt.

"Are you three not coming over? If you don't come, I'm leaving." Nie Yan glanced at the three of them, laughed, and glanced at the jungle in the distance. There was some movement in the southeast and west directions. It was estimated that people from Radiant Sacred Flame were coming from all directions to encircle him.

Nie Yan didn't dare to be careless and ran out, like a rabbit, shuttling through the forest.

"Our people are here, hold him back, don't let him run away!" The Shield Warrior chased in the direction Nie Yan was running.

The Berserker and Holy Knight followed closely behind.

"Why are you only coming now?" The Shield Warrior said depressedly in the team chat.

"We found that Arcane Mage's hiding place and almost caught him. If you hadn't been in a hurry to ask us to come over, that guy would have died already. What happened here?"

"Dao Zi and Huang Ni were killed," the Shield Warrior said.

"What's going on? Weren't they with you?"

"It was that Thief Nie Yan again. He ambushed us and killed Dao Zi and Huang Ni," the Shield Warrior said, hiding the fact that they were fighting the Horned Deer Leader just now.

"Damn, it's that Thief again!"

They had never seen such a powerful Thief. This guy seemed to have appeared specifically to target them.

"It's probably a friend of the gang we killed before. He went north, let's chase!"

Several figures flew and shuttled through the trees.

Nie Yan was very fast, and in a blink of an eye, he left a long distance behind him. There were three or four figures ahead who had surrounded him. With no way to go ahead and pursuers behind, if he continued to run like this, he would definitely be blocked.

Nie Yan turned behind a tree and entered stealth mode.

The Shield Warrior and the team members who had surrounded him met up.

"What's going on? Where's the person?" the Shield Warrior asked, his eyes scanning the surroundings, empty. Where was Nie Yan's figure?

"Did he get away?"

"He probably went into stealth, look more carefully."

The players dispersed and conducted a carpet search of the surrounding area.

Nie Yan held his breath and sneaked out.

There were people from Radiant Sacred Flame everywhere here, and the danger had not been lifted.

"How's it going on your side?" Tang Yao sent a message asking.

"Killed two more," Nie Yan said, glanced at his backpack, although he had dropped two pieces of equipment, but they were not good. Putting them in the auction house would only sell for a few copper coins.

"Awesome, I'm impressed by you, kid." Tang Yao sighed. Most of the people from Radiant Sacred Flame were in groups of three or five. How did Nie Yan do it?

"Where are you now?" Nie Yan asked.

"Just now I met those people from Radiant Sacred Flame and was almost caught up by them. I ran into the depths of the mine, but they went back again. The mine is full of Level 5 monsters, and I can't get out," Tang Yao said, estimating that Nie Yan had killed two people from Radiant Sacred Flame, and they had gone back to deal with Nie Yan, which meant that Nie Yan had indirectly saved his life. But the problem was that his current situation was even more dangerous. The depths of the mine were full of Level 5 Rock Spiders, and if he was not careful, he might die.

"You hide there first, and I'll send you a Return Scroll."

"It's much more convenient to have a Return Scroll, can you get in? The exit is blocked by Rock Spiders."

"We'll talk about it then, I have some trouble here, I'll hang up first."

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