Chapter 11 Obtaining the Murderous Maniac Badge

Nie Yan couldn't help but feel excited at finally getting the Murderous Maniac Badge. The two skills attached to the Thief's Murderous Maniac Badge were both quite good.

Murderous Maniac Badge (Special Item, Thief): Initial Rank. Must kill one thousand players who are 2 levels or higher to upgrade to Intermediate Rank.

Item Description: The owner of the Murderous Maniac Badge can increase the badge's rank by killing people. However, they will also be cursed, reducing their defense.

Item Attributes: Attack +20%, Defense -20%, Agility +20, Level Ignored +3, Armor Penetration Damage. Attached Skills: Initial Berserk, enter a berserk state when health is below 50%, Attack and Movement Speed increase by 30%, gain an additional 10 Attack for each player killed. Skill cooldown is 30 seconds. Initial Mental Immunity, protects against mental magic attacks for 3 seconds after casting. Skill cooldown is 30 seconds.

Restrictions: Limited to the user, bound on pickup, cannot be traded, cannot be dropped, can be destroyed.

The Thief's Murderous Maniac Badge was slightly different from the magic classes. The initial attributes were good, and the last two skills were awesome. Initial Berserk granted an additional bonus when health was below 50%. Most importantly, Mental Immunity. For a Thief who frequently PKed (player-versus-player combat), they understood that control spells were the deadliest. In his past life, the official website had conducted a study on which class Thieves died to most often during PK: Warrior's Hamstring at 52%, Mage's Control Spells at 35%, Mage's High Burst Damage at 9%...

Warrior's Hamstring was undoubtedly ranked first. Warriors countered Thieves, there was no doubt about that. When miserably losing in PK against Mages, most Thieves died due to control spells. Mage control spells were a far greater threat to Thieves than their terrifying magic damage.

In team battles or multi-player PK, the class Thieves liked to target the most was Priests. The Priest's Holy Light and Mark were too troublesome. Priests wore cloth armor, making them the easiest to deal with, so most Thieves would target Priests first and take them down. And the control magic that Priests were most proficient in was mental magic. Having a skill like Mental Immunity was naturally very beneficial when dealing with Priests and Shadow Priests.

Another point was that the reason why Nie Yan wanted to come here to farm the Murderous Maniac Badge was because Black Heaven and Black Hell, one of them was a Holy Priest, and the other was very likely a Shadow Priest. They might have mental control magic. With the Murderous Maniac Badge's Mental Immunity and the Holy Light Paladin Badge's Spell Immunity, Nie Yan didn't believe those two could do anything to him.

Nie Yan was prepared to come into contact with Black Heaven and Black Hell. In his past life, Black Heaven was one of the Seven Great Holy Priests, temporarily staying in the Dark Ranger Guild. As the Dark Ranger Guild declined, he would definitely transfer guilds. Nie Yan wouldn't give up recruiting these two. If he sent people to surround them and forcefully seize the Chapter of Justice, it would be the same as pushing them to other guilds. Nie Yan had sent guild members to search for their whereabouts, but they were extremely vigilant and would change their leveling spots every so often. The members below simply couldn't find them.

Since he couldn't find them, Nie Yan could only wait for them to come to him. Nie Yan had prepared for Black Heaven and Black Hell. The appearance of this Murderous Maniac Badge was obviously extremely timely.

Both gems were Lucky Gems. He looked at the skill book. It was a skill book called Cloud of Poison Mist, a range skill for arcane mages. All units within the poison mist would continuously lose health, 10 points per second, range 30x30 yards. The effect was very strong.

This skill book would definitely be given to a guild member who had signed an agreement.

"Besides the Thief's Murderous Maniac Badge, there's also a skill book," Nie Yan said, sharing the equipment's stats.

Sun glanced at the Murderous Maniac Badge and his eyes lit up. "If I kill over a hundred people, can I get a Murderous Maniac Badge too?"

Nie Yan quickly stopped him. "It would take you so long to kill a hundred people, then come here to farm the Murderous Maniac Badge, and there's no guarantee it will drop. Plus, you'd have to wash off your red name. How much time would that waste? It's better to level up a few more times and collect better equipment."

"Oh, then never mind," Sun said, disappointed after hearing Nie Yan's words.

"There are already quite a few Thieves in the guild with level 30 gold sets. You can wear them when you reach level 30, so hurry up and level up," Nie Yan said. Sun was still a bit childish, but his talent was unmatched. He needed careful guidance.

Sun watched Nie Yan's process of killing the Scale Frog Leader, gaining a deep understanding. He secretly made Nie Yan his goal, working hard in that direction, vowing to become a godly Thief like Nie Yan!

"Alright, everyone continue leveling. The game is closing soon," Nie Yan said. There was still about half an hour left.

Nie Yan and the others continued leveling and killing Scale Frogs.

At the teleportation point in Calore City, two figures appeared in the teleportation array and walked out.

They were wearing black cloaks, concealing their appearances. They were none other than the holders of the Chapter of Justice, Black Heaven and Black Hell.

Black Hell looked at the system notification and said, "The last location ended just now. They're south of Calore City. They're likely washing off their red names there, so they shouldn't be too far."

Black Heaven said with some apprehension, "Brother, can we beat that guy?" He recalled the video of Nie Yan hunting Black Maggot, which left a deep impression on him. He had previously been convinced of Black Hell's skills. Among the people he had met, no one was stronger than his brother. But after watching the video on the official website, some doubt arose in his heart. Mad Rogue Nie Yan seemed very strong. If any players heard that someone was planning to make trouble for Nirvana Flame at this time, they would definitely say that they were overestimating their capabilities.

Not many players might have heard of who Black Hell was, but if they talked about Peerless, many people would definitely know. He was a famous figure in previous virtual games, leading the Dark Ranger Guild during its heyday. He had been ranked first on the professional player rankings for three years. Later, the Dark Ranger Studio disbanded, Peerless disappeared, and the Dark Ranger Guild declined from then on. Those world-renowned experts from the Dark Ranger Guild left, scattered, and the place was empty. Only a few old members were still holding up the Dark Ranger Guild. None of them knew that Black Hell was Peerless. However, Black Hell's state of mind at this time was completely different from the previous Peerless, and he had abandoned his usual Warrior class, choosing to become a Shadow Priest.

However, the Dark Ranger Guild's heyday and prosperity back then were still remembered by people. Many experts in the major guilds came from the Dark Ranger Guild. Many of them still often mentioned the former Dark Ranger Guild, sighing endlessly. When chatting with people, they would occasionally say, "I came from the Dark Ranger Guild." No one knew where the leader, Peerless, had gone. Everyone felt deeply regretful.

A divine light bloomed in Black Hell's eyes. "I want to try it out and see how strong that guy really is." He no longer had any pursuit of power and money. He just wanted to enjoy the fun of the game with a unique state of mind. In his opinion, Mad Rogue Nie Yan was an interesting opponent, nothing more.

Black Heaven knew that Black Hell's competitive spirit had risen again. His brother had always been like this.

Peerless had changed his name, but in some ways, he was still Peerless. One could imagine how arrogant and unmatched he was when he first chose the name Peerless.

Black Hell certainly understood what kind of opponent he was going to face. He wasn't going to die. His purpose was to defeat Nie Yan and seize the Chapter of Order from Nie Yan's hands.

"Let's go to the Starry Sky Pharmacy to buy some potions," Black Hell said. Before contacting Nie Yan, he wanted to make adequate preparations. Better potions were essential. As for where to buy potions, there were only a few places, and the best was the Starry Sky Pharmacy.

"When are we going to find him?" Black Heaven asked. Since Black Hell had decided, he wouldn't say anything more.

Black Hell thought for a moment and said, "Tomorrow morning, we'll go meet that guy together." Was Mad Rogue Nie Yan as good as his name?

The two spoke and walked into the Starry Sky Pharmacy together.

Nie Yan and the others leveled for a while, looking at the time. It was almost time to log off.

"Nie Yan, I'm logging off," Yao Yao said goodbye to Nie Yan, waving her hand.

"See you tomorrow."

"Nirvana Flame, we're logging off."

"Nie Yan, big brother, I'm logging off."

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Listening to these simple and ordinary greetings, Nie Yan was filled with emotion. In his past life, most of the time, he was quietly going solo, grinding monsters for an entire day, returning to the city to sell the equipment at the auction house, occasionally exchanging some credit points, and then silently logging off. Very rarely, a few people would greet Nie Yan, such as Yao Yao, Tang Yao, and some unfamiliar teammates who leveled together.

This life was a bit different. He preferred the feeling now.

Nie Yan came out of the game. Several relatives who were close to his parents were helping them move things downstairs, saying that they were going to transport them to the villa in the provincial capital. They were going to invite the relatives out for dinner in the evening, and tomorrow they would live in the villa in the provincial capital.

"Xiao Yan, we're moving to the provincial capital. Go say goodbye to your classmates," Nie's mother said, touching Nie Yan's head affectionately.

Nie Yan didn't have many friends in high school. Many people were okay to get along with, but they weren't particularly close, so he said, "They probably have things to do. I can just call them."

"That's fine too," Nie's mother nodded.

He was finally going to the provincial capital. Nie Yan was even more looking forward to reuniting with Xie Yao.