Chapter 1 The Conflict

The conflict between Eternal Guild and Niuren Tribe immediately attracted the attention of all players, and the forum suddenly became hot as they heatedly discussed the matter.

This was the first time Niuren Tribe had launched a strong attack, operating across cities. Their target was obviously the three fortresses of Eternal Guild. If they didn't take down one or two fortresses, this expedition by Niuren Tribe would be meaningless. Players couldn't help but wait and see what the final result of this war would be.

If Eternal Guild lowered its head and admitted its mistake, there might still be a turning point. But to lower its head and admit defeat before the battle even started would cause Eternal Guild to lose face in Element City. So they had to stand firm against Niuren Tribe. If they could withstand the first wave of attacks and then apologize, they would have a way out.

In the original words of Huo Tian Kuang Long, the guild leader of Eternal Guild, Niuren Tribe only sent three thousand people but wanted to destroy Eternal Guild. This idea was simply too naive.

Neither Niuren Tribe nor Eternal Guild made any statements on the forum. The Mage Alliance and the Sacred Guardians closely monitored the development of the situation. Five or six thousand more members of the Mage Alliance and the Sacred Guardians appeared out of nowhere in Element City, and they were active in the streets and alleys of Element City, posing a threat to Niuren Tribe. The Mage Alliance and the Sacred Guardians were waiting, waiting for Eternal Guild to beg them for help.

The major guilds in Element City unanimously fell silent. The three alliance guilds of Eternal Guild suddenly went mute and did not express their positions. If Niuren Tribe suffered a crushing defeat, they might cheer for Eternal Guild. But if Eternal Guild suffered a crushing defeat, they would definitely not provide reinforcements. This was the so-called alliance.

All forces were deploying and staring at the outcome of this war. If Niuren Tribe retreated in defeat, the Mage Alliance and the Sacred Guardians, who were watching from the sidelines, would definitely not let Niuren Tribe off easily.

Demon Prison Fortress.

This fortress was the second largest fortress of Eternal Guild. The city walls were more than thirty yards high and extremely thick. Behind the city walls, there were arrow towers everywhere. Because the great war between Eternal Guild and Niuren Tribe was about to break out, more than three thousand players from Niuren Tribe had already been teleported into Element City, and this fortress had entered a state of full martial law. Sentries were posted every ten steps on the city walls, fully armed and ready to defend the fortress.

Without heavy machinery such as catapults, it would probably not be easy for Niuren Tribe to break through such a city defense.

The players of Niuren Tribe were still in Element City and had not yet moved out. No one knew what they were doing, so the players on the city walls of Demon Prison Fortress seemed a little relaxed.

Outside Demon Prison Fortress was a vast wilderness. This used to be an ancient battlefield.

The cold wind howled, and few plants grew in the wilderness, making it seem particularly desolate.

On the city wall, several players from Eternal Guild were chatting.

"Which fortress do you think Niuren Tribe will attack first?"

"That's a little hard to say."

"It should be the main fortress, Kelo Yi. If the main fortress Kelo Yi falls, our Eternal Guild will be removed from Element City. With the strength of Niuren Tribe, they will definitely strike straight at the heart."

"I think, strategically speaking, Niuren Tribe will not attack Kelo Yi."

"Why?"

"If Kelo Yi Fortress falls, our Eternal Guild will be finished. But what good will it do to Niuren Tribe if our Eternal Guild is finished? Several forces in Element City are staring at Eternal Guild. If Niuren Tribe breaks up Eternal Guild, someone will definitely come out to annex Eternal Guild, and Niuren Tribe will instead be making wedding clothes for others. If I were the guild leader of Niuren Tribe, I would never do such a stupid thing. Therefore, the target of Niuren Tribe must be Demon Prison Fortress or Spirit Garrison Fortress."

"That sounds like it makes some sense, but you're not Kuang Zei Nie Yan, so how do you know what Kuang Zei Nie Yan is thinking?"

While these players were chatting, three figures appeared below Demon Prison Fortress. They hid in the corner of the city wall, using some rubble as cover, and approached the city wall of Demon Prison Fortress. No one noticed their presence.

These three people were the three most famous thieves of Niuren Tribe, Nie Yan, Wang Zhe Tian Xia, and Sun. Yi Chui Ding Qing had other tasks and did not come, so there were only the three of them.

Nie Yan gestured to Wang Zhe Tian Xia and Sun. They moved along the corner of the wall for about a hundred yards. Nie Yan looked up at the city wall. Players came and went from time to time.

"Let's go up from here." Nie Yan said. He used the skill on the Crawler Ring, like a spider, sticking to the city wall and quickly climbing upwards. His movements were agile and swift, and his body slowly blended into the background of the wall.

Not far away, Sun took out a giant crossbow. This giant crossbow was about the same size as Nie Yan's Headless Horseman Doro's Riding Crossbow. A long rope was tied to the back of the arrow. He pulled the trigger, and with a soft sound, the arrow was nailed into the stone wall more than thirty yards above, firmly embedded in the stone wall. Sun quickly climbed upwards along this rope.

Wang Zhe Tian Xia took out two daggers with some strange shapes and sharp thorns growing on the blades. He stabbed the daggers into the stone wall and climbed quickly with his arm strength. The muscles on his arms kept twitching, full of powerful strength.

Nie Yan climbed to the top of the city wall in nineteen seconds. Sun and Wang Zhe Tian Xia were not inferior either. One used twenty-one seconds, and the other used twenty-two seconds. The three of them flipped over the city wall and landed silently.

They were in a state of stealth, and the players of Eternal Guild on the city wall did not notice them at all. Nie Yan and the others sneaked in.

With the perception of these players, they could not perceive Nie Yan and the others unless they were very close.

There were many players from Eternal Guild walking back and forth on the city wall. Nie Yan carefully lurked, dodging several players, and walked to the edge of the opposite city wall. He jumped down towards the fortress. The height of thirty yards would not cause any damage to a thief who was good at jumping.

Nie Yan landed lightly and quickly disappeared into Eternal Guild's fortress. They hid in a corner.

"How are you guys? Did you all get in?" Nie Yan asked in the team chat.

"Got in," Wang Zhe Tian Xia replied.

"Me too," Sun replied.

"Let's split up!" Nie Yan smiled slightly. This kind of work was really not difficult for the few of them.

The three thieves set off in different directions and disappeared into the buildings.

Nie Yan, Wang Zhe Tian Xia, Sun and the others investigated, and there were about five thousand people in the entire Demon Prison Fortress. Among these five thousand people, only two-tenths were strong enough to exchange a few moves with them.

In the center of Demon Prison Fortress, there was a teleportation array. If Eternal Guild knew that Nie Yan was attacking Demon Prison Fortress, they could transport tens of thousands of people over in ten minutes.

This was the benefit of the teleportation array.

Because of this, Eternal Guild was relieved to let so few players from Niuren Tribe stay to guard Demon Prison Fortress. They believed that even if Demon Prison Fortress was attacked, it would be easy to hold on for ten minutes.

However, they never thought that Nie Yan and the others entering Demon Prison Fortress was like entering their own home, and they regarded the defense of Demon Prison Fortress as nothing.

Because Demon Prison Fortress had entered wartime lockdown, the ordinary players who were active here had left, and the entire fortress seemed empty. Except for a few players from Eternal Guild who occasionally walked by on the street, there was no one else at all.

Inside the fortress, various houses were scattered in a well-organized manner, and the streets crisscrossed, but few people could be seen. Most of the players from Eternal Guild were guarding the city walls, and the rest were stationed in various arrow towers and defensive buildings. A fortress that could accommodate five or six hundred thousand people for trade and entertainment now had only five thousand people left. One could imagine what it was like.

Nie Yan found a quiet place in the fortress and looked around. The buildings here were very dense, and there was an open space in the center. There were several shops near the open space, but they were all closed. The players from Eternal Guild should not come to such a corner. This place was only about five hundred yards away from the teleportation array in the center of the fortress. At full speed, it would only take a minute to get there.

After discovering that everything was arranged, Nie Yan said in the regional guild group chat, "Let's begin."

After receiving Nie Yan's order, the players from Niuren Tribe who were strolling around in Element City took action.

The players from Niuren Tribe puzzled all the forces. They gathered in Element City, doing nothing, as if waiting for something. In fact, under the cover of these Niuren Tribe players, one arcane mage after another avoided the sight of the major forces and entered the teleportation array, teleporting to Mo Longduo Town, which was only about a thousand yards away from Demon Prison Town. Because they were small in number, only three or four hundred, their movements were very scattered and did not attract too much attention from Eternal Guild. These arcane mages could not threaten them at all.

The people from Eternal Guild believed that as long as the main force of Niuren Tribe was still here, there would be no problems.

After the group of arcane mages teleported to Mo Longduo Town, they successively entered the inns opened by the NPCs. They opened several rooms and then went in, with about twenty people in each room.

Some people followed behind this group of arcane mages. They thought that this group of arcane mages was going to attack a certain fortress of Eternal Guild, but they did not expect that these arcane mages did not leave Mo Longduo Town, but opened rooms in the inn in Mo Longduo Town. What was going on? What did this group of arcane mages want to do?

No one could understand it at all. What was Kuang Zei Nie Yan up to!

They were all confused by Nie Yan, completely in the dark.

In a room in an inn in Mo Longduo Town, more than twenty arcane mages were gathered together. The arcane mage leading them was holding a group teleportation scroll in his hand, chanting a spell. Brilliant light filled the entire room. After a while, more than twenty arcane mages suddenly disappeared from the spot, and the room was empty.