Chapter 1 Naming the Equipment

Nie Yan looked at the three pieces of equipment. They were all warrior gear. One was Sub-Legendary grade and the other two were Dark Gold grade, all Level 70 equipment. They were inlaid with gems, adding defense, attack, and magic resistance. Each gem used on these three pieces of equipment was worth at least a thousand gold coins, and the equipment was all enhanced to +9. The stats were excellent. Nie Yan estimated that each piece of equipment cost at least tens of thousands of gold coins, and the Sub-Legendary grade one was worth more than one hundred thousand gold coins.

Was everyone in the Wild Wolves Studio equipped like this? If so, the Century Financial Group really had too much money!

Within the Niu Ren Tribe, there would definitely be no more than ten people who could use such expensive equipment. Equipping oneself to this standard would cost five or six hundred thousand gold coins. Nie Yan planned to give these three pieces of equipment to Hei Bai and Wu Feng to see if they could use them.

Nie Yan turned around and saw a mess on the ground. More than a dozen corpses lay there. Desire snatched away the equipment dropped by those players, cleaned up the battlefield, and walked towards Nie Yan.

Nie Yan stopped and asked, "How is it? All cleaned up?"

"Yeah, more than thirty pieces in total. We made a killing this time. I estimate that the equipment can be sold for at least two hundred thousand gold coins," Desire said. Losing three pieces of equipment at once was a harsh penalty. Looking at the equipment dropped by those guys, he felt a little scared. If he had been killed just now, it would have been terrible.

"Let's go," Nie Yan said. The harvest from this fight was good.

After Nie Yan and Desire eliminated these people, they continued to head east. For more than ten minutes, they didn't encounter anyone else. It seemed that this map was quite large.

Nie Yan saw a towering mountain range to the east, with a magnificent castle on the mountainside, which was a relatively obvious geographical landmark.

Nie Yan set the meeting point there. More and more Niu Ren Tribe players found the castle on the mountain and gathered there.

As for the Mages Alliance, they gathered on the west side of the map.

Nie Yan and Desire climbed up the mountainside, a thousand yards high, turned around and looked back, finally seeing the entire map. It was a huge basin with various terrains in the center: hills, streams, rocks, high slopes, mostly desert terrain. In addition to the castle they occupied, there were nine other castles scattered in various places. These ten castles were the ten points that Ka’lul had mentioned. Occupying these ten points and maintaining control for more than an hour would win them the victory.

When the players' battles reached a stalemate and no one could win, the battle would revolve around these castles.

This was a standard guild arena map. Nie Yan had heard of it in his previous life, but since he was just a casual player, he had never participated in a large-scale guild arena. This was his first time encountering such a map.

The Niu Ren Tribe and the Mages Alliance would compete here!

The Niu Ren Tribe players gathered at this castle, and the area became lively.

The ancient castle, which had experienced countless years, had walls covered with cracks and overgrown with various plants.

Nie Yan pushed open the heavy door and walked inside.

Brilliant Dagger and others followed behind.

"How many did we lose?" Nie Yan asked. The losses along the way must have been quite large.

"Twenty-three died," Brilliant Dagger said. He had just received the statistics from Knight's Elegy.

"The Mages Alliance side is much worse than us. We counted thirty-seven kills," Watery Reflection said. He had killed two just now.

The Niu Ren Tribe players rested around the castle, scattered in groups everywhere.

Nie Yan and others walked up to the castle's watchtower. The watchtower was more than twenty yards high and very magnificent. The flat watchtower was scattered with some broken weapons. This was once an ancient battlefield. At the edge of the watchtower, there was a somewhat dilapidated telescope. He wondered if it could still be used.

Nie Yan walked over, leaned forward, and looked through the ancient, somewhat worn lens. In the distance, the people of the Mages Alliance were moving like ants on the map, gathering more and more. They occupied three castles. He guessed that Kuang Fa was deploying his troops.

From this telescope, he could overlook the entire battlefield.

So, this was how those guild leaders in his previous life had commanded from afar.

Nie Yan's thoughts traveled through time and space. Those guild leaders dominated the history of Faith, and now, everything would be written by him, Nie Yan!

With the Mages Alliance under his feet, how much of a splash could the Sacred Guardians make? The entire Glimmering Land would be the Niu Ren Tribe's domain!

"What's the plan next?" Brilliant Dagger asked, looking at Nie Yan, who seemed a little distracted.

"Have them set up traps within a thousand yards of this castle and then draw a defense map. We'll defend this place to the death! Guo Huai should have taken action, right?" Nie Yan said. Before entering the Realm of Death, he had Guo Huai purchase a large number of trap-laying props and some trigger-type attack items, such as totems.

If they defended this castle to the death, the Mages Alliance wouldn't be able to attack it without twice their forces.

"More than twenty thousand members of the Niu Ren Tribe are escorting sixteen Frostclad Ironclad Siege Rams to Moonrise City," Brilliant Dagger said. From this moment on, the Niu Ren Tribe would launch a full-scale war against the Mages Alliance!

"That's good. We'll delay for a few days. Kuang Fa should be more anxious than us!" Nie Yan laughed. With the Niu Ren Tribe's sixteen Frostclad Ironclad Siege Rams setting out, he didn't believe that Kuang Fa could sit still.

"I heard that the Angel Corps is fighting fiercely. If they don't come to rescue, our Frostclad Ironclad Siege Rams will definitely be able to reach the walls of the Mages Alliance!" Brilliant Dagger said, his heart filled with excitement. Back then, the Niu Ren Tribe could only defend passively, and the enemies had killed them at their doorstep several times. This time, it was finally their turn to fight back!

"Gather all the thieves. I have a mission to assign to them," Nie Yan said.

Brilliant Dagger and Watery Reflection sent messages to all the thief players below. A group of thieves entered the castle and gathered in the castle's hall, about five or six hundred people.

Nie Yan had them form teams of five, dividing them into one hundred teams. The five strongest teams were composed of the top thieves, including Sun, Sovereign World, Wu Dao, and others. Nie Yan gave them a mission to move freely on the map, assassinating members of the Mages Alliance. They were to never let go of any stragglers they could kill, and if they encountered strong opponents, they should avoid them and not get entangled. As for the remaining thieves, they were responsible for taking various trap-laying props and setting traps around the castle.

Nie Yan had a few players under his command bring out the various props they had purchased outside: flame traps, poisonous totems, volley arrows, and so on. These things would be used to set up in jungles, rocks, and streams. If a player triggered them, they would likely die instantly. Therefore, the locations of these traps had to be carefully studied to avoid friendly fire, which would be a huge loss. Nie Yan only told each team of thieves where they should set up traps, but he didn't tell them how many places were trapped to prevent the information from leaking. Nie Yan knew that there were definitely spies from the Mages Alliance in the Niu Ren Tribe, and he had also planted a few spies in the Mages Alliance. This was a battle of wits and courage between them.

On the west side of the Realm of Death, in a castle on a gentle slope, the leaders of the Mages Alliance were gathered.

"Leader Kuang Fa, the Niu Ren Tribe members have occupied a castle in the east and haven't made any moves. They don't seem to be preparing to fight and have set up defenses around the castle," Distant Maple said. The spies lurking in the Niu Ren Tribe had already sent back the Niu Ren Tribe's movements, and the Niu Ren Tribe's actions surprised him. Logically speaking, the battle in the Realm of Death would be over in at most one day. Judging from the Niu Ren Tribe's posture, they weren't planning to drag it out for several days, were they?

Kuang Fa was also wondering what the Niu Ren Tribe was up to when he suddenly heard a subordinate anxiously say, "Leader Kuang Fa, news from the Mages Alliance headquarters is that more than twenty thousand members of the Niu Ren Tribe are heading towards our Moonrise City with more than a dozen Ironclad Siege Rams!"

Hearing this news, Kuang Fa's expression changed. What a strategy of luring the tiger away from the mountain and drawing firewood from under the cauldron! The Niu Ren Tribe's target was Moonrise City!

It would take the Niu Ren Tribe two or three days to reach Moonrise City. At that time, the entire Moonrise City would be plunged into chaos. A dozen Ironclad Siege Rams were no joke. If the Mages Alliance's main city was breached, then even if they won in the Realm of Death, they would still lose.

"Leader, what should we do now?" Distant Maple looked at Kuang Fa. "People from headquarters said that the Niu Ren Tribe's Ironclad Siege Rams are somewhat different from the ones at our guild headquarters. They seem to be more advanced."

Kuang Fa frowned. He wasn't at the guild headquarters, so he couldn't direct the battle. He was different from Nie Yan. Nie Yan was a hands-off manager who rarely directed the guild. The Niu Ren Tribe had a group of people who were specifically responsible for managing the guild, so it didn't matter if Nie Yan wasn't there. But the Mages Alliance was different. Kuang Fa didn't trust the people around him because incidents of the guild being usurped had happened many times. So, he had to firmly grasp the guild's command in his own hands. He had always been the final authority in the guild. If something so big happened at the headquarters without him there, it would definitely be chaotic.

Kuang Fa was silent for a moment, then said in a deep voice, "Gather everyone. We're going to meet Mad Rogue Nie Yan!"

In this situation, he could only take the initiative and fight the Niu Ren Tribe! Since they had to fight sooner or later, let the storm come more violently!