Chapter 1 The Century Financial Group's Move

More than an hour after the meeting ended, Nie Yan finally received news from Guo Huai that Cao Xu from the Century Financial Group had visited Moonlit City. The Mage Alliance and the Holy Guardians had received a large amount of funding from the Century Financial Group, totaling more than five million gold coins, arriving in three batches. Nie Yan couldn't help but sigh; the Century Financial Group was indeed generous, spending so much in one go. It seemed he had underestimated the financial power of the Century Financial Group.

Many of the Century Financial Group's investments were unknown. No one knew exactly how many shops and industries in the entire Greenland Empire and Saturn Empire belonged to the Century Financial Group, possibly only Cao Xu himself knew.

In addition to this news, Guo Huai also found out that Cao Xu had hundreds of confidants who had secretly rushed to Carol City, but it was unknown what they were planning to do.

Hearing this news, Nie Yan felt a sense of unease. He replied to Guo Huai, telling him to immediately send people to find out what their purpose was!

Carol City was the base of the Niu Ren Tribe (Amazing Guild), and absolutely nothing could happen to it!

Nie Yan also found out that Ying Sha was currently in Ajecton Fortress. Nie Yan remembered the agreement he had made with Ying Sha before, and a dangerous thought flashed in his mind: should he take a stroll to Ajecton Fortress?

Kuang Fa and Sheng Yan were having too leisurely a time; he should add some entertainment to their lives.

The only five people in the entire Niu Ren Tribe who could sneak into Ajecton Fortress silently were himself, Wang Zhe Tian Xia, Sun, Yi Chui Ding Qing, and Luo Nan De Qing Wa.

Nie Yan thought about whether to bring Wang Zhe Tian Xia and the others along. With more people, it would be easier to coordinate actions. Thinking of this, Nie Yan sent a message to the other four.

"Do you want to take a stroll in Ajecton Fortress?"

Hearing that Nie Yan wanted to sneak into Ajecton Fortress and attack the Mage Alliance, Sun immediately became excited. How could he miss out on such an exciting thing?

"Brother Nie Yan, count me in."

Wang Zhe Tian Xia seemed more calm. The Mage Alliance's Ajecton Fortress was not on the same level as the fortresses of the Triumph Empire they had previously infiltrated. It was heavily guarded, and at least 200,000 players were active in Ajecton Fortress every day. It would not be easy to avoid the sight of so many people and cause some trouble inside.

"The fewer people who go, the better," Wang Zhe Tian Xia said. "Too many people, too big a target, and it's easier to be discovered."

"A maximum of five people," Nie Yan replied. "There's absolutely no problem for us to sneak into Ajecton Fortress. Even if we are discovered, as long as our luck isn't too bad and we're not locked down by a Dark Priest's War Shackles, we can still run away using a random teleportation scroll."

"Who is your target?" Wang Zhe Tian Xia asked. Nie Yan probably wanted to assassinate someone.

"Ying Sha, Kuang Fa, and Sheng Yan, taking down any one of the three will do," Nie Yan said. No matter who was killed in Ajecton Fortress, it would be a sensation.

With the strength of people like Ying Sha, Kuang Fa, and Sheng Yan, they might not be successfully assassinated. However, Nie Yan was confident. It was indeed not easy to succeed by conventional means, but unconventional means were a different story.

Don't forget, Nie Yan was also an assassin! Some real-world assassination techniques can also be achieved with in-game props.

"Since you already have a target, then count me in," Wang Zhe Tian Xia said. Anyway, he could not be missing from this kind of action, because this was his duty. His task was to protect Nie Yan, although in the game, with Nie Yan's strength, he didn't need his protection at all.

A moment later, Luo Nan De Qing Wa and Yi Chui Ding Qing also agreed to participate in Nie Yan's action.

Nie Yan asked Guo Huai to collect some special props, all of which were very rare. However, for Nie Yan and others, it was still very simple to collect them. After all, the Niu Ren Tribe had so many people, and if they borrowed them, it was estimated that no one would object.

After a while, Guo Huai walked into the reception room where the five of them were. After he saw Nie Yan, he walked over and said, "I've collected everything you wanted. The two Weaver's Rings were borrowed from Yao Zi and Leng Ao Ying, a Lightning Ring, a Floating Ring, a Disguise Necklace..." Guo Huai took out one prop after another, introducing them one by one as if he were familiar with them. Most of these props were borrowed from the top members of the Niu Ren Tribe, and some were things that the guild players turned over to the guild warehouse.

Nie Yan looked at Wang Zhe Tian Xia and the others and said, "Each of you pick a few. This action should be useful."

Wang Zhe Tian Xia, Sun, and others each selected five or six items. Since Nie Yan himself had more props, he only selected a Disguise Necklace and a Lightning Ring.

Disguise Necklace: Allows the wearer to disguise themselves as a player, hiding their information, with a 98% similarity in appearance. The duration is fifteen minutes, and the skill cooldown is two hours.

Lightning Ring: Can release a Lightning Arrow, causing a certain paralysis effect on the target. The skill cooldown is one hour.

If these two things are used well, they are still quite good.

Everyone took the things and equipped themselves with advanced instant recovery potions and other consumables. Nie Yan added a few advanced combat bandages.

"I'm responsible for assassinating Ying Sha, Wang Zhe Tian Xia is responsible for assassinating Kuang Fa, and Sun is responsible for assassinating Sheng Yan. You guys cooperate with Wang Zhe Tian Xia and Sun. Let's split up," Nie Yan said to Yi Chui Ding Qing and Luo Nan De Qing Wa. Whether it was leaving the city or sneaking into Ajecton Fortress, the target would be too big if the five of them gathered together, and it would be too easy to be discovered.

"Okay," Yi Chui Ding Qing nodded.

Luo Nan De Qing Wa also agreed. He had been in the Niu Ren Tribe for so long, and this was the first time he had participated in such an important action. Nie Yan would let him participate, partly because of his strength, and partly because of his trust in him, which made Luo Nan De Qing Wa very moved. It was difficult for a professional player to enter the core of the guild, because professional players were a group of people who pursued interests, and the president would generally not trust these people unconditionally, but Nie Yan did!

After Guo Huai gave the props to Nie Yan and others, he went back to work. He still had many things to do, including directing the actions of the Niu Ren Tribe and selling gems.

After Guo Huai left, Nie Yan and the other five left one after another. They used their own methods to avoid the sight of the Mage Alliance and the Holy Guardians, and quietly left Moonlit City, heading towards Ajecton Fortress.

Kuang Fa, Sheng Yan, and Ying Sha, no matter which one was assassinated by others in Ajecton Fortress, it would become the headline news of the entire Greenland Empire, causing a sensation. The Mage Alliance and the Holy Guardians would lose face! This would be very meaningful for the Niu Ren Tribe to attack Ajecton Fortress.

After Nie Yan left Moonlit City, he turned on Gale Step and sprinted towards Ajecton Fortress. He carefully avoided the sight of all the players along the way. Even if anything happened, he could not reveal his whereabouts, otherwise the Mage Alliance and the Holy Guardians would easily guess what he wanted to do.

On the way, Nie Yan encountered some people from the Mage Alliance chasing and killing players from the Niu Ren Tribe. Although he wanted to go up and help, he restrained himself and did not appear.

After sprinting for about twenty minutes, a magnificent fortress city appeared in Nie Yan's sight. Ajecton Fortress, like Cripps Fortress, was an intermediate fortress. There was only one in the entire Moonlit City. Its geographical location was very superior, the transportation was convenient, and there were many leveling maps for players in their sixties, seventies, eighties, and nineties nearby.

The Mage Alliance operated Ajecton Fortress like an iron barrel, building walls more than thirty yards high. A moat five yards wide was dug in front of the city wall, and arrow towers were densely packed behind the city wall. Although they did not have the blueprints for magic cannons, they still built many turrets in preparation for future use as turrets.

This towering fortress city gave people a sense of invincibility. It would still be very difficult for the Niu Ren Tribe to break through the city walls with ironclad catapults and kill their way into Ajecton Fortress.

Due to the unshakeable position of the Mage Alliance in Moonlit City, the leveling maps near Ajecton Fortress were generally only active in that area by the Mage Alliance or players close to the Mage Alliance. Players from other guilds rarely went there. The Mage Alliance was too arrogant in Moonlit City. If a dispute occurred between the people of the Mage Alliance and other players, the losers were often the other players. No one else competed with the players of the Mage Alliance for monsters, and this area became the base camp of the Mage Alliance.

Nie Yan encountered people from the Mage Alliance all the way. It was as difficult as ascending to the sky to climb the city wall under the eyes of the public and sneak into Ajecton Fortress. Then he could only enter from the main entrance, avoid the sight of the players, and sneak in!

Nie Yan walked towards the entrance of Ajecton Fortress, only a hundred yards away from the city gate.

Recently, due to frequent conflicts with the Niu Ren Tribe in leveling in other maps, the players of the Mage Alliance only moved around Ajecton Fortress for safety reasons. There were more than 50% more people in Ajecton Fortress than usual, which was very lively.

This entrance was the only entrance to Ajecton Fortress, so people came and went in an endless stream.

Seeing this scene, Nie Yan frowned. With so many people crowded at the city gate, he had no way to sneak in unless he waited for a little less people here before taking action.

Nie Yan thought for a while, and a flash of inspiration came to his mind. Why not use Disguise at this time? He put on the Disguise Necklace and looked at the skill bar. There was an extra Disguise skill in the skill bar.

Nie Yan looked into the distance, searching the crowd of Mage Alliance players, and locked onto a thief player who was about the same height as himself. He was overjoyed, it was him!