Chapter 161 Preparing for the Intermediate Fortress

Nie Yan came out of the guild headquarters. A large group of people had gathered in the square outside the office, a sea of heads.

Seeing Nie Yan emerge, the brothers of Niu Ren Tribe immediately stirred and greeted him.

"Are you confident about going to the intermediate fortress this time?" Shui Se Yan Tou walked to Nie Yan's side and asked. He was very surprised that Nie Yan had set his sights on an intermediate fortress when there were so many beginner fortresses in the entire Calore City. They weren't quite sure what level the monsters in the intermediate fortress were, but he assumed that Nie Yan had already done some investigation and wouldn't make a decision rashly.

"Don't worry," Nie Yan said with a smile. In his previous life, he had seen some information about the intermediate fortress, and clearing it shouldn't be a problem.

Seeing Nie Yan's confident appearance, Shui Se Yan Tou didn't say anything else. Nie Yan was very measured in his actions.

"Guo Huai, send notices to the Temple of Galan and the Holy Roman Empire to keep an eye on the Triumphant Empire, lest they cause any trouble while we're clearing the intermediate fortress," Nie Yan said. Although the Triumphant Empire was on its last legs, a centipede dies hard. If they really went crazy, they would still be difficult to deal with.

"Don't worry. Right now, either the Temple of Galan or the Holy Roman Empire is stronger than the Triumphant Empire. The Triumphant Empire definitely wouldn't dare to move. With so many guilds united against them, they wouldn't even know how they died," Guo Huai said. The Triumphant Empire had been quiet, avoiding players from Niu Ren Tribe whenever they encountered them. Niu Ren Tribe was too lazy to bother with them. If the Triumphant Empire became unruly, Niu Ren Tribe would go on the warpath, gathering the Temple of Galan and the Holy Roman Empire to deal with them. It wouldn't take long for the Triumphant Empire to completely collapse.

"How many people are there in total?" Nie Yan asked.

"A total of 5,020, with 532 present," Guo Huai said. The most elite forces of Niu Ren Tribe were basically gathered here.

Nie Yan had Guo Huai, the management team, relay some of his instructions, dividing the 5,020 people into 26 teams, ensuring that each team had at least one priest who knew basic resurrection spells.

In addition, each team was equipped with at least one top-tier player with good awareness as the team leader. He also formulated some rules for the teams when clearing the intermediate fortress, so he only needed to issue instructions to the captain of each team.

Among the 26 teams, one was a main shield warrior team. Niu Ren Tribe's stronger shield warriors were all in it, including Cui Can Dao Guang, Leng Ao Ying, Yi Yan, and others, totaling twelve people. The remaining eight positions were for priests: Hei Se Tian Tang, Shi Li Hua Sha, Dai Tou Da Ge Qi Zai, Yue Er Ya, and others.

This team would be the main force in the battle. They would be responsible for tanking powerful bosses.

It took an hour just to organize the teams. There were too many people. There was really no other way.

Nie Yan let the Niu Ren Tribe's management team get busy, standing to the side waiting for them to finish counting and organizing.

Nie Yan and the others gathered to chat, and Yao Yao walked over from the side.

"Nie Yan, is there anything I can help with?" Yao Yao asked.

Nie Yan looked up at Yao Yao. Yao Yao had already changed her equipment, wearing a light blue mage robe. Her equipment was considered top-tier in the entire Niu Ren Tribe. Nie Yan only gave Yao Yao one sub-legendary piece of equipment, and she obtained the other two herself. In addition, Yao Yao had completed two rings of Kals' blessing, and the quest rewards alone would greatly improve her stats.

Nie Yan had now confirmed that Yao Yao was Xie Yao. He couldn't help but think of his previous life. Yao Yao's strength in his previous life was not as amazing as it was now. He carefully recalled what happened back then. Yao Yao wasn't very enthusiastic about leveling at that time, only leveling when Nie Yan invited her to team up. She wasn't very enthusiastic about equipment either, and her level always remained consistent with Nie Yan's. The Long Yue Financial Group was so wealthy that they could basically find any equipment Xie Yao needed. If she had really unleashed her speed to level up in her previous life, she would have definitely left Nie Yan far behind, but she always stayed by Nie Yan's side, never abandoning him.

Nie Yan felt the deep affection Xie Yao had for him in his previous life, but he had hurt Xie Yao deeply. Remembering Xie Yao's loneliness and sadness at the class reunion in his previous life, guilt made his heart ache.

"Share your stats and equipment with me," Nie Yan took a deep breath, calming his emotions. Xie Yao, in this life, let me atone for the mistakes of my previous life!

"Okay," she nodded and shared her stats, skills, and equipment with Nie Yan.

Nie Yan looked at it. Yao Yao's three sub-legendary pieces of equipment all came with fairly good magic, some for crowd attacks, some for control, and some for high damage. In addition, she had learned a Tier 1 Temple magic and a Tier 2 Temple magic.

There were many Tier 1 Advanced Magics, and many people in Niu Ren Tribe knew them. Tier 2 Advanced Magics were relatively rare. Yao Yao was the only one in the entire Niu Ren Tribe who had one. This Tier 2 Advanced Magic was Holy Light Shackles. It could control a unit for 15 to 30 seconds, and the skill's cooldown time was two natural days. The player casting the magic during Holy Light Shackles had to concentrate and focus. The skill would be interrupted if attacked.

Seeing this skill, Nie Yan's heart skipped a beat. This skill was definitely an excellent team support skill, and it would be very useful when dealing with bosses.

"Yao Yao, you don't need to join other teams. Just stay by my side," Nie Yan said. He wanted to maximize the use of this skill!

"Nie Yan, you wouldn't be using your position for personal gain, would you?" Yue Er Ya said with a smile. She already knew that Nie Yan was Nie Yan. Looking at Xie Yao and then at Nie Yan, she thought the two of them matched quite well. She had been classmates with Xie Yao for so many years and knew her very well. She was really shocked when Xie Yao took Nie Yan's hand that afternoon.

Xie Yao looked a little shy.

Nie Yan smiled. So what if he was using his position for personal gain?

The entire team's reorganization was finally over. Nie Yan said to the members, "Let's go to Undying City's guild headquarters first!"

The players entered the teleportation array in the office and teleported back to Undying City.

Undying City.

This fortress city had developed very well under the careful management of Guo Huai and the Long Yue Financial Group. Player shops were lined up one after another near the main roads, scattered and well-arranged. Players came and went, and it was very lively.

The credit point commercial district in the back was even more prosperous, with all kinds of shops and entertainment facilities, more lively than any other commercial district. It was generating huge profits for the Long Yue Financial Group every day.

Five thousand members of Niu Ren Tribe gathered in the open square outside the guild headquarters. Such a big commotion surprised the ordinary players in the fortress. What was Niu Ren Tribe planning to do?

"Is Niu Ren Tribe planning to attack Zhan Dao Shi Xue?"

"Maybe it's really possible. Niu Ren Tribe's most elite forces are concentrated here."

"Cross-city battle? Radiant City is Zhan Dao Shi Xue's territory!"

"Niu Ren Tribe has always dared to do anything. Didn't Niu Ren Tribe's guild leader, Nie Yan, and his twenty-plus teammates still run rampant in Radiant City? This time it's not just twenty-plus people, it's more than five thousand!"

The news that Niu Ren Tribe was going to deal with Zhan Dao Shi Xue spread quickly. After receiving the news, Shi Xue Kuang Dao from Zhan Dao Shi Xue immediately made tense arrangements to prepare for the Niu Ren Tribe's attack. Zhan Dao Shi Xue was actively preparing for war. At this time, they quickly received another message that Niu Ren Tribe was not here to deal with Zhan Dao Shi Xue, but was preparing to explore an intermediate fortress. Niu Ren Tribe's actions had given them a big scare.

Nie Yan drilled the team on the square outside the Niu Ren Tribe's guild headquarters. He had to ensure that every team could quickly implement the instructions he issued so that the entire army could operate.

Nie Yan also found a few players with better awareness, such as Shui Se Yan Tou, Knight's Elegy, Yu Wang Ran Zhi Qing Chun, etc., to be responsible for several teams at the same time, and divided the teams under their jurisdiction into Team One, Team Two, Team Three, etc., with code names assigned, so that it would be more convenient to command them.

After two hours of drilling, the teams gradually set off, heading towards their destination, the intermediate fortress of Klipus.

On the plains outside the Undying City fortress, teams of players rode their horses past. So many horses galloping at the same time created a spectacular scene.

Nie Yan took the lead, heading towards Klipus Fortress first. He was a Thief and could sneak into Klipus Fortress to scout the situation. His Falkner Warhorse ran relatively fast and could arrive at least an hour earlier than ordinary players.

Klipus Fortress was built during the era of co-governance to resist the Dragon Clan's counterattack. Later, this fortress fell into disrepair, and no one was willing to guard it. It was then occupied by dark creatures.

This was some of the information about Klipus Fortress from the data. It didn't reveal much, but Nie Yan knew more about Klipus Fortress than the data showed. There were many famous leveling spots near Klipus Fortress, such as the Harpy Lair, the Spider Cave, the Scorched Marshes, etc., which were all level 60-70 leveling spots. Further away were level 80 leveling spots. After Klipus Fortress was opened up in his previous life, it became an important transit station for players to level up in level 60-70 and level 80-90 maps. The commercial prosperity at that time was breathtaking, and it was known as Little Calore City during the level 60-70 era. The degree of commercial prosperity was second only to the main city of Calore City.

If they captured Klipus Fortress, it would be of extraordinary significance to both Niu Ren Tribe and Long Yue Financial Group.

For Niu Ren Tribe, owning Klipus Fortress was equivalent to owning a continuous source of gold coins. For Long Yue Financial Group, the credit point commercial district built here would be more prosperous than any other fortress's credit point commercial district.

In his previous life, the Cao Xu Financial Group had created glory here. In this life, Nie Yan wanted to hold it firmly in his hands. There was no place for the Century Financial Group here.