Chapter 169 Cave

Nie Yan had memorized the job advancement process for a Grand Thief. He'd done it so many times in his previous life, failing over and over. This time, he had such good equipment. He would definitely advance to a Grand Thief at Level 50. There was no doubt about it.

After upgrading to Grand Thief, all stats and skills would undergo significant changes. A first-advancement player could easily defeat a non-advancement player. This suppression effect was very obvious. Once players reached Level 50, the future battlefields would be dominated by advancement players. Five, six, or even seven or eight ordinary players would be needed to contend against a single advancement player of the same level.

Nie Yan intended to start organizing materials related to job advancements now. When the guild's elites were ready to advance, he would give them the materials to read, which would greatly increase their success rate.

The future would be dominated by advancement players. As long as they successfully advanced, they would cross this threshold and move towards becoming true elites.

Originally, Nie Yan had planned to obtain the Chapter of Order from Canned Tuna, then immediately go get the Fragment of Sogoth's Shadow and grind levels to reach Level 50. He hadn't expected such a big accident to occur. He would postpone reaching Level 50 for now.

Right now, the Nirvanic Flame was not strong enough. Going to Warblade Bloodthirst's territory was too dangerous.

Warblade Bloodthirst had been operating in Calore for so long. How could they allow people from other guilds to run rampant here?

Nie Yan was also conflicted. Bringing a lot of people would make them a big target, and they would definitely be besieged by Warblade Bloodthirst. Coming alone would leave him isolated and without support. A local tyrant can suppress even a strong dragon.

The teleportation fees between cities were too expensive. It cost one gold coin to teleport here. If the teleportation fees were lower, Nie Yan might bring troops and have a good fight with them.

This trip wasn't too bad. This group of them had traveled thousands of miles alone and only lost five members. They had charged all the way here and killed so many people. It wasn't a loss! Although most of the members were red-named and couldn't return to the city, they should be safe hiding in the Crystal Cave.

Of course, they couldn't relax their vigilance and avoid Warblade Bloodthirst's people from continuing to rush in and harass them. They had to keep moving deeper into the cave to ensure their safety.

They would have to stay here for a few days to get rid of their red names before returning to the city.

Nie Yan approached the Kobold Guards, raised his riding crossbow, and *swoosh, swoosh, swoosh*, five arrows shot out, hitting one of the Kobold Guards.

After being alarmed, the seven Kobold Guards discovered Nie Yan and surrounded him.

"Essence, Shadow Arrow!" Nie Yan said in the team chat.

As soon as Nie Yan finished speaking, Essence of Evil cast a Shadow Arrow. A black magic hit a Kobold Guard with a *pa* sound. The Kobold Guard switched its target and pounced on Essence of Evil. However, Essence of Evil's attack didn't alarm the other Kobold Guards. The six Kobold Guards continued to attack Nie Yan.

With one Kobold Guard separated, Brilliant Diamond rushed up, performing a Heavy Shield Bash, attacking the Kobold Guard.

The Kobold Guard swung the spear in its hand, piercing forward. With a *peng* sound, a damage value of more than 800 points floated above Brilliant Diamond's head. Although Brilliant Diamond's health was nearly 2,000 points, the Kobold Guard's attack was still very painful.

Cold Autumn Shadow and Yi Yan also surrounded him, and the three of them firmly held back the Kobold Guard.

Concussion!

With a *peng* sound, the Kobold Guard used Concussion. Brilliant Diamond, Cold Autumn Shadow, and Yi Yan all took several steps back and entered a state of dizziness. Big Brother Seven and Distant Meadow quickly cast healing spells on them, and one healing magic after another landed, pulling back Brilliant Diamond's health.

The Kobold Guard broke through the encirclement of the three and rushed towards the players behind.

This Kobold Guard was quite fierce. The damage the warriors dealt to it was very low, only a few dozen points. As soon as the priests healed the warriors, they attracted its aggro, making it difficult to deal with.

Taunt!

Watery Reflection rushed up from the side and used Taunt, attracting the Kobold Guard's attention. He used Charge, knocking the Kobold Guard back a few steps. At this time, Brilliant Diamond and the others woke up from their stunned state and immediately surrounded him again.

The Kobold Guard thrust its spear, attacking Watery Reflection and wiping out more than 1,000 points of his health. He quickly retreated to the back.

The Kobold Guard raised its spear, preparing to pursue, when Brilliant Diamond happened to block from the side and shouted loudly.

Demoralizing Roar!

Taunt!

Brilliant Diamond continuously used skills, and the Kobold Guard's aggro finally focused on Brilliant Diamond again.

"Everyone hold your positions, mages, output damage!" Brilliant Diamond shouted, constantly hammering the Kobold Guard.

The Kobold Guard continuously launched fierce attacks on Brilliant Diamond, causing Brilliant Diamond's health to fluctuate up and down, but Big Brother Seven and Distant Meadow's healing was obviously very timely. With one healing spell after another landing, although Brilliant Diamond's health approached the limit several times, it was still pulled back.

"These elite-level Kobold Guards are attacking so strongly. What will happen if we encounter a Lord?" Watery Reflection said from the side. These Kobolds' attacks were too fierce.

"I have an Level 8 Life Shield here. I don't know if it will work," Brilliant Diamond said. If he was buffed with an Level 8 Life Shield, his ability to withstand attacks would be several times higher. He didn't know if he could withstand the Kobold Lord.

Everyone was uncertain.

Tang Yao and the others' magical attacks continuously bombarded the Kobold Guard, exploding on the Kobold Guard. Under the continuous attacks, the Kobold Guard roared madly, rushing left and right, but its health was quickly dropping.

Nie Yan was in a dangerous situation. Six Kobold Guards were chasing and intercepting him. In such a narrow area, it was difficult for him to dodge.

The six Kobold Guards completely blocked Nie Yan's front, back, left, and right. Seeing that he was being forced into a desperate situation, Sun and the others were sweating for Nie Yan. Nie Yan shot out a Spider Silk with his left hand. The Spider Silk stuck to the distant stone wall, carrying him up and away.

Nie Yan flew over the six Kobold Guards. Essence of Evil in the distance cast a Shadow Arrow. The Shadow Arrow shot towards one of the Kobold Guards, and another Kobold Guard was lured away.

Sun and Undying Heart also took the opportunity to lure away two Kobold Guards. As a result, only three Kobold Guards were chasing after Nie Yan. Nie Yan was much more relaxed. Relying on Shadow Dance, he could easily dodge the pursuit of the three Kobold Guards. The only thing he worried about was not colliding with Sun and Undying Heart, because the area was too narrow.

Time gradually passed. One minute later, the first Kobold Guard fell to the ground. Then Essence of Evil lured another Kobold Guard, and the team attacked the Kobold Guards in an orderly manner. They were all players with excellent awareness, so they coordinated very smoothly and rarely made mistakes. Even if one or two team members made mistakes, the other team members could immediately make up for it.

The difference between ordinary teams and elite teams could easily be seen from their cooperation. In ordinary teams, one mistake often led to the team being wiped out. Elite teams, although they occasionally wiped out, rarely wiped out due to mistakes.

"Did we get anything from the Kobold Guard we just killed?" Watery Reflection asked Brilliant Diamond next to him.

"Nothing good, a Level 50 Gold Shadow Priest Robe, two gems, and... it seems to be a quest item," Brilliant Diamond said, sharing the quest item's attributes.

Bennet's Diary Fragment (Kobold Lord): Quest item, quantity 15.

This was a thin roll of paper that was already badly damaged. It recorded some fragmented words, written in Ancient Common Tongue.

"Beautiful Queen Finas, she kissed my forehead. In this lonely and cold night, I am willing to melt in her gentle kiss... The ice freezes and cracks the stones in the Crystal Cave. On this blizzard night, Queen Finas put a warm fur coat on me. This is a fur coat made by Queen Finas herself... (The following is incomplete)"

It described fragmented scenes from a cold winter night, filled with Kobold Lord Bennet's love for this Queen Finas. His words were intermittent and lacked logic, but it was generally possible to see what he was expressing.

Everyone looked at each other. They were quite surprised by everything recorded on this fragment. What clues did these things contain?

However, they still read some things from this roll of paper.

This cave was probably where Kobold Lord Bennet lived. This Kobold Lord was not an ordinary Lord, but a named guy. These types of Lords were often more powerful, so it might be very difficult for everyone to kill the Kobold Lord.

Also, who exactly was that Queen Finas, why did she appear in this diary, and would she appear? These were all mysteries. They could only make these simple guesses.

"Let's keep it for now. We should get new clues later," Nie Yan said after looking at the contents of the diary that Brilliant Diamond had shared.

Nie Yan carefully recalled this Kobold Lord Bennet, but unfortunately, he had no impression of him. Most of his memories were related to Calore, and he could remember every corner of Calore City clearly. But he wasn't very familiar with Calore.

He still understood the general terrain of Calore City, after all, it was next to Calore, but he had had too miserable of a life in his previous life, and hadn't even come to Calore City a few times, so he knew nothing about the lords here.

Fa Biao De Wo Niu

Thank you to Little Bug for becoming the twenty-second alliance master of this book. It's been a long time since an alliance master was born, Snail is teary-eyed.