Chapter 156 Deceiver's Necklace

In the distant underground world, there were two other kingdoms, the realms of the Evil Faction. When players from the Good Faction went to the Evil Faction's territory, their attributes would decrease significantly, and the two sides were hostile to each other. If a Good Faction player appeared in the Evil Faction's territory, they would be swarmed by Evil Faction players.

Warfare between the two major factions was constant, and Hilton Fortress welcomed a large number of underground demons every year.

In addition to Hilton Fortress, players could also enter the territories of the Evil Faction through many underground passages.

Many high-reward quests issued by Carol City required completion in the Evil Faction's territory.

As a Good Faction player, undertaking quests in the Evil Faction's area was incredibly difficult. Besides facing swarms of Evil Faction players, encountering Evil Faction NPCs was also very dangerous. Some Evil Faction NPCs could easily slaughter Good Faction players.

But with the Deceiver's Necklace, everything was different. He could use the Deceiver's Necklace to switch factions, transforming himself into a member of the Evil Faction, and complete quests as an Evil Faction player.

Of course, the use of the Deceiver's Necklace could be detected by others, through skills like True Sight.

The effect of this Deceiver's Necklace was somewhat similar to the Disguise Gem, but in the Evil Faction's territory, the Disguise Gem's effect lasted too short a time to be of any use. The deception effect on the Deceiver's Necklace, lasting for three hours, was necessary to facilitate some quests.

This Deceiver's Necklace might be useless to a player who didn't venture into the Evil Faction's territory, but Nie Yan knew of many quests that could only be done in the Evil Faction's territory. This kind of treasure, the Deceiver's Necklace, would be invaluable.

He would definitely be going to the Evil Faction a lot in the future. He didn't expect to find a Deceiver's Necklace here. This was a great gain!

Nie Yan looked at his teammates and asked, "Does anyone need this Deceiver's Necklace?" Although he needed it himself, as the guild leader, he couldn't just take the equipment without saying a word.

"It seems we don't need this necklace," Tang Yao said. He got a headache just looking at equipment with such complex attributes. Switching between factions, with no attribute bonuses and even attribute reductions, what use could it be?

Nie Yan looked at Shui Se Yan Tou, Cui Can Dao Guang, and the others.

Shui Se Yan Tou shook her head and said, "It seems we don't need it for now. We'll borrow it from you if we need it in the future."

They could more or less see the use of this equipment, but opportunities to go to the Evil Faction were rare after all, and even if they went, they might not need this equipment.

"Then I'll take this Deceiver's Necklace. Tell me if you need it." Nie Yan was about to distribute guild contribution points to his teammates.

"Forget about the guild contribution points," Shui Se Yan Tou stopped Nie Yan, asking, what did they, as contract members, need guild contribution points for? Their equipment was directly taken from the guild, and even their mounts were provided by the guild.

Under the strong urging of his teammates, Nie Yan finally gave up distributing guild contribution points.

"What's the remaining item?" Cui Can Dao Guang asked, besides those two pieces of equipment, there was one last item left!

Nie Yan picked up the item. It was a fragment of a diary, with some fragmented text on it. He glanced at it and saw some disjointed words.

"I am so infatuatedly in love with Empress Finaas. Her beauty is deeply engraved in my mind… She is so moving… Her flawless and holy body is like a sparkling crystal… Alas, she is the high and mighty empress, while I am just her humble pet and slave, a Kobold… Even the lowly have love…"

The sentence "Even the lowly have love" touched Nie Yan's heart. In his previous life, Nie Yan was also lowly. At that time, he was also persistently guarding his own love. His dazzling radiance in this life was the result of breaking out of his cocoon after rebirth.

Nie Yan roughly sorted out some thoughts. It seemed the storyline revolved around Kobold Lord Bennett and Empress Finaas. As for how the following storyline would unfold, he would have to continue reading and search for the remaining diary fragments. He didn't know what the final outcome of this quest would be.

"Can we handle that Kobold Lord?" Cui Can Dao Guang asked. An ordinary elite-grade Kobold Guard almost caused them to wipe out, let alone a higher-level Kobold Lord!

"Let's play it by ear. If we wipe out, there's nothing we can do. We just need to be careful not to drop any equipment," Nie Yan said. They could only do their best, even if they ended up wiping out here.

"That's all we can do," Cui Can Dao Guang nodded.

"You guys continue pushing forward. I'll go inside and take a look." Nie Yan was preparing to explore the inside, first to determine the location of the Lord, so they could be prepared. Otherwise, if they suddenly encountered the Kobold Lord, the consequences would be unimaginable.

"Won't it be dangerous for you to go alone?" Cui Can Dao Guang asked.

This was a Level 50 map! Everyone's eyes focused on Nie Yan.

Nie Yan smiled confidently and said, "Don't worry, I have a lot of escape skills. If I encounter danger, there's definitely no problem in running away."

Nie Yan's confidence was definitely not arrogance. Even if all his escape skills were insufficient, he still had a Random Teleportation Scroll! He shouldn't encounter any danger.

The teammates thought about it. Since the creation of the Nirvana Flame, how many times had Nie Yan encountered danger? He still relied on his superb skills to turn danger into safety time and time again.

All the teammates were resurrected. They scattered in all directions, sitting down to recover their mana or health.

"Then be careful," Cui Can Dao Guang said. They still trusted Nie Yan's skills, so they didn't stop him.

"Okay, keep in touch." Nie Yan turned his head and greeted Shui Se Yan Tou, Sun, and the others, entered Stealth, and disappeared from everyone's sight.

Nie Yan bid farewell to everyone and felt his way into the cave, preparing to clear the way for these teammates and find some clues related to the quest. He gradually went deeper into the cave. The crystal cave was very spacious, and the roads were interconnected. Crystal Kobolds were everywhere, wandering around.

Using Stealth, Nie Yan bypassed one Crystal Kobold after another, brushing past them.

His Stealth and Concealment attributes were already very high, and he could completely ignore the Crystal Kobolds, following the winding cave towards the end.

When he looked back, he could no longer see his teammates.

Crystal ore was everywhere here, probably a mining area. In his previous life, many miners should have come here to mine.

Most players would learn one or two gathering skills as a secondary profession. They would collect ore and sell it to players with production professions, earning extra money in this way.

In his previous life, Nie Yan had learned a mining skill and experienced the days of being stuck in a small place, mining day and night, understanding the hardship, the loneliness and solitude, deep in his bones! At that time, he had no relatives and lived for revenge with a single breath in his heart. It was a heartbreaking memory. The humility of his previous life tempered his mind. No matter how much hardship he suffered or how tired he was in this life, he had to become someone above others!

Nie Yan arrived at two passages. One of the passages was relatively open, probably leading to Kobold Lord Bennett's spawn area, while the other was relatively narrow.

Based on Nie Yan's sensitivity to quests, he could determine that the other passage was where the quest branch was located.

Entering this narrow passage entrance and looking ahead, eight more Kobold Guards blocked the way, but there were many obstacles nearby. These Kobold Guards were much easier to deal with than the previous group of Kobold Guards.

The Kobold Guards in front completely blocked Nie Yan's path. Nie Yan observed the situation and found that it wasn't too difficult to pass through here. He activated the skill on the Creeper Ring, climbed up the nearby rock wall, and crawled forward along the top of the rock wall.

Soon, Nie Yan passed through the area guarded by the Kobold Guards, flipped over, fell from the sky, and walked inside.

After walking for a while in the narrow passage, Nie Yan's eyes locked onto a treasure chest in the distance. The treasure chest was pitch-black all over, crystal clear, and completely carved from black crystal, covered with various patterns.

It was a Dark Gold chest!

A Level 50 Dark Gold chest! Nie Yan's heart pounded, and he walked towards the chest, bending down to open it.

System: Treasure chest opening, completion rate 3%...5%...3%...7%...

The progress of opening the treasure chest was extremely slow. Time passed by, and a Crystal Kobold walked over here from a distance. Nie Yan had to interrupt the opening of the treasure chest midway, circled behind the Crystal Kobold, and landed a Backstab. After a few attacks, he killed the Crystal Kobold.

Nie Yan walked back and continued to open the treasure chest. Crystal Kobolds often passed by nearby, and several times he had to interrupt the opening halfway.

After a long while, the treasure chest clicked open.

A crisp system prompt sounded, and Nie Yan took a look.

System Prompt: The skill 'Lockpicking Expert' has been upgraded to Advanced.

Lockpicking was upgraded. He remembered that his lockpicking skill proficiency was still far off, it shouldn't have been this fast, right? Nie Yan looked at his lockpicking skill proficiency. This time, the successful lockpicking caused his skill proficiency to skyrocket by 35 points, so Lockpicking Expert directly leveled up to Advanced.

Nie Yan reached into the chest, searched for a long time, and pulled out a thick skill book.

This skill book had gold silk edging and was covered with some strange runes. Seeing this skill book, Nie Yan raised his eyebrows. A First Class skill book! On second thought, this was already a Level 50 map, plus the chest was a Dark Gold treasure chest. It was normal to retrieve a First Class skill book.