Chapter 1 Niè Yán’s Plan

Niè Yán was preparing to have some of the more famous production-class players take the lead in creating an organization similar to a mercenary guild in various cities. Production-class players could register for free in the production-class guild, accept and complete tasks, and receive rewards. The production-class guild could post various employment and recruitment information without charging any intermediary fees.

What Niè Yán wanted to do was first unite the production-class players of the Niuren (Amazing People) Tribe, let them integrate into the large group of production-class players, give them more generous treatment than other guilds, and let them form a role model effect in the production-class player group, attracting more production-class players to join the Niuren Tribe.

The treatment of the production-class players of the Niuren Tribe was very high. Ordinary production-class players racked their brains trying to squeeze into the Niuren Tribe, but there were very few truly capable players. Niè Yán wanted to use generous benefits to attract them all through the production-class guild! Niè Yán was just giving an idea; the specific details still needed to be improved by the management team below.

Niè Yán dialed Guō Huái's voice communication and told him his thoughts.

Guō Huái pondered for a moment and said, "This idea is good, and it has a certain degree of practicability. If it succeeds, it will be very meaningful."

"How many advanced production professions do we have now?" Niè Yán asked. He only knew a rough idea of the Niuren Tribe's situation, and never cared about the details. It had always been Guō Huái's management team that was doing it.

"Currently, Xingkong (Starry Sky) Pharmacy has thirty-nine advanced alchemists. In addition, the entire guild has sixteen advanced alchemists, thirty-one advanced mechanics, six advanced enchanters… In total, there are about two hundred advanced production professions," Guō Huái said. This was the statistical data he had just received.

The difficulty of upgrading various production professions was different. Enchanters and rune masters were the most difficult to level up, followed by pharmacists, while other production professions were easier. There were a total of thirty-six advanced pharmacists in the entire Caroll City, and twenty-one advanced pharmacists belonged to Xingkong Pharmacy. In addition, Xingkong Pharmacy had also absorbed eighteen advanced pharmacists from other cities, achieving glorious results.

More than two hundred advanced professions, compared to the entire player group of the Grünland Empire, was really not eye-catching.

"Has anyone successfully broken through to the master level?" Niè Yán asked. The master level was a threshold. In the future, advanced production professions would be everywhere, but only one in a thousand people could successfully break through to the master level. Successfully advancing to an advanced production profession allowed you to apply to any guild and find a good job, but becoming a master-level production profession meant you had achieved success and fame, becoming a leader in the industry.

"Not yet. Xingkong Pharmacy has six people who have the potential to break through to the master level. Among them, Di Diao De Nan Nan (Low-Key Nan Nan) is closest to the master level. He learned the Life's Winter recipe you got, and is expected to successfully advance in ten days. As for the others, it will take at least thirty days," Guō Huái said. Breaking through to the master level was an extremely difficult process.

Niè Yán recalled his previous life, which was almost the same situation, and said, "When Di Diao De Nan Nan successfully advances to the master level, you should promote it heavily, and use his name to lead the production-class guild to become active."

"Understood." Guō Huái nodded, understanding Niè Yán's plan.

Niè Yán stayed in Hilton Fortress for a day, had the three little guys in the back wash up at the hotel, and bought them npC-specific clothing. He found that the loyalty of these three little guys had improved slightly again.

The next day, Niè Yán received news that High-Ranking Overseer Brexspur had returned. He walked through the bustling streets towards Brexspur's house.

Niè Yán noticed that teams of guards were constantly walking on the street. They were fully armed, wearing full sets of standard armor, and walking in groups through the streets.

The atmosphere in Hilton Fortress was much more serious than usual. It seemed that Ignatius had conveyed his words to the governor of Hilton Fortress. In this way, Niè Yán had also fulfilled a wish. If, as he predicted, underground monsters poured into Hilton Fortress five days later, then his first prediction would be considered a success.

He wondered what the reward would be after the success.

High-Ranking Overseer Brexspur's house was a white stone house, a two-story building, very delicate, surrounded by thick walls, and the yard was full of various plants. Niè Yán walked inside.

Under the guidance of the doorman, Niè Yán met High-Ranking Overseer Brexspur in the living room. He was a burly man, a head taller than Niè Yán, with blocky muscles all over his body, like a giant beast.

He was a level 220 legendary swordsman, like the God of War, Crowe, a barbarian!

At this time, Brexspur was wearing a wide coat and was not wearing armor, and his left arm was bare.

"Respected Mr. Brexspur, hello." Niè Yán respectfully said. Characters like Brexspur were unattainable for players. If it weren't for the titles of Demon Hunter and Great Scholar, he wouldn't even be qualified to talk to Brexspur!

"Hello." Brexspur greeted kindly.

Niè Yán's gaze fell on Brexspur's left arm. He saw that the muscles of Brexspur's left arm were somewhat atrophied, showing a gray color, and were about to rot.

"Curious?" Brexspur said with a smile.

"Yes." Niè Yán nodded.

"This is the Fallen Curse of the legendary necromancer, Nadak. As time goes by, it will slowly devour me until it turns me into a rotten corpse," Brexspur said. There was no sadness in his tone, as if he was saying an ordinary thing.

"How can the curse on you be lifted?" Niè Yán tentatively asked. He realized that Brexspur's curse was related to the half-broken Nadak's Spell Staff in his hand.

"Unless you can get an item from Nadak as a spell medium, you can break the curse on me, but the necromancer Nadak has not appeared for thousands of years," Brexspur said.

The necromancer Nadak had not appeared for thousands of years. Brexspur was cursed by the necromancer Nadak. Did that mean that High-Ranking Overseer Brexspur was also a figure from thousands of years ago?

"I think I should be able to help you break the curse on you," Niè Yán said. He took Nadak's Spell Staff out of his backpack.

Brexspur was slightly surprised when he heard Niè Yán's words. When he saw Niè Yán take out a half-broken staff from his backpack, his gaze locked onto the staff and he couldn't move it away.

"It's the Spell Staff! How did you get it?" Brexspur said in shock. "Why is it broken in half?"

"The necromancer Nadak was bound by an array. I was lucky enough to kill him. This is my trophy," Niè Yán said. He omitted the process of killing the necromancer Nadak.

Although Niè Yán didn't say the process of killing the necromancer Nadak, Brexspur knew how terrifying the necromancer Nadak was. Nadak could turn Niè Yán into a corpse with just one spell.

"You are a hero of the Grünland Empire, this is what you deserve, the glory of a hero! I will let the Elder Council of the Grünland Empire remember your achievements," Brexspur said. He waved his hand, and rays of light lit up on Niè Yán's body.

Niè Yán looked at his level and suddenly soared to level seventy-two. The huge amount of experience points shocked him.

In addition to the experience reward, Niè Yán's military rank jumped three levels at once, from Squad Leader to Centurion to Commander. Further up were Overseer and High-Ranking Overseer.

The reward for killing a legendary necromancer was so rich!

Niè Yán saw that his health had become six thousand two, and his defense and other attributes had also been greatly improved.

Commander's attribute bonus: Attack +20%, Health +30%.

This was an extra addition. If he was promoted to Overseer and High-Ranking Overseer in the future, there would be even higher attribute bonuses. Niè Yán remembered that in his previous life, a level 93 blood-ox warrior had reached 12,000 health after being promoted to Commander. His defense and health were so high that it would take a thief of the same level more than fifty seconds to kill him.

Thieves were squishy professions, and it was difficult to get their health to that level. Niè Yán's current level was already very abnormal.

Level seventy-two, getting closer and closer to level one hundred. Once he entered level one hundred, Niè Yán could accept the shadow dance class change quest!

"Mr. Niè Yán, would you be willing to give me this staff to help me break the curse on me?" Brexspur said sincerely.

"Of course, Mr. Brexspur, may it help you relieve your pain," Niè Yán said, trading the half-broken Nadak's Spell Staff to Brexspur.

Brexspur took the Spell Staff, let out a deep shout, crushed the Spell Staff into powder with his strength, and smeared it on his left arm. He saw the Spell Staff turn into a black aura, permeating into Brexspur's left arm. Gradually, the gray color of Brexspur's left arm slowly faded away, and slowly regained some blood color, but it was still a little pale.

Brexspur took a breath, covered in sweat, revealing a relaxed and relieved smile, and said, "That damn curse has finally left me. Thank you, Mr. Niè Yán."

"It is my honor to relieve you of your illness," Niè Yán said with a smile, continuing with normal quest language.

"No language can express my gratitude to you. This is a dark-winged dragon egg. I originally planned to hatch it and keep it for myself, but now I have decided to give it to you." Brexspur took out a black giant egg from his package, the size of a basketball, covered with black patterns, emitting a dazzling black light, making the entire room instantly bright and dazzling.