In his mind, Nie Yan hadn't completely adjusted. He intended to interact with Ci Dao as a friend, but Ci Dao wouldn't associate with anyone on a personal level. In their line of work, more friends meant more danger. In Ci Dao's eyes, he and Nie Yan only had a transactional relationship, nothing else. Nie Yan paid, and he worked. Things like friendship and personal connections were just burdens to him. Ci Dao only had a few brothers, those who had come down from the battlefield with him. Towards everyone else, he was accustomed to indifference and disregard, including Nie Yan!

Ci Dao's words were reminding Nie Yan that their relationship was a business transaction.

Hearing Ci Dao's words, Nie Yan understood Ci Dao's principles. Since that was the case, he had nothing to say. He would treat Ci Dao as an ordinary mercenary for the time being.

"Like you said, from now on you are my shadow. I'll give you some triggers for Legendary-grade equipment. You can start collecting the equipment. Before you log off each day, tell me the progress of your equipment collection. If anyone gets the last chapter of the Book of Order, don't try to collect it. You must hide from him!" Nie Yan said. He had collected Shadow Plunder, prematurely opening up sealed history, which had already caused history to deviate from its course. All five chapters of the fifth volume of the Book of Order were in Ci Dao's hands. If Ci Dao gathered the last chapter, it would open up a new expansion pack, and history would deviate further, becoming uncontrollable.

Before history deviated from its course, Nie Yan wanted to use his advantage of rebirth to expand his power as much as possible. Only when history was completely rewritten would he have enough strength to deal with all the unknowns.

Ci Dao was a little surprised. Wasn't it said that collecting six pieces would form a volume of Legendary equipment? Why was Nie Yan telling him not to collect the sixth volume?

Although Ci Dao was puzzled, as a mercenary, they had their own code of conduct. They never asked the employer for reasons. They just did what the employer ordered. This was their professional code.

"Understood," Ci Dao nodded.

Nie Yan nodded slightly and said, "Then get busy."

These few things were enough to keep Ci Dao busy for about five days. Once Ci Dao's equipment improved, he would have him collect some rarer items.

Upon receiving Nie Yan's words, Ci Dao busied himself.

After riding on the Falkner Warhorse for more than fifty minutes, a magnificent fortress building appeared in the distance on the horizon, like a giant dragon entrenched between the canyons of the wasteland.

The fortress walls were more than twenty yards high, made entirely of giant stones. Legend had it that Emperor Jobia, the leader of the Greenland Empire, summoned hundreds of thousands of people to build this fortress, like ants moving house, transporting the most solid stones from all over the land and gradually building the fortress.

This was a powerful super fortress with extremely strong defenses, housing hundreds of thousands of residents, like a city.

They used this solid wall to defend against the magical creatures that emerged from the ground every year, forming the most powerful defense line of the Greenland Empire.

Nie Yan quickened his pace, spurring his horse to gallop towards Hilton Fortress. Once he arrived, he would be able to receive the reward for killing the Legendary Undead Warlock.

Just as he was rapidly approaching Hilton Fortress, an uneasy atmosphere surged in Carol City.

Two Angel Corps players teleported to Carol City. One was an elven thief, equipped with sub-legendary gear, wearing green vine armor, and holding two short tooth blades in his hands, similar in length to daggers, gleaming with a dark green luster. The other player was an orc warrior, tall and sturdy as an ox, with bluish-white skin, carrying two giant two-handed swords on his back. These two-handed swords were each a palm's width wide and looked very heavy. The berserker's unique ability was to wield two two-handed swords at the same time!

"Kuang Shen, remember our mission today. We must lure Mad Rogue Nie Yan out. Remember to keep some tricks up your sleeve. If we can defeat him, we can make him look like a fool!" A strange, excited light flashed in the elven thief's eyes. Every time he encountered a powerful opponent, he would get excited and his blood would boil.

"Understood, how could we fail with the two of us taking action!" The orc warrior Kuang Shen laughed heartily.

If Nie Yan were here, he would recognize these two. One was the orc warrior Kuang Shen, ranked second among all orc warriors in the Satrin Empire, a level 63 orc warrior. The other was the elven thief, Duo Luo, also among the top three thieves in the Satrin Empire, a level 62 elven thief. In his past life, these two were among the most influential figures in the Satrin Empire. The prominence of the orc warrior Kuang Shen and the elven thief Duo Luo in the Satrin Empire was no less than that of Sun and Brilliant Scarlight.

The appearance of these two players immediately attracted the attention of the surrounding players. The war between Angel Corps and the Niu Ren Tribe had just ended, so the presence of these two here was very sensitive. The news was immediately transmitted to the Niu Ren Tribe.

After receiving the news, a commotion arose in the Niu Ren Tribe's group chat.

"Damn it, those Angel Corps bastards dare to come here again. As long as they dare to leave the city, we'll kill them back to level zero!"

"Brothers, keep an eye on them. As long as they leave the city, we'll kill them both together!"

...

Angel Corps' actions in Cripps Fortress caused great dissatisfaction among the members of the Niu Ren Tribe. Hearing that people from Angel Corps had come again, they were naturally extremely angry.

"Executive Guild Leader, what's their purpose in coming to Carol City?" Knight's Elegy asked in the guild group chat.

"I don't know yet. Send a few people to keep a close watch on them, and report to me as soon as you have any news!" Guo Huai said, a trace of unease rising in his heart. The appearance of these two Angel Corps people in Carol City was definitely not a good thing, but with only two people, they couldn't cause much trouble. However, he had to notify Nie Yan about this matter first and let him know.

The orc warrior Kuang Shen and the elven thief Duo Luo walked through the bustling streets.

Kuang Shen glanced at the endless stream of people on both sides and smiled slightly, "Carol City is quite lively. I wonder how many of these people are from the Niu Ren Tribe. The news of our appearance must have reached the ears of the Niu Ren Tribe's Guild Leader."

"Speaking of which, this Niu Ren Tribe is really not simple. Originally such a small guild, surviving in the cracks between so many big guilds in Carol City, actually grew strong and squeezed the Triumph Empire out of Carol City, and now has unified Carol City. This Mad Rogue Nie Yan is quite a character." Duo Luo said with some admiration, even if they could defeat Nie Yan, their achievements would never compare to Nie Yan's.

"You're not afraid of that Mad Rogue Nie Yan, are you?"

"That's not true. I admit that guy is really good at what he does, but I've never been afraid of anyone. We each serve our own masters, so there's no choice. If Angel Corps and the Niu Ren Tribe weren't enemies, I'd be willing to be friends with him."

As they spoke, the two arrived at Carol City's central square. They rented an area of about 100 * 100 yards from the city guards, for which they had to pay 20 gold coins per hour.

After renting this area, they set up simple guardrails here, forming a temporary arena.

The surrounding players in Carol City looked at them curiously, wondering what these two Angel Corps people were trying to do. Mixed in the crowd were some Niu Ren Tribe players. The actions of the orc warrior and the elven thief surprised the Niu Ren Tribe players.

"What the hell are these two guys up to?"

"Don't know." Several Niu Ren Tribe players were complaining. These two guys weren't leaving the city, so the Niu Ren Tribe players couldn't do anything about them. Even if they were the number one guild in Carol City, they had to abide by the rules of Carol City.

Everyone was staring at the subsequent actions of the orc warrior and the elven thief.

After a while, this arena was set up.

"Okay, send the message," Kuang Shen looked at Duo Luo beside him.

As the arena was completed, the blood of the two men slowly burned and boiled.

Nie Yan was galloping on his horse when he suddenly received a message from Guo Huai.

"An orc warrior and an elven thief, what are they doing in Carol City?" Nie Yan frowned, just as he was about to ask Guo Huai to continue monitoring them, Guo Huai sent him a message: Look at the official website forum!

Nie Yan opened the official website, and a conspicuous title was pinned high on the Carol City forum.

The title was: Mad Rogue Nie Yan, dare to fight?

"We have set up a ring in Carol City's central square. Niu Ren Tribe, if you have the guts, come at us! Signed: Kuang Shen, Duo Luo."

The names Kuang Shen and Duo Luo were quite famous. Just search for them on the official website of the Satrin Empire, and you can find some videos of them. These two people had run to Carol City, specifically naming Nie Yan to challenge him, which immediately became a hot topic among the players.

Being provoked on the forum, with their Guild Leader as the target, the Niu Ren Tribe players were immediately enraged.

"Damn it, who do they think they are, wanting to challenge Leader Nie Yan!"

"Executive Guild Leader, let us go."

...

Guo Huai glanced at the guild group chat and sent a message to Nie Yan asking, "What do you think?"

"I'm going to Hilton Fortress now. It's not appropriate for me to show my face in this matter. What are Shui Se and Dao Guang doing?" Nie Yan said. If any Angel Corps player could just come and he had to personally respond, he'd be exhausted! As the Guild Leader of the Niu Ren Tribe, even if he won against Kuang Shen and Duo Luo, there was nothing glorious about it. It would be better to let other players from the Niu Ren Tribe defeat them and let the players know that the Niu Ren Tribe wasn't just about Mad Rogue Nie Yan!

~~I was bumped around all day today, and I'm exhausted. Tomorrow I have to go back to my hometown to get the transfer documents, but there should be two updates tomorrow night. Asking for recommendation votes, asking for monthly tickets...