Chapter 1 A Difficult Choice

For the players, resetting their levels and relearning the Barbarian Berserker class was definitely a difficult decision. After all, many of them were already at levels 130 or 140. Once they decided to train as a Barbarian Berserker, they would have to start all over again.

However, according to the information released on the official website, a Barbarian Berserker of the same level would be about 30% stronger than a normal warrior.

Leveling up would become increasingly difficult in the future, and the time spent on each level would be quite astonishing. Resetting the level and relearning would be much simpler. For some people, they would still decide to change to the Barbarian Berserker class.

A level 100 Barbarian Berserker would be comparable in strength to a level 130 human or orc warrior, and would also have many unique Barbarian Berserker combat skills.

With Nie Yan's guidance, reaching level 100 would only take five or six months. Moreover, with so many high-level players now, and with high-level mages to power-level them, the time could be shortened to about three months.

"This is the War God Medal, six in total. If a warrior holds a War God Medal and gives it to a priest when changing to the Barbarian Berserker class, the priest can allow him to retain his original level when changing to the Barbarian Berserker," War God Kelo said, taking out six golden medals and handing them to Nie Yan.

"Thank you, respected Mr. Kelo," Nie Yan said, accepting the six War God Medals.

"I should go now. If you need my help, just crush the Kelo Stone," War God Kelo said, his face pale and somewhat weak.

Nie Yan said goodbye to War God Kelo, and War God Kelo's figure suddenly disappeared from the spot.

After War God Kelo disappeared, Nie Yan received a system notification.

System: You have completed the quest - War God Kelo's Request, you have received the quest reward, level +1, Barbarian Tribe Respect Value +300.

Nie Yan saw this system notification. The reward for this quest was quite generous. With his current level, increasing one level would translate into a very astonishing amount of experience. As for the Barbarian Tribe Respect Value +300, he would have to encounter a Barbarian NPC to know the specific effect.

After completing the quest, Nie Yan used a fixed-point teleportation and left this place.

More than ten minutes later, several thieves arrived below the cross. The cross was already empty, and some fragments of iron chains were scattered on the ground.

As early as last year, many players had already arrived here. They all knew that War God Kelo was tied here. They tried every means to get some quests from War God Kelo, but they all failed.

Because he was a level 360 Lord, the highest level NPC discovered so far, War God Kelo was still very famous among the players, and players came here from time to time.

But War God Kelo had actually been rescued. What shocking news this was!

Thinking of the rogue Nie Yan's arrival here just now, they immediately associated the two together. It seemed that the rogue Nie Yan had completed another legendary quest!

Angelic Feather was pacing back and forth anxiously in the guild headquarters. The opening of the new race and new class not only did not make him feel the slightest joy, but instead made him smell a hint of crisis.

"What did the rogue Nie Yan do in the Valley of the Damned?" Angelic Feather shouted irritably in the team chat.

"He rescued War God Kelo!"

"What?" Angelic Feather stood up abruptly. War God Kelo was a level 360 Lord. If such a super Lord assisted the rogue Nie Yan, they might as well surrender. He paced back and forth restlessly. After a while, he gradually calmed down. A Lord of War God Kelo's level should not interfere in guild wars. NPCs generally do not participate in the disputes between players, unless in certain special quest states, such as the Demihuman Angute, whose attack on the Ni Ren Tribe was only for the Blade of the Death God. If Nie Yan handed over the Blade of the Death God, the Demihuman Angute would leave immediately.

The rogue Nie Yan's rescue of War God Kelo should only be a quest. No wonder the rogue Nie Yan disappeared for so long. When the Ni Ren Tribe was frequently attacked by the Demihuman Angute, the rogue Nie Yan was still doing quests unhurriedly, definitely with a purpose. Angelic Feather suddenly thought of something and immediately said to Crack Rock next to him: "Send someone to tell the Tribe of Gods to quickly withdraw the Demihuman Angute back underground, otherwise they can wait to collect the corpse for the Demihuman Angute. The rogue Nie Yan is going to make a move!"

"Yes!" Crack Rock responded immediately. He quickly did as Angelic Feather said.

Angelic Feather's face was gloomy. The rogue Nie Yan was indeed a difficult opponent. He glanced at his inventory, wondering if the few backhands he had left would be effective against the rogue Nie Yan. Because the opponent was the rogue Nie Yan, no matter how much preparation he made, he felt it was not enough.

Angelic Feather called Cao Xu. Cao Xu was still surprisingly calm. The twenty-odd guilds under the Shiji Financial Group had not even made any major moves, and were the same as usual. It was only said that the Shiji Financial Group was frantically searching for experts in private, using imprisonment, threats, enticement, and other means to make those people work for him. Almost all the top experts in the Saturn Empire had been recruited. It was said that the number of top professional experts on the Shiji Financial Group's side had exceeded Angelic Feather's. He had to admit that he was still a little green compared to Cao Xu. He definitely did not have the courage to be as unscrupulous as Cao Xu!

In a small city in the northern Saturn Empire, in the eastern suburbs of the city, there was a very magnificent castle. It had gone through many owners, and was finally bought by the Shiji Financial Group and became Cao Xu's temporary foothold.

Cao Xu was sitting on a recliner, holding a book called The Unofficial History of Atlantis, reading leisurely.

No one could compare with Cao Xu in terms of understanding the history, geography, and culture of Faith. Although Cao Xu never trained and his level had always been zero, he knew every class, every skill, how to match skills, all the PK techniques that had ever appeared, and so on. He even completely analyzed Nie Yan's PK techniques, movements, and so on, and taught them to the thieves below. In terms of language, he himself had learned more than two hundred languages of Faith, and often communicated with some scholar-level NPCs to obtain various quest information. It could be said that Cao Xu was the godfather of the Shiji Financial Group. Nearly half of the experts in the entire Shiji Financial Group had received Cao Xu's personal guidance.

The Shiji Financial Group's investment in the Greenland Empire was frustrated, and it switched to the Saturn Empire. It didn't take long for it to gain a foothold, and it could even compete with Angelic Feather. At the same time, Cao Xu himself also controlled a part of Angelic Feather's shares. In such a short period of time, he had achieved this. It could be described as very astonishing.

Behind Cao Xu, more than two hundred players were lined up on both sides. They had all just joined the Shiji Financial Group.

Although the Shiji Financial Group had acquired more than twenty guilds, it had not created its own guild. With more than one hundred thousand subordinates, they had always appeared in the eyes of the world as casual players. They had their own management system.

"You're here," Cao Xu said indifferently, still looking at the book.

Many of these two hundred people glared at Cao Xu.

"I know that many of you are very dissatisfied with me, but I don't care. I hope that in the next period of time, there will be no mistakes in the tasks I assign to you. Think about the people closest to you. They definitely hope that you can be safe and sound." Cao Xu's tone did not have the slightest fluctuation.

These people looked at Cao Xu on the recliner, and felt a chill in their hearts. They could hear the threat in Cao Xu's words. Everyone present had already been controlled by Cao Xu. If they had any resistance, the consequences would be imaginable.

Some of them came because of threats, and some came because of the huge rewards offered by Cao Xu. The reasons were different, but one thing was certain, they would all have to serve Cao Xu in the next period of time.

"Have you collected almost all the things I need?"

"Most of them have been collected. The Soul Summoning Charm, the Book of Resurrection, and the Chapter of Order are more difficult. We only got two low-level Soul Summoning Charms and six Chapters of Order, and they are not complete scrolls."

"Idiots, haven't I already provided you with clues for the Soul Summoning Charm and the Book of Resurrection? As for the Chapter of Order, I give you three days to collect a complete scroll!" Cao Xu said in a deep voice.

"That's too difficult!"

"Yes, it's impossible to complete!"

Cao Xu's words immediately aroused the opposition of several people below.

"The quest to obtain the high-level Soul Summoning Charm is a legendary quest. We have already died no less than ten times. The Book of Resurrection is even more difficult. We have to kill a level 180 mutated Lord-level Dark Overseer to open that treasure chest, unless you give us a team of several thousand players," a Paladin stood up and said. His words immediately received the support of dozens of people behind him.

A High Elf Archmage also said: "It is impossible to collect a complete scroll of the Chapter of Order in three days. Those Chapters of Order are all in one person's hands, and that is the rogue Nie Yan. Several of us are not the rogue Nie Yan's opponents!"

Hearing these players' words, Cao Xu frowned. It seemed that these few items were indeed impossible to obtain.

Just as Cao Xu was pondering, two Shadow Dancer-level thieves came out, looked at Cao Xu, and respectfully said: "Boss, let us handle the high-level Soul Summoning Charm and the Book of Resurrection."

Cao Xu glanced at the two Shadow Dancer thieves, waved his hand and said: "I'll give these two quests to you, go."

"Yes." The two Shadow Dancer thieves bowed and then retreated.

"Forget about the quest for the Chapter of Order, I will give you a new quest," Cao Xu said, knowing that the other Chapters of Order were in Nie Yan's hands, he had to retreat in the face of difficulties.

After the meeting lasted for more than twenty minutes, everyone dispersed. Cao Xu sat on the recliner and looked out of the window. In the distance was an endless desert. At the end of the desert, the setting sun was like blood.