Chapter 1 Do You Really Have Confidence?

"Nie Yan, are you really sure?" Yao Yao nudged Nie Yan's arm with her elbow, her pretty face full of worry.

"Don't worry, there won't be any problems."

Yao Yao's action wasn't excessive, but in Chen Bo's eyes, it was overly intimate. The resentment in Chen Bo's eyes deepened.

The twenty-person team slowly advanced into the depths of the jungle, with warriors and holy knights in the front, and magic-based classes in the back. At Nie Yan's special request, the distance between each person did not exceed two yards.

"Brother Chen Bo, why don't you go ahead and scout the way?" A hint of hidden coldness flashed in Nie Yan's eyes. Chen Bo was a hypocritical and jealous person who would remember even the smallest grudges. He had embarrassed Chen Bo and completely offended him, but even so, Nie Yan wasn't afraid of him at all. With his limited skills, what waves could he possibly make?

"You and I are both thieves, why should I go?" Chen Bo said coldly.

"I'm the leader, I need to command the team. How about I scout the way, and leave the entire team under Brother Chen Bo's command, what do you think?" Nie Yan retorted, goading him.

"No need, I want to see how you get through the expert-level dungeon!" Chen Bo snorted coldly and walked forward, using his nimble skills to scout the way.

Judging from Chen Bo's movements, he could barely be considered above average, completely different from Nie Yan's level.

Cold winds howled through the dark jungle from time to time. A strange feeling, as if being watched, rose in Nie Yan's heart. He keenly glanced at the shadows in the distance. Those were dark elves, some guys who were good at hiding in the shadows and launching sneak attacks. You couldn't discover them unless your Perception was above 10.

Chen Bo groped forward, clearing the path for everyone. The branches on both sides were lush, and the ground was covered with vines, like thick snakes, lying across the ground, making movement extremely difficult.

"Damn it!" Chen Bo kicked away a vine lying across the road. But that vine was like a spiritual snake, wrapping around Chen Bo's foot and hanging him upside down in mid-air. "Help!" Chen Bo screamed shrilly.

A large tree standing beside him suddenly came to life. Vines filled the sky, and eyes, a nose, a mouth, and a beard grew on the tree trunk. It was actually a treant.

"It's a treant! Bai Kai Shui, Jiao Zi, attack from the right! Holy knights, form a wall! Mages, full firepower!" Nie Yan calmly commanded. He had discovered the disguised treant when Chen Bo passed by the roadside, but he didn't remind Chen Bo, letting the treant teach this ignorant guy a good lesson.

Jiao Zi, holding a wooden shield, rushed up from the right. With a bang, a shield bash slammed into the treant's body.

The melee classes surrounded the treant, and the magic classes in the rear fired in unison. Dozens of spells drew arcs in the air, hitting the treant with a series of booms. The treant let out a miserable scream, turned into a pile of broken wood, and fell to the ground. This treant was just an ordinary monster, how could it withstand such a dense attack?

Chen Bo was thrown into the air and landed on the ground with a thud, face-planting in the dirt.

Seeing Chen Bo's embarrassed appearance, everyone couldn't help but laugh.

"What dropped?"

"Three copper coins."

Chen Bo felt he had lost face, glared at Nie Yan, and said, "You did it on purpose, didn't you?" Nie Yan must have discovered the treant in advance but didn't remind him. Otherwise, how could Nie Yan command so calmly and composedly in such an emergency situation?

"Brother Chen Bo, you have to make it clear. I find it strange, you accidentally ran into the treant yourself, what does it have to do with me?" Nie Yan looked at Chen Bo with a smile that wasn't a smile. That expression seemed to say, I saw the treant before, but I just didn't remind you, what can you do about it?

"Chen Bo, don't be unreasonable." Yu Lan scolded. She couldn't figure out whether Nie Yan had discovered the treant's location beforehand.

"Bah, chalk it up to bad luck." Chen Bo spat out the mud in his mouth and turned to leave.

"Brother Chen Bo, watch your step..." Nie Yan deliberately slowed down his words by a few beats. He saw Chen Bo accidentally stepping on a trap in the forest. A wooden log swung over and hit Chen Bo in the abdomen, sending Chen Bo flying out. With a plop, he face-planted again. Fortunately, the thief's Reflex save was relatively high. Even if they stepped on a trap, the damage they received was much lower than that of other classes, but even so, this trap swept away most of Chen Bo's health. Nie Yan slowly added a few words, "I told you to be careful, but you didn't listen. As a thief, don't you know how to avoid traps? I really don't know how you became a thief. A successful thief can increase the team's survival rate by more than 50%. Someone like you... forget it, I won't say it, lest I hurt your self-esteem."

Chen Bo was repeatedly victimized and heard Nie Yan's ridicule. The fire in his eyes as he looked at Nie Yan was about to burst out.

Nie Yan met Chen Bo's gaze without fear. He wasn't someone to be trifled with. Since joining the team, he had been ridiculed by Chen Bo. If he could still swallow his anger, he wouldn't be called Nie Yan.

"If you don't have the skill, don't try to be brave. Making such a mess, and still trying to blame others?" Tang Yao's voice came slowly.

"Wasting this equipment on your body, any thief pulled off the street would be better than you." Huang Hun obviously stood on Nie Yan's side. Chen Bo didn't seem to be well-liked in the team. At this time, no one was willing to speak up for Chen Bo.

"Nie Yan, did you know beforehand?" Yao Yao's pretty face was full of doubt. Chen Bo was thrown out by the treant first, and then stepped on a trap. It seemed like Chen Bo was just being careless.

"What does this have to do with me?" Nie Yan said innocently.

"You're full of bad ideas, who knows if you were plotting against him behind his back." Yao Yao whispered in Nie Yan's ear, the soft voice, coupled with the faint fragrance in her ear, made Nie Yan feel a little refreshed.

"If I were Captain Yu Lan, I wouldn't want a thief with such poor skills. Ninety-nine out of a hundred thieves I know are better than you. Do you want me to teach you how to play a thief?" The mocking tone in Nie Yan's words was even more obvious.

If he identified the other party as his enemy, after stepping on someone, he had to step on them a few more times. This was Nie Yan's character.

Chen Bo felt insulted, clenched his dagger, and looked like he wanted to fight Nie Yan.

Nie Yan played with the dagger in his hand, his nimble fingers twirling the dagger.

"My man's skills aren't good, I'm sorry to have made you laugh. Chen Bo was just careless when he stepped on the trap before, this scouting..." Chen Bo was ridiculed by Nie Yan, and Yu Lan, as the captain, also felt ashamed, so she spoke up for Chen Bo.

"Let me do it, it seems Brother Chen Bo can't handle it." Nie Yan said. Since Yu Lan had spoken, he couldn't tear up his face. In Yu Lan's team, only Chen Bo was unpleasant, the others were still okay to get along with.

"Then I'll have to trouble you." Yu Lan said, this interruption eased the atmosphere a bit.

Nie Yan quickly checked the traps in the forest, explored the road, and scanned the forest with his eyes. He looked very carefully at every place where traps might be set. On a small road in the forest, a tree was lying across. After checking it, he suddenly understood.

Nie Yan reached out and touched the protruding branch, and quickly retreated. Only a few whooshing sounds were heard, and arrows shot over, hitting the tree trunk with a series of thuds.

He had already dodged, and these arrows naturally couldn't hurt him.

One trap after another was cleared by Nie Yan. Yu Lan, Yao Yao, Huang Hun and others watched Nie Yan's figure constantly shuttle through the forest, and were secretly shocked. This guy's efficiency in clearing traps was really amazing. Along the way, none of them had touched a single trap.

As a thief, clearing traps was his responsibility. This was determined by the thief's class characteristics. At the same time, thieves had an additional Reflex save bonus. Even if they stepped on a trap, their chances of survival were more than 50% higher than other classes.

As a thief, Chen Bo was just an idle person in the middle of the team. Compared with Nie Yan, he seemed extremely shameful. He had no choice but to pretend to be doing something, walking through the forest as if he was clearing traps. At this time, he realized the gap between him and Nie Yan, but he was unwilling to lose face. He sneered in his heart and muttered with a sour taste, "It's just playing games well, what's so great about it?"