Chapter 18 Preparing to Enter the Swamp

The half-awake fox pondered for a moment, then cast a stern glance at the team members behind him.

The murmuring immediately subsided, showing that the half-awake fox had a good handle on managing the team.

"I'll disband the party first and let Nie Yan form a new one. Nie Yan will be in command for this trip to the Okwamate Muddy Swamp," the half-awake fox decided, informing the team members behind him of his decision.

The team members exchanged confused glances. Letting an outsider lead them through a dungeon was unheard of. If he commanded poorly and they were wiped out, the entire team would lose 20% of their experience!

"Guild Leader, how can this be?"

"Yeah! What if we all get wiped out?"

"Does he even have the ability?"

"What I say goes. From now on, Nie Yan's orders are equivalent to my orders. Anyone who doesn't obey, don't blame me for being rude. Anyone who doesn't put in their best effort, leading to failure, knows the consequences." The half-awake fox's voice was stern. If you trust someone, then trust them completely. Since he was making Nie Yan the leader, he had to give him the greatest authority.

Having watched the video of Nie Yan and his group clearing the Treant Forest, the half-awake fox felt like Nie Yan was someone he couldn't see through.

Hearing the half-awake fox's words, the objections immediately died down. They understood that once the guild leader issued a firm order, it was absolutely forbidden to violate it; otherwise, the consequences would be severe. The half-awake fox had always been an absolute autocrat in the team.

Nie Yan nodded. The Holy Roman Empire's elite team was much stronger than the team Yao Yao was in. Their quality was definitely up to par, and there weren't any clueless guys like Chen Bo. Several thieves were quite dissatisfied that Nie Yan prioritized thief equipment, but none of them showed it.

System: The half-awake fox has joined your party.

System: Flying Stone has joined your party.

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After a while, a thirty-person team was formed. Although Nie Yan was the temporary leader, the team was still under the name of the Holy Roman Empire.

"Alright, let's check your stats. Mages, report your magic damage. Shield Warriors, report your defense and health. Priests, report your healing."

Soon, the team members reported their stats. Nie Yan scanned the data and saw that their equipment was excellent, and their stats were very high. Except for three who were a little lacking, everyone else met the requirements for an expert-level dungeon. Nie Yan told those three to buy some scrolls.

"Is there anything else we need to prepare? We've already stocked up on paralysis removal potions," the half-awake fox said. He had a feeling that Nie Yan would definitely not choose the easy or normal difficulty for this trip to the Okwamate Muddy Swamp because, with the team's stats, they definitely wouldn't need to supplement with scrolls for those difficulties.

"Among your warriors, who has demoralizing roar?" Nie Yan scanned the crowd, but no one answered.

"I do," the half-awake fox replied, feeling a little surprised that Nie Yan would suddenly ask this question. Did the Okwamate Muddy Swamp also require such an advanced skill as demoralizing roar?

"Good, not bad." Nie Yan nodded, not saying anything, and continued to ask, "Who has dispel?"

All five priests on the team responded.

The half-awake fox had some brains and understood that dispel was extremely useful, so he didn't hesitate to spend a lot of money to equip each priest with it. Of course, this was also because the half-awake fox had strong financial backing. A dispel skill book was very expensive.

"How many paladins have Evil Protection?"

"One," the half-awake fox answered.

Nie Yan frowned.

"Not enough?" Seeing Nie Yan's expression, the half-awake fox asked.

"What about Remove Blindness?"

"We don't have that either."

"We need to find two Evil Protection and one Remove Blindness skill book. It would be best if a Shadow Priest learned immobilization, but that skill is too rare. If we can't get it, there's nothing we can do. Time is a little tight."

"One of my Shadow Priests already has immobilization. As for Evil Protection and Remove Blindness, I'll go get them right away. It'll take me half an hour at most."

"I need to buy something. Send me a message when you find them, and I'll come over immediately." Nie Yan just remembered that there was one thing that was essential for entering the Okwamate Muddy Swamp. After telling the half-awake fox, he headed towards the northeast corner of Krowol City.

Nie Yan was going to buy two extremely useful items for the early stages of the game. If he hadn't been about to enter the Okwamate Muddy Swamp and suddenly remembered it, he would have almost forgotten.

The northeast corner of Krowol City was a large slum area, with various dilapidated houses scattered around. The alleys were interconnected, and few players could walk here without getting lost. The endless low-rise buildings meant that even the widest streets were no more than two yards wide, and most were narrow alleys that could only accommodate one person.

Nie Yan shuttled through the interconnected alleys, which were paved with stone slabs and littered with debris.

"I wonder if I can still find it," Nie Yan thought.

Countless forks in the road crisscrossed each other, and his memories from his past life were extremely vague. However, there was still a faint memory. Nie Yan could only rely on certain things in his memory to find the right direction.

That place was extremely remote, and it really wasn't easy to find. He only remembered the general direction.

There was a mysterious shop in this slum that sold good items, but because the prices were too high and they were all low-level items, Nie Yan had only been there two or three times in his past life. When he went to the Okwamate Muddy Swamp in his previous life, he had bought something here, which was why he suddenly remembered it when he was preparing to go to the Okwamate Muddy Swamp today.

After walking through the alleys for more than ten minutes, going around and around and taking several wrong turns, he finally reached a house. He looked at the house number: the Home of Soso Mielo.

"Is this it?" Nie Yan hesitated. It seemed to be called this name.

It should be here, Nie Yan thought, pushing open the door and entering a courtyard. It was a dilapidated house with a roof made of straw.

The impressions in his memory became clearer, and he had finally come to the right place.

Passing through the dim corridor, he entered the basement, which was finally a little brighter. A dilapidated magic lamp flickered with a dim yellow light.

This basement was more like a display room for sundries than a room. There were various shelves on the side, filled with all kinds of bottles containing green, red, and blue potions, all kinds of colors.

An old man in a tattered cloth robe with a scruffy beard was shaking a potion bottle in his hand. Noticing Nie Yan's entrance, he asked in a rather rude tone, "What do you need?"

A transaction bar appeared in front of Nie Yan, selling all kinds of special items, a dazzling array.

(Begging for recommendations...)