Chapter 1 "We Won't Let Them Have an Easy Time Either!"

"The Alliance of Mages and the Sacred Guardians won't let us live in peace, so we won't make it easy for them either. We'll slaughter them until they retreat at the mere sight of our Nilfgaard members!" Nie Yan said coldly.

Hearing Nie Yan's words, the warmongers below immediately felt their blood boil. Nilfgaard had been recuperating for a long time, and it had been a while since they had fought a battle. They felt like their bones were rusting. Nie Yan had decided to wage war against the Alliance of Mages and the Sacred Guardians.

"Leader Nie Yan, give us your orders!"

The players below shouted.

Nie Yan turned to Brilliant Cutlass and the others and said, "Find thirty people and go farm an Level 80 Lord. Seize the Hilton Fortress plot as soon as possible. Leave the matters with the Alliance of Mages and the Sacred Guardians to us."

Brilliant Cutlass pondered for a moment, then understood Nie Yan's plan. Nie Yan would hold back the Alliance of Mages and the Sacred Guardians, allowing them to farm contribution points for Hilton Fortress. With contribution points, they could snatch up the Hilton Fortress plot.

The war could be put on hold, but seizing the Hilton Fortress plot was of utmost urgency!

If the plot was snatched up by other guilds, Nilfgaard would lose a large amount of income in the future, and the loss would be immeasurable.

"Alright, be careful," Brilliant Cutlass nodded.

"It's best to bring thirty elite team members. You must keep this trip a secret," Nie Yan said. If the Alliance of Mages and the Sacred Guardians knew the whereabouts of Brilliant Cutlass and the others, they might resort to some tricks.

"Okay."

Brilliant Cutlass and the other thirty people, due to their small number, couldn't deal with Level 90 Lords, but they were more than enough to deal with Level 80 Lords. If there were too many people in the team, it would be easy to be discovered.

Brilliant Cutlass and the others entered the inner room of the villa and quietly departed from the side door. They had to first shake off the people from the Alliance of Mages and the Sacred Guardians who were watching near the villa before leaving the city.

After Brilliant Cutlass left, Nie Yan began to reorganize the team.

"Guo Huai, what's the situation with the Alliance of Mages and the Sacred Guardians?" Nie Yan asked. If the Alliance of Mages and the Sacred Guardians dared to leave the city, he would not be polite.

"The Alliance of Mages and the Sacred Guardians are resting in Hilton Fortress and probably won't leave the city for the time being. I've already sent people to keep an eye on them, and I'll report to you immediately if there's any news," Guo Huai said.

"Mm," Nie Yan nodded. The Alliance of Mages and the Sacred Guardians had also suffered heavy losses this time, so they probably wouldn't dare to leave the city easily. In any case, the Nilfgaard players also needed to rest, so they would wait for a while. Nie Yan wondered if he should go and meet Kuang Fa. If there was a conflict in Hilton Fortress, Nilfgaard would definitely have the advantage, because his position was second only to the governor! "Investigate Kuang Fa's location for me!"

"Okay," Guo Huai responded. He had already arranged many spies in Hilton Fortress, so it was still very easy to find out Kuang Fa's location.

"How many Froststeel Catapults does our guild have?" Nie Yan asked. If the accumulated number of Froststeel Catapults was large enough, he planned to put these powerful super weapons into battle.

In the Battle of Nisode City, the Froststeel Catapults had displayed amazing power. Three Froststeel Catapults had overwhelmed the Tuoba Family, forcing them to withdraw from several fortresses. Without the fortresses, the decline of the Tuoba Family's guilds was already doomed.

If he wanted to deal with the Alliance of Mages and the Sacred Guardians, three Froststeel Catapults alone would not be enough. At this time, the Alliance of Mages and the Sacred Guardians didn't know what kind of technology they had developed, so they definitely hadn't fallen behind. One of Nie Yan's three slaves, Delphinia, had helped him copy two Froststeel Catapult blueprints. Three production teams were constantly rushing to make Froststeel Catapults, so they should have accumulated some.

"Currently, we have twenty-one Froststeel Catapults. Three are in the War God Tribe, five are in the Mad Warrior Alliance, and the rest are all in Cripps Fortress," Guo Huai said. Nie Yan's question must have had a deeper meaning, so he asked, "Are you planning to attack the Alliance of Mages and the Sacred Guardians? But it will take at least five days for our Froststeel Catapults to be transported there. If the Alliance of Mages and the Sacred Guardians intercept us on the way, it will be difficult for us to ensure that there are no losses. They may have found a way to deal with the Ironclad Catapults. I just got the news that the Alliance of Mages' main city already has fifteen Ironclad Catapults."

Nie Yan was silent for a moment. The cities where the Alliance of Mages and the Sacred Guardians were located were too far from Carol City. With mounts generally being low-level and flying mounts not yet popular, such a distance was really a bit depressing.

"If we use the fastest carriages to transport the Froststeel Catapults, how long will it take?" Nie Yan asked.

"If we use carriages, we can probably shorten the time to three days, but making carriages is a huge expense," Guo Huai said with some difficulty. If they really went to war with the Alliance of Mages, the outcome was uncertain. With such a long distance, it would be difficult for Nilfgaard to gain an advantage.

"How much will it cost?"

"About one million gold coins," Guo Huai calculated.

Nie Yan weighed the options for a moment. One million gold coins to increase the mobility of so many Froststeel Catapults was definitely worth it. He said, "One million gold coins it is. We can afford it. Sell some gems, gather the money, and start building carriages immediately!"

Regarding the carriages, the siege equipment yard in Cripps Fortress could directly manufacture them without any blueprints, as long as a certain amount of funds was invested.

The war with the Alliance of Mages and the Sacred Guardians was bound to happen sooner or later. Nilfgaard had developed to a certain extent and had managed Carol City like an iron bucket. It also had the Sacred Roman Empire, the Garan Divine Temple, the Radiant Sacred Flame, the Mad Warrior Alliance, and several branch guilds. Adding the War God Tribe, it definitely had the capital to fight with the Alliance of Mages and the Sacred Guardians. Even if it couldn't destroy the Alliance of Mages, it could at least give them a taste of bitterness.

The preparations for the war had already been arranged.

"Recently, Li Rui has been wanting to find you. I told him you were in Hilton Fortress," Guo Huai suddenly said.

"Li Rui is looking for me? What's the matter?" Nie Yan asked in confusion. In order to avoid being disturbed while leveling up, only Guo Huai, Cutlass, and Xie Yao could directly contact him in the entire Nilfgaard guild, so Li Rui couldn't directly whisper to Nie Yan.

"I don't know. It shouldn't be anything major," Guo Huai said. Li Rui was just a small team leader in the Nilfgaard system. Zhai Hao and others who had entered Nilfgaard with Li Rui had already entered the upper echelons of Nilfgaard through their own efforts, so Guo Huai didn't have a good impression of Li Rui, because Li Rui was too mediocre. If it weren't for the fact that Li Rui was Nie Yan's classmate, he wouldn't even be able to be a small team leader.

"Then tell him to wait for a while," Nie Yan said. After thinking about it, Li Rui probably didn't have anything important to say to him. "How's Li Rui doing recently?"

"Li Rui's talent isn't good. We've spent a lot of manpower to train him, and we've had top team members lead him, but he's incorrigible. His skills haven't improved much. Zhai Hao and Liu Chenxu have already entered the leadership, and he's still just a small team leader. He's probably feeling unbalanced and wants to ask you to put in a good word for him," Guo Huai said. He had some prejudice against Li Rui.

"I'll talk to him when I get back," Nie Yan said. If Li Rui's skills were really not good and he couldn't convince the others, it would be impossible for him to forcibly promote Li Rui. In fact, being a small team leader in Nilfgaard was already very good.

Since Nie Yan had said so, Guo Huai didn't say anything more and prepared to reply to Li Rui.

"I've found Kuang Fa's location. He's in the Christine Pharmacy right now," Guo Huai said, glancing at the message that had just been sent over.

Christine Pharmacy was the only NPC pharmacy in Hilton Fortress. The things sold inside were extremely expensive, more than 30% higher than the prices of various potions on the market. Currently, there were only two pharmacies in Hilton Fortress, one was Christine Pharmacy, and the other was Starry Sky Pharmacy. Kuang Fa couldn't bring himself to go to Starry Sky Pharmacy to replenish potions, so he naturally could only go to Christine Pharmacy.

Christine Pharmacy was only two hundred yards away from this villa, a one or two minute walk.

"Boss, is there any movement from the Alliance of Mages? When do we make our move?" Knight's Elegy, who was next to him, asked.

"The people from the Alliance of Mages and the Sacred Guardians are still in Hilton Fortress replenishing their supplies. They'll leave the city sooner or later. I'm going to meet Kuang Fa. You guys wait here for the people from Carol City to come over," Nie Yan said. Only after receiving the equipment transported from there could the Nilfgaard players regain their combat power.

Nie Yan looked at Xie Yao, who was next to him, and said, "Let's go together."

"Mm," Xie Yao responded quietly.

Nie Yan and Xie Yao walked out of the villa together and headed in the direction of Christine Pharmacy. It was just a one-story building, a bit old and inconspicuous.

Nie Yan and Xie Yao, who had come out of the villa, immediately attracted the attention of the people from the Alliance of Mages and the Sacred Guardians who were responsible for keeping watch nearby.

Nie Yan glanced at the players around him who were pretending to be nonchalant and sneered in his heart. These people had probably already notified Kuang Fa.

He and Xie Yao walked leisurely, chatting casually.

At this time, Kuang Fa, who was in Christine Pharmacy, knew that Nie Yan was coming and asked the player next to him, "How many people did Mad Rogue Nie Yan bring?"

"Only him and Yao Yao," the player next to him replied. This was the news that the person keeping watch had reported.

Kuang Fa frowned. What exactly was Mad Rogue Nie Yan planning? A kind person wouldn't come, and a visitor with ill intentions would. Mad Rogue Nie Yan coming to find him definitely had ulterior motives. He thought of the previous Breaking the Heavens and secretly warned himself that he must be careful later and not follow in Breaking the Heavens' footsteps.

As for leaving here, Kuang Fa hadn't thought about it. Seeing Mad Rogue Nie Yan like a mouse seeing a cat would be laughed at.