Chapter 146 Gems and Crystals

Nie Yan checked his personal warehouse to view the gems and crystals he had collected.

To hatch the Darkwing Dragon, he needed to find twenty Magic Crystals, thirty Radiant Crystals, two Life Crystals, and one Power Crystal. Nie Yan had previously posted the task of collecting these crystals on the Assassin Alliance's task board. He also mobilized the entire Mad Rogue Tribe to search for Radiant Crystals. Currently, he had collected twenty Magic Crystals, thirty Radiant Crystals, one Life Crystal, and one Power Crystal. He was only missing one Life Crystal to hatch the Darkwing Dragon. It was truly a pity that he was so close but unable to hatch it.

The drop rate of items like Life Crystals was extremely low. Finding one depended on luck.

If he could hatch the Darkwing Dragon before entering the Realm of Death, he would be more confident in that battle.

Nie Yan thought for a moment and had the Mad Rogue Tribe players anonymously post a high-reward bounty task in the Mercenary Guild: 100,000 gold coins for a Life Crystal. Such a high reward would cause a sensation. If anyone had a Life Crystal, it would be hard not to be tempted.

It would be best if he could acquire a Life Crystal. If he really couldn't get one, then he would have to give up.

He still needed to prepare many things before entering the Realm of Death.

Nie Yan remembered that Hilton Fortress had a Mysterious Shop, but he couldn't remember the exact location. He had only heard about it in his past life but had never been there. He had heard that the cheapest items were disposable consumables, costing at least 1,000 gold coins, and the most common items sold for tens of thousands of gold coins, which he couldn't afford back then.

In addition to the expensive prices, opening the Mysterious Shop required a one-time payment of 10,000 Contribution Points. After killing so many monsters, Nie Yan had accumulated nearly 30,000 Contribution Points, which was more than enough.

He hadn't been to the Mysterious Shop in his previous life, so he didn't know its exact location, but he had heard it was nearby.

Nie Yan asked Ignatius. As a native of Hilton Fortress, he should know this information.

After a few minutes, Nie Yan obtained the exact location of the Mysterious Shop from Ignatius.

Xie Yao and the Mad Rogue Tribe players had gone to level up together. To avoid being caught by the Mage Union, they were being very discreet. Nie Yan prepared to go to the Mysterious Shop alone.

As he walked down the street, at least a dozen people were following him, but if Nie Yan wanted to avoid them, they wouldn't be able to track him.

Nie Yan entered stealth mode and walked into a nearby alley, quickly shaking off his pursuers.

He weaved through the narrow alleys for more than ten minutes. The intricate roads made it easy to lose direction. After passing through several narrow alleys that were only wide enough for one person, Nie Yan arrived at the entrance of a shop. Two fully armed guards stood at the entrance, their silver-white armor dazzling.

These two guards were responsible for guarding the Mysterious Shop. They were usually very arrogant, but when they saw Nie Yan, they quickly bowed and greeted him respectfully.

Nie Yan paid a certain amount of Contribution Points and then walked inside. He saw that only 3,000 Contribution Points were deducted, which must have been due to the effect of the title "Guardian of Hilton."

Nie Yan walked inside. Inside was a spacious hall with many counters on both sides, displaying a dazzling array of items.

The person selling the items was a middle-aged man, tall and wearing a cloth robe. Nie Yan cast Detect on him.

Feller: Adventurer, Earl, ??? Level.

This NPC named Feller greeted Nie Yan after seeing him.

"Welcome, esteemed Mr. Nie Yan, to this place." Feller said with a cheerful smile, exuding a shrewd and capable air.

Nie Yan replied politely and began to browse the items for sale.

Seeing the prices of these items, Nie Yan was shocked. As expected, the items here were notoriously expensive. Many items were available here, such as the Weaver's Ring and the Crawler's Ring, but the prices were frighteningly high. The Weaver's Ring was priced at 50,000 gold coins, and the Crawler's Ring was priced at 110,000 gold coins, and those were the basic versions without any upgrades.

He continued to look. The next counter displayed many disposable consumables, including Group Teleport Scrolls and more.

A group of Mad Rogue Tribe players specialized in collecting Group Teleport Scrolls, and they had enough for their needs.

Nie Yan swept all the potentially useful items into his backpack. Items that sold for 1,000 gold coins here could be sold for 1,500 gold coins or more when information was scarce, and Nie Yan could purchase them for only 300 gold coins.

Because of the title "Guardian of Hilton," Nie Yan enjoyed a 70% discount on purchases here.

That was the benefit of having a title. In his previous life, countless players who obtained high-level titles made their fortunes by reselling items. Unfortunately, the supply of goods in the Mysterious Shop was limited. If a certain item was sold out, it would take several days or even dozens of days to refresh.

An item worth 10,000 gold coins could be obtained by Nie Yan for 3,000 gold coins, which was extremely worthwhile. Items priced at 10,000 gold coins here were all super-grade items.

Nie Yan swept up a large pile of goods, and his gaze fell on a gold-rimmed box. Inside the box were twelve identical rings, each with a unique shape, a silver-white frame, and a circular, mysterious array engraved on the front end, with a simple yet ancient design.

Each ring was priced at 30,000 gold coins, and they were sold as a set of twelve, for a total price of 360,000 gold coins.

For ordinary players, 360,000 gold coins was a terrifying price.

If Nie Yan purchased them, he would have to pay 108,000 gold coins, which was no small sum.

He looked at the attributes of each ring. The twelve rings had identical attributes.

Teleportation Ring (Sub-Legendary): Special Item.

Attribute Description: Holding this item allows you to use the Teleport skill to teleport to another player within the local map who also possesses a Teleportation Ring. The skill has a cooldown time of fifteen minutes, and the maximum teleportation distance cannot exceed 5,000 yards.

Seeing the attributes of the Teleportation Ring, Nie Yan's heart stirred. If this item could be used well, it would be extremely useful. The skill cooldown time was also relatively short, only fifteen minutes.

These twelve Teleportation Rings were definitely worth the price!

"Mr. Feller, are there any more Teleportation Rings here?" Nie Yan asked. If there were more, he would buy them all at once.

"These Teleportation Rings are rare and exquisite items. There are only twelve. Mr. Nie Yan, I can't find any more. They are like any Sub-Legendary or Legendary item, unique," Feller explained.

Since they were rare items, there was nothing he could do. However, twelve were enough.

These twelve Teleportation Rings would be held by the top-tier players of the Mad Rogue Tribe, including himself. Nie Yan had already chosen their owners: himself, Xie Yao, Tang Yao, Brilliant Diamond, Lofty Tranquility, Sun, King of the World, Big Boss Qi Zai, Shili Huasha, Xi Huan Jiangnan, Hammer For Truth, and Desire to Dye Youth.

Of course, there were many other experts in the Mad Rogue Tribe, but there were only twelve Teleportation Rings.

Nie Yan paid 108,000 gold coins and bought the twelve Teleportation Rings. He also bought some useful items for the elites in the guild. Although these items were expensive, they were definitely worth the price.

After a big shopping spree, Nie Yan spent more than 600,000 gold coins at once, and the purchased items filled five backpacks.

Only then did Nie Yan leave the Mysterious Shop with satisfaction. Next time he came here, he could buy more items from the Mysterious Shop and resell them to others, which should earn him a lot of money. However, he didn't have time at the moment. Nie Yan still had to arrange the specific details of the battle in the Realm of Death.

At Cripps Fortress, many players were also purchasing items from various places and returning. Guo Huai had these players quickly transport the purchased items to him.

Nie Yan received them at Hilton Fortress and distributed them to the Mad Rogue Tribe members who were preparing to participate in the battle in the Realm of Death.

The reason why the Mage Union was able to successfully ambush the Mad Rogue Tribe earlier was also due to their use of many scrolls. Those scrolls caught the Mad Rogue Tribe off guard, causing so many casualties. Otherwise, with the quality of the Mad Rogue Tribe, it would be difficult to say who would win in the end.

He would repay them in their own coin. If it came to a scroll battle, a battle of who had more money, Nie Yan would definitely not lose to the Mage Union.

Nie Yan recalled the Mad Rogue Tribe players to Hilton Fortress and distributed some useful items to each class. Each player received at least 1,000 gold coins worth of various items for this battle in the Realm of Death.

Everything was ready, and they were waiting for tomorrow. He estimated that the Mage Union was also almost ready.

The members of the Mage Union were gathered in the residential area north of Hilton Fortress. They had purchased several houses there. Those houses were in extremely remote locations and were very cheap. Since they were far from the center of Hilton Fortress, they were very inconvenient and naturally not in the same class as Nie Yan's villa.

They had gathered about 1,200 top-tier experts. In addition, some experts from guilds such as Sacred Guardians had also rushed over from various places. Cao Xu's side was silent, or rather, Guo Huai's intelligence system was unable to penetrate the Wild Wolves Workshop and could not detect its movements.

What exactly was the Wild Wolves Workshop, and how many people were inside? It was all a mystery.

Nie Yan estimated that Cao Xu, the boss behind the scenes, would not allow the Mage Union to collapse like this. He would definitely do something and send some capable confidants over. It seemed that it would not be easy to win the battle in the Realm of Death, but he finally had the opportunity to meet the experts under Cao Xu's command.