Chapter 1 The News

It wasn't until more than an hour after the meeting ended that Nie Yan received news from Guo Huai: Cao Xu from the Century Financial Group had visited Moonlit City. The Mage Alliance and the Holy Guardians had received a large amount of funding from the Century Financial Group, totaling more than five million gold coins, delivered in three batches. Nie Yan couldn't help but sigh; the Century Financial Group was truly generous, spending so much money at once. It seemed he had underestimated the Century Financial Group's financial resources.

Many of the Century Financial Group's investments were unknown. No one knew exactly how many shops and industries throughout the entire Greenlands Empire and Saturn Empire belonged to the Century Financial Group. Perhaps only Cao Xu himself knew.

In addition to this news, Guo Huai also discovered that Cao Xu had hundreds of confidants who had secretly rushed to Carol City. It was unknown what they were planning to do.

After hearing this news, Nie Yan felt a sense of unease and sent a message back to Guo Huai, ordering him to immediately send people to find out what these people's purpose was!

Carol City was the base of the Nirvana Guild and absolutely could not be lost!

Nie Yan also learned that Ying Sha was currently at Aegidon Fortress. Nie Yan remembered his previous agreement with Ying Sha, and a dangerous idea flashed in his mind: should he go to Aegidon Fortress for a stroll?

Kuang Fa and Sheng Yan were having too leisurely a time; he should add some entertainment to their lives.

Throughout the entire Nirvana Guild, only five people could sneak into Aegidon Fortress silently, including himself, Wang Zhe Tian Xia, Sun, Yi Chui Ding Qing, and Luo Nan De Qing Wa.

Nie Yan thought about whether he should bring Wang Zhe Tian Xia and the others along. With more people, it would be easier to coordinate actions. Thinking of this, Nie Yan sent messages to the other four people.

"Do you want to go to Aegidon Fortress for a stroll?"

Upon hearing that Nie Yan wanted to sneak into Aegidon Fortress and attack the Mage Alliance, Sun immediately became excited. How could he miss such an exciting event?

"Nie Yan, brother, count me in."

Wang Zhe Tian Xia seemed more calm. The Mage Alliance's Aegidon Fortress was on a completely different level from the fortresses of the Triumphant Empire they had infiltrated before. It was heavily guarded, with at least 200,000 players active inside Aegidon Fortress every day. Avoiding the sight of so many people and causing trouble inside would not be easy.

"The fewer people who go, the better," Wang Zhe Tian Xia said. "Too many people will make the target too big, making it easier to be discovered."

"At most, five people," Nie Yan replied. "We definitely won't have a problem sneaking into Aegidon Fortress. Even if we are discovered, as long as our luck isn't too bad and we aren't locked down by a dark priest's War Shackles, we can still use a random teleportation scroll to escape."

"Who is your target?" Wang Zhe Tian Xia asked. Nie Yan probably wanted to assassinate someone.

"Ying Sha, Kuang Fa, and Sheng Yan. Taking out any one of them will do," Nie Yan said. No matter who he killed in Aegidon Fortress, it would be a sensational event.

With the strength of Ying Sha, Kuang Fa, and Sheng Yan, they might not be successfully assassinated, but Nie Yan was confident. Conventional methods would indeed not be easy to succeed with, but unconventional methods would be different.

Don't forget, Nie Yan was once an assassin! Some real-world assassination techniques could also be achieved with in-game items.

"Since you already have a target, count me in," Wang Zhe Tian Xia said. Anyway, he couldn't be absent from this kind of action because it was his duty. His mission was to protect Nie Yan, although in the game, Nie Yan's strength didn't need his protection at all.

A moment later, Luo Nan De Qing Wa and Yi Chui Ding Qing also agreed to participate in Nie Yan's action.

Nie Yan asked Guo Huai to collect some special items, all of which were very rare. However, for Nie Yan and the others, collecting them was very simple. After all, the Nirvana Guild had so many people; if they borrowed them, no one would probably have any objections.

After a while, Guo Huai walked into the reception room where the five of them were. After seeing Nie Yan, he walked over and said, "I've collected everything you wanted. The two Weaver's Rings were borrowed from Yao Zi and Leng Ao Ying, a Lightning Ring, a Floating Ring, a Disguise Necklace…" Guo Huai took out one item after another, introducing them one by one as if counting his family treasures. Most of these items were borrowed from the top members of the Nirvana Guild, and some were items that guild players had turned over to the guild warehouse.

Nie Yan looked at Wang Zhe Tian Xia and the others and said, "Each of you pick a few. These actions should be useful."

Wang Zhe Tian Xia, Sun, and the others each chose five or six items. Since Nie Yan himself had more items, he only chose a Disguise Necklace and a Lightning Ring.

The Disguise Necklace allowed the wearer to disguise themselves as a player and hide their information, with a 98% resemblance. The duration was fifteen minutes, and the skill cooldown was two hours.

The Lightning Ring could release a Lightning Arrow, which would cause a certain paralysis effect on the target. The skill cooldown was one hour.

These two items were pretty good if used well.

Everyone took their items and then equipped themselves with advanced instant recovery potions and other consumables. Nie Yan added a few high-level combat bandages.

"I'm responsible for assassinating Ying Sha, Wang Zhe Tian Xia is responsible for assassinating Kuang Fa, and Sun is responsible for assassinating Sheng Yan. You two cooperate with Wang Zhe Tian Xia and Sun. Everyone, act separately." Nie Yan looked at Yi Chui Ding Qing and Luo Nan De Qing Wa. Whether it was leaving the city or sneaking into Aegidon Fortress, the five of them together would be too noticeable and easily discovered.

"Okay," Yi Chui Ding Qing nodded.

Luo Nan De Qing Wa also agreed. This was the first time he had participated in such an important action since joining the Nirvana Guild for so long. Nie Yan let him participate, partly because of his strength and partly because of his trust in him, which made Luo Nan De Qing Wa very moved. It was difficult for a professional player to enter the core of a guild because professional players were a group of people who pursued interests, and the guild leader generally would not trust them unconditionally. But Nie Yan did!

After Guo Huai gave the items to Nie Yan and the others, he went back to work. He still had a lot of things to do, including directing the Nirvana Guild's actions, selling gems, and so on.

After Guo Huai left, Nie Yan and the other five left one after another. They used their own methods to avoid the sight of the Mage Alliance and the Holy Guardians, quietly left Moonlit City, and headed towards Aegidon Fortress.

Kuang Fa, Sheng Yan, and Ying Sha, if any of them were assassinated by others inside Aegidon Fortress, it would become the headline news throughout the Greenlands Empire, causing a sensation. The Mage Alliance and the Holy Guardians would lose all their prestige! This would be very meaningful for the Nirvana Guild's attack on Aegidon Fortress.

After Nie Yan left Moonlit City, he activated Gale Steps and sprinted towards Aegidon Fortress. He carefully avoided the sight of all players along the way. Even if anything happened, he couldn't reveal his whereabouts, otherwise the Mage Alliance and the Holy Guardians would easily guess what he wanted to do.

On the way, Nie Yan encountered some Mage Alliance people chasing and killing Nirvana Guild players. Although he wanted to go up and help, he held back and didn't appear.

After flying for about twenty minutes, a magnificent fortress city appeared in Nie Yan's view. Aegidon Fortress, like Cripps Fortress, was an intermediate fortress. There was only one in the entire Moonlit City, with a very superior geographical location, convenient transportation, and many level-up maps for levels 60-70 and 80-90 nearby.

The Mage Alliance operated Aegidon Fortress like an iron bucket, building walls more than thirty yards high, digging a moat five yards wide in front of the walls, and densely packed arrow towers behind the walls. Although they didn't have magic導炮 blueprints yet, they still built many turrets in preparation for future use as turrets.

This towering fortress city gave people a feeling of indestructibility. It would still be very difficult for the Nirvana Guild to break through the city walls and kill their way into Aegidon Fortress with ironclad trebuchets.

Due to the Mage Alliance's unshakeable position in Moonlit City, the leveling maps near Aegidon Fortress were generally only active in that area by the Mage Alliance or players close to the Mage Alliance. Players from other guilds rarely went there. The Mage Alliance was too arrogant in Moonlit City. If the Mage Alliance people had disputes with other players, the ones who suffered were often the other players. Without anyone else competing with the Mage Alliance players for monsters, this area became the Mage Alliance's base.

Nie Yan encountered people from the Mage Alliance all the way. In full view, it was as difficult as ascending to heaven to climb the city walls and sneak into Aegidon Fortress. Then he could only enter through the main gate, avoid the sight of the players, and sneak in!

Nie Yan walked towards the gate of Aegidon Fortress, only a hundred yards away from the city gate.

Recently, because they often had conflicts with the Nirvana Guild while leveling up in other maps, the Mage Alliance players only moved around Aegidon Fortress for safety reasons. There were more than 50% more people in Aegidon Fortress than usual, which was very lively.

This gate was the only entrance to Aegidon Fortress, so people came and went in an endless stream.

Seeing this scene, Nie Yan frowned. With so many people crowded at the city gate, he couldn't sneak in at all unless he waited for a while for the number of people to decrease before acting.

Nie Yan thought for a while, and a flash of inspiration appeared in his mind. Why not use the Disguise Necklace at this time? He put on the Disguise Necklace and looked at the skill bar. There was an extra Disguise skill in the skill bar.

Nie Yan's gaze looked into the distance, searching for the Mage Alliance players, and locked onto a thief player who was similar in stature to himself. He was overjoyed; it was him!