Chapter 1 Nie Yan Meets Kleime

Nie Yan met the NPC Kleime.

"Young man, have you found the magic rune stones?" Kleime asked when he saw Nie Yan.

"Yes."

"Give them to me. Since you are the first to guess all the riddles, you will receive double the reward," Kleime said, beginning to receive the magic rune stones Nie Yan handed over.

Hearing Kleime's words, Nie Yan was pleasantly surprised. He hadn't expected such an unexpected reward. This made it even more worthwhile to hand in the magic rune stones to level up.

Nie Yan handed over the magic rune stones in groups to Kleime, receiving Kleime's reward. The experience points began to skyrocket, and a dazzling light shone on his body, leveling him up to eighty-nine. He had only used 62 groups of magic rune stones. Nie Yan still had a backpack full of them.

Many players were coming and going nearby. Seeing Nie Yan, wearing a black cloak, chatting with Kleime and the brilliant light of leveling up shining on him, they cast surprised glances.

They knew this Kleime. He was a strange old man who wandered around here all day. No player had triggered a quest on Kleime yet. Nie Yan was the first.

"Does that Kleime have a quest to issue?" A player in the distance asked his companion疑惑地问身边的同伴.

"I don't know. If you chat with that Kleime, he will ask some strange questions. You don't even know what he's asking. Could that guy have triggered Kleime's quest?"

Just as they were discussing, another white light shone on Nie Yan.

The players were stunned, with incredulous expressions on their faces.

"Damn, he leveled up again. That guy leveled up twice in a row?"

"Maybe his level is very low?"

"Impossible, Kleime wouldn't even acknowledge players below level sixty, let alone issue a quest!"

Above level sixty, what quest could give you two levels in a row?

Just as they were stunned, streaks of white light landed on Nie Yan, three times in a row. All the surrounding players were stunned, watching Nie Yan's direction in disbelief.

"Are my eyes playing tricks on me?"

"What the hell kind of quest is that, that can give you so many levels at once."

"Who is that guy?"

Nie Yan, wearing a black cloak, looked even more mysterious.

Nie Yan looked at his level, already ninety-three, two levels higher than he had expected. He was only one step away from the level one hundred mark. Once he broke through level one hundred, Nie Yan could smoothly attempt Shadow Dance.

This was his wish for so many years. Would he be able to achieve it in this life?

Remembering the dejection after failing to advance to Shadow Dance in his previous life, Nie Yan clenched his fists. He must succeed in this life!

Nie Yan remembered that the Shadow Dance quest had to be received at the Thieves Guild. There, the Thieves Guild Elder would guide you to trigger a quest clue related to Shadow Dance. The quest to advance to Shadow Dance would take about two months to complete. However, Nie Yan had another choice, which was to skip Shadow Dance and go to the Holy Temple to advance to Holy Shadow Dance. Holy Shadow Dance was much stronger than ordinary Shadow Dance, but of course, the difficulty of the quest was also higher.

Since he had the opportunity to advance to Holy Shadow Dance, Nie Yan would never miss it. He had to try it, even if he failed, he would have no regrets.

If he could successfully advance to Holy Shadow Dance within two months, Nie Yan would definitely be the number one thief, the first person to achieve Shadow Dance.

It was more difficult to do the Shadow Dance quest at level one hundred. It was generally more suitable to do it at level one hundred fifty or sixty. However, Nie Yan's equipment was better, and his various attributes were very high, so it shouldn't be a problem.

After handing in the magic rune stones, Nie Yan walked towards the personal warehouse.

Until Nie Yan had been gone for a long time, many players were still constantly chatting with Kleime, trying to get some quest clues from Kleime, but everything they did was in vain. Ordinary players couldn't solve those five riddles at all. Those five riddles contained many allusions, and you had to find a lot of information to determine the answers, otherwise it would be difficult to solve them.

Kleime's riddles spread, and more and more players began to study the answers to the riddles.

Guo Huai was still constantly helping Nie Yan collect magic rune stones. As long as they were magic rune stones, he kept eating them up. It was estimated that in a short time, the magic rune stones he purchased would be enough for Nie Yan to level up one or two levels again.

Nie Yan went to the personal warehouse to prepare some essential consumables, and then rushed towards Hilton Fortress.

Brilliant Knife Edge and the others had already arrived at Hilton Fortress. They were still in the city, afraid to leave the city easily. They sent people to inquire about information, first to find out the movements of the guilds such as the Mage Alliance and the Sacred Guardians. Guo Huai was also constantly collecting intelligence.

In addition to the Mage Alliance and the Sacred Guardians, guilds such as the Light and Darkness Empire and the Sword of Gods had sent a large number of players over.

Although Hilton Fortress was still in ruins, buildings were being rebuilt on top of the ruins, and player capital was also beginning to participate in the reconstruction. More and more players, guilds, and groups were buying land there to build shops. Of course, Nirvana Guild also participated, and Starlight Pharmacy opened a branch there.

Nie Yan rode Faulkner's warhorse, galloping across the plains, taking at least nearly half an hour to reach Hilton Fortress at his fastest speed. It would take ordinary players about an hour to arrive.

This was a fortress city isolated outside. Currently, only about one in ten thousand players dared to come to this map. The monsters that spawned near Hilton Fortress were not something that ordinary players could deal with.

The top players of the major guilds were gathered at Hilton Fortress. They were collecting equipment here to prepare for the upcoming level one hundred.

Outside the Hilton Fortress plains, five rogue players appeared, setting up something in the jungle.

"Ming, are you sure Mad Rogue Nie Yan will come here?"

"This is the only way to Hilton Fortress. The top elites of Nirvana Guild are all in Hilton Fortress. I don't believe he won't come."

"That's true. The intelligence over there is too vague, causing us to be unable to determine Mad Rogue Nie Yan's whereabouts."

"Mad Rogue Nie Yan wouldn't be so easily fooled, otherwise the Mage Alliance and the Sacred Guardians wouldn't have offered such a high bounty. The guys who hired us wouldn't have gone to so much trouble."

The five rogues chatted while setting up some traps nearby.

"Are the scrolls ready?"

"Ready."

"Listen to my command when the time comes."

After the five rogues had prepared everything, they entered stealth state one after another, their bodies gradually disappearing.

Nie Yan's Faulkner's warhorse was like a gust of wind. In a few more minutes, he would reach Hilton Fortress.

Nie Yan was riding his horse when a sharp whistle suddenly came from behind. Nie Yan's heart tightened. He looked back and saw an arrow shooting towards Faulkner's warhorse under him.

Nie Yan wanted to drive Faulkner's warhorse to dodge, but it was too late.

With a pounce, the arrow pierced into Faulkner's warhorse's abdomen. Faulkner's warhorse let out a shrill scream, raising its front hooves high. A huge force came, trying to throw Nie Yan off.

Nie Yan jumped off the horse, landing steadily. Faulkner's warhorse didn't have much health. It fell to the ground and died.

Just as Nie Yan landed, a giant net fell from the sky.

Nie Yan's gaze quickly locked onto a rogue in the distant jungle. That rogue was about thirty years old, with a strong body, wearing gray leather armor, and holding a giant crossbow in his hands. The size of this giant crossbow was similar to the Headless Horseman Doro's mounted crossbow, and it used super-large arrows.

It was this giant crossbow that killed Faulkner's warhorse. Fortunately, Faulkner's warhorse could be summoned again after it died, otherwise he would have lost a lot, but the loyalty would definitely drop.

On Nie Yan's side, about thirty yards away, another rogue swept past. He was slightly younger, wearing silver-white leather armor. It was he who used a high-level Web Technique at the moment before Nie Yan landed.

Just as the Web Technique was about to engulf Nie Yan, he used a Gale Step to fly out, dodging the Web Technique.

A Light of Truesight descended from the sky, and the white light enveloped an area of ​​more than fifty yards. In the white light, Nie Yan's body appeared. Just as Nie Yan was exposed, five figures pounced on him.

When attacked, Nie Yan had enough time to use a random teleport scroll, but he decided to stay and play with these people.

When the five rogues approached him, Nie Yan saw their faces clearly. They were from Blood Fiend.

Nie Yan was no stranger to these five faces. In his previous life, he had studied videos of these five people. Their names were Ming, Lie, Ying, Su, and Feng respectively. These five people entered the game together. They all belonged to Blood Fiend, an organization that made people terrified. All of their names had only one character, which was their code name. These five people were the top players and eventually advanced to Shadow Dance.

With five Shadow Dancers, it would be difficult for the Blood Fiend organization not to become famous. In his previous life, several large guilds had extended olive branches to Blood Fiend, offering high prices to recruit them, but they were all rejected. In his previous life in Faith, they were legendary existences.

At that time, Nie Yan was just an unknown soldier. Even if he encountered them, they might not even pay attention to Nie Yan. But in this life, Nie Yan was the president of Nirvana Guild, Mad Rogue Nie Yan, a name that countless people looked up to.

Nie Yan had been mentally prepared for Blood Fiend to come to his door. He had no intention of avoiding it at all.

The five rogues were like pouncing leopards, surrounding Nie Yan from all directions with a resolute aura, with a posture of never-ending.

Facing five against one, and five famous legendary rogues, Nie Yan did not dare to neglect, and quickly retreated backwards. The Zennarde's Sword in his hand was blazing with flames, spewing out soul-eating light.

The rogue named Ming made a stab, the dagger in his hand straight at Nie Yan's throat.

Block!

Nie Yan held up Zennarde's Sword horizontally, blocking the dagger in Ming's hand. With a clang, the dagger and Zennarde's Sword made a crisp collision sound.