Chapter 1 What Gains Have You Had Recently?

"Have you gained anything from grinding monsters and doing quests recently?" Nie Yan asked Tang Yao, who was next to him. It had been a long time since he had chatted with Tang Yao like this.

"Not bad. I got a Ghost Wolf and a Book of Rune Imprints. I don't know what it's for. The main brain gave me a quest clue. Besides the Book of Rune Imprints, I found two Sub-Legendary items," Tang Yao said, his gains were pretty good.

"Book of Rune Imprints? Malkinson's Book of Rune Imprints?" Nie Yan suddenly thought of something and asked in surprise.

"Yes. What, you know about this? I searched the official website, but couldn't find any information. The official website is disgusting. They don't publish information about some high-difficulty quests."

Nie Yan had some understanding of the Book of Rune Imprints. It was said to be something that belonged to the legendary God of Law, Malkinson. In his previous life, the sub-equipment of the Magister Hunshi Laoyao was the Book of Rune Imprints of Malkinson. With this equipment, he rose to the ranks of the three great Magisters. In his previous life, he could be considered a person who laughed at the world. He just didn't expect that in this life, the Book of Rune Imprints of Malkinson would fall into Tang Yao's hands, and he didn't know where Hunshi Laoyao had gone.

History had changed its course under Nie Yan's intervention.

"Continue with this quest. You should gain something. Malkinson is the legendary God of Law of the Greenland Empire, the master of the mysteries," Nie Yan said. His words should make Tang Yao take this matter seriously.

"So that's how it is." Only then did Tang Yao begin to treat this Book of Rune Imprints seriously.

Nie Yan had only heard of the name of the Book of Rune Imprints. He didn't understand it and couldn't give Tang Yao any advice.

"Besides the flying mount, what have you gained recently?" Tang Yao asked.

Hearing Tang Yao's question, Nie Yan suddenly thought of the *Song of the Thorn Birds* he had obtained earlier. Since getting this book, he had not had time to look at its contents, but he remembered a sentence: The *Song of the Thorn Birds* was sung by many wandering poets. Wasn't Blair Mayne a wandering poet? Perhaps he could get some clues from him.

"I got a *Song of the Thorn Birds* that can trigger a quest. Let's find a bar and take a look at the contents of this book first," Nie Yan said. The two walked into a bar and sat down in a corner.

Nie Yan took out the *Song of the Thorn Birds* from his backpack and flipped through it.

When Nie Yan opened the first page, he suddenly felt a strange feeling. Under the guidance of some mysterious power, he stroked the few large characters on the first page with his hand, and a system prompt sounded.

‘System: In the dark ages, seek the relics of history. The most beautiful things can only be exchanged for deep pain and suffering. Find the Assassin's Heart and let the flames bloom in your hands.’

Nie Yan looked at his quest bar.

Quest Progress: Find the Assassin's Heart.

It was a quest to find the Assassin's Heart. He looked at the level of this quest. A Legendary quest!

Nie Yan knew almost nothing about what the Assassin's Heart was. It might be a quest related to the eight thieves. He opened the *Song of the Thorn Birds* and looked at it. Paragraphs of text written in ancient common language came into his eyes.

"Gascoyne's Flame Dagger, waving, it blooms with flames, devouring life. Suffering people are begging for survival under the whip... Slaves praying in the darkness, they are praying for light... Even though they know that destruction lies ahead, they are still like moths flying towards the flames. In order to pursue that moment of light and heat, they resolutely make a decision, chasing freedom with their lives..."

Nie Yan flipped through it. Inside were the biographies of eight thieves. They came from different backgrounds. Some were once blacksmiths, some were thieves, and some were slaves of nobles. After experiencing all kinds of hardships, they came together and became well-known assassins. In the end, they died generously and achieved an epic legend.

The book repeatedly mentioned a place name, the City of Paternoster. This mysterious city disappeared into the long river of history like dust.

Nie Yan muttered and repeated this term, the City of Paternoster. He seemed to have heard this term somewhere, but he couldn't remember it for a moment. He searched the official website, but couldn't find any relevant information. The official website was unwilling to reveal too much information about this legendary quest. His eyes lost focus and he thought blankly.

"What are you thinking about?" Tang Yao asked, seeing Nie Yan in a pensive mood.

"The City of Paternoster, have you seen it anywhere?" Nie Yan asked. If he could give him some clues, he could come up with some information, because this name sounded familiar.

"Paternoster? The Paternoster Warhammer?" Tang Yao asked suspiciously.

Nie Yan was stunned, and suddenly understood, and said in surprise: "That's right, it's the Paternoster Warhammer!"

The Paternoster Warhammer was the name of a god-tier weapon. It was very famous because the Orc King Isolt had used it to summon lightning to kill a powerful dragon race legend, the Slayer Kilfether. The name of this warhammer was therefore recorded in history.

From this, he came to the conclusion that if he wanted to solve the mystery of the *Song of the Thorn Birds* and find the Assassin's Heart, he might have to go to the Orc King City to trigger new clues.

When he thought of the Orc King City, Nie Yan thought of Angel Corps. It seemed that he was destined to make a trip to Angel Corps' base. With his current level, he might not be able to do this legendary quest yet. He would wait until he reached level 100 and changed his job to Shadow Dancer. When he changed his job to Shadow Dancer, he could give Angel Corps a headache.

Nie Yan put away the *Song of the Thorn Birds* and said to Tang Yao next to him: "Let's go, let's go find the wandering poet Blair Mayne."

The two walked through the streets and alleys, and arrived in front of a white building. They looked at the house number, which read Home of the Wandering Poet Blair Mayne.

Nie Yan walked in, and Tang Yao followed behind.

When they arrived in the garden, Nie Yan saw Blair Mayne himself. The wandering poet Blair Mayne looked to be in his forties and slightly old. He was wearing a white robe, and his clothes had an elegant temperament, but between his eyebrows, there was a strong, inextricable melancholy.

This was the classic image of a wandering poet. Nie Yan knew the settings of the faith NPCs like the back of his hand.

Blair Mayne's gaze turned towards Nie Yan and asked, "Respected Mr. Nie Yan, may I ask what brings you here to see me?"

"Respected Mr. Blair Mayne, I found something in the Doron Mountains. May I ask if this is what you lost?" Nie Yan took out a piece of sheet music and asked.

Blair Mayne's gaze focused on the piece of sheet music in Nie Yan's hand, revealing an excited expression, and said, "Yes, this is what I lost. It is very important to me. Thank you, respected Mr. Nie Yan."

Nie Yan used normal procedural language to talk to Blair Mayne, triggering the quest, and handed over this piece of sheet music to Blair Mayne.

"May the gods bless you." Blair Mayne accepted the piece of sheet music and said piously. He gave the first reward to Nie Yan, which was more than 50,000 experience and more than a dozen gold coins. For an ordinary quest, this quest reward could be considered relatively generous.

However, Nie Yan's ambition was not here.

Nie Yan looked at his experience points, which had only increased by 1%. As for the dozen or so gold coins, they were just a drop in the bucket for him.

"Respected Mr. Nie Yan, would you be willing to help me find the remaining fragments? I will give you more rewards." Blair Mayne prayed. According to the design of the quest, a player might be lucky enough to find a piece of sheet music fragment, but finding the second piece of sheet music fragment would be a little difficult. Each player could collect up to five or six pieces, unless they spent a lot of money to buy them like Potian.

Nie Yan took out the second piece of sheet music fragment and handed it to Blair Mayne. After a while, he received the second reward, more than 100,000 experience and sixteen gold coins. He continued to hand over the sheet music fragments one by one, and the rewards became more and more generous. After handing over six fragments, he saw Blair Mayne wave his right hand, and a golden light flashed in front of Nie Yan. The surrounding time suddenly stopped, leaving only Nie Yan who could move. In the sky in front of him, a huge Wheel of Fate appeared.

Sure enough, the Wheel of Fate appeared.

Nie Yan had encountered similar scenes before. The difference between the Wheel of Fate and the Fate Dice was that the Fate Dice had a 50% chance of causing misfortune, while the Wheel of Fate would not cause misfortune.

Nie Yan looked at the annotations on it. When spinning the Wheel of Fate, there was a 1% chance of obtaining a flying mount, a 1% chance of a Legendary equipment appearing, a 5% chance of a Sub-Legendary equipment appearing, a 5% chance of a special item appearing, a 20% chance of a money reward appearing, and a 20% chance of an experience reward appearing. If none of these were hit, there would be no reward. Among them, the money and experience rewards had a 1% chance of obtaining a super generous reward, a 3% chance of obtaining a medium reward, and a 16% chance of obtaining an ordinary reward.

Nie Yan took a deep breath and touched the Wheel of Fate. The Wheel of Fate spun rapidly, spinning faster and faster, until nothing could be seen.

Whether the reward was good or bad was completely based on luck. It tested one's character, but fortunately, it was not like the Fate Dice, which could cause misfortune. Just at an even time, Nie Yan suddenly reached out and touched the Wheel of Fate. The Wheel of Fate came to an abrupt stop, and his finger was pointing at the experience reward, rewarding 200,000 experience points. Experience points were dispensable for Nie Yan, so he regrettably wasted an opportunity.

There were still five chances left. Nie Yan calmed down. What he wanted most was a flying mount or a Legendary equipment. At the very least, getting a Sub-Legendary or a special item would be good.

"Did you get anything good?" Tang Yao, who was next to him, didn't know what was going on and asked anxiously.

"No." Nie Yan shook his head and continued to hand over the sheet music fragments to Blair Mayne one by one.

"Oh." Tang Yao was a little disappointed.

Nie Yan looked at his experience points. The experience reward alone had made him level up by about 30%, and he was not far from the next level.