Chapter 1 Nie Yan's Plan

Nie Yan planned to have some of the more famous production-class players take the lead in creating organizations similar to mercenary guilds in various cities. Production-class players could register for free in these guilds, accept and complete tasks, and receive rewards. The guilds would post various employment and recruitment information without charging any intermediary fees.

Nie Yan's goal was to first unite the production-class players of the Ni Ren (Amazing People) Tribe, integrate them into the larger production-class player community, give them more favorable treatment than other guilds, and make them role models among production-class players, attracting more to join the Ni Ren Tribe.

The production-class players in the Ni Ren Tribe already enjoyed very high benefits. Ordinary production-class players were bending over backward to squeeze into the Ni Ren Tribe, but truly capable players were rare. Nie Yan wanted to use generous benefits to attract them all through the production-class guilds! Nie Yan was only providing a concept; the specific details would be refined by the management team below.

Nie Yan dialed Guo Huai's voice communication and explained his ideas.

Guo Huai pondered for a moment and said, "This idea is good, and it has a certain degree of practicality. If it succeeds, it will be very meaningful."

"How many advanced production classes do we have now?" Nie Yan asked. He only had a general understanding of the Ni Ren Tribe's situation and never concerned himself with the details, which had always been managed by Guo Huai's team.

"Currently, Xingkong (Starry Sky) Pharmacy has thirty-nine advanced alchemists. In addition, the entire guild has sixteen advanced artificers, thirty-one advanced mechanics, and six advanced enchanters... that comes to about two hundred advanced production classes," Guo Huai said, reading from the latest statistics.

The difficulty of leveling up various production classes varied. Enchanters and rune masters were the most difficult, followed by alchemists, while other production classes were relatively easier. In the entire city of Calore, there were a total of thirty-six advanced alchemists, twenty-one of whom belonged to Xingkong Pharmacy. In addition, Xingkong Pharmacy had also absorbed eighteen advanced alchemists from other cities, a remarkable achievement.

However, two hundred advanced classes were insignificant compared to the entire player community of the Glorious Empire.

"Has anyone successfully reached the master level?" Nie Yan asked. The master level was a barrier. In the future, advanced production classes would be everywhere, but only one in a thousand could successfully reach the master level. Successfully advancing to an advanced production class meant you could apply to any guild and find a good job. Becoming a master-level production class meant you had achieved success and become a leader in the industry.

"Not yet. Xingkong Pharmacy has six people with great potential to reach the master level. Among them, the low-profile Nan Nan is closest to the master level. He learned the Life's Winter recipe you obtained and is expected to advance successfully in ten days. As for the others, it will take at least thirty days," Guo Huai said. Reaching the master level was an extremely difficult process.

Nie Yan recalled that this was roughly the situation in his previous life and said, "When the low-profile Nan Nan successfully advances to the master level, give it a grand promotion. Have him lead the effort to revitalize the production-class guilds."

"Understood," Guo Huai nodded, knowing Nie Yan's intentions.

Nie Yan stayed in Hilton Fortress for a day, had the three little fellows cleaned up at the inn, and bought them NPC-specific clothing. He noticed that the three little fellows' loyalty had increased slightly.

The next day, Nie Yan received news that High Overseer Brexspire had returned. He walked through the bustling streets toward Brexspire's house.

Nie Yan noticed that teams of guards patrolled the streets from time to time. They were fully armed, wearing full sets of standard armor, marching in groups.

The atmosphere in Hilton Fortress was much more tense than usual. It seemed Ignatius had conveyed his words to the magistrate of Hilton Fortress. This relieved Nie Yan of a worry. If, in five days, the subterranean monsters poured into Hilton Fortress as he predicted, then his first prediction would be considered a success.

He wondered what the reward would be for a successful prediction.

High Overseer Brexspire's house was a white stone building, a精致 two-story house surrounded by a thick wall. The yard was filled with various plants. Nie Yan walked inside.

Guided by a guard, Nie Yan met High Overseer Brexspire in the living room. He was a burly man, a head taller than Nie Yan, with solid muscles all over his body, like a giant beast.

He was a level 220 legendary swordsman, a barbarian like Krotos, the God of War!

Brexspire was wearing a loose coat and not his armor, revealing his bare left arm.

"Greetings, respected Mr. Brexspire," Nie Yan said respectfully. Figures like Brexspire were unattainable for players. If not for the titles of Demon Hunter and Great Scholar, he wouldn't even have the qualifications to speak with Brexspire!

"Hello," Brexspire said amiably.

Nie Yan's gaze fell on Brexspire's left arm. He saw that the muscles of Brexspire's left arm were somewhat atrophied, with a grayish color, on the verge of rotting.

"Curious?" Brexspire said with a smile.

"Yes," Nie Yan nodded.

"This is the Fallen Curse of the legendary necromancer Nadak. As time goes on, it will slowly consume me, until it turns me into a rotting corpse," Brexspire said. There was no sadness in his tone, as if he were saying something ordinary.

"How can the curse on you be lifted?" Nie Yan asked tentatively. He realized that Brexspire's curse was related to the half-broken Nadak's Spell Staff in his hand.

"Unless I can obtain an item from Nadak as a magical medium, I can break the curse on my body. However, the necromancer Nadak has not appeared for thousands of years," Brexspire said.

The necromancer Nadak had not appeared for thousands of years. Was Brexspire also a figure from thousands of years ago?

"I think I should be able to help you break the curse on your body," Nie Yan said, taking Nadak's Spell Staff out of his backpack.

Brexspire was slightly surprised to hear Nie Yan's words. When he saw Nie Yan take a half-broken staff from his backpack, his eyes locked onto the staff and could no longer move away.

"It's the Spell Staff! How did you get it?" Brexspire said in shock. "Why is it broken in half?"

"The necromancer Nadak was bound by an array. I was lucky enough to kill him. This is my trophy," Nie Yan said, omitting the process of killing the necromancer Nadak.

Although Nie Yan didn't mention the process of killing the necromancer Nadak, Brexspire knew how terrifying Nadak was. Nadak could turn Nie Yan into a corpse with just a single spell.

"You are a hero of the Glorious Empire. This is what you deserve, the glory of a hero! I will have the council of elders of the Glorious Empire remember your merits," Brexspire said, waving his hand. Rays of light shone from Nie Yan's body.

Nie Yan looked at his level, which suddenly soared to level seventy-two. He was startled by the massive amount of experience.

In addition to the experience reward, Nie Yan's military rank jumped three levels at once, from centurion to myriarch. Above that were overseer and high overseer.

The reward for killing a legendary necromancer was so generous!

Nie Yan saw that his health had become 6,200. In addition, his defense and other attributes had been greatly improved.

Myriarch's attribute bonus: Attack +20%, Health +30%.

This was an additional bonus. If he advanced to overseer and high overseer in the future, there would be even higher attribute bonuses. Nie Yan remembered that in his previous life, a level 93 blood-bull warrior had reached 12,000 health after advancing to myriarch. His defense and health were so high that it would take a thief of the same level more than fifty seconds to kill him.

Thieves were a class with low health, so it was difficult to reach that level. Nie Yan's current level was already very abnormal.

Level seventy-two, closer and closer to level one hundred. Once he reached level one hundred, Nie Yan could accept the shadow dancer class change quest!

"Mr. Nie Yan, are you willing to give me this staff to help me break the curse on my body?" Brexspire said sincerely.

"Of course I am, Mr. Brexspire. May it help you relieve your pain," Nie Yan said, trading the half-broken Nadak's Spell Staff to Brexspire.

Brexspire took the Spell Staff, let out a low shout, crushed the Spell Staff into powder with his strength, and smeared it on his left arm. The Spell Staff turned into a black aura that penetrated Brexspire's left arm. Gradually, the gray color of Brexspire's left arm slowly faded, and it slowly regained some color, but it was still somewhat pale.

Brexspire took a breath, sweating all over, and revealed a relaxed and relieved smile, saying, "This damn curse has finally left me. Thank you, Mr. Nie Yan."

"It is my honor to relieve you of your pain," Nie Yan said with a smile, continuing with the normal quest language.

"No words can express my gratitude to you. This is a darkwing dragon egg. I originally planned to hatch it for myself, but now I have decided to give it to you." Brexspire took out a huge black egg from his package, about the size of a basketball, covered with black patterns and emitting a dazzling black light, making the entire room instantly bright and dazzling.