Chapter 1 A Necromancer's Belongings

"A necromancer's item, a summoning medium. With a Summoning Skull, a necromancer can summon an extra one or two undead creatures," Duo Duo explained.

Nie Yan suddenly understood. A necromancer with a summoning medium could summon two or even more undead creatures, allowing them to form an army of the undead. Such an item would naturally be sought after, and if its drop rate was low, it would be even more valuable. Moreover, the Summoning Skull that Nie Yan had obtained was a relatively good one.

Duo Duo's price was likely accurate. After thinking for a moment, Nie Yan realized that selling the Summoning Skull to Duo Duo would indeed earn him a sum, but it would be a waste to turn such an item into mere money. It would be best to exchange it for some equipment.

"Do you have any good items there? Exchange one or two for me," Nie Yan asked. A large guild like Angel Corps surely wouldn't lack Sub Legendary equipment.

Duo Duo understood Nie Yan's meaning. As a guild leader, he wasn't short of twenty or thirty thousand gold coins. They needed good equipment to strengthen the guild's power. After thinking for a moment, he said, "I have a Sub Legendary bracer for mages here, usable by those of Good alignment. You can take a look."

After a while, Duo Duo had someone send the bracer over.

Okafir's Hand of Knowledge (Sub Legendary): Requirements: 529 Intelligence.

Item Description: Okafir was a knowledgeable great incantation master, proficient in all types of magic. This is the bracer he wore.

Stats: Defense 336-369, Magic Power +32, Intelligence +58, All Magic Amplification 10%, Attached: Light Incantation, uses light magic to bestow a curse upon the enemy, causing 3 seconds of confusion. Attached: Weakness Effect, Skill Cooldown: 3 hours. Life Erosion, uses magic to bestow an erosion effect upon the enemy, reducing the opponent's defense by 20% and deducting a certain amount of health per second, depending on the mage's intelligence. Skill Cooldown: 3 hours.

Restrictions: None.

Nie Yan discussed it with Duo Duo. Duo Duo exchanged this bracer for Nie Yan's Summoning Skull, and additionally provided Nie Yan with more than thirteen thousand gold coins, thus completing the transaction.

"Then we'll see you in five days," Duo Duo said, as there was nothing else to discuss.

"Alright," Nie Yan nodded.

After chatting for a while, Duo Duo went out to lead the Angel Corps players to deal with the Level 60 Mutated Lord.

Nie Yan waited quietly in the tavern for the Dark Portal to open. He looked at the Fang of Fenas he had obtained. He couldn't take out the Fang of Fenas because it was covered in poison. He could only open it in his bag to take a look.

Fang of Fenas: Quest Item, Spiritual Object, converts 30% of your normal attack damage into deadly poison damage.

Nie Yan wondered what the words "Spiritual Object" meant. He could feel the dense dark power attached to it. Its attached attribute was quite amazing. Nie Yan's current attack was around 1,600. Multiplied by 30%, that was about 500. All 500 of that was poison damage, ignoring any type of armor and only related to the opponent's poison resistance. According to his past life's experience, the more complex the composition of an attack, the higher the damage output when encountering Boss-level creatures. Changing the composition of an attack was much more effective than simply increasing the attack power.

Nie Yan looked at the quest status.

Quest Progress: Find the Eye of Fenas, Spiritual Object 1/3.

The quest had just begun!

Nie Yan glanced at Bennett's Soul Essence floating beside him. He could only continue searching for the other Spiritual Objects later.

Before long, he received news that Angel Corps had dealt with the Old Spider Priest and had obtained a Sub Legendary equipment. After all, it was a Mutated Lord, so the equipment it dropped wouldn't be bad.

The Dark Portal was finally about to finish cooling down. Nie Yan left the Graveyard Town, activated Stealth, and flew towards the east, finding a deserted place to open the Dark Portal.

A dark portal appeared before Nie Yan. Nie Yan stepped into it and disappeared into the Dark Portal.

Outside Graveyard Town, hundreds of Angel Corps players were cleaning up the battlefield. The scene was a mess, with corpses everywhere, stretching across a range of hundreds of yards, one could imagine how tragic the battle had been.

"Did Nirvana Flame go back?" Duo Duo asked Arrogant Warblade beside him.

"He should have returned already," Arrogant Warblade nodded. In fact, when Nie Yan left, they had sent people to track his location. They were very curious about how Nie Yan returned to the surface, but they didn't dare to disturb him, to avoid breaking the cooperation. Tracking Nie Yan seemed a bit unrealistic.

"He probably used some kind of teleportation item to go back," Duo Duo said, of course this was just his deduction.

"Do you think Nirvana Flame is trustworthy?"

"Whether he is trustworthy or not, we will only know in five days. If he is willing to cooperate, it will be beneficial to both sides. If Nirvana Flame returns, the people sent over must pay attention and be polite. He can find other partners, but we can only cooperate with him," Duo Duo said, being able to travel back and forth between the underground and the surface, currently only Nie Yan could do it! Nie Yan held the advantageous resources, they had no choice.

"I understand," Arrogant Warblade nodded. As long as they successfully cooperated once, it would bring huge benefits to Angel Corps, but if Nie Yan went back on his word, they would be helpless, because they belonged to different camps, and their cooperation could not be restricted by the main brain's agreement, so it was easy for problems to arise.

Nie Yan's eyes lit up. The dazzling light caused his pupils to contract violently, and his eyes stung intensely, his vision a white blur.

After a long time, Nie Yan's eyes recovered. A blue sky and white clouds came into view, and his mood immediately improved a lot.

He was back again!

This was his world!

Nie Yan checked the coordinates. He was in the wilderness of Emerald City. He began to read a Return Scroll, arrived at Emerald City, and then teleported from Emerald City to Calore City.

Calore City was more prosperous than ever. Nie Yan arrived at the branch of the Ni Ren Tribe in Calore City.

When the Ni Ren Tribe players saw Nie Yan, they were all shocked, confirming that they were not mistaken.

"Boss Nirvana Flame, you're back!"

"Hello, Boss Nirvana Flame," the Ni Ren Tribe players greeted excitedly.

These five days were definitely the most difficult days for the Ni Ren Tribe. The war between the Ni Ren Tribe and Soaring Angel was in full swing, and neither side could withdraw. The Ni Ren Tribe could only struggle to hold on. Plus, with Nie Yan gone, the Ni Ren Tribe seemed to have lost its backbone. Fortunately, Guo Huai and others managed things properly, and Smoke Stub also had experience in managing the studio, assisting in management, so the Ni Ren Tribe's operation was relatively smooth.

In the guild group chat, the players heard that Nie Yan had returned, and they all boiled over, excitedly shouting in the guild group chat.

"Boss Nirvana Flame, welcome home!"

"Welcome back, Boss Nirvana Flame."

"Boss Nirvana Flame, welcome home!"

......

The news of Nie Yan's return spread like wildfire, and everyone in the Ni Ren Tribe was invigorated, sweeping away the previous malaise.

What moved Nie Yan the most was the sentence, "Boss Nirvana Flame, welcome home!" After being underground for so many days, it felt like a lifetime. The Ni Ren Tribe was his home, and Greenland was his sky!

"Where's Vigilant Snail? Have him come over," Nie Yan said in the guild group chat.

After a while, Zhao Li, Guo Huai, Smoke Stub, and others all came over.

"You're finally back. If you hadn't returned, we would have been ready to quit," Smoke Stub said with a smile, punching Nie Yan's chest.

"How is the guild doing now?" Nie Yan asked. After so many days, the guild's financial resources must have reached the point of exhaustion.

"You should ask them," Smoke Stub said with a wry smile.

At this time, Guo Huai walked over and said with some helplessness, "Now the Ni Ren Tribe can only be described as chaotic. If you didn't come back, the Ni Ren Tribe would have disintegrated. This is the bill, take a look."

Nie Yan looked at the bill, which listed a large number of expenses. He looked at the total amount, a total expenditure of 536,286 gold coins, of which 360,000 was bounty money, and the rest was compensation for the guild players. This number startled Nie Yan. When he left, the guild only had less than 200,000 gold coins in total. This bill must have drained the Ni Ren Tribe!

"How much money is left in the guild?" Nie Yan asked.

"About two thousand gold coins," Guo Huai said with a wry smile.

A large guild was left with only two thousand gold coins. Nie Yan could imagine the state the Ni Ren Tribe had reached.

"Did you take the income from the Starry Night Potion Shop and the shops?" Nie Yan asked. He had told Guo Huai to take out the money from these places as well.

"We took it all. In addition, the three allies, War God Tribe, Goddess of Calamity, and Holy Roman Empire, also supported us with some money. Long Yao Financial Group invested 170,000 gold coins in us, and the brothers of the Ni Ren Tribe also contributed nearly 150,000 gold coins. But it's still not enough," Guo Huai said. The attrition against Soaring Angel was really a bit tragic. "Soaring Angel is not doing well either. They have spent at least 700,000 gold coins, and the entire guild's finances are on the verge of collapse. If it weren't for Century Financial Group, Mages Alliance, and Sacred Guardians supporting them from behind, they would have been finished long ago. It is said that Angel Dominance also participated."

Nie Yan nodded, roughly understanding the situation. A guild would not collapse after losing a few battles, like the Triumph Empire. Although its prestige had been greatly reduced, the entire guild could still continue to operate. But if there was a financial problem, then things would be difficult. Did the guild activities need expenses? Did the players who died need compensation? If a guild couldn't even afford compensation, who would be willing to follow you? It would be strange if the guild didn't collapse! The Ni Ren Tribe and Soaring Angel were currently facing such a situation.