Chapter 1 Clearing a Middle-Level Fortress

Nie Yan emerged from the guild headquarters. A large crowd had gathered in the square outside the office, a sea of moving heads.

Seeing Nie Yan come out, the brothers of Niu Ren Tribe immediately stirred, greeting him one after another.

"Are you confident about going to a middle-level fortress this time?" Shui Se Yan Tou walked up to Nie Yan and asked. He was very surprised. With so many beginner-level fortresses in the entire Calore, why had Nie Yan set his sights on a middle-level one? They still weren't sure what level the monsters inside were, but he figured Nie Yan must have done some research and wouldn't make a decision rashly.

"Don't worry," Nie Yan said with a smile. In his past life, he had seen some information about middle-level fortresses. Clearing it wouldn't be a problem.

Seeing Nie Yan's confident demeanor, Shui Se Yan Tou didn't say anything more. Nie Yan was always measured in his actions.

"Guo Huai, send notices to the Galan Divine Temple and the Holy Roman Empire, and keep an eye on the Triumphant Empire. We don't want them causing any trouble while we're clearing the middle-level fortress," Nie Yan instructed. Although the Triumphant Empire was in decline, a centipede dies hard. If they really went crazy, they could still be difficult to deal with.

"Don't worry, either the Galan Divine Temple or the Holy Roman Empire is stronger than the Triumphant Empire now. The Triumphant Empire definitely wouldn't dare to move. If so many guilds joined forces to deal with them, they wouldn't even know how they died," Guo Huai said. The Triumphant Empire had been quiet lately, even going out of their way to avoid Niu Ren Tribe players. Niu Ren Tribe didn't bother with them. But if they became restless, Niu Ren Tribe would go on the offensive, gathering the Galan Divine Temple and the Holy Roman Empire to deal with them, and it wouldn't be long before the Triumphant Empire completely collapsed.

"How many people are there in total?" Nie Yan asked.

"A total of 5,020, with 532 present here," Guo Huai replied. The most elite forces of Niu Ren Tribe were basically gathered here.

Nie Yan had Guo Huai, as the leader of the management team, relay some of his instructions, dividing the 5,020 people into 26 teams, ensuring that each team had at least one priest who knew basic resurrection.

In addition, each team was assigned at least one top-tier player with good judgment as the team leader. He also established some rules for the teams when clearing the middle-level fortress. All he had to do was issue instructions to each team leader.

Among these 26 teams, one was a main tank team. Niu Ren Tribe's strongest Shield Warriors were all in it, including Cui Can Dao Guang, Leng Ao Ying, Yi Yan, and others, totaling twelve people. The remaining eight slots were for priests: Hei Se Tian Tang, Shi Li Hua Sha, Dai Tou Da Ge Qi Zai, Yue Er Ya, and so on.

This team would be the main force in the battle, responsible for tanking powerful bosses.

Just organizing the teams took an hour. There were too many people, and there was no way around it.

Nie Yan let the management team of Niu Ren Tribe get busy, and stood aside to wait for them to finish the counting and sorting.

Nie Yan and others gathered to chat. Yao Yao walked over from the side.

"Nie Yan, is there anything I can help with?" Yao Yao asked.

Nie Yan looked up at Yao Yao. She had already changed her equipment, wearing a light blue mage robe. Her equipment was among the best in the entire Niu Ren Tribe. Nie Yan had only given her one sub-legendary item. She had obtained the other two herself. In addition, Yao Yao had completed two rings of Kals' blessing. The rewards from the tasks alone had greatly improved her stats.

Nie Yan had now confirmed that Yao Yao was Xie Yao. He couldn't help but think of his past life. Yao Yao's strength in his previous life was not as amazing as it was now. He carefully recalled that back then, Yao Yao wasn't very enthusiastic about leveling. She only trained when Nie Yan invited her to team up. She wasn't very interested in equipment either, and her level always remained consistent with Nie Yan's. The Long Yao Financial Group was so wealthy that they could basically find any equipment Xie Yao needed. If she had really focused on leveling up back then, she would have left Nie Yan far behind. But she always stayed by Nie Yan's side, never leaving him.

Nie Yan felt Xie Yao's deep affection for him in his past life, but he had hurt Xie Yao deeply. Thinking of Xie Yao's loneliness and sadness at the class reunion in his previous life, guilt made his heart ache.

"Share your stats and equipment with me," Nie Yan took a deep breath, calming his mood. Xie Yao, in this life, let me atone for the mistakes of my previous life!

"Okay," she nodded and shared her stats, skills, and equipment with Nie Yan.

Nie Yan took a look. Yao Yao's three sub-legendary items all came with decent magic, including group attacks, crowd control, and high damage. In addition, she had learned a Tier 1 Holy magic and a Tier 2 Holy magic.

There were quite a few Tier 1 advanced magics, and many people in the Niu Ren Tribe knew them. But Tier 2 advanced magics were relatively rare. Yao Yao was the only one in the entire Niu Ren Tribe who had one. This Tier 2 advanced magic was Holy Light Shackles. It could control a unit for 15 to 30 seconds, with a cooldown of 2 natural days. During Holy Light Shackles, the player casting the magic had to concentrate and focus. The skill would be interrupted if attacked.

Seeing this skill, Nie Yan's heart skipped a beat. This skill was definitely an excellent team support skill. It would be very useful when dealing with bosses.

"Yao Yao, you don't need to join any other team. Just stay by my side," Nie Yan said. He wanted to maximize the use of this skill!

"Nie Yan, are you taking advantage of your position?" Yue Er Ya said with a smile. She already knew that Nie Yan was Nie Yan. Looking at Xie Yao, and then looking at Nie Yan, she thought the two were quite compatible. After being classmates for so many years, she knew Xie Yao very well. She was really shocked when Xie Yao took Nie Yan's hand in the afternoon.

Xie Yao looked a little shy.

Nie Yan smiled. What if he was taking advantage of his position?

The entire team's reorganization was finally over. Nie Yan said to the team members, "We'll go to the Undying City Guild Headquarters first!"

The players entered the teleportation array in the office and teleported back to Undying City.

Undying City.

Under the careful management of Guo Huai and the Long Yao Financial Group, this fortress city had developed very well. Player shops were lined up one after another near the main road, scattered in an orderly manner. Players came and went, and it was very lively.

The credit point commercial area in the back was even more prosperous, with all kinds of shops and entertainment facilities, more lively than any other commercial area. Every day, it was generating huge profits for the Long Yao Financial Group.

Five thousand members of the Niu Ren Tribe gathered in the spacious square outside the guild headquarters. Such a large movement surprised the ordinary players in the fortress. What was the Niu Ren Tribe planning to do?

"Does the Niu Ren Tribe want to attack Zhan Dao Shi Xue?"

"Maybe that's really possible. The Niu Ren Tribe's most elite forces are gathered here."

"Cross-city warfare? Glory City is Zhan Dao Shi Xue's territory!"

"The Niu Ren Tribe has always dared to do anything. Didn't the Niu Ren Tribe's president, Nie Yan, and his twenty or so teammates still act recklessly in Glory City? This time, it's not twenty or so people, it's over five thousand!"

The news that Niu Ren Tribe was going to deal with Zhan Dao Shi Xue spread like wildfire. After receiving the news, Shi Xue Kuang Dao immediately began to nervously mobilize, preparing to deal with the Niu Ren Tribe's attack. Zhan Dao Shi Xue was actively preparing for war. At this moment, they quickly received news that the Niu Ren Tribe was not here to deal with Zhan Dao Shi Xue, but was preparing to explore a middle-level fortress. The Niu Ren Tribe's actions had caused them to make a big mistake.

Nie Yan practiced the team formations in the square outside the Niu Ren Tribe guild headquarters. He had to ensure that every team could quickly implement the instructions he issued, so that the entire army could operate smoothly.

Nie Yan also found several players with better awareness, such as Shui Se Yan Tou, Knight's Elegy, Yu Wang Ran Zhi Qing Chun, etc., to be responsible for several teams at the same time. He divided the teams under their jurisdiction into Team One, Team Two, Team Three, etc., and made code names for them, so that it would be more convenient to command.

After practicing for two hours, the teams finally set off one after another, heading towards their destination, the middle-level fortress of Krips.

On the plains outside the Undying City Fortress, teams of players rode horses, and the scene of so many horses running at the same time was quite spectacular.

Nie Yan took the lead, heading towards the Fortress of Krips first. As a Thief, he could sneak into the Fortress of Krips to scout the situation. His Falkner Warhorse was faster, and he could arrive at least an hour earlier than ordinary players.

The Fortress of Krips was built during the Age of Co-Governance to resist the dragon clan's counterattack. Later, this fortress fell into disrepair, and no one was willing to guard it anymore, so it was occupied by dark creatures.

This was some of the information about the Fortress of Krips in the data. It didn't reveal much, but Nie Yan knew more about the Fortress of Krips than the data did. Near the Fortress of Krips, there were many famous leveling locations, such as the Harpy Lair, the Spider Cave, the Scorched Marshes, etc., all of which were level 60-70 leveling spots. Further away were level 80 leveling spots. After the Fortress of Krips was opened up in his previous life, it became an important transit point for players to level up in level 60-70 and level 80-90 maps. The commercial prosperity at that time was amazing. During the level 60-70 period, it was known as Little Calore. The level of commercial prosperity was second only to the main city of Calore.

If they took down the Fortress of Krips, it would be of extraordinary significance to both the Niu Ren Tribe and the Long Yao Financial Group.

For the Niu Ren Tribe, owning the Fortress of Krips meant having a constant stream of gold coins. For the Long Yao Financial Group, the credit point commercial area built here would be more prosperous than the credit point commercial area of any other fortress.

The Cao Xu Financial Group had created glory here in his previous life. In this life, Nie Yan wanted to firmly grasp it in his hands. The Shi Ji Financial Group had no place here.