Slaying is a skill unique to warriors. When a monster's health drops below a certain level, they can be slain with this skill. As the skill level increases, it can even slay enemies with health below 10%. However, slaying has a certain success rate, which isn't very high.

This is one of the most valuable skills for warriors, and basically every warrior will equip it.

Blackett the Black Bear fell to the ground, dropping two pieces of equipment. Looking at them, they were both sub-legendary items: the Paddock Flame Sword and the Landon's Fake Death Amulet.

Paddock Flame Sword (Sub-Legendary): Requires 630 Strength, 350 Agility.

Stats: One-Handed Sword, Attack 830-936, Strength +50, Critical Hit +20, 10% chance to trigger 3x critical hit damage, Ignore Level +11. Attached skills: Flame Strike, dealing 150% attack damage as flame damage to the opponent, while inflicting 100 points of burn damage per second for 10 seconds, skill cooldown 20 minutes. Flame Sword, imbuing the Flame Sword with fire, converting 50% of attack damage into flame damage, lasting 3 minutes, skill cooldown 1 natural day.

Restriction: Lawful Good Warrior Only.

Nie Yan posted the stats of the Paddock Flame Sword in the team chat and said, "Who wants it? Let's start the auction."

"50,000 contribution points."

"90,000 contribution points."

...

Finally, Wu Feng won the auction for 610,000 guild contribution points. These guild contribution points were distributed to every member present, each receiving around 120 points. Because it was a large team of five thousand people, the amount distributed to each person was relatively small.

Nie Yan looked at the other sub-legendary item.

Landon's Fake Death Amulet (Sub-Legendary): Requires 50 Focus, 50 Willpower.

Item Description: Landon was a legendary thief. His life can be described as magnificent. He brushed shoulders with death countless times. This is his necklace. He used this skill to avoid countless dangers.

Stats: Defense 52-56, Dark Vision +11, Dark Acuity +9, Stealth +30, certain probability to defend against mental magic attacks, attached skill, Fake Death, enters a state of fake death to deceive enemies, hatred is removed in this state, this skill is only effective against lower intelligence creatures.

Restriction: Lawful Good Thief Only.

This necklace is definitely very good among all necklace-type equipment. It increases defense, dark vision, and also comes with a fake death skill.

The Fake Death skill is very useful. Nie Yan took the necklace and gave each member 200 contribution points.

Nie Yan put on this necklace, and as for the Deceiver's Necklace, he put it in his backpack for now, to be swapped out when needed.

Although Blackett the Black Bear only dropped two sub-legendary items, it was already very good.

Nie Yan had Brilliant Knife Light, Shui Se Yian Tou and others start calculating contribution points, distributing the contribution points to these players and the compensation to the players who died, roughly around a thousand contribution points per person.

As gold coins slowly depreciated, the value of Nirvana Flame's guild contribution points increased. 100 guild contribution points were roughly equivalent to 1 gold coin, so each member could receive 10 gold coins.

They searched Cripps Fortress and found some treasure chests, reaping a good harvest. After exploring this place, Nie Yan restored Cripps Fortress's teleportation point, which directly connects to other fortresses and Carol City.

He began to reinforce the walls of Cripps Fortress. Walls more than ten yards high were erected, and dozens of turrets were built behind the walls. The guild headquarters was set up in the center of Cripps Fortress, next to the magic tower. In addition, a large number of residential buildings were built, arranged neatly and radiating outwards.

If Cripps Fortress were to be fully built, it would have the scale of a medium-sized city, with many leveling locations suitable for grinding monsters nearby. In the future, its popularity would definitely increase. Nie Yan set aside a large plot of land for building a commercial district, and had Niao Bu Sheng Dan send people over to start establishing shops.

As for the credit point commercial district in the future, it would be sold to the Long Yue Conglomerate, who would be responsible for its development.

The guild supports the players under its command, paying them wages and benefits. After the number of people increases, they can occupy fortresses, and obtain tax revenue from the fortresses. The credit point commercial district inside the fortresses is handed over to large conglomerates for development, and the large conglomerates provide the guild with credit points and gold coins. The more fortresses there are, the more money the guild earns, the better the benefits for the players. With good benefits, the players' strength increases, and they can occupy more fortresses. This is a virtuous cycle.

After selling the credit point commercial district of the intermediate fortress to the Long Yue Conglomerate, the benefits for Nirvana Flame's players can be increased by a whole tier.

Nie Yan spent roughly around 100,000 gold coins on Cripps Fortress, and it finally started to take shape, no longer the dilapidated sight it once was, completely renewed.

Nirvana Flame's players began to move into Cripps Fortress, and Cripps Fortress became lively.

There are still very few buildings in Cripps Fortress, and its defense is very weak, so it still needs to be improved bit by bit. However, there are currently no enemies in Carol City that can threaten Nirvana Flame. Nie Yan can slowly develop Cripps Fortress.

The news of Cripps Fortress being reclaimed spread like wildfire. Moreover, Cripps Fortress has a magic tower, which is what most mage players care about. The magic towers in Carol City are too poor. There are too few spells to learn inside, and none of them are good. The opening of Cripps' magic tower attracted attention.

Nirvana Flame became the sacred hall that all mages yearn for. Who wouldn't want to be able to enter Cripps Fortress's magic tower to study after changing classes?

Nie Yan controlled the magic tower and stipulated that players outside of Nirvana Flame would need to pay a certain fee to enter Cripps' magic tower. Members of the Garan Temple and the Holy Roman Empire would need to pay a basic maintenance fee of 300 gold coins to enter Cripps' magic tower, and ordinary players would need to pay 3,000 gold coins.

As more and more people transferred to become Archmages, Cripps' magic tower would also become an important source of income for Nirvana Flame.

Nie Yan arranged the affairs of Cripps Fortress, and strolled around inside. The wide streets, the densely packed houses and shops, although no players or merchants had moved in yet, the future prosperity could be foreseen. The magic tower standing in the center became a landmark building. In addition, Starry Sky Pharmacy, Starry Sky General Store, Starry Sky Equipment Store, etc., had already been established.

As for the credit point trading area in the back, the Long Yue Conglomerate had already sent people to complete the handover.

Reclaiming Cripps Fortress was a great harvest, and everyone in Nirvana Flame had smiles on their faces. They understood what an intermediate fortress meant. They had just received a notice from the guild that the benefits for some old members of Nirvana Flame had been increased to 10,000 credit points, with roughly around two thousand people eligible. The benefits for other members had also increased. All of this money was provided by the Long Yue Conglomerate. The credit point trading area of Cripps Fortress would definitely allow the Long Yue Conglomerate to make a fortune.

The other matters of Cripps Fortress could be handled by Guo Huai.

An intermediate fortress made the major guilds of the Greenland Empire envious. The Mage Alliance and the Holy Guardians began to organize teams, preparing to go to the intermediate fortresses in their cities. Nirvana Flame clearing the monsters in Cripps Fortress so quickly gave them the illusion that the monsters in intermediate fortresses were easy to deal with. This incorrect understanding would definitely make them pay a heavy price.

Nie Yan looked at the time, there were still about two hours before he went offline. He had made an appointment with Xie Yao to attend her birthday party. Xie Yao's birthday party would invite many people to participate, so he naturally couldn't be absent. With a family like Xie Yao's, the birthday party would definitely be very grand.

With two hours left before going offline, Nie Yan looked at his quest progress.

Quest Progress: Talk to Earl Keerfield, he may know some clues about the Abak Set.

There was very little time left for this quest, so it was necessary for him to trigger it.

"I'm leaving the affairs of Cripps Fortress to you. I need to go do a quest." Nie Yan said to Brilliant Knife Light. There was basically nothing left to do in Cripps Fortress, so they just needed to pay attention.

"Okay, don't worry, we'll be here keeping an eye on things." Brilliant Knife Light said. Cripps Fortress had basically been set up, leaving only some trivial matters.

Nie Yan bid farewell to Brilliant Knife Light and the others, teleported from Cripps Fortress back to Carol City, rested in Carol City, and replenished his consumables.

He left Carol City, mounted the Faulkner Warhorse, and headed north.

To the north of Carol City, about half an hour's journey away, there is Mount Molkos. At the foot of the mountain stands an ancient castle. That castle is a relic of the Co-Governance Era. Later, Earl Keerfield bought the castle, renovated it, and built beautiful gardens around it.

The Mercenary Guild of Carol City posted a quest from Earl Keerfield, called Earl Keerfield's Troubles.

The quest is roughly as follows.

"Earl Keerfield hasn't slept well for two months. Skeletons often appear in his garden. These evil creatures are disrupting the peace here. Earl Keerfield has had three servants die tragically under the swords of these evil creatures. Respected warrior, are you willing to help Earl Keerfield clear out these damned skeletons? Kill skeletons, quantity: 30."

This is a simple quest, but the reward is quite generous. After completing the quest, you can receive one gold coin, which is a lot for ordinary players.