Chapter 1 Like a Riddle

This bandit legion was like a riddle. It was said that they possessed amazing treasures, and their haunts often attracted many guild teams, triggering large-scale brawls. Dozens of guilds constantly fought over a few lords, and many casual players waited to fish in troubled waters for cheap gains, making the scene very spectacular.

However, in his previous life, it was already incredible for one or two variant-level lords to appear in one location. It was truly rare to see so many variant-level lords everywhere like here. If Nie Yan decided to use the entire guild to wipe out the Temple of the Goddess of Life, the losses would probably be significant. To avoid large-scale losses as much as possible, Nie Yan decided to act on his own.

The reason why the Kiss of Death bandit legion wasn't famous in this life was that the players' levels weren't high enough. Once their levels reached a certain point, they would naturally have more contact with the Kiss of Death bandit legion.

Within this hundred-yard radius, there were at least fifty or sixty variant-level lords. If he disturbed even one of them, he would be besieged.

The closest to Nie Yan was a tall giant warrior, more than three yards tall, holding a huge mace covered with thorns in his hand. His sturdy physique was like an iron tower, and every step he took made the ground tremble.

The giant warrior gradually walked towards the area where Nie Yan was hiding, looking around on patrol. Once he discovered an invading hostile creature, he would smash it to pieces with one swing of his mace.

Watching the huge giant warrior gradually approach, twenty yards, ten yards, Nie Yan quickly checked the surrounding terrain. There was a pile of rubble more than five yards high next to him. He turned over and went behind the rubble, activating his Subterfuge skill.

The giant warrior walked to the front of the rubble, about six or seven yards away from Nie Yan, searched for a moment, and looked towards where Nie Yan was hiding.

Nie Yan immediately held his breath.

The giant warrior found nothing. He turned around and returned the way he came.

The giant warrior walked further and further away. Nie Yan, seeing that it was safe, was relieved. He quickly formulated a route. He wanted to pass through the defense line constructed by these variant lords. They were scattered irregularly everywhere, with intervals generally no more than ten yards. It was extremely difficult to pass by them without being discovered.

Looking at the skill bar, Nie Yan decided to try. He used the Transform Gnome skill, and his body quickly shrank to about one-third of its original size. Then he added a series of skills to increase his hidden state, using all the skills he could. Nie Yan had reached his limit.

He moved his feet, walking slowly forward step by step.

There were several human warriors and orc warriors to the right front, chatting about something. Eleven yards to the left front, there was a human dark priest, looking around. Fortunately, he didn't find Nie Yan, otherwise, if he used a Light Spell or Mark at random, Nie Yan would be besieged by all the variant lords. In addition to priests, several orc druids and shamans were also very annoying, as they could also detect stealth.

To avoid alarming these variant lords, Nie Yan was very careful step by step, maintaining a certain distance from them.

After passing by more than thirty variant lords, Nie Yan continued forward and found that there were more than twenty ahead. As for the distance, piles and piles of variant lords were gathering, scattered everywhere.

Hundreds of variant-level lords, and a large number of mages. If he brought the entire Asskickers United guild, and a mixed battle occurred, Nie Yan couldn't imagine what the situation would be like.

Just as Nie Yan was about to continue walking forward, two human mages and an elven thief walked towards this side.

Damn it! In such a small space, with variant lords in front, behind, left, and right, Nie Yan had nowhere to hide.

Scanning the surroundings, his eyes fell on the pile of miscellaneous objects next to him. Nie Yan immediately hid behind the miscellaneous objects.

The two human mages were getting closer and closer.

Nie Yan held his breath, slowing down his heartbeat as much as possible.

Ten yards, eight yards, six yards...

When the two human mages passed by Nie Yan, they looked around and brushed past about five yards away from Nie Yan, without discovering Nie Yan's trace.

Perfect! Nie Yan smiled slightly, dodging the two mages. The elven thief was even further away, so it was even less of a problem. He relaxed a little, a narrow escape! Just as his mood relaxed, a low beast roar came from behind.

It was very close, probably only five or six yards away. Nie Yan was shocked and quickly turned his head, discovering a giant bear. It was covered in brown fur, and its skin and flesh were very thick, like a tank covered with a layer of iron armor. Its eyes were like copper bells, staring at Nie Yan.

This bear is a druid in disguise! Crap, I've been discovered! Nie Yan realized the problem in an instant and ran outside.

Roar! The giant bear let out a heavy roar and strode towards Nie Yan.

This shout caused a commotion among all the surrounding variant lords, and they immediately besieged in the direction of Nie Yan's escape.

The surroundings were full of variant lords, numbering more than fifty, with the closest being only three or four yards away.

Rain of Frost!

Hail of Chaos!

One magic spell after another covered the location where Nie Yan was. All the melee units basically blocked Nie Yan's path.

Nie Yan moved his right hand, adding a random teleport scroll. Just as he was about to use it, a system prompt sounded.

System: The random teleport scroll failed to use, in the soul-locked state, you cannot use the random teleport scroll.

Nie Yan intuitively looked to the right front, where a slightly fat shaman in a red robe had just finished chanting his spell and had just put down his raised staff.

These variant lords all had very high combat intelligence. Their understanding of skills was no worse than that of the players, and they even released them better than many top-level players because the main brain's computing power was obviously much stronger than that of the players.

The random teleport scroll couldn't be used, and the way out was completely blocked. This time it was troublesome. Seeing the snowflakes falling, Nie Yan used a Shadow Waltz and flew outwards. Peng, peng, peng, on the ground behind Nie Yan, a series of ice flowers bloomed, and he could even feel the chill coming through his body.

At this moment, two druids who had transformed into bear form activated Charge and attacked from both sides. Their strong bodies immediately blocked Nie Yan's path tightly.

It's over this time! Nie Yan couldn't help but despair. Under the siege of so many variant lords, it was basically impossible to escape.