Chapter 1 Clementine Fortress

The walls of Clementine Fortress were fifty to sixty yards high, lined with a large number of magic-guided cannons, their dark muzzles pointing outwards.

In the research of magic-guided cannons, Angel Corps was a step ahead of other guilds. From the information obtained from Ji Feng, most of Angel Corps' magic-guided cannons had a range of 1800 yards, and the most advanced even reached over 2000 yards.

Such defense was extremely amazing. The Bulls Tribe had lost all its catapults in the previous confrontation with the Monet Financial Group and was temporarily unable to attack Angel Corps. Relying solely on a few top-tier players, it was impossible to capture such a fortress. Although the Bulls Tribe had so many magisters, their area-of-effect forbidden spells could damage the fortress's buildings to a certain extent, but they could not harm the core of the fortress. Once the fortress activated its defenses, the area-of-effect forbidden spells would be difficult to take effect.

Nie Yan arrived at the foot of Clementine Fortress, its gates tightly closed.

Unlike the main fortresses of other guilds, which usually had credit-point commercial areas with many casual players engaging in various commercial activities, Clementine Fortress rejected all commercial activities. Angel Corps built it into a completely military fortress, only accessible to members of the guild. Furthermore, players did not use the gates of Clementine Fortress, but only entered and exited through the teleportation array.

Angel Corps' actions certainly improved the security of Clementine Fortress a lot.

"Nie Yan, the Demon Slaughterer has already flown towards Clementine Fortress," Guo Huai whispered to Nie Yan. The thieves below had tracked down the Demon Slaughterer's whereabouts.

Coming so fast, Nie Yan thought. He should get into Clementine Fortress quickly!

Finding a relatively secluded corner, Nie Yan used the Climbing skill, his body pressed against the city wall, slowly climbing upwards.

Nie Yan was agile, and the fifty or sixty-yard-high wall was easy for him.

There were many players walking on the city wall, all patrolmen, chatting idly.

Nie Yan passed by within two or three yards of them, and they were completely unaware.

Passing through these densely patrolled areas, he crossed the city wall, jumped down, and landed, entering the inside of Clementine Fortress.

Nie Yan hid in the fortress's buildings, moving closer to the Angel Corps guild headquarters. Now that he was here, he might as well check out the situation.

While moving inside Clementine Fortress, Nie Yan was somewhat shocked. Ang Winged Angel was no simple person. The inside of Clementine Fortress was arranged like a maze. If he didn't have an accurate map, it would be difficult to find the Angel Corps guild headquarters. The placement of each building here had a deep meaning, and many war machines such as ballistae were set up, which could exert powerful lethality in wartime.

Passing through a series of very narrow alleys, Nie Yan looked towards the center of the fortress, and a magnificent building came into his view.

The building was constructed of white stone, appearing solemn and dignified. According to the map's markings, that was the Angel Corps guild headquarters.

At this time, the elites of Angel Corps were rushing over from all directions. They gathered at the entrance of the guild headquarters, numbering as many as five thousand. They were discussing animatedly, wondering what Ang Winged Angel had summoned them for.

Ang Winged Angel and four others came out of the guild headquarters.

Seeing Ang Winged Angel appear, the players below immediately fell silent, and the entire plaza became quiet.

Five top-tier players and more than five thousand elites—everyone realized that this matter was not simple.

"Today we are preparing to explore a new map together. If there is nothing particularly important, put it aside for now. Everyone prepare some high-level instant recovery potions..." Ang Winged Angel said. Angel Corps was being pulled further ahead by the Bulls Tribe. In order to catch up with the Bulls Tribe, they had to actively seek change, explore more new maps, and obtain more advanced equipment.

Ang Winged Angel had only said half his words when a player rushed over, saying to Ang Winged Angel, "Boss, something bad has happened."

Ang Winged Angel frowned slightly. "What happened?"

"A level 130 Demonized Lord has appeared outside the fortress. It's the Demon Slaughterer, who has slaughtered several small towns around the Orc King City."

Hearing this news, the people below immediately exploded, discussing animatedly.

"Why would the Demon Slaughterer come to our fortress?"

"Yeah, it doesn't make sense."

They had encountered Boss sieges more than once or twice. When Silver Radiance Fortress was established, they encountered a siege event by a level 160 mutated lord, because Silver Radiance Fortress was located very close to the mutated lord's territory. That mutated lord harassed them for a long time, and was later bombarded to death by catapults and magic-guided cannons.

Everything had a cause. A Demonized Lord would not target Clementine Fortress for no reason.

"Where is it now?" Ang Winged Angel asked in a deep voice.

"It's already attacking the city walls."

Ang Winged Angel was silent for a moment. None of them had provoked the Demonized Lord, yet the Demonized Lord had come from afar and specifically targeted Clementine Fortress, where their guild headquarters was located. Thinking of the recent appearance of Crazy Thief Nie Yan in the Saturn Empire, he thought of something.

"Activate the guild headquarters' Binding Barrier, guard the teleportation array, absolutely do not let anyone get close. Have the people below conduct a full search of Clementine Fortress to see if anyone has sneaked in. You guys come with me, let's go to the city wall and take a look!" Ang Winged Angel ordered.

Activating the Binding Barrier meant that the players inside Clementine Fortress would not be able to leave the fortress until the Binding Barrier was deactivated.

The more than five thousand players in front of the guild headquarters immediately set off, heading towards the city walls.

Boom boom boom, the earth-shaking sound came, and Nie Yan smiled slightly. The Demon Slaughterer had really come. Judging from the situation, the battle at the city gate was quite fierce. With the Demon Slaughterer's strength, it would not be easy for Angel Corps to deal with it.

"Leader Nie Yan, be careful, Ang Winged Angel seems to have noticed that you've come, has activated the Binding Barrier, and is searching for your tracks everywhere," Ji Feng sent a message to Nie Yan.

"Understood." After hearing Ji Feng's words, Nie Yan's heart stirred. Ang Winged Angel was quite sharp, he had actually guessed his whereabouts. It seemed that he had to be very careful next.

The battle at the city wall was extremely fierce. Nie Yan arrived outside the Angel Corps guild headquarters and found that a group of Angel Corps elites were heading towards the city wall. He didn't know how the battle there was going. Thinking of this, Nie Yan followed, hoping to stir up trouble and get something out of it.

A tall figure appeared outside the Clementine Fortress city wall, none other than the Demon Slaughterer, who was searching for Nie Yan everywhere.

After discovering the Demon Slaughterer, the players on the city wall panicked and immediately used the magic-guided cannons on the city wall to bombard the Demon Slaughterer.

Bang bang bang, burning iron bullets bombarded the Demon Slaughterer, causing the Demon Slaughterer some minor injuries. Their rash actions aroused the Demon Slaughterer's anger. The Demon Slaughterer swung its greatsword, and with one slash, a gap was cut into the city wall.

The Angel Corps players on the city wall began to fight against the Demon Slaughterer, and the battle suddenly became fierce. The Demon Slaughterer continuously attacked the city wall, smashing the city wall bit by bit, and stepped in from the gap.

The arrow towers around the city wall immediately launched a frantic counterattack, and a dense rain of arrows covered the Demon Slaughterer.

Damage values of several hundred floated above the Demon Slaughterer's head. These large siege weapons still caused considerable damage to the Demon Slaughterer.

The edge of the city wall was a chaotic scene. The Binding Barrier enveloped the Demon Slaughterer. The Demon Slaughterer repeatedly flapped its wings and flew up, crashing into the Binding Barrier, and fell down.

All of this further enraged the Demon Slaughterer, and it began to destroy crazily, smashing the surrounding buildings into ruins.

After a while, Ang Winged Angel and the others arrived and looked towards the city wall. The Demon Slaughterer, standing on the ruins, was like a destroyer from hell.

Streams of iron bullets bombarded the Demon Slaughterer, and then fell down. The Demon Slaughterer's movements were only slightly affected. So far, its health had only dropped by about 20%.

Looking at the Demon Slaughterer, everyone couldn't help but gasp. Was this a level 130 Demonized Lord? Too terrifying.

The Demon Slaughterer crashed into an arrow tower. Under its violent impact, the arrow tower slowly tilted and fell down, turning into a pile of rubble with a crash.

"Boss, what do we do?" Some players anxiously asked Ang Winged Angel.

"Floating Away, Rock Splitter, Shaq, and Remnant Blade, you guys come with me. The others retreat a little further away and listen to my command!" Ang Winged Angel quickly ran towards the rear of the Demon Slaughterer, drawing five arrows from his backpack with his right hand, nocking them on the string, and with a few whooshing sounds, the five arrows shot towards the Demon Slaughterer.

Penetrating Arrow!

Thud thud thud, the five arrows pierced into the Demon Slaughterer's back, and damage values of seven or eight hundred floated above the Demon Slaughterer's head.

Ang Winged Angel's attack was quite effective.

With two consecutive Penetrating Arrows, the Demon Slaughterer's attention was finally attracted by Ang Winged Angel. It let out a low roar, swung the greatsword in its hand, and chased after Ang Winged Angel.

Ang Winged Angel was quite brave, daring to attract the Demon Slaughterer's attention in this situation. He didn't know if he could dodge the Demon Slaughterer's pursuit.

Nie Yan activated Gale Steps and closely followed. If Ang Winged Angel was killed by the Demon Slaughterer, he would take action to snatch the equipment dropped by Ang Winged Angel. If the Demon Slaughterer eventually died under the firepower of Clementine Fortress, he absolutely couldn't let the dropped equipment fall into the hands of Angel Corps!

At the same time, he didn't dare to get too close. The Demon Slaughterer was chasing after him relentlessly, most likely because of the Paternoster Battle Hammer in his hand. He had to avoid the Demon Slaughterer shifting its attack target to him.