Chapter 1 The Beginning

Nie Yan walked towards the Thieves Guild, his face hidden beneath a cloak. Everything he saw, the pedestrians on the street, the shops on either side, filled him with a strong sense of familiarity.

This city of Calore was his territory!

Even though he was hidden under the cloak, Karonna the Angel on his left shoulder still attracted a lot of attention. He was a little helpless; with Karonna the Angel perched on his shoulder, even if he wanted to keep a low profile, he couldn't.

He simply stopped caring. He was now the only top-tier class in the entire server, and in a while, the Ni Ren Tribe would have a large number of top-tier players. From then on, the Ni Ren Tribe would stand at the peak.

He clenched his fist, his heart filled with pride. Once Sun, Wangzhe Tianxia, Xie Yao, and the others completed their class changes, he would begin his full-scale conquest of the Grelin Empire and rule it. After consolidating the Grelin Empire, the next would be the Angel Corps!

The players on the street looked towards Nie Yan. They discussed Karonna the Guardian Angel on his shoulder.

Ignoring their stares, Nie Yan went straight into the Thieves Guild. The one who greeted him was a young NPC girl in her twenties named Niya, still somewhat green. She wore a set of thief's leather armor, and her figure was quite shapely.

When Niya looked up and saw Nie Yan, she was stunned for a moment, then she came back to her senses and respectfully said, "Greetings, esteemed Shadow Dancer Nie Yan. Welcome to the Thieves Guild. Elder Fellen is looking for you, please follow me."

"Okay." Nie Yan didn't expect Niya to invite him and lead the way so proactively, saving him a lot of trouble.

Nie Yan followed behind Niya, who led him to a conference hall with a square table in the center and many chairs placed around it.

"Esteemed Mr. Nie Yan, we will record your name. You are the sixty-seventh Shadow Dancer of the Thieves Guild, the only player to be promoted to Shadow Dancer. Elder Fellen will be here in a moment, and he will give you the token of the Thieves Guild," Niya said. She took out a booklet and recorded Nie Yan's name in it.

Nie Yan glanced at the booklet. It contained a list of all the Shadow Dancers of the Thieves Guild, all of whom were NPCs. As a player, Nie Yan was unique. His name was written after a group of NPCs.

"As a Shadow Dancer of the Thieves Guild, these are the rights you can enjoy. In addition, your name will be announced to everyone in the Thieves Guild..." Niya said, handing Nie Yan a silver-white booklet full of various rules written in common language.

Nie Yan casually browsed through it. As a Shadow Dancer of the Thieves Guild, the Thieves Guild had very few restrictive clauses for him, only some of the most basic ones, such as providing assistance when the Thieves Guild faced destruction. However, as a Shadow Dancer, he had quite a lot of power. He could receive a subsidy of three thousand gold coins from the Thieves Guild every day, enjoy lofty treatment in any branch of the Thieves Guild, and hire some mercenaries from the Thieves Guild. Among these mercenaries, there were even Shadow Dancer level, but most of them were Grand Thieves. Shadow Dancers were relatively rare and difficult to hire, it depended on luck.

Nie Yan looked at the announcement column. All thieves received a system announcement.

System: Player Nie Yan has become the first player to be promoted to Shadow Dancer.

A short sentence stirred up a thousand waves. The news of Nie Yan's successful promotion to Shadow Dancer quickly spread, causing a huge sensation.

The players of the Ni Ren Tribe also received the news, and the guild chat was already exploding.

"Boss Nie Yan has been promoted to Shadow Dancer?"

"Boss Nie Yan is mighty!"

"Boss Nie Yan is awesome, the first top-tier class in the entire server!"

Everyone discussed, wanting to know what the Shadow Dancer's skills were like, and looking forward to Nie Yan demonstrating the powerful combat power of the Shadow Dancer to them, but Nie Yan always appeared and disappeared unpredictably, and they could only continue to wait.

Nie Yan glanced at the guild chat and smiled knowingly. His successful promotion to Holy Shadow Dancer was also a great encouragement to the players of the Ni Ren Tribe. Nie Yan proved to the players that no matter when, the Ni Ren Tribe could always be ahead of others.

Nie Yan waited in the conference hall for a moment. After a while, an old NPC walked in. It was Elder Fellen of the Thieves Guild. He had a long white beard and hair, and although he was old, he was very energetic.

"Mr. Nie Yan, hello, I am Fellen, the elder of the Thieves Guild. Congratulations on successfully advancing to Shadow Dancer. This is the badge of the Thieves Guild, please accept it." Fellen handed Nie Yan a blue crystal badge. This crystal badge was crystal clear, with a purple-gold border and intricate carvings all over it.

Nie Yan took the badge from Fellen and looked at its attributes.

Nie Yan's Shadow Dancer Honor Badge: Exclusive item, Legendary.

Attribute description: Agility +50%, Movement speed +200%, Comes with Phantom effect, 70% chance to dodge attacks while running, Uses illusions to interfere with the opponent's sight. Gale Step skill level +5, Strengthens stealth effect.

Limited to Nie Yan himself, this item is bound, not tradable, not droppable.

Why were the attributes of this badge so much stronger? Nie Yan was a little puzzled. In his previous life, some Shadow Dancers had shown off their exclusive badges. Their badges had a 100% movement speed bonus, a 30% agility bonus, and the Phantom effect only had a 50% chance to dodge attacks, and the grade seemed to be sub-legendary.

At that time, when he saw the sub-legendary Shadow Dancer badge, he felt it was very abnormal. Even legendary equipment rarely had such good attributes. At that time, his goal was Shadow Dancer, to get this badge, but in his previous life, he never met the requirements of Shadow Dancer, which made him very regretful.

He didn't expect that the Shadow Dancer badge he got in this life was stronger than those Shadow Dancer badges that were shown off online in his previous life, and it was legendary, which surprised him quite a bit.

This may be the reward for being the first to be promoted to Shadow Dancer.

Nie Yan put on the Shadow Dancer badge and looked at his attributes. His agility and speed had increased a lot. His Gale Step was originally level 8, but now it had been directly raised to level 13, and the effect had been greatly enhanced, second only to the level 16 Shadow Dance.

Fellen told Nie Yan about the history of the Thieves Guild and introduced the strength of the Thieves Guild. The Thieves Guild had more than 300 branches in the Grelin Empire and the Saturn Empire, with countless members below. In addition, the Thieves Guild had many legends, including the Song of the Thornbird and so on.

After listening to Fellen, Nie Yan cut out this video clip and saved it, maybe it would come in handy in the future.

After dealing with the matters in the Thieves Guild, Nie Yan came out of the Thieves Guild. He went to the street outside and tested it out, activated Gale Step and sprinted forward, instantly flying out a long distance, and reaching five hundred yards away in a moment.

The players on the street only felt a gust of wind blowing past. They looked around in confusion, found nothing, and continued walking.

When running, Nie Yan only felt that the things nearby were quickly receding. This feeling of extreme speed was so exhilarating.

Nie Yan stretched his muscles and bones. This was Shadow Dancer, the perfect interpretation of speed!

Why were mages so afraid of Shadow Dancers in his previous life? It was because of the Shadow Dancers' terrifying speed. They often killed them before they had any reaction.

Among all the top-tier classes, Mage represented invincible destructive power and field control ability, Divine Warrior and Holy Swordsman represented the ultimate defense and strength, Shadow Dancer represented the peak speed, Guardian Knight had very balanced abilities, and the overall strength was the strongest. Divine Priests were inexhaustible blood banks.

Classes countered each other, and because of speed, Shadow Dancer was the nemesis of all magic classes.

This feeling of extreme speed was simply exhilarating.

In just two or three minutes, Nie Yan arrived at the Ni Ren Tribe's office in Calore City.

Nie Yan teleported to Cripps Fortress. Cripps Fortress was even more lively and prosperous than before. Due to the strength of the Ni Ren Tribe, more and more merchants gathered in Cripps Fortress, which made the commerce here develop rapidly, and the streets were crowded with people.

Nie Yan took off his cloak and walked towards the guild headquarters.

Many Ni Ren Tribe players were stunned when they saw Nie Yan. After confirming that it was Nie Yan and they were not mistaken, they came up to greet him: "Hello, Boss Nie Yan."

Nie Yan smiled and nodded, walking all the way forward.

The players on the street made way, following behind Nie Yan or gathering on Nie Yan's left and right sides, like a river gathering, and the street suddenly became crowded.

The news of Nie Yan's return to Cripps Fortress spread, causing a shock throughout Cripps Fortress.

"Boss is back!"

"Boss is back!"

The news spread quickly. The players at the Ni Ren Tribe guild headquarters in Cripps Fortress received the news and immediately poured out of the guild headquarters.

Nie Yan looked at the players around him. The consequence of the Ni Ren Tribe's crazy expansion was that the number of people in the Ni Ren Tribe had increased two or three times, so many faces were unfamiliar to Nie Yan.

Many players had never seen Nie Yan before, but they were all excited when they knew that Nie Yan had returned.

Nie Yan had always been a legend in the Grelin Empire. Whether it was his previous glorious achievements or the first class change to Shadow Dancer, everything he did was earth-shattering.

When everyone saw the equipment on Nie Yan, they felt dizzy. Nie Yan had four legendary items, and the worst was also sub-legendary. Not to mention the Sword of Zennard in his hand, and now there was a guardian angel on his left shoulder. In addition, they wondered how Nie Yan's Golden Earth Dragon and Darkwing Dragon were doing.

Such equipment was out of reach for ordinary players. They didn't even dare to think about it. Any piece of equipment that Nie Yan took out would probably be more valuable than all of their belongings.

Seeing more and more players gathering, Nie Yan smiled wryly. He didn't expect that he would cause such a sensation as soon as he showed his face.