Chapter 1 The Great Thief

Nie Yan had long since memorized the job advancement process for a Great Thief. He'd done it so many times in his past life, failing over and over. In this life, having forged such a good set of equipment, he was certain he could become a Great Thief at Level 50. There was no doubt about it.

After leveling up to Great Thief, all stats and skills would undergo significant changes. A Tier 1 class-advanced player could easily wipe the floor with a non-class-advanced player. This suppressive effect was very obvious. Once players surpassed Level 50, the future battlefields would be dominated by class-advanced players. Five, six, even seven or eight ordinary players would struggle against a single class-advanced player of the same level.

Nie Yan intended to start compiling data related to job advancements now, so he could pass it to the guild elites when they were preparing to advance, which would greatly improve their chances of success.

The future would belong to class-advanced players. As long as they successfully advanced and overcame this hurdle, they would move towards becoming true elites.

Originally, Nie Yan planned to immediately go for the Shadow Fragment of Soggoth and level up, aiming to hit Level 50, once he obtained the Chapter of Order from Remnant Night. He hadn't expected such a big accident to occur. He would deal with hitting Level 50 later.

Right now, the Niu Ren Tribe wasn't strong enough. Going to Warblade Bloodlust's territory was too dangerous.

Warblade Bloodlust had been operating in Glory City for so long, how could they allow people from other guilds to run rampant here?

Nie Yan was also conflicted. Bringing a lot of people would make them too big of a target, definitely attracting Warblade Bloodlust's encirclement. Coming alone would leave him weak and outnumbered. A powerful dragon can't suppress a local tyrant.

The teleportation fees between cities were too expensive, costing one gold coin to teleport. If the teleportation fees were lower, Nie Yan might bring his troops and properly clash with them.

This time wasn't too much of a loss. They only lost five members in this lone wolf ride. They had killed so many people along the way, it wasn't a losing deal! Although the majority of the team had red names and couldn't return to the city, they should be safe hiding in the Crystal Cave.

Of course, they couldn't relax their vigilance, avoiding further harassment from Warblade Bloodlust's people. They had to keep pushing deeper into the cave to ensure their safety.

They had to stay here for a few days to grind off their red names before they could return to the city.

Nie Yan approached the Kobold Guards, raised the Horseback Crossbow in his hand, and *swoosh, swoosh, swoosh*, five arrows shot out, striking one of the Kobold Guards.

After being alarmed, the seven Kobold Guards discovered Nie Yan and surrounded him.

"Evil, use Shadow Arrow!" Nie Yan said in the team chat.

No sooner had Nie Yan's voice faded than Undying Scoundrel cast Shadow Arrow, a black magic *pa* sound hitting one of the Kobold Guards, causing that Kobold Guard to switch targets and pounce on Undying Scoundrel. But Undying Scoundrel's attack didn't alarm the other Kobold Guards, who continued to attack Nie Yan.

One Kobold Guard was separated. Brilliant Colors rushed up, a Shield Bash attacking the Kobold Guard.

The Kobold Guard waved the spear in its hand, piercing forward. *Peng*, an eight-hundred-plus damage value floated above Brilliant Colors' head. Although Brilliant Colors' health was nearly two thousand, the Kobold Guard's attack still hurt a lot.

Cold Autumn and Yi Yan also surrounded the Kobold Guard, the three of them firmly holding it in place.

Shockwave!

*Peng*, with a Shockwave, Brilliant Colors, Cold Autumn, and Yi Yan all retreated several steps, entering a state of stun. Big Brother Seven and Sha of Azure quickly cast healing spells on them, pulling their health back up.

The Kobold Guard broke out of the encirclement and rushed towards the group of players behind them.

This Kobold Guard was quite fierce. The warriors did very little damage to it, only a few dozen points. As soon as the priests healed the warriors, they would attract its aggro, making it difficult to deal with.

Taunt!

Water Color Rose rushed up from the side, using Taunt to attract the Kobold Guard's attention. He charged forward, knocking the Kobold Guard back a few steps. Then Brilliant Colors and the others woke up from their stunned state and immediately surrounded it again.

The Kobold Guard struck at Water Color Rose with its spear, wiping away over a thousand points of his health. He quickly retreated backwards.

The Kobold Guard raised its spear, preparing to pursue, when Brilliant Colors happened to block from the side, shouting loudly.

Demoralizing Roar!

Taunt!

Brilliant Colors continuously used skills, and the Kobold Guard's aggro finally refocused on him.

"Everyone hold your positions, mages attack!" Brilliant Colors shouted, continuously striking the Kobold Guard.

The Kobold Guard repeatedly attacked Brilliant Colors, causing his health to fluctuate wildly, but Big Brother Seven and Sha of Azure's healing was clearly very timely. With each healing spell, although Brilliant Colors' health approached the limit several times, it was pulled back up each time.

"These elite-grade Kobold Guards are already so strong, what will happen if we encounter a Lord?" Water Color Rose said from the side, these Kobolds' attacks were too ferocious.

"I have an Level 8 Life Shield here, I don't know if it will work." Brilliant Colors said. If he cast the Level 8 Life Shield, his ability to withstand attacks would increase several times, he wondered if he could withstand the Kobold Lord.

Everyone felt uncertain.

Tang Yao and the others' magic attacks constantly bombarded the Kobold Guard, exploding on its body. Under the continuous assault, the Kobold Guard roared madly, charging left and right, but its health still dropped quickly.

Nie Yan's side was already fraught with danger. Six Kobold Guards were chasing and blocking him. In such a narrow area, it was very difficult for him to dodge.

The six Kobold Guards blocked Nie Yan from all directions, seemingly forcing him into a desperate situation. Sun and the others were sweating for Nie Yan. They saw Nie Yan shoot out a strand of spider silk with his left hand, this strand of spider silk stuck to the distant stone wall, carrying him away.

Nie Yan flew over the six Kobold Guards. Undying Scoundrel cast a Shadow Arrow in the distance, this Shadow Arrow shot into one of the Kobold Guards, pulling another Kobold Guard away.

Sun and One Hammer to Finalize also took the opportunity to lead away two Kobold Guards. In this way, only three Kobold Guards were chasing Nie Yan, making things much easier for him. Relying on Shadow Dance, he could easily dodge the pursuit of the three Kobold Guards. The only thing he worried about was colliding with Sun and One Hammer to Finalize, because this area was too narrow.

Time gradually passed, and after a minute, the first Kobold Guard fell to the ground. Then Undying Scoundrel led over another Kobold Guard, and the team attacked the Kobold Guards in an orderly manner. They were all players with excellent awareness, so their cooperation was very smooth, with very few mistakes. Even if one or two members made mistakes, other members could immediately make up for them.

The difference between ordinary teams and elite teams can be easily seen from their cooperation. In ordinary teams, a single mistake often leads to a wipe. While elite teams occasionally wipe, they rarely do so due to mistakes.

"Did you get anything from the Kobold Guard we just killed?" Water Color Rose looked at Brilliant Colors beside him.

"Nothing good, a Level 50 Gold-grade Shadow Priest Robe, two gems, and... a quest item, I think." Brilliant Colors said, sharing the attributes of the quest item.

Bennet the Kobold Lord's Diary (Fragment): Quest item, quantity 15.

This was a thin roll of paper, already tattered beyond recognition. It recorded some fragmented words written in Ancient Common Tongue.

"Beautiful Queen Finas, she kissed my forehead. In this lonely cold night, I am willing to melt into her tender kiss... The ice has cracked the stones in the Crystal Cave. On this blizzard night, Queen Finas gave me a warm fur coat. This is a fur coat made by Queen Finas herself... (The following is incomplete)"

It narrated fragmented snippets of a cold winter night, filled with Kobold Lord Bennet's love for this Queen Finas. His words were intermittent and without any logic, but it was still possible to roughly understand what he was expressing.

Everyone looked at each other. They were quite surprised by everything recorded on this fragment. What clues did these things contain?

However, they still read something from this roll of paper.

This cave was probably where Kobold Lord Bennet lived. This Kobold Lord was not an ordinary Lord, but a guy with a name. These types of Lords tend to be more powerful, so the difficulty of everyone grinding the Kobold Lord might be very high.

Also, who exactly was this Queen Finas, why did she appear in this diary, and whether she would appear, these were all mysteries, and they could only make such simple guesses.

"Let's keep it for now, there should be new clues later." Nie Yan said after looking at the diary content shared by Brilliant Colors.

Nie Yan carefully recalled this Kobold Lord Bennet, but unfortunately, he had no impression of him. Most of his memories were related to Calore City. He could remember every corner of Calore City clearly. But he wasn't very familiar with Glory City.

He still knew the general terrain of Glory City, after all it was next to Calore City. But he had lived too miserably in his previous life, he hadn't even been to Glory City a few times, let alone knew anything about the lords here.

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