Chapter 18 Unexpected Encounter

Nie Yan hadn't expected Love Assassin to be here. Did that mean the Mad Rogue Alliance and the Holy Roman Empire were in cahoots? He recalled his previous life. Kaiser Triumph, Radiant Sacred Flame, and a few other guilds had indeed been fighting on multiple fronts, having to deal with the Mad Rogue Alliance, the Holy Roman Empire, and other guilds. Perhaps the Mad Rogue Alliance and the Holy Roman Empire had secretly formed an alliance. Nie Yan knew very little about these things. In his past life, he was just a casual player. Even during the War God Tribe's heyday, he only enjoyed the title of young master. He never thought about leading the War God Tribe to dominate the world.

As Nie Yan was lost in thought, an elderly man in a mage robe, nearly fifty years old, walked towards Half-Asleep Fox and Love Assassin. If it weren't for the fact that he was wearing a Sacred Words Mage robe and dressed like a player, some players might even have thought he was an NPC.

The old man's cheeks were a little gaunt and sunken, but he was energetic and looked kind and amiable.

Nie Yan seemed to have a vague memory of him. This old man seemed to be the chairman of the Garan Temple. Although the Garan Temple guild wasn't as good as Kaiser Triumph or the Holy Roman Empire, it was still a well-known large guild with considerable strength. In his previous life, the Garan Temple was a temple for mages. There were three Archmages alone. It was important to know that in times of war, every Archmage was a strategic force. If there were three, it would be enough to deter any power. Therefore, even when Kaiser Triumph was at its strongest in his previous life, it still didn't dare to declare war on the Garan Temple head-on because the other side had three Archmages, adding a lot of uncertainty to the outcome of the war.

Nie Yan remembered his name. It seemed to be Fa Lan. Don't look at how old he was; he seemed to have advanced to become a Grand Mage later on, and his strength was still very strong.

"Why are you here too?" Half-Asleep Fox asked. In terms of age, this old man should be his uncle's generation, but as the chairman of two major guilds, he was unwilling to lose his momentum and didn't know what to call him. He was secretly complaining. Xue Ying was more than fifty years old, but he still acted like a young man, constantly causing trouble.

"I'm just here to watch the fun." Fa Lan smiled and said, "What's wrong? You're not welcome? You should thank me today. If I hadn't come, the Holy Roman Empire and Kaiser Triumph would have really fought."

Half-Asleep Fox thought for a moment and understood. The Garan Temple was currently an undeniable force. As long as Fa Lan himself appeared here, Kaiser Triumph probably wouldn't dare to do anything, so the war would naturally disappear.

"Why did you help me? Wouldn't the Garan Temple be able to reap the benefits if the Holy Roman Empire and Kaiser Triumph fought?"

"Bullshit, if they really fought, Radiant Sacred Flame would also join the battle. You'd be at a disadvantage." Fa Lan said. There was a saying that if the lips are gone, the teeth will be cold. He was also considering things for the Garan Temple.

"Is the news reliable?" Half-Asleep Fox was shocked. Kaiser Triumph and Radiant Sacred Flame were allied? This was shocking news. Thinking about it, why had Kaiser Triumph been so aggressive, even at the cost of war? It was very likely because of Radiant Sacred Flame.

"If the news wasn't reliable, would I be here?"

Even Nie Yan hadn't expected that Kaiser Triumph and Radiant Sacred Flame would have already cooperated so soon after the server opened.

Half-Asleep Fox was shocked when he heard Fa Lan's words. If Radiant Sacred Flame really joined the battle, then they would be in trouble.

Nie Yan suddenly saw a familiar face. Star Brilliance had also arrived.

"What's up, Fox? Need any help?" Star Brilliance asked. After the Order Guardian incident, Star Brilliance and Half-Asleep Fox had become well acquainted. He was a loyal person and came to support Half-Asleep Fox, regardless of the danger.

These were all people who could cause a major earthquake with a stomp of their feet in his previous life. He never thought they would gather together. It was truly a gathering of influential figures.

Seeing more and more people from the Holy Roman Empire, the Kaiser Triumph guild members anxiously waited for Po Tian to issue orders. However, Po Tian's eyes were fixed on the people talking to Half-Asleep Fox. Although he wasn't familiar with them, he had seen their faces a few times. Po Tian recognized these people. It was Fa Lan, the chairman of the Garan Temple, Love Assassin, the chairman of the Mad Rogue Alliance, and Star Brilliance, the chairman of the Radiant Sacred Hall. It seemed he had underestimated the power of the Holy Roman Empire.

The Mad Rogue Alliance's sphere of influence wasn't in Carol City, so he could ignore them, but Po Tian had to pay attention to the Garan Temple.

"Guild Leader, let's go."

"Yeah, Guild Leader, there will be more and more of them later. Should we bring more guild members over?"

Po Tian shook his head and said gloomily, "We're going back!"

"Go back? Why?"

"Yeah, Guild Leader?"

Po Tian glanced at the guild members nearby who were expressing their dissatisfaction with a cold gaze. The guild members immediately fell silent. Po Tian had always meant what he said. No one could violate the decisions he made.

The people from Kaiser Triumph gradually retreated. Under Half-Asleep Fox's restraint, the Holy Roman Empire didn't pursue them. A war that was about to break out was dispelled by Fa Lan's appearance.

"I'll send someone to escort you out," Half-Asleep Fox said to Nie Yan, Tang Yao, and Yao Yao.

"Okay, thank you," Nie Yan nodded. The sooner they left, the easier it would be for Half-Asleep Fox.

Half-Asleep Fox had people bring two hundred black robes from Carol City, the kind that could cover their faces, and had Nie Yan and the other players put them on. They were divided into several teams and set off in different directions.

More than two hundred players in black robes disappeared in different directions.

"Fox, why did you save them?" Love Assassin looked at the backs of Nie Yan and the others as they disappeared and asked doubtfully.

"I made a deal with them," Half-Asleep Fox said. "You still haven't told me how you know him. Why would he go to Emerald City? Don't tell me he's also doing a quest."

"I met him once at the Emerald City Executive Hall. He snatched the best piece of land in Emerald City," Love Assassin said gloomily. He had been eyeing that land.

"He went to Emerald City to snatch a piece of land? But why? Apart from the cheaper land in the east of Carol City being snatched up, there are still some pieces of land for sale in the west and south. There's no reason for him to waste so much on teleportation fees to snatch land in Emerald City. Two gold coins in teleportation fees can buy a smaller, more remote piece of land."

"That's not necessarily true. The land in Carol City will definitely not be as valuable as the land in Emerald City in the future. How much land is there in Carol City? Emerald City only has a few pieces of land." Love Assassin shook his head. In his opinion, the pieces of land that Nie Yan bought would definitely be valuable in the future.

As the exchange of game coins approached, land became more and more of a concern for the public guilds. However, the establishment of guild warehouses and the daily consumption of the guild had already given the guild leaders a headache. Although they had also raised funds to buy some land, the number wasn't large. For example, the Holy Roman Empire had recently bought six pieces of land in Carol City, but they were all inexpensive ones. Kaiser Triumph was more generous and bought the largest piece of land, worth more than thirty gold coins, in the south of Carol City. Recently, due to the popularity of Starry Night Pharmacy, the land in the east of Carol City was also in high demand, but when the guild leaders went to the Executive Hall, they found that the land in the east had been snatched up. It was truly a strange thing.

And Nie Yan even had money to run to Emerald City to buy land. The financial resources behind him were truly astonishing.

Half-Asleep Fox thought for a moment, and all the clues pointed to Starry Night Pharmacy. He estimated that Starry Night Pharmacy's daily income was now more than twenty gold coins. Even some of the larger guilds couldn't compare. Only Starry Night Pharmacy had such large financial resources to buy land everywhere. Could Nie Yan be the owner of Starry Night Pharmacy? Thinking about Nie Yan's personality, it was very possible. He was very low-key in everything he did. His ranking was so high, but he chose to hide it. Everyone didn't know what kind of power he had behind him. It was very likely that he was the owner of Starry Night Pharmacy.

Half-Asleep Fox was secretly shocked. If Nie Yan was really the owner of Starry Night Pharmacy, how much wealth did he control? Even the number of pieces of land he had bought might be beyond the reach of the major guilds. It seemed that he not only had to cooperate with Nie Yan in the future, but also deepen the cooperation between the two sides! Because Nie Yan seemed too unfathomable.

Seeing the people from the Kaiser Triumph retreat, the guild members of the Holy Roman Empire received Half-Asleep Fox's orders and dispersed. They all felt very sorry that they hadn't fought just now. They were some ordinary guild members and didn't understand the situation, but Half-Asleep Fox understood that if they really fought, it would be devastating to the guild.

Under the escort of a group of players, Nie Yan, Tang Yao, and Yao Yao arrived outside a forest. This area was already a spawning point for level thirteen monsters. It was impossible for the people of the Kaiser Triumph to bring a large force here to surround and kill Nie Yan, Tang Yao, and Yao Yao, so they were safe.

"Go back, thank you," Nie Yan said to the Holy Roman Empire players who had escorted them here.

"You're welcome. You're our boss's friends, so we have to do our best," the Holy Roman Empire players replied one after another.

From the expressions of these players, it could be seen that Half-Asleep Fox still had a lot of prestige in their hearts.

The Holy Roman Empire players said goodbye and left, using their City Return Scrolls to go back.

"Nie Yan, where are we going now?" Yao Yao asked. It wasn't safe for them to kill monsters in low-level monster areas. They could easily be targeted, so they could only go to high-level monster areas, but high-level monster areas were often very dangerous.

"Go to kill high-level monsters to get rid of our red names. Let's wait here first. I'll get someone to bring us something," Nie Yan thought for a moment and said.