Nie Yan arranged more than ten archery towers behind the city wall. Once the siege equipment was manufactured, the city defense crossbows could be installed on them. Each level-one archery tower could install more than ten crossbows, and all players could operate these defensive crossbows, allowing lower-level players to participate. As long as they performed well, the archery towers could be extremely effective.
As the most important fortress of the Bull Tribe, its strategic value far exceeded its practical benefits. As long as this fortress could be held, the Bull Tribe would not collapse.
Along the main streets, shops lined both sides, with various residential buildings behind them. Additionally, a credit point trading district would be developed, which would be controlled by the Longyue Consortium. The Longyue Consortium would carry out a series of commercial activities in that area.
Nie Yan calculated that constructing these buildings would cost about 60,000 gold coins. Fortunately, after capturing the fortress, the Longyue Consortium had provided a new round of investment to the Bull Tribe, and the money the Bull Tribe received from the Longyue Consortium was sufficient to cover these expenses.
“Hand over the commercial district here to Yu Rui, let Star Pharmacy open a branch here, and start recruiting tenants for the vacant shops,” Nie Yan said. For the future development of the fortress, commercial prosperity was necessary. The stronger a guild became, the more secure it was, making it easier to attract merchants to the fortress. With the Bull Tribe’s prestige and influence in Carol City, developing the fortress should not be too difficult.
The handover of the first credit point commercial district meant that the investment by the Longyue Consortium into the Bull Tribe had generated its first return.
“I’ll handle all of this. I’ve assigned fifteen managers to oversee the economic affairs of this fortress, and there’s also an emergency contingency plan. Take a look at it. Once an emergency occurs at the fortress, we need to determine in advance who will defend it and how many people will be involved,” Guo Huai said, handing Nie Yan a proposal. “The fortress only has one hundred level-one residential buildings, so during a siege, the number of defenders cannot exceed 5,000. With the city walls and archery towers, holding out for thirty minutes until reinforcements arrive should not be a problem.”
Nie Yan skimmed through the proposal and asked, “How many high-level magic users are among the defenders?”
“There are five high-level magic users in our guild, including Xia Chong Yubing, Sha Buzhi De Haidan, Xi Huan Jiangnan, Chuxuezhe, and Tiankong Dayun,” Guo Huai replied. Obviously, the number of high-level magic users was insufficient.
Nie Yan thought for a moment and wondered about the situation with Yaoyao. If Yaoyao had also learned temple magic, the Bull Tribe would have one more high-level magic user. These five players were clearly the front-line members of the Bull Tribe. In future wars, skilled players, especially high-level magic users, would be crucial to the guild’s strength.
“Have them prepare more high-level magic spells. We’ll set up some hidden defense positions on the city walls. All high-level magic must be fully utilized,” Nie Yan said. Using high-level magic to defend the city walls would be very effective.
Nie Yan chatted for a while with Shui Se Yan Tou, Cui Can Daoguang, and others. Then Li Hua Shasi, Dai Tou Ge Qi Zai, Yi Yan, and others also approached from a distance.
Tang Yao also arrived from the Bull Tribe guild headquarters.
A group of Bull Tribe’s top players gathered together.
While discussing the future development of the Bull Tribe, Nie Yan received a system notification.
System: Player Canse has obtained the Chapter of Order Volume V Chapter III – the Chapter of Love and Volume V Chapter V – the Chapter of Knowledge. Coordinates: (Radiant City 23535.23532.36582). Coordinates will be broadcast every hour.
System: Player Youran has obtained the Chapter of Order Volume V Chapter VI – the Chapter of Tolerance. Coordinates: (Radiant City 23535.23532.36582). Coordinates will be broadcast every hour.
These coordinates would be broadcast every hour. Meanwhile, Nie Yan, as a scholar with precognition abilities, had the ability to foresee the opponent’s location once per day.
Nie Yan’s heart stirred. He hadn’t expected that four out of the six Chapters of Order would appear so quickly. After five or six days of competition, the Chapters of Order had changed hands several times. Two of them ended up in the hands of a player named Canse, while another one was in the possession of a player named Youran.
The two were in the same coordinate area!
This was quite intriguing.
Were they hunting their opponents together?
Among all the Chapters of Order, the first six chapters of Volume I were the most important, while the remaining chapters were slightly inferior but still rare and valuable treasures.
Nie Yan looked at Guo Huai beside him and asked, “Did you previously investigate the background of the player named Canse?”
“I’ve looked into that person. He is a shield warrior from Zhandao Shixue, a top-tier player in one of their elite teams. They often team up in groups of ten to clear elite monsters. I sent a hundred thieves to surround and capture him several times based on the coordinates you provided, but each attempt was unsuccessful. He is very alert and powerful, having defeated several of our thieves. There are many people from Zhandao Shixue monitoring the situation, so we couldn’t make too bold of a move, or we would be in trouble,” Guo Huai replied. After all, the hundred thieves were the elite force of the Bull Tribe, and their losses couldn’t be afforded.
“Canse…” Nie Yan murmured the name. In his previous life, he wasn’t very familiar with people and events outside of Carol City, except for a few particularly famous individuals. He couldn’t recall the name of this player. In his previous life, Nie Yan had to sell large amounts of in-game currency and equipment for credit points every few days, living in poverty. The cost of teleporting to other cities was often more than one gold coin, and unless it was urgent, he absolutely refused to spend that unnecessary money, so he rarely visited other cities.
Seeing Nie Yan lost in thought, Shui Se Yan Tou chimed in from the side, “I actually know a bit about this Can Se. He’s ranked in the thirties on the professional player leaderboard and is a freelance gamer. Later, he joined War Blade Bloodthirst, and they offered him very generous terms.”
“How’s this guy’s combat level?” Nie Yan asked. If they sent the brothers from the Bull Tribe into action, the commotion would be too big and could easily alert Bloodthirsty Blade. If it really came down to it, he’d have to handle it himself. If he went, Bloodthirsty Blade wouldn’t be able to stop him.
“Above standard, a shield warrior with formidable PK skills,” Shuise Yantou said earnestly.
“Who’s stronger compared to Radiant Blade?” Nie Yan chuckled. Radiant Blade was one of the top three shield warriors!
“It’s hard to say. In terms of tanking, Radiant Blade might be stronger. Tainted is a guy who doesn’t focus on his main job—he’s got a full set of battle-oriented plate armor and specializes in PvP. His daily joy is picking fights for extra cash, and he’s almost always red-named. In the professional gaming circle, Tainted is quite famous,” said Watercolor Cigarette, who knew the ins and outs of the pro gaming community like the back of his hand.
“I see. I’ll go meet him,” Nie Yan said. Even if it didn’t work out, he could just stealth and retreat—that shield warrior wouldn’t be able to do anything about it. When Nie Yan decided to leave, few players could actually stop him.
It is time for the Sword of Zenard to be unsheathed.
“Be careful not to capsize in a ditch,” Watercolor Cigarette chuckled. Although Fading Color was considered a top-tier player, when facing a monster like Nie Yan, he could only admit his bad luck.
Nie Yan turned to Guo Huai beside him and asked, “Does the guild still have any random teleportation scrolls left?”
“There are more than ten of them,” said Guo Huai. These consumables were important reserve supplies for the guild. Thanks to the strong performance of the players under the Cowman Tribe, the guild warehouse had collected quite a few such items.
“Bring me three of them,” Nie Yan thought for a moment and said, deciding to keep three random teleportation scrolls in reserve first.
“We were planning to invite you to join us for the dungeon run, but it looks like that won’t be possible now. We’re short one rogue,” said Cuican Daoguang helplessly. He had already asked so many people, and just needed one more.
“There’s also Hammer of Love,” Nie Yan chuckled. Anyone with eyes could see that Hammer of Love and Dazzling Blade shared a special connection.
Hearing Nie Yan say that, Radiant Blade, who was usually steady and capable, showed a rare hint of embarrassment on his face.
With the teleportation array between the fortress and the guild office in Carol City now operational, more and more players from the Tribe of the Mighty began arriving, each coming over to greet one another.
“Hello, boss.”
“Hello, Boss Nie Yan.”
Nie Yan glanced at the team members, and familiar faces came into view—Undying Bastard, Summer Bug Chats Ice, Essence Demon, and the rest—everyone had arrived.
“Why isn’t Black Heaven joining you guys in dungeons?” Nie Yan asked. That guy was a top-tier healer, and he didn’t want Black Heaven to be left out by the team members.
“That kid is really antisocial. He doesn’t want to level up with us, and he’s turned down our invitations several times,” Killer Badass said gloomily.
“You are now the elite of the guild, and you must maintain good relationships with every member!” Nie Yan said sternly. He wasn’t joking—for a guild to have cohesion, it’s essential to unite every single member.
“We understand that. Back then outside the Twilight Forest, it was that kid’s one holy magic that made hundreds of our brothers fight like they were on stimulants. A priest like that—we’d be eager to curry favor with him,” Xiachong Yubing chimed in from the side.
The team members nodded in deep agreement, as the skill from Black Heaven still left a vivid impression on them.
Nie Yan thought about it and realized that these team members also knew what was important. Dark Heaven might have personal reasons for not wanting to level up with the team. Once everyone got to know each other better, things would improve. It was clear that Dark Hell and Dark Heaven were people of their word, and Dark Heaven wouldn’t leave the guild.
Guo Huai next to him glanced at the message bar and turned to Nie Yan, saying, “According to the coordinates you provided, one of the members from the Thief Hundred-Man Team has located Canse’s position!”
“Good.” Nie Yan narrowed his eyes slightly. This time, he would go and meet the people from War Blade Bloodthirst.
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