Nie Yan walked out from the guild headquarters. A large crowd had gathered in the plaza outside the office, bustling with people.
Seeing Nie Yan emerge, the members of the Bull Man Tribe immediately became excited and started greeting him.
“This time we’re going to the intermediate fortress. Do you have confidence?” Shuise Yantou approached Nie Yan and asked. He was quite surprised. Among so many beginner fortresses in Karol City, why did Nie Yan target an intermediate fortress? They didn’t even know the monster levels inside the intermediate fortress. However, he assumed Nie Yan must have done some research and wouldn’t make a rash decision.
“Don’t worry, we’ll be fine,” Nie Yan smiled. In his previous life, he had seen some information about intermediate fortresses. Clearing out an intermediate fortress shouldn’t be a problem.
Seeing Nie Yan’s confident expression, Shuise Yantou didn’t say anything else. Nie Yan always knew how to handle things properly.
“Gu Huai, send notices to Jiulan Shendian and Shen Sheng Luoma Di Guo, keep an eye on Kaituan Empire. We need to prevent them from causing trouble while we’re clearing the intermediate fortress,” Nie Yan said. Although Kaituan Empire was in decline, it was still a centipede-like enemy that remained dangerous even in death. If they got serious, it would still be troublesome.
“Don’t worry. Both Jiulan Shendian and Shen Sheng Luoma Di Guo are stronger than Kaituan Empire now. Kaituan Empire definitely won’t dare to act recklessly. If they do dare to provoke us, with all these guilds united against them, they won’t even know how they died,” Gu Huai replied. Kaituan Empire had been quiet recently, and even their players avoided direct encounters with Bull Man Tribe. Bull Man Tribe also didn’t bother with them. If Kaituan Empire dared to stir up trouble, Bull Man Tribe could easily unite Jiulan Shendian and Shen Sheng Luoma Di Guo to crush them, causing Kaituan Empire to collapse completely in no time.
“How many people total?” Nie Yan asked.
“5,020 in total, 532 are here now,” Gu Huai replied. These were the Bull Man Tribe’s elite forces, basically all gathered here.
Nie Yan instructed Gu Huai to relay his orders to the management team, dividing the 5,020 people into 26 teams, ensuring that each team had at least one priest capable of casting basic resurrection spells.
Additionally, each team was assigned at least one top-level player with good awareness as the team leader. Nie Yan also established some rules for the teams when clearing the intermediate fortress, and he only needed to issue orders to each team’s leader.
Among these 26 teams was a main shield warrior team. Bull Man Tribe’s strongest shield warriors were all in this team, including Cui Can Dao Guang, Leng Ao Ying, Yi Yan, and so on, totaling twelve people. The remaining eight spots were reserved for priests, including Hei Se Tian Tang, Shi Li Hua Sha, Dai Tou Da Ge Qi Zi, Yue Er Ya, and others.
This team would be the main force in the battle, responsible for tanking powerful bosses.
It took a whole hour just to organize all the teams. With so many people, it was unavoidable.
Nie Yan let the Bull Man Tribe management team get busy and stood aside, waiting for them to finish organizing.
Nie Yan and others were chatting together when Ya Ya approached.
“Nie Yan, is there anything I can help with?” Ya Ya asked.
Nie Yan looked up at Ya Ya. She had already changed into new equipment, wearing a light blue robe. Her gear was among the top in the Bull Man Tribe. Nie Yan had only gifted Ya Ya one sub-legendary item; the other two were obtained by herself. Additionally, Ya Ya had completed two tiers of the Karl’s Blessing quest, and the task rewards alone significantly enhanced her attributes.
Nie Yan had now confirmed that Ya Ya was Xie Yao. He couldn’t help but recall his past life. In his previous life, Ya Ya’s strength wasn’t as impressive as it was now. He carefully remembered that back then, Ya Ya wasn’t very enthusiastic about leveling up. She only played when Nie Yan invited her to team up and wasn’t particularly interested in gear, maintaining a level close to Nie Yan’s. With Longyue Corporation’s immense resources, whenever Xie Yao needed equipment, they could basically find it for her. If she had truly focused on leveling in his previous life, she would have left Nie Yan far behind. Yet, she always stayed by his side, never leaving.
Nie Yan felt the deep affection Xie Yao had for him in his past life, but he had hurt her deeply. Thinking about Xie Yao’s loneliness and sadness during their class reunion in his previous life, a sense of guilt made his heart ache.
“Share your attributes and equipment with me,” Nie Yan took a deep breath to calm himself. Xie Yao, in this life, please let me atone for my past mistakes!
“Okay,” she nodded and shared her attributes, skills, and equipment with Nie Yan.
Nie Yan took a look. Ya Ya’s three sub-legendary items were all imbued with decent magic, including area attacks, controls, and high-damage spells. Additionally, she had learned a first-tier and a second-tier temple spell.
First-tier advanced spells were common among many Bull Man Tribe members, but second-tier advanced spells were quite rare. Ya Ya was the only one in the entire Bull Man Tribe who possessed one. This second-tier advanced spell was Holy Light Bind. It could control a unit for 15 to 30 seconds, with a cooldown period of two natural days. While casting Holy Light Bind, the player had to concentrate fully, and the spell would be interrupted if attacked.
Seeing this skill, Nie Yan’s heart stirred. This skill was undoubtedly an excellent team support ability, very useful when dealing with bosses.
“Ya Ya, you don’t need to join any other team. Stay by my side,” Nie Yan said. He wanted to make the best use of this skill!
“Nie Yan, aren’t you using your position for personal gain?” Yue Er Ya smiled, teasingly. She already knew that Nie Yan was the same person as Nie Yan. Looking at Xie Yao and then at Nie Yan, she thought they were quite a good match. Having been classmates for so many years, she knew Xie Yao very well. When Xie Yao voluntarily held Nie Yan’s hand in the afternoon, it had truly shocked her.
Xie Yao blushed slightly.
Nie Yan smiled. Even if it was using his position for personal gain, so what?
The entire team reorganization work was finally completed. Nie Yan addressed the members, saying, “We’ll head to the Bull Man Tribe guild headquarters first!”
The players entered the office’s teleportation array and teleported back to Bull City.
Bull City.
This fortress city, under the careful management of Gu Huai and Longyue Corporation, had developed very well. Near the main roads, player shops were neatly arranged. Players bustled about, making the city very lively.
The credit point commercial district behind it was even more prosperous, with all kinds of shops and entertainment facilities fully equipped, busier than any other commercial district. This area generated huge profits for Longyue Corporation every day.
Five thousand Bull Man Tribe members gathered in the open plaza outside the guild headquarters, creating quite a commotion that surprised ordinary players in the fortress city. What was Bull Man Tribe planning to do?
“Is Bull Man Tribe planning to take action against Zhanda Shuoxue?”
“It’s possible. Bull Man Tribe’s elite forces are all gathered here.”
“Inter-city warfare? Guanghui City is Zhanda Shuoxue’s territory!”
“Bull Man Tribe dares to do anything. Didn’t Nie Yan, the leader of Bull Man Tribe, and his more than twenty teammates dominate in Guanghui City? This time, it’s not twenty people, but more than five thousand!”
The news of Bull Man Tribe targeting Zhanda Shuoxue spread quickly. When Shixue Kuadao of Zhanda Shuoxue received the news, he immediately got nervous and started mobilizing to prepare for Bull Man Tribe’s attack. Zhanda Shuoxue began actively preparing for war. Soon after, they received another message: Bull Man Tribe wasn’t coming after Zhanda Shuoxue but was preparing to explore an intermediate fortress. Bull Man Tribe’s actions caused them to make a big mistake.
Nie Yan conducted a team drill in the plaza outside the Bull Man Tribe guild headquarters. He had to ensure that his orders could be quickly executed by every team, so the entire legion could function smoothly.
Additionally, Nie Yan assigned several players with good awareness, such as Shuise Yantou, Qishi de Wang Ge, Yiwang Ran Zhi Qingchun, and others, to manage multiple teams. He divided their respective teams into first, second, third teams, etc., assigning code names for easier command.
After two hours of drills, the teams gradually set off toward their destination, the intermediate fortress Kripus.
On the plains outside Bull City fortress, groups of players rode their horses past. The sight of so many horses galloping together was quite spectacular.
Nie Yan led the way, heading toward Kripus fortress first. As a rogue, he could sneak into Kripus fortress to scout the situation. His Falkner warhorse ran faster, allowing him to arrive at least an hour earlier than ordinary players.
Kripus fortress was built during the co-governance era to resist dragon counterattacks. Later, the fortress fell into disrepair, and no one was willing to defend it anymore, so it was occupied by dark creatures.
This was the description of Kripus fortress in the records, which didn’t reveal much. However, Nie Yan knew more about Kripus fortress than the records indicated. Near Kripus fortress, there were many famous leveling spots, such as the Siren’s Nest, Spider Caverns, and the Blazing Marshes, all of which were level 60-70 areas. Further away were level 80 areas. After Kripus fortress was developed in Nie Yan’s previous life, it became an important transit point for players heading to the 60-70 and 80-90 level maps. At that time, its commercial prosperity was breathtaking. During the 60-70 level phase, it was known as the “Little Karol City.”
Its commercial prosperity was second only to the main city, Karol City.
Capturing Kripus fortress would be of great significance, both for the Bull Man Tribe and the Longyue Corporation.
For the Bull Man Tribe, possessing Kripus fortress meant a steady stream of gold coins. For the Longyue Corporation, building a credit point commercial district here would surpass any other fortress’s credit point commercial district in prosperity.
In his previous life, the Cao Xu Corporation created a glorious era here. In this life, Nie Yan was determined to firmly grasp it in his hands. There would be no place for the Century Corporation here anymore.
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