Nie Yan reminded his father that if the Tribes of Bull and War God wanted to develop in Faith, they would inevitably encroach upon the interests of the Century Conglomerate. The Century Conglomerate was a giant beast; they hadn’t drawn its attention yet, but if they did, things could become troublesome. Therefore, before the Century Conglomerate reacted, they needed more hidden advantages.
Nie Yan’s father had some evening work to attend to at the company. After dinner, Nie Yan put on his helmet and logged into the game.
As expected, everything was still dark. Players had to increase their dark vision to expand their field of view.
Players from the two opposing factions were not allowed to access each other’s forums. They could only browse their own nation’s forum and were unable to search for information about the enemy nation. Therefore, enemy nations retained a certain level of mystery. Faith’s design increased the game’s playability, although players could still gather some information about the opposing faction through various channels. During Nie Yan’s offline period, they had acquired some information about him.
Nie Yan’s identity as the leader of the Bull Tribe in Karol City was definitely no longer a secret. Additionally, some videos of Nie Yan had been unearthed and were being circulated among the players of the Empire of the Dead.
The bounty for hunting Nie Yan had already risen to around 500 gold coins. Those players who had been defeated by Nie Yan couldn’t afford to offer too much money at once for the bounty; 500 gold coins was already their limit.
Moreover, Nie Yan was alone in the dungeon, isolated and without support. Despite being the leader of a guild, he couldn’t mobilize his guild members, so a bounty of 500 gold coins was already sufficient. 500 gold coins still attracted many people, as making 500 gold coins in one deal was hard to come by outside, so many high-level players were mobilized to search for Nie Yan’s trail.
Nie Yan naturally understood his situation. He continuously changed locations and absolutely never stayed in one place for too long.
He couldn’t find the nearest village and kept heading west when a system message popped up.
System: You discovered the Fallen Canyon.
Seeing this name, Nie Yan felt a sense of familiarity. Before coming here, he had seen some information related to the Mordant Tribe and the Empire of the Dead and had a vague memory of the Fallen Canyon. He immediately pulled up the information. He received good news: after crossing the Fallen Canyon and advancing a few thousand yards, he could reach a small town called the Cemetery Town of Falding.
There was a teleportation array there that could reach the nearest city!
Since that was the case, Nie Yan started heading toward the Fallen Canyon. The Fallen Canyon was filled with piles of rocks and spawned zombie miners. Occasionally, there were elite-level zombie foremen, all level 50 monsters.
Level 50 monsters were a bit slow for Nie Yan to farm. Soon, he successfully commanded four zombie miners, using them to tank against zombie foremen. After losing three zombie miners, he successfully commanded the first zombie foreman.
The zombie foreman was over two yards tall, hideously ugly, with rotting flesh all over its body, wearing chainmail armor, and wielding a huge iron hammer. It was lame, walking a bit slowly, but had extremely strong combat power.
With the first zombie foreman, the rest became easier. Nie Yan had the zombie foreman tank while he commanded one zombie foreman after another. Eventually, he found three zombie foremen, all of which became Nie Yan’s commanded creatures. Combined with the golden earth dragon, the monster farming speed increased dramatically.
Nie Yan continued farming monsters while heading toward the Cemetery Town.
At that moment, a crisp system prompt sounded.
System: You have obtained the title of Junior Demon Hunter.
The title had advanced! Nie Yan quickly checked his title attributes.
All human nations’ reverence value increased by +22. Attributes of all dark creatures within a 20-yard radius decreased by 30%. It came with the skills of Supreme Intimidation, Supreme Deterrence, and Holy Hire.
Supreme Intimidation: Causes the target creature to enter a state of fear and paralysis for 5 seconds within a 5-yard range.
Supreme Deterrence: When this skill is used, nearby monsters are dispersed for 20 minutes. It is ineffective against monsters more than 30 levels higher than the player’s level.
Holy Hire: Summon a paladin mercenary through a teleportation channel. The mercenary’s attributes are related to the player’s base attributes and require payment of mercenary fees. The skill takes 30 seconds to cast.
Nie Yan looked at the newly acquired skills. Under Holy Hire, there was a series of mercenaries available for recruitment. Level 1 mercenary paladin Inez, attributes (60% of the player’s own), recruitment cost 10 gold coins per hour. Level 2 mercenary paladin Redmain, attributes (80% of the player’s own), recruitment cost 30 gold coins per hour. Level 3 mercenary Clementina, attributes (100% of the player’s own), recruitment cost 50 gold coins per hour. Level 4 mercenary paladin Fearn, attributes (120% of the player’s own), recruitment cost 100 gold coins per hour. Level 5 mercenary paladin Kelsie, attributes (150% of the player’s own), recruitment cost 300 gold coins per hour. Below that were level 6 mercenaries, level 7 mercenaries, up to level 16 mercenaries. The strongest mercenaries cost as much as several thousand gold coins per hour, which ordinary players could not afford. These paladin mercenaries had the most basic enhancement skills, capable of granting players various holy word effects, with healing spells, shield magic, and basic attack skills corresponding to their level. Level 16 mercenaries had a high temple skill, which other levels of mercenaries did not possess. If the mercenaries died, the player had to pay 200% of the recruitment fee.
Nie Yan was somewhat surprised that the Demon Hunter title awarded such a skill.
Without exception, those who obtained the Demon Hunter title were all capable of commanding the winds and clouds. Besides pursuing balance, Faith offered generous rewards to true strong players. Because from the beginning of Faith’s launch, there was an intention to enhance human physicality and select elites through the helmet.
Elite players could obtain some extremely powerful skills, which was allowed. Not only Nie Yan, but other players also had the same opportunity to acquire similar skills. In the previous life, hundreds of players had obtained the title of Demon Hunter. However, they had all obtained the Demon Hunter title after reaching over a hundred levels. Players like Nie Yan who obtained the Demon Hunter title at such a low level might be unique.
However, Nie Yan had to consider carefully before recruiting a paladin mercenary, as the recruitment fee was indeed a bit expensive. Under normal circumstances, recruiting a mercenary wasn’t very cost-effective. However, in dangerous situations, they might be useful.
With the enhanced Deterrence and Intimidation, overall, the rewards of the Demon Hunter title were still quite good.
Nie Yan recalled that with the Demon Hunter title, it was said that a hidden store in Karol City could be accessed, where some items unavailable to ordinary players could be purchased. Most of the items sold there were targeted against demon creatures, and many of them were quite good.
When returning to Karol City, he could check out that unknown mysterious store and see how much benefit it could bring.
Nie Yan, along with three zombie foremen and the golden earth dragon, traversed through the Fallen Forest. Ahead in the dark jungle, streaks of magical light lit up like scattered stars. They were quite far away.
Nie Yan entered stealth mode and swiftly flew toward the distant lights. These people were blocking his path, and he needed to go check them out.
Under his control, the three zombie foremen and the golden earth dragon followed behind him.
Nie Yan concealed himself in the darkness, running for nearly a minute before finally approaching them. The area was noisy with voices. Through the magical lights, Nie Yan finally saw the situation clearly. There were at least sixty to seventy people here. They were currently attacking a giant zombie with a height of five yards. The giant zombie had a fat, round body, a hideous face, and wielded a huge cleaver, continuously swinging and attacking.
Nie Yan cast a reconnaissance spell on the giant zombie.
Zombie Overseer: Level 50 Lord, HP 173852/320000.
Wow, that’s a lot of HP!
It was a level 50 lord, no wonder there were so many people!
Nie Yan looked at the group. They had all kinds of classes. Soul warriors surrounded the zombie overseer, while the magic users at the back continuously cast spells. The entire team was well-organized. This group of more than sixty players had levels of at least forty or above, with the highest being around forty-six or forty-seven. Nie Yan wondered if the levels of evil-aligned players were on the same level as those of good-aligned players. This team was likely an elite team from the evil-aligned faction. Within the team, a necromancer was issuing commands, directing the group of players.
The necromancer wore a black robe and had three golden medals pinned to his chest. Under the illumination of magical light, they sparkled brilliantly. He looked to be about twenty-five or twenty-six, with a clean-shaven face and golden hair, giving him a somewhat noble appearance, likely indicating foreign blood.
He was the leader of the team. Under his command, the entire team appeared very coordinated. This guy definitely had leadership talent.
Nie Yan cast a reconnaissance spell on the necromancer.
Dark: Level 47, Necromancer.
“Dark” meant darkness. This necromancer was actually as high as level 47. It was a commonly accepted fact that necromancers had difficulty leveling up. Their leveling speed only significantly improved after reaching level 60 and learning soul splitting, which allowed them to control multiple undead units. For this necromancer to reach level 47 at this stage was truly impressive.
Nie Yan circled around them, contemplating how to handle this situation. Should he kill this group of players? For Nie Yan, this was not impossible!
They were currently fighting a level 50 lord. If Nie Yan attacked, this team might be wiped out right here. In the wild, when lawful good and lawful evil encountered each other, it was usually a fight to the death!
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