Chapter 153 The Necklace

Deep underground, there were two other kingdoms, belonging to the evil faction. When players from the good faction went to the evil faction's territory, their stats would be greatly reduced, and the two sides were hostile. If a player from the good faction appeared in the territory of the evil faction, they would be besieged by players from the evil faction.

Warfare between the two major factions was constant, and Hilton Fortress would welcome a large number of underground monsters every year.

In addition to Hilton Fortress, players could also enter the territory of the evil faction through many underground passages.

Many high-reward quests issued by Carol City could only be completed in the evil faction's territory.

As a player from the good faction, going to the evil faction's area to do quests was difficult, to say the least. In addition to facing sieges from a large number of evil faction players, encountering NPCs from the evil faction was also very dangerous. Some NPCs from the evil faction could easily slaughter players from the good faction.

But with the Deceiver's Necklace, it was completely different. He could use the Deceiver's Necklace to switch factions, transforming into a member of the evil faction, and do quests as an evil faction player.

Of course, using the Deceiver's Necklace could also be detected, for example, by skills like Eye of Truth.

The effect of this Deceiver's Necklace was somewhat similar to the Disguise Gem, but in the evil faction's territory, the duration of the Disguise Gem was too short to be of any use. The deception effect on the Deceiver's Necklace, lasting three hours, was necessary to facilitate some quests.

This Deceiver's Necklace might be useless to a player who didn't go to the evil faction's territory, but Nie Yan knew many quests that could only be done in the evil faction's area, and the Deceiver's Necklace could be put to good use.

He would definitely be going to the evil faction many times in the future. He didn't expect to get a Deceiver's Necklace here. He had made a killing this time!

Nie Yan looked at the team members and asked, "Who needs this Deceiver's Necklace?" Although he needed it, as the guild leader, he couldn't just take the equipment without saying a word.

"We don't seem to need this necklace," Tang Yao said. He got a headache as soon as he saw equipment with such complicated stats. Switching between the two factions, without any stat bonuses and with stat reductions, what use was it?

Nie Yan looked at Shui Se Yan Tou, Cui Can Dao Guang, and the others.

Shui Se Yan Tou shook her head and said, "It seems we won't need it for the time being. We'll borrow it from you if we need it in the future."

They could somewhat see the usefulness of this equipment, but after all, there were very few opportunities to go to the evil faction's territory, and even if they did go, they might not need this equipment.

"Then I'll take this Deceiver's Necklace. Tell me when you need it," Nie Yan was about to give the team members guild contribution.

"Guild contribution is unnecessary," Shui Se Yan Tou stopped Nie Yan. What guild contribution did they, the agreement members, need? Their equipment was taken directly from the guild, and even their mounts were provided by the guild.

Under the strong insistence of the team members, Nie Yan gave up distributing guild contribution points.

"What's the remaining item?" Cui Can Dao Guang asked. Besides those two pieces of equipment, there was one last item left!

Nie Yan picked up that item. It was a fragment of a diary, with some fragmented text on it. After reading it, it was some disjointed words.

"I am so obsessed with Empress Finaas, her face is deeply imprinted in my mind... She is so moving... Her flawless and holy body is like a brilliant crystal... Alas, she is the supreme empress, and I am but her humble pet and slave, a Kobold... Even the lowly have love..."

The sentence "Even the lowly have love" touched Nie Yan's heart. In his previous life, Nie Yan was also a lowly existence, and at that time, he was also stubbornly guarding his love. The dazzling light of this life was precisely the metamorphosis after rebirth.

Nie Yan roughly sorted out some ideas. It seemed that the plot revolved around Kobold Lord Bennett and Empress Finaas. As for how the plot would unfold next, he had to continue reading and search for the remaining diary fragments. He didn't know what the final outcome of this quest would be.

"Can we deal with that Kobold Lord?" Cui Can Dao Guang asked. An ordinary elite-level Kobold Guard almost wiped them out, let alone a higher-level Kobold Lord!

"Let's take it one step at a time. If we wipe out, there's nothing we can do. We just have to be careful not to drop any equipment," Nie Yan said. They could only do their best, even if they ended up wiping out here.

"That's all we can do," Cui Can Dao Guang nodded.

"You guys continue to advance, I'll go inside and take a look." Nie Yan was preparing to explore inside, first to determine the location of the lord, so they could be prepared. Otherwise, if they suddenly encountered the Kobold Lord, the consequences would be dire.

"Won't it be dangerous for you to go alone?" Cui Can Dao Guang asked.

This was a level 50 map! Everyone's eyes were focused on Nie Yan.

Nie Yan smiled confidently and said, "Don't worry, I have many escape skills here. If I encounter danger, running away will definitely not be a problem."

Nie Yan's confidence was definitely not arrogance. Even if all his escape skills were not enough, he still had a random teleport scroll! He shouldn't encounter any danger.

The team members thought about it, how many times had Nie Yan encountered danger since he created the Niu Ren Tribe? He still relied on his superb skills to turn danger into safety time and time again.

All the team members were resurrected, and they scattered everywhere, sitting and recovering their mana or health.

"Then be careful yourself," Cui Can Dao Guang said. They still trusted Nie Yan's skills, so they didn't stop him.

"Okay, stay in touch." Nie Yan turned to Shui Se Yan Tou, Sun, and the others, said hello, entered Stealth, and disappeared from everyone's sight.

Nie Yan parted from the others and headed into the cave, preparing to clear the way for these team members, and also to find some clues related to the quest. He gradually went deeper into the cave. The crystal cave was very spacious, and the roads were connected in all directions. Crystal Kobolds were everywhere, wandering around.

Nie Yan used Stealth to bypass one crystal Kobold after another, brushing past these crystal Kobolds.

His Stealth and Subterfuge stats were already very high. He could completely ignore the crystal Kobolds, and followed the winding cave toward the end of the cave.

Looking back, he could no longer see the team members.

Crystal ore was everywhere here. It was probably a mining area. In his previous life, many miners should have come here to mine.

Most players would learn one or two gathering skills as a secondary profession. They would gather ore and sell it to players with production professions to earn extra money.

In his previous life, Nie Yan had learned a mining skill. He had experienced the days of being holed up in a small place, mining day and night, and understood the hardship. That loneliness and solitude went deep into his bones! At that time, he had no relatives, and lived for hatred with a single breath in his heart. It was a heartbreaking memory. The lowliness of his previous life tempered his mind. No matter how much hardship he endured in this life, he must become a superior person!

Nie Yan arrived in front of two passages. One of the passages was relatively wide, and should lead to the respawn area of Kobold Lord Bennett. The other was narrower.

Based on Nie Yan's sensitivity to quests, he could determine that the other passage was where a quest side-branch was located.

Entering this narrow passage entrance, looking ahead, there were eight more Kobold Guards blocking the way. However, there were many obstacles nearby. These Kobold Guards were much easier to deal with than the previous group of Kobold Guards.

The Kobold Guards in front completely blocked Nie Yan's path. Nie Yan observed for a moment. It wasn't difficult to pass through here. He activated the skill on the Creeper Ring and climbed up the nearby rock wall, crawling forward along the top of the rock wall.

Soon, Nie Yan passed through the area guarded by this group of Kobold Guards, flipped over, fell from the air, and walked inside.

After walking for a while in the narrow passage, Nie Yan's eyes locked onto a treasure chest in the distance. The treasure chest was jet-black, crystal clear, completely carved from black crystal, and covered with various patterns.

It was a Dark-Gold Chest!

A level 50 Dark-Gold Chest! Nie Yan's heart pounded, and he walked toward the chest, bending down to open it.

System: Treasure chest opening in progress, completion rate 3%....5%......3%.....7%.......

The progress of opening the treasure chest was very slow. Time passed second by second. A crystal Kobold walked over from a distance. Nie Yan had to interrupt opening the treasure chest midway, circled behind the crystal Kobold, and landed a Sap, then took it down with a few attacks.

Nie Yan walked back and continued to open the treasure chest. Crystal Kobolds often passed by nearby, and several times he had to interrupt halfway through.

After a while, the treasure chest clicked open.

A crisp system prompt sounded, and Nie Yan took a look.

System Prompt: 'Lockpicking Expert' skill upgraded to Advanced.

Lockpicking had been upgraded. He remembered that the Lockpicking skill's proficiency was far behind, it shouldn't have been so fast, right? Nie Yan looked at the Lockpicking skill's proficiency. This time, Lockpicking success had caused the skill's proficiency to soar by 35 points, so Lockpicking Expert had been directly upgraded to Advanced.

Nie Yan reached into the chest, searched for a long time, and pulled out a thick skill book.

This skill book had gold trim and was covered with some strange runes. Seeing this skill, Nie Yan's brow twitched, a first-class skill book! On second thought, this was already a level 50 map, plus this chest was a Dark-Gold Chest, so it was normal to take out a first-class skill book.