Chapter 1 The Fragment of the Dividing Edge

The fragment of the Dividing Edge was a silver-white rhombus of metal, engraved with Imos runes. Legend had it that the legendary blacksmith Imos created the Dividing Edge when he was still a senior blacksmith, and only then did the blueprints for the Dividing Edge spread.

The Dividing Edge was one of the rarer charge weapons among low-level weapons. Charging meant that the weapon came with a skill, but the skill on the weapon couldn't be released at will. It needed to slowly accumulate energy. Only when the energy reached a certain level could it be released. After release, the energy disappeared, and it needed to be recharged before it could be used again.

Generally, only high-level weapons had charging abilities, but the Dividing Edge was the only charging weapon for thieves before level fifty. Its stats were formidable, so it was known as the most awesome cleaver before level fifty.

Excluding those sub-legendary and legendary items, the Dividing Edge should be ranked first among all thief weapons before level fifty.

In his past life, Nie Yan, at level thirty-nine, joined a group to clear the Blood Swamp dungeon six times. He spent a full three gold just to purchase 20 fragments of the Dividing Edge from the team, combining them into the Dividing Edge. At the time, that Dividing Edge directly turned Nie Yan into a pauper.

Under normal circumstances, clearing the central hall of the Light Monastery completely required at least three groups of twenty level-thirty players. However, with the Crawler's Ring and the Weaver's Ring, it was much simpler for Nie Yan.

When several teams cleared monsters together, if you wanted equipment, you had to share the money with all the team members. And in the end, the item might not even fall into your hands, because other people in the team would definitely have a need for the equipment as well.

But soloing was different. All the dropped equipment belonged to Nie Yan.

Perhaps by clearing out all the Fallen Silver Armor Knights here, he could gather enough fragments for a Dividing Edge cleaver.

After killing a Fallen Silver Armor Knight and checking the experience points, it had increased by about 17%. The experience bonus from the Fallen Silver Armor Knights was very generous.

Leveling up here wasn't bad either.

Following the method just used, Nie Yan began to clear the Fallen Silver Armor Knights here. Under the barrage of crossbow bolts, one Fallen Silver Armor Knight after another fell to the ground.

After clearing out five Fallen Silver Armor Knights, a flash of white light passed, and Nie Yan leveled up, reaching nineteen.

He was quickly approaching the level 20 milestone.

He already had as many as five Dividing Edge fragments in his hands. He glanced ahead, there were still many Fallen Silver Armor Knights, especially around the two dark gold treasure chests, where a large group had gathered.

The drop rate of Dividing Edge fragments was quite good.

After shooting down another Fallen Silver Armor Knight, Nie Yan picked up a piece of equipment and a book from the ground.

Paladin's Prayer (Quest Item): With the Paladin's Prayer, seek out the legendary Ten Paladins, and you will have amazing discoveries. Quest storyline one, the cause of Kavana's death. Kavana's death caused Bruin's ambitions to spiral out of control. Bruin abandoned his faith, and so, the cruel slaughter began. Bruin turned his blade against his comrades. Quest: Quickly find Kavana's corpse and retrieve the Paladin's Medal he left behind.

The Paladin's Medal is the glory of the Ten Paladins. They are held by Kavana, Bruin, Bertrand, Kremer, Crispin, Sandman, Clive, Hazelden, Bas, and Chadwell respectively. When the ten Paladin's Medals are gathered together, you can speak with the Archangel Tyrael. The Archangel Tyrael has not appeared for thousands of years. He is guarding the Door of the Dead.

The Paladin's Prayer was a one-handed hammer, a somewhat damaged hammer that looked extremely ordinary, but when held in the hand, one could still feel the powerful divine power emanating from the hammer.

This powerful divine power was unmatched by any Paladin's weapon.

It was a quest item. Nie Yan didn't know who had completed the Legend of the Ten Paladins quest in his past life, or what the final result was, but the Legend of the Ten Paladins was a historical legend, so the quest level should not be low.

Nie Yan looked at the quest description, it was actually a legendary quest.

It seemed that this quest was not limited to the Light Monastery.

He glanced at the other book. The cover was somewhat damaged, but he could still clearly see the ancient common language characters on it. There were a few tin-silver letters on the cover: The Legend of Kavana.

Opening the pages, large paragraphs of ancient common language characters came into view.

"...Kavana reveres the will of God, devoutly believes in the light, and advances to become a Holy Knight... Archangel Tyrael: Child, may the light bless you... Kavana meets Bruin and Bertrand, who are also Paladins. They are brave and good at fighting, resist the tyranny of the dragon race, and spread the will of the light. Thus, the legend of the Ten Paladins spread in Glenn Province... The appearance of the dragon girl Benita caused divisions among the Ten Paladins. Benita was released by Kavana and returned to Kalurd... Kavana's corpse is placed in the main hall of the Light Monastery, sleeping quietly forever, may the light last forever... (the following is damaged)"

The book was tattered, and Nie Yan could only see fragmented text. He could only vaguely guess that Kavana and Bruin were the leaders of the Ten Paladins. They jointly resisted the dragon race. The Ten Paladins captured an unarmed dragon girl, so the Ten Paladins had a disagreement. Kavana insisted on releasing Benita, and the Ten Paladins split from then on. Later, Kavana died, and the ambitious Bruin began the slaughter of the other Paladins.

The story begins here.

Kavana's corpse was kept in the central hall. Nie Yan looked into the distance. At the end of the distant hall, on the high steps, stood a huge crystal coffin. Was that Kavana's resting place?

He should clear the nearby Fallen Silver Armor Knights first. Nie Yan climbed onto a pillar and lured over another Fallen Silver Armor Knight, continuously shooting.

"Where are you now?" Tang Yao sent Nie Yan a message asking.

"At the Light Monastery."

"What are you doing there?" Tang Yao asked in surprise. He recalled that the Light Monastery seemed to be a level thirty-something map. Guo Huai and the others had wanted to organize a few groups of twenty people to clear the Light Monastery, but it never happened. After all, for large teams to clear these places, the losses were quite significant. The Nirvana Guild couldn't afford it. When the team's priests had all learned basic resurrection, they could go wherever they wanted.

"Doing a quest, how's your leveling?"

"After reaching level twenty-six, leveling has slowed down. Po Tian is catching up so fast." Tang Yao said worriedly. Po Tian might reach level twenty-six soon. He didn't know how much longer he could stay in first place.

"When I get out, I'll take you guys to other places to level up. What level are Yao Yao and Sun?"

"Yao Yao and Sun are both 24."

Yao Yao and Sun were leveling up quite fast too. Tang Yao was leveling and grinding monsters non-stop, so naturally he wouldn't be slow.

"When can you come out?"

"I estimate I can finish it in a few hours." Nie Yan said. He should be able to clear all the Fallen Silver Armor Knights here in two hours.

"Then hurry up and finish it."

If Tang Yao couldn't hold onto first place, it would be a heavy blow to the Nirvana Guild.

Nie Yan checked the gold coins in the Starry Night Potion Shop. He already had more than three hundred gold. The current three hundred gold was equivalent to the value of one hundred gold at the beginning of the game. As players leveled up and had more money in their hands, the demand for potions slowly increased. The Starry Night Potion Shop's daily turnover was increasing, from fifty gold coins a day at the beginning to nearly two hundred gold coins a day now. This was a huge leap. Although there was a large amount of expenses every day, the Starry Night Potion Shop still had a lot of money left over.

Since gold coins were so abundant, buying some basic area-of-effect magic bombs to level up wouldn't hurt.

20 gold coins per stack was still a bit ridiculously expensive, but he could barely afford it.

After returning, Nie Yan decided to take Tang Yao to the Eternal City to level up. Although the Eternal City was a level forty map, with area-of-effect magic bombs, they could still level up smoothly.

Just as Nie Yan was preparing to continue grinding monsters, a system notification came, causing Nie Yan's heart to sink. The thing he was most worried about had finally happened.

System: Player Black Hell has obtained Chapter Five of the Book of Order, the Chapter of Justice, location coordinates (Link Town 385.382.582). Location coordinates will be broadcast once every hour.

A player has obtained the Chapter of Justice!

After that player obtained the Chapter of Justice, it meant that he could also see Nie Yan's location. Just like in his past life, all players who obtained a chapter of the Book of Order would fight each other to determine the final ownership of the Book of Order.

He and this player named Black Hell were destined to fight!

In his past life, the players who possessed chapters of the Book of Order used all kinds of schemes to seize the chapters of the Book of Order from their opponents, including traps, gang fights, ambushes, assassinations, and even bounty hunts.

However, in his past life, the six chapters of the Book of Order were not in the hands of one person, but were scattered among five players.

The sealed historical expansion pack had finally opened after a long delay.

Both sides watched each other's positions, which was a dangerous game. Maybe at some point, that person would appear in front of you and suddenly attack you.

You couldn't stay in one location for more than an hour, otherwise the other party would accurately grasp your position.

If it was just a one-on-one fight, Nie Yan wouldn't be worried. If the other party sent a group of people over, then it would be hard to say.

Fortunately, Nie Yan was a thief, and had certain class advantages. As for that Black Hell, he didn't know what class he was.

People who could obtain a chapter of the Book of Order were not simple characters.

Nie Yan thought for a moment, he should take the Chapter of Justice first. As for the other two chapters, one was in Black Hell's hands, the target was already determined, and the other chapter was still in the wild, he had to get it as soon as possible. Otherwise, if it fell into the hands of another player, it would definitely cause some trouble.

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