In his mind, Nie Yan hadn't fully adjusted. He intended to interact with Cidao as a friend, but Cidao wouldn't engage in personal relationships with anyone. In their line of work, more friends meant more danger. In Cidao's eyes, the relationship between him and Nie Yan was purely transactional, nothing more. Nie Yan paid, and he worked. Things like friendship and personal feelings were just baggage to him. Cidao only had a few brothers, those who had come down from the battlefield together. Towards everyone else, he was accustomed to indifference and disregard, including Nie Yan!

Cidao's words were reminding Nie Yan that their relationship was transactional.

Hearing Cidao's words, Nie Yan understood Cidao's principles. Since that was the case, he had nothing to say. He would just treat Cidao as an ordinary mercenary for now.

"Just like you said, from now on you are my shadow. I'll give you some triggering conditions for Legendary-grade equipment, and you can start collecting the equipment. Before you log off each day, tell me the progress of your equipment collection. If anyone gets the final chapter of the Order of the Holy Book, don't collect it! Make sure you avoid them!" Nie Yan said. He had collected Shadow of Darkness, which had opened the sealed history ahead of time, already causing history to deviate from its course. All five chapters of Volume 5 of the Order of the Holy Book were in Cidao's hands. If Cidao collected the last chapter, it would open a new expansion pack, and history would deviate even further and become uncontrollable.

Before history deviated from its course, Nie Yan wanted to use his advantage from being reborn to expand his strength as much as possible. Only when history was completely rewritten would he have enough strength to deal with all the unknowns.

Cidao was a little surprised. Wasn't it supposed to take six pieces to form a volume of Legendary equipment? Why was Nie Yan telling him not to collect the sixth volume?

Although Cidao was puzzled, as a mercenary, they had their own code of conduct. They would never ask their employer the reason. They would just do what the employer told them to do. That was their professional principle.

"Understood," Cidao nodded.

Nie Yan nodded slightly and said, "Then you can go busy yourself."

These few things were enough to keep Cidao busy for about five days. Once Cidao's equipment was upgraded, he could send him to collect some rarer items.

After receiving Nie Yan's words, Cidao went off to work.

After riding on the Faulkner Warhorse for more than fifty minutes, in the distant wasteland, a magnificent fortress appeared on the distant horizon, like a giant dragon, entrenched between the canyons of the wasteland.

The fortress walls were more than twenty yards high, completely made of giant stones. Legend had it that Emperor Jobia, the leader of the Greenland Empire, had gathered hundreds of thousands of people to build this fortress, like ants moving house, transporting the most solid stones from all over the place and gradually building the fortress.

This was a powerful super fortress, with incredibly strong defenses, and it was home to hundreds of thousands of residents, like a city.

They used this solid wall to defend against the magical creatures that emerged from the ground every year, forming the strongest line of defense in the Greenland Empire.

Nie Yan quickened his pace, urging his horse to gallop towards Hilton Fortress. Once he got there, he would be able to collect the reward for killing the Legendary Undead Warlock.

Just as he was rapidly approaching Hilton Fortress, an uneasy atmosphere was brewing in Carol City.

Two players from Angel Corps teleported to Carol City, an Elf Thief in sub-Legendary equipment, wearing a set of green rattan armor, holding two short, fang-like blades in his hands, similar to daggers in length, gleaming with a greasy green luster. The other player was an Orc Warrior, tall and strong as an ox, his skin pale bluish-white, carrying two giant two-handed swords on his back. These two-handed swords were a palm wide and looked very heavy. The Berserker's unique ability was to wield two two-handed swords simultaneously!

"Berserk God, remember our mission today. We must lure Mad Rogue Nie Yan out. Remember to keep some tricks up your sleeve. If we can defeat him, we can humiliate him!" A strange, excited glint flashed in the Elf Thief's eyes. Whenever he encountered a powerful opponent, he would become excited and his blood would boil.

"Understood, how could we possibly fail if the two of us are working together!" The Orc Warrior Berserk God laughed heartily.

If Nie Yan were here, he would recognize these two people. One was the Orc Warrior Berserk God, ranked second among all Orc Warriors in the Saturn Empire, a level 63 Orc Warrior. The other was the Elf Thief Fallen, also ranked among the top three Thieves in the Saturn Empire, a level 62 Elf Thief. In his previous life, these two were among the most influential figures in the Saturn Empire. The Orc Warrior Berserk God and the Elf Thief Fallen were as dazzling in the Saturn Empire as Sun and Brilliant Dazzle.

The appearance of these two players immediately attracted the attention of the surrounding players. The great war between Angel Corps and Asskickers United had just ended, and the presence of these two here was very sensitive. The news immediately spread to Asskickers United.

After receiving the news, a commotion erupted in the Asskickers United group chat.

"Damn it, the Angel Corps bastards dare to come over here! As long as they dare to leave the city, we'll kill them back to level zero!"

"Brothers, keep an eye on them. As soon as they leave the city, we'll all go and slaughter them!"

......

Angel Corps' actions at Cripps Fortress had greatly displeased Asskickers United. Hearing that people from Angel Corps were here again, they were naturally extremely angry.

"Executive Guild Master, what's their purpose in coming to Carol City?" Knight's Song asked in the guild group chat.

"We don't know yet. Send a few people to keep a close eye on them. Report to me as soon as you have any news!" Guo Huai said. He felt a sense of unease in his heart. It was definitely not a good thing for these two people from Angel Corps to appear in Carol City, but with only two people, they couldn't cause too much trouble. However, he had to notify Nie Yan about this and let him know.

The Orc Warrior Berserk God and the Elf Thief Fallen walked through the bustling streets.

Berserk God glanced at the endless stream of people on both sides and smiled slightly. "Carol City is quite lively. I wonder how many of these people are from Asskickers United. The news of our appearance must have reached the ears of the Asskickers United Guild Master."

"Speaking of which, this Asskickers United is really not simple. It was originally such a small guild, surviving in the cracks between so many large guilds in Carol City, but it actually managed to grow strong and squeeze Triumph Empire out of Carol City, and now it has unified Carol City. This Mad Rogue Nie Yan is quite a character," Fallen said with some admiration. Even if they could defeat Nie Yan, their achievements would never be able to compare to Nie Yan's.

"Are you afraid of that Mad Rogue Nie Yan?"

"Of course not. I admit that guy is indeed very capable, but I've never been afraid of anyone. We're each working for our own side, so there's nothing we can do. If Angel Corps and Asskickers United weren't enemies, I'd be willing to befriend him."

As they spoke, the two arrived at the central plaza of Carol City. They rented an area of about 100 * 100 yards from the city guards, for which they had to pay 20 gold coins per hour.

After renting this area, they set up simple railings to form a temporary arena.

The surrounding players in Carol City watched them curiously, wondering what these two people from Angel Corps were trying to do. Mixed in the crowd were some players from Asskickers United. The actions of the Orc Warrior and the Elf Thief made the Asskickers United players quite surprised.

"What the hell are those two doing?"

"I don't know." Several players from Asskickers United were complaining. Since those two weren't leaving the city, there was nothing the Asskickers United players could do about it. Even if they were the number one guild in Carol City, they had to abide by the rules of Carol City.

Everyone was watching the subsequent actions of the Orc Warrior and the Elf Thief.

After a while, the arena was set up.

"Alright, send the message," Berserk God said, looking at Fallen beside him.

As the arena was being set up, the blood of the two slowly began to boil.

Nie Yan was galloping on his horse when he suddenly received a message from Guo Huai.

"An Orc Warrior and an Elf Thief, what are they doing in Carol City?" Nie Yan frowned. He was about to ask Guo Huai to keep an eye on them when Guo Huai sent another message: Check the official website forum!

Nie Yan opened the official website, and a conspicuous title was pinned high on the Carol City forum.

The title was: Mad Rogue Nie Yan, do you dare to fight?

"We've set up a ring in the central plaza of Carol City. Asskickers United, if you have the guts, come at us! Signed: Berserk God, Fallen."

The names of Berserk God and Fallen were quite famous. A simple search on the official website of the Saturn Empire would turn up some videos of the two. These two had run to Carol City and specifically named Nie Yan to challenge him, which immediately became a hot topic of discussion among the players.

Being provoked on the forum, with their Guild Master as the target, the players of Asskickers United immediately became enraged.

"Damn it, who do they think they are, wanting to challenge Leader Nie Yan!"

"Executive Guild Master, let us go!"

......

Guo Huai glanced at the guild group chat and sent a message to Nie Yan asking, "What do you think?"

"I'm going to Hilton Fortress right now. It's not appropriate for me to show my face in this matter. What are Xie Yao and Brilliant Dazzle doing?" Nie Yan said. If every Angel Corps player who came along required him to respond personally, he would be exhausted! As the Guild Master of Asskickers United, even if he defeated Berserk God and Fallen, there would be nothing glorious about it. It would be better to let the other players of Asskickers United defeat them and let the players know that Asskickers United wasn't just about Mad Rogue Nie Yan!