Chapter 131 Guild Warehouse

The news of the opening of the guild warehouse spread like wildfire, triggering a new wave of membership applications.

Guo Huai, Hao Cheng, and Zhao Li clicked the confirm button until their hands were sore. Although the players had all joined, they had to sort out all the guild members in the next few days to ensure the operation of the entire guild. They still had many things to do.

With Guo Huai and the others managing the guild, Nie Yan wasn't worried. He could let them do it, while he himself could concentrate on killing monsters and leveling up.

"Nie Yan, want to come to Black Flame together? We're at the entrance to Black Flame now. Yaozi is here, and so is Yue'er, whom you met last time. We're just waiting for you." Yao Yao sent a message to Nie Yan, looking forward to going to the dungeon with him.

Nie Yan thought about it. Going to Black Flame wasn't a bad idea. It would only take an hour at most, and if it was Expert Black Flame, he could get a treasure.

"Okay, I'll be there in a bit."

Nie Yan teleported to the town of Idambeido, located in the eastern part of Carroll City. It was a town full of the flavor of the ancient co-governance era. Many things here still retained the atmosphere of that time. The stone walls had carvings that were somewhat blurred by the erosion of wind and rain. The dilapidated buildings and ancient streets still retained the aftertaste of the vicissitudes of time, giving people a sense of heavy historical accumulation.

The NPC guards here were dressed very strangely, still with some of the flavor of the co-governance era, wearing short robes, cloth armor, and steel horned helmets, like gladiators from ancient barbarian tribes.

Nie Yan was walking on the street when a group of about sixteen or seventeen players walked towards him. Their equipment was excellent, at least of the Sosu Valley level. Nie Yan was quite surprised. Logically speaking, they should have graduated from Sosu Valley. Why would they be here?

These people were either burly or thin and wiry, and came from various classes. The only thing they had in common was that they exuded a fierce aura, causing Nie Yan to frown. Who were these people?

"Skinny Dog, when killing people, the knife should be sharpened faster." A tall elemental mage wearing a gray robe raised a cold smile at the corner of his mouth, glanced at Nie Yan, but only for a moment.

"Don't worry, my dagger is definitely faster than your staff." A short, thin thief skillfully played with the dagger in his hand. His face was hidden under a black cloak, making it impossible to see his appearance clearly.

The players chatted and laughed wantonly, glanced at Nie Yan, and then brushed past him.

This group of people seemed a little familiar. Their names were set to hidden. Nie Yan's memory wasn't that good. He couldn't remember every player he knew in his previous life. If they didn't have particularly obvious characteristics, he wouldn't be able to name them.

He shouldn't have had much interaction with these players in his previous life.

Nie Yan walked towards the outside of the town. The Black Flame Forest was located to the north of Idambeido. It was a scorched ruin, full of charred remains. It was said that during the Dark Ages, the Black Flame Phoenix Solus fell from here, turning into endless black flames that never went out. When entering the Black Flame Forest, players could still see a huge phoenix skeleton, scattered in the forest.

The perennial flames attracted a large number of fire elementals to inhabit here, making it an important low-level dungeon.

The periphery of the Black Flame Forest was a barren area, full of rocks, with no living creatures growing. Only level three Kobolds spawned there. At the entrance to the Black Flame Forest, there was an open space where teams often gathered to go to the dungeon, but today it was a little deserted. There weren't many players coming, which was a bit strange.

Yu Lan and the others were waiting at the entrance to the Black Flame Forest.

Nie Yan walked up and greeted them with a smile, "Hello."

"We've finally waited for you, busy man." Yao Yao smiled, her bright smile making people feel cheerful.

"Boss Nie Yan, everyone has been waiting for you for a long time."

Nie Yan smiled slightly, then nodded to Yu Lan and the others, and greeted Yue'er, who was next to Yao Yao, "Hello."

After a few days, Yu Lan and the others' equipment had greatly improved, and their levels had also increased a lot, reaching around level ten. The reason they came to Black Flame was probably to have Nie Yan take them to the Expert dungeon.

"We're troubling you to take us to the dungeon again." Yu Lan looked at Nie Yan, slightly embarrassed.

"You are now considered members of our guild. It's only natural for me to take you to the dungeon." Nie Yan nodded, glanced at everyone. Including him, there were a total of twenty people, mostly familiar faces. He even spotted Huanghun.

"Doesn't your guild have any activities?"

Huanghun smiled awkwardly and said, "Our guild has activities tomorrow. I'm here to freeload some equipment."

Huanghun already had a set of Sin Domain gear from the Medusa dungeon. He probably wasn't here for the equipment. Banished Fox must already know that he and Tang Yao had built a guild, and sending Huanghun here probably had other intentions. However, Banished Fox had some friendship with Nie Yan. With Banished Fox's wisdom, he would definitely know that cooperation was beneficial to both parties. After all, he knew Nie Yan's background relatively well. With Starry Night Potion Shop as a backing and a mysterious background, Banished Fox wouldn't easily destroy the relationship between the two parties. Therefore, Nirvana Guild and Holy Roman Empire had the possibility of cooperation.

"We'll leave the party. You form a new one." Yu Lan said to Nie Yan.

Nie Yan nodded and began to invite them into the party.

System: Player Yao Yao has joined your party.

System: Player Yaozi has joined your party.

......

"Nie Yan, you're level sixteen too? So fast." Yao Yao said in surprise. Tang Yao didn't dare to tell others about Nie Yan's level without his permission, so Yao Yao and the others didn't know Nie Yan's level yet. Although they knew that Nie Yan's level was quite high, they didn't expect it to be level 16 already.

"Why aren't you on the level榜 (bǎng, list)?" Yue'er frowned slightly, asking suspiciously.

"He hid his level, so he's not on the level榜 (bǎng, list)." Huanghun said, thinking that it was just as Boss Fox had guessed.

Nie Yan probably wanted to keep a low profile. After a little thought, everyone understood. If the first and second places on the level榜 (bǎng, list) were all from Nirvana Guild, what kind of shock would this cause to the guilds? It was conceivable.

Everyone joined the team.

"Report your stats as usual." Nie Yan said in the team chat. Although he knew that Yu Lan and the others' attributes had met the requirements, he still wanted to know the attributes of each member out of caution. If there were any unqualified ones, they definitely couldn't enter the dungeon.

Every dungeon run had to be taken seriously, otherwise even the slightest mistakes could lead to a wipe. One wipe might not hurt a team too much, but losing 20% experience was still painful.

Yu Lan, Bai Kaishui, and the others began to report important data such as defense, spell damage, and health.

"520 health, 180 defense..."

"320 health, 158 spell damage..."

......

After everyone reported, Nie Yan nodded. It seemed that Yu Lan and the others had put a lot of effort into their equipment, especially Bai Kaishui. 180 defense and 520 health were considered pretty good at this stage.

Just as Nie Yan and the others' team was preparing to set off, a large group of players emerged from the surrounding piles of rocks and quickly surrounded them.

There were about two or three hundred people, and they blocked all the escape routes for Nie Yan and the others.

Nie Yan's heart sank. These players didn't come with good intentions.

"What's going on?" Nie Yan's heart sank, and he glanced at the people opposite him. These people had good equipment and should all be around level ten.

"Who are they?" Tang Yao clenched the staff in his hand. He felt the hostility of these people.

The members of Yu Lan's team quickly formed a formation to defend against the players coming from all directions.

"I've seen the leaders before. They're from Triumph." Huanghun said in a low voice, standing next to Nie Yan.

Nie Yan's gaze fell on the leaders. A tall elemental mage and a thin, monkey-like player were particularly conspicuous. It turned out to be the group of players from Sosu Valley that Nie Yan had encountered in Idambeido.

"We're surrounded. They have at least three hundred people!" Bai Kaishui and the others said nervously. They had only twenty-odd people, while the other side had more than three hundred, and everyone's equipment was no worse than theirs!

The difference in strength was too great. If the other side attacked, the entire team would definitely be finished!

This wasn't a dungeon. If you died inside a dungeon, you only lost 20% experience and didn't drop equipment. But if you died outside, you would actually lose a level and drop a piece of equipment!

No one could remain indifferent!

At this time, what Nie Yan was thinking about wasn't the level problem, but the two Chapters of Order in his backpack and Tang Yao's Arcane Sprite!

Could it be that the building he had painstakingly built was going to collapse here before it became a towering skyscraper?

It was too late to use a Return Scroll now. These people were close at hand and could interrupt the return at any time!

"Skinny Dog, there's a word called 'turtle in a jar,' which is the most appropriate way to describe the situation now!" The tall elemental mage laughed wildly. "Even if that Nie Yan is strong, so what? They're finished!"

The thief called Skinny Dog stuck out his scarlet tongue and licked the dagger in his hand, looking at Nie Yan and the others as if they were prey about to be caught.

"They seem to be putting up a last-ditch struggle. Twenty people, what do they think they can do?" Skinny Dog laughed triumphantly.

"Remember to tell your subordinates not to attack first. Send a few people up to make that Nie Yan a red name first. The boss ordered that all of his equipment must be looted, leaving nothing behind!"

"Don't worry, I understand!" Skinny Dog played with the dagger in his hand. He loved to bleed people with a knife, the feeling of blood gushing out.

These people were coming for him. Nie Yan glanced at the skinny man, less than five feet tall, and vaguely remembered him. Although he didn't have the name Shadow Dancer in his previous life, he killed a Shadow Dancer guy. He was ranked sixth in Triumph, and his reputation wasn't small.

~~So many update tickets, quite ruthless, but Snail will accept them all.