Chapter 1 Order

The Chapters of Order, truly tempting things. I wonder if I can collect all six chapters of the first volume in this life.

He knew the approximate locations of many of the thirty-six Chapters of Order! He knew the locations of the six chapters in the first volume like the back of his hand! The one he was going to find this time was the third chapter of the Chapters of Order, the Chapter of Courage.

"What are you going in there to do?"

"Take me to the end of the cave, then go back and level up. You can't go where I'm going," Nie Yan said. Even for a Thief like him, that place was a bit difficult to get through, let alone a Mystic-type mage like Tang Yao.

"Is it dangerous?" Tang Yao asked.

"Yes," Nie Yan nodded.

"If it's dangerous, why are you going?" Tang Yao asked, puzzled.

"To get something." Nie Yan smiled. Tang Yao didn't understand how tempting the Chapters of Order were.

"Alright." Tang Yao nodded. He didn't understand why Nie Yan would go even knowing it was dangerous, but since Nie Yan already had a plan, he didn't ask any further.

Nie Yan and Tang Yao entered the depths of the cave. The space was too narrow for Tang Yao to use Meteor Fall, so the two could only clear their way in, bit by bit, using ordinary methods.

The monsters fell one after another. Gradually, under Nie Yan's guidance, Tang Yao seemed to get a feel for it. His techniques and such were much more skilled than before.

"You're improving fast. In another while, you'll become a pro too. We're going to do a dungeon tomorrow, so I'll tell you some basics, techniques for controlling aggro and positioning. The dungeon we're doing tomorrow might be a bit difficult, so you have to pay attention, especially when dealing with the Treant King." Nie Yan told Tang Yao, explaining the techniques a Mystic-type mage should use in a dungeon one by one, occasionally going over some of the key points of the Treant Forest dungeon.

Tang Yao listened intently. He used to be just an ordinary player, his skills were lacking and his equipment couldn't keep up, so he had resigned himself to being a nobody. But since putting on the Firechaser Set, his equipment was already considered top-notch. The strong sense of achievement gave him a great deal of pressure, and he consciously demanded more of himself like a pro. In fact, Tang Yao's talent was not bad, not top-notch, but still comfortably in the middle. With Nie Yan's guidance, he had completely transformed. Although he couldn't be considered a pro, he understood how to train his techniques.

"Anything else I should pay attention to?"

"A few very important stats for mages are Intelligence, Perception, and Focus. Intelligence is the foundation stat, without a doubt in first place. The remaining two are Perception and Focus. These two are extension stats. Perception can give you a stronger ability to survive when facing Thieves, while Focus can make your magic harder to interrupt. These two stats are also very important. Extension stats can only be raised with skills, so you have to keep up with the relevant skills. If you come across a suitable skill book that you want to buy, however much money you're short, I'll cover it for you first," Nie Yan said.

"There's no need for money, I'm not short of it. I'll just browse the auction house more often in the future," Tang Yao nodded, remembering every word Nie Yan said.

Gradually, they reached the end of the cave. The sound of rushing water could be faintly heard from the depths of the cave.

"This is as far as it goes. You should head back first. There are three Rock Spider Leaders ahead, I'm afraid you won't be able to get past them," Nie Yan said. He had seen videos of people finding the Chapter of Courage online, and he still vaguely remembered the entire path.

"Alright, then be careful."

Nie Yan nodded and said, "I'll call you when we go to farm the Treant King tomorrow. Level up some more."

"I'm leaving." Tang Yao took out a Return Scroll and started reading it. After twenty seconds, he turned into a white light and disappeared on the spot.

Tang Yao left, and Nie Yan walked towards the deeper darkness.

Originally, Nie Yan wanted to wait until he was a higher level before retrieving the Chapter of Order fragment, because retrieving the Chapter of Courage at his current level was still a bit difficult, but since he had already come here, he decided to give it a try. If he had the Chapter of Courage, his leveling would be much easier.

Nie Yan walked towards the deeper darkness of the cave, concealed in the shadows.

After walking forward for three minutes, the area opened up in the distance. Three giant Rock Spider Leaders were moving about. Looking further ahead, a 10x20-yard area was filled with a pool of water. The water flowed along a narrow channel, then turned underground. The sound of water was coming from there.

The three Rock Spider Leaders blocked the way. They moved about in the cave from time to time, then used their front limbs to touch their heads. Nie Yan estimated the distance. He needed to pass through about ten yards to reach the water's edge.

Unless he killed all three Rock Spiders, there was no way to pass over the ground without alarming them.

Then, he would just have to force his way through!

Nie Yan understood the danger of doing so, but he had done things that were several times more dangerous than this.

The most attractive characteristic of the Thief class was that it was thrilling, doing things that others dared not do, experiencing the feeling of dancing between life and death.

Perhaps there were some dangerous factors in Nie Yan's personality.

Nie Yan liked this feeling. He wanted to prove his ability by completing impossible tasks one after another.

He mentally calculated that the alert range of the Rock Spiders was about 2.5 yards.

As long as he didn't get closer than 2.5 yards, he should be safe.

Nie Yan entered Stealth and moved forward.

The three Rock Spider Leaders moved back and forth. Their huge compound eyes reflected countless images, and nothing around them escaped their sight.

In his previous life, players had statistically analyzed monster stats. They discovered that the Perception of spider-type monsters ranked seventh among beast-type monsters, and there were about six thousand types of beast-type monsters in total. This proved that spiders had very high Perception.

Nie Yan carefully controlled the distance between himself and the Rock Spider Leaders, holding his breath, and gradually moved towards the pool of water.

3.5 yards to the left, 5 yards ahead, 6 yards to the front left. Nie Yan's body was like a gecko, clinging tightly to the rock wall, moving over bit by bit.

Every movement was meticulous. Loose stones on the rock wall, gravel scattered on the ground, all possible variables had to be taken into account.

Better safe than sorry. Six years of experience in his previous life made him deeply understand this principle, which he had learned from countless painful lessons. Outside of dungeons, Nie Yan had died over three hundred times, not to mention inside dungeons. A pro who had never died was not a pro at all.

As a pro, pk and adventure experiences were essential. With pk and adventure, death was inevitable. Someone who had never died, even if they leveled to one hundred just by grinding monsters, was still a noob in the eyes of the pros.

It was precisely because of so many death experiences that Nie Yan became a somewhat famous great Thief, only one step away from being a Shadow Dancer. At that time, there were only six people in the entire Atlante Continent who could be called Shadow Dancers.

~~Today is the weekend, the rankings will change after 12 o'clock tonight, reserving tomorrow's votes......