Chapter 1 The Shard of the Severing Blade

The shard of the Severing Blade was a silver-white, rhomboid metal fragment, engraved with Imos runes. Legend had it that the legendary blacksmith Imos created the Severing Blade when he was still a high-ranking blacksmith, and that was how the blueprints for the Severing Blade spread.

The Severing Blade was one of the rarer chargeable weapons among low-level weapons. By chargeable, it meant that this 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 releasing, the energy would disappear, and it would have to continue charging to be used again.

Generally, only high-level players had chargeable weapons, but the Severing Blade was the only chargeable weapon for thieves below level fifty. Its attributes were powerful, so it was known as the best cleaver before level fifty.

Aside from those sub-legendary and legendary items, the Severing Blade should be the number one thief weapon before level fifty.

In his previous life, when Nie Yan was level thirty-nine, he joined a group to run the Bloodswamp dungeon six times. He spent a full three gold coins to purchase 20 shards of the Severing Blade from the group, assembling them into the Severing Blade. At that time, that Severing Blade directly turned Nie Yan into a pauper.

Under normal circumstances, if you wanted to completely clear out the central hall of the Light Monastery, you would need at least three groups of twenty players at level thirty, but with the Crawler Ring and the Weaver Ring, Nie Yan could do it much more easily.

When several groups clear monsters together, if you want equipment, you have to distribute the money to all the members. And in the end, the item might not fall into your hands, because other people in the group would definitely have a demand for the equipment as well.

But soloing was different. All the dropped equipment would be Nie Yan's.

Maybe after clearing out all the Fallen Silver Armored Knights here, he could gather a Severing Blade cleaver.

After killing a Fallen Silver Armored Knight, he looked at the experience points and gained about 17%. The Fallen Silver Armored Knight's experience bonus was very high.

Leveling up here wasn't bad either.

Following the method just now, Nie Yan began to clear out the Fallen Silver Armored Knights here. Under the firing of the crossbow, one Fallen Silver Armored Knight after another fell to the ground.

After clearing out five Fallen Silver Armored Knights, a white light flashed, and Nie Yan leveled up to nineteen.

He was about to approach the level 20 mark soon.

He already had as many as 5 Severing Blade fragments in his hand. He glanced ahead, and there were still many Fallen Silver Armored Knights, especially around the two Dark Gold treasure chests, where a large number of them were gathered.

The drop rate of the Severing Blade fragments was still pretty good.

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

Paladin's Prayer (Quest Item): Carry the Paladin's Prayer, and search for the legendary Ten Paladins. You will have amazing discoveries. Quest plot one, Cavanaugh's cause of death. Cavanaugh's death caused Bruin's ambitions to get out of control. Bruin abandoned his faith, and thus, the cruel slaughter began. Bruin turned his butcher knife toward his comrades. Quest: Quickly find Cavanaugh's corpse and get the Paladin's Medal he left behind.

The Paladin's Medal is the glory of the Ten Paladins. They are held by Cavanaugh, Bruin, Bertrand, Kramer, Crispin, Sandman, Clive, Hazelden, Bass, and Chadwell respectively. When the ten Paladin's Medals are gathered together, you can talk to Archangel Tyrael. Archangel Tyrael hasn't appeared for thousands of years. He is guarding the Gate of the Dead.

The Paladin's Prayer is a one-handed hammer, a somewhat broken hammer that looks extremely ordinary, but when held in the hand, one can still feel the powerful divine power emanating from the hammer.

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

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

Nie Yan looked at the quest introduction and discovered that it was actually a legendary quest.

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

He looked at the other book. The cover was a little damaged, but he could still clearly see the ancient Common Tongue characters on it. There were a few tin-silver words on the cover: Cavanaugh's Legend.

Opening the pages, large sections of ancient Common Tongue text came into view.

"...Cavanaugh reveres the will of God, piously believes in the Light, and advances to become a Holy Knight...Archangel Tyrael: Child, may the Light protect you...Cavanaugh meets Bruin and Bertrand, who are also Paladins. They are brave and good at fighting, resisting the atrocities of the Dragon Clan, and spreading the will of the Light. Thus, the legend of the Ten Paladins spread in the province of Glenming...The appearance of the Dragon Clan girl Benita caused a rift among the Ten Paladins. Benita was released back to Karul by Cavanaugh...Cavanaugh's corpse is placed in the main hall of the Light Monastery, sleeping quietly. May the Light endure forever...(remainder damaged)"

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

The story begins here.

Cavanaugh's body was placed in the center of the main hall. Nie Yan looked into the distance. At the end of the distant hall, on the high steps, was a huge crystal coffin. Was that Cavanaugh's resting place?

He should clear out the nearby Fallen Silver Armored Knights first. Nie Yan climbed onto a pillar and attracted another Fallen Silver Armored Knight, continuously firing.

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

"In 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-plus map. Guo Huai and the others had wanted to organize a few groups of twenty players to run the Light Monastery, but it ended without a result. After all, large groups losing out in these places was still quite a big loss. The Niu Ren Tribe couldn't afford it. When the priests in the group learned beginner resurrection, they could go wherever they wanted at that time.

"Doing a quest. How's your leveling going?"

"After leveling up to level twenty-six, leveling became slow. Potian is catching up so fast," Tang Yao said dejectedly. Potian might reach level twenty-six soon. He didn't know how long he could stay in first place.

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

"Yaoyao and Sun are both 24."

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

"When will you be able to come out?"

"I estimate I'll be done in a few hours," Nie Yan said. He should be able to clear out all the Fallen Silver Armored Knights here in two hours.

"Then hurry up and get it done."

If Tang Yao couldn't hold on to first place, it would be a heavy blow to the Niu Ren Tribe.

Nie Yan looked at the money in the Starry Night Potion Shop. He already had more than three hundred gold coins. The current three hundred gold coins were equivalent in value to the one hundred gold coins at the beginning of the game. As players leveled up and had more money in hand, their 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 were large expenses every day, the Starry Night Potion Shop still had a lot of money left over.

Since he had so much gold, it wouldn't hurt to buy some beginner area-of-effect magic bombs for leveling.

20 gold coins a set. Although it was still a bit ridiculously expensive, 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 the area-of-effect magic bombs, they could still level up smoothly.

Just as Nie Yan was preparing to continue grinding monsters, a system prompt 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 Order of Justice, the Chapter of Justice. Coordinates (Link Town 385.382.582). Coordinate location reported once every hour.

A player obtained the Chapter of Justice!

After that player obtained the Chapter of Justice, it meant that he could also see Nie Yan's location. Like in his previous life, all players who obtained the Chapters of Order would have to fight each other to determine the final ownership of the Chapters of Order.

He and this player called Black Hell were bound to have a battle!

In his previous life, the players who owned the Chapters of Order used all sorts of clever plans to seize the Chapters of Order from their opponents, traps, gang fights, ambushes, assassinations, and even bounty hunts, using any means possible.

However, in his previous life, the six Chapters of Order still didn't fall into the hands of one person, but were scattered in the hands of five players.

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

Both sides spying on each other's location was a dangerous game. Maybe that person would appear in front of you at any time and suddenly launch an attack on you.

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

If it was just a one-on-one, Nie Yan wouldn't be worried. But if the other party sent a group of people over, 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 the Chapters of Order were not simple characters.

Nie Yan thought for a moment and decided to take the Chapter of Justice first. As for the other two, one was in Black Hell's hands, and the target had been determined. There was still one chapter in the wild that also had to be taken as soon as possible. Otherwise, if it fell into the hands of another player, it would inevitably cause some trouble.

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