Chapter 1 Glory and Pain

Glory and pain, brilliance and regret, intertwined in everyone's heart, filling them with a myriad of emotions.

No one expected that so many of their brothers remained.

A long-lost feeling welled up from their hearts.

Everyone watched as Hell Black slowly walked towards the center of the square, tears blurring their vision. Brothers, such a familiar term, still remembered by everyone after so long. At this moment, Hell Black was no longer Hell Black, but the once peerless Dúbù Tiānxià.

All races were present in the square, humans, elves, orcs, giants, gnomes, they all gathered together, just for one person.

Looking at these eager people, Nie Yan wondered, if one day he disappeared, how many brothers could he gather after a few years? Could he be like Hell Black?

Nie Yan didn't know, to be remembered by so many people, Hell Black, no, Dúbù Tiānxià should be said, naturally had his unique qualities.

More people poured in from all directions. From the news obtained from various sources, Nie Yan roughly estimated that there were more than 300,000 people. If such a group of people were organized, what a powerful force it would be, capable of independently establishing a guild, no worse than Zhushen Zhi Jian, Holy Guardians, or any other guild. If Hell Black was determined to dominate the world, then he would become the Natural Tribe's biggest enemy.

But Nie Yan didn't think Hell Black would become his enemy, it was an intuition.

Hell Black, Hell Black Heaven, and Nie Yan walked to the center of the square.

"Brothers, long time no see." Hell Black felt a pang in his heart, his voice a little hoarse.

"Leader Dúbù, is that you?"

"Leader Dúbù changed his ID."

"Leader Dúbù, it's so good that you're back."

The surrounding players were in an uproar.

More than twenty people in the center of the square all gathered around.

"Leader Dúbù, I'm Elegy." Dark Elegy suppressed the urge to cry, but his voice was already trembling.

Everyone here was about the same. During the time Dúbù disappeared, they had never given up searching for him. Outsiders couldn't understand this feeling.

"Leader, I'm Mo Jiu." An elven elemental mage choked, the only Archmage present.

"Big Brother Dúbù, I'm You Nan."

"Leader Dúbù, I'm Canon."

...

Hell Black looked at everyone present, although their appearances had changed, he still recognized them. This title was familiar and kind, with a piercing pain, directly into Hell Black's heart.

Hell Black looked at each of them, as if to imprint the figures of everyone present in his mind, and asked: "Are you all doing well?"

"So-so, just muddling along." Dark Elegy said, his relaxed words unable to hide the bitterness in his heart.

"Why didn't Fire Dragon come, and Heavenly Master, is that guy still fooling people all day long?" Hell Black noticed that some people seemed to be missing.

The people present fell silent.

"What's wrong?" Hell Black noticed that the atmosphere was a bit off.

"The last time I received news from Fire Dragon was three months ago. I couldn't even send him off." Dark Elegy finished speaking, already sobbing.

Hell Black was stunned for a moment, a figure slowly floating into his mind. Fire Dragon was a carefree guy, always happy, always teasing the little girls in the guild. When going to dungeons together, he always rushed up with his shield before the mages in the back were ready, but this guy's skills were good, particularly resistant, and his luck was extraordinary, always getting out of dangerous situations unscathed.

"What about Heavenly Master?"

"Heavenly Master didn't enter Faith. We haven't contacted him since Faith launched."

"Until the end, Fire Dragon was still thinking about you. He said that one day, we would rebuild Dark Ranger."

Those brothers who had fought with him to conquer the world, some were scattered all over the world, never to be found again, some were already separated by heaven, and some had changed their names and couldn't be contacted. Only two or three out of ten could be found again. Because of his momentary willfulness, he didn't even get to see Fire Dragon's last face. Hell Black's heart was full of guilt.

"Leader, let's rebuild Dark Ranger."

"Yeah, Leader Dúbù, let's rebuild Dark Ranger."

"Leader Dúbù, rebuild Dark Ranger!"

Many people shouted excitedly. The voices of more than 100,000 people were like a landslide and tsunami, shaking the entire Carol City.

"If you want to rebuild Dark Ranger, we are willing to let you leave." Nie Yan said, hearing this deafening sound, he understood how powerful such a group of people would be gathered together. Even if Dark Ranger eventually went against the Natural Tribe, fighting such an opponent would not be in vain in Faith.

Hell Black looked at Nie Yan, he felt that Nie Yan was sincere, he shook his head and said sadly: "Dark Ranger has already perished, the current Hell Black is a member of the Natural Tribe."

Nie Yan vaguely understood Hell Black's mood at this time.

Dark Ranger was already an unbearable history, let it be forever annihilated in history.

Hell Black raised his hand and pressed it down.

The voices of more than 100,000 people stopped abruptly, everyone looked at Hell Black expectantly, the fiery light in their eyes making it impossible to refuse.

"Dark Ranger has been destroyed, I destroyed it, it is no longer the original Dark Ranger, Dúbù Tiānxià is no longer the original Dúbù Tiānxià." Hell Black's words made the entire square quiet, everyone's eyes filled with disappointment.

Hell Black looked around the square and said, "But if you are willing, you can still call me Dúbù. The current Dúbù Tiānxià is a member of the Natural Tribe. Heaven Black is here, and so am I. If you are still willing to follow me, it's still the same sentence, as long as I, Dúbù, am here, I will never let any brother suffer even the slightest bit of grievance."

A long silence.

After many people went through painful psychological struggles, they were still willing to follow Hell Black, just because he was Dúbù Tiānxià.

Dúbù Tiānxià was not just a guild leader to them. This was also the reason why Dark Ranger immediately disintegrated after Dúbù Tiānxià left Dark Ranger. Dúbù Tiānxià was Dúbù Tiānxià wherever he was. Without Dúbù Tiānxià, Dark Ranger was no longer the original Dark Ranger.

However, many people still had an idea, to follow Hell Black first, and then persuade Hell Black to rebuild Dark Ranger in the future.

The commotion in the central square of Carol City surprised the guild leaders of the major guilds. They still knew about Dúbù Tiānxià, the once well-deserved king, but he disappeared later. They didn't expect that when he reappeared, he would do so in such a shocking way. Dúbù Tiānxià had just returned, and nearly 300,000 subordinates had already joined him. If he was given some time, how could that be! But hearing that Dúbù Tiānxià was not planning to rebuild Dark Ranger, but had decided to join the Natural Tribe, surprised everyone. They couldn't help but be jealous of Nie Yan, recruiting someone like Dúbù Tiānxià was really a lucky thing.

Nie Yan built a branch in the Natural Tribe, filled with people from Dark Ranger. He didn't dare to integrate so many people into the Natural Tribe all at once, fearing that it would have some unpredictable impact on the Natural Tribe. These people were naturally managed by Hell Black and Hell Black Heaven, no one else could manage them at all.

The Natural Tribe had a large population base, and in the future, the people from Dark Ranger could slowly integrate into it.

With the addition of this group of people, the Natural Tribe's legion expanded to a million in size. The number of top-tier professions also increased from the original thirteen to fifteen.

Under Hell Black's arrangement, these original Dark Ranger players quickly entered the major fortresses of the Natural Tribe, assisting the Natural Tribe in defense.

Soon, the forums were filled with posts about Dúbù Tiānxià's return.

Nie Yan opened the forum and browsed it. Many posts such as, "Leader Dúbù's triumphant return, summoning the brothers of the original Dark Ranger!", "Strong alliance, Dúbù Tiānxià joins the Natural Tribe!" etc., were all ranked high. In the future, more people would see the news on the forum, and the people of Dark Ranger scattered everywhere would see it.

The addition of nearly 300,000 people greatly boosted the morale of the Natural Tribe, and everyone was even more determined to defeat the Monet Consortium.

Qin Han's skeleton army was like a tide, pushing all the way over, swallowing three fortresses along the way, and gradually approaching Cripps Fortress.

Nie Yan looked at the videos sent back from various places. Zhushen Zhi Jian's trebuchets, there were more than 100 of them, were still quite combat-effective. More than 100 trebuchets bombarded the fortress in one round, and the skeleton army could drive straight in.

"Guo Huai, how many trebuchets do we have in the guild?" Nie Yan asked, during this time, the Natural Tribe's trebuchet construction had never stopped.

"The latest figures, 932 ironclad trebuchets, 627 ballistic trebuchets, of which more than 100 are in Cripps Fortress, and the other trebuchets are ready." Guo Huai said, everything was proceeding according to Nie Yan's plan.

"What about the area-damage magic bombs?"

"A total of more than 800,000 have been made, all distributed to the most trusted members."

"Good, when Qin Han's skeleton army comes over, give them a ruthless move." Nie Yan said confidently.

"Are you ready over there?" Guo Huai said a little worriedly.

"I've been ready for a long time, as long as I click confirm, I can move the guild headquarters to Okolon City at any time."

What Qin Han didn't know was that before his skeleton army came to Cripps Fortress, Nie Yan had already set up a trap in Cripps Fortress, ready to welcome them.

Time passed little by little, and the eyes of all players in the entire server were focused on Cripps Fortress. This battle would be the one that determined the fate of the Greenland Empire!