For a guild to be truly united, a charismatic leader was indispensable!
Suyo turned to face Ronin . “If you establish the guild, we’ll all do our best to support you . ”
Ronin nodded . “Alright, let’s do it . Establishing a guild isn’t that hard anyway . And with a backer like Nirvana Flame, it’ll be even simpler . ”
Ronin’s party formed a contract with Nie Yan .
“What do you plan to call the guild?” Nie Yan asked .
“I already have something in mind, Heaven Song . What do you think? It’s the name of an old team of mine,” Ronin said .
“Heaven Song…?” Nie Yan mumbled in a bit of a daze, assailed by an indescribable feeling of shock .
“Huh? What’s the problem? Is the name no good?” Ronin asked . He didn’t understand why Nie Yan had such a strong reaction to it .
“No, it’s nothing . ” Nie Yan shook his head . “The name is fine . Call it Heaven Song . ” He wasn’t shocked because there was an issue with the name, but rather that he knew it . In the previous timeline, late into the game’s cycle a guild with this exact name popped up out of nowhere . They quickly rose to prominence, becoming one of the top three guilds in the entire Satreen Empire and controlling over 20 strongholds . Quick as they rose, so they too fell . They waged war against Angel Corps and ultimately lost, after which they disbanded . All that remained of Heaven Song was a rumour of their guild leader killing Soaring Angel in a duel .
As for whether the guild leader of Heaven Song in the previous timeline was also Ronin, Nie Yan had long forgotten . He never paid much attention to the matters in the Satreen Empire back then . After all, he was just a no-name player struggling for survival .
Nie Yan’s influence had already changed history . With the support of Asskickers United, would Heaven Song still go down the same path?
“Heaven Song, it has a nice ring to it . I like it!” Suyo said .
Nie Yan didn’t expect he would end up participating in the establishment of Heaven Song .
The corpses on the ground slowly despawned . After a while, some Shamans started arriving .
“Ronin, what did you call us for?” A tall Shaman walked up to Ronin and patted him on the shoulder . As he looked around, he spotted Nie Yan . Finding Nie Yan’s face a bit familiar, he lingered on it for a moment . Suddenly, his jaw dropped and his eyes widened in shock . He pointed at Nie Yan . “H-he… he… he…”
The Shaman couldn’t believe his eyes .
“Downfall, what are you stuttering on like an idiot for?” A different Shaman Doctor who had just arrived smacked his hand away . When he turned to look at Nie Yan, his mouth also gaped open like a goldfish .
“N-nirvana Flame?”
“I must be dreaming…”
Nie Yan looked over . All 10 Shamans had arrived . He nodded at them with a faint smile . “Nice to meet you all . ”
“H-hello . ” The Shaman called Downfall was the first to snap back to his senses .
“Ronin, is that really the Nirvana Flame?”
They found the situation hard to believe .
“In the flesh . ” Ronin chuckled after seeing the reaction of the Shamans . He reacted pretty much the same way when Nie Yan revealed himself earlier .
After Ronin’s confirmation, they could hardly contain their shock .
“So, what did you call us here for?” The 10 Shamans all stared at Ronin . Since Nirvana Flame was here, the matter Ronin called them over for definitely couldn’t be simple .
“We need your help with a quest . It’ll probably take a day . ”
“Is it dangerous?” Downfall asked .
“It’s pretty dangerous . We’ll definitely wipe, and not just once or twice . The pay is 2,000 gold . As for any deaths on the job, you’ll be compensated for your losses according to market rate,” Ronin replied .
2,000 gold for a day’s work was fairly decent . At their current level, they would already be overjoyed from making 500 gold a day .
Sure enough, having Nirvana Flame as an employer was something else entirely .
“I’m in . ”
“Me too . ”
None of them bothered to haggle . 2,000 gold was already an extremely generous offer . If they tried to ask for more, they would first have to file for a name change to Scrooge McDuck .
Ronin turned to Nie Yan . “They’re all brothers of mine . We’ve been friends since forever . You can trust them . ”
Nie Yan nodded . Even though they hadn’t been in contact for long, he trusted in Ronin’s character . Since he claimed these people were his trusted brothers, there was no reason to doubt him .
“Oh man, if you introduce us like that, we’ll really have to give it 110% just to live up to your words!” Downfall bitterly smiled .
A while later, one human Thief after another arrived . More and more came until there were 190 in total . They were all top Thieves of Asskickers United . Sun, King of the World, and Mistaken Smile weren’t present . Sun and King of the World were still in the underworld . Meanwhile, Mistaken Smile was busy with a quest . However, there were still many high quality Thieves here, such as Hapless Frog and Tyrannical . Many of them only had a name within Asskickers United . Nie Yan and the other Shadow Dancers were simply too dazzling, completely overshadowing them . As soon as Asskickers United was brought up, people would think of players like Nie Yan, Sun, King of the World, and Mistaken Smile . Very few people knew any of the 190 standing before Nie Yan . However, even though they weren’t famous and could only be counted as second-rate players in Asskickers United, they weren’t any weaker than the top Thieves from other major guilds . After all, they had all improved their skills by learning from the best . Not to mention their equipment was excellent, almost all high level twinked gear .
“Boss, we’re here . ” Hapless Frog walked over .
“Boss!”
The crowd of Thieves greeted Nie Yan . They were all excited .
Nie Yan nodded . “Start organizing yourself into teams . I want 19 Thieves for every Shaman Doctor . ”
Everyone immediately began grouping up into teams .
Nie Yan had his people head to Orc King City to purchase Resurrection Emblems and distributed them among the Shaman Doctors . Resurrection Emblem: Special Item
Description: Allows a Shaman Doctor to revive after a set amount of time, 10 seconds at the shortest and up to half an hour at the longest, with 500 health . Cooldown: 50 seconds .
Like this, although these 10 teams were no match for the Level 130 Demon Slaughterer, they would have no problem stalling it for a couple of minutes . Nie Yan would personally attempt to snatch away the treasure . As for whether he could escape its pursuit afterwards, that would be a test of his abilities .
“Let’s go . ”
Their expedition team set off toward the settlement in the heart of the dark elf tribe .
. . .
Back in Orc King City, Soaring Angel had already received word of his expedition team’s defeat . He was gritting his teeth in anger .
“Where’s Nirvana Flame right now?” Soaring Angel asked . He truly felt powerless against Nie Yan . Watching the video of Love Shore sacrificing himself to bait Nie Yan, it was the same as all the other videos of players trying to kill Nie Yan . Even when all the odds were seemingly stacked against him, by some kind of miracle he would step out unscathed .
Nirvana Flame was behaving so brazenly in Angel Corps’ territory . Yet there was nothing Soaring Angel could do against him .
“According to our latest reports, he’s still in the dark elf tribe . Should we send people over?” Stone Splitter asked .
Soaring Angel shook his head . “Send a few Thieves to tail him . Let’s find out what they’re planning . ”
Soaring Angel furrowed his brows . It would be pretty much impossible to kill Nirvana Flame by relying on normal methods . As Asskickers United continued to expand, Angel Corps’ advantage would slowly be chipped away at . If they didn’t do anything about this soon, what awaited them was slow and painful destruction .
“Boss, Sark just finished class advancing,” Stone Splitter said .
“Good, have him come to the guild headquarters . ” Soaring Angel nodded . What made him feel a little better was that Angel Corps also had five Masters now, even if the number couldn’t compare to Asskickers United .
“He just received a quest . He can’t come,” Stone Splitter explained .
. . .
The dark elf tribe settlement . Nie Yan and the others strolled in right through the front entrance . Lafus raised his sword and buffed everyone with several blessings, sharply increasing their stats .
When the dark elves discovered Nie Yan and the others, they immediately rushed over .
Nie Yan had Lil’ Gold lead the vanguard, holding back the dark elves’ frontliners . One Explosive Counter after another swept out, sending the dark elves flying . Some tried to get past Lil’ Gold, but they were immediately intercepted by the Thieves of Asskickers United . They ganged up on the dark elves in groups of three to five, stun locking them to death .
This makeshift team swept through everything in their path .
They slowly drew closer to the center of the settlement .
“Boss, we just received some information from Orc King City . A Thief in Angel Corps called Sark successfully class advanced to a Shadow Dancer,” Hapless Frog said after looking at his chat .
“Sark?” Nie Yan recalled the name Butcher Sark . In the previous timeline, he had occupied the position of number one Thief in the Satreen Empire for the longest time . No other Thief in the Satreen Empire could rival him . Later on, he disappeared and slowly faded from the minds of players . At his peak, he was no less famous than the likes of Sun, Mistaken Smile, and Shadow Killer . It was just that his activities were mostly limited to the Satreen Empire . Most astonishing of all was Butcher Sark’s age . He was already well over 50 years old . Normally, after a person passed a certain age, their senses and physical abilities would dramatically decline . There were very few players over 40 that could make it to the top of the leaderboards . Sark was truly an enigma .
Sark’s nickname of butcher wasn’t for show . Even Sark had probably lost count of the number of people he had killed . His name was always red, but no other players had ever killed him .
Nie Yan recalled that Butcher Sark had indeed stayed in Angel Corps for a time in his past life .
An elven Shadow Dancer, huh… Nie Yan knitted his brows . Given the innate stealth advantage of elves, combined with the abilities of a Master-class Thief, Butcher Sark would undoubtedly be an incredibly difficult opponent .
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