âIs that... an NPC?â A Mage stammered in question.
âNo, itâs a player!â Cold shivers traveled down another Thiefâs body as fear grew in his heart.
âHe summoned these skeletons? Is he a Necromancer?â
âNo, he appears to be a Thief!â
Nie Yan stood silently with the Dark Gladiator, just looking at them, but also giving them a formless feeling of oppression. This was because he was manipulating the strings of their fates at this moment. If he commanded that enormous skeletal dragon to charge over and added the attacks from the four skeletal mages as well, those assembled would have no hope of survival at all.
The gloomy, cyan flames in the Dark Gladiatorâs eyes flared. It was waiting for Nie Yanâs command. It would immediately make a move if he gave the word to attack.
Nie Yan used Transcendent Insight to view the information of these players.
Leader Young Seven, Forgotten, Yi Yan... all sorts of familiar names floated into view. Level six, six, and five. These people were influential personages in their past lives. Although they hadnât joined any other guilds, theyâd formed a team called True Dragon Mark. The strength of this team was roughly on par with the elite teams of the guilds.
It was then that Nie Yan recalled that heâd met these players when he was tracking the Serpentine Lizard.
This made sense when he thought about it. Players who dared come to Sulgata Ancient City at this level naturally wouldnât be bumbling fools.
Leader Young Seven was a player who would be known as one of the Seven Archbishops in the future. A strong Priest was of utmost importance to a team. They would even have the effect of saving the entire team at critical moments.
As for Forgotten, heâd been superior to Nie Yan in his past life and was also one of the Thieves who received the moniker of Shadow Dancer. While he had been on roughly the same level as Nie Yan in terms of techniques, he had entered the game earlier and had an elite team. His level and equipment were both superior to Nie Yan. However, circumstances were different now. Nie Yan had more than ten years of experience as a Thief over Forgotten, and in this timeline, they both entered the game at the same time. So their positions would be sure to be rewritten in this life.
Perhaps one day, they would be the ones to learn to look up to Nie Yan.
As for the others, they werenât as renowned as Leader Young Seven or Forgotten, but they had a small bit of fame as well. Yi Yan for instance, was not a bad Fighter. Although he wasnât ranked in the top ten of the Fighter rankings, he was at least in the top 50. This was still quite a high ranking. After all, the entire Righteous faction would have hundreds of thousands of teams ten years from now.
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Although Nie Yan had heard of these people before, heâd never come in contact with them.
They stared at each other for a while, with the hand that Leader Young Seven was using to grip his staff breaking out in a cold sweat. He didnât display his internal nervousness on his face however. If Nie Yan made a move, the six of them would most likely not make it out alive. Theyâd naturally be gifting Nie Yan several pieces of equipment.
If Nie Yan made a move, it would be a single sided slaughter.
However, Nie Yan had his own thoughts about this matter. These people werenât weak, and although their current levels were low, they would be sure to be elite experts in the future. If Nie Yan gave the order for the Dark Gladiator to charge and kill them, heâd at most get his hands on a few pieces of equipment and a red name. Those pieces of equipment werenât worth much money at all, and he wasnât short on money. Why make so many enemies? They didnât know what he had come to Sulgata for, and he didnât need to worry about someone seizing Sulgataâs Shadow at this current level.
Nie Yan smiled faintly and paid no more attention to these players, heading towards the depths of the city.
The Dark Gladiator looked at Nie Yanâs back, swiveled its head to look at the players, and then turned to follow him.
Several skeletons came pouncing towards Nie Yan. The Dark Gladiator lifted its tail high and sent it crashing down heavily, smashing the skeletons into fragments.
No one dared to follow. Whoever followed Nie Yan was courting death.
Nie Yan walked away quite dashingly. Theyâd only had one glance at his face, but it was something that Young Seven and the others would never forget.
âWait!â Forgotten called out towards Nie Yan.
Nie Yan didnât turn back as he left straight ahead, vanishing at the end of the path.
Countless numbers of skeletons poured in, blocking their line of vision and making it so that even the tall Dark Gladiator disappeared from sight as well.
âJust who was that fellow? He was damn awesome, and he really had summoned those skeletons!â Yi Yan mumbled off on the side. This was too frightening if this was the case.
âPerhaps they werenât summoned creatures. Didnât we get a Spirit Summoning Scroll drop too? He mightâve gotten something else.â Young Seven spoke, deep in thought. âEven if this is the case, heâs got some skills to dare come to Sulgata alone.â
âOh right, Forgotten, what did you call out to him for just now?â Yi Yan asked, perplexed.
âSince he turned to leave, that proved that he wouldnât do anything to us. Itâs a good idea to interact more with someone like that.â
âOther people may not be willing to join our team.â Young Seven said. Otherwise, Nie Yan wouldnât have turned without another word. It was obvious that he didnât want to have anything to do with them.
âThatâs fine too. Weâll become familiar with each other after some chatting. I used Inspect just now, that guyâs called Nie Yan.â Forgotten didnât know what he was feeling now either. As a fellow Thief, there seemed to be a great gap between him and Nie Yan.
âNie Yan? I seemed to have heard this name before. One of my friends said once that someone called Nie Yan slaughtered a lot of people in Radiant Sacred Flame. It looks like heâs the one. Iâve also heard that he has some relation to Sleepy Fox.â Leader Young Seven said. He had friends in all sorts of places, and his sources of news were more timely. He often gossiped when chatting about news, like which guild had gotten a face full of dust from someone, which guilds had fought each other, etc.
âIs he someone from Holy Empire?â
âNo idea, I didnât see him wear a guild emblem just now. I donât think so.â
Nie Yan had left them with a deep impression with just one glance. A lone Thief had dared to charge into Sulgataâthis was why they felt deep respect for him. If they stumbled upon a chance to create good relations with Nie Yan or recruit him into their team, they would definitely jump on it.
Nie Yan moved towards the center of the city following along the passages within the maze-like outer district. He didnât know about the intentions and plans of those behind him. If he knew that they wanted to recruit him for their team, he wouldâve told them to give up. Nie Yan wouldnât listen to anyone elseâs commands. Heâd joined the elites of Holy Empire only to get his hands on some equipment. He did want to form a team, but the reigns of command had to be in his hands.
The Dark Gladiator rushed forward fiercely, slamming groups of monsters to death. Under this freakish speed of mob killing, Nie Yanâs experience bar filled up rapidly.
He made his way through a patch of maze and entered an open square. It measured several thousand meters in radius and the tall, rugged pyramid structure was in the center.
Scores of tall and stocky Skeleton Executioners were patrolling around the center of the square. They were at least five meters tall, and were moving skeletons. Their right arms were noticeably thicker as they carried heavy axes. The axes were spotted with rust, but were still quite ferocious.