Rebirth of the thief who roamed around the world (BOOK 1)

Chapter 69 - Sulgata's Shadow

In the previous timeline, countless financial firms across the globe had established their presence within the game; the potential commerce and booming economy within the game left many of these firms watering at their mouths. These major figures split for themselves slices of this enormous cake. They opened stores, established guilds, took over cities, and even became powerful forces reigning over their regions.

Armed with the knowledge of the future, he was absolutely unwilling to surrender himself to surviving in the cracks and crevices these numerous figures overlooked. Therefore, he required power and influence of his own in order to contend against them. He might not have any significant influence at present, but do remember: great oaks grew from the smallest of acorns, and even the tallest skyscrapers were built from the ground up. The foundations to realizing his wild ambitions were already steadily budding.

He withdrew from his daydreaming and began thinking of more immediate matters. No matter what the future held, his most urgent goal right now was still to speed up his progress in the game and strengthen himself and his assets.

He worked hard to recall the locations of the several other chapters from the Book of Order. As he quietly deliberated over the problem of acquiring them, he also began wondering which ones were attainable at his current level.

However, after a brief moment, he reluctantly decided that it was best to abandon such thoughts. All chapters were protected by a Guardian of Order. Were he to even attempt to retrieve another chapter in the hopes of surviving and succeeding, his actions could only be accurately described as foolishly throwing his life away. A few days ago, prior to his decision in retrieving the Chapter of Courage, he didn’t have much to lose. He didn’t have any valuable equipment on him, and at worst, he’d only drop a level. However, even he didn’t expect himself to succeed in the end as he had only gone in with a try-and-see attitude. Moreover, the reason it was a success had a lot to do the Chapter of Courage’s location: a closed ravine by the mountainside. They were natural barriers he could cross over and take advantage of, and the ravine itself was a near a town. The other chapters certainly weren’t located in such convenient places. In addition, he now held the Chapter of Courage. If he were to go and retrieve the other chapters and somehow an accident befell him, he’d lose that as well. The risks compared to the rewards were simply too high.

Ever since he entered the game, he had never played with the intention of levelling up at the fastest possible pace. Yet, he still managed to amass quite a few good things: the Silk Spinner Ring, the Featherfall Jewel, the Chapter of Courage, and numerous skills and stat points. These things represented the strength he had slowly built up for himself and would allow him to walk even further in the future.

What else can I do? Diverting his train of thought, he began to recall of something else. The chapters from the Book of Order might be the sacred objects of those who guarded order. However, for Thieves, there was another item that was heavily coveted: a pair of Legendary boots called Sulgata's Shadow. If he were to equip a piece of Legendary-grade equipment, he imagined his stats would be high enough to frighten others. Unfortunately, in the distant past during the War of Sulgata, these boots were damaged and separated into three pieces, which were scattered across the Viridian Empire. Only by retrieving and assembling these three pieces together could this Legendary item be restored to its original form.

A piece of Sulgata's Shadow was located in an area not far from Calore. The area was an ancient city that became swallowed by marshland.

There were some memories from the Dark Era that remained in Sulgata City.

“The Ancient City of Sulgata… Tsk, what a troublesome area,” Nie Yan muttered to himself. In the previous timeline, he had been to this location before but by that time, the piece had long been taken. Over the course of centuries, the city had transformed into an extremely peculiar place. The respawn rate and density of the monsters there were high as well, and trying to enter without a team certainly wouldn’t be a simple matter.

However, for a Thief, it wasn’t necessarily an impossible feat. Perhaps he would be able to enter without arousing notice.

Legendary-grade equipment was truly too difficult to collect. Simply having an opportunity to retrieve Sulgata's Shadow, even if only a part of it, was extremely valuable, and he wasn’t willing to let it slip by since, after some time, he couldn’t say for sure that there wouldn’t be a guild preparing to storm the city.

I should give it a try. Who knows? I might actually succeed in collecting all the pieces.

Before departure, he purchased a few consumables that he deemed necessary for this trip before leaving through Calore’s west gates and teleported to the surface. After reaching solid ground, he travelled to his destination and passed through a patch of wilderness. The warm sunlight shone down on the abundant vegetation like a blanket of green over this stretch of land.

Passing through the wilderness, he eventually encountered an open plain. After traversing through for about ten minutes, he turned around and gazed east, looking off into the horizon. There, he could see Calore, with its enormous walls and pearly white buildings, suspended high in the vast azure and over the open fields. Above the highest buildings, above the city itself, he saw a hovering ring of light revolving in the air. Under the illumination of the mid-afternoon sun, the ring shone with a dazzling splendor

This indestructible, impenetrable city in the sky represented the Viridian Empire’s greatest achievement in architecture.

The Viridian Mages, with all their wisdom and matchless abundance in mana, had controlled powerful magic beyond imagination to prop this imposing city into the sky, where it would stay suspended for past and future generations.