Rebirth of the thief who roamed around the world (BOOK 4)

Chapter 752 - Spectral Dancer

Soaring Angel's eyes widened in surprise. "This information... that Nirvana Flame is a Luminous Dancer and Mistaken Smile is a Shadow Strifer, where did you hear about it? I'm pretty sure Asskickers United hasn't revealed anything about this."

"Some NPC mentioned it," Sark replied. Soaring Angel didn't even know this much? Angel Corps' intelligence network was too lacking.

Soaring Angel's heart sunk. He had no idea how to deal with Asskickers United's Shadow Dancers. Just Sark alone wasn't enough. He had carried out a recruitment campaign that spanned the entire Satreen Empire, offering extremely generous treatment to any top expert willing to join. However, the results were less than satisfactory. Although he had managed to pull in someone like Sark, Angel Corps' lineup of Masters still paled in comparison to that of Asskickers United.

"Boss, Drifting and Cruel Edge are here."

At this moment, two players walked into the hall.

Cruel Edge was a Tauren Shaman. He ranked in the top three of Angel Corps, right up there with Sark and Soaring Angel. In PvP, he held an 80% win record versus Soaring Angel and a 30% win record against Sark. However, it had to be said that his record against Sark came mostly down to class differences.

Naturally, Cruel Edge's position in Angel Corps was only second to Soaring Angel. Soaring Angel had once asked him to become the vice guild leader, but he declined, citing that he didn't want to deal with guild affairs. He was the fourth Master in Angel Corps. However, the class advancement quest for Shamans was much more difficult than other classes. They had their own unique system.

"All five of our Masters are finally here," Stone Splitter exclaimed.

"We're still a far ways off from equalling Asskickers United. I recently heard that Painted Muslin and One Strike Vow completed their class advancement quests, becoming their 19th and 20th Masters. That means Asskickers United has four times as many Masters as we do," Cruel Edge said.

Soaring Angle felt his head ache. It was extremely difficult for them just to gain even one more Master. There were plenty of members ready to undertake their class advancement quests, and many did. However, the failure rate was over 99%. Even after so long, they'd only gained a few Masters. On the other hand, they were hearing about so and so becoming Masters in Asskickers United all the time. The gap was getting wider and wider.

Catching up to Asskickers United seemed nigh impossible. Soaring Angel couldn't help but feel dejected.

"Even if they have more Masters than us, if they want to take down the Clemenci Stronghold, it won't be so simple. I already have a way of dealing with them. Holding the stronghold absolutely won't be a problem!" Soaring Angel proclaimed.

"The mega cannon is complete?" Cruel Edge asked in surprise.

"It's already in the final stages. But what I'm talking about isn't the mega cannon," Soaring Angel said.

Cruel Edge was curious. Just what did Soaring Angel have that could deal with Masters? After becoming Masters themselves, they came to realize all the more how powerful Masters were. Asskickers United had so many Magisters. How was the Clemenci Stronghold supposed to defend against their destructive power?

"Since all five of us are here, I'm planning to organize an expedition team and set out for Fengris. Let's get ready."

Cruel Edge, Drifting, Sark, and Stone Splitter nodded.

Soaring Angel passed down an order. Before long, all the elites of the guild started gathering towards the Clemenci Stronghold.

...

Nie Yan rode on the Darkwing Dragon through the sky. As he examined its wounds, he noticed the vast majority of them had already recovered, with new scales growing over the fresh flesh. He was surprised to discover the colour of these scales was even deeper and more pure than before.

The Darkwing Dragon had also grown noticeably in size, and its muscles seemed to be firmer.

Even though the Darkwing Dragon emanated a powerful darkness aura, Nie Yan could also sense a hint of death energy mixed within it. This was a type of corrosive power. The energy was faint and covered up by the darkness energy. But as the owner of the Darkwing Dragon, he could sense these minute changes.

Nie Yan didn't expect the Darkwing Dragon to undergo such a transformation.

It was probably because Necromancer Vorderman's death energy and the Darkwing Dragon's darkness aura shared a common origin. This was why the Darkwing Dragon could survive in Necromancer Vorderman's death energy. In fact, it had grown stronger from the encounter.

Though the Darkwing Dragon was still suffering from the injuries sustained in the battle with Vorderman, it had also gained a lot from that fight. It even started showing faint signs of ranking up. A rank 8 flying mount! Nie Yan's eyes lit up with expectation. In the previous timeline, the strongest flying mount was Heaven Breaker's Rank 9 griffon. One had to know there was an unsurpassable gap between a griffon and dragon. Dragons were high rank existences while griffons were ordinary mounts.

Nie Yan was only two to three minutes away from the Clemenci Stronghold. For the sake of not being discovered by Angel Corps' players, he recalled his Darkwing Dragon and dropped down from the sky.

Nie Yan didn't dare to imitate Bladelight, Lei Su, and Smoke Stub and land in the middle of enemy territory at full speed. Seconds before reaching the ground, he activated the Featherfall ability and slowed his descent to a crawl.

After landing on the ground, Nie Yan activated Gale Step and sprinted off toward the Clemenci Stronghold.

「Nie Yan, are you alright? I just received word that all the elites of Angel Corps are gathering towards the Clemenci Stronghold,」Guo Huai anxiously messaged. He thought Nie Yan was already in the Clemenci Stronghold and had been discovered.

「I'm not even in the Clemenci Stronghold yet. What's Soaring Angel planning?」Nie Yan knitted his brows. It seemed he had come at a bad time.

「Swift Maple still hasn't reported anything back. Soaring Angel hasn't told them anything. They're probably going to run a dungeon or explore a map,」Guo Huai said. After hearing Nie Yan wasn't in the Clemenci Stronghold, he breathed a sigh of relief.「Since there are so many experts gathered, I think you should hold off for now and go there some other time.」

Nie Yan rubbed his chin.「Since I've already come all the way here, I can't just leave without giving them my greetings, can I?」

Guo Huai knew he couldn't dissuade Nie Yan. He could only have Swift Maple pay close attention to the situation in the Clemenci Stronghold. He didn't know why, but an uneasy feeling crept up on him.

Nie Yan dashed through the forest before arriving in a ravine. Looking up in the distance, the Clemenci Stronghold's towering walls were already in view.