Rebirth of the thief who roamed around the world (BOOK 3)

Chapter 471 - Zennarde's Sword Upgrade!

Passing through the corridor, Nie Yan ascended a wide spiral staircase which led to the upper floors of Golden City's castle.

After climbing three floors, Nie Yan entered a hallway guarded by Level 90 Forgesmiths. Fortunately, they were patrolling in units of one.

Seeing one approaching in his direction, Nie Yan cautiously snuck behind the Forgesmith and struck it in the back of the head with Smothering Strike, then followed up with Backstab and Eviscerate. The Forgesmith was about to recover from the stun, when he circled around to the front and struck out with a Concussive Blow and Cutthroat. After which he quickly retreated, kiting back while allowing the bleed damage to slowly finish it off.

Nie Yan was only dealing a few hundred damage each hit, the highest of which reached 600. However, the bleed damage he inflicted was stacking up considerably, enough to kill the Forgesmith.

Nie Yan traversed through the 600 meter-long winding hallway, killing around 30 Forgesmiths in his path, and entered a dark hall. All around stood enormous golden statues depicting devils, beasts monsters, and other malevolent creatures. Below them, tall hulking silhouettes could occasionally be seen patrolling around.

At the other end of the hall on top of a round flight of stairs stood a statue of a six-armed giant clad in golden armour. It was five meters tall and resembled a saintly figure. Each hand wielded a different weapon, a hammer, sickle, spade, staff, greataxe, and flail.

Nie Yan's heart trembled. This was Mine Slave Igrin!

Normally, Mine Slave Igrin was only a statue. However, as soon as a player got close enough, it would awaken and transform into a powerful Level 90 Lord.

At least 200 Level 80 players were required to take down Mine Slave Igrin. A Fighter with high enough health, defense, and resistances was also a must.

Nie Yan surveyed his surroundings. Roughly 30 Forgesmiths were wandering around in the hall. These Forgesmiths were much taller than the ones before, and their appearances were even more malevolent.

Nie Yan inspected one of the Forgesmiths with Transcendent Insight.

Demonsmith (Elite): Level 90
Health: 50,000/50,000

Dealing with the Demonsmiths would be incredibly tricky. Nie Yan wondered if it was possible to sneak past them. Not alerting these Elites would be his best bet.

Nie Yan hid behind the statues, using them as cover as he stealthily advanced forward.

Back in the hallway, six Thieves were following Nie Yan's trail. Every now and then, they would encounter the corpse of a Forgesmith on the ground. The more they saw, they more they felt apprehension in their hearts.

「Sky Felled, are all these corpses the work of Nirvana Flame? This is too frightening! He's clearing these mobs while all we're doing is following his trail. Yet we haven't even seen his shadow!」They were all playing the same Thief class, no doubt. So why did it seem like Nirvana Flame was on a whole other plane of existence?

「Let's hurry up and catch up first. We're no match for Nirvana Flame, that much is clear. In a while, Blazing will arrive with reinforcements. The guild leader wants us to seize this opportunity to ambush Nirvana Flame. Maybe we'll get lucky and actually kill him. Remember, don't reveal your identities. If you're discovered, just say you belong to Alliance of Mages. These are the guild leader's direct orders,」Sky Felled said. They had temporarily withdrawn from their guild and concealed their appearances with black cloaks, all for the sake of preventing their identities from being exposed.

The number of people targeting Nie Yan were too many to list. Leaving aside his equipment, of which not a single piece wasn't coveted by every Thief, Alliance of Mages, Divine Protectors, and Angel Corps had placed a 30,000 gold bounty on his head. This sort of reward was enough to move countless hearts. Many players wanted to assassinate Nie Yan. But since he rarely appeared in public, there was almost never an opportunity. This time the circumstances were different. Everyone had seen Nie Yan enter Golden City all by himself. Some daring people would naturally try to test their luck.