Chapter 172 - Hellfire Cavern (1/2)

Chapter 172 - hellfire Cavern

「Bang! Bang! Bang!」

Several dozen spells battered Broad Blade’s group, instantly killing five of theht Two of theround when they died Only three survived the barrage of spells with just a sliver of health re

The survivors tried to escape froht up and surrounded thele step

With the sheer disparity in nuroup wasn’t able to put up the least bit of resistance

They were ihtered

“Thank you, brothers!” Paladin of the Elegy shouted to the crowd Without the tiuildroup

“Ah, it feels good to finally blow off so pushed around by those bastards for so long”

“Sooner or later, we’ll wipe them all out!”

“There’s a report from our brothers stationed at the East They say they’ve spotted roughly three to four hundred Victorious Return players heading towards us!”

All of the asskicker United members’ faces turned ashen They hadn’t even been here for five minutes, yet Victorious Return somehow already deployed forces to their location The response was just a little too fast to be a coincidence

“We definitely have uild; there’s no way they could’ve reacted so quickly!”

“So what! Let’s take them on!”

“No, we’ll suffer heavy losses if we try to clash with they shook his head Even after that frantic battle, he still ed to remain level-headed Guo Huai had repeatedly warned theht time to start a full-scale conflict with Victorious Return

“Pick up all the equip!” shouted an influential Warrior a the crowd

Everyone took out a Return Scroll, and after twenty seconds, the crowd disappeared in a syhts

Several roup of Victorious Return players arrived at the area They were led by Underworld Flame

“The bastards ran away!” Underworld Fla too quickly lately I can’t rule out the possibility that we’ve been infiltrated by theonna do now?”

“What are we gonna do…? What do you think we  back!”

Just because a battle didn’t break out this ti would calm down With so much friction between them, it was obvious to everyone that both sides hated each other asskickers United was constantly suppressed in the conflict and suffered far more than Victorious Return did There were only a few skirhtly Despite all of this, asskickers United endured patiently They were slowly raising their strength, waiting for the day when they would finally have the power to fight back

…

In a vibrant forest—a beautiful paradise lush with green where various wildflowers bloo pitchforks whizzed about The sunlight reflected brilliantly off their glossy carapaces They flew around the forest, occasionally landing to rest on the ashen-coloured bark of the trees

Nie Yan activated Stealth, blended into the forest background, and made a detour around the Golden Beetles He found a certain tree and uncovered a locked silver chest by its roots He crouched down and started opening it with Lockpicking Specialist

<tbody>Opening… Estimated Completion: 3 37</tbody>

<tbody>You’ve unlocked a Silver Chest! Lockpicking Specialist has gained 1 point of proficiency!</tbody>

The chest popped open with a click Nie Yan dug around and fished out a Warrior’s chestplate and a Paladin’s spiked harade  their properties and tossing the

Perhaps alerted by the sound of Nie Yan opening the chest or just plain bad luck, several dozen Golden Beetles in the vicinity charged at hi their pitchforks

The Golden Beetles were Level 21 e swarm Just as he was about to be skewered by the pitchforks, he vanished fro Shadow Waltz He fled for his life, while the Golden Beetles looked around for hiet, the Golden Beetles returned to flying around aih the forest for about ten minutes before he reached the base of aaround the rubble for what seemed like half-a-day, he finally found another locked silver chest tucked away behind several boulders He dropped down on one knee and proceeded to open it

The chest opened with a click a short h the contents of the chest, he took out a Lesser Heal skill book for Priests It was a good find for the guild Only players that contributed heavily to the guild could obtain skill books and other si

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「athered a little over 10 gold, but it’s still not enough」

「old</eht Potion Shop and withdraw 10 gold</ee suuild quests were like a black hole where money disappeared Despite their exorbitant cost, they were quintessential to raising the overall quality of the guild

「Has there been any activity from Victorious Return lately?」Nie Yan asked

「Minor skirmishes… they don’t see Nie Yan knohat had happened with Paladin of the Elegy’s group earlier in the afternoon「It’s a pity four of them died They were too rash; otherwise, they would’ve all lived</eht about the incident for athe uildn that the guild was done for He was quite pleased that so uild that should be encouraged After going through situations like this one, everyone, especially those rowdy players that always looked for a fight, would grow devoted to the guild and each other

「ht, and three of the enehed

「Reward every member that participated in the battle with 10 merit points!」