Chapter 160 – Seeking Shelter (1/2)
Chapter 160 – Seeking Shelter
After two hours, three more Sub-Elite Scaled Frogs had fallen to the ground.
“The Starry Night Potion Shop is gathering ingredients to create Intermediate Mana Potions right now. When the first batch is made, I’ll give you guys a few,” Nie Yan said. A pity that these potions couldn’t be used as freely as their lower-ranked counterparts. After all, concocting them was just too expensive for now. It was fine to keep one or two in case of emergencies, but to down them frivolously as they grinded mobs? At present, very few, if any, could bear the burden of such a cost.
Even though Tang Yao’s mana was now in short supply, without the support of his Arcane Fairy, he was still able to deal with Sub-Elites without much effort. As for Elites, for the time being, killing them was a bit inefficient. They took much more effort and time to kill. Nevertheless, the drop quality from the Sub-Elites wasn’t too bad and they still gave a good amount of experience.
Apart from Tang Yao who had to focus on the Scaled Frogs, the rest of them had very little to do. Nie Yan took advantage of this time to message a few people.
「Godslayer1, you there?」
「Yeah, what’s up? I saw the video of Young Sparrow Hawk on the forums. Is he your friend? That Thief in the background should be you, right?」Godslayer of Yore asked in pleasant surprise after noticing the sender was Nie Yan,
「Yep, he is. We just established a guild. Are you interested in joining? I plan to pull a few others to form the guild’s elite team,」Nie Yan replied. Although the quality of the team would be far from his ideal, rounding up twenty decently skilled players was nevertheless a good start.
「Phew… after not hearing anything back from you these past couple of days, I was starting to get worried, but now you’ve finally established a guild!」
「My name is red at the moment, so you’ll have to wait a few days for me to get it back to normal. In any case, join our guild first.」
「Sure, sure, Asskickers United, right? If I still didn’t hear about it by now, then I’d have been living under a rock this whole time.」
Nie Yan notified Guo Huai and the others in advance that Godslayer of Yore and his friends would be coming over to join their guild. Then, he hit up Leader Young Seven2 and his group, informing them he was finally forming a team. They were simply ecstatic upon hearing this, but why wouldn’t they be? Ever since meeting him, they had been eagerly waiting for this day to come.
Nie Yan valued their group quite highly. In his past life, Young Leader Seven was one of the Seven Grand Priests, so his prospects weren’t something to be looked down upon. The two most important roles in a team were without a doubt the main healer and main tank. They were very literally the life of the team, with a huge influence on whether a run would succeed or prematurely end in a wipe. Aside from Young Leader Seven, there was also Forgotten, a Shadow Dancer in the previous timeline. Although he wasn’t as dazzling as Sun, among the vast ocean of players, he was definitely a figure that was hard to come by. Then, there was Yi Yan. He could also be considered as noteworthy among Fighters.
Finally, Nie Yan contacted Resplendent Bladelight3. If he were able to get him to join their guild, then the team would be perfect.
A Fighter ranked in the top three, one of the Seven Grand Priests, two Shadow Dancers, the rank eleven Fighter, and Godslayer of Yore and his friends were all notable players in the previous timeline. Add Nie Yan with his ten years of gaming experience, and where could you find a guild that was able to assemble such a stacked lineup?
Even Victorious Return, Holy Empire, and Radiant Sacred Flame combined wouldn’t be able to pull it off!
When he thought of Sun, he couldn’t help but wonder… if Asskickers United was able to attract a legendary player like him, then perhaps there were a few more good seedlings that had yet to be found.
Because of Nie Yan and Tang Yao, Asskickers United was no longer considered a third-rate guild as experts started to trickle in. After noticing the guild had yet to form an elite team, some of the shrewder ones joined with the intention of trying out while they still had a chance, hoping to ride on the coattails of their success. After all, It was better to grab ahold of a chicken’s neck than a phoenix’s tail. With godly experts like Nie Yan and Tang Yao at the helm, anyone who joined their team was guaranteed to have a bright future.
With Young Seven, Resplendent Bladelight, and the others joining, Nie Yan would finally have the framework for an elite team. All he had to do afterwards was recruit a few passable, temporary fill-ins with clean backgrounds and the team would be pretty much established.
Naturally, for them to genuinely mature into a formidable force, everyone would have to persevere through many trials and hardships.
As for Yu Lan’s team, Nie Yan had no intention of disbanding them. The strength of the auxiliary teams was just as important to the growth of a guild, and generally, there would be at least ten or more of them.
「You established a guild?」Resplendent Bladelight asked after receiving Nie Yan’s message. His brows were knitted in contemplation.
「Not bad, right? So, after leaving Unhindered, have you found another guild yet?」Nie Yan asked.
「Can’t say that I have…」
「If that’s the case, then why not join mine?」
「If I join your guild, I have a group of brothers that will also want to follow me. They’re a rowdy bunch that don’t like authority. Are you willing to take them in?」