Chapter 101: Chapter101-Infiltrating the Guild Treasury and Looting the Treasures!

Unlike the last time, when John had killed players in Zone 4, this time he had only killed two Zone 1 players. As a result, the Red Name Rankings did not issue any system-wide announcement about him.

And that was exactly the effect he wanted.

John conjured a clone.

The clone activated the power of the Thousand-Faced Mask, and very soon, it transformed into Edward’s appearance.

John gave his clone an order. "Now, go take over his guild immediately. Keep an eye on their battle. When the boss’s HP drops to the instant-kill threshold, step in and finish it off."

The clone nodded slightly. Wearing Edward’s face, it walked toward the depths of the Dragon King Palace.

As for John himself, he used the Pass Permit and teleported back to Phoenix City.

This time, he appeared in the guise of a vice guild leader.

The moment he appeared, the pedestrians on both sides of the street bowed and greeted him one after another.

"Greetings, Vice Guild Leader!"

"Good day, Lord Vice Guild Leader!"

"Lord Vice Guild Leader, why have you returned?"

John waved his hand slightly, ignored them all, and headed straight toward the Glory Guild headquarters.

If his guess was correct, there should only be a few high-ranking members left at Glory Guild headquarters right now. The rest should all be inside the Leviathan dungeon ruins, fighting the raid.

After all, the hierarchy in Zone 1 had been made extremely strict by Edward.

John entered the Glory Guild headquarters smoothly without encountering any obstruction.

As soon as he stepped inside, he immediately called out to an ordinary player who was cleaning up miscellaneous guild items.

"Lord Vice Guild Leader, do you need something from me?"

That ordinary player had never been questioned by someone of vice guild leader rank before, so he appeared especially nervous.

John stared at him and said, "Answer me. How many high-ranking members are currently in the guild, and who are they?"

The player found the question somewhat baffling, but he still answered honestly, "Reporting to my lord, there are currently three vice guild leaders inside the guild.

"They are Guild Leader Lina, Guild Leader Aix, and Guild Leader Fio."

After obtaining the information and appearances of the three guild leaders left behind here, John continued walking deeper inside.

Now that he had this information, he could begin carrying out his plan.

Before long, he saw the three vice guild leaders handling some miscellaneous matters in a meeting room.

Lina was a mage with a fiery figure. Aix and Fio were both warriors. All three of them were level 45.

At this moment, because they had remained in the guild and had not participated in the raid inside the dungeon ruins, and because Edward was not watching them from the side, the three of them appeared particularly lazy.

Only when John walked in did they hurriedly take their crossed legs off the table. Their expressions looked somewhat awkward.

Lina asked with an unnatural expression, "Fike, why have you come back at a time like this? The dungeon ruins raid shouldn’t be over yet, right? I didn’t hear any announcement."

The other two also looked at him with suspicious gazes.

John sat down beside the table as if it were perfectly natural and lightly tapped the tabletop. Then he asked, "The guild leader wanted me to come back and check whether anything unusual has happened in the guild. Recently, that John from Zone 5 has been stirring up trouble across many zones.

"The guild leader seriously suspects that he possesses the ability to cross zone borders. That’s why, at this critical moment, he decided to send me back to help guard this place."

When these words reached the ears of the three, they interpreted them in a completely different way.

The three exchanged glances, feeling that the idea was absurd.

How could that John from Zone 5 possibly come and launch a sneak attack at a time like this?

Besides, this was no longer the early stage of the game. The NPCs in the main city had also risen considerably in level.

If that John truly dared to come here, the NPCs of Phoenix City alone would be enough to bury him through sheer numbers.

The three of them suspected that Edward had sent Fike back at this moment for a more likely reason: to supervise the three of them while they worked.

After all, the three of them had only recently been promoted to vice guild leaders. Given Edward’s personality, it was normal for him not to fully trust them.

At this moment, John spoke indifferently. "When I came in just now, you three seemed quite relaxed."

As soon as he said this, the three of them instantly became nervous.

As expected, this Fike had been sent by Edward to monitor us!

John continued, "There haven’t been any problems with the guild treasury, have there? Has anyone gone to check it?"

The guild treasury was a building that every guild organization would establish. It was specifically used to store the cut of resources collected from guild members.

Normally, those resources would be used for allocation or to reward individuals. The items stored inside were all highly valuable, so a dedicated guard would usually be assigned to watch over it.

However, because most of the guild’s combat forces had gone to raid Leviathan today, the treasury was essentially in an undefended state right now.

The three of them had not thought of this either, and for a moment, they became extremely nervous.

Lina stammered, "Fike, we checked it this morning, so there shouldn’t be any need to check it again for now, right?"

When John heard this, he deliberately darkened his expression. "How could there be no need to check?

"If the treasury falls, which one of you will take responsibility?"

John successfully borrowed Edward’s authority and scolded the three of them until they lowered their heads, not daring to meet his gaze.

Seeing that the timing was about right, John took the opportunity to say, "To prevent any losses in the treasury, I will personally go and stand guard there now.

"If any outsiders come, report to me immediately. Understood?"

How could the three of them dare object? They nodded repeatedly, indicating that they understood.

After using another’s power to intimidate them, John swaggered through the Glory Guild headquarters and began searching for the location of the treasury.

Right now, his identity within Glory Guild was already that of a vice guild leader.

Edward had also long since been sent back to the fountain by him. There was no way Edward could revive in a short period of time, so John did not need to worry about being exposed by anyone else.

John searched for around ten minutes before he finally locked onto a particular building.

From the outside, that building looked like an ordinary brick house. But when John approached, he sensed an extremely powerful forbidden spell.

Other than the treasury, there was absolutely nothing else that Glory Guild would treat with such caution.

John took out the guild leader token he had previously looted from Edward, as well as the vice guild leader token.

Usually, this treasury could only be opened when both the guild leader and one vice guild leader used their tokens together to undo the forbidden spell.

Although John could have cracked it by brute force, in order to avoid alerting the enemy, he chose to use this method instead.

After using the two tokens, John successfully entered the treasury.

The moment he stepped inside, all kinds of equipment, items, potions, and their information appeared before him.

They were arranged one by one on the shelves, emitting a faint glow in the dim environment.

"Tsk, tsk, tsk. I didn’t expect Zone 1 to be this rich. No wonder they dared to target me so aggressively at the last auction."

John’s eyes lit up. Without the slightest hesitation, he swept all the equipment and treasures on the shelves into his backpack.

After all, leaving these things on the shelves would only be a waste. It would be better for him to take them back and fill up the treasury of Overlord Guild!

Notification sounds kept ringing in his ears.

[Congratulations! You have obtained an A-rank item: MP Recovery Potion!]

[Congratulations! You have obtained an A-rank equipment: Spear of Kyle!]

[...]

[Congratulations! You have obtained a special item: Hidden Quest Scroll!]

Amid the series of notification sounds, John suddenly heard a special prompt.

His movements paused slightly.

"A Hidden Quest Scroll?"