Black Dragon Empire, Rock Sand Town.
Rock Sand Town lay on the southern border of the Black Dragon Empire and was the town closest to the Star-Moon Kingdom. However, dark forces had occupied it. Ordinary players would never come here; only players who had joined dark forces could enter the town safely.
There were very few towns controlled by dark forces, and many dark guilds had stationed themselves here. Among them, the most formidable was Ten Thousand Ghosts, the undisputed overlord of Rock Sand Town.
"Xiong Wanli and the others failed?"
"How is that possible!"
"We sent out twelve core members. How could a free merchant caravan traveling between Starfall City and Copper Mountain City possibly withstand them?"
Everyone in Ten Thousand Ghosts' meeting hall found it unbelievable.
Dark guilds differed from ordinary guilds. Advancement depended entirely on strength, and every core member of Ten Thousand Ghosts was an expert who had fought their way out from among hundreds or even thousands of guild members. There were only a little over a hundred core members in total, and in any other major guild, they would all have been recognized experts. Yet all twelve people they had sent out had died, without even one escaping back. It was simply unbelievable.
"What did those twelve core members say?" asked the middle-aged man seated on the guildmaster's throne in a deep voice. He had a broad, imposing build, bronzed skin, sharply defined and profound features, and dark eyes.
The moment this man spoke, the meeting hall fell silent. No one dared act presumptuously before him.
He was Life Taker, the guildmaster of Ten Thousand Ghosts, a terrifying figure known as the War Demon by the major guilds of the Black Dragon Empire.
For ordinary guilds, the guildmaster was a symbol of status, not