Chapter 45: Arcane Mage
If there is an NPC in the game world of "Iron and Fire" that is very famous.
Needless to say, it had to be Theodora.
Theodora, the purple-clothed princess of the empire, is known as the "first beauty of the game".
The online game here does not just refer to "Iron and Fire", but refers to almost all the games that have come out, almost all female NPCs who are known for their beauty cannot be compared to her in appearance.
The head model alone cost $130 million to model the NPC's character.
Including the distance between the eyes, the length of each eyelash, the height and width of the nose bridge, the nasolabial folds, the shape of the forehead, and the position of each tooth, they are all designed by the world's top 13 game design teams, so that they must conform to the aesthetic culture of Eastern and Western countries at the same time.
A month before the official release of "Iron and Fire", the game company took the dancing video of the finished Deodora and did a marketing campaign that can be called a hit.
After all, no matter when and where, beautiful NPCs are a major element of online games.
As expected, Theodora's "peerless appearance" was praised by the media as "the perfection that normal humans can't grow", and together with the upcoming game of "Iron and Fire", it appeared on major game forums, video websites, game enthusiasts' ashes, cos outfit groups, comic book books, pillow figures, the hottest templates of plastic surgery hospitals, advertising posters in adult product stores, and convenience store signboards in third, fourth and fifth-tier towns and villages.
Although the latter few are no longer the communication channels that game companies want...... But all in all, the marketing effect is still perfect, and Theodora, the first beauty of "Iron and Fire", as a beautiful NPC, is destined to go down in the history of the game.
At this point, Aske looked at Theodora's beautiful eyes, and the first thought that came to his mind was, "What kind of veil are you!" I know you all when you turn to ashes! ”
"This pretty young lady is right!" Before he could speak, Sidlifa was already shouting, "Since you have to be shot anyway, why don't you let me execute you!" ”
As she spoke, she raised her right hand and chopped off the young man's head in one fell swoop, so fast that Eleanor had no time to stop him.
Theodora froze there, and didn't seem to react.
"Sidlifa." Aske covered his face and said, "What people say is a legal shooting, it is a specific person recognized by the government to shoot it." If you cut off your head like this, that's called murder! ”
"Huh?" Sidlifa tilted her head, not understanding the difference between murder and lawful shooting.
"Forget it." Theodora came back to his senses, "Such a scumbag, kill it, just kill it, save the cost of wasting the empire's justice." ”
She looked at Asker, a smile in her eyes that flashed back into her eyes, "You're Asker. Lepius. Achilles, right? The current heir to the Achilles family? Running a mercenary group now? ”
"That's right." Asker nodded, and was about to hear what the other party was going to say next, when a thought suddenly flashed through his mind:
Theodora's bloodline seems to be a "quality mage" of Level 2? Arcane casters who have mastered Storm I and Wisdom X! This seems to fit in well with my team's current needs.
The deviant idea of pulling the Empress NPC into his team as a mercenary...... Sounds like an unexpected feeling?
Asker thought for a moment, and now his team includes ordinary people like Mi'er, Sidlifa, and Mia, as well as rich daughters and noble daughters like Nora and Eleanor, and even imperial princesses like Medea.
If only one more empress...... It doesn't seem to make a difference?
"Pardon me, who are you?" Asker said with a smile.
Deodora was about to speak, when Aske suddenly interrupted her and said, "I see! You must have heard of the prestige of our 'Azure Sword' mercenary group, which is why you came here to join us, right? ”
Theodora: ???
"I'm telling you, we're short of an Arcane Mage at the moment, if you're the one we're looking for...... I noticed that you have a tattoo of Mithril on you. Asker coughed and said, "That's a surface mana circuit, right?" ”
"Ah, that's right." Theodora turned his mind and decided not to tell the other party who he was, but to try to test the other person's situation first.
The reason is also very simple, she wants to recruit and hire the other party as her bodyguard, but the premise is that this Achilles's strength must indeed be as good as shown in the video.
Otherwise, if you accidentally attract a good person, losing some money is still a trivial matter, and being ridiculed by the royal sister Zoe is called a shame.
"Your 'Azure Sword' mercenary group, how is your strength?" Theodora asked, pretending to be nonchalant.
"It depends on what your criteria are for evaluating strength." "If it's the size, we only have eight people at the moment, and we won't have more than 10 in the future." Because we intend to go the small elitist route.
"And what if it's just about combat ability?" Theodora asked.
"Universe first." Aske replied.
"Ahem!" Eleanor in the back coughed awkwardly. This "No. 1 in the universe", the cowhide is also blowing too much, right?
Sidlifa, who was next to him, couldn't help nodding and said:
"Mmmmmm, although we are now the number one in the universe, don't think that our strength will stop there. In the future, we will become ...... one day"
She paused and quietly asked Eleanor, "What is bigger than the universe?" ”
"Nope." Eleanor couldn't help but laugh, "The universe is the biggest. ”
"Oh." Sidlifa suddenly came to her senses and blamed Asker, "Hey, Asker, we need to be humble. Now that I'm the first in the universe, what will I do after that? Do you still give room to become stronger? ”
"Then the first in the mainland." Asker said casually.
"No. 1 in the mainland, this is good." Sidlifa nodded in approval, looking at Eleanor behind her with a dull expression. The first ...... on the continent It doesn't seem to be any different from the first in the universe, hey!
"Hehehe." Theodora covered her mouth and chuckled, "Captain Aske, you're such an interesting fellow. Of course, so did the samurai lady. ”
Outside the door, two officer guards heard the Queen's laughter and wondered in their hearts.
Could it be that this guy Achilles is a servant who can speak well and take the route of kneeling and licking his favored ministers?
Seeing that the other party was still smiling politely, Asker sighed inwardly.
Sure enough, it is basically impossible to persuade the other party with just a mouth cannon, and you still have to press the gambling chips.
"There is no basis for words." Aske also smiled, "Why don't you see with your own eyes how strong our team is?" ”
"Okay." Theodora smiled back with interest, and thought to herself, what was the other party trying to show me?
Under her puzzled gaze, she saw Asker holding the book on his back with one hand, and his spirit flicked, enveloping the four people around him, and the surrounding scene immediately changed.
The filthy tavern vanished in its place, replaced by the afternoon summit, and in the distance the vast ocean, shrouded in grayish-white mist at the visible distance, like the end of the water and the sky.
Theodora snapped her hands together quickly and quietly, and pressed the alarm transmitter down her sleeve with her right hand.
No response? No, this is no longer Constantinople, so the signal can't be sent at all!
It looks like an island, but what kind of teleportation array is it? In other words, I have now been brought here by the other side alone, and it is likely that I am already out of the territory of Constantinople!
What is this Achilles trying to do?!
She turned her head slightly, looked around indifferently but vigilantly, and saw that the construction site opposite was building houses, and the materials and construction were all young girls.
"Asker! You're back! Nora ran up to her husband as if she were a wife returning home, and then looked at Theodora with a puzzled look.
"This is ......," she paused for a moment, and whispered to Asker, "Arcane mage?" ”
"That's right, but they haven't signed a contract with me yet, she's just here to investigate." Asker explained.
"Oh." Nora nodded, then laughed softly, and stretched out his hand to Theodore.
"Hello, I'm Nola. Valennis. Licinius. ”
"Licinius?" Unlike the others, Theodora recognized this surname almost instantly, it was one of the thirteen oldest wealthy clans in Solomon's city, so he also stretched out his hand to shake her, and said:
"Hello, my name is ...... Well, my name is Sheila. ”
(Sheila Thira, short for Theodora)
"As you can see, our team is already in shape." Aske called the girls over and introduced Theodora to them one by one, "Nora is our team healer and the current logistics manager. ”
"Eleanor, the front-line defender, is responsible for attracting enemy fire."
"Sidlifa, the main attacker of the power department, is responsible for killing and injuring heavily armored enemies."
"Peggy, the main attacker of the Agility Department, is responsible for harvesting unarmored or lightly armored enemies."
"Medea, a psychic sorcerer, is responsible for influencing and controlling the enemy on a conscious level."
"Psychic Warlock?" Theodora was slightly stunned, this is a rare profession.
Medea glanced at her lightly, and suddenly a suspicious look appeared on her face.
The veiled teenage girl ...... Isn't it His Majesty Theodora, who has only recently ascended the throne! it! Asker, why did you turn Her Majesty the Empress!!
I seem to smell the smell of conspiracy. Medea secretly became excited, and said with a kind smile:
"Hello, you're Sheila, aren't you? What a nice name. ”
"Passing the prize." Theodora secretly felt guilty and smiled in response.
"Let's move on." Like the host of the banquet, Aske eagerly took Theodora and everyone present to meet one by one, "Mia, our scout, is in charge of early warning reconnaissance and trap detection. ”
"And picking locks." Mia added.
"Nope." Aske denied, "We are a completely regular mercenary group, and it is impossible for us to do anything to pick the locks of other people's homes. ”
He gave Mia a warning look and continued:
"This is Mi'er, a rookie gunner, in charge of long-range fire suppression."
"Finally, there's Asker, the leader and conductor of the team." Asker pressed his chest with one hand, and introduced himself like a gentleman.