Chapter 4: The First Encounter with the Pillar Beast
Although the mage is the weaker physical strength among the characters in "Hetu", it is also far stronger than ordinary humans in reality, in the game, Liu Tiantian every time he touches the ground, he can take a step two meters away, and his body is light and fluttering as if he can shrink the ground for ten miles with the help of the power of the breeze.
The former doesn't know that not everyone can have such a fast speed at the time of 'birth' like him, but because the brain matching system of "Hetu" when building a character will give each player a different trait, that is, birth talent.
There are strong and weak birth talents, and in order to maintain the fairness of the game, the gap is not too large. Rao is so, this system was still objected to during the closed beta, but it was finally rejected by Gao Tianyi, because he felt that there was no absolute fairness in the game or reality. Just like the ancient practice of martial arts, those who have excellent qualifications themselves will definitely have some innate advantages, if you talk about fairness, this is the real fairness.
Liu Yitian has developed motor nerves since he was a child, and his reaction speed is extremely fast, which also provides hardware facilities for him to be a technical streamer.
In this world, a reactive mage must be born with a very high phase of the wind element, and the wind element also has a powerful effect on strengthening the speed of the physical profession.
"What is this?"
Liu Yitian suddenly popped up a wind icon in front of his eyes, with a line of words underneath - 'Mage A-level talent, son of the wind, the darling of the wind element, only a mage with a real affinity for the wind element can have, and the effect is to increase the movement speed by 50% when out of battle; In combat, the mana cost of Wind spells is reduced by 12%. ’
Although everyone can make up for the difference in movement speed through transportation in the later stage, this talent is undoubtedly very powerful in the early stage of the server. As for the effect of reducing the mana cost, I don't know the effect yet, but it's definitely better than nothing.
The corners of Liu Yitian's mouth grinned, and he said proudly: "It turns out that this is the talent system mentioned by the boss, it seems that the hardships of the past few minutes have not been in vain." The brain scanning system developed by Dragon City Entertainment is really interesting, Son of the Wind? It's a bit old-fashioned, but it's kind of true to describe me. ”
Hehe smiled, Liu Yitian sped up a few more speeds, quickly swept past the people around him, and it only took ten minutes to rush to the gate of Flash Town. The speed was indeed fast, but at this time, there was already a long queue at the entrance of the town, and there were at least a hundred people at a glance.
"What's the situation, you still have to queue up when you enter a small town?" Liu Yitian wondered.
A large man in front of him turned his head and pointed to a bulletin board not far from the town gate, explaining: "I heard that because of the appearance of the pillar beasts, the seven kingdoms are now under martial law, and each town needs to be inspected before people can be let in. ”
The Pillar Beast, a mutant species that has suddenly appeared in the Hetu Continent in recent years, is mysterious and powerful, and has become the biggest enemy of the human world since its appearance. No one knew where they came from, and the Seven Kingdoms stopped years of war and temporarily made peace in order to defend themselves and thoroughly investigate the Pillar Beasts.
"I see, thanks, brother." Liu Yitian thanked with a smile.
"You're welcome." The big man smiled innocently, and his white and chubby face looked very kind and cute.
"Brother is a warrior, I'm a mage, why don't you add a friend to play with?"
"Okay."
The two hit it off at first sight, and directly added friends to each other, the fat man's name is 'Xiao Ming', and his name is as affinity as his appearance, and his profession is a warrior. Unlike Liu Yitian, the fat man is just a player who simply comes to enjoy the game, and his ambition is to be a super meat shield and resist all damage for his teammates.
Just as the two were talking happily, a shrill scream suddenly came from mid-air.
"The Pillar Beast is here! Blow the alarm! The guards at the gate of Flash Town shouted.
In the sky, a gray shadow slowly descended, and Liu Tiantian looked carefully, only to see that it was a large group of loess-colored giant birds attacking. There are about 30 of these giant birds, each with an arm span of more than three meters, showing their teeth and claws, showing a fierce light, flying in a row in mid-air, quite a feeling of covering the sky and the sun.
The players queuing at the door were immediately frightened, especially the female players, who screamed in fright when they saw the terrifying scene in front of them.
At this moment, Jack, the NPC guard captain of Flash Town, who heard the alarm, hurried over, drew his long sword with a blue face, and roared angrily: "It's a pillar beast sand sculpture!" Everyone, get ready to attack! ”
Unlike those frightened players, Liu Yitian had already geared up, patted the fat man in front of him on the shoulder, and said, "Hehe, fat man, didn't you say you want to protect your teammates?" Here's your chance! In a while, you go up to contain the anti-monster and cover my output. ”
"Oh, oh." Xiao Ming obviously didn't have Liu Tiantian's quick reaction ability, and he looked dumbfounded.
The sand sculptures in the sky began to land one after another, and for a time the red dust was rolling, the yellow sand was all over the sky, and the sand sculptures were as good as their names.
Jack, the captain of the guard, was the first to rush forward, wielding a giant sword with both hands, and when the sword fell, he directly chopped off the head of the first sand sculpture, and the dead sand sculpture instantly turned into a white light and disappeared into the air.
And his brave and heroic posture also greatly boosted the morale of everyone.
"It's now, fatty, on!" Liu Tiantian screamed, and then kicked Xiao Ming in the ass, kicking the latter directly in front of a terrifying sand sculpture.
Fortunately, the fat man looked dumbfounded, but the actual combat reaction was still okay, his wrist flashed, and an axe and a shield had already appeared on his left and right hands.
When the sand sculpture saw that the fat man was not afraid of it, it seemed to be quite annoyed, screamed, and the giant beak smashed down mercilessly.
I have to say that the fat man really didn't waste this body in vain, and the sturdy blow of the big sand sculpture was blocked by him raising his shield.
"Is this the wisdom and foolishness?"
Seeing this scene, Liu Yitian couldn't help but raise his eyebrows, revealing a look of surprise and appreciation, and at the same time, his movements were not willing to be left behind, and he immediately flashed a crude staff on his left wrist, silently reciting a spell in his mouth, red light flashed, and three seconds later, a fireball the size of a child's fist condensed in the center of Liu Yitian's right palm out of thin air.
Most of the fowl pillar beasts were afraid of fire-based magic, and Liu Yitian's choice was obviously the most correct, but the first-level fireball technique seemed to be weaker.
"Is it so stumbling?" Liu Yitian was obviously a little disappointed, but as a novice, he had no choice but to use all his strength to guide the fireball and blast it towards the sand sculpture.
After all, this sand sculpture is just a low-level pillar beast used to scare newcomers, and the seemingly hard giant beak was instantly broken in half under the impact of the fireball, and just turned his head to Liu Tiantian, and was hit by a shield by the fat man and dazed.
Taking advantage of this gap, Liu read two fireballs in a row, and directly blasted the big head of the sand sculpture on the outside and on the inside.
With a bang, the fat body of the sand sculpture fell to the ground with a bang, twitched twice, and then turned into a white light and dissipated, and in the process, it seemed that some items and materials turned into dots, and each flew into the wrists of Xiao Ming and Liu Tiantian.
Liu Yitian glanced at it quickly, then his eyes lit up, and he hurriedly shouted at Xiao Ming: "Fat man, let's not stop, let's do a few more!" ”
It turns out that the materials of the sand sculptures, 'Light Feathers', 'Low-level Pillar Beast Meat Blocks' and 'Low-level Pillar Beast Claws', are all needed on the task list, and the gold coins in the initial wallet are pitifully small, and it is really a bit stretched to purchase the items on the list, that is, these sand sculptures are the key to completing the task.
Although the fat man still didn't understand, he believed in Liu Yitian very much, and the two had a tacit understanding, and soon cut down five sand sculptures in a row at a speed that others could not match.
And at the same time that the fifth sand sculpture fell to the ground, the town's crisis was finally resolved.
"I Jack has seen the performance of all the warriors, and I believe that all of you who are fighting like this will never be demons! Guards, please open the door and let you go! Captain Jack shouted impassionedly, and his words made everyone cheer excitedly, after waiting so long, this flash town is finally open.
"It's better to come early than to come by chance, and luck is good." Liu Yitian smiled, jumped up and patted the fat man's shoulder, and said, "Fat man, happy cooperation, we will be teammates fighting side by side in the future!" ”
"Yes!" Xiao Ming smiled kindly and nodded vigorously, obviously finding a good partner that made him very happy.
After coming to the market in Flash Town, Liu Yitian's speculation was immediately confirmed, everyone's initial gold coins were only 5, and a low-level pillar beast meat block alone needed 1 gold coin, a low-level claw needed 2 gold coins, and the 5 gold coins in the wallet were only enough to buy a bottle of wine that the teacher liked.
Players who are good at math immediately do the math, and it turns out that the procurement task requires a total of 35 gold coins to complete, which is frustrating for players who don't have enough materials.
"You can earn gold coins by helping to move goods here!"
Finally, when everyone was at a loss, another part of the clever players discovered the way to make money, it turned out that the dock not far away was recruiting temporary workers, and they could earn 2 gold coins by moving a box of goods from the dock to the grocery store.
And this kind of gig work seems to be scattered in several places in the flash town, moving goods, cement, and bricks, and the rookies who have just joined the WTO can only sell their cheap labor in exchange for their meager salaries.
Of course, Liu Yitian, a game man, is naturally one step ahead, they have already collected enough materials in the opening battle, and even more, they have already started business.
"Come on, come on, we only need three gold coins for the two low-level pillar beast claws here, if you want it, hurry up and buy it, don't wait for it!" Two lean men with similar appearances and similar bodies set up stalls on the street, and there were only a few dozen sand sculptures in total, and I don't know how they had killed so many in such a short time.
Liu Yitian glanced at the two people from a distance and found that they were equipped with two revolvers on both sides of their waists.
"No wonder, two gunners teamed up, who can compare in the early stage." Liu Yitian muttered, "But these two guys' brains are really flexible, there is a saying that dad has always been on his lips, when he goes out, multiple friends are multiple roads, and the old saying will never be wrong." ”
Thinking like this, Liu Yitian beckoned to the fat man and discussed, "Fat man, do you have any extra materials?" Can you lend me? ”
"Yes, these are all you took me to beat, you can take them." The fat man didn't say a word, his thick fingers slid on his left arm, and he directly took out the materials and sent them to Liu Tiantian's hands.
"Thank you, good brother, come, come with me." Liu Yitian smiled, and then walked straight to the two lean gunmen with the fat man.
"Hey, two handsome guys! What's the point? "A gunman greeted him warmly, Liu Yitian grew up in the market when he was a child, and he was too familiar with the expression on this gunman's face, and at first glance he looked like a 'profiteer'.
"We're all full, just like you, a little more." Liu Yiwen was not in a hurry to show goodwill, and replied unhurriedly.
"Haha, I understand, brothers, you also want to come and intervene, welcome, now the materials are just like that, I'm not afraid of no business, everyone will get rich together."
Hearing this, Liu Yitian was relieved, people who do business are afraid that there is no room for people, seeing that these two gunmen are really smart people, Liu Yitian laughed and said: "Brother misunderstood, to be honest, I admire the business acumen of the two, so I came to take advantage of the beauty of people, and these materials will be given to you, everyone makes friends." ”
Liu Yitian took out all the excess materials and threw them directly on top of their stalls under the stunned eyes of the two gunmen.
The gunman on the left, who looked older, laughed and said, "Brother is not an ordinary player at first glance, you two friends and I have made up my hand over the river rat, this is my younger brother pangolin." ”
"The names of the two buddies are something, they should be a reference to the five rats in "Three Heroes and Five Righteousness"?" Hearing these two names, Liu Yitian asked curiously.
The gunman looked surprised and replied, "Brother even knows this antique-like book?" Seriously, if it weren't for the name chosen by our boss, my two brothers would never have heard of it at all. ”
Liu Yitian couldn't help but laugh and said: "Haha, it's not me, but I'm a close friend who likes to read books when he was a child, especially old books." The story of the five rats in Tokyo is what he told me. ”
After such a play, several people really made friends, and the gunman brothers continued to stay in Flash Town because they wanted to set up a stall. And Liu Yitian and the fat man left first, and each went back to hand in the task.