Volume 9: Outbreak Chapter 22: Backstab (2)
The messy heart wakes up in the afterglow of the setting sun through the window.
In fact, he had woken up once the morning before, it was a Saturday and Sunday, and as a graduate who had just started working, only Sunday allowed him to enjoy a little bit of leisure time, and besides, even on Saturday, he had to get up at six o'clock in the morning and go to fight for his life.
Although the entire human society has begun to move in an unimaginable direction, countless people have poured into the world of Entagri in search of opportunities to make a fortune, and even gave up their jobs and lives in reality for this purpose. Some people succeed, and likewise others fail! It turns out that not everyone can be favored by Lady Luck, and his own abilities and personality determine his achievements in reality, and in the world of Ntagre, the same determines the height he can reach.
Compared to the lucky ones who relied on the world of Entagri to get ahead, more players have to return to the harsh reality after a hot-headed but nowhere to go, and find a job in reality again, earn enough wages to support themselves, and use the rest to buy game pods and nutrient solutions.
The messy heart is one of these multitude of beings. His qualifications are not good, he has been in the world of Entagrui for more than a year, and he has only just entered the second order now, and many of the group of classmates who graduated at the same time as him have become elites of the 3rd and 4th orders, and some have even joined large guilds, and they are high in the envy of everyone.
Of course, this also has a lot to do with his own family, his parents are ordinary workers, and the family's savings can support him to finish college, so he naturally has no money left to buy luxury goods such as game pods and nutrient solutions for him! In addition, there is a younger brother in the family who is in high school, so he has to start looking for a job immediately after graduation in order to relieve some of the burden on the family.
This made it impossible for him to immerse himself in the world of Entagree like everyone else, and on average, the time he was able to be active in the world of Entagre was only about five hours a day, which was exactly his sleep time!
The day before yesterday was a rare Sunday for him, but the first thing he heard when he woke up was the sound of fighting and miserable wails coming from the window, and he immediately thought of the fish-man siege that would come every few days, having lived in Hall Village for a while. To be honest, if it is really usual, those fish-men are the hunting objects of the messy heart, and he has no friends and can only deal with this kind of low-strength monster, and if he is lucky, he can also scavenge a gem fragment from a certain fish-man or something, and after selling it, he can exchange it for a few gold coins.
However, in the face of hundreds or thousands of fish-men, Messy Heart does not have the courage to rush out and face the inevitable death, fortunately he is located in a tavern adjacent to the center of the village of Hall, where there are several rooms open to the player, used as a place to rest and sleep, cheap, and do not provide food or water. The biggest benefit is that as long as the fish-men don't destroy the center of the village next to it, the tavern doesn't have to worry about being attacked, so the life of the players resting here can be guaranteed at least a minimum.
And this time, he deliberately chose the evening time to go online, and he got off work very early today, and he just paid his salary, which made his messy heart a little nervous, and he felt that maybe good luck would come to him today.
There was silence outside the window! Although there are almost no players passing by in Hall Village, and the number of residents in the village is not large, it is dinner time, so it is a little strange!
Could it be that the village was breached by the fishmen?
The messy heart couldn't help but think so! It's not impossible, in fact, this small village will experience such a "devastating" blow almost every month, as the head of the village, Hall Smith will usually try his best to resist those damned fishmen, but if he finds that there are too many fishmen, then the lord who has already given up on himself will not hesitate to take those villagers to a rocky cave not far from the village, waiting for the raging fishmen to retreat on their own, but it will cause great damage to the village, The hard-earned houses and walls are razed to the ground, and even if the villagers return, they will have to build their homes from scratch.
"Hey! What a tragedy! The messy heart sighed and rolled over and got up. He is an elf, and he is the most common wood elf, compared to other elf species, the wood elf does not have any outstanding characteristics, the only advantage is that the affinity with nature is slightly higher than that of other elf species. And the messy heart himself did not have superb combat skills, and even the ability to shoot arrows was not very qualified, so after thinking about it for a while, he chose druid as his career direction.
In fact, the messy heart came to Hall Village precisely for his professional skills, and players who have joined the druid can get in touch with the transformation technique, which is a very important skill for the druid, after entering the second level, and what kind of transformation technique can be mastered often determines how much strength the druid can play.
For example, Spirit Bear can transform a druid into a bear, and while possessing the strength of a bear, it can also greatly increase its own defense and HP, even enough to compete with a warrior. Another example is the cheetah transformation, which can transform the druid into an agile cheetah, with sharp claws and agile skills, which can give the druid the same combat ability as the assassin.
The most exciting is the dragon transformation, which is said to be mastered by only a few powerful druids in the elven race. This terrifying transformation spell allows the druid to transform into a real dragon, capable of not only possessing the dragon's powerful flesh and sturdy scales, but also being able to breathe dragon breath and unleash dragon magic, which is extremely powerful!
There are not many restrictions on druids learning the art of transformation, the only requirement is to obtain the complete soul of the creature they transform into and gain the approval of the other party, of course, forcibly integrating the soul of the creature into themselves can also achieve the same effect, but the aboriginal druids who love nature rarely do this, but the player druid generally chooses this way.
The same is true for Messy Heart, he is not satisfied with ordinary beasts as a template for his first transformation technique, you must know that every time a druid moves up a rank, he can only get a new template as an option for his transformation technique, and wasting a place for no reason is obviously a great loss for Messy Heart. So he set his sights on the magical creatures, commonly known as the Monsters. But the combat power of most of the demonic beasts is very good, and it is far from being able to deal with the messy hearts that have just entered the second order now. After careful selection, he set his sights on a magical creature called a Owl.
Also known as the Moon Owl, this is a mutant monster with the blood of both owls and bears, this bloated creature with a height of about two meters and a half has two wings, but its heavy body makes it impossible for them to fly at all, and can only use two thick claws to walk slowly on the ground. Owls are omnivores, they can both eat plant berries to replenish their body's energy needs, and don't mind feeding themselves with small animals they catch.
Most of the owls in the world of Entagri are not very smart, although they are called magical beasts, they can generally only master one or two kinds of natural magic, and only the owls living in the elven territory, or some special regions, have good spell-casting ability. Rumor has it that these special beasts have been blessed by the moon god Elune, which is one of the reasons why they are called moon owls.
Of course, the beasts living in the territory of the elves are not messy hearts that can be touched, the elves think that this creature is the pet of the moon god, and it is strictly forbidden for the clansmen to hunt and kill the beasts, and the messy hearts are of course unwilling to defy the law, so they target the beasts in the Moxi Valley, there is a large forest at the junction of the Moxi Valley and the Monas Hills, and there is a small group of beasts living there.
Unfortunately, until now, Messy Heart has not succeeded in capturing a beast, and he can't ask anyone else for help in this matter, because he doesn't have the money to pay for his employment.
Pushing open the door and walking out, the messy heart rented this room on the second floor, the first floor is the lobby of this tavern, responsible for providing some water and food to passing travelers, and occasionally some fruit wine for sale, which is one of the few local residents can produce their own goods.
Walking down the stairs into the lobby, the messy heart found that the thin tavern owner was not there, in fact, the whole lobby looked like it had been hit by a terrible storm, the tables, chairs, doors and windows almost fell to the ground, and there were signs of damage everywhere.
"Sure enough, those fishmen! Really, when will this life end! Even the messy mind was fed up with the bad days of the village of Hall being attacked by fishmen twice in three days, and he began to feel that it was safer to go to those Sadaline Kingdom outposts in the Monas Hills than here. But the outpost charges a lot more, and for him, who is shy in his pocket, every gold coin has to be carefully calculated.
The gradually overcast sky indicates that night is coming, and because of the Mossi Mountains, the night always comes early in the Moxi Valley, especially in winter.
Outside the tavern was a bleak square, and the messy heart walked out of the half-half wooden door of the tavern, and looked at the zombies wandering around in front of him in amazement, and the elf's keen eye made it easy for him to distinguish that these zombies were the villagers of Hall Village!
What happened? Undead sneak attack? Or a sudden outbreak of the plague of the undead?
The messy heart, who had never encountered such a thing, was unprepared for this, and was stunned for a moment, and while he was in a daze, a human player with a weapon in his hand walked out of a dilapidated dwelling not far away, dragging the corpse of a villager in the other hand.
The messy heart was about to ask the other party, but the moment the other party saw him, he threw away the corpse in his hand without hesitation, and rushed towards the messy heart with the weapon in hand.
"Wait! I am alive, not undead! The messy heart raised his hand to show that he had no ill intentions, but he was greeted by the cold gaze of the human player and the sword that had been slashed at his head.
Subconsciously, the messy heart pulled out the short sword inserted in the belt, blocking the opponent's attack, just when he wanted to continue to explain, a cold wind blew, and the messy heart felt that the back of his head had been hit hard, and then a heavy feeling of dizziness came to his heart, and his eyes also fell into darkness, and he fainted.
"How can there be another one?" The assassin who managed to sneak up on the messy heart complained to the human player, "Didn't the Captain tell you to check it out?" ”
The human player who launched the frontal attack spat at the messy heart's face: "Who knows where this guy came from, I've checked it twice, only one is lying in the room on the second floor of the tavern, and it's been lying for two days, I thought this thing would have starved to death a long time ago, and the hell knows he'll be online at this time!" ”
"What's next? Just kill this guy, and when he is resurrected, it will be a hidden danger again! ”
"Leave it to the head of the regiment to think about it! Anyway, I can't let him go like this, this bastard will deduct my bonus for at least two months, and I won't treat him well, and I will never agree! ”
When the messy heart awoke from its coma, he found himself tied up in a cellar, fixed to a large wooden frame, with ropes firmly attached to his hands and feet.
"Commander, is this guy awake?" Messy Mind recognized the person who spoke as the human player he had seen earlier.
"What's your name?" Sassi Midil asked at the messy heart.
"Uh, messy hearts!"
"Didn't ask your character's name, asked your real name!" The human player said viciously.
The messy mind immediately thought of those evil players who aim at kidnapping and blackmail, such players obtain the real information of the target through various means in the game, and then kidnap and ransom in reality, and many times tear up tickets.
Seeing that the messy heart fell silent, Sassi pursed his lips, to be honest, at this critical juncture, he didn't want to cause more trouble, as long as he could assist His Excellency the executor to complete this mission, his contribution in the organization would increase a lot, and at that time, both his identity and status could be improved, and he no longer had to be responsible for managing such a small mercenary group: "I advise you not to have any luck!" Say it obediently, otherwise, I have the means to make your life worse than death! ”
Who to bluff? The messy heart glanced at the other party, although he didn't know who this guy was, but he wanted to bluff himself with such a simple means, obviously underestimating himself. As long as you choose to go offline immediately, no matter what cruel punishment these guys have, it has nothing to do with you!
yes, take it offline immediately, and then post what happened here on the Internet and expose the evil faces of these guys!
Line! Line!! Offline!!
"What's wrong? Is there no way to go offline? Sassi watched with interest as the expression on her messy heart's face changed from indifference to despair, "Didn't you notice a little new stuff around your neck?" That collar is a special item that, while still experimental, can stop you from leaving the world of Ntagre for at least an hour! ”
"Who the hell are you? What do you want to do? Realizing that his greatest reliance could not be effective, his messy heart was completely panicked, and he felt a wave of despair at the thought of what terrible treatment he would be subjected to next.
"Forget it, it doesn't matter if you don't want to say who you are! I don't have that much time to take your time! Sassi stood up and said to the player who had been standing nearby, "Thorin, this guy is over to you!" Ask us what we need to know as soon as possible, and then, whatever you want! I hope you don't make any more mistakes this time! ”
The human player known as Thorin replied with a sneer: "No problem, guarantee to complete the mission, Captain!" ”
Sassi nodded and walked out. Thorin sneered and walked up to the messy heart, and asked viciously, "Tell me, what's your name?" ”
There was silence in response.
"I just like you! It makes my torture even more enjoyable! To be honest, you don't usually touch a few elves with fine skin and tender meat! Thorin didn't get angry because of Messy Heart's uncooperative attitude, on the contrary, this guy had a grin on his face that made Messy Heart feel very terrible, only to see Thorin slap his palm a few times, and five more players walked in.
"Rest assured, we have a full hour! Before I let you speak, though, I've decided to treat yourself to yourself! Thorin and the five players who came in had a hairy smile on their faces.
"I haven't played male elves yet! Last time, that female elf only played for half an hour and went crazy! The other player said as he slowly transformed into a werewolf in front of his messy mind.
Then, several players, including Thorin, also turned into a hideous-looking werewolf, smiling and smiling at their messy hearts like lambs waiting to be slaughtered.
"Be careful, don't play to death! I'll have to let him tell me everything he knows! Thorin gave an instruction to the others, and then his super-messy heart pounced on him.
Soon, there was a low, heavy wheezing sound in the room, and the heart-rending wail of the messy heart, which was worse than death!