The difficulty of recruiting NPC teammates is affected by three aspects, one is the player's own ability to negotiate or bluff, and the other two aspects are faction tendencies and character attributes, of which character attributes are especially charisma.

The so-called three views are incompatible and incompatible, and it is difficult for you to imagine that a well-behaved and kind paladin is willing to walk with the demons of chaos and evil.

Mercenaries in pursuit of wealth and fame are also often attracted to powerful people with great reputations, believing that their fate can lead to a qualitative change under the leadership of the latter, and even reach the pinnacle of money and status one day.

Gloridon's faction tends to be absolutely neutral, and under normal circumstances, it can get along with most people in this world, and the recruitment conditions are quite simple compared to the thousands of other NPCs on the continent of Castaño.

But helplessly, the characters of the absolutely neutral camp are not easy to have a high degree of resonance with the characters of either good or evil, and the identity of Urs in this life is somewhat special and sensitive for ordinary people, and the charm attribute is ...... Well, don't mention it.

All in all, after meeting Grolayden, Urs knew that his eloquence could not take away the reliable old thief for the time being.

Therefore, he finished what he had to say according to a strategy log on the game forum in his memory, made a vague promise to Gloridon, and deliberately left the other party two days to consider as a buffer, and then withdrew from the Flame Ale Tavern, walked to the street outside to look at the location of a clock tower in the direction of the city center to confirm the time, and followed the route to the place where he and Xia had agreed in advance to complete the rendezvous, and the two took a little time to exchange the news they had collected from the city, After that, they went to the abandoned empty house in the slum that almost everyone knows.

……

The movement of footsteps startled a pitch-black crow away from the broken eaves.

Located in the southeast corner of the slum, in a small area on the edge of the city of Twilight, the walls of the house are interlaced with dense vines and plants, the surrounding land is not paved with bricks, and the untreated weeds grow freely to the knee height of ordinary people, making it seem that the environment here is a mess, as if as long as the wind blows, it will produce a strange cold, which makes people look away from this small wooden house built in the weeds, and feel that there is something ominous in it.

And this sense of foreboding does not refer specifically to the undead, but only a psychological rejection and uneasiness, like the spiritual sensitivity of the clergy of the good camp when they "smell" the breath of evil.

"Compared to the rest of the city, it's unusually cluttered and deadly silent." Xia subconsciously pinched the sleeve corners of the white robe, and frowned slightly at the scene in front of her, "The god of justice is above...... Then again, why do we have to come to this kind of place? ”

"Because we don't have any money." Urs raised his head and looked at the sky, as if he had carefully calculated the accounts in his head, and said, "The cost of accommodation is a long-term expense, and there is no need to think much about the villas in the rich area where the daily rent is calculated according to the gold coins, and there is nothing wrong with ordinary inns, but considering the large number of people, it is not suitable as a base for the operation of an adventurous team." ”

"As for the broken shacks in the slums......"

As he spoke, he glanced sideways to meet the amber eyes in the girl's sockets for a moment.

"Come on, Thea. Whether you're ruthless or not, I can't bear to wronged you for lying in a thatched pile and spending the night with rats. ”

"Thank you for your concern for me, Urs." The silver-haired wolf-eared girl blinked, her face flushing slightly, "But if we do have to save money by sleeping on thatch piles one day, I'll still be much stronger than you think." ”

"Of course, I believe in you."

Urs smiled softly, and somehow a wicked taste flashed through his heart, and reached up to the two fluffy white wolf ears in her hair.

Thea was almost two heads shorter than the burly, tall Urs. The sudden arrival of the big hand frightened the girl like a rabbit to the side, and the two little hands quickly raised and held their head to prevent people from touching it.

According to the memories of this life, the young man remembered that the girl had emphasized to him that he was afraid of itchy ears.

Thea could see that Urs was playing tricks on herself again.

She covered her head and stared at Urs, her flushed cheeks immediately put on a serious expression, and she was about to bring out the etiquette knowledge of the Sogo Church, which was recognized by the imperial aristocracy, to warn Urs to learn to respect others, and never touch her head like a child with her peers.

Especially the ears on the head of a half-bestial woman - it's about dignity!

This is very important!

She thought to herself.

At this moment, a little recalling the words that the young man had just mentioned about the residence, the wolf-eared priest girl suddenly realized something.

"Wait, wait." Immediately, she looked at the young man in surprise, and pointed to the abandoned empty house not far away with her left hand wrapped around the Holy Emblem, "Urs, could it be that you are planning to ——? ”

"You mean this room?" The brunette young man will understand.

Then he admitted, "Well, no one has taken over this place anyway, so it's our new home from now on." ”

"Huh?!"

"And it's free."

"But... Wait! The girl was a little crazy, "This, it doesn't seem to be a question of whether it's free or not, right?" So, it's haunted in there, huh? ”

"That's exactly what people on the street say." Urs nodded as a matter of course.

Combined with the intelligence information she had collected and the prescient player memories in her mind, she knew that the abandoned house in front of her had been a wilderness ranger hut fifteen years ago, and the owner of the house was still named Merella Morningdew at the time, an elven ranger from the Forest Ranger League.

Simple, kind, and dutifully reconciled with the balance of beasts and nature every day, she happily guides the lost traveler back to a nearby village or town, until one evening she receives a special thank you gift from a man who claims to be a benefactor.

That special gift was an oil painting of an evil spirit.

The next morning after receiving the painting, Merella disappeared from her Ranger Hut. The terrible rumors soon spread in the plains of eastern Okazawa, and the news was spread by those who wished to do so, during which several groups of free adventurers and mercenaries were attracted to investigate, but those people eventually disappeared one after another, along with their equipment, and no one was seen alive or dead.

Since then, those who know about it have been convinced that the Ranger's hut is cursed.

A cloud of panic hung over the region until the mysterious Dragon Vein Mage arrived half a year later and used his vast private funds and charismatic leadership to establish the current Twilight City, attracting the region's natives to settle into the new city and start a new life.

The Cursed Ranger's Cottage has been abandoned for several years since then, gradually becoming the eerie and dilapidated abandoned house it is now.

The inhabitants of the city were mindful of the rumors of the curse and did not dare to approach it recklessly.

And as for the truth of the curse......

"Alright, Thea, don't be nervous." After quickly combing through the game information in his mind, Urs moved his wrist and casually comforted Xia, "It's just a house, it's not a big deal." ”

As the words fell, he took a step forward towards the crumbling half of the main door of the hut.

It's like the steps in your own plan, and it's exactly the same.