Chapter 14: The Rising Tide (5)
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In fact, Chen Kai and the others estimated the time when the conscription order was issued a little late, at about three o'clock in the morning, when the group was still immersed in the deep sleep in the game that they had not been in for a long time, their doors were knocked one by one, and the rapid crackling sound indicated that the person calling the door was very anxious. (The first text is published in the reading room biquge.info)
"Dear adventurers! Hurry up, the old mayor says he needs your help! "Poor Hassan, the owner of the Nightshade Inn, has never been so miserable, believing that customers are gods, and he takes great care of every guest who enters his inn. This also leads to a high reputation in Paranon, and even in the entire Andosin Lingye Blue Grass Hotel. But today he had to break the reputation himself, disturbing the guests at three o'clock in the morning, when most adventurers needed the most rest, while they were still asleep. Hassan could imagine the furious faces of the adventurers he woken up, but he had to do so, because it was a task or a request given to him by the honorable Mayor of Ferosala.
When Chen Kai was woken up from his slumber, the sound of knocking on the door outside had already sounded for the second round, and he also heard the angry cries of many adventurers living in the surrounding rooms. Obviously, no one would be happy to be woken up from a sweet dream, and Chen Kai and the others were no exception, at least he heard the voices of Xu Fei and Zhao Tiezhu in those roars. Adequate sleep is definitely important for a mage, although they can use meditation instead of sleep to regain energy. However, in order to ensure that his mind is sharp and does not doze off during battle, the mage still attaches great importance to sleep.
Chen Kai could imagine how angry Xu Fei would be when he was woken up from deep sleep, and if he was woken up from deep meditation, he would probably be even more angry. Because the player's mana only grows when they are in a state of deep meditation, shallow meditation is just a way to restore their mana. For any player, especially a mage player, interrupting a deep meditation that can increase several or even a dozen mana at a time is something that can make them go berserk. If the mana increase in one Deep Meditation is five points, then it only takes ten times for the player to release one more first-order spell, so it is very desirable for players to have each Deep Meditation. For players, every opportunity to increase their combat strength is an opportunity for them to keep getting stronger in the game, and only by cherishing these opportunities can players occupy a place in the game.
However, although Xu Fei was angry, he was still very restrained, after all, he also knew that even if he lost his temper again, it would be useless. So he put on his gear with an angry face, and then opened the door and walked out. When he walked out of the door, he saw Chen Kai walking out of the room with his head bowed and hunched over his waist wearing a gold and silver double-headed lion. The moment he saw the opponent's armor, Xu Fei subconsciously glanced at the ribs of Chen Kai's armor and found that the damage that should have been stored there had been repaired. Obviously, the bronze box of the two-headed lion armor had a very good repair function, and of course, it was also thanks to Chen Kai's collection of a lot of metal materials in the blacksmith shop and the homes of those rich people when he was in Abrashur. Of course, Chen Kai's armor has this preferential treatment, and the other people's equipment was repaired by a blacksmith after entering the town, but fortunately, the damage was not strict, and it only took half an hour to repair it. Therefore, Zhao Tiezhu and they were also able to walk out of the room wearing armor, and it was Chen Kai and them who came out of the entire hotel wearing armor and equipment, and the other adventurers were wearing civilian clothes.
But when they saw what Chen Kai was wearing, they immediately rushed back to their room after contacting the innkeeper's anxious situation. In less than a minute, there were several clanging sounds of weapons hitting the ground or armor colliding with each other. When Chen Kai and the others came to the lobby of the hotel, the innkeeper Hassan had already beckoned the sleepy-eyed maid to bring the prepared broth and bread. Of course, in his opinion, this meal is also practiced, after all, no one knows how many people will be able to walk down the walls of the town alive at the end of the night.
"Sorry! I'm going to interrupt everyone's rest, but the situation is urgent! Please gather on the rampart as soon as you finish your food, and if it's too late, maybe we won't have to see the sun tomorrow! Captain Pol bowed to Chen Kai and all the other mercenaries and adventurers gathered in the lobby of the inn, he didn't say anything more, because he knew that some words were useless. In fact, the mercenaries and adventurers who rented in the Night Blue Grass Inn were generally familiar with him, except for Chen Kai and a few of them.
"That's it! Little Pol, isn't it another monster attacking the town, rest assured that with your Uncle Hammertha, no monster can break through the city wall! A rough middle-aged Rohan man with a big beard patted Captain Pol's shoulder and said with a smile, but Chen Kai could see that a black line was clearly flashing in Captain Pol's head when he spoke, and it was obvious that he was very dissatisfied with the name of this uncle called Hummerta. While eating in the lobby of the hotel, Chen Kai and the others had already heard some news about the town of Palanon, such as the one in front of them called Ankara? Bol's captain of the garrison was less than seventeen years old, but he looked to be in his thirties. This was mainly due to his beard, which was longer than usual, and his slightly older cheeks. Whoever has a face like Captain Bol, even if he is only seventeen years old, will be treated like an uncle.
"Okay! Uncle Hammertower, but this time it's not Warcraft, so you don't have to worry about your crops being eaten up, because they don't eat pumpkins and just kill people! Pol walked out after saying that, and was touched by his uncle, who was called Hummerta, and felt a little confused. However, when he followed the others to the walled city with a campfire after a breakfast that was a little too early, he finally understood why Pol would say that his crops would not be gnawed, because it was not a monster that hit Paranon at all, but a dead creature wielding a long bone knife and blue flames in his eyes.
"Oh! O great goddess of life! How could there be a goddamn bone stick here! The loud shouting of Hammer Tower obviously attracted everyone's attention, but everyone's eyes only swept over him, and he was immediately completely attracted by Chen Kai on the other side. In fact, Chen Kai is still very concerned about wearing this armor that is too sassy, especially at night, the Dou Qi beads on the armor will automatically trigger the protective effect after the Dou Qi is stored full. As a result of the triggering of the protective effect, Chen Kai's armor will change from gold and silver to completely emit golden light, becoming particularly conspicuous at night. When Chen Kai walked in the dark night, he looked like a golden giant from ancient times, his huge body gave people majestic pressure, at least no one didn't swallow in the face of Chen Kai wearing armor and the giant sword that was more than two meters behind his back. Of course, this was not envy or coveting, but fear and fear, especially the glowing Dawn Temple's emblem on Chen Kai's armor constantly warn the people around him of his status as a temple knight.
In fact, if Chen Kai was wearing such a suit when they walked out of the forest, Pol would never have had the courage to put a spear against his chin. It was precisely because Chen Kai's armor was repaired in a bronze cabinet that he could only wear a cloth robe without a divine emblem, and the others only wore a robe for the same reason. Only the attentive old mayor discovered Chen Kai's profession, and the others, including the innkeeper, only regarded Chen Kai as just ordinary adventurers, and later added the inference that they were suspected dragon knights. But now basically everyone knows about Chen Kai's profession, because their equipment more or less has the emblem of the temple. Compared to Chen Kai's emblem, the big thorn appeared on the shoulder armor, Su Wan's emblem only appeared on the hand armor, while Zhao Tiezhu's emblem was marked on the shield by him. Where the Temple Emblem appears is entirely up to the player, and the player can choose whether or not to mark the Temple Emblem on the equipment when they first wear it.
"Ahem!" With a crisp coughing sound, everyone's eyes were drawn back to the city wall from Chen Kai's armor, and it was none other than Ferrosala, the mayor of Paranon Town. It's just that he looks a little bad now, his eyes are red and his hair is messy like a chicken nest, compared to the way he saw him in the afternoon, he is really like two people.
"Sorry! Disturb everyone's break, but now I really can't help it! As you can see, a group of dead creatures of unknown origin have attacked Paranon, and the surrounding villages have been attacked by them! Although we have warned in advance, there are still several villages that have lost contact! Before the old mayor could finish his sentence, there was a burst of anxious shouts among the entire mercenaries and adventurers, for many of them were people, and their homes were in the village not far from Paranon.
"But don't worry! Most of the villagers have moved to the town, and if you are worried about your relatives and friends, you can go to the square in the center of the town to find them, but before we can do so, we have to solve the problems outside, and it depends on everyone's strength! Here I have a conscription order in the name of Mayor Paranon to enlist you to join the garrison of Paranon! As the old mayor's words fell, Chen Kai's system logs all suggested that they had received a mandatory mission, which was to protect Palanon and defeat the dead creatures attacking Paranon. This task was mandatory, as it was issued by the old mayor with a conscription warrant. If he was just a recruitment order, then Chen Kai and they might be able to refuse this task, but now it is obviously impossible.
"This old man doesn't look kind at all right now!" Fei Yun looked at the mayor of Ferosala, who was slowly leaving, and muttered, and then slowly sharpened his dagger with a special whetstone. Although his magic dagger was made from demonic teeth, a lot of metal was also cast in it, especially near the edge. The most important thing is that when he was accused, the characteristics of the dagger changed greatly, and the bone material was completely fused with the metal material, forming the current shape and nature of the dagger. So now Fei Yun can use a special whetstone to polish and maintain its edge to prevent the dagger's edge from becoming dull due to long-term use.
"Nonsense! If you stay in his position, I guess I won't be kind now, okay! Go scout and try the strength of those bones by the way! Zhao Tiezhu patted Fei Yun on the shoulder, and then ran towards Chen Kai's place.
"Damn! Why don't you go by yourself! Fei Yun got up angrily, of course this was just his complaint, everyone knew that only thieves were suitable for this kind of work to test the enemy. Although Fei Yun could easily stay on the city wall and then pull the trigger and use his crossbow arrows to directly probe the strength of those dead creatures, he knew very well that his heavy crossbow was definitely not suitable for being exposed under the noses of the Rohan Empire. Although this crossbow machine is a special crossbow machine that has been transformed by spells, the machine inside still follows the design of the original Hansting heavy crossbow. If this crossbow machine fell into the hands of the Rohan Empire, Fei Yun could imagine how much his reputation would be hit in Hansting, and he would directly become a traitor. There are many prestige systems in the game, including national prestige, racial prestige, individual prestige, regional guilds, and so on.
Among them, the national and racial prestige system is the most important, because it is the basis for how well you mix in the game, and the national prestige is basically the prestige of the country you were born in and the prestige of the country you stayed in. For example, Chen Kai's national prestige in Hansting is friendly and respectful, but in Rohan he is only neutral. If Fei Yun dedicates the heavy crossbow to the Rohan Empire, then his reputation in the Rohan Empire will be friendly and even respectful. But in Hansting, his popularity could turn hostile, because he betrayed his country. Of course, what is more funny at the same time is that Fei Yun's racial prestige will increase a little, because he will lead the Rohan Empire's research and development of crossbow machines to enter a new stage, which will improve the strength of the human race in disguise, so there will be a certain racial prestige. Of course, none of this is what Fei Yun wants, after all, their foundation in the game is still Hansting, so Fei Yun will not choose to make himself a public enemy of Hansting.
Fei Yun, who had no way to use the heavy crossbow, could only use his thief's most basic combat method to test it, that is, lurk and then get close to the opponent, and finally solve the problem in hand-to-hand combat. However, if Fei Yun really did this, then Chen Kai and the others would soon be able to wave his hand in the graveyard of the town to welcome him to be reborn, because the thief's shadow escape has no way to work on the dead creatures, and the shadow escape cannot cover the life fluctuations on the life of the living body, and the dead creatures rely on this method similar to infrared detection to judge the target. Therefore, the only thing Fei Yun can do is to use crossbow arrows to lure one out of the range of dead creatures to kill, so as to judge the strength of the other party.
It's just that when he wanted to climb down the city wall and run to investigate, Chen Kai suddenly rushed over and pulled back the torso that leaned out half of his body, and then pressed it the ground. Before Fei Yun could react, more than a dozen white bone arrows slammed into Chen Kai's back or stuck directly into the ground.
"You want to die! Luckily, I learned from Bol that there's a bone shooter down there, otherwise you'd have confessed today! Chen Kai slapped Fei Yun's head hard, and then touched his back depressedly. Although the armor's protective power prevented him from being pierced by the bone arrows, the impact of the bone arrows still caused him pain in the back.
"I'm rubbing! Damn Zhao Tiezhu, why didn't you tell me, I was almost killed by you! Hearing Chen Kai's words, Fei Yun almost didn't jump up from the ground, and at this time, he also understood why everyone went up to the city wall, but no one approached the city wall. It was all because of the threat of the Bone Shooter, and he was the only one who ran to the wall and tried to climb off the wall.
"Sorry! I really don't know! I swear! Zhao Tiezhu also knew that he had made a mistake at this moment, he shouldn't have let Fei Yun explore those dead creatures. Without understanding clearly, he almost made his friend pay a strict price, and when Chen Kai pressed Fei Yun under his body, his heart lifted.
"Forget it! Be quiet, everybody! The main thing is that I didn't announce it on the team channel as soon as I got the news! So you all stop arguing, and now give me a good rest!" Chen Kai patted Zhao Tiezhu's shoulder and whispered a few words of comfort, Chen Kai knew that the main reason for this situation was that they had been marching in the forest for a long time, and their bodies had just relaxed from their tense state, and everyone's hearts were relatively relaxed. So in fact, no one can be blamed for this incident, of course, because no one was injured or died, but Chen Kai and they lost face a little because of this.
"But then again, since the bone shooters are at the wall, why haven't they started attacking yet? Are you waiting for breakfast? Xu Fei's words resonated with everyone, and no one thought that eating breakfast was the truth in his words, it was definitely a joke. Everyone knows that most of the dead creatures except ghouls do not need to eat, or that their feeding is to devour their souls and strengthen their soul fire. Therefore, the dead creatures have no concept of eating breakfast at all, and the reason why they do not attack may be the key to Chen Kai's defeat of the other party. Unfortunately, now they couldn't see how many dead creatures were around the walls, or what the dead creatures were doing outside the walls.
"Yi girl! Halo!! Chen Kai and Zhao Tiezhu took up their shields to protect Chen Yi and walked to the edge of the city wall, under the mocking gaze of all the mercenaries, Chen Yi slowly knelt on the ground, and then a milky white aura suddenly lit up, constantly spreading towards the surrounding ground.
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