Chapter 14 The plan is successful
Leopard Dog King's Leather Boots: A treasure weapon, a magic weapon made of the essence blood, remnant spirit, and fur of the 'Leopard Dog King', and refined by secret methods. Movement Speed +5, Defense +10, Physique +5, Health +5, Root Bone +5. Bonus Skill: Full Sprint. Equipment requirements: Level 11, Physique 40, Qi and Blood 40.
The spiked soft whip of the Elephant Trunk Thorn Pig King: A treasure weapon, a magic weapon made of secret methods based on the elephant trunk, spikes, remnant spirits, and essence blood of the 'Elephant Trunk Thorn Pig King'. Attack +30, Qi and Blood +5, Meridians +5, Spiritual Sense +5. Side Skill: Sharp Stimulation Shot. Equipment requirements: Level 14, Qi and Blood 50, Divine Soul 30, Spiritual Sense 30.
Hexagonal Goat King's Scient-Horned Arm Shield: A treasure weapon, a magic weapon made by secret method with the horns, remnant spirits, essence blood, and bones of the 'Hexagonal Goat King' as the main materials. Defend +50, Root Bone +5, Physique +5. Side Skill: Corner Stretching. Equipment Requirements: Level 10, Physique 30, Bone 30, Psionic Sense 30.
The wolf king's wolf head fist sword: a treasure weapon, based on the head, claws, fur, essence blood, and remnants of the 'wolf king', and a magic weapon made of secret lotus seeds. Attack +30, Defense +5, Soul +10, Psionic +10, Meridian +10. Side Skill: Wild Call Sign. Equipment Requirements: Level 12, Divine Soul 50, Meridian 50, Reaction 20.
This time to find Ma Seventeen, Zhao Dabao did not have the good luck of the last time. Sun Ran's sky had already darkened, but Ma Seventeen didn't seem to have returned home.
Zhao Dabao, who was waiting at the door, took this opportunity to re-examine the various equipment he had just obtained, and equipped them one by one.
The 'Leopard Dog King's Leather Boots' are a pair of knee-length leopard print boots with a slight dark red patch, which is indistinguishable from the body of the 'Leopard Dog King'. I don't know what kind of rubber is used to make the soles, but they are very soft and comfortable to wear.
The shape of the 'Elephant Trunk Thorn Pig King' is the trunk of the 'Elephant Trunk Thorn Pig King', but it is covered with shortened, refined spikes that should have grown on the 'Elephant Trunk Thorn Pig King', and has a black moire handle. It is about a meter long and as thick as an arm. It was extremely soft and waved, and there was a faint roar of the pig-like 'Elephant Trunk Stabbing Pig King'.
The 'Hexagonal Goat King's Scient-Horned Arm Shield' is a combination of the six curved and unusually rounded horns of the Hexagonal Goat King inlaid on an iron-like armguard. The 'Curved Angle Stretching' skill that comes with Tong Guò can effectively protect any part of the body from being directly hit by enemy attacks.
The shape of the 'Wolf King's Wolf Head Fist Sword' is very cool, the wolf king's gloves made of blue fur, there is a black trapezoidal box with five finger-sized round holes on the back of the left hand with moire patterns like iron, and the mechanism on the knuckle located on the outside of the index finger near the palm of the hand can pop out five sharp claws from the five round holes of the box; on the back of the right hand is a shrunken wolf king's head, and the blood-colored eyes are shining with fierce light. The opening and closing of the wolf's mouth can also be controlled by the mechanism on the knuckle on the outside of the index finger near the palm.
This piece of equipment is not only practical, but also has an unexpected effect. A wolf's head that can be bitten, and a sharp claw that pops out suddenly, will make it difficult for opponents to deal with.
Zhao Dabao, who has changed the shotgun, feels a little strange no matter how he looks at it. With a dog's head on his head, six horns on his forearms, a wolf's head in his right hand, an elephant trunk in his hand, and leopard prints on his feet, it's really hell if he doesn't look weird.
No, Ma Seventeen, who had just returned to the door, was so frightened that Zhao Dabao screamed when he saw such a strange appearance. If it weren't for the unusually remote place where Ma Seventeen lives and few people, I am afraid it would arouse public anger. But even so, there was a burst of shouting and scolding from the neighboring houses.
If it weren't for Zhao Dabao taking off the 'Spirit Blood Helmet of the Black Armored Dog Lizard King' on top of his head in time, revealing his true face and warning him, Ma Seventeen, who was shocked by his new appearance, was afraid that he would have turned into a cloud of smoke and fled without a trace.
Seeing that the monster was Zhao Dabao, Ma Seventeen breathed a sigh of relief. The face, which no longer had a trace of blood, began to gradually regain its rosiness.
While inviting Zhao Dabao into the house to rest, he casually asked Zhao Dabao about the origin of this time.
"Who was I? I didn't expect it to be Brother Shi. Big brother, this image of yours is really a bit terrifying, and the little brother was almost scared out of breath just now! Hahaha! ”
"It's dim and dark outside, and it's still so cold, the eldest brother hurriedly went to the house with the younger brother to sit down, drink a cup of hot tea, and drive away the cold."
"That's right! I don't know what happened to Brother Shi's visit today? Is it ......? ”
Seeing the mysterious smile on Zhao Dabao's face, Ma Seventeen suddenly had a guess that he couldn't believe. The voice suddenly involuntarily raised a few tones, stopped in place, looked at Zhao Dabao in surprise, and trembled slightly.
"Looking at your expression, Brother Ma, it seems that you have guessed my intention this time."
"Not bad! I came to return the five boxes of goods that were lost by the Ma brothers. Brother Ma, let's take a look! See if there are any damages or omissions? ”
The five boxes were taken out of the mustard seed bag and placed side by side in the courtyard of Ma Seventeen. Zhao Dabao made a gesture of invitation to Ma Seventeen, and motioned for Ma Seventeen to come forward and check it.
Looking at the lost five-mouth box in front of him, Ma Seventeen suddenly became more excited. With a violent tremor on his body, and a strange expression on his face that he didn't know whether to cry or laugh, he slowly moved his steps towards the five-mouth box little by little.
Seeing that he was about to walk to the side of the box, Ma Seventeen suddenly stopped. He took a deep breath and calmed down his excitement. turned his body to Zhao Dabao, only to hear a 'plop' sound, and knelt in front of Zhao Dabao. He kowtowed again and again, and thanked him incessantly.
"Brother Shi, I really don't know how to thank you. If it weren't for you, I'd ......"
Ma Seventeen, who suddenly burst into tears and kowtowed to him to show his gratitude, caught Zhao Dabao a little off guard. He never thought that Ma Seventeen would have such an appearance. And the sudden system prompt that popped up made him even more unable to react, and he forgot to stop Ma Seventeen for a while.
"Quest 'Wandering Merchant's Cargo' completed, gain +10 reputation and +10 merit. Earn the title 'Helpful and Good Man'. ”
"Helpful and Good Men (1): +100 Fame. Your unrequited help to the homeless merchant Ma Seventeen was widely spread by Ma Seventeen in the small village of No. 6. The villagers of Village Six have a deeper recognition of you as a 'helpful and good person'. When someone is in trouble, they will think of you as soon as possible and ask you for help. ”
Seeing the follow-up description of the title of 'helpful and benevolent person', Zhao Dabao's heart was almost happy. The increased prestige and merit is nothing, and the phrase 'when someone is in trouble, they will think of you immediately and ask you for help' is the real point. This means that in this small village of six, he has priority access to the task. When an NPC posts a quest, it will be the first thing to target.
Those ordinary tasks that anyone can take are okay, but those hidden tasks that need to meet certain conditions to be triggered will also be sent to the door on their own initiative. Thinking of this, how could Zhao Dabao not be so excited that he lost his mind in an instant?
However, not all of the good things that this title brings, as a 'good person', how can you receive a large amount of money after helping others solve their problems? With this title, Zhao Dabao's future income from completing tasks in No. 6 Village will be weakened by a certain extent. However, the magnitude of this reduction is not large, that is, about 80% of the normal completion of the task, which is still within the scope of Zhao Dabao's tolerance.
In addition to the reduction of mission rewards, after obtaining this title, the penalty for failing the mission and the time limit for the task will also be increased accordingly, and the range is about 20%.
In other words, after obtaining this title, other players will definitely receive a variety of quests. In the case of a shortened time frame, it is very easy to fail a mission. Once three missions fail, the title will be automatically canceled and the player will no longer be able to pick up the mission locally.
The number '1' after the title represents the rank of the title. As the player's name grows higher and the number of good deeds increases, the level of this title will also change. The more prestige you can gain, the wider the area you cover.
The reason why I know so much is naturally due to Zhao Dabao's memory in the next ten years. As far back as he can remember, there was a player who had earned such a title early in the game. However, he just wanted to take a lot of tasks as mentioned above, but in the end, because the system did not mark the time limit change of the task in the task message, and many tasks failed because of the time limit. Not only did he lose his title, but he couldn't continue to take on any tasks in his novice village.
If players want to leave the novice village, in addition to unlocking the village dungeon, they also need to complete a village exit task delivered by the village chief. The player who can't claim any quests in the village will naturally have no chance of leaving the novice village. In this case, the player has no choice but to start over.
However, before that, he had made some efforts to change it. One of them is to post this message on the game's forums and ask the majority of players to join him in seeking an explanation from the game operator. However, his efforts were mastered by the mastermind: 'How can there be something that has only good and no harm?' If you weren't so greedy, wouldn't it have happened? 'It's completely broken.
Zhao Dabao didn't think about winning this title at first. However, since this title can only be obtained if the player helps the NPC without asking for anything in return, the NPC sincerely thanks him and makes a name for him. How could Zhao Dabao know what to do to make the NPCs he helped sincerely thank him, so he ignored it and put this information away. Who would have thought that in the process of trying to complete the task of recruiting a wandering merchant, he would get this title by mistake.
Without too much entanglement of specific reasons, Zhao Dabao, who was relieved from that momentary trance, hurriedly stepped forward and helped Ma Seventeen up from the ground. couldn't stop comforting him, so that he didn't have to be so worried.
"Brother Ma, what are you doing? Aren't you killing me? Why don't you get up yet? Between you and my brothers, can you still use such a posture? ”
Ma Seventeen, who was helped up by Zhao Dabao, wanted to say something to Zhao Dabao, but he couldn't express it because he was choked with tears. Coupled with the constant persuasion of the uncle, he will no longer continue to be a little daughter.
After a while, Ma Seventeen, who had come over, did not mention thanking Zhao Dabao for his stubble. Bury your gratitude deep in your heart and ask Zhao Dabao to sit down in the house. He poured a cup of hot tea for Zhao Dabao, sat around a slightly mottled wooden table, and chatted.
Zhao Dabao once wanted Ma Seventeen to confirm the integrity of the goods, but Ma Seventeen refused on the grounds that he completely believed him. Zhao Dabao did this just to gain more of Ma Seventeen's trust, and in his heart, he didn't want Ma Seventeen to confirm the goods. Therefore, seeing that Ma Seventeen refused again and again, he did not continue to mention it.
As the topic continued to deepen, Zhao Dabao gradually began to induce Ma Seventeen to lead the topic to his business. He clearly knew that the last of the three small links needed to successfully recruit Ma 17 was to help Ma 17 improve his business situation. Tong guò sells goods instead of the wandering merchant, and obtains a higher profit than when the wandering merchant sells the goods on his own.
But something unexpected happened to him again. Zhao Dabao didn't know what it was for, anyway, his task of recruiting the wandering merchant was very different from the information he remembered.
Ma Seventeen actually took the initiative to say that he no longer wanted to be a wandering merchant. If Zhao Dabao can afford him, he is willing to follow Zhao Dabao and saddle up the horse for Zhao Dabao, and serve the dog and horse.
Isn't this the table when the recruitment is successful? But now he, Zhao Dabao, has just completed a task to find goods (the test task is not regarded as a task by Zhao Dabao alone, but is counted in the task of finding goods), and there are still two tasks that have not been completed, why did he skip it directly?
In fact, Zhao Dabao didn't know that he had actually met all the conditions for recruiting a wandering merchant. The three tasks that the player who recruited the wandering merchant had to complete in his memory were actually a test of the player's kindness, faithfulness, and courage. Zhao Dabao is willing to take the initiative to help the homeless merchant, or when he is powerless (level 0), he has already achieved the test of goodness.
The test of the wandering merchant required him to bring back 20 feathers of the sharp-billed chicken that night, which was not only a test of his bravery, but also a consideration of whether he could keep his word. The task of finding goods is the same, it is a consideration of courage and faith. As long as there is any omission, or there is a situation of greedy goods, it will not be considered a complete task.
The reason why Ma Seventeen didn't go to inspect the box was because the lock on the box was a special lock made by the wandering merchant, and no one could open it except the wandering merchant. He had already confirmed that the box and lock were in good condition, so naturally there was no need to check the box again. Not to check the box is also the last consideration for Zhao Dabao, to see if he can take the initiative to ask Ma Seventeen to inspect the box like a believer.
Since the three aspects of goodness, faith, and courage have been tested, if you can't complete the task, it won't be a big deal to complete a few tasks.
Although Zhao Dabao, who got the system prompt, still didn't thoroughly understand all the reasons for this, he also had a little understanding.
"Through guò's dealings with you, the wandering merchant Ma XVII has deep admiration for your kindness, integrity, and bravery. He believes that by following you, you will not only repay your kindness to him, but also get a better life than when he was doing business alone. Therefore, he made a very serious decision to become your follower. If you agree, get an Imperial Recruitment Order from the Chief of Village Six within three days to officially register Ma XVII as your follower. Refusing Ma XVII's request, or failing to obtain a recruitment order within three days, will not be able to gain Ma XVII's following. ”
'Recruitment Order', in Fantasy, players want to gain followers of NPCs, and have special items that NPC followers must have. Only the head of the local administrative system can write it. Zhao Dabao first went to look for Hu Zhuxiong so that he could get this thing from him in the future.
Ma Seventeen's words have been said here, originally this was Zhao Dabao's purpose, and he naturally would not refuse. Of course, hypocritical exhortation is still essential. This is not Zhao Dabao's intention, but a necessary condition for communication between people. Once he is too direct, it will hurt the relationship he finally formed with Ma Seventeen, adding a hidden worry to the future.
Zhao Dabao first told Ma Seventeen that he knew a way to make the wandering merchant gain great benefits, and said that he could give it to Ma Seventeen for free. In this way, Ma Seventeen can not only improve the life of himself and his family, but also do not need to lose his freedom.
Ke Ma Seventeen decided that following Zhao Dabao could get more profits than if he did it alone. No matter what Zhao Dabao says, he will not change his decision.
Since the prevarication could not change Ma Seventeen's decision, Zhao Dabao also agreed to Ma Seventeen's request. Ma Seventeen didn't have any cash on him, so he couldn't achieve Zhao Dabao's expectations. In order to be able to have more profits, Zhao Dabao handed over all the only three silver coins on his body to Ma Seventeen, and agreed with him to sign a recruitment order with Hu Zhuxiong, the village head, tomorrow, and after disposing of Ma Seventeen's current groceries, Zhao Dabao left in style, leaving only Ma Seventeen, who was extremely moved, and couldn't sleep all night in the rented courtyard.