Chapter 198: Lobbyist
Although to the uninitiated, Lacey's combo just now may not be nothing, it is just a continuous charge with the summon, which is neither flashy nor too high damage. But for insiders, it's not so simple. The set of combos just now can show the full basic strength of a player's PvP.
The reason for this is that the player's hitstun will gradually decrease during combos, and the same skill will reduce the effect of hitstun if the player continues to attack after the hitstun appears.
And the skill of Lacey, because the Golden Knight starts to charge at the same time, and then charges out one by one, so the effect of each Golden Knight charge will be stronger than the previous one, and the hardness brought by it is naturally higher.
In this way, counting the gradual increase in charge charge, it just offsets the effect of the stun reduction, ensuring that Leonardo can basically maintain a steady stun time every time he is charged by the Knights, and Lacey himself has a longer time to charge his own charge to full state.
In fact, most of the damage in this combo came from Lacey's own last charge. And all the previous skills are to set the stage for this final blow. All the slightest mistake was wasted, but it was precisely because of this that Lacey was now more accurate in timing his moves than before.
This is the result of their training in the GuΓ² Tournament Suit, and when using the equipment with lower speed and damage in the Tournament Suit, they can play as many combos as possible without any differences, and when they return to the official suit, they will be able to shoot faster, which is naturally much easier.
"Tsk...... I know. Leonardo muttered unconvinced, pushed his crooked glasses and stood up, gesturing, "Come with me, just the four of you, Ezio doesn't want anyone else to know where he is." β
The players in District 26 on the side immediately discussed: "Hey, have you seen it?" Elemental Fist Leonardo actually lost, it's so simple to ......" "That's it, I beat the opponent for so long, and in the end, I was given seconds by the opponent's move." β
"It's a member of the Silverblade Knights, after so long, the operation hasn't regressed at all." This was the final conclusion they had reached, and for some reason the gang dispersed as birds and beasts.
"These people...... The retreat was really fast. Su Xing said a little angrily.
"Probably because this guy is pretty good." Gu Qinyan said lightly. However, Xia Chiyu was just silent, he felt that these people didn't seem to be afraid of them, but seemed to be in a hurry to find someone to report the matter.
But. Anyway, their purpose had been achieved, and Leonardo led the four of them to the side.
"Ezio doesn't like people to know where he lives in this game, so, take this." Leonardo said, handing each of them a disposable teleportation stone, which would teleport directly to their destination, they would not know how to get there, and the teleportation stone could only be used once.
When Reis and Su Xing were about to take it, Xia Chiyu looked at the teleportation stone in his hand. After a moment's hesitation, he asked, "How do we know that this stone was teleported to Ezio the Shadow Dancer and not some other labyrinth trap or something?" β
"Why am I doing that?" Leonardo asked, puzzled.
Xia Chiyu looked at the teleportation stone in Leonardo's hand and continued: "Since you also used the teleportation stone to go over, then you must not mind changing it with me, right?" Don't blame me for being suspicious. But the heart of guarding against others is indispensable. β
Leonardo laughed: "I think what you said is definitely not the same as what I saw, your Chinese idioms are always weird after being translated......" Saying that, Leonardo seemed to realize that something was wrong, and cleared his throat to hide his embarrassment. Then he said with a flat face: "Okay, then change, you use my teleportation stone." Anyway, it's a place where they all end up. β
"Oh? Apparently from the Guild of the League of Assassins. But it's a typical 'gamer'......" Xia Chiyu smiled with interest, Leonardo is a typical kind of person who separates games from life, for him, things in games are just games, he doesn't take it too seriously, unlike some people who regard games as something more important than life.
In fact, Xia Chiyu quite likes people like Leonardo, and he is unexpectedly very straightforward.
Immediately, Xia Chiyu took the teleportation stone from Leonardo's hand, and everyone began to teleport. Teleportation Stones have the same effect as the Teleportation Circle, where the scenery around them collapses into green 0s and 1s, and then reforms into new ones.
By the time the view was set back down, they were already in a luxurious villa.
The villa is more like a manor, which is actually remodeled from a first-order city, and the scope is large, and it is all female players, and all of them are wearing maid outfits. The girls were busy in the manor.
"What's going on here...... "Su Xing said with a dry smile, "I always have a hunch that I will hate this guy called 'Ezio'......" As he said, Su Xing turned to Lacey and said, "By the way, what kind of person is this guy named Ezio?" β
Lacey thought for a moment, then smiled: "It should be the kind of typical Italian man, the amorous aspect." And his personality is also quite ingenious, and he is very good at making women happy. However, I heard that there is a communication barrier in reality, and I am often bullied at school, and I am especially ...... when I communicate through the guΓ² Internet chat tool. Eloquent. β
"Hmm......" Xia Chiyu suddenly raised his eyebrows, and a blonde young girl in the gang of maids spotted Leonardo and immediately greeted him with a smile: "Hi, Reiner." As she spoke, she looked at the four Xia Chiyu behind him, and asked curiously, "Are these four people the newcomers you took back this time?" It feels very imposing, it's really good. β
Xia Chiyu and the four of them just smiled, and Leonardo seemed to be stunned by the girl, and looked back at Xia Chiyu and the four of them in a daze, only to find that Xia Chiyu and the four of them were still following, so they were startled and hurriedly replied: "Oh! They, not ...... It's that, huh...... Old friends of Ezio, I'll bring them to talk to Ezio. β
"Oh, okay. See you later. The blonde maid smiled, waved at the four of them, and went to work.
"See you ......," Leonardo said dumbfounded, watching the blonde maid walk away with graceful steps, admiring her slender back. But soon Lacey called him: "Well, can I go see Ezio?" β
Leonardo seemed a little upset, glared at Reis and said, "Yes." Be. Let's go. β
The four of them walked together through the house, through the front yard, into the side garden, and then saw a thin man with a goatee, chatting and trimming flowers and plants with two beautiful girls in the garden.
The leather armor on the man's body was transformed into a white suit, but there was a cloak on the upper half of his body, and there was a hood on the cloak, which did not match his body a little. However, the smile on his face was relaxed and soft, and he chatted with the two girls, looking gentle and personable.
"That's Ezio......" Xia Chiyu raised his eyebrows and said. It's really temperamental. β
Even if Ezio hid his ID, people would recognize him. Because his name is preceded by the title "Shadow Dancer", which is the title that was given by the system after Ezio won the championship in the professional tournament held on the first anniversary of the opening of the AO server at that time. It is a title that only one person can have in each profession.
Of course, the content of the career challenges released by each class AO is also different, the career challenges of knights with various weapons are virtual battlefields, while classes such as swordsman and martial artist are field encounters, classes like mages are urban defense battles, and as for the assassin profession, it is a separate kind of "maze rampage".
This Labyrinth Rampage is meant to put the Assassin player inside a maze that is randomly generated by the map. Steal the treasure in the maze as fast as you can, and then leave with the treasure. Puzzle solving, trapping, and battles are required, and in fact, the professional challenges of each class are similar, and the comprehensive abilities of that class will be tested.
But in comparison, the Assassin's is still the most interesting. Because it's not about fighting. Instead, it is more inclined to solve the mechanism and walk the maze. The "Labyrinth Rampage" of the Assassin profession is not determined by the time when the Assassin exits the Labyrinth, but by the rarity of the treasure stolen by the Assassin. The deeper you go into the labyrinth, the higher the score of the treasure you steal.
And the shadow dancer Ezio was the assassin who won the championship at that time. Among all the veteran AO Assassin players who participated, they stole the "Perpetual Rose" with the highest score in the maze and won the title of "Shadow Dancer" that comes with the system.
This title is only one per profession. The title of each profession varies.
Later, on the second anniversary of the launch of the AO server, AO also started the same event, but the title of the champion was different. Ironically, Steen, the "Marauder" of the Thieves Guild, was the Assassin player who won the second Assassin Pro Tournament, and he was given the title "Marauder" by the system.
The entanglement between these two men, and whether they minded the name "First Assassin", is unknown.
As for other classes, some players who have won special titles in the system are still continuing their journey in the AO, but most of the professional champions in the first and second years of professional competitions have already left the game.
Ezio is one of them, so his fame is actually quite large. However, Ezio snatched the girlfriend of a well-known "public player" at the time, and became one of the wanted lists.
In the end, Ezio, known as the "Shadow Dancer", continued to rub into the player's situation while being wanted, and the bounty became higher and higher, and finally had to come to the Dark Continent and establish his own alliance of assassins. From then on, there were only a handful of players left who dared to covet Ezio's bounty.
"Oh, Leonardo!" Ezio said in English with a playful Italian accent, opened his arms to Leonardo, and then looked at Xia Chiyu and the four behind him: "Hmm...... This is the newcomer who has been reclaimed this time? Although it's a bit of a pity that none of them are assassins, I have to say that all four of them have quite good temperaments. β
Leonardo's expression was a little embarrassed, and he explained: "That...... No, Ezio. I didn't recruit the four of them, they were members of the Silverblade Knights, and I wanted to talk to you about them. β
At that time, Ezio's face sank inadvertently, and Xia Chiyu keenly noticed this.
"Hmph, what about the Silverblade Knights, what an old name." Ezio played with the roses in his hand, then put them on top of the head of a brown-haired young woman, and smiled, "Well, this rose really matches your dress." β
"Really? Pretty? The woman asked with a smile as she gracefully turned around with her skirt.
At this moment, a sword qi flew down the ground towards Ezio. Ezio elegantly hugged the woman's waist, spun around to avoid Gu Qinyan's sword qi, and then squinted at Gu Qinyan and smiled: "Hmm...... This time, the guests seemed to be in a hurry. β
Despite the fact that Ezio has a high reputation and strength. But he didn't have an artifact, and he wasn't a member of the princely generals. However, that doesn't mean you can just mess with this troublesome assassin.
Not to mention Ezio's own strength, in the entire Assassin Alliance, it can be said that all players earn bounties by hunting players, although it is a medium-sized guild with a total of less than five hundred people, but its overall strength is quite high.
However, Xia Chiyu and the four of them did not have the slightest fear on their faces, but Leonardo's face turned pale with fright, and he angrily reprimanded Gu Qinyan: "You are really enough!" It's like this when you talk to me, how can you talk to the president when you talk to ......"
"Because you guys are so verbose." Gu Qinyan said lightly. Pushing the knife back into its scabbard, "Our time is precious, and we need to get straight to the point. Let's just say that we're here to talk to you about how to deal with Lardy, the Mind Eater. β
"What!?" Leonardo was even more surprised, "Don't be stupid! People from other continents don't dare to attack the Mind Eater casually, let alone people from the Dark Continent! Without the Mind Eater, the economy of the Dark Continent would collapse! β
The reason why no one dares to touch the mind eater Laddy is actually very simple, not that he is powerful, or how strong his own strength is. There are actually not a few people in AO who surpass him in terms of personal strength and guild power, especially the princely generals. But Lardy, the Mind Eater, has mastered the Dark Bodhi, the economic lifeblood of the Dark Continent.
This material accounted for 75% of the Dark Continent's capital exports, and Laddy played some very indiscriminate tricks at that time. After snatching a copy and clearing the scene battle in it, like Xia Chiyu and the others, they obtained a territory as their main city. And in that main city, there is currently the largest area of Dark Bodhi.
Radi used this as a base and developed the city into a fortress of war. The crowd did not dare to attack without permission. In addition to fearing the strength and power of the Mind Eater Radi, it is more because if you want to occupy this city, you may destroy the origin of Dark Bodhi and lose this main economic lifeline, and the two cities of District 24 and District 26 will not be able to operate at present.
To put it bluntly, if there is no Dark Bodhi, the daily income of these two districts of the Dark Continent is not enough to maintain the operation of the city and the maintenance of the foundation, and the final result is that it is becoming more and more desolate, and then the two regions will be directly abolished, so the other "giants" on the Dark Continent will not sit idly by and watch this happen.
The main city operation in AO is driven by money, and nearly forty percent of players will be active in the game AO, the biggest reason is not because the game is interesting, but because it can make money directly.
"You know that, right?" Leonardo explained angrily.
"Yes." Xia Chiyu said with a smile, and Leonardo was even more angry: "Then you still expect the president to help you deal with the mind eater?" It's all good if you don't help the Mind Eater deal with you......"
Xia Chiyu shrugged: "There will always be a way." I've heard that the Mind Eater Raddy has mastered the economic lifeline of the two regions of the Dark Continent by himself, and in recent years, he has become more and more arrogant. Not only is it aggressively expanding its territory and power, but it is also very disrespectful to several other 'giants' in the Dark Continent. Don't you want to deal with him? β
"It's not that I don't want to, it's that I can't." Ezio put his hand in his trouser pocket and smiled faintly, "It's not just me, but the other giants, except for the miscellaneous who is in private with the mind eater, they don't like Laddy." β
As he spoke, Ezio smiled, "Still, I'm curious. What would you do if I wasn't going to help you? β
Xia Chiyu shrugged his shoulders: "Then let's go back and practice leveling, and then find an opportunity to kill the other giants of the Dark Continent first, and then deal with the mind eater Radi." In this way, there is no one to help him, right? β
"Hmph......" Ezio chuckled suddenly, then covered his forehead and laughed, "Hahaha! β
"Why, don't you believe it? We're 4v1, and we have strategies and means, so it's not difficult to find a chance to face the giants of the Dark Continent alone. For example......" Gu Qinyan snorted coldly, reaching out and pressing it on his waist, "Now." β
"Hmm......" Ezio stopped laughing, took a deep breath, carefully looked at Xia Chiyu and the four of them for a while, and continued to ask, "Do you know that your actions are likely to lead to the complete collapse of the two regions of the Dark Continent?" Then you'll be saddled with infamy, and even hunted down by all the players in Districts 24 and 26. β
Su Xing shrugged: "It doesn't matter, they won't hunt me down in reality." β
As he spoke, Su Xing paused, and hesitantly asked, "They won't be able to, right?" District 24 and District 26 seem to be foreign players, right? They're not going to fly all the way to chase me, are they? I'm my real name. β
"Shut up." Xia Chiyu and Gu Qinyan said in a cold voice, interrupting the nagging of the awakening.
"No, I think there should be another way." Lacey took a step forward and said lightly, "There's no need to end up this way." Maybe someone can take over the Mind Eater's territory, or maybe you other giants share the City of the Mind Eater, so that they can check each other out. Now the Dark Continent, driven by the Mind Eater, has become more and more chaotic. β
"I'll admit that," Ezio replied lightly, "There are a lot of red players on this continent that have reached the point of being extremely vicious, and even our guild can't accept the kind of players who kill people on sight." This kind of disruption of the game's balance will not only attract the intervention of the game company, but also shorten the life of the game, which I cannot tolerate. β
A look of hope flashed across Lacey's face, and Ezio frowned and continued, "But ......"
"The kind of situation you're talking about is impossible." Ezio extinguished Lacey's hopes, "At present, the Dark Continent can be said to be dominated by the 'Seven'. Me, Steen the Marauder, the president of the Thieves Society, Anna the Red Spider, the president of District 26, and Bred, the leader of District 24? Dole Bow, Lardy the Mind Eater, and Wren the Weeper. β
"Let's talk about the relationship between the six of us, Steen the Marauder and I have been competing with each other for many years in business, and we have never gotten along; Brad? Dole Bow and Mind Eater are in a partnership, and in private they have been filling their pockets by raising the price of goods in the Dark Continent; Red Spider, the president of District 26, this woman is basically a 'climber', relying on the charm of her own woman to play a little trick, she will only please Radi and Brad, and then support herself for the scene. β
"Finally...... Wren the Weeper, this guy isn't a good guy, he's the same kind of person as Lardy the Mind Eater, but he doesn't have the same chances. But that doesn't mean he won't be the second Mind Eater Raddie when he gets the chance. With that, Ezio stared at Reis and asked, "So, sue me, how are you going to form this ridiculous alliance?" β
Lacey fell silent for a moment, and Ezio snorted coldly, waved his hand, and said, "Knights of the Silverblade...... It's still as naΓ―ve as it was back then. I thought you would be a little more mature in two years, but ...... What a disappointment for me. It's a pity that I'm no longer the young and vigorous hairy boy I was back then, and this game is a copy of society. You can't live like that. β
With that, Ezio was about to leave. But Xia Chiyu suddenly smiled and gently spit out a word: "Exclude dissidents." β
Ezio suddenly stopped, turned his head to look at Xia Chiyu, and said with interest, "Oh? "Yes. Xia Chiyu sat down on the edge of the bench in the garden: "Listening to you say this, it's getting easier." Since your relationship is so bad, let's get rid of one or two of them, and I'm sure the others won't be kind enough to help, right? β
"Huh? It's kind of interesting......" Ezio paused, crossed his arms and smiled, "Go on." β
Xia Chiyu replied with a smile: "It's very simple. If we can convince one to join our coalition, in the character of Wren the Weeper, he will surely choose to sit on the sidelines; Then, if we can solve one of the remaining two forces, won't we be able to occupy an absolute advantage and form a 2v2 situation? And then you have the four of us, these third forces. β
Gu Qinyan added: "As for Steen, who is waiting for the fisherman to reap the profits...... The praying mantis catches the cicada and the yellow finch is behind. (To be continued......)