1. Chapter 1: Ranger Roddy
As Roddy struggled to open his eyes, the harsh sunlight made him dizzy.
The burning pain in his chest was like a torch against his chest, and his ears were buzzing, like the after-effects of being hit in the head with a stick.
The pain hit him, and he couldn't help but moan. The realism of the online game "Ripp" is almost 100%, even including all the tactile pain. But at this time, Roddy felt as if someone had adjusted the "Pain" option in the game from 30% to 100%. Because he's been playing "Ripp" for so long, he's never felt so painful.
Taking a few deep breaths, Roddy blinked and habitually looked to the sides, only to be surprised to find that this was not at all the resurrection point of the rear military base cemetery three kilometers away from the battlefield in the game.
Something is wrong...
Raising his hand, he found that the epic dastard bow in his hand was gone—even the gloves, bracers, and arm guard set known as "Ciel's Guardian" were gone...
The waist is empty, and the Rhodes double knife is not there.
What's going on?
He was instantly shocked into a cold sweat, the equipment of the holographic simulation online game "Rippling" is soul-bound, and even if it is destroyed, it needs to be verified by identification, so in this case, where did his valuable equipment go?
Rubbing his chest, Roddy gasped in pain, the red blood on his fingers telling him he was injured - trying to turn over, Roddy trying to make sure where he had been resurrected...
But then, his mouth grew in surprise.
In front of me is an endless meadow, green fills the field of vision, and you... It is lying on top of a protruding slope. Roddy suddenly found that this place was very similar to the Nahemian steppes in his impression - but when he thought about it, this was thousands of miles away from the "Slavic Valley Battlefield" that he had just hung up... How did you get here?
Because he had just woken up, Roddy's head seemed a little unresponsive, but this doubt did not last long before it was interrupted by a loud shout.
"Kill them!"
An orc-specific Sabine voice made Roddy's heart tremble, and he immediately instinctively lowered his body, holding back the pain and looking to the other side.
The fragrant smell of grass mixed with blood, Roddy rubbed his eyes, his body moved, and then he saw the scene below the grassy slope - not far from Roddy, there were several fallen war horses and three human corpses lying across the grass!
The person who just made the voice was a tall orc less than thirty meters away from him - this guy was nearly two meters tall, his arms were as thick as human thighs, his strong muscles seemed to contain infinite strength, and his eyes were red and manic, and he was rushing towards seven fleeing human soldiers in the distance with four of his kind.
Orcs...
Roddy's brows immediately furrowed, and his originally slightly confused expression was extremely gloomy in an instant.
Ordinary people who have not been exposed to the game "Ripper" may not understand why Roddy is so angry at this moment - but for a game otaku who has devoted all his energy to the game for seven years, the word "orc" represents only the word mortal enemy.
The orcs in "Ripp" are really unforgivable enemies for Roddy in the human camp. In the seven years of the game, these damned animals invaded almost the entire kingdom, burned down almost all the towns where Roddy had been, and more importantly, Roddy's beloved girl also died at the hands of the orcs...
Although he didn't understand what it was like for him to suddenly appear in the grassland thousands of miles away, the only thought he had at the moment was very simple and direct: kill them.
Roddy is a "ranger" by profession, and he doesn't need to mention his environmental survey skills, and after taking a deep breath, he immediately determined his current situation... It looked like he was supposed to have been attacked by the orcs just now - although it was logical, since he was attacked by the orcs before he hung up, but now he understood...
This orc is not another orc.
The orcs that appeared in the Slavic Valley are the elite of the "Hammer of Rohar" of the Orc Empire, they are heavily armored like steel fortresses, and their rank, blood volume, and defense are terrifying, but at the moment, although these orcs look good, they are dressed in simple torn pants, and the weapons in their hands are not a one-meter-two long fine steel hammer, but a thick wooden stick inlaid with iron nails.
The seven human soldiers fleeing in the distance are not gamers with bells and whistles, nor are they rebel warriors in standard steel armor, their simple leather armor and weapons and equipment on their bodies look like the most inferior of the lord's private soldiers...
Scout scouts?
"Ge Laozi!" Luo Di couldn't help but scold, influenced by his roommates in Sichuan, as a person from the imperial capital, he always casually scolded, and tried to look down at his current equipment, he suddenly sighed - this tattered leather armor is exactly the same as the group of scouts in the distance who are like lost dogs...
The situation in front of him sent countless thoughts through his mind, but in the end, he sifted through the only plausible explanation: it was a randomly triggered copy of the game, and he was inexplicably involved in it, and he was needed to complete the quest goal as a temporary scout who appeared here.
However, he then realized that he couldn't see the amount of HP displayed above the enemy's head, and he couldn't see the skill bar cooldown bar displayed by the auxiliary plug-in... There's no buff assistant, no combat stance assistant, and there's no way to even bring up the taskbar!
Got a bug?
He was a little stunned.
To put it simply, Roddy is an otaku... But more specifically, he's the kind of tech nerd that is often jokingly referred to as "saving the world."
The "God of War" series of works has all the highest mode to clear the customs without injury, "DJMAX" eight-key level 14 songs full of COMBO, Super Mario nine minutes and one life clearance, Metal Gear Solid 2 does not use a bazooka and uses a pistol to explode the aircraft BOSS...
This kind of thing is almost impossible for ordinary people, but for Roddy, it is not difficult.
If you decide to do it, do your best.
This obsessive-compulsive personality is the fundamental reason why Roddy was able to become a first-line player in "Rip Dirt". At this time, after he confirmed his situation, all his thoughts began to start on the premise of "completing the quest perfectly"...
Hang up and go back to the city? For tech nerds, that's an insult.
Kill all the orcs and rescue as many scouts as possible - according to his current identity and situation, Roddy quickly made his own judgment on the "perfect achievement" of the current "copy"...
Exhaling slowly, he rolled over and lay down, reached out and tore off the strip of cloth to bandage the wound on his chest briefly, then looked around and began to think about the next plan of action.
There is no skill bar, his body is weak, his left leg, knee and chest hurt terribly, it seems that he fell from his horse and knocked, he rubbed his forehead, and it seemed that something was not quite right in his heart, but now the situation was urgent, and the doubts that had just risen in his mind were quickly forgotten due to the oppression brought by the orcs.
Scanning around, Roddy, who is classified as a "Ranger" in the game, quickly decided on his next plan - after confirming that several orcs were not paying attention to him, he immediately held his breath and crawled towards the nearest human corpse.
In the distance, not only were five orcs chasing deserters, but a slightly thinner guy with a horned bow sniped at the human soldiers who were being driven for their lives thirty meters away.
"Boom-"
The movement of the bowstring when the horn bow is cast is not small. Roddy naturally knew that orcs would not tie the habit of silencing and absorbing shock to the bowstring, and the tactical literacy of these guys was as stumbling as their looks, and the only useful thing might be that it was a much stronger force than humans.
The orc had just pierced the chest of the scout in the distance with an arrow, blood splattered out, and the huge force of the arrow rolled to the ground with the scout's body, causing the other party to die without even saying a word of nonsense...
Seeing this, Roddy, who hated orcs to the point of itching his teeth, immediately made his own decision.
He gritted his teeth and rubbed next to the nearest human corpse, stretched out his hand, and tried to pull the wooden short bow that fell to the ground, and knew a rough idea of the goods in his hand - the work of the border archer, the mass production of the small workshop, the pull is not strong, and it can only be sneak attacked. If it's a positional battle, this toy-like tabula rasa equipment basically doesn't have to think about the lethality.
In the game, although attack power and pounds are closely related, because of additional attributes, it is possible that a bow with a similar pull force of sixty pounds will have damage dozens of times stronger than that of a low-level bow. At this time, the lowest-level wooden short bow in his hand was completely a novice's outfit in Luo Di's eyes.
But the rudimentary nature of the weapons is no excuse for mission failure - who is Roddy? One of the most powerful rangers in "Ripper", as a tech nerd, he can do things that most people can only hope to do.
Like what... It's a mess of archery that's so strong that it doesn't need to be corrected by the system.
Instead of carrying it on his back, Roddy reached out and grasped the eight arrows left inside, holding the bow in his left hand, his back slightly arched, and began to concentrate on all the enemies around him.
The distance between the nearest bow-wielding orcs was 27 meters in a straight line, and the distance between the five orcs in the distance ranged from 35 to 46 meters.
Four of the remaining humans were desperately trying to escape, and then another unlucky ghost was caught up by the orcs and chopped into meat sauce.
A gentle breeze blew through the hair on Roddy's forehead.
He narrowed his eyes and glanced at the slightly trembling grass on the ground, correcting the effect of the wind on the bow and arrow. The orc with the horned bow in his hand 27 meters away did not notice the movement behind him, and was trying to aim into the distance, engrossed.
Taking a deep breath, Roddy suddenly got up - his left hand pushed the bow forward, his little thumb and ring finger holding seven arrows at the same time, and his right hand pulled the bow with the arrow, and the string spread to the full moon, aiming at the enemy with great fluidity.
You must know that when a senior scout shoots, the series of steps of "drawing arrows-taking arrows-drawing bows-aiming-casting" requires at least two seconds of preparation time, but for the technical nerd Roddy, many years of ranger career have already made his set of movements almost physical instinct, from the moment he crawls to the moment he stands upright, the entire shooting action is fully prepared. When the enemy from 27 meters away had just fired the arrow, Roddy had already completed the last step of the whole shooting.
Scatter.
The bowstring sounded with a "bang", and the arrow **** came out.
"Poof!"
The arrow entered the back of the neck and exited in front of the mouth, and the orc clutched his throat and fell to the ground before he could even scream.
There was no exaggerated movement of the hot weapon at all when the cold weapon was killing, so the five orcs in the distance didn't notice what was happening behind them at all. However, what is even more incredible is that at the same time that the first orc was shot through the head and fell to the ground, Roddy's next arrow was already fired!
At intervals of one and two seconds, the reason why Roddy holds the bow and holds the arrow in his left hand is entirely to use a simple and practical "rapid-fire" archery technique, ordinary people stretch out their right hand to take the arrow behind the back of the arrow, and then they can take the arrow and bend the bow, but Roddy uses this method to save the step of taking the arrow behind his back - so at this time his rate of fire is far beyond the limit that ordinary people can reach.
"Poof!"
The arrow drove into the thigh of an orc, causing him to roll to the ground and wail in pain.
Roddy knew that he was using an unfamiliar short bow, and the straightness, winding, and uniformity of the arrows could not be guaranteed. So in order to ensure the efficiency of shooting, in the face of an enemy running 37 meters away, Roddy, who killed thousands of orcs in the game, of course knew how to kill the opponent at the lowest cost.
The sound of the bowstring pulling sounded one after another, and the uninterrupted arrows were so accurate that they were outrageously accurate, making the five orcs lie down without any suspense, and without exception, they fell to the ground and groaned with arrows in their thighs.