5. Chapter 5
"Okay... Thank you. Roddy's throat was a little dry, and he seemed to suddenly become a little overwhelmed, he glanced around for a long time, and then asked in a low voice, "Hugh... Where is the rest?"
As if accustomed to his quirky question, the scout in front of him raised his hand to a house not far away, while Roddy turned away as if he had been pardoned, the rest of the meal on the humble wooden table, creeping cold.
"What madness is this torturer about?"
The captain of the team named Luge pursed his lips, he usually scolded and scolded, he looked down on the group of young people in front of him, although he felt that "Lodi" was a little weird at the moment, but he didn't bother to think about it. Turning his head to see the bread left on the table by Roddy, he reached out and grabbed it, and continued to say something in his mouth, to the effect that "this sentence knows that if you waste food, you will starve to death sooner or later" or something like that.
And Roddy, who walked to the "dormitory", didn't bother to think about what those guys said, his mind was already filled with a message...
I went back nine years ago?
The year 588 of the Elon calendar, this is the year when the game "Ripp" has not yet been launched... Roddy's time as a player is from the fall of 590 to the winter of 597 - during which there were countless battles and battles across the continent, and players experienced what it means to be "epic and magnificent" in one historical event after another, which is an important reason for the longevity of "Ripp".
It's just that when the game world he experienced coincided with the reality in front of him, Roddy still had an extremely awkward and unreal sense of illusion in his heart.
"Ge Laozi!"
Roddy, who suddenly cursed, reached into his pocket, but then found that he was not wearing a T-shirt and shorts, and there was no cigarette lighter in his pocket, and he couldn't help but sigh deeply - "What the is this called!"
From the inexplicable battle after waking up, to now realizing that he is not in the "game", Roddy looks back on it and breaks out in a cold sweat... The habitual thinking is really almost killing himself, if he knows these things at the moment, let him use a bow and eight arrows to coax up to kill those orcs, I am afraid that he will definitely not be as calm as he showed today.
After all... In the real world, there is no such thing as a "graveyard resurrection".
Roddy rubbed his head and sat down on the hard bed in the low house.
Today's events are so unbelievable that it's hard to say that you're in a calm mood... But as a technoman, his mind is far more realistic than the others - if there is a problem, he has to come up with a solution, and it is useless to just sigh or be in a daze, so Roddy immediately began to think about his current situation...
The world in which we are now is by no means peaceful and prosperous, as you can see from the name of the game "Ripp", since the game was launched, territorial wars and power struggles have never stopped, when a big war stops, the bastard manufacturer has opened a new expansion, so that players can thoroughly experience what is called the pleasure of "turbulent times" in the war...
It's just that these things are fine when played as a game, but they really make people experience it for themselves... Roddy never thinks this is a good thing.
Thinking that the timeline of the entire game had not yet been opened at the moment, Roddy, who had been so soft at killing orcs for so many years, suddenly realized what he had - countless images flashed through his mind in an instant... The kingdom of Karen, which was swallowed up by orcs and undead, the crushing defeat of the legion after being betrayed by the nobles again and again, the incompetence and cowardice of the royal family, and the arrogance of the Grand Duke after supporting his own army...
None of this has happened yet!
But then Roddy inevitably remembered a delicate face that he could never forgetโthe words of the young wizard who died for the sake of his hometown, which still seem to echo in his ears to this day.
"As a wizard, I can choose to continue to pursue the truth and the law, but you should be honored that I choose to stay with you, Roddy. โ
"You say you can be resurrected? That's a joke of the Creator, and if you can stay here to protect them, why can't I?"
"Roddy, I don't allow you to say that! You can't use our friendship...... Friendship threatens me, I won't leave!"
"I'm a wizard, and of course I know my state... It's just in ...... Before it's all over, can you- kiss me?"
The memory came to an abrupt end, and everything stopped at the dark red that only blood could have in the field of vision.
Roddy almost bit his lip and he suddenly realized that he was stupid... After Roddy graduated from a third-rate pheasant university, "ripping soil" became his only source of livelihood, and there was no shame in playing games to earn money to support himself, but mainstream society did not approve of it, especially when it came to falling in love, which was often a reason to break up.
So Roddy's girlfriend of three years left him, and since then Roddy has been seriously injured, and as a tech nerd, he can only vent all his energy into the game viciously, until he meets a "different" NPC, and has a short but unforgettable "friendship" with the other party.
At that time, many players would refer to "Roddy" by saying, "You said that the master leatherman, that guy has a good bow!" or "yes, that pervert who shoots extremely well and speaks Bringa!"
And then there's "That otaku who treats NPCs as his girlfriend?hahahaha-destined to be lonely all his life!"
There was a time when Roddy was grateful for the artificial intelligence that "ripped the ground". Because this game uses a computer program to simulate a character to calm his inner violence and hatred, so that a generation of otaku gods did not take revenge on society because of emotional problems.
And with the opening of the new expansion, everything changes when the orcs tear apart the kingdom of Karen and let the smiling figure fall in the flames of war...
Remorse, anger, Roddy's personality becomes more extreme than ever. It was because of this change that he changed from a "life player" who originally only made money by making leather and bows, to a PVP player, and became the first lineup of the entire server in just two years!
But the dead are gone, and he regrets why he didn't switch to PVP sooner, so maybe it would have been possible to stop the orc invasion and prevent all the tragedy from happening - but now... When he saw Nolan Village in front of him, Roddy wanted to thank this son of a son of a girl for her fate...
He knew he had a chance to do it all over again!
Roddy stood up violently, and wanted to roar, but hit the low wooden beam with a "bang", and immediately sat down again with his head covered in a curse. His embarrassed appearance made several comrades-in-arms who happened to walk into the dormitory a little dumbfounded, seeing that Roddy was speaking a language they didn't understand, one of them spoke up: "Lotdy, no matter what, we have to say thank you, the previous attitude towards you...... I hope you don't pay too much attention to-"
"It's okay, it's okay. โ
Luo Di grinned in pain, and didn't take what the other party said to heart, but then added two words that made them feel inexplicable:
"By the way, call me Roddy, not Roddy. โ
"I didn't like that old name. โใ
The morning in Nolan Village always smells faintly milky.
It's April, the morning on the grassland is still a little cool, and there are herdsmen in the village who milk goats, although there is a slight smell, but for the people living in poverty, this is a precious thing that can be exchanged for a source of livelihood.
In the manor of the lord of Kirk, the servants were busy as usual under the steward's command, cleaning the pigeon lofts and stables, the farmers began to plow, the coachmen began to transport some of the crops harvested from the manor to other fields, and the wagons walked on the rough dirt roads, and the creaking sound was heard far away.
In the morning mist, the civilian farmers who got up also started to get busy, but it was obvious that they had a lot more topics today, and the source was naturally the encounter between scouts and orcs yesterday.
What happened to the scouts yesterday was a big event for the villagers of Nolan that shook the whole village - the heads of the orcs that Carter brought back had been inserted into the wooden stakes in front of the small square of the village, neatly rowed, and the smell of blood could be smelled from afar, and as soon as the sun came out, you could see that many mosquitoes and flies were tirelessly crawling on the corpses, which attracted many villagers who passed by and wanted to see the excitement with ugly faces, and even some children were so frightened that they cried.
After receiving Carter's report, the second lieutenant in charge of the scouts, Sodin, had already ridden towards Hollier City, and at the same time issued an order for the scout team to pay attention to increasing the scope of investigation in the past few days, and not to clash with the orcs again.
Although Ensign Thordin is a lazy man, he at least understands what Captain Carter is capable of - killing six orcs? The "battle details" that Carter said can't stand scrutiny at all are really flawed, but it doesn't matter, as long as the orc head is not fake. Thordine returned to Hollier to deliver the news to the Duke, who he believed... The merits of so many orc heads in exchange should be enough to get yourself out of this shitty scout formation.
As for Carter and the scout's reward, Thordin spat to himself - who cares?
It is the norm for superiors to show no concern for their subordinates, and in such a society similar to medieval Europe, "mercy" is usually relatively small, except for nobles and lords, the people at the bottom are usually not even able to eat, and in the event of natural disasters and ice disasters, their lives may not be saved, let alone others.
For the surviving scouts of Nolan Village, the dead comrades can no longer be resurrected, and the hard days will continue. The only thing they were thankful for was that they were paid a little more than the farmers who worked all day, and the rest... Young people who have not gone to school and have long embraced this concept of life have not thought about it at all.
The scouts were silent about what had happened yesterday - Roddy was sensible enough to give credit to him, so naturally the few scouts who were left would not be stupid enough to say the "truth" behind their backs. After waking up in the early morning, the unsuspecting soldiers talked about how Captain Carter "heroically killed the orcs", but Roddy, the initiator of the orcs, disappeared after getting up.
Truth be told, anyone who is reborn into a game will not be calm enough to close his eyes and fall asleep, Roddy thought he would be nervous and excited to experience a sleepless night, but who would have thought... I fell asleep inexplicably.
And when he woke up, there was some inexplicable information in his head - these things seemed to have been completely forgotten when he woke up yesterday... There are memories of the original owner of this body, "Lodi".
My father died in the army in a skirmish on the border ten years ago, and my mother died young. "Lodi" can be regarded as the most standard "war orphan" in this war era, when he was a child, he had learned to fight with a dagger with his father, but he had never been in contact with a one-handed sword, he was born in Nolan Village since he was a child, his family background was ordinary, there were a few acres of land, and occasionally some years of age could leave a little surplus money, but after the disaster for several years, the family fell down, and after his mother died three years ago, he took advantage of his father's face to enter this team.
The character is cowardly and timid, and even stutters when talking to girls, it stands to reason that Lodi, who inherited his father's strong body, should be able to become a good soldier, but he has a good body and appearance, but he has no manhood, and he is bullied all day long, even to the point of giving up on himself.
Roddy was a little embarrassed by these memories in his mind, and in comparison, his own personality really went to two extremes with Roddy-
As a technology nerd who is respected on the Internet and a "professional high game" whose self-confidence in the game field far exceeds that of ordinary people, although Luo Di is not a five-good young man, he can be regarded as a normal moral outlook. It's just that he has a noticeable drawback ... If it is not good, it is "the eyes must be repaid".
This kind of personality was not obvious at first, but since that accident, Roddy has gradually changed from a harmless guy to a cold-blooded animal with a cold and extreme personality.
"Hero" can't be called, because until the time crossing, Roddy's was only a well-known lone ranger in the game, not a guild leader or any big shot. But if he is given a sufficient platform, the two extremely heavy words "Xiaoxiong" may not be difficult for Luo Di to do.
He has such potential... Whether it's something called ambition or ambition, or enough patience and resourcefulness, these Roddy are not lacking. The times create heroes, maybe what he lacks is just timing.