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"Portals? Town center?? Difficulty??? Isn't this the same as swiping copies of online games?!!!"

After listening to Zero's words, Rhodes finally remembered why he had just looked at that virtual spirit world and listened to Zero's explanation, and after thinking about it, he understood what was going on in the situation that seemed to be familiar just now.

If the virtual spiritual world is replaced with the term copy, then Rod feels that this virtual spiritual world is very much like the copies of the virtual online game novels he saw on the earth in his previous life - of course, this is also because Rod has some vague memories in the other world for more than ten years, otherwise he would have recognized it before!

"Well, although there are some errors in general, the boss can roughly understand it this way!"

Listening to Rod's words, Zero gave a more affirmative answer after comparing the memories of Rod's previous life a little.

"Then I'll go and see"

After receiving a zero-sure answer, Rod went straight to the square in the center of the town with an interested face.

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The square in the center of the town

Well, to be precise, it looks like Rhodes' threshing floor in the Celestial Empire countryside on Earth. It is almost 500 square meters, the bluestone paved ground looks quite neat, and a three-meter-high, two-meter-wide semi-illusory white light gate is erected in the center of the square.

"How do I get this in? Was it done directly manually in the past? Or can you just think about it with your mind?"

Looking at the semi-illusory white light in front of him, which seemed to give people a feeling of "this thing is special", Rhodes studied it for a while from a distance of more than ten meters and then turned his head to Zero behind him and asked.

Rhodes had read a lot of infinite streams and virtual network streams on Earth before, and after knowing the purpose of the light gate in advance, he could use the elimination method to filter out the general usage of entering the white light gate - anyway, no matter how you look at it, you don't need to drip blood to recognize the Lord to enter this light gate, right?

"For the first time, ordinary contractors need to directly leave a spiritual imprint on the light gate, and if you are a boss, you can directly use your mind to choose the appropriate difficulty to enter!"

Hearing Rod's question, Zero explained it very dutifully.

"Oh, let me see??? S, A, B, C, D? Is there any difference between the five difficulty options?"

Looking at the English letters in front of him, which felt very familiar, Rod sighed in his heart for a moment and then turned his head to Zero and asked. Although Rod guessed that the difficulty should increase from D to S, but if the specific situation is, it is still necessary to ask Zero, who can be called a know-it-all in the main god space.

"D-level difficulty is to maintain normal, basically the goblin in the outside world is generally what level of combat effectiveness is what level.

In the case of level C difficulty, it is a small amount of organizational skills or overall quality improvement. In the case of B-rank, a considerable number of enemies are strengthened. In the case of A-rank, while strengthening the number of goblins, the strength and combat methods have been greatly improved. If it's S-rank, it's the strongest combat power that a goblin tribe can theoretically play!"

Hearing Rod's question, Zero immediately replied to Rod's question.

"Oh, then S-level difficulty! I want to see what the goblins in their strongest state can do!"

As if remembering something, Rod said with a slight smile on the corner of his mouth.

Rhodes himself didn't take the S-level difficulty virtual spirit world too seriously at all!

After all, this is just the lowest level of virtual spiritual world that hunts the goblin tribe. In the course of several years of actual combat, he has faced it several times, and even just a few days ago he has seen what kind of garbage level those little goblins are, it is really difficult to imagine what the theoretical strongest combat power of a small goblin tribe can be.

"Yes, Boss!"

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Twenty seconds later, on a hill in the virtual spirit world of Goblin Hunt.

"It's really exactly the same as the outside, even the touch and taste of the soil and grass are there, it's really the same as the real world" After taking a deep breath and touching the grass and soil on the ground, Rhodes sighed, and looked at the two weapons beside him with some pain and commented: "It's just that the weapon is a little junk, forget it, how good can the things that belong to the free level be?" I'm going to use it!"

The object of Rhodes' complaint was a one-handed longsword that looked like iron and a rectangular demihuman infantry shield with a wooden skin on the ground!

Compared to the sophisticated weapons of stainless steel mixed with black iron used by Rhodes in the outside world, the one-handed long sword on the ground that looks like it should be made of wrought iron with a layer of stainless steel on the edge of the blade and the infantry shield made of hard wood covered with a layer of raw animal skin are the weapons used by those militia and rookie mercenaries first-level cannon fodder!

However, Rhodes just complained twice, and then picked up the standard weapon that was distributed to those poor // forced contractors for free after entering this virtual spirit world.

This is probably also a good habit that Rhodes has developed in more than ten years of otherworldly life and several years of knight training, trying to familiarize himself with the weapons at hand before fighting!

Although there is no incredibly incisive saying on Earth that "weapons are the second life of warriors" on Earth in this magical world, there are proverbs with similar meanings. Especially as a melee professional, you must pay more attention to the weapons and equipment you rely on to survive and eat!

"Not bad!"

After wielding the one-handed long sword and wooden shield in his hand to adjust to the weight for a while, and testing the sharpness of the weapon and the defensive ability of the armor, Rod nodded with satisfaction and commented on the sword and shield.

Although the sword and shield and the ordinary leather armor on his body were not comparable to the outfit worn by Rhodes in the Ernst family, in terms of quality, it was considered a fine product of the same level - at least, Rhodes could feel the durability of the weapon in his hand when swinging his sword and testing.

Not to mention how good the weapons and defenses are, but it would be nice that in the middle of a fierce battle there would be no tragedies like "accidentally cut off" and "decay pierced" - in terms of the quality of the weapons!

"Let me see what goblins on S-level difficulty can do!"

After waving the weapon in his hand, Rhodes marched towards the hilly area in front of him with great satisfaction, ready to see what those little goblins who were difficult to reach even the gray iron rank could do in front of him, a reserve knight who had already reached the gray iron rank!

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Ten minutes later, somewhere in the hilly terrain was supposed to be on the "beast path" formed by the passage of beasts and monsters.

"TMD! Do you even use poison in the trap? These goddamn goblins"

Looking at the hidden but still discovered pit trap in the beast path, Rhodes poked open the camouflaged turf with his one-handed long sword, and couldn't help but curse after seeing the multi-meter pit that was enough to sink into several people and the contents inside.

In the middle of that large pit, dozens of wooden thorns about half a meter to a meter long, as thick as an adult's arm or even a thigh, revealed a strange mixture of cyan and purple and a slightly pungent smell.

There is no doubt that even the uninformed would not think that what was on the wooden thorn in this pit would be something good for one's physical and mental health. And Rhodes, who has received an education related to the other world for more than ten years, recognizes the things on the wooden thorns as common paralyzing poisonous weeds that hunters and foreign mercenaries in Ernst's territory call "Thoreau grass".

Solo grass looks turquoise, but when it is harvested and processed, it turns blue-purple, and when placed in a trap or smeared on a weapon, it will take effect as soon as it comes into contact with blood, and it can make even gray-iron rank warriors suffer if you are not careful!

Of course, because this thing is more common and the effect is not very strong, the method of detoxification is also widely spread, except for someone who accidentally gets hit, probably only the beast that has fallen into the trap will eat this trick.

However, this situation also reminded Rhodes that it was obvious that the goblin tribes in the virtual spirit world were not as easy to deal with as the scattered garbage goblin tribes he saw in the outside world - even traps could be set, which was not something that ordinary goblin tribes could do everywhere!

"Whoa-whoa-whoa-"

“#￥@￥@￥#”

However, just as Rhodes was about to move forward, there was a sound in the bushes in front of him, and more than a dozen small goblins armed with various rudimentary weapons directly burst out. One of the lead goblins, who was noticeably much stronger than the other little goblins, paused at the sight of Rhodes and roared loudly.

"Kill !!"

Seeing these goblins suddenly appear, Rhodes, who was worried about not finding the enemy, roared, and then raised his sword and shield and rushed towards the group of goblins at a rapid pace, ready to directly defeat the other party! As the gray iron upper rank, Rhodes was really not afraid of a gray iron lower rank and a dozen goblins who had not even reached the gray iron rank.

Not to mention, the goblin is a creature that can be called a urine that retreats after a few dead and wounded, so Rhodes thinks that as long as he kills the leader goblin at once, he will wait for the tail to chase and kill.

“#￥@#￥@!”

“#￥@￥#*&@!!”

"Whoosh-whoosh-"

With the shouts of the leading goblins, a dozen or so small goblins roared and quickly formed a formation, and melee goblins armed with wooden clubs, wooden spears, and tattered swords stood guard in front. The goblin holding the long-range weapon of the slingling was behind, and quickly rotated the slingling in his hand composed of beast skin, straw rope, and hard stones, and then held back his strength and threw it at Rhodes, who was sprinting at a distance of less than thirty meters!