Chapter 455: A Real RPG Game
It was already late in the evening when he was kicked out of the library by Stadt, and the streets were full of cars and people, and it was rush hour. Kevin and Leyson wandered around with the flow of people, even Kevin hadn't been back to Cirez City for a long time, there were a lot of changes here, and a lot of things seemed a little new to Kevin.
Unlike the capital, it is an important port and an economic powerhouse, and the whole city exudes more vitality and seems to have more new things here.
However, Leyson seemed to be still entangled in Stat's attitude just now, and of course he could see that the other party did not welcome him very much, and at this time he couldn't help but complain to Kevin: "What did he whisper to you?
Kevin sighed and could only reply, "You know, he's already a businessman." If there is no commercial interest, even something risky, he will definitely avoid. ”
"Hmph!" Leyson snorted coldly, "So, is his father dead in vain?
Kevin was embarrassed for a moment, and for a while it was not easy to speak. After thinking about it, he decided to divert the topic: "Look, are these buildings the same as what you learned in your textbook?"
Leyson's attention was finally drawn to him, and he looked up. With the quality of his students in Wang Li College, he connected with the knowledge of textbooks, and actually commented on it decently.
"Well, it looks like a defensive tower, and it's also used to live in it? How did the elven treehouse get here? And the one in front, the half-empty waterways are too exaggerated, isn't it? a little incomprehensible," Leyson pointed and nodded, and finally summed it up, "Although the scale is indeed very large, I always feel that the style is very mixed, and it feels a little too crowded." ”
Kevin raised an eyebrow: "The stronger the architect itself, the more difficult it is to manage. Many architects also like to add their own style to their buildings, and the most famous is probably Funny Hill. Other architects, although not so exaggerated, have more or less similar plots. ”
Leyson nodded, "Also, there's a lot of funny hanging on the street here!
"It's the New Year. Kevin replied.
Leyson nodded: "I've heard of some, but ...... Isn't the year over?"
Kevin shook his head: "The terrain and environment of each region are different, and the seasons of spring, summer, autumn and winter are also different. At this stage, the Gregorian calendar is dominated by the imperial calendar, but the Gregorian calendar is only used to unify the names of dates, and the spring of Lou Pauler is not January 1. Therefore, Lou Paulle has its own New Year. ”
"By the way, I remember that the Church of Light also has its own New Year?" Leyson remembered something.
"Well, this kind of calendar is not unique to Lou Baole. Each region has a different time of spring, different cultures, and different religions, but the New Year's festival is basically the same. Otherwise, how can you distinguish the old year from the new year? Doesn't the elves also have a New Year's festival? It's just that the time is different. As far as I know, even the Minotaurs have their New Year. Kevin replied.
"Yes," Leyson nodded, "but it doesn't feel as grand as you guys, and it's already funny before it even begins." ”
Kevin replied, "Every year every city has some big galas, and even the fringe mountain villages try to hire some mages to put on some magic shows. But to be honest, I haven't seen it myself in a long time. ”
Thinking back to the last Chinese New Year in China, Kevin was still a recruit, standing guard over and over again and looking up at the magic show. In retrospect, it seems like a long time ago.
"What is that place?" Leyson's surprise interrupted Kevin's thoughts. When I looked ahead, I saw a building that I had never seen before. The windows of the building were densely packed, almost unprecedented, and there were even some pipes sticking out, and there were many strange branches on the outside, and large flocks of parrots were parked. The signboard at its entrance reads "Net Pavilion".
"Nethouse?" Kevin wondered slightly, "Is it something like a tavern?"
"Shall we go and see?" said Leyson, who was interested.
Kevin looked at the sky, it was already dusk. But it's not much anyway, and it wouldn't be bad if Leyson could temporarily divert his attention and not think about taking out the Church of Light for a while.
The two of them walked into the online library, the room was brightly lit, rows of people were all sitting in front of the window, the tables were full of web pages, and there were cursing voices from time to time: "Fake!
Kevin and Leyson looked around, and there was no one to entertain them, just a net hall rule posted on the wall. The two of them came up and took a look, and in addition to the basic rules such as no fighting, no drinking, and civilized surfing the Internet, they roughly explained what an online library is.
To put it simply, it's where the internet speed is faster. Ordinary people go online at home, and parrots still need to go door-to-door to find you, but here is centralized management, centralized Internet access, and of course faster Internet speed.
"This looks interesting," Kevin couldn't help but be interested, "I just don't know if the Internet is expensive." ”
"Looks like we could stand behind someone else and take a look," Leyson looked around, and concluded, "Why don't we take a look first." ”
The two of them stood behind one person very casually, and there were other people on the side who watched casually, and no one seemed to care about them. The man seemed to be playing chess, and surprisingly, his opponent was a parrot.
Kevin understood at a glance that just like in the army before, the parrot directly contacted the remote mage through the contract, and in the place of the remote mage, it was the real opponent who played chess. One step here, the parrot passes directly through the spiritual contract, and one step there, and then passes back.
Kevin and Leyson glanced at each other, so that at least one parrot worked at each window, and even a contract mage behind each parrot. The cost of opening this online library is probably far higher than that of ordinary websites. You must know that although there are many parrots on general websites, most of them are retired parrots that have not signed a contract.
Take two steps and look at the rest. There are those who play cards, those who read web pages and write reviews, those who chat with parrots, and even those who lie down there and sleep. Kevin was surprised, could this be someone who surfed the Internet all night?
"Let's find an empty window and try it. Kevin was interested, and immediately sat down in front of the window. There is a manual on the table with specific charges. The general idea is that because the network is still not very stable, the number of operation steps is mainly used as the charging standard, and the time is used as an auxiliary judgment.
In terms of its amount, it seems to be within the reach of the average civilian population. The cost of a meal for a civilian is almost two or three hours of nets. However, with the large number of parrots and the manpower of a large number of mages behind it, this seems to be too cheap.
Kevin didn't care too much for now, followed the instructions, put the silver coin on the windowsill, and waited. The parrot will automatically come and serve you. Leyson stood from the back and watched. Sure enough, it was only a moment, and the parrot flew down and grabbed a web page: "Hello sir, what service do you need?"
Kevin took the page and opened it for a quick browsing. Later, Leyson also came up, and the parrot didn't care about that.
"Games, websites, and ...... Dynamic picture?" Kevin muttered as he watched.
The parrot coughed dryly: "Please wait until late at night to see the dynamic map." ”
Kevin said he understood and pointed casually: "Let's play." What is it? Role-playing game?
"Want to play?" asked the parrot directly, seemingly without any intention of explaining.
Kevin and Leyson looked at each other: "Do you want to play?" "Let's play, I haven't played anyway." ”
"Then play this. Kevin decided on the spot.
The parrot didn't say a word and flew away. The two were curious, looking left and right at a loss. After a while, a young man slowly walked to the two of them: "Are you two going to play the brave adventure?"
"yes. Kevin replied.
"Please come with me to the second floor. The man smiled and gestured, and the etiquette was very thoughtful.
The two immediately got up and followed behind the man. Kevin couldn't help but ask, "Are you a staff member, is this game going to be forced?"
"The game doesn't use force, it's just a role-playing plus turn-based combat game," the man replied, "As for me, I'm a staff member in the game, commonly known as ...... npc。 ”
Kevin: "......"
The two followed the man to the second floor and found a private room to sit down. The man spread out a map with villages, woods, hillsides, and so on, and then the man took out a few wooden figures and placed them in all corners of the village.
"First of all, you have to know a little bit of the backstory, this is a distant continent that has always been very peaceful. You are the grandson of the head of this village, and you can set your own occupation under limited conditions. The man showed them a note.
"It feels complicated," Kevin glanced at, "whatever." ”
"You choose what you look like. The man took out a model villain, "Of course, you can also pinch one yourself." ”
"Whatever. Kevin took one at random.
"Okay, you can talk to the rest of the village now," the man continued, "for example, this is the village chief, what do you have to say?"
"Talk, is that all?" Kevin was still at a loss.
"Child, you have to practice hard, and in the future you will become a brave man and win glory for the village, you know?" the man suddenly changed his old voice.
Kevin: "......"
"Village Chief," Kevin reacted, "How old are you?"
"This year...... 80 years old. The man continued to answer in an old voice.
"Oh, how many children are there in that family, what do the children do, who will inherit your position as village chief, you are still the village chief at the age of 80, is there no successor in our village?" Kevin asked a series of questions.
The man wiped his sweat and began to repeat the lines: "Child, you want to ......"
"Why are you repeating lines?" Kevin was dazed.
The man was helpless, so he had to come up with an explanation and pointed to one of them: "If you touch a question that NPCs can't answer, then you can only repeat the lines." ”
Kevin nodded, "Okay." ”
On the side, Leyson couldn't help but ask, "Is this game so boring?
"No, it's combat-oriented, but the plot is also very good," the man had to speed up, "So, are you going to skip the plot?"
Kevin thought about it and decided to skip a little bit of the plot and figure out what the gameplay was first.
So the man immediately took out three cards: "Now, you have come to the field, and three slimes have jumped out of the field." Since you don't have any armor on your body, you don't have any weapons on your hands, and your attack defense is zero, so your current situation is very dangerous. ”
"No way," Kevin couldn't help but retort, "With the slime on your card, I can cut it to death empty-handed." ”
"No!" the man's mouth was dry, "you're not you, you're this brave man, and he's still weak." ”
After a long day's effort, the man finally explained to Kevin that this created brave man has values and equipment, and by constantly fighting monsters, he can increase his values. The village can also buy equipment and so on. The combat method is a thorough turn-based system, you slash, I slash, and the man will also throw a sieve to judge whether it misses, whether it is a critical hit, and so on.
It is said that the strength of the brave in the later stage will become stronger and stronger, and as the plot develops, the enemies encountered will also become stronger and stronger. After the whole fight, it is a thrilling adventure story.
And the data of each player will be saved, and you can continue to play every time, and your own heroes can also play against the heroes of other players, and even against the heroes of other online halls, with a large span.
Kevin nodded and began to ask something outside of the game, "Are you the only NPC in the whole game?"
"Yes for now," the man replied, "Of course not, in fact we only need to hand over the copywriting to the staff, and we can basically be qualified for the NPC position." ”
"Oh, that's right," Kevin thought, "but now it's just the three of us in the house, if I pay you directly, can you just help me increase the value?"
"Sir, this is an act of cheating, and this is not allowed. The man replied.
"Don't you want money?" Kevin was surprised.
"We have a regular recharge channel, but we can't accept bribes from players privately, once it is found out, I will be resigned, and your brave will also be erased. The man replied.
"Oh, that's right," Kevin nodded, "Okay, I see." Can we start from scratch?"
"Of course," the man replied with a smile, "It's just an experience, but now it's officially bestarted, and the brave ones should talk to the people of the village first." ”
"Is this a blacksmith? Can I ask him for a weapon?" Kevin pointed to the villain on the map.
The man made a rough voice: "Ah, my weapons are first-class. ”
"Can the first-class still strike iron in the village?" Kevin couldn't help but ask, "and it's a village with no successor." ”
"You, you, do you want to buy it?" the man had to pull out a few cards, "I have an iron sword, an iron shield, and an iron helmet." ”
"Can you show me the iron sword?" asked Kevin.
"Take it. The man handed the card to Kevin.
Kevin took a closer look at the values on the card and added two points of attack damage. Kevin flipped the card twice in his hand: "Then I'll ask you now, if I run away with the iron sword now, can you catch up with me?"
"Yes!" replied the man almost subconsciously.
"Can you beat me if you catch me?" asked Kevin.
"Yes!" the man replied subconsciously.
"If you can win the Brave, why don't you be the Brave yourself?" Kevin asked rhetorically.
Other: "......"
"No, no, you're not a brave man yet, you're at your weakest. The man had to correct Kevin.
"Really?" Kevin thought for a moment, "Then even if I am weak, I will definitely be able to win at the age of 80, right?"
"Forehead ......"
"Find a way to get rid of the village chief, since I am the grandson of the village chief, then I am qualified to be the village chief. In this way, the blacksmith shop and the grocery store in the village are at my disposal. Kindness...... Didn't you just say that there were slimes outside the village? Put the slimes in and create the illusion that the slimes are attacking the village chief......"
“......”