"Look at you who made yourself, they thought it was just a plot, but those little ones who are so loyal to you would never have imagined that they almost killed you with their own hands just now."

While the warriors were excited to challenge the Astral Demigods, in the lounge of the screaming sewer arena, Tris hugged Murphy, who was resting with her eyes closed, and said with a distressed expression:

"If it weren't for the fact that you signed a contract with the Endless One in advance and gained new powers, I'm afraid something would have happened today, as you commented, many people underestimate your warriors, even you.

Actually, I'm the same. ”

"It's okay, it just looks dangerous."

Midnight's ability to regenerate allowed Murphy's blood to slowly recover, and his body, which had suffered from back pain from the fierce battle, relaxed, and he was quite quiet in Tracy's arms, holding a jar of source blood in his hand but not using it.

In response to Tracy's reproach, the vampire replied softly:

"In terms of these four months of martial arts cultivation, their performance is really perfect, right? Pack them up and throw them into the Dark Mountains, and they won't be wiped out casually.

Plaguetown's victory, and today's flawless performance, have proven that our cultivation and guidance during the Closed Beta phase has been largely successful, and when the next phase of conflict arrives, we will be able to lead them into a fiercer and more brutal battlefield without fear that they will not be able to withstand the pressure and collapse.

We can't throw a bunch of recruits into the battlefield of the Black Calamity. ”

"Well, from the development team's point of view, today's trial was indeed quite perfect."

Tracy sighed helplessly, reached out and stroked Murphy's handsome cheek, she leaned down to leave a cold kiss mark on the vampire governor's forehead and hoped that such intimacy would relieve Murphy's weakness and pain at this time, she said:

"So, have you decided that you want to end the closed beta?"

"Players have proven that they are capable of moving on to the next stage, and we can't keep the 'newbie period' forever, right?"

Murphy twisted the lid of the open blood, took a small sip, and suddenly refreshed himself as if he had drunk vigorously.

He smiled and said:

"I was going to wait for the Black Plague to go back into internal testing, but now it seems like maybe we could give them a little time to get used to the 'new map' that's coming soon.

I'm going to start the new version of the ship after they arrive at the Barren Mountain defense line and complete a series of 'Black Plague Eve' bootstrapping missions, and I expect to be 'out of service for maintenance' for about three days, leaving us time to complete the main quest design of the new map, and then I can open the entire map of the Dark Mountains to them.

I have many, many new ideas that I still have. Well? Shani is here? ”

The Doge paused, trying to get up from Tracy's arms to straighten his clothes, but was held tighter by the Archduke Blood's hands.

Apparently, Tracey did it on purpose.

Not only because of some kind of resistance of the Bloody Vulture to the Archduke of Thorns, but also because of a certain unique "emotion" of Trace.

Murphy, a stinky man, may not be aware of it, but Tracy can rely on a woman's intuition to find that Charney, a sassy fox, has some kind of "dangerous curiosity" about Murphy, and the worst thing is that Murphy has admitted before that he does appreciate Mrs. Charney's disguised "dignified wife's demeanor".

"Bang"

The door to the lounge was pushed open a crack, and the Lord of Thorns poked his head out like a groundhog, sneaking a peek at the room in the swaying of his braids.

When she saw Tris hugging Murphy intimately, her eyes flashed, but the two of them were not messed up, but her gossip heart quickly turned into a touch of disappointment.

"I mean, isn't the relationship between the two of you still pure? It stands to reason that it shouldn't. ”

Xia Ni pushed the door in, leaned against the door and teased:

"Are you still vampires? What a shame on our race! ”

"Something to talk about!"

Tracy snorted unhappily, Xia Ni shrugged her shoulders, her eyes flashed over the source blood jar in Murphy's hand, the Lord of Thorns felt as if she had discovered a little secret of Murphy again, she hugged her arms and said directly:

"I've seen the amazing performance of your warriors, and this has given me a new idea, didn't you say that I should open up some of the resources of the Thorn Clan to them? I thought about it and decided to take your advice.

If your warriors are truly willing to serve the Thorn Clan, Andrey's White Mountain faction could be their new home.

But I'm curious, are you really going to give me the management of such a useful outlaw? ”

"I have stressed before that the Gentiles are free to move on this continent, they are 'born and raised' from the cradle of Transnesia, but they cannot always stay in the cradle, and I will not interfere with the idea of who they serve after they have proven their strength to explore the world."

Murphy sat up when he heard Xia Ni's words, and he said solemnly:

"Not to mention the Thorn Clan, even if they run to the Plantagenet Kingdom to serve Loren, the short man who has been trying to kill me, I won't frown.

I thank you for your generosity in giving my warriors a new choice for their future career paths, Lady Shane, but there is one thing I must stress so that we don't have a gap in the future.

When the two of us are hostile for some regrettable reason, I will immediately take back control of the Warriors.

This is a basic condition that is not to be discussed!

If you agree, then we can talk about the next questions. ”

"I guess you're going to say that, so I'm thinking about a little question on the way."

Xia Ni crossed her arms, blinked her eyes and asked:

"What if. I mean, if I were so good to your warriors that they would look up to me and even betray you, what would you do? ”

"No one can do them better than me, and you're just sowing discord with this question."

Murphy rolled his eyes, snorted, and said:

"If they think you're more trustworthy than I am, it only proves that I, the Governor, are just that. But I think you might be disappointed because in addition to the strategy of affection, I have coercive means.

So I'll give you a proper reminder that you should indeed be wary of my warriors, who will instantly become a knife to your heart if we are unfortunate enough to clash with each other one day in the future. ”

"But until then, their magical wild power will be at the disposal of the Thorn Clan."

Shani didn't care about Murphy's "reminder" at all, she had already made up her mind on the way here, so she asked:

"So, what do I need to do to give me an extra batch of foreign heroes who are not afraid of death?"

"Simple."

Murphy and Tracy looked at each other, and the Doge stood up and said:

"A drop of blood is enough!

Of course, not anyone's blood is enough, as vampires can read the core and origin of power from blood, Andrei's blood is precious, but if you make such a request for cooperation with me, then for ritual purposes, I think that obtaining a drop of blood from you can make my warriors feel the mystery of the Thorn Clan. ”

"You want my blood?"

Xia Ni stepped back vigilantly, and she said:

"Do you think I'll give it to you? What this thing means to vampires"

"Come on."

Tracey sneered beside her:

"Do you really think my Murphy will cast any curse on you with your blood? Put away your thoughts, Xia Ni, if you couldn't resist this curse even as a Gold-tier assassin, you'd have died hundreds of times.

I don't need your blood essence!

It's just a drop of pure blood from the Thorn Clan, which is closest to the ancient origin, and handed it to Murphy to analyze the Thorn Clan's power template.

You can watch the whole process!

We still have the Pact of the Holy Blood, you fox. ”

"I'm just not used to giving such a valuable 'gift' to other people, after all, my blood belongs only to me."

Xia Ni is still very resistant.

But under Murphy's gaze, she pondered for a moment before raising her finger, squeezing a drop of blood out of her fingertip and levitating it in the air under Murphy's gaze.

The Governor reached out and put the drop of blood between his thumb and forefinger, and threw it over his tongue with his head up.

As the vampire parses the information contained in the blood, when Murphy closes his eyes, the "template collection" of the Thorn Clan in the page of his character's Kari race template increases rapidly.

Trays's statement just now is undoubtedly correct, as the Grand Duke of Thorns, Xia Ni's blood is the closest pure thing to the origin of the Thorn Clan, and with this blood as a link, the power of the Thorn Clan is also quickly excavated and presented in front of Murphy's eyes:

Race Template Collection Reaches 90%!

Player-selectable race: Vampire Civilization Branch, Thorn Clan Template unlocked!

The Vampire Thorn Clan race talents are as follows:

1. Blessing of the Night:

When in a dark environment, melee and psionic skills gain +1 judgment, increase dexterity by 20%, increase perception by 20%, and increase health, energy, and psionic energy regeneration.

In the case of a dark night, it is given the [Midnight Geist] passive skill.

When a member of the Thorn Clan stands still at night for 3 seconds and then enters a silent stealth state, they cannot be locked by their gaze and greatly reduces the probability of being perceived.

After inflicting an attack, this status will continue for 3 seconds before stealth is broken.

2. Daytime curse: omitted.

3. Midnight Killer:

Thorn Clan members specialize in reconnaissance and assassination, and while stealth, the Clan of Thorns' first Stealth Attack critical strike chance is increased to 500%.

While stealthy, Clan of Thorns members move 30% faster.

In the stealth state, the perception effect of the members of the Thorn Clan is greatly increased, and the perception range is expanded.

While stealthy, members of the Thorn Clan can perform a series of family secret techniques, including but not limited to [Shadow Stick], [Throat Twist], [Deadly Ambush], [Shadow Dance], [Kidney Bleed], etc.

While stealthy, the dodge rate of members of the Thorn Clan is greatly increased.

While stealthy, members of the Thorn Clan can inflict a Vendetta Mark on specific targets, which can only be perceived by other Thorn Clan members, and can remain for seven days without being dispelled.

4. Nightbat Legacy: When a vampire is dying, he can escape danger by dissipating entities and transforming into bats, and using this perk will cause the vampire to gain the negative effects of [Mental Pressure] and [Physical Collapse].

This racial perk will be activated upon entering the Body of Black Iron rank.

5. Gliding: The wings of the Thorn Clan are delicate and short, which cannot provide vampires with the ability to fly actively, but they can complete the gliding action at the right height and angle, and when performing assassination operations from a height, they will be given the effect of "death falling from the sky", which greatly increases the success rate of assassination.

6. Escapist Bloodline: omitted

7. Descendants of eternal sin: omitted

A series of racial talent descriptions unfolded before Murphy's eyes, but on closer inspection, it is not difficult to find that the racial template of the Thorn Clan is not much different from that of the Blood Vulture Clan, after all, they are all branches of vampire civilization.

The Blood Vulture Clan's [Swift Flight] has been replaced with [Midnight Geist] and [Gliding], and [Vampire's Touch] has also been changed to [Midnight Slayer], and the enhancement of the Blessing of the Night is more towards dexterity and perception, but other than that, the other races have the same talents.

The collection of this template made Murphy very happy.

He's not even a designer to do "race balancing", and there's an "Apply" feature behind this 90% collection template, and once Murphy chooses to apply, all vampire players under his command will have an extra branching option.

Of course, this kind of operation of "changing the court" does not set it a task of sufficient weight, and it is sorry for the blood given by Madame Shani.

"How? Is it enough? ”

Xia Ni asked with a stinky face, and Murphy nodded, and said with a smile:

"Please wait a little more than half a month, and I will open the option to join the Thorn Clan to my foreign warriors, but in our ancient vampire tradition, such an act of changing clans is subject to heavy taxes.

I will not label them traitors, nor will I send people to hunt them down.

But I will give one-third of the resources and wealth of those warriors to break away from the vultures and join the Thorn Clan, as a reward for his acceptance and management of the foreign warriors. ”

"Good, the proportions are very appropriate and perfect."

Shani was finally satisfied.

She waved her hand and said:

"It's time for me to go back to the Duchy of Thorns, alas, I only wanted to stay here for three days, but I didn't expect the Holy Blood Festival in Crimson Keep to be so lively and interesting, this is the first Holy Blood Festival that I haven't spent in my own territory since I became a Bloodline.

The old bosses of the clan must be complaining about me because of this.

But it doesn't matter, I have to thank both of you for adding a precious and joyful holiday to my long life that can be used as a memory.

So, Murphy, goodbye to our Dark Mountains! ”

"Well, I look forward to seeing you again, Grand Duke of Thorns."

Murphy said goodbye to his friend with a smile, and after confirming that Shanny was completely gone, he looked back at Tracey with a strange expression, rubbed his cheeks, and said:

"I don't think I can use the title 'wife of a wife' to describe Xia Ni in the future, no wonder she reacted so much when she teased her like this for the first time before."

"Huh?"

Tracey looked at Murphy in surprise.

The Governor touched his lips, savoring the smell of the blood that belonged to Xia Ni just now, and he whispered:

"Our Grand Duke of Thorns tries to be very social, but in reality, she's still a pure one, oh my God, she's almost 400 years old, isn't she? Is it so conservative? ”

"Humph! I feel like you have something to say."

"Well, you're thinking too much this time, Trace."

——

"Ahhhh

In the forum's game group, the bored Ah Ru shouted in the form of text:

"It's really uncomfortable to be off the Internet for three days, I didn't feel so impulsive before I knew it, obviously our governor's challenge has been successful."

"Successful fart, have you beaten that unreasonable summon of Lord Murphy?"

In the group, there was immediately a giant shark who also liked to mention "quitting the net for three days" and retorted:

"The development team arranged such a bug skill for Master Murphy, and it was clear that he didn't think about letting us win, okay? Ahh ”

"You can't say that of a highly meritorious Governor! As the only Astral Summoner among the players so far, I have to defend my Mentor. ”

The little rich brother touched you poor and immediately typed in response:

"Summoning astral creatures is the fighting style of the astral summoner, for example, my manticore lion is my main combat partner at present, this is the feeling of fighting with the summoner, it is our fighting style!

If you're not happy, don't play, hum~

In short, it's not cheating on the part of the development team. ”

"That's true, but it's the most outrageous thing that Lord Murphy, the Black Iron Tier, can actually summon a demigod from the Star Boundary! This is simply not about martial virtues. ”

Brother Mao also joined the discussion, and said in a very helpless tone:

"I always thought that Lord Murphy was inferior to his swordsmanship in the way of summoners, and it turns out that I really underestimated our Lord Doge. Alas, little rich brother, when will you have such a cool astral guardian? ”

"It's coming, it's coming."

The little rich brother responded:

"I'm an assistant to assist Master Murphy in completing the guardian contract throughout the whole process, I know the whole process, now all I have to do is improve my strength and prepare, once I complete the silver trial, I can have my own interstellar guardian.

And when the time comes, there will be one more summon slot, and you can finally summon other creatures.

Alas, I'm an Astral Summoner, not a Manticore Launcher, and while I love my Stinky Treasure, it's a bit monotonous to fight with it all the time, and I'll have to try other summons once in a while. ”

"Uh, I don't think you should be so optimistic, little rich brother, the NPC's class skill trees are all specially made, and signing the contract of Astral Guardian when you achieve silver cannot reach the level of Lord Murphy."

In the group's quickly refreshed information, Alpha's reply was so conspicuous that Fa Ge, who had not appeared in this group for a long time, immediately attracted a lot of people's attention as soon as he appeared.

"Fa Ge Fa Ge! Why are you so idle today to deal with the forum squeeze posts? And came to chat, hey, do you have any inside information? ”

Brother Meow, who ran over with a smell, typed and asked:

"It's been a long time since I've heard you break the news, so I miss it."

"Huh, inside information?"

Administrator Alpha seems to be having a lot of fun today, and he posted several hilarious memes in the group before saying:

"My assistant Fei Fei was fishing when she was at work, and I found out about the drama you brought to the forum, and then deducted my salary, is it insider information?

It's all to blame on Xiao Weiming! She actually posted so many dramas on the forum, which made a few of them feel ape when they went to work, and if I didn't pay attention, they started to fish, and now even your sister Cui has started to fish. ”

"Alas, alas, why does this still have anything to do with me? I'm just sharing what I like. ”

Xiao Weiming, who was "named and criticized", suddenly shouted:

"And it's not just me uploading! Brother Bang has uploaded a whole set of military histories of the Korean War and the Vietnam War, and Uncle Loyalty's gang has turned their manufacturing division into a 'hodgepodge of forbidden knowledge'.

That thing belongs to the kind of thing that will be checked in reality by looking at it.

Compared to them, I just uploaded a few popular dramas, which are basically harmless to humans and animals, right? ”

"I didn't say you did something wrong."

Alpha responded:

"Just complaining, I've already asked Xiao Cui to start rectifying the forum, all kinds of knowledge should be placed in different special areas and set password access, otherwise those things that are too cluttered will really affect some players.

Okay, let's not talk about that.

@所有人, I'll send you a form, fill it out all of you, and submit it to me in three days.

This is a collection of comments on the closed beta phase of Atlas Real, and we will decide whether to start the closed beta in the near future once we have completed the evaluation of player feedback."

"What?"

“？？？”

"! Who's going to give me a punch, I guess I haven't woken up yet, so it's an internal test? ”

"Ahhhh I thought you were just joking when you said you were going to go live in open beta! I thought this ghost game was going to be closed for a lifetime.,It's been a long time since you played it really? It's so sudden, and it's as unexpected, as every update you guys make! ”

"Is it really going to the next stage? No, I've only been in the game for less than a week, so let me play this version a little longer. ”

"! I'm definitely getting up, I'm seeing something unclean, no, I'm going to have to go sleep again. ”

"God, earth, the version is finally going to be updated, and finally the novice village is coming, and I want to fight the black plague! I'm going to kill the gnolls! Don't stop me! ”

(End of chapter)