The Righteous Player(s) Chapter 35: Are other plans possible
"This is the best blacksmith shop in town. If your weapons are damaged, remember to come here for maintenance."
"You can buy tomorrow's breakfast from here. The baker here used to come from the royal capital and his skills are very good."
"This is a place to buy clothes. It's going to snow, so you should prepare winter clothes. If you don't like this style, there is another one on the street in front."
"This is the Rotten Fish Bar. It sells a bitter beer called 'Danifni', which is said to be brewed from burnt wheat. It is very nutritious and is a specialty of Frozen Water Port. You can try it, But don’t drink too much.”
"Here is..."
Annan was riding on a horse, like a tour guide, introducing various "special buildings" in Frozen Water Port to the players behind him. Just like an old Beihai man who lived in Frozen Water Port for a long time.
But of course this is impossible. He had been here less than three days.
This is because Annan knew in advance that the players were coming, so he specifically asked Senior Salvatore.
At this time, no player dares to distract himself from the forum.
They concentrated on looking around, trying to remember the route in from the city gate and the locations of various important buildings.
Annan is also very understanding. He knows very well which buildings players care about, so his questions are very targeted. His introduction to the players now is always to the point.
What players are particularly concerned about is the place to buy consumables, the place to buy and repair weapons and armor, the place to receive tasks and find clues, and the place where they live.
In other places, players neither care about nor urgently need them, so Annan didn’t even ask. It’s better not to introduce it for now, as an easter egg for players to discover by themselves.
When Annan set player permissions before, he also learned that the way players entered this world was completely different from his own - they were sucked in with pure consciousness, and their real bodies were sleeping in another world.
When they go offline, their bodies will lose consciousness and fall asleep.
It's like one soul traveling back and forth between two bodies.
In order to prevent people from suddenly falling down while fighting monsters, and then continuing to die indefinitely after being resurrected, Annan specifically set the permissions to log off only in a "safe area where you can sleep peacefully"... what he said To be more clear, you can only go offline by lying on a bed in a safe area.
The materials that players consume when making characters come from Annan. That's why Annan was able to adjust their physical pain sensation.
Considering that they live in a peaceful world, Annan specifically adjusted their pain sensation to one-third by default in order to prevent them from being afraid of fighting, and turned on their "combat intuition" to let them watch the first battle. Doesn't look too stupid.
Under the premise that their attributes completely overwhelm the opponent, they will not feel too much pain, and they can still have combat intuition like a veteran, coupled with their own understanding of the game... If they still cannot complete the initial stage Task.
Then Annan will directly dismiss all these wastes and recruit them again.
Recruiting players is not completely cost-free for Annan. But the price was so low that he had no worries for the time being.
In his system background interface, every time a player is summoned or resurrected, there will be a "consumed material" value floating upward. Summoning players consumes more materials, while resurrecting uses very little materials - after all, players are not really dead in a sense.
When they die, their bodies will turn into black ash and collapse. Then drift away to another safe place to regroup.
But the problem is that this "consumed material" seems to have no upper limit.
Because there is no attribute of "remaining materials" in Annan's system background page.
It seems to be unlimited credit.
Just like the cat version of Mario, after the life is reduced to a negative number, it can continue to decrease...
When the players were just summoned, the "consumed materials" increased to 40. But after the players entered the world, the bright red value kept beating and falling, and fell back to 0 in a few seconds.
And every time the player dies, it will continue to jump to 1, and then immediately return to 0.
This is why Annan made the immediate decision to impose resurrection restrictions on players.
Although I don’t understand the mechanism of this thing, and I don’t know what materials it consumes, but I’ll save it for now...
The price of resurrection is indeed very low for Annan. Even if ten people die at the same time, it will not rise to an integer. But if there are too many players in the future, and everyone doesn't value their own lives... maybe by then, Annan will start to lose balance.
Considering the future, Annan immediately decided to let players develop the habit of cherishing life from the very beginning.
Although this plan is very strong, it is very cautious:
Since you are dead, I may lose money...
Then I just need to let you die and lose more, so that you will not let me lose.
Annan's logic is very clear and practical.
Resurrection is a very convenient permission after all. If players are afraid of death, it will be like a broken sword with a broken edge and no threat at all.
The players' arrogance, persistence, and fearlessness are all based on the premise that they can be resurrected after death. So Annan just put a shackle on them to make them care more about life and not die at will without any scruples, but he did not ban this "loading mechanism".
That's enough.
Players' adaptability is very high. In different games, they will have different levels of focus and adopt different survival/combat strategies.
If that doesn't work... just use the first task to filter.
Annan had an idea and added a rule:
In the future, any player who cannot complete the initial mission will be judged as unable to survive in this world and will be kicked out of the game directly.
After all, the number of players he can recruit now is limited. Although the players all have a considerable degree of growth, it is obvious that Annan understands the relationship between them very well:
It was them begging Annan to let them in, not Annan begging them to play.
Are other plans possible? !
"...This is the temple of the God of Trade, 'Sir Silver'. If you have wounds, you can come here for treatment, but remember to bring money. Everyone is equal before silver coins."
Annan introduced the last building that needed attention to the players, then he breathed a sigh of relief and said casually: "The next one is your residence..."
"Everyone is equal in front of silver coins - this is true, I have written it down."
A gentle voice suddenly sounded from beside Annan.
It's Padre Lewis.
Does this guy walk without making a sound...
Annan quickly reacted, nodded to the overly tall young priest, and greeted him respectfully: "Your Majesty Yinjue... I wish you well, Priest Louis. I didn't expect you to get up quite early. ."
Louis was also a little surprised to see Annan treating him so well.
After all, generally speaking, churches and lords are in a relationship of competition and mutual restraint. Even Salvatore, the temporary mayor, lived with Luis in the east and west of the city in order to avoid trouble.
Annan naturally knows this...he hasn't read the books in vain these days.
In the Kingdom of Noah, lords were enfeoffed by the king, while parishes were determined by the church.
Both sides need to collect taxes from the people, and their orders are authoritative; neither side can interfere with the policies of the other side; both sides also have the power to supervise and report the other side... This makes the royal nobles and silver nobles in many areas The church has almost become an enemy.
Priests have the ability to treat people, and they will help with the work for money. Among all the righteous gods, Yinjue is the one who advocates "business with a smile" the most. Among all the righteous priests, their priests are ranked in the top three in terms of attitude towards civilians, and they can even compete for the first place.
From the perspective of the people at the bottom, the church will undoubtedly be much closer to them. And businessmen are also closer to the Silver Jue Church, because the existence of the church will amplify the power of the wealth in their hands.
In a few territories, the lords were almost completely ignored by the church... Their orders could not even be passed down, and some places were so shameful that they could not even collect taxes. Therefore, many lords regard the church as their primary enemy to fight against.
But Priest Louis quickly realized Annan's goodwill, so he responded gently: "Sir, Sir, I wish you good health.
"I sensed that someone was fighting, so I finally got up. Now it seems that the battle is over."
"Yes."
Annan nodded, with a serious expression: "Fortunately, my guards came back just in time...otherwise we would be in trouble."
"They are indeed very good guards."
Louis glanced at it and replied half in admiration and half in flattery.
He looked at Annan's face and guessed softly: "Or... the one from Roseburg?"
"Yeah."
Annan nodded.
Louis frowned slightly and glanced at the guards: "He really went too far this time... Let's not mention these for now. I will go to you when it gets dark, and you can explain it in detail then. I saw you, Lord Lord. Some of the guards are seriously injured. Do you need me to treat them?"
He looked at Annan and smiled slightly: "For your sake, I can give you a 10% discount."
Annan also smiled after hearing this.
In fact, it was not Annan who showed goodwill to the church, but his respect for Padre Louis himself.
He learned from Senior Salvatore that Priest Luis would come to such a remote town just to purify the curse here - this is undoubtedly a very dangerous job.
On the basis of completing this job, he also worked hard to revitalize the economy of Frozen Water Port and make people's lives better...
Contrary to what the townspeople understood, this was not something that Padre Louis had to do. ~IndoMTL.com~Whether it’s treating the townspeople or maintaining the economic system here, this is what the “priest” has to do.
And he is an agent. He originally only needed to purify his nightmares.
Even if he doesn't care about anything, as long as he keeps an eye on the nightmare here and doesn't let it spread, he won't be reprimanded by the General Church and will even be rewarded.
The reason why he would be distracted and do such "unnecessary things" is undoubtedly because of his own character and moral cultivation.
He didn't even explain it to the townspeople. Instead, he naturally accepted these jobs that were not originally his...
Just for this character, Annan is enough to say hello to him.
It is always a good thing to have a good man with excellent moral character as a colleague.
And the most convenient thing is that it is easy to command...
"I have something to trouble you... Of course, I will pay. I will keep it from Salvatore first."
Anan said with a smile: "I will place all the other followers with you tonight. I, the guards, just came to Frozen Water Port and have no place to live. I have to rely on your help to make arrangements..."
"...It seems I don't have to sleep tonight."
Priest Louis lamented, nodded with a chuckle, and told the players: "Then come with me. You will stay with me for one night first, and I will definitely find a place for you before dinner tomorrow. place."
After finally losing this big burden, Annan breathed a sigh of relief.
It's past two o'clock in the morning. The players are full of energy, but he is already a little sleepy...
But by this time, Salvatore should have finished analyzing Black Fire, right?
Annan sighed silently and rushed to Salvatore's house.
It’s not certain what time he will be able to sleep today...