what's the situation?
What happened! ?
A series of system prompts that suddenly popped up made the big dog completely confused, but while his mind was dazed, the monster that had appeared would not wait for him.
"Boss, be careful!" The exclamation from the younger brother behind him pulled the big dog back.
But it was obviously too late, because the Shadow Dog had already torn apart the space and used its skill to teleport to the back of the big dog in a short distance.
Its thin and long sharp claws, wrapped in the gray-purple mist symbolizing "curse", swung hard at the big native dog.
It’s over!
In these seconds, the big dog is not the kind of extreme player, and there is no time to dodge.
He could only watch helplessly as the cursed claws of the Shadow Dog fell on his body, which was left with only bloody skin...
Wait! ?
what?
Why is there a large gray blood bar in my health bar in addition to the red color representing HP?
Just as the big native dog glanced at the health bar, the purple claws had already struck in front of him.
But in Big Tugou's imagination, the scene where he was slapped away and then turned into a white light and disappeared, did not happen.
On the contrary...
The moment the beast's claws were about to contact the big native dog's body, a light blue barrier-like protective layer automatically appeared in advance from the position where he was hit.
boom!
There was a muffled sound.
The barrier took on the claw attack of the Shadow Dog instead of the big dog. It can be seen with the naked eye that its light blue halo has dimmed a lot. But instead, the attack damage from the Shadow Dog is offset and the immunity is offset...
At least the direct damage was completely blocked.
[Ding, you suffered 70 attacks from the "Shadow Evil Dog"! Click the claw to damage. Since you are under the protection of "magic shield", this damage will be converted into consuming shield value]
Shield value!
It wasn't until he saw the system's battle record panel that the big dog realized what the extra gray in his health bar was.
Moreover, the big dog was shocked. Generally, in battle records, the damage number is followed by a "!" which means that it was critically hit.
Skills like Shadow Dog, which can teleport behind a character and launch an attack, can easily be triggered by the system and cause critical damage. However, for players at this stage, even a claw from such an elite monster would be enough to stun them. Not to mention the critical claw.
However, not only did he not die, he was still alive and kicking. He rolled and quickly distanced himself from the monster. This was all thanks to the thickness of the shield and... why did he only deal 70 points of damage after a critical hit?
You must know that the initial blood volume of level one players at this stage is 300 points. If the Shadow Dog's attack does not critically hit, it is equivalent to only 35 blood points, which is generally at least five levels higher than that of players. For elite monsters, it's not enough.
Why, did this guy not eat?
No.
It's not that this shadowy evil dog hasn't eaten, but that they... seem to have become much stronger! ! ?
Only then did the big dog finally have a chance to breathe and take a good look at his character status bar. It didn't matter, it was really shocking!
As many as seven or eight buffs were crowded into his status bar, which made the big dog a little dazzled. The "magic shield" that saved his life just now was one of them.
"Damn it! Why have all my attributes doubled??"
"Huh? Why is my health soaring? Is it almost full??"
"Your body seems to have become more flexible?"
"Boss! I...my sword is actually glowing!!"
The exclamations from the younger brothers came one after another from all around, which made the big dog understand that he was not the only one who experienced this magical phenomenon, but all their players at the moment were all strengthened in one go.
But of course, what quickly made the big dog’s face darken.
"Is this... open?"
"It's over! The boss won't act anymore and just started!"
"It's open! It's open! I'd rather be on the list of gods together with the boss, than let out the frustration of being disgusted by these monsters!"
"That's right! And who stipulates that if it's open, it's open? If it's on, it's on."
A bunch of idiots, this is the subconscious reaction of their minds, it's him who cheated!
But it is true that the scene in front of me is very similar to Kai.
The younger brothers who were frightened by the Shadow Dog just now were all pale and desperate. Now, one by one, they are rushing forward in a hurry, with nothing in their minds, just one word!
Look at that, it's like seizing and cherishing every second during the cheating period before being blocked.
There is no need for movement, avoidance, etc. Why are you afraid of these things when you already have plug-ins?
In fact, this is indeed the case.
After several players approached the Shadow Dog, it launched a group attack skill. It flicked its tail 360 degrees, trying to push back the large number of approaching players. Unfortunately, the shield on the big dog was also on each player's body. The body emerged and resisted the attack.
Immediately afterwards, the shield could withstand direct damage, but the indirect continuous bleeding damage from the "curse" could not be exempted. Big Tugou only saw red blood loss in the health bars of many of his teammates in his team column. Damage, but in the next second, a green blood-increasing number immediately covered it, allowing the brothers' blood bars to return to health.
Without the means to harm the players, no matter how high the level of the Shadow Dog is or how thick the health is, it cannot withstand the group fights of the players.
What's more, even the tattered beginner's sword that the players now have is covered by a layer of halo, as the younger brother exclaimed just now, and has a temporary "armor-breaking" effect. When it cuts on the Shadow Dog, Even more powerful.
Originally, it might have been possible for a shadowy evil dog to wipe out their entire group in five minutes. Now, on the other hand, it took only five minutes for the big dog and the others to completely eliminate this nightmare monster that had shrouded the hearts of the Qiandao players. The end, hacked to death with random swords!
"Cool!"
"Awesome, worthy of being an elite monster, it almost made me level up to level 3!"
"I think the boss is the better one!"
"That being said... have you heard any strange system notification sounds before?"
The younger brothers, who were gradually recovering from the tense roller coaster experience, finally realized that something was wrong. The big country dog who had been watching the battle also glared at these idiots.
"What the hell! How can I do this? Don't you know how to read the battle records?"
After being said angrily by the big bastard, the younger brothers all pulled up the battle record to the top, and then noticed that the buffs on them all came from one person...
"Fox...Fox-faced witch!?" Many players read this name in surprise.
But after just a few seconds, the surprise on these faces turned into excitement.
"WTF? WTF? WTF! WTF!!!!"
"Could this be...could it be..."
"NPC! The boss is an NPC! A wild and living NPC!!"
Apes on both sides of the strait were crying one after another, and the excited screams almost deafened the ears of the big native dog.
After pulling away his little brother with dementia who was hugging him and shaking him, although the big dog kept calm on the surface for the sake of his image, the actual level of excitement in his heart was no worse than that of his little brothers.
Why?
For players from the other four countries, NPCs may be nothing, but for Thousand Island players, especially those trapped on Sakuragi Island...
Three days and three days, they couldn't even see a living person! ! They're either disgusting monsters or aberrations with insanely low sanity. Do you know how these players got here?
Finally, they finally arrived at the first NPC on Sakuragi Island, and it seemed that they were the first to discover it?
Can all this not make the big dog excited?
but...
"Boss, this is strange, where is this NPC?" The words of a certain younger brother who was pulling his neck and looking around were like a bucket of cold water being poured down on him.
This made Big Dog and the others quickly start searching around with the current place as the center. However, the result was very disappointing, because they were still the same, not even half a person could be seen.
Naturally, Big Tugou and his group did not believe in evil, and were unwilling to give up on this. It seemed that it was a great opportunity to trigger some special event. However, until half an hour passed, they were close to turning over this piece of land, but they still remained Nothing gained.
Finally, it came from a young man who accidentally opened the forum, which finally made the big dog and his party stop searching.
because...
"Boss, look at the forum!"
Under the call of this little brother, the big native dogs quickly sat down on the ground, opened the built-in forum one by one, and what appeared in front of them was...
[Brother, it seems that I accidentally triggered some special event. A person named "Fox-faced Miko" gave me a lot of buffs! 】
When I clicked in and took a look, I found that this brother had exactly the same experience as them. When the battle was in danger, he was suddenly strengthened by buffs and turned the situation around.
Moreover, this brother also attached a screenshot of a bunch of buffs in his game status bar, as well as a screenshot of "Fox-faced Miko" written in the battle record.
It was like a depth charge that exploded the players in the Thousand Islands Plate.
When Big Tugou and the others clicked in, there were already many players following.
"Me too! When I hit a floating thunder beast and was about to be burned to death by the curse, it started to regain blood for no reason!"
"What a coincidence. I was still wondering at the time. I didn't know until I opened the record if there was some kind of bug."
"???"
"Is there such a good thing? Why don't I?"
"Where did you all meet? I want to go too!"
This post asking about the area reminded the big dog. He quickly looked at the location coordinates of the poster, and sure enough, it was not very far away from them.
It can be seen from the comments of players on the forum that it seems that only players in this area have enjoyed the blessing of this buff, while players in other locations on Sakuragi Island have expressed questions.
But soon after, the big dog discovered that the buff effect on them was gone. After a while, there were new players on the forum who had been strengthened by the "Fox-faced Miko" and posted excited posts.
This time, the location coordinates were quite far away from where they were at the moment.
"Could it be that... this special event of "Fox-faced Miko" can move, instead of being fixed in one place? "The big native dog secretly guessed.
There are not a few players who are as careful as big dogs, and they soon discovered this, so they finally gave up searching frantically in their respective places.
As time goes by, more and more Qiandao players have enjoyed the benefits from the "Fox-faced Priestess", which has also made the four words "Fox-Faced Priestess" more and more famous among the Qiandao players. .
To the southwest of Sakuragi Island, somewhere on the coast that is also one of the landing points for players, two female players, one large and one small, are sitting next to a camp where players gather.
"Umbrella, have you read the forum?"
"Do you mean the "Fox-faced Miko"? "
The female assistant nodded excitedly, but next to her, another female player with a single ponytail and a cool vibe snorted disdainfully.
"Umbrella, what do you think of this new mysterious NPC!"
"How do you see it? How else can you see it? From the analysis of her behavior, it is basically certain that she is friendly to the players, and there is a high probability that she will be the main guide of our Thousand Islands plot in the future."
"Ah? The main leader?" The female assistant was a little surprised.
She didn't expect that the always strict Umbrella would give such a high evaluation to this mysterious NPC so quickly.
Because you need to know how to identify the potential of an NPC. For players, strength is secondary, and the main thing is the other party's activity and participation in the plot.
And if the other party not only participates in the plot, but also acts as a leader for the players, that would be even more remarkable. You can refer to the popularity of the NPC Vivian, the leader of the closed beta, in the Yanyu Bowl.
"Hmph, isn't this obvious? Although I criticized the official website of Falling God in my post, it was all just to increase the traffic. How could a game as big as Falling God make such a low-level mistake? If I hadn't guessed If it's wrong, the official deliberately arranged to disgust us and suffer all kinds of hardships on Sakuragi Island in order to create this character. Since so much effort has been spent, it is natural that this NPC's role and importance in Thousand Islands will never be low. "
"So... deliberately disgusting us? To create... a character?" The female assistant didn't understand very much.
The cool girl stood up, threw stones at the water, and said as if she had expected it:
"This is an advanced gameplay called building momentum. Manipulating players' emotions is like the difference between providing help in the snow and adding the icing on the cake. What the official wants is to create a feeling of being in the snow for our players. As expected, the person who gave the carbon is It finally appeared.”
"Umbrella, do you mean...the "Fox-faced Miko"? "The female assistant heard it right away.
"Just look at the current Thousand Islands Forum, how boiling it is. The effect the official hoped for has been achieved. When you are tortured to death by the harsh environment and monsters of Sakuragi Island, someone suddenly appears who can kill you indiscriminately. NPC assists you, who wouldn’t like it?”
The female assistant nodded and said, "Yes... yes."
"However, the only thing that makes me a little strange is...why hasn't this npc appeared in front of the players?"
"Forget it."
After the cool girl shook her head, a happy expression appeared on her face, she began to summon the virtual keyboard of the game, opened the document and started typing.
Because for her, she has played too many games and seen too many routines, so she has long lost her enthusiasm. What makes her more excited is the eye-catching topic she can catch this time.
When the female assistant curiously looked at the title typed by the cool girl, she was speechless.
【Stop being impressed by yourself! Analyzing the official ugly design behind the character of "Fox-Faced Miko". Is such a deliberately fake character really worthy of our liking? 】
Nodding with satisfaction at her title, the cool girl closed the document.
She is really looking forward to this "Fox-faced Miko" showing up soon, and posting those routines that she can guess with her eyes closed, so that she can collect materials for the players. Evidence, finish her hot article as soon as possible which will definitely become a hit!
In addition to the players who are looking forward to the "Fox-faced Miko", a certain wolf cub on Sakuragi Island also feels like this at the moment, and he also has a strange mentality.
Due to Vivian's subsequent activities, she definitely couldn't take him with her. After all, the combination of one person and one wolf was a bit too conspicuous and classic. In addition, the little wolf cub himself also planned to do some secret solo actions, so he and Vivian The soldiers were divided into two groups.
But now looking at the dynamics of the players on the forum, the little girl took action, but the question is... why didn't she show up? ?
How can you give tasks to players without showing up?
The little wolf cub remembered that he should have told Vivian carefully how to deal with the players. Even the lines and tasks were prepared and drafted for Vivian in advance. All he had to do was read them according to what he said.
so...
This silly girl of my own...
What are you doing now?
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