In the stormy waves, starting from Yueyuan Island, the five ships of the Society were sailing hard. The closer they got to Sakuragi Island, the worse the environment on the sea became. They were like a swaying leaf, ready to be swallowed up at any time. Risk of flooding.
Thanks to the "Heart of the Sea" substitute made by a company that imitated the "Astrogis", they were able to avoid actually sinking the ship in the sea. However, the imitation is still a imitation, and it can only protect the ship from being hit by the waves. Overturned.
But the violent shaking that makes people dizzy and the shaking of the ship's hull that makes people vomit and diarrhea are inevitable.
The players in the Ka guild on the ship were okay. The system automatically saved them from these discomforts. The players just watched it as a cutscene and found it quite exciting, but the aboriginal NPCs did not feel so good.
"This damn ghost place, if it hadn't been for Master Yosuke's order... ugh... cough cough!"
On the largest leading ship, one of Yosuke Sakai's confidants, Muto, was cursing in his heart, but only halfway through the scolding, he immediately leaned down and retched under the shaking caused by another huge wave.
Of course, it is impossible for Yosuke Sakai to be so confident and leave the entire responsibility to the players for this operation. Even though Kuroba was appointed as the commander-in-chief of the strangers, he actually has no real power.
In the eyes of most NPCs, the players are equivalent to refugees, and Kuroba is equivalent to the head of the refugees. Therefore, even though Yosuke Sakai has warned that they are all colleagues, in Muto's eyes, he still treats Kuroba and the strangers very much. Is looking down upon.
And this unfriendly attitude was amplified several times in the harsh environment of Sakuragi Island, making him full of impatience with Kuroba.
If it weren't for these strangers, there would be no need for him to suffer like this!
The more he thought about it, the angrier he became. Looking at the strangers around him who seemed to be in trouble, Muto couldn't help but urge:
"When you get here, be smart and load your fellow country bumpkins onto the ship... We'll return immediately after loading. I've had enough of this place."
On the other side, looking at the NPC named "Muto" with a shitty expression on his face, Kuroyu was very angry, but he still endured it and pretended to be respectful:
"Yes, don't worry, Mr. Muto, it won't take much time. We must do it as soon as possible."
Muto waved his hand, then returned to the cabin, cursing and muttering as he walked:
"I really don't understand, Mr. Yosuke, why do you care about these strangers? It's not good to let them fend for themselves on Sakuragi Island. They deserve to come to Yueyuan Island..."
"Oh no, Brother Yu!" After hearing this, several ka personnel around Heiyu became angry, but were quickly stopped.
Now that they have joined the socialist camp, and it is still in the early stages of the server opening, they can tolerate this kind of NPC as long as they can. If they really want to take action, whether they can beat them is another matter. If the relationship between the two is stalemate, their good situation will be lost.
However, when their players develop later...
snort.
Black Feather secretly remembered the name of this NPC lieutenant.
Back to business.
Compared with this annoying NPC, what bothers the ka president Kuroyu the most right now is another thing.
Muto was only responsible for supervising them, but it was Kuroba who actually selected the strangers to board the ship. This was the benefit of being the person who triggered the mission.
In other words, to put it in more understandable terms, who can board these five shrine ships and escape from Sakuragi Island is entirely decided by him, Kuroba!
Kuroyu, who has a very keen sense of smell, immediately realized that this was an excellent opportunity to attract new blood to their guild.
So before setting off, he made a prompt decision and ordered the copywriting members in the guild to directly spread the word on the forum. The writing was an announcement post, but in fact it was a recruitment post.
Our Ka guild now has control over the NPC routes of Sakuragi Island and Yueyuan Island. Although we really want to save every player who is suffering on Sakuragi Island, because the quota is limited, we can only give priority to members of the Ka guild. Boat.
The subtext means...
Want to get on board? Then you have to join them!
In Kuroba's imagination, those first-tier high-level players on Sakuragi Island, no matter how reluctant they were, were forced to join ka in order to leave Sakuragi Island.
In this way, it is equivalent to them recruiting a large number of truly high-level players who have been tempered in such a difficult environment on Sakuragi Island without any effort.
One can imagine how the strength of the ka guild will skyrocket.
The idea is beautiful.
But reality gave Kuroyu a blow in the head.
Once the recruitment post on the forum was posted, it really created quite a craze and received a lot of responses. They immediately followed the post to sign up. There are many players who hope to join ka.
However, when the statisticians in the guild compiled the levels of all registered players into an intuitive table, Kuroyu was dumbfounded.
because...
Why are they all smelly fish and rotten shrimps?
Kuroba has investigated and found that the current Sakuragi Island player group belongs to the first level of advanced players. Some of the levels are so terrifying that they can break through level 15. This is definitely one of the best in the recognized novice village Yanyu. .
I have to admit that the harsh environment of Sakuragi Island is harsh, but the harsher the environment, the more masters will appear. This is also the human resource that Kuroba covets.
but.
According to the recruitment post statistics of their ka guild, there are only a handful of players who are above level ten, let alone the top players in the first echelon who are above level fifteen!
What the hell! ?
Kuroyu was puzzled.
Don't these advanced players plan to leave Sakuragi Island?
Didn't they read the announcement post I posted that the real main plot is on Yueyuan Island?
Have you become stupid because of leveling up?
Sakuragijima has many monsters, but no matter how many monsters there are, following the main line of the game's plot is the real way to go. Don't these high-level players even understand this simple truth?
Kuroyu despises her in his heart, but in order to make the guild stronger, he still has to win over her.
Of course, it is also possible that these arrogant and elite players disdain to reply to such recruitment posts on the forum.
Okay, then Heiyu will have a courtesy corporal.
At worst, he would just wait until the ship docked later and persuade those few powerful players he had already marked in person.
Yes, the Ka Guild, as a regular large-scale guild with a club behind it, is still good at intelligence. Kuroba has long received a list, which specifically lists many top players who have outstanding performance on Sakuragi Island. , for these people, Black Feather is determined to win, and he wants to suck them into ka.
finally.
Amidst the lightning and thunder, the five rickety ships finally successfully docked and arrived at this cursed island shrouded in purple clouds.
As soon as he arrived, there was a new prompt on Kuroba's mission panel, requiring him to recruit 1,000 players from Sakuragi Island to board the ship within 2 hours.
As soon as this prompt came out, Kuroba couldn't help but curse, because it was originally agreed that there would be three hours, but because of the impatientness of the Muto npc, he directly cut off an hour, which gave him room to operate. It became less again.
But there was no other way. In the early stages of the game, they could only endure the NPC. Under Muto's urging, Kuroba set foot on Sakuragi Island for the first time.
"Wow! The ship is really coming!"
"Look at the one who came down first. Is he the guild leader mentioned on the forum?"
"Ka, I've heard of it. They were the ones who dominated several game servers back then."
"I can only say that they really deserve to be a super guild, and their abilities are really strong."
Because Kuroba had spread the word on the forum in advance and had already built up momentum, there had already been a large number of players on the coast of Sakuragi Island, whether they were watching the excitement or those who really wanted to get on the boat. In short, a lot of them had gathered.
Kuroyu first used the speech he had prepared long ago to inspire people, telling how good Yueyuan Island was, and how to create a savior image for the Ka Guild. Then he disappeared from the stage, preparing to seize the time to find someone in private. .
Sakuragi Island has indeed increased the stickiness of players because of the fox-faced shrine maiden NPC, but some people are still persuaded. It may be that they really can't stand the underworld environment of Sakuragi Island and begin to yearn for Yueyuan Island. , being successfully lured by the ka guild, I want to board the ship.
However...
"Non-Ka guild members, 5 silver coins per person."
Several individual players were stopped by ka people at the boarding entrance and asked for fees. Five silver coins may not seem like much, but for players at this stage, it is all a little bit of hard work and hard work.
Immediately some individual players asked, this is not what your president said on the stage just now. I have never heard of charging fees. Moreover, both the ship and the route are all NPCs. Your KA can only serve as a matchmaker. Why still charge?
But the members of KA didn't listen at all. Instead, they sneered and told those who couldn't pay to get out as there were many people queuing up behind.
The task requirement is 1,000 players. No matter how big the Ka guild is, it will definitely not be able to eat so many in one bite. Therefore, they have already planned to set aside about 100 places to attract the top players of Sakuragi Island. The remaining ones are mostly Most of them, of course, would not be so kind. Let them board the boat and escape for free. Naturally, they want to make money from it.
Regarding this, even the NPC turned a blind eye and only limited the time. After all, Kuroba had already established a good relationship with Muto, and part of the fees collected would be bribed to the NPC.
Many players were screened out in an instant, which naturally attracted the anger and accusations of the players, but the Ka Guild didn't care at all. Firstly, they had a monopoly, and secondly, they couldn't even get out 5 silver coins. Such low-level There is no value for players to board the ship.
It even got even more outrageous later on, because after they discovered that Sakuragijima players were richer than they thought because they spawned a lot of monsters, they immediately began to raise prices, gradually increasing the price of so-called boat tickets, so that... ..
"There are only 200 places left, and now you have to pay 9 silver coins to get on the ship."
"What? You just paid back 7 silver coins, but you...you are going too far!"
"If you want to be friends or not, if you don't want to be friends, just leave quickly and don't block the road."
Seeing the fearless ka members in front of him, the individual player clenched his fists, and finally managed to piece together the pieces and trade 9 silver coins.
And what he got in exchange was just a sneer and release.
At this moment, this individual player suddenly felt, is all this really worth it? These 9 silver coins were all earned by killing monsters through the mission of the fox-faced witch and the job-changing stone tablet, but now they are given to this kind of guy...
This feeling was even more true when he actually boarded the ship.
Because not only him, but many players who boarded the ship felt this way. They didn't feel like they were being transported to Yueyuan Island, but more like they were cargo or coolies.
From the eyes of the NPC sailors and the so-called social officials on the ship, we can see the disgust and disgust towards these foreigners.
This can't help but remind this Sanren player of how the fox-faced shrine maiden helped them step by step when they first landed on Sakuragi Island, how she relied on various means to really warm and improve the environment for the players, and how That domineering and wonderful rescue cg...
Everyone can understand the sincerity of the fox-faced witch to their players, which is in complete contrast to the NPCs on the ship now who are said to come from Yueyuan Island to "rescue" them.
And, and...
In the plot, the fox-faced witch regards their players as the savior and the hope of the island. They have already let the fox-faced witch down once. They kept shouting that they must prove themselves...
Could it be...could their final proof be that they had to run away in such despair, admitting that they were really not the savior and were really weak and incompetent?
A similar tangled feeling surrounds every player who has boarded the ship and is about to leave.
And as if they had grasped this moment, a sudden system prompt sounded in the minds of the players on the ship.
[Ding, reminder, if you leave "Sakuragi Island", you will automatically be deemed to have completed the mission "Survive!"]
After the players quickly clicked in to take a look, when their eyes moved to the column of mission rewards, almost many people fell silent.
Because they can be said to have abandoned Sakuragi Island and the fox-faced shrine maiden, but they can still get rewards. Besides experience points and money, what is most like a needle sticking into the hearts of the players is...
[Reward: The favorability of the fox-faced witch +1]
Yes.
Sometimes, too many words are not needed, even a short mission reward can convey too much information.
This favorability is more like a symbol than a reward.
It represents the attitude of the fox-faced witch towards their "escape" behavior. It is not to stay, not to be angry, not to be indifferent, but to be... gratified.
Because the players have completed the task of "survive".
Even this island, after losing them, will continue to be shrouded in curses and disasters, even if the fox-faced witch will continue to be alone on the desert island and silently suffer all the pain.
but...
As long as you live happily.
"..."
silence.
silence.
On the bottom floor of the ship's warehouse, a large number of Sakuragijima players, who were crowded together like cargo coolies, were surprisingly quiet at this moment.
And often this tranquility is a sign that a storm is coming.
Can you bear it?
Tolerate...
After all, after all, my money has been paid...
What's more, the real main plot is on Yueyuan Island...
The environment of Sakuragi Island is so bad...
Also, what other reason is there?
There is a saying that goes well, in fact, tossing a coin is not to see the heads and tails, but at the moment of tossing the coin, you will know which side you hope to get.
so...
Put up with it!
What excuse are you looking for!
It would be too humble if you have to be as cautious as reality when playing games!
"Get off the boat!"
"I want to get off the boat!"
"Uh-huh... Sister Miko, I was wrong... I was carried away for a moment, I'm a scumbag! I'm a scumbag!"
"No, I'm so full that I still have to get on the boat. If the curse of Sakuragi Island is not lifted, I swear I won't leave!"
It's like a chain reaction when the first player to jump off the ship appears, not all of them, but at least one in five.
Both the Ka Guild and the NPCs from Yueyuan Island on the ship were all dumbfounded.
They don't understand the behavior of these players at all.
And not far away, on a high slope overlooking the coast.
The little wolf cub nodded to these players.
It can be said that this is entirely due to the personal charm of the fox-faced witch. It can also be said that the prompt just now is Liao Zixuan giving the players who made the wrong choice a chance to make a new choice.
There were more than he thought.
This is what the little wolf cub wants to see. If his little girl gives her sincerity, she will also receive the sincerity of the corresponding players.
And what he can't tolerate is naturally...
Estimating the time, the little wolf cub silently turned around and left from the high slope cliff.
Meanwhile on the other side.
As the president of the Ka Guild, Kuroyu didn't know about the strange things happening on the coast, and he didn't care much about it. After all, the fate of ordinary players was not his focus.
But now he still feels uncomfortable, even to the point of self-doubt.
because...
The plan he is responsible for to win over the top elite players on Sakuragi Island cannot be said to be progressing smoothly, it can only be said that it is... difficult to make progress!
－－－－－－Digression－－－－－
Sorry, I thought this plot could be written in three chapters, but now it seems that it will be five or six chapters. When the editor comes to work tomorrow, I will change the previous chapter names and replace the top and middle with one and two. It is definitely not because I am too lazy. That’s why the chapter name is like this, huh!
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