Chapter 163: Transition Chapter to Hearton Mar, you can skip it
“Swish!”
A beam of white light shot up into the sky.
Six hours after the instance begins.
Xu Mu finally got ahead of other players and was the first to reach level 15!
After throwing all the loot on the ground into the backpack .
Xu Mu directly chose to return to the city.
Amid the envious looks on the players' faces.
Xu Mu picked up his sword and walked quickly to an elf tree house in the center of the town.
This is Celia's residence.
After reaching level 15, the entrance to Hedonmar is opened.
Players who want to change their jobs need to go to Hedonmar to find the corresponding mentor and complete the job change tasks according to the job change guidance.
But, before that.
Xu Mu plans to try to do something.
He pushed open the door of the tree house and walked straight in. As expected, he found Celia sitting in a chair and reading quietly in the tree house.
She was flipping through the pages carefully and didn't notice Xu Mu coming in at all.
"It is rumored that Kazan, the God of Destruction, and Ozma, the God of Chaos, were once the right-hand men and left-hand men of the Perrus Empire, and were brothers who loved each other like brothers. But after being involved in a conspiracy, Kazan was betrayed by Ozma, and after his tendons in his hands and feet were cut, he was exiled to the Exile Mountains. Ozma was also caught up in the political vortex, his wife was taken into the harem by the king, and Ozma was sunk to the bottom of the sea. On the verge of death, he chose to sign a contract with the God of Chaos and embarked on the road of revenge..."
"To be precise, Kazan was not betrayed by Ozma. The two brothers were caught up in a political conspiracy from the very beginning, it was just a matter of who left first and who left later." Xu Mu pulled out a chair and sat down opposite Celia, and poured himself a cup of tea.
A thousand years ago in the continent of Arad, the most powerful human empire, Perrus, dominated the world.
At that time, the Demon Realm was connecting with the planet Arad, and the second sister Held was the most ambitious of the Twelve Apostles.
In order to control the human empire, she must first weaken Kazan and Ozma, two powerful humans who are like cheats.
So he sent his loyal subordinate Alice to the Perrus Empire to seduce the king and use divination to tell the king that Kazan and Ozma were planning a rebellion.
The foolish king naturally believed it.
Then came the biggest murder in Arad's history.
The king first accused Kazan, who was brave and had made many contributions to the empire, of "treason".
And ordered the Grand Mage Ozma to capture Kazan.
Kazan, who had already smelled some conspiracy, was preparing to escape.
But Ozma arrived first and intercepted him.
Ozma, not realizing the seriousness of the problem, kept trying to persuade his good friend Kazan.
He even used his own character to guarantee that he firmly believed that Kazan would not betray the empire.
There must be some misunderstanding here. As long as Kazan follows him back to the empire, he will try his best to persuade the king to re-investigate the matter and return Kazan's honor.
Kazan was moved by Ozma's words and agreed to his request.
As a result, Kazan was thrown into jail on the day he returned home.
No matter how Ozma lobbied the king, hoping that he would reinvestigate the case, he knew that his good brother was definitely wronged.
However, the king ignored it.
After ordering Kazan's tendons to be cut, he was exiled to the Exile Mountains, the border of the Perrus Empire, where no one had ever returned alive.
After eliminating Kazan, the king's next plan was to target Ozma.
On the grounds of "sheltering a criminal", they believed that Ozma was also related to the "Kazan Rebellion" and began a new round of liquidation against Ozma.
Even worse than Kazan's fate, Ozma's entire family was executed, and his newly married wife was willing to enter the palace and become the king's concubine in order to save Ozma's life.
However, her humble plea for mercy did not have any effect.
The king was determined to kill, and believed that people like Ozma who were proficient in magic were more dangerous than Kazan.
At night he sent men to throw Ozma into the sea, where he drowned.
When on the verge of death, Ozma's powerful resentment awakened the Chaos Demon.
And at the cost of eternal mental torture, he activated unprecedented power and became the God of Chaos!
Afterwards, Ozma, whose resentment never subsided, began his brutal revenge on the continent of Arad.
He spread the blood curse, causing countless people to lose their homes and lives.
"In other words, warrior, your ghost hand... including those other ghost swordsmen who were infected with the power of curse, were all cursed by Ozma?" Xu Mu's story attracted Celia deeply. She held her face intently and listened quietly. Her eyes became more and more round, and her rosy lips slightly lifted up, revealing an expression of disbelief.
"Well...you can say that." Xu Mu pondered for a moment and said again.
In fact, the Ghost Swordsman's ghost hand curse was created by Kazan.
This is a short story about the two brothers meeting again after Ozma became the God of Chaos.
However, since the content was basically the same, Xu Mu had no intention of forcibly correcting Celia's mistake.
"Wow! Warrior, you have such profound knowledge! You know so many details that are not even recorded in books!" Celia looked at Xu Mu with great admiration.
Xu Mu smiled slightly: "Do you want to hear more stories?"
"Of course! I'm very interested in the stories of the continent of Arad! But there are no decent biographies at all. Even the one I have on hand is a wild history written by an unknown writer. The money I earn from working is not enough to buy more books." Celia pursed her lips regretfully.
"Then come with me." Xu Mu stretched out his hand to Celia: "Come with me to travel around the continent of Arad, to see with your own eyes, to hear with your own ears, and to feel with your own body."
"This...but what about my job...traveling requires a lot of expenses, and I don't have much savings." Celia looked embarrassed.
Xu Mu smiled without hesitation and said, "Your current job is to be my assistant. I will pay you a salary regularly."
Hearing this, Celia's eyes sparkled with hope again.
Seeing that the fire was ready, Xu Mu added more firewood: "I can take you to see the sky city that towers into the clouds, I can take you to the sky beast to see the mountains, I can take you to the thousand-year-old snow mountain to collect ice crystal hearts, and I can also take you to the kingdom of the dark elves to appreciate their customs and practices."
"Huh...this, so much?" Celia couldn't help but take a deep breath, the luster in her eyes became brighter.
She has always been very interested in the legends and ancient relics of the continent of Arad.
There is simply no channel to access these.
The suggestion proposed by Xu Mu is too tempting at the moment.
She didn't hesitate this time, but nodded her head desperately, saying repeatedly: "I do!"
[You have successfully recruited the key NPC of the dungeon——Celia.]
【Celia has joined your team! 】
[ All tasks related to Celia are now replaced by your exclusive tasks! ]
Several notification sounds popped up, and Xu Mu smiled slightly without leaving a trace.
The goal was achieved.
He came here this time specifically to try to see if he could take Celia with him.
After about six hours of experience.
Xu Mu discovered.
There are still some differences in content between the copy and the original game.
In the original game, the warriors are more in line with the game plot and will promote the development of the game plot.
But in the dungeon, the monsters that players fight are all ready-made.
For many bosses, there is no need to advance the story missions at all, players can attack them as long as they accept the mission.
This will save a lot of task steps.
Xu Mu began to think.
For the same monster-killing task, let’s assume that the goal is to kill 100 monsters.
Therefore, the players who can accept the tasks will definitely be at a higher level than the players who just kill monsters.
If only I could keep Celia by my side and rely on her to continuously trigger the mission plot.
Even under the 10-fold experience suppression, the upgrade speed will not be too slow.
After all, we are going to enter the main city of Huttonmar next.
The number of players we have to face is different from the mere 20,000 people in the Novice Village.
When there are a lot of people, things get really competitive. Even with the debuff that reduces experience points by ten times, Xu Mu may not be able to guarantee an absolute lead.
Of course, that was just now.
Now, with Celia joining the team, everything will be different.
…
With Celia ready to go, Xu Mu and the others set off.
We headed south from the town of Alvin and rented a carriage for 10 gold coins.
We rode at full speed all the way and arrived after about half an hour's drive.
The main urban area of Huttonmar gradually appeared in front of Xu Mu.
The city buildings, with beige as the main color, are scattered around in an orderly manner, and there is a constant stream of pedestrians coming and going.
Looking from afar, you can also see the tower-shaped building on the west coast that reaches directly to the sky.
"Wow! It's the city in the sky!" Celia poked her head out from the carriage window. When she saw the 'Optimus Prime' looming in the fog, her eyes widened with longing and yearning.
"Haha, it seems that this is the first time for the little girl to come to the Principality of Belmar. If you had come a little earlier, you might have had a chance to go to the foot of the Sky City and use the mechanical camera that came from the heaven to take a photo or something, but it's difficult now." The coachman who was on the road was also an NPC, and he was saying to Celia with a smile.
"Ah? Excuse me sir, has something happened in the Sky City?" Celia asked curiously.
At this moment, a prompt sound was triggered in Xu Mu's mind.
[You have triggered the hidden main task: Explore the Sky City! ]
[Mission Difficulty: C-]
[Mission Description: Please go to Huttonmar, look for someone who knows something about the "Sky City Blockade", and find a way to enter the Sky City.]
[Task Reward: 20% Experience Capsule*1, Gold Coins +1000! ]
You see, the benefits of bringing Celia along are now apparent.
As soon as you enter the city of Hedonmar, the mission is directly handed to you.
The moment Xu Mu stepped into Huttonmar, he opened the leaderboard to check the current player rankings.
Well, as expected.
Although he was the first one in the Novice Village to break out of the siege of Alvin Town.
But looking at all the players in the world, he is not the first to arrive at Hutton Mar.
After all, the defects caused by the tenfold experience value debuff cannot be quickly eliminated.
In the face of a huge base of more than 80,000 novice villages and a total of 1.6 billion players.
There are always some players with excellent understanding, or super rich guys, who will try every means to quickly increase their levels in the early stage.
[Your current ranking is: No. 141, Huttonmar District, No. 1867]
[Before the rankings are settled at midnight the next day, the top 500 players in the region will receive a fatigue potion (1 point)*1]
[The first 200 players will receive 2 fatigue potions (1 point)]
[The top 100 players will receive a fatigue potion (5 points)*1]
After all, it is the main urban area, and the top-ranked players can get extra fatigue .
Xu Mu took a quick glance at the reward mechanism.
If a player can reach the top, he will receive a bottle of potion with 30 fatigue points every day.
The difference in experience points provided by 30 monsters doesn't seem to be much.
But if 30 more are added every day, the gap will widen.
Moreover, he can rush to the top ranked player.
The 30 monsters challenged are naturally much higher in level than the 30 monsters killed by the bottom-ranked player in a day.
The gap in experience points will widen further.
"I didn't expect that after arriving in Hutton Mar, the competition between players would become so cruel."
"But I like it." Xu Mu raised the corners of his mouth and smiled slightly.
Just as Xu Mu continued to look through the top ranked players.
He saw many old acquaintances.
[Ranked 637: Poseidon, Level 16 9%]
[Ranked 481: Mu Lin, Level 16 33%]
[Ranked 193: Doomsday Train, Level 17 12%]
"I didn't expect that they were assigned to the same main city area as me?"
“ And the progress is not slow.”
"I'll try to contact them when I'm free later." Xu Mu thought to himself.
There is also the concept of guilds in DNF.
Moreover, the guild can provide attribute benefits to players.
The stronger the guild, the higher the benefits you will gain, so don’t miss it.
When there are enough people, it would be possible to create your own DNF guild.
However, just as Xu Mu continued to scroll up the rankings and reached the first place.
The player ID that ranked first made Xu Mu narrow his eyes slightly.
[No. 141 Huttonmar City District——
First place: Wine Boy, level 23, 69%]
Unexpectedly, this guy is actually in the same main urban area as me?
Before I could settle the account with him in the Zelda dungeon last time, I was dragged into the Global Red Moon dungeon.
This time, there is no way he will be let off!
"Warrior? Warrior?" Celia's voice came to my ear.
Immediately, she stretched out a fair and tender hand and waved it in front of Xu Mu.
"Warrior? What's wrong with you? Why do you look so dazed?"
Celia naturally couldn't see the player rankings, so Xu Mu's action of flipping through the rankings seemed to Celia like looking at the snow-capped mountains in the distance and then staring blankly.
"It's okay." Xu Mu came back to his senses, shook his head at her, and said with a smile: "I met an old acquaintance."
"Let's go. Before investigating the anomalies in the Sky City, I need to go to the Arad Adventure Association to complete a strength assessment (job transfer). Can you accompany me?" Xu Mu jumped off the carriage and extended his hand to Celia again.
Celia stretched out her hand and naturally placed it on Xu Mu's palm. She held up the hem of her skirt with her other hand, stepped down from the carriage in two steps, and gave him a soft and sweet smile: "Well, okay."
