Volume 1: Dance of the Black Dragon Chapter 1: The Black Dragon Lord's Daily Live Broadcast
Dark Plains - Dragon Flame Mountains.
On the top of the towering Dragon Head Peak, a black dragon is overlooking the vast charcoal-like plain below.
The dragon scales on the black dragon's body gleamed like obsidian in the dim sunlight, and its majestic wings spread, casting a huge shadow on the mountain ridge.
The dragon's neck is slightly bent, making it look like a statue, as if it is thinking about some profound question.
The dragon's eyes opened slightly, and the vertical pupils unique to reptiles flashed with a flame-like luster.
'Shadow of Death' Morpheus (Black Dragon Lord), a disaster-level BOSS, level 80, the final boss of the Dark Dragon's Nest dungeon, and one of the thirteen Black Dragon Lords of the Black Dragon Legion.
Behind the black dragon was a dense crowd of monster servants, goblins, gnolls, kobolds... crowded together. Several huge ogres and bear goblins were dragging big wooden sticks and yawning in boredom. Although they had no patience for waiting, under the radiation of the black dragon's might, these simple-minded creatures had no idea of protesting at all.
Several black baby dragons stood side by side on the edge of the cliff, looking into the distance like their uncle. On the horizon where the dark plains and the emerald jungle met in the distance, they could vaguely see some black dots as tiny as ants, gradually approaching.
They are adventurers, brave adventurers, fearless adventurers, greedy adventurers...
The young dragons were quite interested at first, but soon became bored.
A dragon vanguard emerged from the crowd and asked cautiously, "Great Lord Morpheus, the enemy has appeared. Should we go down and prepare?"
The black dragon did not answer. The silent silence made a bead of sweat appear on the forehead of the dragon vanguard. It did not dare to continue asking questions and retreated cautiously and silently.
Several black dragonets were whispering.
"Lord Morpheus's dragon power is getting stronger and stronger."
"Yes, yes, what do you think Lord Morpheus is thinking?"
"I think he might be praying to God. It is said that powerful dragons can communicate directly with the Dragon God. Maybe the Dragon God is giving Lord Morpheus an oracle."
"I think Lord Morpheus is considering whether to launch a new dragon disaster. Our lair has been established for almost half a year, and those adventurers come to cause trouble every now and then. It's time to destroy their city and plunder their wealth!"
"You all think too much . Maybe Lord Morpheus is thinking about what to eat tonight. He really wants to eat dragon fire roasted lamb..."
However, the Black Dragon Morpheus's thoughts were completely different from their guesses.
(What the hell, is today a holiday or some kind of gaming event? Why are there so many adventurers? And they’re coming straight from the Dark Plains in such a swagger? Don’t you know how I got my nickname ‘Shadow of Death’?
Well, the more that come, the more fun it is to kill. As long as there is no hero to lead the team, all these adventurers will die. By the way, the live broadcast room should be opened soon. I will do something cool and earn some rewards.)
That’s right, Black Dragon Morpheus is a player and also a game anchor.
Don’t think it’s strange for a player to play a BOSS. In this game called “Sky World”, players can play any role. Not to mention the BOSS, even rats in the sewers, deep-sea monsters in the ocean, and even the gods in the realm of God may be played by players.
The game "Sky World" replaces the traditional point card and prop charges with template charges.
There are dozens of different character templates for players to choose from throughout the game, which can be roughly divided into three types according to the charging model.
The first one is a free template, which allows players to play freely without spending any money.
Monster templates allow players to become skeleton zombies, birds and beasts, goblins and fishmen, or even strange creatures such as slime monsters and carnivorous plants.
Soldier template, players play the role of ordinary soldiers of various kingdoms, guarding cities, patrolling the countryside, clearing monsters, participating in wars between kingdoms, and serving as cannon fodder on the battlefield.
Civilian template, this template has no combat ability, but can travel around, learn skills, do business, open a shop, and experience the civilian life in a fantasy world...
The second is a paid template, where players need to pay for point cards to purchase game time.
The Adventurer template is the closest to the traditional game mode. It involves leveling up by beating monsters, killing bosses to get equipment, taking on quests, and brushing up reputation. It is also the type with the largest number of players at present.
Explorer template, go deep into the ancient ruins, explore the ancient secrets, and dig out the legendary treasures...
The vassal template allows you to own your own manor, cultivate the land, lead troops to fight, serve the lord, and participate in wars...
The third type is the VIP template, which is the most fun and also the most expensive way to play.
Lord template. The gameplay of this template is somewhat similar to that of a real-time strategy game. The lord owns his own castle and territory. He can farm and open up wasteland, form an army, fight other kingdoms, expand his territory, or lead the army to resist attacks by orcs, undead, and demons, make achievements, and even establish his own kingdom.
In the hero template, players can play the role of a legendary hero with noble blood, distinguished background, and legendary life. They can go on adventures with other adventurers, slay powerful bosses, become brothers with the king, and fight side by side. They can also have fun in town taverns, fall in love with elves, and drink with dwarves.
Not only does it have the highest degree of freedom, but the hero template also has five times the attribute growth of ordinary adventurers, truly being able to beat five with one.
The coolest thing is that heroes can personally participate in various epic plot events, and even directly change the direction of the plot. For example, the opening of the Dark Portal happened a month ago. It is said that it was a player with a heroic template who killed the orc chieftain Blackhand at the Dark Portal. Stormwind Kingdom even erected a statue for this player for the world to admire.
When this player walks into the city, the Stormwind guards will kneel down on one knee to show respect...
BOSS template, players with this template can build their own monster forces, sweep villages and towns, become enemies with the kingdom, build dungeons, and fight against greedy teams of adventurers.
The BOSS template has the strongest single-player combat power. Some world-class big BOSSes can even defeat a thousand enemies alone and destroy an entire country by themselves.
The most powerful BOSS can even launch a world-destroying disaster and try to destroy the entire sky world - the reason it is "try" is that every time the world is about to be destroyed, a hero will appear to save the world and prevent the world from being destroyed, so up to now no BOSS has truly succeeded in destroying the world.
It is said that there is a god template above the VIP template, but this function has not been opened in the game yet. Many players speculate that it should be used by the game company to control the game plot, which is equivalent to the existence of GM, but it is just speculation at present.
Of course, although it is fun to play, the VIP template is extremely expensive. Lords, heroes and even BOSSes are divided into different levels. Even the lowest-level bronze-level hero or the weakest skeleton-level BOSS requires an investment of more than 100,000 RMB to unlock.
Usually only rich players can afford this mode.
Morpheus is playing with the BOSS template, and it is a catastrophic BOSS.
(BOSS levels are divided into five levels: skeleton level, horror level, disaster level, world level, and world-destroying level)
Of course, he is not a rich player. He upgraded this Black Dragon BOSS bit by bit from a small black dragon hatchling entirely through his own efforts.
And this brings us to another design in the game - template advancement.
As long as specific conditions are met, a low-level template can be upgraded to a higher-level template.
Soldiers become vassals, vassals become lords, monsters become elites, elites become leaders, leaders become BOSS, BOSS becomes big BOSS...
Of course, it is not easy to advance the template. If you are not careful, you will become a stepping stone for others to advance. Murphy has narrowly escaped death countless times during the advancement process. The reason he can reach this point today is partly due to luck and partly due to his gaming skills.
To this day, in the "Sky World" section of the entire Xingyao live broadcast platform, he has firmly occupied the position of the number one in the monster area, and is considered a celebrity in the entire Sky World gaming circle.
However, being famous also has its own troubles. Every now and then, there would be teams of players coming to attack him, hoping to get his equipment, clear his dungeon, and use him to become famous.
There are even lord players who bring their armies to trigger the 'story campaign', hoping to use their dragon heads to earn reputation and story points.
Ever since he built the Dragon's Nest in the Dragon Flame Mountains three months ago, this situation has become more and more frequent. At the peak, three large waves of adventurers came in one day.
Murphy fought and conquered every day. In three months, he fought more than twenty battles and killed countless adventurers, including an elite team led by two heroic players.
The battle was a bloody one with rivers flowing, and ended with two heroes dying heroically.
Ever since the tragic battle, no regular players have visited this place for a whole week.
However, as soon as Murphy came online today, he found that the Burning Plains was a bit lively, which made him a little excited.
Tsk tsk tsk, these greedy adventurers really never learn their lesson. They are here to give away equipment and heads again. Well, today I will teach you a lesson. You can't win against a BOSS just by having more people.
He turned around slowly, his eyes swept over the monsters under his command one by one, and finally fell on his dragon commander Borax.
Morpheus (Black Dragon Lord): "Go and prepare, Borax. Start at the old place. Bring all your servants with you. Don't let any adventurer go. Don't let me down."
Borax (Dragon Warlord): "As ordered by the great Lord Morpheus, I will not let you down - you all heard it, hurry up and act, you lazy bastards, if you delay Lord Morpheus's work, I will peel off your skin."
The dragon commander swung a flaming whip and drove the monsters down the mountain.
Morpheus is in no hurry to act, he can fly and join the battle at any time, he can wait for the monsters to ambush first. Most importantly, he is a host, it is cool to play a black dragon, but he still has to do his serious work.
Seeing that the time was almost up, he turned on the live broadcast system, adjusted the viewing angle, and started today's game live broadcast.
