Volume 1: The Beginner's First Cry Chapter 12 Being Deceived
After explaining everything, the old man drank the tea in the cup in one gulp. He just sat down comfortably, as if he suddenly remembered something, "Oh, look at my brain, there are a few things I almost forgot to tell you." He patted his head and said, "Luckily I have you as my own to practice. If others saw it, I would be really embarrassed. I am a novice and not familiar with the business. Don't blame me, little brother!"
Tsk, are you kidding me? You old man would be embarrassed. Nowadays, those who can get to the top must be very good at cheating and deceiving people. They must have trained their skin to be thicker than the city wall.
"Although necromancers have many advantages, the world is fair and all living beings are equal. For the sake of professional balance, in order to prevent necromancers from dominating and affecting the development of other professions, some professional restrictions have been added to you. After all, we still have to take care of the peace and stability of the human world. If the undead are rampant everywhere, causing panic and unrest in the human world, the bosses of other forces will protest."
My excited heart suddenly sank, and subconsciously, I felt something was wrong. Damn it, I must not be framed by this old man again!
"In fact, I have tried my best to fight for better welfare . You should have seen that the pet system of the hell skeleton horse has not been opened yet. I negotiated for it with great difficulty. It is used to strengthen your strength. It is definitely the first and only pet in Tianxia. If you were not my favorite student, I would really be reluctant to give it away. I also want to get you some top-quality equipment to enhance your strength and make those birdmen eat it, but there is really no way. To put it bluntly, I am just a gang leader. When you are in the arena, many things are beyond your control!"
The more pitiful the old man sounded, the more unsure I felt. "Stop talking nonsense and get to the point. What are the restrictions?"
"Well, first of all, there is the issue of soul contracts. Since this is an act of forcing someone's will and depriving them of their independence, you will be considered to be attacking first and will be resisted desperately. You cannot summon creatures that have not signed soul contracts. In other words, if you want to have a large army of undead, and want to have powerful undead creatures like dark knights and bone dragons, you must first defeat them and reduce their resistance consciousness to a low level, so that the soul contract can be successfully signed."
My head exploded with a buzzing sound. Is this the true face of "Summoning the Dead"? No wonder the necromancer can't develop. What level do you need to challenge the bone dragon boss? Why can't we use our sincere hearts to influence them, so that they resolutely give up their monotonous and meaningless lives and contribute their own strength to the great cause of the revival of the undead?
"Also, although your soul will not completely perish in the 'Dead Soul Space', your mental power will be reduced when you are hurt or use skills. Once your mental power is exhausted, you can come to me to receive 'Soul Rebirth' and reshape your soul, but as a punishment, your mental power limit will be reduced by 5%."
This is nothing. Is it easy for me to increase a little bit of mental strength? I work so hard, if by accident I lose 5%, it would be too dark. Is there any way I can survive?
"Secondly, signing a soul contract is one thing, and successfully summoning undead creatures is another. Casting the skill of 'Undead Summoning' consumes 80% of your mental power. You cannot use it if it is lower than this value. The strength and number of undead creatures you can actually summon depends entirely on the level of your 80% mental power, so..."
What else is there to say? Even a fool knows that the only way is to work hard to improve your mental strength.
"Also, although the Necromancer can take on another combat profession , the difficulty of the second profession promotion task will be doubled, the skill consumption of mental energy will be doubled, and the skill success rate will be reduced by 20%."
One of the necessary conditions for career advancement is that at least one of the career skills at this level reaches the three-star level. "Skills consume double the mental energy, and the skill success rate is reduced by 20%." This means that I have to work several times harder than others to reach the advancement standards. What a dual career, it's obviously a waste!
"Finally, light and darkness are absolute opposites. The NPCs of the Church of Light will not reason with undead wizards. They will fight them one by one or in groups. They will kill them without mercy and will also announce it to the world, calling on the world to fight against demons and defend the Way. Of course, you don't have to be polite to them. Killing them will increase your qualifications several times the normal value. But I give you a piece of advice. Before you are very strong, try not to provoke them. A hero cannot stand against a large number of people!"
I couldn't bear it any longer, so I jumped up and pointed at his nose and scolded him, "You old man, why did you lie to me? Why didn't you tell me at the beginning?"
The old man was still sitting leisurely, spreading his hands and making an innocent face, "How could I lie to you? Everything I said was the truth. It's just that you didn't ask some things, so I didn't tell you. We NPCs will never lie. At most, we are based on the principle of humanized design and pay attention to some skills and strategies in dealing with people. Although we are gods, in order to better communicate with you humans and reduce the generation gap, our thoughts and behaviors are mostly set according to human nature. This way we are closer to the masses and have a common language!"
I was so angry, but I had no place to vent it, so I fell on the sofa in frustration. Yes, the old man was like Jiang Taigong fishing, willing to take the bait, and he clearly warned me not to be fooled, but I was still so stupid that I fell into it. Who can I blame?
Seeing that I was speechless, the old man came forward to comfort me in a hypocritical manner, "Ah Dai, you don't have to be so discouraged. Generally speaking, the necromancers are still very powerful. You are my little brother, and I will definitely protect you in the dark. As the saying goes, God disposes, but man proposes. As long as you are willing to endure hardships and work hard, you will definitely be able to stand out and dominate the world one day."
"Stop, stop," I jumped up from the sofa. If he kept on nagging like this, I would go crazy. "Do you have a lot of time? Don't you have other work to do just to accompany me?"
The old man sighed, "It's the off-season now, and the game has just started. How can there be so many people cheating? Business is hard!" Then he turned to be puzzled, "How did you cheat? You saw me so soon, and I was not prepared at all. You caught me off guard and almost made a mistake."
I get angry when I talk about this. "I met a wild wolf on my way to the city. I fought it but failed, so I ended up here."
"Hey, there shouldn't be any wild animals near the official road, how did you run into one?"
"Official road? There was no road where I was walking. It was all wilderness. I identified the direction of the city and walked straight there."
The old man laughed loudly. "The villages and cities in Tianxia are connected by official roads. Although it may be a long way, it is relatively safe. New players don't have much ability, so most of them choose to walk along the official roads. Those who walk in the wilderness like you are either confident adventurers or fools."
My face flushed, and I remembered that I seemed to have seen records about the official road in the book, but at that time I was only concerned with my superb attributes, so I didn't remember it for a moment, and the lines shown on the map were a bit roundabout, so I chose the closest "Brave Road". At that time, I was still wondering, I couldn't see a player along the way, and I didn't know how other players dealt with these wild wolves. But he refused to admit defeat, "If I didn't go through the wilderness, how could I come here, and be lured by you to become a necromancer, and absorb such an outstanding talent like me to join, that is your luck, and also the blessing of the necromancer. Okay, stop talking so much nonsense, think carefully, see if there is anything else that needs to be explained, don't miss anything, I have wasted so much time here, I have to go out and improve my strength quickly. Really, you have provoked too many enemies, it's really a headache."
