Volume 2: The Road to Dragon Feast Chapter 65: Royal Guards
Damn, he actually is a player. I didn’t even realize it before.
Murphy was surprised. The man lost his previous respectful attitude towards the prince. He said helplessly, "Okay, I won't pretend anymore. I'm a player." He looked at Murphy pitifully and said, "Your Highness, you won't chase me away, will you?"
Murphy shook his head. The main reason why he didn't want player soldiers as his subordinates was because he was afraid of being pitted. Since the other party was obviously not a pitter, there was naturally no need to drive him away.
However, he was still somewhat surprised, mainly because this person acted too convincingly. His every move before that was just like that of an honest and dull infantryman.
Soldier templates and monster templates usually do not display names, only titles. For example, the name displayed on the head of the person in front of him is [Sword and Shield Infantry], which is the most standard image of Alliance infantry. The term "foot man" was originally used to describe them. Murphy used the lord's authority to check the other party's name, which was Razidanan. It was a name without any characteristics, but not too ordinary. No wonder he was deceived before.
After telling his men to clean up the battlefield, Murphy called over Lazidanan and asked, "How did you learn to play the soldier template?"
"Because it's free. Of course, the most important thing is that I want to experience what it's like to be a soldier. In real life, I signed up to join the army, but unfortunately I failed the physical examination. My myopia is too severe, so I can only satisfy my craving in the game."
"Then why choose infantry? At least choose a ranged one, so you can at least snatch the monsters."
“I chose infantry because they have helmets, which makes it easier to hide my identity. For us, if our expressions are too vivid, we will be easily recognized. Nowadays, hero players and lord players don’t like to lead players, so I have no choice.
In fact, most players are quite reliable, and they are not as dull as NPCs. If used well, they are much more useful than NPCs. "
Mo Fei thought to himself that you are a soldier, so of course you said that, "Haha, then why do you think people still don't like to lead players? Is it just because of prejudice?"
"It can't be said to be prejudice. There are indeed quite a few bad apples among the players. Player soldiers were not so unpopular before. It was mainly because of a few incidents that happened a while ago. Several heroes were killed by their player soldiers. There were also wars between lords. There were spies of the other side among their soldiers. They reported each other's positions and ended up being ambushed. As all kinds of shit happened, player soldiers naturally became unpopular. After all, NPCs are 100% considered, and the probability of players cheating people is still there no matter how low it is.
This is understandable. If I were in your shoes, I wouldn't be happy to take player soldiers out. I can only say that those players who act as spies and cheat others are too disgusting. They directly harm the reputation of our player soldiers."
In fact, there is one point that Razidanan did not mention. The real biggest problem is that now it is a buyer's market. Heroes and lords have the right to choose, but soldiers do not, so they can only reap what they sow.
Murphy nodded, thinking that this guy had a very clear vision. What he feared most was the giant baby player who complained about everything. If he really met such a person, he would drive him out no matter what. Since he was sensible, he would just take him with him.
"Okay, as long as you listen to my instructions, it doesn't matter if I help you level up."
In fact, players also have their advantages, just like the kind of cooperation just now, which is very difficult to achieve with NPCs.
NPC can only accept direct commands. If you ask it to stay in one place, as long as there is no new command, it will not move even if it starves to death. It will remain indifferent even if it sees you being killed.
Players need to be much more flexible, and the key is still the scorer.
The battlefield was cleaned up and the two Alterac hunters skinned a lot of snowman fur, which was quite valuable. Murphy ordered to continue moving forward, and the team continued to move into the mountains.
There are snowmen everywhere in this area. After killing so many of them, Murphy has summed up some experience. Snowmen are extremely powerful, but their defense is weak. Their flesh and blood bodies are very vulnerable to piercing attacks, and because of their large size, they are simply living targets. As long as the crossbowmen have sufficient space to output, no matter how many come, they will be valuable experience.
Murphy would occasionally go up and show off his moves, but once the excitement of chopping people wore off, he rarely went up, mainly because it was too easy to kill monsters with a volley of crossbowmen, so he just watched the fun.
In this way, he leveled up in less than an hour while walking and grinding. Seeing Murphy's leisurely look, Lazidanan couldn't help but ask, "Your Highness, can you let me finish off a few more enemies?"
"Why?"
"Well, we soldiers can't get much experience if we follow the team. If we want to level up, we have to get more kills. I'm still a few thousand experience points away from advancing, so can you please give me some convenience? I promise not to cause any trouble."
Originally, when a monster was killed, the soldiers in the team could only get 1% of the experience points. But if the soldiers killed the monster personally, they could get 10%. The difference of ten times is quite big. Of course, Murphy always gets the lion's share. This is the advantage of being a prince.
Murphy nodded. "Okay, if you can grab it, go ahead. But be careful and don't die. We don't have a healer in our team."
There would be no loss for him by doing this. If he could upgrade a third-level soldier, it would also be beneficial to the combat effectiveness of the entire team.
In the following battle, Razidanan rushed to the front of the team. Whenever a snowman was shot by the crossbowmen and was reduced to low health, Razidanan would bravely rush forward to finish him off. Finishing off the snowman is a task that tests one's skills. One must rush up when the snowman is left with only a trace of health. If one goes up too early or too late, no kills will be achieved. It can be seen that Razidanan is quite skilled in this task. He first finished off a few lone snowmen, then a direwolf, and then killed a few mountain creepers.
Another snowman was shot into a bloody skin, "Let me do it!" Razidanan suddenly rushed over and stabbed the snowman's heart with a sword. With a flash of white light, he actually advanced.
[System prompt: A soldier in your army has accumulated enough military merits and can be promoted to a higher rank.]
Not bad! Murphy thought with some surprise.
The level of soldiers is fixed. For example, the sword and shield infantry is level 26. No matter how many monsters they kill, they are always level 26. Only when the level of the soldiers is upgraded will the character level be upgraded.
Sword and Shield Infantry usually have two advancement options, the level 34 Highland Warrior and the level 38 Highland Swordsman. Once upgraded, the level, equipment, and skills will all be in place with one click, which is very convenient.
Murphy opened the troop list and sure enough, a + sign appeared above the head of a sword and shield infantryman, indicating that it was an upgradeable unit.
Click Upgrade and three options appear.
【Highland Warrior ( Level 34)
Upgrade cost: 120 gold coins.
Characteristics of the troops: charge, armor-piercing attack, and fearless combat.
Equipment: Thick leather armor, two-handed battle axe
Soldier introduction: A brave warrior holding a battle axe, with higher attack power and health points than ordinary infantry, and can quickly break into the enemy's formation. 】
【Highland Swordsman (Level 38)
Upgrade cost: 165 gold coins.
Characteristics of the troops: sweeping, heavy slashing, anti-infantry unit.
Soldier equipment: thick leather armor, two-handed greatsword.
Introduction to the army: A swordsman with superb sword skills, armed with a two-handed greatsword, can exert great power in melee combat, and is especially good at fighting against groups of infantry units. 】
[Royal Guards (Level 39)——(Royal exclusive unit)
Upgrade cost: 200 gold coins.
Characteristics of the troops: shield defense, spear thrust, high armor, and resistance to charge.
Equipment: Royal Guards Armor, Royal Guards Spear, Royal Zither Shield.
Introduction to the troops: This elite infantry corps was formed by King Aiden Perenolde of Alterac himself. It is the main garrison force of the Royal City of Alterac. Its sophisticated equipment gives it good defense and can effectively resist the enemy's charge.
Highland Swordsman is a special soldier in Alterac. You need to be level 38 to convert to it. It is the top among the third-level soldiers and has amazing melee damage.
The Highland Warrior is much inferior. Its only feature is that it has a charge skill, which is somewhat useful when cutting the back row, and it is immune to fear.
As for the Royal Guards, this hidden type of soldier that spawns from the prince's background, if they go up one level, they will become Alterac's ace troop, the fourth-level Knights of the North Wind. If the Knights of the North Wind go up one level further, they will either become fifth-level super soldiers or directly advance to elite templates.
Even though players with the soldier template can level up quickly, their death rate is also extremely high, especially in major battles between lords. Almost all of them are story-based battles, and after a major battle, one side is often completely wiped out suffers more than half of its members being killed or wounded.
If the lord has high medical skills, more people can survive, otherwise they will have to start all over again.
And even if you reach the elite level, it makes no difference, people will still die in piles on the battlefield. From this point of view, except for the adventurer players who are not afraid of death, the other templates are almost all hardcore chicken-eating modes.
Murphy strongly suspected that this was a conspiracy by the game company, a mechanism designed to cheat players out of their money, but there was little evidence.
Among the three choices, Murphy decisively chose to upgrade the Royal Guards. He now urgently needed a tank to hold the line. With a flash of white light, Razidanan, who was originally wearing leather armor and holding a sword and shield, instantly turned into a heavy armored warrior wearing heavy plate armor and holding a spear and shield.
Razidanan was shocked. He looked at the spear and shield in his hands with a complicated expression.
"Speaking of which, Your Highness, you know that the free troops you receive will be automatically handed in every week, right?"
Murphy was speechless. Damn, there is such a setting? He thought these soldiers would be his private army in the future. Wouldn't the 200 gold coins be wasted? The current exchange rate between gold coins and RMB is basically 1:10, which means 2,000 yuan. It was enough for his living expenses for a month before.
Well, it can’t be said to be a waste of money, at least I can make full use of it during this week.
Although he felt annoyed in his heart, he smiled calmly, "Of course I know. It's just 200 gold coins. Consider it as making friends. And I believe your performance this week will be worth it."
