Volume 5 Chapter 28: Rookie Stranger
"Thunder Emperor! You bastard! Oh my god, as a sacred beast, you are as lazy as a pig?"
Now I have begun to doubt whether it was the right decision to go to so much trouble to get a sacred beast as a pet?
In fact, holy beast-level pets are not as powerful as everyone imagines. Once they become pets, their abilities will be greatly weakened. This is fine. Otherwise, if I really bring a pet with the same power as the ultimate boss, can't I go and massacre the city by myself? Will other players still be able to survive?
In comparison, a holy beast-level pet is only about three times stronger than a monster-level pet of the same level. If it can be trained to the same level as the player, it may be a little stronger than the player, but that is almost impossible, because pets also rely on gaining experience to level up. Like players, the more experience they need in the later stages, or even more than players. Therefore, except for those perverted players who specialize in training pets, pets are generally lower in level than their owners.
However, although a Holy Beast pet is three times stronger than a monster pet , its upgrade requires three times more experience, so it takes much longer to train it, and may not have much advantage in the early stage, but it will be very powerful in the later stage - it is very difficult to upgrade a level 100 monster pet to another level; a level 33 Holy Beast pet has the same ability, and it requires three times the experience of a level 33 monster pet to level up to level 34, but it is still a lot less than 100 to 101, so, the level gap will gradually narrow, and the power of the Holy Beast pet will slowly be reflected. In addition, the Holy Pet's AI is much higher, and this aspect seems to be no compromise, and it is the same as the AI of the ultimate Boss, so under the same strength, the Holy Pet fights more cunningly and has a much greater chance of winning.
However, the initial training of the holy beast is really too difficult!
There are two modes for pets to gain experience. One is to share experience with the owner. Every time a monster is killed, the total experience gained increases by 10%, of which 20% goes to the pet and 80% goes to the owner. The other is independent mode, which means the pet kills monsters by itself and enjoys the experience alone.
My baby Qilin, Lei Di, is currently at level one.
If I take it out to level up using the sharing mode, now I will kill high-level monsters, and I can get tens of thousands of experience points for each one I kill. So shouldn't Thunder Emperor get about 10,000?
Wait a minute, there is a level difference coefficient in front of the sharing mode. I am currently level 68, and the level difference with my pet is 67. The formula for calculating the level difference coefficient is (pet level/level difference) squared. If it exceeds 1, it is calculated as 1. Then, the actual experience gained by Lei Di is only 10000×(1/67)×(1/67), which is more than 2 experience points!
This clearly means that players are not allowed to quickly level up their babies!
So, at the beginning I could only let Lei Di go hunting by himself.
The newborn Thunder Emperor is about the size of a pug, and has no special skills. He only has the innate Kirin Holy Fire and Heavenly Thunder Summoning (the power of both is still very weak, and increases with the level). His attack and defense attributes are rubbish. Well, it's better not to mention it, so as not to lose face for the Holy Beast clan.
So I brought Thunder Emperor to the vicinity of the Novice Village - now it can still fight slimes, but if it encounters goblins, it will be stewed into dog meat hot pot and eaten by the enemies.
Currently, almost all those who like to play games have entered Fantasy, and have already passed level 10. In the novice village, there are only some noobs among noobs who have never played online games before and have just been attracted by Fantasy, this world-famous game. The number of them is extremely small, and there are even some novice villages with no one at all.
So now the mountains and plains near the Novice Village are full of slimes. There is no need to compete with those newcomers for monsters, otherwise it would be really embarrassing. As the number one person in Fantasy, am I going to compete with newbies for slimes?
"Close the door, release the dog... No, release the Qilin!"
I gave the order to Thunder Emperor to attack the slime, and I saw a purple-red "puppy" bravely rushed up and started a extremely brutal fight with a slime, killing so many people that the sky was dark and the sun and moon lost their light!
After fighting for three hundred rounds, the Slime was finally defeated by the Holy Beast (Slime: Damn! What do you mean finally defeated? You brought the strongest ultimate Boss in the fantasy world to bully me, a lowly monster, and you still think you are right). The Thunder Emperor ran back happily, wagging his tail at me, boasting about his contribution, hoping to get my praise.
I was horrified by what I saw, and almost wanted to scream to the heavens. Is this a sacred pet? Is this the Kirin that I worked so hard to get? Although I understand that a game must be balanced, you shouldn't weaken the sacred beast like this!
I endure and wait, as long as I can get through these first and most difficult days, everything will be fine. According to the level difference formula, as long as I cultivate Thunder Emperor to level 20 or above, I can take it with me to level up. Then its level will increase quickly, and it will not slow down until after level 40.
So I had to order it to continue to fight monsters, and I was bored watching a holy beast bullying a slime. I couldn't leave. A holy pet with high AI is good, but it also has troubles. It will show a strong attachment to its owner and may not obey orders to practice alone here. It may run to find me soon. And I am not at ease leaving it here alone. What if a slime king appears or a high-level player passes by and kills the little unicorn? Although pets can be resurrected, each time they die, not only will they lose experience, but their loyalty and growth rate will also be reduced.
Moreover, I couldn't go up to help. Although I could kill a large number of slimes in seconds with one move, it would automatically switch to experience sharing mode. And with my level, the experience gained from killing slimes was 0, so neither I nor Thunder Emperor would get any experience at all.
If it were just that, it would be fine, but I didn't expect that after killing slimes for 4 hours, the Thunder Emperor had only just reached level 3. It suddenly stopped, walked back to me, and ignored my orders to continue working. It looked at me with its innocent big eyes pitiful look. After making a fuss for a long time, when it saw that I still didn't understand, it simply rolled on the ground with its four hooves spread out and its belly facing the sky (although the little Qilin has a high AI, it cannot speak yet, but a holy pet that has grown to a certain level can communicate with its owner through language, and at a higher level it can even transmit information directly through the mind).
I realized then that it was hungry. If it's hungry, you have to feed it, or people will sue me for animal abuse, right? Besides, the Qilin is an extremely rare species!
Although I have never had a pet, I know that pets in dreams need to be fed, so I prepared dried meat and other food for it. However, after I took out the dried meat, the little Qilin didn't even look at it. I put the dried meat to its mouth, but it kept shaking its head.
I asked curiously, "You don't like meat? Are you a vegetarian?"
The little Qilin nodded repeatedly!
I was even more puzzled and said, "If you're a vegetarian, isn't there grass here? Wouldn't you go and nibble on it yourself?"
The little Qilin immediately hung his head, looking extremely depressed.
What on earth does it want to eat? I was scratching my head when a voice suddenly came from behind me, saying, "The Qilin is a natural spirit beast. It will not eat anything other than the essence of plants and trees. How can it be fed with ordinary grass? It should be fed with purple ganoderma, red fruit, green orchid, snow ginseng, and spathiphyllum."
Every time that person called out a name, Thunder Emperor would blink his eyes, his eyeballs became very bright, and even... a trace of saliva flowed down!
Holy shit! They are all top-grade medicinal herbs, very expensive. Kirin feed on them, and even a person with less wealth would be eaten to bankruptcy!
But who was the person who reminded me? The official has not given detailed information about the Holy Favor. The knowledge of Qilin's diet should be from the miscellaneous books of gods and monsters. Even though I read widely, I still don't know that this person can have such knowledge. He must be a well-read person.
I turned around and saw a handsome young man, still wearing a novice's cloth clothes, holding a dagger and chopping a slime there intermittently. His posture and movements were extremely awkward. I couldn't help laughing. This guy must have underdeveloped motor nerves in real life and no gaming experience at all. He was a complete rookie.
I glanced at it with my gaze and found that it was wise and level 8.
Seeing how hard he was fighting a slime, I couldn't help but give him some pointers: "The weak spot of a slime is in the center of its body. Stab it at the core and you can kill it quickly."
The man waved the dagger in a panic and said with a bitter face: "I know that too! But I can't control it! Tsk, the time ratio of zero-degree fantasy to reality is 1.6:1, I'm really not used to it!"
I was stunned. I had actually forgotten about this. The time ratio has been adjusted with each upgrade. Currently, 1 hour in reality is equal to 1.6 hours in the game. For people who are entering the game for the first time, everything has become much faster. Before they get used to it, it's as if their actions have all gone into slow motion and the movements can't keep up with the brain's thinking.
For veteran players like me, since I made gradual adjustments during multiple upgrades, I didn't feel anything and got used to it quickly. But for newbies, a change of 60% is indeed not something they can adapt to in a short period of time.
It is said that some players have reported this problem to the company, and New Era Group has promised to launch a solution soon, but I have never come into contact with such newbies, so I didn't pay much attention to it before.
Even so, he has reached level 8 and has been in the game for some time, but he still seems extremely clumsy. One can only say... this person probably has no talent for playing games.
I couldn't help him even if I wanted to, because new players cannot team up with other players before reaching level 10.
It took him another two or three minutes to deal with the slime before he came over to greet me.
I didn't expect that this rookie gentleman would say my name right away: "Haha, I didn't expect that the famous Thunder Alliance Leader, His Excellency Bloody Sky, would be interested in coming to this desolate novice village to play. I am so wise. I feel honored to meet you!"
I asked curiously, "You probably haven't left the Novice Village yet, how come you recognize me?"
"The leader is so famous that even people who don't play games have seen him in New Era Group's advertising videos!"
I remembered it, it was the first episode of the promotional video "Dream Chronicles" produced by the company, with scenes of thunder, brothers, violence, and proud battles. It was said to be a hit on many TV stations and websites!
"Haha, so you've never played online games before, but now you're attracted to Fantasy?"
"That's right. I'm not interested in games, but Fantasy has something that attracts me."
I asked in confusion, "Fantasy is indeed well done, but the trailer has been playing for a long time, right? Since you are interested, why are you just entering the game now? Excuse me, you have no gaming experience and you are much behind others at the beginning, so I am afraid it will be very difficult to play the game in the future. Didn't the New Era Group promise to launch a secondary server for novices soon? Why don't you just wait a little longer, enter the secondary server first, and then transfer to the main server after accumulating a certain level of experience?"
"Haha," Duo Suan Mingzhe said with a casual smile, "I entered this game not to pursue a high level. I make a living from this." He pointed to his head.
I laughed when I heard that. "Brother, you may not know much about Fantasy. There are indeed some people in Fantasy who make a living by selling information, spying on information, designing and building, but that also requires a certain level of foundation, not to say too high, but at least to be able to get by. Some people come to Fantasy purely for fun, traveling around, and if they don't have enough strength, they can't go to slightly dangerous places, and many places with wonderful scenery are also where high-level monsters appear."
Duo Suan Mingzhe shook his head and said, "Alliance leader misunderstood my meaning a little bit, but it doesn't matter. We will have the chance to meet again in the future. It is fate that we met today. I would like to give you a piece of advice. The Jinglei Alliance is a big tree that attracts the wind. The people in the big alliance are unstable. When you go to attack Lianzhen in the future, you must be careful of internal changes!"
I was shocked. Who is this person? How can a rookie who just entered the game know so much about the situation in Pojun City?
Duo Suan Mingzhe bowed to me and turned to walk towards the village. I hurriedly said, "Brother Mingzhe, walk slowly! I have some questions for you!"
Mingzhe's voice came slowly, "Alliance leader, there is no need to say more. I can't answer your question now. If we are destined to meet again in the future, we will meet again!"
This person gradually walked away. I lowered my head and pondered for a while. Regardless of his identity, his words were not without reason. It's just that I have taken some precautions. Besides, the Grand Alliance is in a good period of development. It will benefit everyone if we work closely together. Although the Thunder Alliance may gain more advantages, other gangs will inevitably be dissatisfied, but they should not cause internal strife in the near future. What Mingzhe said was a bit too much.
Suddenly I felt a pain in my leg. Lei Di held my calf with his front paws and bit my calf hard. He was so hungry!
I quickly took it back to the headquarters and asked Lao Zhou to borrow some top-quality medicinal herbs such as Ganoderma lucidum and ginseng. The little Qilin immediately pounced on it happily and started to eat it. Well , eat it, eat it. After all, I am the leader of the alliance and I can finally afford to support you.
However, after eating, Lei Di, with his bulging little belly, burped comfortably a few times, then lay down on the ground and fell into a deep sleep, and no matter how I called him, he would not wake up.
Later, when Lei Di grew up and could communicate with me, I asked him why he slept 20 hours a day when he was young. He said disdainfully, "Do human babies only need to sleep eight hours a day?"
I$%…#@&, how would I know that monster-level pet cubs are not as difficult to serve as you!
