Chapter 59: A Cemetery of Talents
With tears of emotion in his eyes, the brainless little devil flew back home half happy and half sad.
After listening to Missy's "tears of joy" report, Queen Sissi was grateful in her heart, but her expression also became a little complicated.
It is true that this old vampire has some mental problems, but his sincerity is indeed touching.
"As expected of a demon from the Demon City... Not only is his strength unfathomable, but his methods of winning people's hearts are also so skillful. Should we say that he has learned from his surroundings? We country demons really can't compare to him."
Sissi, who was sitting on the rock seat, let out a very soft sigh, three parts of her voice were envy and seven parts were appreciation.
Perhaps it won’t be long before all the forces at the top of the maze will bow down to him.
"Missy...are you hot? Why are you sweating so much?" Suddenly noticing a small puddle under Missy's knees, Xixi frowned and looked at her suspiciously.
Although this guy has been acting strange for a while, she felt that he had been acting strangely more often recently, so much so that she couldn't help but worry that the servant had a stomachache.
Missy was sweating profusely, her eyes fixed on the crack on the ground, her knees together as if she was confessing.
"Yes, yes, yes...tears of emotion."
Sissi: “……?”
She remembered that it was Khan she was asking about.
Is this guy out of his mind? ...
The matter of Nightmare Land has come to an end, and the Great Cemetery has one more trump card to use in the war against the Earth Dragon Clan.
No words were spoken that night.
The next morning, Luo Yan got up early and asked Youyou to issue a task to "Help the Demon King wash clothes". Then he went to the kitchen and cooked himself a simple pot of vegetable, minced meat and oatmeal porridge.
For convenience, he specifically asked Arakdo to build him a stone "ice bucket" in the kitchen to store cold and fresh ingredients such as eggs, vegetables and milk.
As for raw meat and fish, he has a special cold storage for storing them, and all this is also thanks to the Shadow Weavers who are good at digging holes.
"It's not a good idea to eat porridge all day... I still have to find a way to hire a chef."
The considerate Youyou popped up from the side and said attentively.
"Master Demon, you still have players! I see that many of the players are singles who can cook for themselves, so please feel free to order them around!"
This guy seems to have learned some weird words from the forum again.
Luo Yan thought for a while and then spoke.
"I know, but I can't let a corpse cook for me."
He is a necromancer, not an undead.
Although he has dealt with corpses many times, it doesn't mean that he can tolerate such a strange thing as rice with ashes.
And who knows what the players will serve him. He can't let Youyou watch them cook all the time and do nothing else.
After finishing breakfast, Luo Yan brought a portion for Sarah and then took a tour of the territory.
It is indeed as Youyou said, all of his players are talented.
Some were weaving, some were doing alchemy, some were raising mushrooms and fiddling with corpses, and some were thinking about improving their equipment.
Although these guys were running around in his territory like headless flies when they first entered the game, after a period of familiarity, they all found their own things to do.
Looking at them busying about, Luo Yan, who was originally a little lazy because he had just got up, couldn't help but perk up.
There are still twenty-four hours before the next batch of players enter the game, and the war between the cemetery and the earth dragons has entered the countdown.
He also had to hurry up.
Just when Luo Yan was about to return to the magic workshop to continue his retreat, a skeleton soldier holding a wooden barrel suddenly trotted up to him.
Xiao Wan was not full: "Master Demon! Your clothes are washed! Please, please wait a moment!"
Hearing the creaking sound, Luo Yan looked at the wooden barrel in the player's hand in surprise.
So fast? He took the wet clothes out of the bucket and took a look. He found that they were surprisingly clean and had a fresh scent of herbal soap.
After putting the clothes back into the barrel, Luo Yan showed an expression of approval on his face.
"good."
Soon Youyou will send the task reward to this little player.
As for these clothes, he just needed to use wind magic to treat them and they would dry quickly.
"...Also, please wait a moment."
Xiao Wan smiled shyly because she was not full. Then she took out a piece of soft silk from the backpack on her back and handed it to the Demon King, saying in a nervous voice.
"This is our latest sample... Do you think it's okay?"
Luo Yan reached out and took the piece of silk as thin as gauze, holding it in his hand and examining it carefully.
Nice touch.
It feels sandy to the touch and is more delicate and soft than ordinary silk.
As for whether it would be in line with the preferences of the surface society... he had no idea.
Anyway, the demons in hell don't wear this stuff, the materials used there are mainly fire-resistant and burn-resistant.
However, based on Luo Yan’s experience eighteen years ago, this thing should still be quite valuable.
"It feels good... Although it is useless in the cemetery, it should be popular in the human world. Do you have any more? I'll ask a human to help you ask later."
It just so happened that he also had something to discuss with Matt.
We'll go to Silverpine Town later.
"Yes, yes!" Xiao Wan, who was originally a little disappointed, nodded excitedly, "We have made a box of similar products. If you think they are good, we can produce some more!"
"Very good." Luo Yan returned the silk in his hand to her and continued, "Try to deliver the samples to my magic workshop before the afternoon. I may only have time today."
"receive--"
Before Xiao Wan's voice fell, a loud explosion suddenly came from the distance.
The dust raised by the explosion engulfed half of the mine and almost blew into Demon King Ridge.
Luo Yan was startled and thought that it was the lizard man who was attacking him, so he subconsciously drew out his wand.
But he soon came to his senses.
That's not some lizard man, it's just nitroglycerin! Who made this thing? ! "Youyou, who did it?!"
Youyou: "I don't know, Lord Demon. The perpetrator has been torn into pieces...Ah! That player has resurrected! It seems that he is the one who swallowed the chemical pool in one gulp."
Luo Yan: “…”
“What’s going on?! Adventurer?! Hey, I’m here! Help—Ahhh~”
Chris grabbed the stone cage with both hands and tried hard to put her face outside to see what was going on.
However, before he could even utter the word "help", his body was hollowed out by a wave of soul-sucking.
"That's enough! Don't do experiments in my mine anymore! Do them outside the cave!"
Luo Yan displayed the majesty of a demon king, roared at the boiling dust, and then gave instructions to Youyou.
"Deduct that guy's contribution value to 0, and then give him a task... Make me a more reliable TNT. If you can do it, I will return the deducted contribution value to him."
Nitroglycerin is actually very useful. It can be used to make smokeless gunpowder, which can double the power of a musket.
However, on the one hand, this thing is too troublesome to preserve, and on the other hand, Luo Yan is worried that with the players' clumsy operation, his side's combat casualties will be higher than the enemy's.
It is better to let this immature technology settle down first.
Youyou: "Demon, Demon King... that guy's contribution value has just been reset to zero, there is no way to deduct it."
Luo Yan couldn't help but twitch the corner of his mouth, and continued speaking without changing his expression.
"Then deduct 500 points from him, and add 600 points for completing the mission."
Youyou responded in a low voice.
"Okay... okay."
…
The explosion near the Demon King's territory was just a minor episode.
Although the explosion caused some mine collapse, that level of collapse was not a problem for Arakdo, and the road was restored in less than an hour.
After returning to the magic workshop, Luo Yan spent most of the day finally memorizing the pronunciation of dragon language that he had copied into his notebook.
After several repeated attempts, he gained a new understanding of this special spell system, Dragon Language Magic.
Like Lint Isaac, he wrote down his thoughts in his notebook in his native language and also copied a copy to the official website.
Many players are interested in spellcasting.
Although junior skeleton soldiers cannot cast spells, these theoretical knowledge can always give them some inspiration.
At least according to his observation, some smart little players have discovered it.
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As long as there is someone to teach you, you can learn skills even if you don't buy skill books from the NPC store.
If you have enough understanding, you can even integrate skills into combos and develop some unprecedented fighting methods.
This part of the content has been updated in a forum post by a player with the ID [一叶知秋].
Luo Yan asked Youyou to add his post to the featured post, which was considered as a like in the name of the game official.
The reason why he sells the skill book at such a high price is actually that he hopes players will study ways to "skip classes" and then create more "new things" through sharing and communication.
And they did not disappoint his expectations. More than 20 players had independently figured out how to condense "spirit" into "qi" and use the method of "killing" without purchasing any skill books.
Like the adventurers, they did not pray to the Dragon God, but used this power naturally after becoming proficient in it.
By the way.
The number of Iron-level players in the Great Cemetery is finally no longer rare, but is heading for three digits as Luo Yan expected...
…
At the entrance to the Beifeng Mine, a path winds upwards.
Two skeletons, one tall and one short, were pushing and pulling a broken wooden cart, one in front and one behind, and on the cart was lying a bear as tall as two people.
The two skeleton soldiers were Yiye Zhiqiu and Hu Wan.
Currently, one of them is LV8 with attributes 5/6/3/1/3, and the other is LV6 with attributes 3/4/7/1/1.
Although the Black Iron-level combat power in the Great Cemetery is no longer rare, the levels of the two are still far ahead.
As for the bear lying on the cart, it was not an ordinary animal, but a monster roaming the western part of Silver Pine Forest... and it was the kind that could send out a shock wave with a roar and could blow down a pine tree with a slap.
After all, it is a game world. The monsters on the surface are not much weaker than those in the maze, and are even stronger.
Yiye Zhiqiu estimated that this guy was at least at the bronze level.
However, despite its strength, this bear has not yet reached spiritual status and still has the IQ of a beast.
After several rounds of pretending to be dead and faking its corpse, the stupid bear was finally killed by Hu Wan with a close-range shot in the head in his rage when he couldn't find his enemy.
The beast would never have imagined until its death that the hunter who ambushed it was actually a skeleton soldier and an undead rat.
In addition to this giant bear that was almost two people tall, the two also hunted many other monsters along the way. However, since they did not find a suitable means of transportation at the time, they simply collected magic crystals and returned the bodies to the forest.
According to a post on the official website by a player named [Table and Stool], most animals in this game world will form magical crystals shortly after death, and these crystals mainly grow in the area from the back of the brain to the spine where neurons are densely populated.
A single leaf confirmed his guess.
Not only the monsters in the maze, but also the wild monsters outside the maze can produce magic crystals.
It's just that the latter are relatively rare in number...
After some effort, the two players finally pushed the cart to the entrance of the cemetery. As luck would have it, Gou Shi was just coming out of the cave, and when he saw the corpse being dragged on the cart, he was stunned for a moment.
"Good fellow, where did you go to make your fortune?"
Yiye Zhiqiu smiled embarrassedly and said in a low-key manner.
"Walked around the neighborhood."
"Nearby means the entire Aos continent, right? I understand!"
Gou Shi couldn't help but complain, then looked at his equipment with envy.
I saw that Yi Ye Zhi Qiu had a long spear with a hook and sickle on his back, a short axe on his waist, he was wearing a set of leather armor, and an open backpack on his back.
The Hu Wan brothers were carrying a short bow and a musket that they had picked up from somewhere, looking like archers.
He still remembered that when these two guys set out, they were still naked, but now they have upgraded their weapons.
As expected, NPC shops are just for fun. If you really want to get rich, you still have to rely on loot.
"Tell me the truth, what level are you now?"
Yi Ye Zhi Qiu: "Not much, not much, still in the single digits."
Gou Shi: "It won't be like that soon, right?"
Yi Ye Zhi Qiu just smiled and didn't continue talking.
Gou Shi was envious for a while, but did not continue to pester her. Instead, he changed the subject.
"By the way, is there any place nearby that's suitable for leveling? A friend of mine made some props and wanted me to try them out to see if they work."
Yi Ye Zhi Qiu shook his head and said.
"To be honest, the best place for leveling up is still the maze. Although the wild monsters outside provide good experience points, the density is too low. It takes a long time to find one."
Perhaps because they are undead, most living creatures will walk around them. Only some guys who are absolutely confident in their own strength will be too disdainful to move.
For example, the bear they encountered before didn't even look at them.
but--
There are exceptions.
Previously, when they passed an area that was suspected to be a mass grave, they were noticed by the undead wandering there.
A four-legged, dog-like rotting creature that seemed to specialize in hunting sentient skeletons. Although those guys were suspected to be of low level, they felt that they were much more dangerous than the bronze-level bear.
Gou Shi scratched the back of his head and said with a rather regretful expression.
"I see... I thought I could surpass others by upgrading outside."
"Your upgrade speed is good enough, there's no need to be so aggressive," Yiye Zhiqiu said with a smile, "I'll update the map on the official website in a while, you can take a look if you're interested."
Gou Shi, who was about to complain about this guy, immediately put a smile on his face after hearing the second half of the sentence.
"Thanks, brother!"
"You're welcome," Yi Ye Zhi Qiu said with a slight smile, "My painting skills are limited, so I hope you can forgive me."
"To be honest, buddy, this place is suitable for picking up junk, but not for leveling up." Hu Wan stretched out his hand to pat Gou Shi's shoulder, but he was too tall to reach him, so he could only awkwardly pat his butt. "Anyway...keep it up."
"Hahaha! I'll try my best!" Gou Shi patted the backpack behind him lightly and said with a grin, "...Of course I want to try it in the maze, but the main thing is that this thing is not allowed to be used in the maze."
Hu Wan was stunned for a moment.
"What is that?"
"Secret weapon," Gou Shi looked at the two of them mysteriously, "I will update the experience on the official website later. Let me have some fun first."
The map is relatively abstract and has no scale. The white part is the foggy part and is for reference only.
(End of this chapter)