Chapter 85 The Stingy King
"The Land of Divine Grace?"
“A western fantasy role-playing game in which players will play the role of a brave warrior summoned by the king to go to another world to recruit partners to defeat the devil…”
Early in the morning, Liang Xiaodong, who had just logged into "Star Emperor" and was planning to embark on the journey to immortality and look for writing inspiration, suddenly saw an official announcement.
The announcement was simple.
The main purpose is to inform all players that Tianba Studio has developed a new game, which is now open for early access. Interested players can click on the link to browse more details.
Liang Xiaodong originally wanted to delete the announcement.
How busy he is!
After rubbing his hands twice to get inspiration for the road to immortality, he still has to work hard on writing to satisfy the unsatisfied readers.
But he glanced at the announcement and suddenly became interested in this RPG game called "Shennong Continent"...
What a coincidence!
Before becoming a writer of fantasy novels, Liang Xiaodong first wrote Western fantasy novels.
He still remembers that his debut work "The King of Special Forces in Another World" depicted a world of swords and magic. At that time, he loved reading Western fantasy novels.
Elves, orcs, succubi and dragon riders are all his favorites.
The emergence of the ancient magical book "Panlong" further stimulated his creative passion, so he got excited and started his career as an online writer.
The game description of "Land of Divine Grace" reminded him of the failed Western fantasy novel he had written before, so he became interested and wanted to see what this game was like.
Codeword?
Why do I need to write? Wasn't it just updated yesterday? Why do I need to update it today? Liang Xiaodong didn't care about anything else when he thought about it. He didn't even bother to fight for immortality. He clicked on the link in the announcement and found the game "Shenneng Continent" on the Steam platform.
This game is in Early Access!
There is no official version or deluxe version, and the only optional content is an early access trial version for 57 yuan.
"First-hand experience?"
Liang Xiaodong was a little hesitant, mainly because he had never bought a game in the early access stage. He heard from friends that it was easy to fall into traps in early access, as many games were half-finished products.
How about waiting for the official version?
He looked again at the official announcement and the official "release date" given by the Steam platform.
The official version will be released in June, so we have to wait for three months, which is too long...
Moreover, the early access version is cheaper than the official version. According to the official description, the price of the official version should be 68 yuan, which is 11 yuan more expensive!
"Forget it, I'll buy it first as a token of respect."
As an old player of "Star Emperor", Liang Xiaodong still has a good impression of Tianba Studio. He thinks 57 yuan is indeed not bad, so he just bought it and put it into storage.
The game is about 4.76G and it will be downloaded and installed in a short while.
[This game is in the early access testing stage, and some game content has not been unlocked. If you encounter any problems, please contact us in time through the built-in feedback channel...]
As soon as I opened the game, a window popped up on the screen before the initial UI was loaded.
Liang Xiaodong took a look and didn't take it seriously.
During the early access stage, the official added a feedback channel in a prominent position on the game interface to facilitate players to provide screenshots or game bug information.
This is not the point, Liang Xiaodong doesn't care about this. He only cares whether the game is fun. If it is not fun, he will initiate a refund.
Do you really think 57 yuan is not a lot of money? "Let me see, a new beginning, old memories, game settings..."
As soon as you enter the game, you will see the UI interface of a regular stand-alone game. As the name suggests, a new start is a new game, and the old memories are the save interface, which is pretty easy to understand.
After changing the game to window mode so that he could easily switch to the book club and peek into readers' chats at any time, Liang Xiaodong created a new file and entered the game.
The screen slowly fades to black.
A line of words appeared: You woke up...
The screen brightened, and the protagonist of the game, a brave man who traveled from the modern world to another world, slowly stood up from the magic circle.
The hall is magnificent, and its decoration style is a bit like a medieval church. It is guarded by a group of guards. Among the crowd there is a white-haired magician wearing a white robe and holding a staff.
Tap, tap, tap! There were rapid and dull footsteps, and the slightly plump king, wearing gorgeous clothes and a crown on his head, walked in with his entourage.
Temple Mage: "Your Majesty, the legend is true, we really summoned a hero!"
King: “Great!”
Everyone was very excited, and the king even walked up to the brave man and asked about his situation.
The brave man had just crossed over and his mind was in a daze. He knew nothing about the king's questions.
There is no mistake in the poem, post, content, and read the book on 6, 9, and bar!
Before the hero could sort out his thoughts, there was a commotion outside the door. It turned out that the Demon King learned about the hero's summoning ceremony and sent monsters to sabotage it.
In a panic, the king was taken away by the guards. The templar wizard gave the brave a buff and handed him a long sword, saying that it was his turn to perform. This old man was relying on you to protect him.
What should I do then?
I have no choice but to go ahead with it!
The first battle between the brave man and the demonized wild boar officially begins...
"Turn-based?"
After taking a look at the battle interface, Liang Xiaodong quickly figured out the general gameplay. After all, he had played many turn-based games, and even if he had never eaten pork, he had seen pigs run, so he was not a complete novice.
The difficulty of the first battle after the time travel is still very low. It basically provides players with a novice tutorial to adapt to the fighting method.
“-57!”
After being bitten twice by the wild boar, he swung his sword at the demonized wild boar, and soon the demonized wild boar turned into a cloud of smoke and disappeared, and the battle ended.
[Get 5 copper coins, brave sword]
After the battle, Liang Xiaodong counted the gains and found that the rewards were extremely stingy. Such a big wild boar only gave 5 copper coins? Equivalent to 0.5 silver coins and 0.05 gold coins?
The Brave Sword sounds mighty and majestic, but in fact it is just like what the village chief called "the best sword in the village". Even the attribute dogs shook their heads when they saw it.
Never mind, it’s better to have something than nothing.
After driving away the demonized wild boar, the old temple wizard told Liang Xiaodong that a terrifying demon king had appeared in the Shen'en Continent, invaded the kingdom and abducted the princess. As a brave man, he needed to ask the king about the situation.
A standard main quest! Nothing much to say. After Liang Xiaodong adjusted himself, he cleared the monsters and soldiers along the corridor, raised his level to level 3, and met the king in the side hall of the palace.
The king was very generous and gave him 10 gold coins as starting capital, then waved his hand and said: Brave man, go and defeat the devil and save the world!
"My goodness, you are a king and you only give me this little money. It's hard for me to do anything for you!"
Liang Xiaodong looked at the 10 gold coins in his backpack and was full of contempt for the king.
You asked me to save your daughter, but you only gave me this little money. Are you sending away a beggar? Can you be more generous when asking for favors? You are the ruler of a country, but you only have 10 gold coins in your pocket?
That's so lame!
(End of this chapter)