Half an hour later.
Polaris and others finally saw Jack walking out of the headquarters tent in the open space of the military camp, and they hurried to greet him.
"Mr. Jack."
"Have you been waiting here for a long time?"
Chen Lun said with a smile when he saw the dozen or so people gathering in front of him.
He held up his silver cane and pointed to a tent not far away, which was his personal resting place.
"Come and tell me what's going on."
Dongyang and others opened their mouths, then immediately closed them, followed Jack obediently, and walked into the big tent together.
Although the rain just now wet the ground around, the tent looked clean and refreshing. The ground was covered with a soft red and white blanket. Several folding chairs were placed randomly in the tent around a conference table.
Seeing that there seemed to be not enough folding chairs in the tent, Chen Lun picked up the silver cane and pointed casually. Some small teacups placed on the table instantly made a bang and turned into "fat cats" of various colors in the white mist. They were lifelike, but motionless, like sculptures. Following Chen Lun's guidance, they floated up and flew to the carpet, acting as benches.
"Everyone, please sit down."
He said to the crowd.
Dongyang and others seemed to have long been accustomed to Mr. Jack's various magical methods. After paying respectful salutes, they sat on the backs of those "fat cats" naturally.
However, there were some new faces among the group of players. After sitting down, they stroked the cat's back under their buttocks in surprise. The soft and real touch of the fur made them feel very magical... Mr. Jack's sequence ability can actually turn a teacup into a cat
Chen Lun took off his top hat and placed it on the table, then he looked at the three new faces among the players.
The other party was also a top player in the circus, but he had never met Chen Lun before. He came with Dongyang and others this time because they also ranked in the top ten in the "extra task".
'Pumpkin, Claw Hammer, and the Invincible Charizard... I don't have much impression of these three players.'
Chen Lun thought about it and said:
"I saw your performance in the bridgehead. You did a great job."
"You flatter me, Mr. Jack."
Dongyang spoke on behalf of everyone, bowing his head slightly.
"Excessive modesty is actually extreme arrogance, warriors from foreign lands."
Chen Lun applied what he had learned immediately, and directly told the players what General Vance had said to him. With his calm face and half-smiley eyes, the dozen or so high-level players felt like they were being seen through.
"Well... since you are the most outstanding foreign warriors, I will naturally fulfill my promise and give you the rewards you deserve."
As he spoke, he raised his hand and some items appeared on the table.
Immediately, Chen Lun distributed rewards to the top ten players one by one. Among them, Weiyin, Su Keying, Longwang, Tutu, Kucha Nana and Kuang Benkuang did not have enough points to rank in the top ten, so they could only look at the others with regret and envy.
For the basic reward of "Sequence Eight Supernormal Knowledge", all ten players chose the Fate-related Fortune Teller... The reason is simple. Both Jack and Polaris have shown the players how powerful the Fate-related Supernormals are. Perhaps a large part of the reason is Jack's own peculiarity, but this does not prevent them from feeling that the knowledge of the Fate-related is the most precious.
Whether this knowledge is useful or not is secondary. At worst, you can sell it on the black market and get enough money in return.
Even though the game has now reached version 2.0 and the exchange rate between real credit points and copper crores has been reduced to 1:10, this knowledge can at least be sold for 1,000 gold pounds, or 1 million credit points.
The third place went to Dongyang. In addition to extraordinary knowledge, he would also receive a C-level strange item. Chen Lun specially selected a palm-sized ancient copper pot from Fuluo Yin's works. It was called Burning Dancer, which could pour out flammable oil and increase the power of fire. Whether it was applied on fists or weapons, or even soaked in bullets or set traps, it could play a very good role.
Most importantly, it is inexhaustible and will replenish itself every seventy-two hours, enough to become Dongyang's core equipment.
"Thank you, Mr. Jack."
Dongyang took the copper kettle, stroking the ancient patterns on it lovingly. He tried to pour a little out and put it on his index finger, then released his own sequence ability. The next second, a bright flame suddenly burst out, and everyone in the tent could feel the hot air wave coming towards them.
When the flames went out, everyone looked at them with envy.
Dongyang suddenly felt a little dry in the mouth, and his palms turned white and peeled. He understood that this was the price of this strange thing. It would drain water from his body depending on the amount of use. If it was excessive, it would even drain his blood.
"Have some tea."
Chen Lun smiled and moved his fingers slightly, and the teapot on the table flew up by itself, pouring a cup of warm tea into the cup, and then the teacup floated in front of Dongyang.
The latter hurriedly thanked him, took the cup, drank some water, and then breathed a sigh of relief.
The second-placed player was somewhat beyond Chen Lun's expectations. She was "Pumpkin" among the three unfamiliar faces. She was a girl with short hair, and her figure was as petite as the tail tone, but she walked the path of flesh and blood.
It was hard for Chen Lun to imagine what kind of scene it would be that would make men "freeze" when such a lovely girl released the butcher's sequence ability.
According to the reward rules he customized, he gave Pumpkin Girl a Sequence Eight Supernatural Knowledge, a standard weird object, and a letter of support from a circus cadre.
Regarding the letter of support, he also kindly asked for the other party's opinion:
"Which cadre do you want the letter from?"
"Antonio."
Pumpkin looked up and said without hesitation.
She seemed prepared and smiled brightly.
"Captain, I want Antonio's letter of support!"
I don't know whether it was because the cow's appearance was pleasing, or because she knew Anton's amazing fighting ability, so she chose this cadre who was parasitized by the Beyond Grade A Weird Creature - Blasphemous Holy Sword.
"Yeah, no problem."
Chen Lun immediately wrote the name "Antonio" on the envelope with a pen and stamped it with his own seal.
When handing over the letter, he smiled and said:
"Anton is learning human language. He may not be able to read the entire letter, but he will understand its meaning... Please use the letter properly."
"I know, Captain."
Pumpkin, who had learned imperial etiquette from somewhere, bent towards Chen Lun and patted his left chest.
After distributing her rewards, Chen Lun finally turned around and looked at the North Star with a look of satisfaction on his face.
"You didn't disappoint me, Northstar."
"teacher."
Polaris took a deep breath and lowered his head.
Only his slightly clenched fists told everyone that he was very excited at the moment.
Chen Lun gave him extraordinary knowledge as usual, and at the same time asked about the candidates for the support letter. Polaris thought for a few seconds and slowly replied:
"I want Noah first... ahem, Noah's letter of support."
Halfway through his words, he remembered that he had lost favorability points twice before for calling him "sir", and changed his words reflexively.
Chen Lun seemed to know about this as well. He looked at Polaris meaningfully and reminded him casually:
"Noah likes sweets. You can prepare some exquisite candies for him. I think he will be very happy then... This way, when you ask him for help, he will be more willing to help."
Noah's impression of Polaris had fallen to indifference, which would obviously affect the effectiveness of the support letter. Chen Lun's reminder immediately made Polaris overjoyed.
Ever since Polaris received Noah's assistance last time, he has been recalling the exhilarating pleasure of battle. It's a pity that Dongyang and others are "too low in level" to cooperate with him tacitly... At the same time, he was also annoyed that he had offended Noah twice in a row, and didn't know how to make up for his good impression. Now he finally got the answer from his teacher.
"However, Noah is out for some reason and will not be back for some time... so this letter of support cannot be used at the moment."
Chen Lun handed the letter to Polaris and spoke slowly.
"I understand, teacher."
Polaris nodded and carefully put the letter into the inner pocket of his jacket.
Chen Lun then took out a small crossbow. It was made entirely of wood and covered with sharp serrated patterns. The handle and the crossbow were painted with blood-red paint.
“This was one of my weapons in the past, and it has helped me through many difficult times…”
Chen Lun gently stroked the crossbow, his eyes filled with reminiscence.
"I once used it to hunt down a bishop of the Red Apple Church."
Polaris couldn't help but think of the first time he met his teacher, who was also playing with a musket, showing the same expression, and saying similar words, but most of what he said at the time was just a joke.
And this time, Polaris knew that the teacher did not lie to him.
He turned his head and looked at Su Keying, and they both smiled at each other at the same time.
It was with this crossbow that the teacher once fought with Bishop Newman in the courtyard of the Red Apple Church in Amber City, and finally cut off his head.
"I hand it over to you now, Northstar."
Chen Lun retracted his gaze, smiled and handed over the crossbow.
Polaris took it with slightly trembling hands.
"Thank you, teacher."
Dongyang and others nearby were watching this scene intently, or to be more precise, they were staring at the crossbow in Polaris's hand.
The next second, Dog-Head Gold's words appeared in the chat channel:
"—Lao Bei, please send the information out so that we can learn more about the world."
"-Yeah, shit! This is Jack's old weapon, it must be good, right?"
The Dragon King echoed.
Afterwards, Dongyang, Chenxi, Honey Pomelo and even the newcomer Pumpkin, three high-level players, also participated in the discussion. They all expressed their curiosity about the crossbow and hoped that Polaris could share a screenshot of its panel.
Polaris was not stingy and sent it out directly.
After a while, the chat room exploded.
"—C-rank Monster - Gluttonous Tongue... Zhuo, not only does this thing not need to be replenished with ammunition, but the crossbow arrows it shoots also deduct the maximum health points?!"
Goutoujin was very shocked.
“—Hahahaha… Brother Gouzi, you were already no match for Brother Beizi in the first place, and now you’re being completely suppressed! (Eating melon expression)”
The Dragon King gloated.
"-Sure, this crossbow completely makes up for your shortcomings, Abei."
Dongyang could tell at a glance that this strange object was very suitable for the North Star.
Everyone expressed their agreement.
Polaris has strong melee combat capabilities because he learned Jack's exclusive skill, animal imitation, and memorized the biological characteristics of crocodiles and antelopes, but he lacks the means of long-range attacks. Now the appearance of Gluttonous Tongue makes up for this gap well.
At the same time, Polaris is somewhat weak against "blood cow" enemies with tenacious vitality, and needs to prolong the battle time and slowly wear down the opponent, which is very inconvenient.
The Gluttonous Tongue can effectively restrain such opponents!
“The teacher understands me very well…”
For some reason, Polaris suddenly had this thought.
He looked up at the teacher, who was smiling with deep eyes.
Everyone chatted in the channel for a while, and then turned their attention to Jack. They were looking forward to the last reward from Polaris.
Skill transfer!
Originally, Polaris was just an ordinary Destiny player, but he was the first player to learn Jack's exclusive skill, Animal Imitation. Since then, the concept that "the Destiny system is very powerful" has gradually been imprinted in the minds of players.
"After you were promoted to a magician, you should have learned the magic tricks of this sequence without any guidance..."
Chen Lun said softly.
Polaris nodded, indicating that it was true.
After completing the promotion task just now, he immediately added the stored skill points to magic tricks, upgraded it to the maximum level, and obtained four different magic tricks.
"Teacher, I have mastered 'levitation', 'body separation', 'damage transfer', and 'cage escape'."
Polaris told the teacher truthfully about his situation.
Chen Lun just nodded slightly on the surface, but he was muttering again in his heart.
'Although this conforms to the law of extraordinary asymmetry, Polaris is far from the situation I was promoted to at that time... I originally had eight magic tricks, but Polaris only had four, missing the three advanced magic tricks of 'Resurrection', 'Item Restoration', and 'Five Senses', as well as the most basic 'Card Knife' magic.'
He pretended to be silent for a moment, then said to Polaris:
"In that case, I'll give you a choice."
As he spoke, he raised his hand and waved.
Polaris found that a prompt box popped up on his panel. Teacher Jack was teaching him skills, but he needed to choose one of the three skills.
They are Byers Swift Sword, Magic Trick (Resurrection) and Magic Trick (Card Flying Knife).
Polaris opened the panel with his mind and carefully scanned the skill descriptions. He was soon shocked by the three skills and his eyes widened.
To be honest, he really wanted to own them all, but the fact was that he could only choose one, which made him very conflicted and reluctant.
"Teacher... do you have any suggestions?"
Polaris suddenly raised his head and spoke cautiously.
Chen Lun glanced at him with a half-smile. Although he knew he was being clever, he did not point it out. Instead, he patiently explained:
"Byers Swift Sword is an advanced skill of Knight Swordsmanship. It allows you to suppress your opponent at short or medium range. The wind from your sword can also damage the soul... The other two magic tricks are also very valuable. Among them, 'Resurrection' can even greatly increase the magician's ability limit."
After listening to the teacher's words, Polaris fell into deep thought.
After a while, he took a deep breath as if he had made up his mind.
"Teacher, I choose the magic trick 'The Great Revival'!"
Polaris knew that the teacher could teleport. Through careful observation and inference, he finally came to a conclusion... This magic trick will be the cornerstone of subsequent development!
If you want to become as powerful as your teacher, this magic is essential!
"You're very smart, Northstar."
Chen Lun nodded with satisfaction and gave a compliment.
Isn't this also a test
Polaris suddenly understood and clenched his fists tighter with joy and excitement.
Soon, he saw the teacher stroking his chin and whispering:
"But as a magician, playing cards are the basics. If you don't know this, it will be embarrassing for me... Well, I'll teach you 'Card Knife Throwing' as well."
“?!”
Polaris couldn't help but widen his eyes.
A strong sense of surprise burst out from his heart, and he almost jumped up and shouted "Long live the teacher!"
The people around him had questioning looks on their faces.
this…
Even if Polaris is Jack's student, it's not biased, right?!
“Choose one from three” has become “Choose one, get one free”?!
Hey, hey! How are these people supposed to live?!
The dog-head gold had a distorted face, as if he had eaten six lemons in a row and couldn't poop.
When the Dragon King saw him, he couldn't help but sigh in the channel:
"—Jealousy will eventually make a person unrecognizable."
Soon, his face became frowned, and he added:
“—Brother Beizi! I hate you!
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