"This is the best blacksmith shop in the town. If your weapons are damaged, remember to come here to maintain them."
"You can buy your breakfast from here tomorrow. The bakers here used to be from the capital, and they are very skilled."
"This is the place to buy clothes. It's going to snow soon, and you should also prepare winter clothes. If you don't like this style, there is another store on the street in front."
"This is Rotten Fish Bar. They sell a bitter beer called 'Danifni', which is said to be brewed from burnt wheat. It is very nutritious and a specialty of Frozenwater Harbor. You can try it, but don't drink it." many."
"here it is… "
Annan rode on a horse, like a tour guide, introducing the "special buildings" of Frozen Water Port to the players behind him. Just like an old Beihai native who lived in Frozen Water Port very early on.
But of course that's impossible. He has only been here for less than three days.
This is because Annan knew in advance that the players were coming, so he specifically asked Senior Salvatore.
At this time, no player dared to wander off to look at the forum.
They concentrated, looked around, and tried to remember the route from the city gate and the location of various important buildings.
Annan is also very understanding, he is very clear about which buildings the players care about, so the questions are also very specific. His introductions to the players now always hit the point.
What players are particularly concerned about is the place to buy consumables, the place to buy and repair weapons and armor, the place to receive quests and find clues, and the place where they live.
In other places, the players neither cared about nor urgently needed, and Annan didn't even ask. It's better not to introduce it for the time being, as an easter egg waiting for players to discover by themselves.
When Annan set up player permissions before, he also learned from it that players enter this world in a completely different way from himself—they are sucked in with pure consciousness, while the real body is sleeping in another world.
When they go offline, the body on this side will lose consciousness and fall into a deep sleep.
It's like a soul traveling back and forth between two bodies.
In order to prevent people from suddenly falling headlong into a monster, and then continuing to die indefinitely after being resurrected, Annan specially set the authority to log off only in a "safe area where you can sleep peacefully"... To put it more clearly, You have to lie on a bed in a safe area to log off.
The materials that players consume when making characters come from Annan. That's why Annan was able to adjust their physical pain perception.
Considering that they live in a peaceful world, in order to prevent them from being afraid of fighting, Annan specially adjusted their pain perception to one-third by default, and turned on the "combat intuition", so that their first battle does not seem to be difficult. too stupid.
On the premise that the attribute completely crushes the opponent, they will not feel too much pain, and they can have combat intuition like a veteran, plus their own understanding of the game... If they can't complete the initial task.
Then Annan will dismiss all these wastes directly and recruit them again.
Recruiting players is not completely free for Annan. But this price is very low, so low that he has no scruples at all for the time being.
On his system background interface, every time a player is summoned or revived, there will be a value of "consumed materials" floating up. Summoning players consumes a lot of materials, and resurrection uses very little materials—after all, players do not really die in a sense.
When they die, their bodies will turn into black ash and collapse. Then drift to another safe place to regroup.
But the problem is that this "consumed material" seems to have no upper limit.
Because in Annan's system background page, there is no attribute of "remaining materials".
It seems to be able to credit unlimited credit.
Just like the cat version of Mario, after the life is reduced to a negative number, it can continue to decrease...
When the players were just summoned, the "consumed materials" rose to 40. But after the players entered this world, the bright red value kept jumping, falling down one by one, and fell back to 0 in a few seconds.
And every time the player dies, it will continue to jump to 1, and then immediately return to 0.
This is also the reason why Annan immediately added restrictions on resurrection for players.
Although I don't understand the mechanism of this thing, and I don't know what the materials it consumes, but in short, let's save it first...
The price of resurrection was indeed very low for Annan, even if ten people died at the same time, it would be less than an integer. But if there are more players in the future, and everyone doesn't cherish their own lives... maybe by then, Annan will start to lose balance.
Considering the future, Annan immediately decided to make players develop the habit of cherishing life from the very beginning.
This plan is strong but very cautious:
Now that you guys are dead, I might lose...
Then I just need to make you lose more if you die, so that you won't let me lose.
Annan's logic is very clear and practical.
After all, resurrection is a very convenient authority. If players are afraid of death, it will be like a broken sword with a broken blade, and there is no threat at all.
The arrogance, persistence, and fearlessness of the players are all based on the premise that they can be resurrected after death. So Annan just added a shackle to them to make them care more about life and not die at will without any scruples, but he didn't prohibit this "file reading mechanism".
That's enough.
The adaptability of players is very high. In different games, they will have different levels of focus and adopt different survival/combat strategies.
It really doesn't work... Just use the first task to filter.
Annan had a thought and added a rule:
From now on, any player who fails to complete the initial mission will be judged as unable to survive in this world and will be kicked out of the game directly.
The number of players he can recruit now is limited after all. Although the players have a considerable degree of growth, it is clear that Annan understands the relationship between them very well:
It was they who begged Annan to let them in, not Annan begging them to play.
Can other plans do it? !
"... This is the temple of the god of trade 'Silver Sir'. If you have wounds, you can come here for treatment, but remember to bring money. Before silver coins, everyone is equal."
Annan introduced the last building that needs attention to the players, then heaved a sigh of relief, and said casually: "Next is your residence..."
"All men are equal before the silver coin—that's true, and I'll take it down."
A gentle voice suddenly sounded from Annan's side.
It was Priest Louis.
Does this guy walk without sound...
Annan quickly came to his senses, nodded to the overly tall young priest, and greeted respectfully: "Silver Lord... I wish you well, Priest Louis. I didn't expect you to wake up so early."
Seeing that Annan treated him so well, Louis was also a little surprised.
After all, generally speaking, the church and the lord are in a relationship of competition and restraint. Even Salvatore, the temporary mayor, lived in the east and west of the city with Luis in order to avoid trouble.
Annan naturally knew this too... He didn't read the books these days for nothing.
In the Kingdom of Noah, the lord was entrusted by the king, while the diocese was determined by the church.
Both sides need to collect taxes from the people, and the orders are authoritative; neither side can interfere with the policies of the other side; became an enemy.
And priests have the ability to heal people, and they will help with work when they receive money. And Yinjue is the one who advocates "business with a smile" the most among all righteous gods. Among all the priests of righteous gods, their attitude towards civilians can also be ranked in the top three, and they can even compete for the first place.
From the perspective of the people at the bottom, the church will undoubtedly be much closer to them. And the merchants are also closer to the Silver Jue Church, because the existence of the church will amplify the power of their wealth.
In a few territories, the lords are almost completely emptied by the church... Their orders cannot even be passed down, and some places are so shameful that they can't even collect taxes. Therefore, many lords fought against the church as their primary enemy.
But Priest Louis also quickly realized Annan's kindness, so he responded gently: "My lord, I also wish you good health, my lord.
"I sensed that someone was fighting, so I managed to get up. Now it seems that the battle is over."
"Yes."
Annan nodded, with a serious expression on his face: "Fortunately, my guards just came back... otherwise we will be in trouble."
"They are indeed good guards."
Louis glanced at it, and replied half admiringly and half flatteringly.
He looked at Annan's face, and guessed softly: "Or... the one from Roseburg?"
"Um."
Annan nodded.
Louis frowned slightly, and glanced at the guards: "He really went too far this time... Let's not mention this, I will go to you at dawn, and then you can talk about it in detail. I saw the lord in your guard, Some of them are seriously injured. Do you need me to treat them?"
He looked at Annan and smiled slightly: "For your sake, you can get a 10% discount."
Annan also smiled when he heard this.
In fact, it was not Annan who showed goodwill to the church, but he had respect for Priest Louis himself.
He learned from Senior Salvatore that Priest Louis would come to such a remote town just to purify the curse here—this is undoubtedly a very dangerous job.
And on the basis of completing this job, he also worked hard to revitalize the economy of Frozen Water Port and make people's lives better...
Contrary to what the townspeople understood, this was not something that Priest Louis had to do. Whether it is to treat the townspeople or maintain the economic system here, it is what the "priest" has to do.
And he is an agent. Originally, he only needed to purify the nightmare.
Even if he doesn't care about anything, as long as he is optimistic about the nightmare here and doesn't let it spread, he won't be reprimanded by the head church, and he will even be rewarded.
He will be distracted to do such "superfluous things", no doubt because of his own character and moral cultivation.
He didn't even explain it to the townspeople. Instead, he naturally accepted these jobs that did not belong to him...
Just for this character, it is enough for Annan to greet him.
It is always a good thing to have a good old man of good character as a colleague.
And the most convenient thing is that it is also convenient to instruct...
"I have something to trouble you... Of course, I will pay. Withhold from Salvatore first."
Annan said with a smile: "I will place all the other followers here with you tonight. My guards just came to Frozen Water Port and have no place to live. I have to rely on your help to arrange..."
"... It seems that I don't need to sleep tonight."
Priest Louis sighed, nodded with a chuckle, and told the players: "Then come with me. You should deal with me for one night first, and I will definitely find you a place to live before dinner tomorrow."
After finally losing this big burden, Annan also heaved a sigh of relief.
It's past two o'clock in the morning. The players are full of energy, but he is already a little sleepy...
But at this time, Salvatore should have finished analyzing the black fire, right
Annan sighed silently and rushed to Salvatore's house.
He might not be able to sleep at what time today...