2. Another world
The Miracle Continent is the continent where this world realm is located, and dozens of kingdoms and empires are divided into it, and the continent is so vast that no one can imagine, not to mention that there are countless islands and undiscovered areas around this continent.
On the Miracle Continent, the closer you are to the north, the warmer the climate becomes, the air is not dry, but the humidity is not too high, which can be regarded as the most comfortable living environment. And the Kingdom of Serian is located in such a northern region, so it can naturally be regarded as a rich and powerful kingdom. However, no matter how rich and powerful a country is, there will always be some areas that lag behind in development, and can even be said to be holding back the development of a kingdom - although the reason for this is probably related to the local lord, but most people don't think so.
It is a small village located in the Sivir territory of the Kingdom of Serion.
The size of the village is not large, there are only about 30 families in the whole village. However, because the village does not export special products, not to mention merchants, even foot merchants do not come to this place, so the flow of people here can be said to be almost zero, and usually a few people pass by in a year. Although the village is not prosperous, it is at least not barren, relying on hunting and farming twice a year, but the villagers live a relatively good life.
It's just that since a black warrior from an undead black warrior who came from nowhere took over an old ruin outside the village a few months ago, the people of the village have become terrified. Because from that time, people began to disappear in the village, and later it developed to the point that at night, every household closed their doors and did not dare to come out, because there were walking corpses in the village.
And since the village's economy is really not very good, naturally they can't invite people from the mercenary group to come over to helpβand those small-scale mercenary groups don't dare to take on this task after hearing the undead-specific words such as black knights and walking corpses. As for reporting to the lord, the village chief sent someone over, but after so long, the lord's army did not come to encircle and suppress, which made everyone in the village have a sense of despair that they have been abandoned.
This ruin used to be a noble mansion, and the environment around the village was quite good at that time, but with some man-made development and destruction, the beauty around the village no longer exists, and then this mansion was naturally abandoned. Later, perhaps due to severe weathering or other reasons, the mansion collapsed into ruins.
At this moment, nearly fifty villagers gathered at the entrance of the village, looking at the ruins in the distance with an expectant expression.
The ruins are not too far from the village, and you can still see the outline of the ruins from the entrance of the village.
"Village chief, those two children...... Is it really okay? β
"It should ...... No problem. The old man who was called the village chief leaned over and looked a little uncertain, "That person warned us before this monster appeared, so ...... So he will definitely have a way. β
But no one who has been in the ruins of hell in the eyes of the villagers for five or six hours without any news has come out, will certainly not feel that it is a good thing. It's just that it was the only person who had been willing to help them in the last few months, so even though it had been so long, everyone had gathered here spontaneously and kept their anticipation and hope.
Just as the faces of some villagers began to show disappointment, two figures finally appeared on the horizon.
Most of the villagers began to rub their eyes, and when they were sure that it was really the two people who had said they were going to help him solve his problems and then ran towards the ruins, all the villagers let out a burst of cheers, and then they rushed towards the two figures like a tide. β¦,
These two figures, naturally, are Sean and Cecilia.
Cecilia was wearing a black and white Gothic dress, holding a golden book with a thickness of about 30 centimeters and a length and width of 30 centimeters in her arms. β
Sean smiled bitterly, rubbed Cecilia's head, and then said: "I told you a long time ago, don't run out casually, wait for me to trick it to you and then use the fireball technique to deal with it, but you didn't listen, you had to make such a mess, how can you blame me for this kind of thing." β
"Liar!"
Sean was helpless.
In fact, the tactics of entering the ruins to deal with the Black Samurai went relatively smoothly at first.
There are only about ten walking corpses in the entire ruins, and with the combination of Sean's swordsmanship and Cecilia's spells, these are very easy to solve, of course, the process is not very good, after all, for Cecilia, this evil monster is indeed a bit ugly and frightening. However, after encountering the black knight, it turned into a mess.
Originally, according to Sean's plan, he was responsible for attracting the hatred of the black knight, and then luring the black knight to Cecilia's vicinity, and then Cecilia's fireball technique to solve it, for which Sean even stayed in this ruin for several hours. But what Sean didn't expect was that Cecilia was actually startled by a mouse, and then was discovered by the black knight, and then there was a series of embarrassed dodging and escaping, because at that time the black knight had entered the berserk stage, even if Sean had experience in dealing with the black knight, he didn't dare to provoke at this time, and could only survive until the end of the black knight's berserk time.
Of course, if it was just like that, Cecilia wouldn't have scolded Sean, but Sean had told her that this task was very easy, and she could easily do it as long as she threw a few fireballs. But in fact, Cecilia was almost stabbed by the black knight, and was so frightened that Cecilia certainly wouldn't give Sean a good look, but considering that she was only a little girl of twelve or thirteen years old, Sean really couldn't say anything.
"It's really different from the game." Sean looked at Cecilia, who was still puffed up, and he muttered, "There are still too many unexpected factors, this is still just a tenth-level copy......"
"What are you muttering about?" Cecilia glanced at Sean, although there was still not much expression on his face, but he was not as annoyed as he was just now, "It's always so chattering, those villagers are here." β
"Nothing." Sean shook his head, he glanced at the villagers who were running over with cheers, there was a little more smile on his originally serious face, although he looked quite embarrassed at the moment, but the confident and calm temperament on his body still easily made people feel like they had found the backbone, "Yes, this is no longer a game, but a real world!" β
As if to strengthen his belief, Sean raised the head belonging to the Black Warrior in front of all the villagers.
Suddenly, the cheers of the villagers became louder.
Like heroes who have returned triumphantly, Sean and Cecilia are welcomed back to the village with great enthusiasm by the villagers, which makes Cecilia, who is not very good at interacting with people, feel a little distressed, but only then Sean will take care of her. And when I returned to the village, it was a celebration of the dinner, and there was even fish food at the dinner, you must know that this village is not close to the sea, and the main food is also meat and vegetables, fish food is generally only possible during major festivals, and the most rare thing is that the fish creatures at the dinner are very fresh, which makes Sean very clear that the enthusiasm and welcome of these villagers are real, and there is no trace of fraud. β¦,
After the dinner, the villagers even put together a clean house for Sean and Cecilia to live in, and Sean had no choice but to stay in the village for one more day.
β¦β¦
The north wind in the middle of the night was not as cold as expected, and Sean stood at the window on the second floor of the house, looking out at the scenery.
After a few moments, Sean finally left the window, and he glanced back at Cecilia, who was sleeping on the bed, and from the look on his face, he could tell that the little girl was sleeping very soundly. And looking at Cecilia who was sleeping, Sean also showed a rare smile: "It's been a year......"
In the words, there is a deep emotion.
In fact, Sean does not belong to this worldly realm, he comes from a place called Earth.
It's just that even he can't explain why he will appear in this world, and the memory of the last scene when he comes to this world is that he led the elite group of the guild to open up a hundred-person dungeon that was known as the most difficult in the game at that time. The memory after that is that he inexplicably woke up in a suburb, penniless and he had to face the pursuit of several earth dogs, if it weren't for the fact that there were hunters nearby, I was afraid that he would have become the belly of those earth dogs.
After that, Sean sorted out his thoughts and dealt with it with the goal of surviving. As for why he was able to adapt to the rhythm and habits of life in this world so quickly, and even had a surprising understanding of many things, it was all thanks to the virtual online game "Miracle" that Sean played when he was on Earth - because this world is exactly the same as "Miracle"!
As Sean learned this, he also began to discover the secret hidden in himself: although when he came to this world, he was only one level, and he didn't bring the luxurious equipment and amazing wealth before, but his skill panel was brought by him with his crossing, and there were many skills on it that Sean spent a lot of time and energy collecting powerful skills.
Although these skills could not be used at first, after discovering that this world was exactly the same as the game "Miracle", Sean quickly knew what he should do. However, even if he knew what to do, it was only when he actually started to implement these plans that he realized how difficult it was: because this was already a real world, not just a virtual game like a game, and many times he could not care too much about various situations.
On the Miracle Continent, Sean will not only face various death threats, but he will also have to work hard to earn money in order to solve the problem of food and clothing, and even find a way to improve his level. In addition, there are all kinds of practical problems that plague him, such as injuries and illnesses, and the distance of the road - an hour's distance in the game may become more than a month in the real world, and even because this is a real world, there will naturally be no so-called blood bars and blue bars, once the hand and foot are broken, it is really a lifelong disability, and once it dies, then it must be a real death.
But even so, Sean still didn't give up, because he was well aware of the difference between his own advantages and others: proficiency points - he was just like a player in the game, and every time he improved his level, he could get a little proficiency point.
This is what Sean values the most.
And on Sean's skill list, only three skills have been activated so far.
[Sprint: Run six meters in front of you.] Support/1st Tier/Normal, Level 2/3, Proficiency 1/4. γβ¦,
[Streak: Perform three consecutive attacks.] Swordsmanship/First Order/Normal/Sword, Level 2/5, Proficiency 2/4. γ
[Capture Blade: The sum of strength, stamina, and agility is greater than the sum of the three targets, and you will successfully capture the opponent's weapon. Support/1st Order/Special/Empty-Handed, Level 1. γ
It took Sean nearly a year to finally reach level ten, and with only ten proficiency points, he naturally didn't dare to use it indiscriminately.
Because in the later stage, the player's skills will never be only so few, and the activation of skills must consume a proficiency point, plus the activation of special skills requires more proficiency points, not to mention that proficiency points can also be used to improve personal attributes or improve life professional skills, so the use of each proficiency point must be carefully considered.
The activation of a general skill requires the consumption of one proficiency point, while a skill like "Snatching the Blade", as a first-order special skill, requires two proficiency points just to be activated. As for skills like "Combo Slash" and "Sprint", there is a certain degree of restriction at the beginning of the first level, and only with the increase of the level will the power or other aspects of the utility be gradually increased: for example, the "Combo Slash" can only attack twice in a row at the first level, and can only be three times at the second level.
Don't look at the improvement of proficiency It doesn't seem to be high, and it only takes three proficiency levels to improve the combo to level three, but in fact, each proficiency improvement requires a month of persistence, and you must maintain more than twelve hours of exercise every day.
And now the two skills of continuous slashing and sprinting are in the second stage, or because of Sean's hard work for most of the year - if you don't want to waste proficiency points, only this kind of perseverance and hard work training can bring about an improvement in results. After all, many higher-level skills require these low-level skills as pre-skills to be strengthened and improved.
But even so, Sean activated these three skills and still used four proficiency points, plus in order to successfully capture the weapon from the black knight, Sean also consumed three proficiency points to allocate personal attributes, so in fact, Sean now has only three proficiency points left on his body to be allocated.
But Sean doesn't regret it.
As the commander of the elite group in the guild, Sean has his own strong logic in handling things.
[Charles's Sabre, Micro Demonization (Bronze), Hardness 12, Sharpness 12, Piercing 10, Strength +3, Endurance +1]
[Item description: This is the sword given to General Charles by King Elder III of the Kingdom of Serian on the eve of the outbreak of the Northern Cold War. This sword followed General Charles all his life, and was once regarded as a symbol of honor for General Charles's family, but later because of the infighting between General Charles's family over inheritance, the sword has since lost its whereabouts. Now, although you are lucky enough to get this sword, the magic power on it has been lost too much, and it is long gone to be the prestige of this sword. γ
This sword is the root cause why Sean will solve the Black Knight. Otherwise, as a level 10 dungeon that was only practiced for novice players in the game and had almost no difficulty at all, how could Sean be interested or even spend a lot of time and energy on it?
As a contracted professional gamer, Sean has struggled in "Miracle" for seven years, and he knows a lot about many things in the game, although many of them are not particularly clear, but if they touch the scene, they can still awaken those sleeping memories. Like this saber, Sean remembered that it had a follow-up mission, but this saber only dropped when he killed the black knight for the first time, and Sean was in the game with this saber at the beginning, but at least this time he didn't. β¦,
It's just that, judging from this action, Sean has found a problem: that is, these dungeons in the real world world are not like games that can be repeatedly brushed, and any dungeon only has one chance to clear the level. And in addition, the copy also has a birth time, like this copy called "Wandering Darkness" in the game, which only appeared four months ago, and Sean once came to this village five months ago in order to get this sword, but that time the copy has not yet appeared, which is also the reason why the villagers found out that the lord had not sent troops to surround and suppress it, and the village chief immediately asked people to contact Sean.
But five months have changed, and when Sean comes here again, he is no longer alone.
Thinking of this, Sean walked up to Cecilia's side and re-covered her with the quilt that Cecilia had kicked off. Although Cecilia always showed a youthful appearance, and sometimes spoke very viciously, in fact, this little girl was only thirteen years old after all, and her heart still longed to be loved, and Sean decided to raise this little guy from the moment he decided to take Cecilia on an adventure.
And the thought that he was likely to cultivate a super magic genius made Sean excited.
Because no one knows Cecilia's personal attributes better than Sean!