RoleplayNovel Chapter 11 Yu Che's Preparations
Chapter 11 Yu Che's Preparations
"...Don't tell me these three are the 'suitable candidates' you're talking about?"
Faced with the Baron's question, You Che shook his head decisively: "Of course not."
The Baron breathed a sigh of relief.
"And this one too," You Che said, pulling the young militiaman who was leading the way over as well.
juvenile:"?"
baron:"?"
The baron glanced at the boy again. Hmm, LV3, the lowest level among those present, on par with You Che.
He finally couldn't hold back any longer: "What exactly is your plan?!"
Yu Che had no intention of becoming a riddle solver, saying, "Each of them possesses a special talent, which, when combined with specific items, will be incredibly effective when facing the dark races."
Aside from the magician, the other three were specifically selected from the town by the militia under certain conditions at Yu Che's behest. The reason was obvious—like the magician, all three, including the young militiaman, were "protagonist templates" from the game.
The four main character templates—apprentice mage, wandering priest, thief, and militiaman—each have their own unique background skills.
Players' starting unique skills are not necessarily very strong; some are even quite humorous. But even so, not everyone has them.
Like most NPCs in the game, they don't have any unique skills based on their birth year.
Of course, there are more than just these possible origins in the game, but the remaining origins either don't have anyone in town who meets the requirements, or their unique skills are useless, so Yu Che only gathered the four people in front of him.
These four unique skills, while currently difficult to exert a significant effect due to their low level, can play an important role even in the early stages of character creation when paired with specific equipment.
You Che had already prepared the necessary equipment for the four of them.
He pressed the call bell again, and this time the quartermaster led the team in, placing the equipment packs in front of the four men.
The baron glanced at the equipment again and immediately saw its attributes, then his brows furrowed even deeper.
The equipment that You Che had brought were either extremely useless and generally wouldn't interest anyone, or they had powerful effects but also significant drawbacks; none of them were things that a normal person would choose.
However, after seeing the attributes of these equipment, more than one of the people chosen by You Che showed a mixture of surprise and delight, as if these useless equipment were actually divine weapons to them.
The Baron was not a reckless man, and he seemed to be deep in thought.
Yu Che, facing the four mages who were both surprised and slightly puzzled, did not explain why he knew their abilities, but simply said:
"Go and familiarize yourself with the equipment first. We'll need your strength soon. After that, remember to pay attention to the signals and act according to the instructions I give you."
The four people who came here were all willing to contribute to the town, and they knew that now was not the time for idle chatter, so they did not ask any more questions and left one by one.
Before leaving, the magician glanced at You Che one last time and said softly, "I'll come back to you later to ask you about this."
You Che chuckled: "No problem."
After they left, the Baron turned to You Che and said slowly, "In that case, let me see if your plan will work this time."
"I won't act rashly, but I'll be prepared to strike. If your plan doesn't work this time, then I'll have to take back some of the authority I've given you."
As he spoke, he gave You Che a deep look: "Don't forget, I cooperated with you because I believed in that old pastor and in your knowledge, not because of a promise like 'the holy flame burns forever' that has no guarantee whatsoever."
You Che said calmly, "Then you'll just have to wait and see."
The Baron exhaled a breath of stale air, then got up and left, leaving only You Che in the meeting room.
Looking at the sand table map of the town and its surroundings on the table, You Che was deep in thought.
He already knew the results of the first wave of battles against the Corpse Corpses, which were basically within his expectations, and he also knew that the second wave of the Hellfire race's army had already launched its attack.
However, he was somewhat surprised that the Dark Races sent out two forces, Dark Beasts and Spectres, in their second wave. It seemed that the outer walls would be breached faster than expected.
But this isn't a big problem, since in the original plan, Youche didn't expect the outer city walls to withstand a second wave of attacks anyway.
After the outer city wall is breached, the urban warfare will begin, which is roughly the stage where players prepare to enter the fray in the original game.
In the game, the siege begins with a cutscene, but the outcome is one-sided. The town's forces unleash their full firepower but only manage to wipe out a small portion of the rotting corpse army before the outer city walls are breached, turning the outer residential area into a living hell.
The Corpse Corpse is of average combat strength, but it has the ability to infect a wide area and the characteristics of an undead being immortal, posing a great threat to civilians.
Therefore, Yu Che specifically arranged for people to take action a couple of days ago, in order to deal with these "biological weapons." Without outside intervention, the town in the game would have been very perfunctory in its preparations for war.
However, although the battle situation is different from the game, those mid-bosses will definitely appear in the upcoming alleyway battle, and it will be the turn of the "protagonists" to perform.
As Yu Che pondered this, he drew the Hound's Claw from his waist and gently stroked the claw-shaped blade.
Although his background as a wanderer is quite humorous in comparison, he is still one of the main characters, and his contribution will be needed in the later battles.
Moreover, now that You Che has returned, he has no intention of avoiding battle.
He then opened his own panel.
[Personal Panel]
[Name: You Che]
Level: 3 (Experience Points: 76/300)
[HP: 100/100]
[Spiritual Power: 10/10]
【Strength: 5】
[Agility: 5]
[Physical Fitness: 5]
【Intelligence: 5】
【Perception: 5】
【Spirit: 5】
【Charm: 8】
Luck: 9
[Equipment Slots: Villager's Clothes, Hound's Claws]
[Backpack Slots: Throwing Daggers x10, Throwing Axes x10, Blessed Spears x10, Adventurer's Certification x1, Medicine Bag x1, Storage Suitcase x1, High-Quality Potato (Bag) x1]
[Skill: Wandering Instinct, Throwing]
Title: None
Special status: None
Available attribute points: 2
After completing tasks over the past few days, Youche's level has increased to level 3, and the two negative statuses he was previously under have been removed.
After the upgrade, he gained two free attribute points, which he could add to attributes other than charm and luck to increase his growth.
It might seem strange that I only leveled up twice after practicing for several days, but this is due to the unique experience system of the game "Dark Fantasy".
In "Dark Fantasy", there is only one way to level up: through combat, which is how you gain experience points.
While you can accept commissions at the Adventurers' Guild, completing these tasks only raises your Adventurer Registration Level, granting you more benefits, but has nothing to do with your own level.
Furthermore, there are limitations on gaining experience points from battles. By design, experience points can only be gained by defeating enemies of equal or higher level. In other words, it is impossible to level up by fighting weaker enemies, which makes leveling up in "Dark Fantasy" very troublesome.
Under such a strict mechanism, if a player makes a mistake in their decision to allocate attribute points, resulting in an inability to defeat enemies of the same level, then that character is basically finished.
This is also the main reason why Black Ring is rated as a high-difficulty, hardcore RPG.
Adela Town is, after all, a beginner village. The level of most of the monsters around it is between level 1 and 3, and only the mini-bosses are a bit higher. Even if Youche trains for a few more days, he can only reach level 4 at most, which is not much different.
Looking at the two free attribute points, You Che thought for a moment and then added them to Constitution and Strength respectively.
Improving physical fitness includes many attributes such as health, stamina, recovery speed, and resistance to abnormal statuses. These are basically essential attributes, with only differences in the level of demand.
As for Strength, the main reason for investing in it is to be able to throw heavier weapons. Although throwing skills are not affected by attribute bonuses, what you can throw is determined by Strength.
After allocating one attribute point to each of these two attributes, the actual growth value is increased by 1 for each attribute based on his background.
"...Tsk, if this were someone from a knight or mercenary background, two points would be enough to raise at least four attribute points."
You Che pursed his lips. When allocating attribute points, every point a player invests will be multiplied by the growth value before being added to the corresponding attribute.
For example, a knight's starting physique growth value is generally 3, so adding one more attribute will increase physique by 3 points.
As mentioned before, the Wanderer's growth value is terrible, with all attributes having a growth value of 1, which is a one-to-one exchange with attribute points, resulting in a huge loss.
Not only are they left behind by other origins in the early stages, but as their level increases and they receive career growth bonuses, the gap widens even more significantly.
Why else would this thing go to jail? You Che was already mentally prepared, he just made a habitual comment.
After adding points, although he was only upgraded from cannon fodder to high-level cannon fodder, that was enough for him to do something.
Recalling the character panels of each boss in the game's prologue, Yu Che subconsciously began to stroke the short sword in his hand, as various solutions flashed through his mind.
The final plan of action flashed through his mind. He opened his eyes and muttered, "...Want to fight? Come on, you bunch of bastards! Watch me wipe you all out in one go!"
Just then, the conference room door was pushed open, and the militia commander strode in.
His expression was anxious as he exclaimed, "Two waves of the Hellfire race are attacking simultaneously! The outer city walls are about to collapse!"
You Che raised an eyebrow; it was about time.
He immediately stood up: "Continue with the original plan! Then come with me!"
You Che then led this second strongest fighter in the town to the innermost part of the armory, where a set of heavy full-body armor with a silver base and gold patterns was placed, and on the shelf next to it was a beautifully decorated, broad longsword, both of which radiated a strong magical light.
Beside him, the male priest from before was leaning against a long staff, sitting on the ground, slightly out of breath, resting.
The militia commander froze upon seeing the armor: "This...this isn't..."
You Che pointed and said, "Enough with the nonsense, change them!"