Dragon Cub's Bizarre Adventure

After understanding this point, Xiao Xiao knew the reason why mages didn’t make muskets, because ordinary low-level mages use muskets instead of throwing magic missiles, which are also automatic tracking at any rate. Bullets are much cheaper.

When the slightly more advanced ones master the manufacture of magic props and can make ammunition and muskets by themselves...they don’t make flintlock guns or matchlock guns, they just skip this step—manufacturing can produce quite a lot. A missile weapon for small homing bullets—commonly known as: Missile Staff.

And the more advanced ones are all kinds of magic wands and magic weapons that are no different from electromagnetic guns. Therefore, it is not because of their strange insistence that the Mages don’t do it, and they don’t use guns. High-end long-range weapons.

But for mechanism art masters, strange things like Gatling are traditional arts.

Yes, not to mention the old-fashioned muskets. Isn’t cluster rockets and electromagnetic ballistas delicious?

This has led to the fact that in most worlds where magic exists, it is difficult to popularize firearms, because the high level is not enough, and firearms are popularized here, Xiaoxiao is sure that even if there is magic here, it is something with a very low energy level and a lower penetration rate. .

There were hardly a few people in the hotel. It could be seen that the city must be very depressed recently. When entering the door, the city guards didn't even collect the city entry tax.

Based on the magic effect, Xiaoxiao knew the name of the city, University City, the word

On the face of it, there is a university here, which focuses on history and folklore. It is a good place to produce mass destruction engines as soon as you hear it. She even couldn't help but want to change its name to "Arkham Town" and "Secretary Town". big".

From the comments of passers-by and some public information, it seems that because of the war in the north, fewer scholars came here to investigate and investigate the ruins, and the caravan was also destroyed by some evil thing because of the decline of the originally fertile territory in the south. The curses came less and less.

"What's there to eat?" Xiaoxiao patted the table to wake up the dazed bartender.

"Only roast meat and chorizo, and black bread."

Then barbecue and sausage, no bread, no wine, the largest portion of barbecue, I suggest you check the meat reserves in your kitchen, the two of us need to replenish the food reserves."

"..." The bartender looked at their clothes, and went to the kitchen to order without saying anything. If Xiao Xiao and those farmers were dressed similarly, the other party would not be so easy to talk to.

Well, I thought there would be a fight, my lord, this guy doesn't seem like a good person."

"It's okay, they have basic eyesight, and they won't provoke those who are obviously unattractive, right!?" Xiaoxiao put down the keel bow, and there was a muffled sound between the heavy weapon and the wooden floor, and the bartender's face changed slightly. Then he smiled and said nothing.

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"Is there any news recently?" The garlic sausage tastes good, it should be made by a nearby rural workshop, but it doesn't use any weird meat, and the garlic and spices seem to be quite enough. The side also shows this The productivity of the world is not too low. However, the barbecue may be due to the salt, or the relationship between the livestock itself is not very good.

"Well, recently a lucky person got an inheritance, a piece of earldom, isn't it?" The bartender shook his head and didn't continue to say, "Tell me!" Xiaoxiao took out a gold coin and threw it over, it was her The ones brought out from the dead space may need to be specially cast with messy money for the next world, and the gold over there is not expensive anyway.

The "unseen coin" bar fiddled with the gold coin in his hand. He could feel that it was pure gold, and the gold content was even higher than the king's gold coin. However, the patterns and textures on the surface were very strange. weird.

It’s like a celestial globe (star map of the solar system) played by scholars in a university. On the reverse side is a blooming flower with lifelike flowers and leaves. It is a pure gold coin made by a power field molding machine at one time, with a gold content of 7%. , surprisingly soft and surprisingly heavy.

This made the bar struggle for a long time before confirming that this thing should be regarded as a very valuable gold coin. After feeling that the two foreign bosses are really generous, they continued.

"How should I put it? An earldom with an annual income of 2000 gold coins is indeed a pleasant surprise for a poor boy who can only enter university with a stipend. Unfortunately, that territory has long since fallen." The bar began to tell the cause and effect of this matter.

The Earl of Eagle Castle is located just south of Academy City. Strictly speaking, Academy City and

The vast plain in the north is also the earl's territory. Because there are many ruins and ancient buildings, the Earl of Eagle Castle attracts a large number of tourists, caravans and scholars, which naturally brings a lot of wealth and... knowledge.

"I heard that in the library of the Earl of Eagle Castle, you can find all kinds of books. Their family was once obsessed with occultism and alchemy, and for a while, they were also obsessed with necromancy. Decayed."

Originally, this was a very wealthy territory, with factories, cities, fertile farms, and even a very beautiful Pedian Wine Manor. It was just for visitors and invited scholars to debate and live in the south of the town. The promenade is like a huge maze, decorated with stained glass, white plaster sculptures, and tallow candles that stay on all night.

According to the old people in the past, they even have memories and longings for the eternally glorious Lost City. It was an era of raging fire, and this land far away from kingdom wars attracted countless people to settle down.

It's a pity that the good times didn't last long. Soon, the Earl became obsessed with these mysticisms. He wandered in his family library all year round, found a lot of wizards, necromancers and strange characters, and built a huge research library. House and facilities.

These spent every part of the family's wealth, and then he began to sell the land and seek funding from other nobles. Among them, the king deprived more than half of the land because he was suspected of murdering a countess. Now, the earldom is only Around Xiagaoya Town—circled o

As for the name of Eagle Fort, it was gradually replaced by Dark Fort. The name was originally because when the ancestors of the earl who pioneered came here, they saw eagles circling the southern promontory, and the towering castle towers were like eagles' nests. The headland cliff top is named O

Only now there are only gray and crumbling ruins and impoverished towns below the hillsides, and the farmland has become barren and frequently attacked.

"The evil deeds of that fellow are heard from here to the kingdoms to the north,

The territory is simply cursed, and each person who inherits that territory does not live long before it is the next one's turn. "The bartender shook his head.

"In other words, those who live long will not go to the territory at all, but collect taxes from a distance. Even so, the curse of the family will eventually come to the door, so I really don't know if that kid is lucky or unlucky."

Fortunately, as a poor boy, he was able to get rid of poverty by relying on his territory and continue his studies. Although his ancestors have lost all their assets, the emaciated camels are bigger than horses. There may be some left in the family relics and messy cellars. treasure.

"So, some guys with poor brains are willing to help." The bar looked out of the window, "Look at the gate of the university over there, that is the recruitment notice for that kid. There were two fools who listened to his nonsense before. One called Raymond, a church warrior excommunicated for stealing, and Disma, a reformed bandit, what a bloody combination."

"I would like to advise you two, if possible, it is best not to have anything to do with that piece of land." For the sake of this gold coin, the bartender is doing his best, although the two people in front of him are rushing to that land. From piles of ruins.

Next, he said something about the lucky guy, who was born in a commoner family, and was appreciated by a historian through luck and hard work, and was recommended to study in a university, mainly studying folklore , also has a strong interest in the occult, mythology and history.

Unfortunately, the family's output was not enough to support his studies, and he almost dropped out of school in the end. Although the teacher bought him a little time, this inheritance was his only hope. [Part of the plot from Dungeon 2 is revealed implicitly]

"Thank you very much, it's really interesting." Xiaoxiao nodded, it seems that I have to go to the university over there soon, and then take a look around the strange place of witchcraft shop in the alley to see if there are any interesting magic props And the magic book, have a little understanding of the local magic system, and then go to find that silly boy according to the notice.

She guessed that the owner of the black domain should be in or near the Eagle Fort

, because the source of the rotten magic power in the air is that place, she only needs to directly defeat the opponent's body, before he has a chance to use a card or similar ability.

Just like the battle between Planeslocks, it is indeed possible to use a style of play similar to "I summon my powerful left fist to cause you real damage". , but the body is still a mortal thing, which means that if you stab it with a knife, you will die.

The planeswalkers who were killed because of this kind of real damage accounted for about 20% of the death toll of the planeswalkers, which is not a small number. The remaining 80% were less than 5% because of playing cards, and the rest were all kinds of strange things Strange causes of death - even falling to death - one of the strangest ways of death is: I want to know what will happen if the inheritance of sparks is torn apart?

Then he tore a card, and then blew up himself and all the friends who watched him tear the card on the spot, and couldn't even find the soul residue.

This is also understandable, after all Lubuchi is also a mage, isn't that how mages die, because most of them are killed by experiments, and most of them are killed by whimsy None of the [-] people killed by enemies and enemies, the rest were stabbed to death by goblins before they grew up.

Therefore, it is the fate of a mage to be blown to death because of his whimsical ideas, and from the story in the bar, it seems that the ancestor of that family was also a necromancer, maybe even a Planeslock from the black domain, and he obviously put The whole family is dead, which is also in line with what a Planes Locke or a mage should do o

"Speaking of which, Zhaoxia, do you want to learn magic?" "No, thank you" Zhaoxia refused, she didn't want to learn magic at all, because what the bar just said had already dampened her enthusiasm.

Not to mention that Xiaoxiao did teach her the knowledge of magic science and magic science before. In this rigorous knowledge, death is definitely not the end of disaster. The worst thing is that a mage was trapped in a mirror because of a failed experiment. , passed through thousands of years

, and then give up thinking.

"So, do you want to learn magic?" Xiaoxiao looked into the corner, the girl who had been paying attention to them, the latter frowned slightly, and pushed the glasses on the bridge of her nose, "I think black magic and witchcraft are just human beings. A kind of misunderstanding about oneself and the world, and I hope to solve this problem thoroughly."

"Then why are you so haggard? Let me guess, you should have been having nightmares recently, and screams and whispers that no one knows are echoing in your ears all the time, right?" Suddenly, the other party's expression became extremely flustered Woke up, as if wanting to justify something, but in the end, he proved that the little novel was right with his silence.

"My lord, how do you know?"

"I don't know, I just found that there are traces of black witchcraft on her body. According to the urine of those whispers, [-]% of them have this phenomenon, I guess." And the accumulation of my subordinates..."

"The second half of the sentence is the key point, right?"

""Don't worry, this guy still doesn't believe in magic in his heart. She may still have a serious sense of guilt and self-loathing. In other words, even without the influence of magic power, this guy is still a guy with psychological problems. "Xiao Xiao said in a low voice, and then changed to a normal volume.

To be honest, her whisper is really not audible to human perception, especially she also uses dragon language, although dragon language is a barrier-free language, but oo...o can actually artificially control whether to let the other party Understood - the solution is not to translate the syllables.

Many syllables of Dragon Language are beyond the range of human perception. Therefore, without syllable translation, anyone listening to Dragon Language will be a series of weird tones that cannot be connected together, unless the other party translates according to your hearing range. That is, downscaling and upscaling.

There must be some shadow inside you, some guilt eating you like a poisonous snake

heart, you urgently need to find a way to dispatch, so you chose wine, right?

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"..." The other party's gloomy expression became a little more relaxed, instead of the kind of bowing that I imagined, but looked at her provocatively, "Psychology? I have to admit you Your skills are superb, and you almost succeeded, unfortunately, I have also systematically studied psychology and related techniques, but I must praise your observation and psychoanalysis ability."

"But there is no magic in this world"

"That's right... you just live under a magic barrier of order!" Xiao Xiao looked up at the blue and refreshing sky outside the window, the magic power of order is the magic power of reason, so if the locals If you treat that kind of chaotic thing as magic, then nothing will happen under the influence of this enchantment.

"However, I think you have definitely seen something that goes against your common sense, or even against your imagination, hasn't it? It's not a hallucination, it's just that you don't admit it." This guy insisted that he didn't believe in magic, but he had magic in him Residual reactions, she's definitely seen weird stuff, and just recently.

"Maybe, but I think that's just technology or science that I haven't been able to parse"

"It's true in a sense." After all, magic science is also a science. It is definitely not the kind of weird thing that the old witch makes soup. It is also a thing that requires a lot of energy and is based on rational analysis. Things that do not require rational analysis are called psionic powers, and even divine arts are things that can be reproduced by analysis and rational analysis.

"However, that is definitely very different from what normal people call science... So, do you want to learn magic?"

"No, thank you." The girl picked up the scroll and the book on the table and left. The part that was vaguely revealed was about anatomy. It seemed to be a doctor?

Xiaoxiao and Zhaoxia left after eating almost all the ingredients in the hotel. Obviously, it won't be long before her story will become the next legendary story in the mouth of the bartender, and after a while, it will disappear among the drinkers. among the changing information

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The square outside the university seems to be much more lively here. Although other places are very desolate and deserted, here, perhaps due to the relationship of many young students, it shows a strange vitality. In front of the so-called bulletin board, The girl holding the book is reading something.

"Yo? Do you want to go to that place too?"

"I heard that the nobles there have a large number of ancient books and rare books, I just want to take a look at it." The girl pushed her glasses, "Although I am very dissatisfied that you use your talents and abilities on It’s a lie, but your psychological attainments are indeed very powerful, maybe we can help each other, I’m not interested in those quack doctors, but you are different.”

"So, you're studying the human body, more precisely the boundary between life and death.

"Yes, it's about life to be precise}—how does a creature determine whether it is alive or dead, where is the dividing line between life and death, and where is the most critical point

"It's like a ship that is constantly changing boards. When is it no longer the original ship, which board does it start from?" Xiao Xiao said, and the other party's eyes lit up immediately, "Yes, that's what it means, Are you interested in this too?"

"No, thank you" Xiaoxiao replied unchanged, "But, you are right, we can indeed help each other." More precisely, it is helping each other in disguise.

[PS]

The plot of Darkest Dungeon 2 is really easy to guess. In fact, the protagonist of the first generation went crazy after coming out of the dungeon. He is receiving psychological treatment from the university teacher.

As you reopen repeatedly, bring up some past events.

The hero, who appears at the crossroads, is a companion the protagonist has known in the past.

—Everything happens in the protagonist's head, so the final boss is a shackle on the brain, and that shackle is called the shackle of negation, and you are required to break it.

And it's easy to guess the title of the chapter, so the spoiler is clean. There are five chapters in total, and the first one is negative.

This corresponds to the psychological evolution of human collapse, namely: negation: how could such a thing happen, I don’t believe it, I don’t believe it.Rage: Commonly known as impotent rage, it must be XXX's fault.Entanglement: Please, don't do this, let me XXXX.Frustrated: I'm dead, fucked, impossible.Confession: Okay, that's it, what next?

——and asking the player to break these five shackles is actually very clear that it is saving the sanity of the protagonist who is on the verge of doom, and pulling him back from the brink of collapse.

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The content of the announcement is very simple, that is, the mayor of Gaoya Town and the legal heir of the earldom are determined to recruit some people to clean up the land he acquired. Run away after a very thorough exploitation of the territory, of course, most people will not survive to run away.

But this guy is going to seriously manage the territory, so he issued an announcement to recruit workers, tenant farmers and adventurers. However, in terms of remuneration, the remuneration given by the workers is the local land deed, although Gaoya Town is not a good place, and the land is barren , but the allure of a piece of land of your own is still high.

Even for some combat experts in some guilds, this is a very good reward, while adventurers are paid directly and significantly in gold coins. Six hundred gold coins is really not a small amount, even if they only agree to pay 200 gold coins as a deposit first.

Judging from the announcement, the new Lord Earl is planning to rebuild various facilities in the town and expand the scope of the farm, although there is hardly any output worth mentioning, and there are several bandit groups equipped with artillery and muskets on the road Intercepting passing business travelers.

However, this is a removal, and if Gaoya Town is really revived, the city will have a port to the outside world, and the farmland in the relic area and plain area will not have to be attacked by robbers, which is a good thing.

And before the fall of Gaoya Town, the white marble, hard black wood, and agricultural products from the fertile land were all very popular. Unfortunately, the quarry is now flooded by slums, and monsters are everywhere And aliens entrenched.

The lumberyard has become a paradise for thieves. It is said that there are witches in the forest. The beautiful vineyards have been poisoned by evil black magic and have turned into a withered swamp.

The villa area of ​​Lu Fu's residential area in T Fang has also become piles of hemorrhoids. Hong Kong and the sea

The bay is even occupied by strange-shaped things that climb up from the sea. Even merchant ships no longer go here. I heard that there was a famous pirate "Captain" who disappeared there before. His curse and ghost have been wandering in the sea.