Chapter 376 Thomas: Dad (8k, code word attributes explode!)
Red Maple City, Forge Manor.
Before dusk fell in the evening, "Thomas the Tank Engine" had re-boarded "God's Destiny".
It was in the villa and manor, in his residence, that Thomas completed the "promotion" process.
Long before the Red Maple City defense battle, he had already raised his level to lv.10, triggering his [Promotion Mission].
It was a combat-oriented promotion task, and it had the requirement that the sum of eight attribute values be greater than 65 points. Thomas just met them all at the same time after the Red Maple City Guards Battle——
In the "promotion" link, after Thomas gave the [Promotion Task] panel to confirm the completion of the instruction, his consciousness fell into darkness, leaving only a panel in front of him, prompting him to perform several subsequent operations. .
The process of "promotion" including entering the "Spiritual Sea", consuming the "Bronze Key" to open the "Bronze Door", entering the "Bronze Hall" to touch the "Bronze Pillar", etc., are all on the panel. operating in.
Thomas has not personally experienced the processes shown on the panel, but he can clearly feel that as the steps of "promotion" progress, the body belonging to "Thomas the Tank Engine" will become stronger, and this This feeling of becoming stronger reaches its peak when touching the "copper pillar"!
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[You obtain the extraordinary profession: Holy Light Priest (lv.1)]
[Level inheritance of the lower profession "Trainee Priest"]
[The level of "Holy Light Priest" is increased to lv.10, and the profession "Trainee Priest" is lost]
[Acquire the "Holy Light Priest" professional skill: Holy Pastor (Glory, lv.1)]
[Holy Shepherd (Glory, lv.1): You are the one who opens the way for "Glory". When you use the "Glory" fate skill, the skill damage/effect is enhanced by 20%, and the mana consumption is reduced by 20%. 】
[Acquire the "Holy Light Priest" professional skill: Spear of Holy Light (Glory, lv.1)]
[Mana consumption: 20, cooling time: 3min]
[Spear of Holy Light (Glory, lv.1): "Holy Light" is condensed in the hand. This is the Holy Spear that penetrates heresy - after a short period of charging, the "Spear of Holy Light" is fired at the designated target, causing physical attacks. "Holy Light" attribute damage of 100% + 100% of spell attack; after "Spear of Holy Light" hits the target, it will cause an annihilation explosion, causing "Holy Light" attribute damage of 125% of physical attack + 125% of spell attack in a small area. 】
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When Thomas finally gave the panel the command to touch the bronze pillar of the "Holy Light Priest" in the panel, he truly entered the threshold of the second life of [Glory], and was promoted from "trainee priest" to "holy priest". "Priest of Light" truly became a transcendent!
Thomas had experienced this "promotion" process during closed beta.
But when the public beta completed another "promotion", Thomas was still excited, quite excited!
In his eyes, the darkness that shrouded his vision gradually dissipated, and he saw the colors of his room again.
And in his personal panel, there is also a new skill, a new skill - [Glory] skill "Holy Shepherd", which is a skill to assist in combat; and the new skill "Spear of Holy Light" - —That is the advanced skill of the 'Basic Light Spear' that Thomas had mastered in his first life path!
Compared with the "Elementary Light Spear", the damage of the "Holy Light Spear" is almost doubled, but the mana consumption is only 5 points more than that of the "Elementary Light Spear"! In Thomas' view, this is a very practical combat skill.
One of the benefits of choosing the "Priest" profession is that after learning the "Spear of Holy Light", the "Basic Spear of Light" will not disappear due to learning the advanced skills.
This is also a common professional characteristic of extraordinary professions with melee tendencies in "God's Destiny". In other words, after being promoted to "Second Destiny", Thomas has two output skills that can cause a lot of damage at the same time!
Compared with the auxiliary tendency of "Consecrated Priest" in the second life path and the shield strengthening of "Holy Knight", the offensive and suppressive power of "Holy Light Priest" is obviously stronger, but it is more Pay attention to cooperating with your teammates. Well, weapons and equipment are also very important for the "Priest" profession...
Thomas was thinking about this, and he clicked on his "Skills" column at the same time, maxing out the newly acquired "Spear of Light" skill level on the spot!
Because of the reward given by the previous [Dark Sky Haze] mission, Thomas still had more than 45,000 experience points stored, and it only cost about one-tenth to fully upgrade the skill "Spear of Light".
He is now in the state of "I have never seen so much experience, and I don't know how to spend it at all." Therefore, he is increasingly looking forward to the reappearance of the mysterious "Apostles of the Holy Abyss" during the closed beta.
After all, among all the organizations and forces that Thomas has come into contact with so far - only the [Shengyuan Mall] of "Shengyuan" can directly use experience points to learn new "techniques" or "skills", but now that the open beta has passed one day, those mysterious There was still no trace of the apostles.
"It seems that during the closed beta... they also appeared on the third or fourth day after the 'closed beta' started..."
Thomas murmured, and he looked at the brand new personal panel again, feeling happy and comfortable.
He then closed the panel, stood up, put on the suit newly issued by the previous missionary and belonged to the "Saint Protector" of the church, put on the rare quality war hammer [Hammer of the Saints] on his back, and walked out of the room go.
Now - the "Red Maple City Defense Battle" has just ended. Whether it is the church, the side court, or the Fangbei Courtyard, the high-ranking people are busy cleaning up and taking inventory. The players at this time are the most leisurely.
Thomas has not received any patrol missions from the church from his "Captain of the Holy Guard" Connor for the time being. He can just take advantage of this time to do other things and explore Red Maple City.
The plan was decided, so he walked towards the door of the villa where he was staying. At the same time, he opened the map panel and marked a point he was going to——
【Authentic Dwarf Blacksmith Shop】
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Late afternoon.
In Red Maple City, there is "Forging Manor" next to the church.
The plaque of [Authentic Dwarf Blacksmith Shop] hanging on the marble wall has just been wiped clean. At this time, the forging masters in the manor are still busy and are forced to work overtime due to the surge in orders in recent days.
Thomas had arrived at the gate of the Forge Manor. He looked at the dwarves inside the gate and in the yard with their bare arms and swinging sledgehammers. His mouth was slightly open in surprise.
It seems... when I came here last time, there weren't so many dwarves here?
When did it happen?
That "Master"... Master Mir brought his entire family and seven uncles and eight uncles from the "Storm Continent"?
Thomas thought to himself, but didn't take it too seriously. Seeing that the door of the Forge Manor was still open, he calmly entered.
Why does he care so much... His current identity is a "consumer"!
Holding the forty gold coins warm in his pocket, Thomas couldn't help but feel a sense of pride. After entering the forging manor, he began to look around.
He still remembered that during the internal beta, he spent five gold coins to buy a green-quality "mithril straight sword" from the manor.
But now - I have eight times the funds of the internal beta! You should be able to buy some good stuff.
The [Saint's Hammer] that Thomas is using now is a green quality weapon. If you can buy a blue quality weapon this time, you can use [Saint's Hammer] as a secondary weapon...
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Thomas thought to himself, still looking around, looking for the figure of an old acquaintance.
But before he could find her among dozens of forging masters, Thomas suddenly felt a weight on his shoulder, and someone tapped him hard on the shoulder——
"Are you from the church? What are you doing here?"
In Thomas's ears, a low, smoky and hoarse voice of a middle-aged man came.
Thomas looked back and saw a fierce-looking, muscular naked man staring at him with round eyes.
The panel detection showed that the name of the strong man in front of him was Kabard Hafkin - he had the third destiny of [Ku Tu], and his occupation was "Master of Forging".
Although [Ku Tu] is also an illegal destiny in the empire, compared to [Red Lotus], [Void], and [Lost], it is not so "illegal" - more often than not, it exists as a gray destiny. .
As long as you don't join those esoteric sects or organizations that have been classified as cults, it's okay for the empire to let big musclemen roam the streets - many official institutions, guilds or organizations will also hire [Ku Tu] Extraordinary beings of destiny serve as guards or perform various functions that require great strength, but these are not on the table, and are regarded as established rules.
For example, Mir's "Forging Manor" also employs several full-time "blacksmiths" with the destiny of [Ku Tu]. This was tacitly approved by the backing church, and Thomas already knew this during the internal beta.
"I'm here to customize it, custom-made weapons," Thomas took out his money bag from his pocket and said with confidence on his face, "Forty gold coins! I think-"
“The church’s urgent work orders are already full.”
"Master Blacksmith" Kabard interrupted him and said with no reaction on his face, "If you want to customize weapons or equipment that are suitable for [Glory], let me think about it...well, you have to wait forty-two days. ”
——Forty-two days? ? !
Thomas' expression was stunned, and he stood still as if struck by lightning.
What does it mean that the urgent work order queue is full... I brought forty gold coins! Forty gold coins!
People here don’t want to make money!
Thomas, who was unwilling to give up, raised the money bag containing forty gold coins in his hand, shook it lightly in front of the "Forging Master" Kabard opposite, and said:
"Forty gold coins! There is no..."
"Little brother, because you are from the church, I can wait for forty-two days for you."
"Master Blacksmith" Kabad spread his hands, with an expression that was half helpless and half "just for this little money" on his face, and said to Thomas:
"If it is a private or individual order, it will already be queued up for half a year."
"And - forty gold coins are not enough. The custom orders we are receiving now start at five hundred imperial gold coins, and the minimum is 'master' quality weapons or equipment. For forty gold coins, you can go to the warehouse and take a look. , there are many ready-made ones out there.”
"..."
——Fuck!
Thomas couldn't help but think of a Chinese quintessence in his heart.
He didn't expect that his current net worth has increased eight times compared to the time of the closed beta, but in the eyes of these blacksmiths, he is still "poor"!
It’s so expensive...
Thomas suddenly felt that the water in Forge Manor was too deep and he couldn't control it.
I was thinking about going back like this and saving up some more - the five hundred gold coins that "Master Blacksmith" Kabad said, and then come directly to the forging manor to customize a 'master' quality weapon.
"Thomas?"
Suddenly, a clear female voice floated into Thomas' ears.
He turned towards the source of the sound and saw a girl wearing long sleeves and trousers, holding a forging hammer and wearing a high ponytail.
The girl waved to Thomas, and Thomas recognized her immediately.
That was exactly the person Thomas wanted to find when he came to the forging manor, the player of "id. Frost Moon"!
As expected, she chose [Intellect] again and continued to be a blacksmith apprentice in the "Forging Manor"!
"Do you know each other?"
In front of Thomas, "Master Forge" Kabard asked Thomas.
"Yes, we know each other," Thomas responded casually, "Old friends."
"Then you guys talk, that girl is recommended by the church, let her show you around."
After Kabard said these words, he turned and left. He walked to the room on the first floor of a newly built villa in the manor and closed the door. The sound of tinkling iron was heard from behind the door.
After Kabard left, Thomas trotted towards Shuangyue.
"You also chose Red Maple City, and you chose [Intellect] as your initial destiny?"
Thomas asked Frosty Moon.
"Yes," Shuangyue nodded in response. She looked Thomas up and down and said with surprise:
"Have you been promoted to the 'Second Life Path'?"
"Can the church issue you the 'Bronze Key' so quickly?"
"Hey." Thomas smiled.
He knew that Shuangyue had already used the panel to detect him once while chatting, so he also opened the panel and also detected "Shuangyue"——
His eyes fell on "Shuang Yue"'s ID, that was "Shuang Yue"——
“Did you finally register the ID of ‘Shangyue’ in the public beta test?”
Thomas expressed his admiration, "You are worthy of such a sought-after ID!"
"The first thing I did when I entered the game interface was to enter the word 'Frost Moon' in the ID field."
Shuangyue suddenly smiled and said, "Didn't you see? I didn't even have time to model the model carefully."
"..."
While Shuangyue was saying this, Thomas' eyes were also looking at the "Shuangyue" modeling character carefully.
Thomas still remembers that when he entered the game interface of "God's Destiny" and created an account and character, the initial modeling was generated by adding a certain degree of intelligent beautification to the real-life character image. If no adjustments were made, it would actually be very easy. It can be seen that it is basically a modeling done on the "face models" of real players.
As for "Frost Moon", Thomas had already met her in a game called "Star Train" before playing "God's Destiny" published by Black Technology Company. In real life, they also became friends in the gaming circle. I met several times for team building opportunities.
Therefore, Thomas knows "Frost Moon" in real life. She is indeed a good-looking girl who is easy to identify among the crowd. Thomas can recognize her the moment he sees "Frost Moon".
Looking at "Shuangyue" now, she is modeled after her in reality with a slight beautification, but with a high ponytail that is the default in "Hairstyle 1" - she really has never been modeled...< br>
"Indeed, I just discovered it."
Thomas raised his hand and scratched the back of his head, smiled, then opened the friend panel and sent a friend request to Frost Moon opposite.
Shuangyue quickly agreed to Thomas' application, and then asked Thomas:
"Okay, so - you want to come here to get weapons again?" "That's right," Thomas raised the purse containing forty gold coins, but the initial confidence on his face was gone, and he looked at Shuangyue tentatively. Asked:
"Uh, so forty gold coins... what can I buy?"
Shuangyue: "..."
Shuangyue: "...where did you get the forty gold coins? Did you steal it from the church's treasury? Or went to the street to rob it?"
"No! There are at least four bottles of Paladin Golems and four 'Triple Destiny' priests guarding there. How can we get in?" Thomas argued.
"Then where did you get so much money?"
Although the "Great Blacksmith" Kabard didn't seem to be too interested in the forty gold coins held by Thomas, for players who are generally still poor now, this is already an astronomical figure.
"The church sent, uh... we submitted a piece of information to the bishop, and the church rewarded us with ten gold coins. Then after the red maple city defense battle ended, we returned to the church and were rewarded with another thirty gold coins..."
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"...Huh?"
Shuangyue opened her mouth, with a rather surprised expression on her face. After a while, she stuttered and said:
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"The church...are the church benefits so exaggerated?"
"That's it." Thomas spread his hands, "That's how the forty gold coins came..."
"..."
"Oh, what you said makes me want to switch to trumpet and switch to [Glory]..."
A helpless expression appeared on Shuangyue's face, but this expression was quickly hidden again, and she got back to business:
"You said, with these forty gold coins of yours, you want to customize a weapon?"
"That's right," Thomas said helplessly, "but the uncle just now, seems to be called Kabard? He said that the urgent work order has been scheduled for forty-two days."
"He also said that for customization, forty gold coins are not enough," Thomas continued:
"Is it so expensive to buy a weapon in 'Forging Manor'?"
"That's right," Shuangyue shrugged and said with a smile on his face:
"After all, this is the best blacksmith shop in the entire Red Maple City. And that master, Master Mir, has also recruited almost half of the blacksmiths in Red Maple City to come here to forge. If you want to make some better weapons or equipment, They will definitely choose to come here.”
"But, having said that, what Master Kabard said is really right -" Shuangyue continued, "Now forty gold coins are indeed not enough to make equipment, but in the early morning, the forging manor did have some money from the church and the border. There, some weapons and equipment captured on the battlefield were recovered.”
"Some weapons and equipment are being sold at a discount. If there are no buyers, the masters are ready to melt them into materials. You may be able to go and take a look at these."
"Is there such a thing?" Thomas asked curiously.
Then Thomas suddenly had some different thoughts in his mind.
It's not just about buying a "rare" quality weapon, but in a place like "Forging Manor", it seems that you can make some quick money by "recycling" some loot.
When he killed the [Ku Tu] triple fate "giant warrior", the giant stick in his hand seemed to be a good quality weapon, but the weapon was too huge and could not be brought back, so Thomas gave up. Got this idea.
But now that I think about it, this is indeed a way to "make money", and as the "Saint Protector" I will only be able to receive more "judgment" tasks in the future.
"..."
Just as he was thinking about this, Thomas heard the crisp voice of "Frost Moon" again:
"Hey Thomas? What are you thinking about?"
"..."
"Oh, nothing..."
When Shuangyue called him, Thomas temporarily cleared the messy thoughts in his mind, looked at the girl in front of him, and said:
"Take me to see those recovered weapons? Hmm... I want a weapon similar to a 'warhammer', preferably one that can be held with one hand and used as a secondary weapon."
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After that, Shuangyue took Thomas into a storage warehouse in the Forging Manor.
As Shuangyue said before - most of them are indeed weapons recovered from the battlefield, and some are defective products that were abandoned here because the finished products failed to meet the requirements of the order.
Like the "Mithril Straight Sword" Thomas bought from the Forging Manor for only five gold coins. It was originally a custom order for a "rare" quality weapon, because the actual quality of the finished product did not meet the "rare" quality. If it cannot be delivered, it can only be kept in the warehouse and sold at a discount.
There are a lot of weapons and equipment like this - when Thomas followed Shuang Yue into the storage warehouse of the Forging Manor, he had already roughly distinguished the quality range of the weapons and equipment placed here through the detection function of the panel.
The quality ranges from "Gray Rough" to "Purple Master". The weapons and equipment of green rare and below quality are not favored by Thomas now, and the weapons or equipment of "Purple Master" are not something Thomas can afford, so his His attention was completely focused on the approximately thirty or forty "blue rare" quality weapons in the warehouse.
Soon, Thomas selected three from thirty or forty alternative weapons——
"How about this?" Thomas pointed to an ax with a short silver handle and a light red crystal blade, and asked Shuangyue first.
"Oh. [The Ax of Ruin]...I like to call it the Ax of Tetanus, sixty gold coins."
"You can see its weapon panel, right? It was a weapon seized from the 'berserker' of [Red Lotus]. The wounds it made are difficult to recover and will suffer some continuous damage - but there is a saying , although this weapon is of 'rare' quality, in my opinion, its beauty outweighs its practicality. ”
"...Indeed."
Thomas looked at the "Tetanus Ax" placed on the display shelf in front of him again, and in his heart he had already given up on it when Shuangyue said its price of up to sixty gold coins.
It then turned its gaze elsewhere, looking at a completely black 'chain hammer' on the other side, embedded with squirming black rays of thorns, and then asked Shuangyue for the price.
"This? [Festering Fang] - Well, it's cheap, only thirty-five gold coins, but it's too ugly."
"You are a priest of the church, isn't it appropriate to bring this?"
"..."
When Shuangyue gave a kind reminder, Thomas suddenly thought of the bishop. The "bishop" Rossiu Carlos seemed to also use a poisonous-looking dark green magic staff, so he automatically ignored Shuangyue's kind reminder. .
Thirty-five gold coins can buy a poison-quenching chain hammer - quite appropriate, Thomas thought to himself, turning his eyes to the other side, the last alternative "rare" weapon.
It was a small sickle with a short handle - the blade was curved like a crescent moon and shone with broken silvery light. The slender handle was embedded with circles of azure rings, which were traces of "runes".
——[Silver Cutting Scythe (Blue Rare)], which has the ability to convert the part that causes damage into "original trauma", which is "real damage"; and the embedded runes also make this weapon more When this rune skill is turned on, the color of the back blade will turn red, and the holder's current blood volume will be deducted by a percentage every second, and the damage caused by the weapon holder will be greatly increased by 30% to 50%.
Putting aside the blood-burning debuff of this weapon, the improvement it can bring to Thomas is quite obvious - and this last "rare" quality weapon is what Thomas wants most.
He then turned to look at Shuangyue and asked her for the price.
"This...oh, I also like this little silver sickle!"
Shuangyue's pupils shone brightly and said, "Similar to the previous 'Tetanus Axe', this little sickle, I call it the 'Tetanus Scythe'! If I couldn't afford it, well, I would have to give it to you." Fix it yourself!”
"Oh, you don't seem to be able to afford it... I remember that the price of this scythe was ninety gold coins."
Damn it, ninety? !
Too expensive?
Thomas gasped, and could feel the phantom pain in his wallet.
But he really wanted this weapon - so he looked at Shuangyue and asked with a longing expression:
"Yes, can I get a discount?"
"Uh..."
Shuangyue pondered for a moment and answered him, "I don't know, but generally speaking... even if I can get a discount, I can give you a discount of seventy-five or eighty gold coins at most."
"..."
Seeing that Thomas was still staring at it, Shuangyue showed suspicion on his face and said:
"You don't think about hitting forty, you have broken bones!"
"Indeed." Thomas nodded sincerely.
Shuangyue: "..."
"Wait for me," Thomas said suddenly, "I'll find someone to borrow some."
After saying that, he directly opened the [Friends Panel] and saw that the avatar of the big paladin "Big Crocodile Stewed in an Iron Pot" was still on, so he directly sent him a message——
[Thomas the Tank Engine]: Where? V I 50
[Stewed crocodile in iron pot]:?
[Stewing giant crocodile in iron pot]: TD
[Thomas the Tank Engine]: No, no, no kidding, please help me! ! !
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About ten minutes later, "The Big Crocodile Stewed in Iron Pots" entered the forging manor wearing a heavy paladin armor at Thomas's diligent call.
Thomas ran directly to the door to greet him, and then returned to the manor warehouse under the leadership of Shuangyue. Thomas roughly explained his intention to borrow money to the predator——
"The only one I can think of who can come up with fifty gold coins is you, brother!"
This is indeed true - other closed beta players of the same level received rewards from the church of 10+30 gold coins, while only the predator received 10+60 gold coins. You must go to him to borrow money.
Stewed crocodile in iron pot: "..."
He said nothing more, but took out his money bag from his arms, which contained seventy gold coins. He looked at Thomas with evil eyes and said:
"Call me daddy."
"Dad."
"..."
"Okay, okay."
The predator was happy. He untied the money bag, took out twenty gold coins and put it in his pocket. Then he threw the money bag directly to Thomas, who reached out to take it.
"Pay off your debt on time," the predator said to Thomas, "The salary of being a 'Saint Protector' is fifteen gold coins a week, and your one-month 'sacred stipend' will be mine by then!"
"Okay." Thomas nodded in agreement.
After that, the iron pot stewed the crocodile and left the manor, while Thomas took the ninety gold coins together and went to find the dwarf responsible for guarding the storage with Shuangyue.
Thomas tried to bargain with the dwarf named "Frog Gravel", and Shuangyue also helped, and finally negotiated the price of [Silver Cutting Scythe (Blue Rare)] from ninety gold coins to seventy-eight gold coins. .
Thomas then opened his money bag, counted twelve gold coins and put them in his pocket, and then handed both money bags to the dwarf Frog.
After the inventory was correct, Thomas left the manor with the [Silver Cutting Scythe], and he suddenly felt unprecedented satisfaction.
By the time he left the manor, the sky was completely dark.
The sun has set in the mountains in the distance, and the blue moon has risen high - night has arrived, so Thomas is planning to go back to the church and go to the "Holy Inquisition" to see if there is any adjudication task that he can accept.
And just when he was walking on the main street of Red Maple City, he was about to turn a small corner and enter a narrow alley, but the shortest distance.
Suddenly there was a blur in front of his eyes, and he felt gray, dark red and deep purple light flashing through.
The air around him was stagnant at this moment. Thomas felt his breath suffocated, and his heart suddenly became wary. His right hand was already holding the newly purchased [Silver Cutting Scythe], and his left hand took off the [Saint's Hammer] from behind.
In Thomas' field of vision, he saw at the same time, a figure wearing a crimson cloak flashed out from the corner in front of him!
The figure revealed the back of his hand from under the cloak, and the black "dragon claw mark" was flashing on it!
——That is the mark of [Holy Abyss]!
The figure quickly approached Thomas and stopped two feet away from him, and heard a low and faint voice:
"Are you...'the Adventer'?"
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(End of chapter)