526.Chapter 524: 523 Closed Beta Will End Soon, Will the Internal Beta Be Far Away?
Chapter 524: 523.The closed beta is about to end, can the internal beta be far behind? -[Monthly votes plus more 510
“Look at the mess you’ve made of yourself, they think they’re just going through a storyline, but those little guys who are so loyal to you would never guess that just a moment ago they almost killed you with their own hands.”
While the warriors were excited because they had challenged the Star Realm Demigods, in the lounge of the wailing sewer fighting arena, Tris hugged Murphy, who was resting with his eyes closed, with a heartbroken look on his face:
“If you hadn’t signed a contract with the Endless in advance and acquired new powers, I’m afraid that something would have happened today, as you commented, many people underestimated your warriors, even you.
In fact, so do I.”
“It’s not bad, it just looks dangerous.”
Midnight Regeneration’s ability allowed Murphy’s blood to slowly return, and his torso, sore from the intensity of the battle, relaxed as he acted rather quietly in Tris’s arms, cupping a jar of source blood in his hand but not using it.
Facing Tris’s reproach, the vampire responded softly:
“For these four months or so of force cultivation, their performance is really quite perfect, isn’t it? Pack up the current ones and throw them into the Dark Mountain Range, and they wouldn’t be casually annihilated.
The victory in Plague Town, as well as today’s perfect performance, have proven that our cultivation and guidance during the closed test phase was largely successful, and when the next phase of conflict arrives that is even more intense, we will be able to lead them onto the fiercer and more brutal battlefields with an open heart, without having to worry that they won’t be able to withstand the pressure to break up.
We can’t just throw a bunch of recruits into the battlefield of the Black Plague.”
“Well, from the perspective of the development team, today’s trial is indeed quite perfect.”
Tris sighed helplessly, reaching down to caress Murphy’s handsome cheek, she leaned down to leave an icy hickey on the vampire governor’s forehead and expecting such intimacy to ease Murphy’s weakness and pain at this moment, she said:
“So, have you decided to end the closed test?”
“The players have proved that they are capable of advancing to the next stage, we can’t maintain the ‘newbie protection period’ forever, can we?”
Murphy twisted the lid of the open source blood and took a small sip, and was instantly refreshed as if he had drunk vigorously.
He smiled and said:
“I had originally planned to enter internal testing when the Black Plague was in full swing, but now it seems that perhaps we can set aside a little time for them to get used to the ‘new maps’ that will be opened.
I’m going to open the new version of the ship after they arrive at the Barren Mountain defense line and complete a series of ‘Eve of the Black Calamity’ guided quests, and I expect to ‘stop the service for maintenance’ for about three days, leaving us time to nail down the design of the new map’s main quests, and then we can open the whole of the map of the Dark Mountain Range open to them.
I have many, many new ideas, and I have . Hmm? Shani came over?”
The Governor stopped talking as he tried to get up from Tris’s arms to straighten his clothes, but he was held tighter by the Blood Vulture Archduke’s hands.
Apparently, Tris was doing it on purpose.
Not only because of the Blood Vulture’s resistance to the Thorn Archduke, but also because of Tris’s unique “emotions”.
Murphy this little stinky man may not be able to detect, but Tris can rely on a woman’s intuition to find that Shani this slutty fox has some kind of “dangerous curiosity” towards Murphy, and the worst thing is that Murphy has admitted before that he really appreciates the kind of disguise that Mrs. Shani’s “dignified wifely manner Murphy had admitted that he really appreciated Mrs. Charney’s disguised “dignified wifely manners”.
“Bang.”
The door to the lounge was pushed open a crack, and the Archduke of Thorns poked his head out like a groundhog, furtively peeking into the room amidst the swaying of his hair braids.
There was a gleam in her eyes at the sight of Tris holding Murphy intimately, but the fact that their clothes weren’t in disarray quickly turned her nosy heart into a flash of disappointment.
“I say, the relationship between the two of you shouldn’t still remain pure, right? It shouldn’t be according to reason.”
Shani pushed her way in and leaned against the door again to tease:
“Are you guys still vampires? What a disgrace to our race!”
“Something’s up!”
Tris grunted irritably, Shani shrugged her shoulders, her eyes flickered over the jar of source blood in Murphy’s hand, and the Archduke of Thorns felt as if she had discovered a little bit of Murphy’s little secret again, and she clasped her arms up and said directly without any concealment:
“I saw the amazing performance of your warriors, and it gave me a new idea, didn’t you say before that you wanted me to open up some of Clan Thorn’s resources to them? I thought about it and decided to take your advice.
If your warriors are truly willing to serve Clan Thorn, Andre’s White Mountain faction can be their new home.
But I’m curious, would you really hand over the management of such a good outlaw to me?”
“I have emphasized before that the outlaws are free to move about this continent, they were ‘born and raised’ from the cradle of Transylvania, but they cannot always stay in the cradle, and I will not interfere with their ideas of who they should serve after they have proved that they are strong enough to explore the world. ”
Murphy sat up instantly at Shani’s words, he said seriously:
“Not to mention the Thorn Clan, even if they ran off to the Kingdom of Canary Blossom to serve that short man of Loren’s who’s been trying to get me killed, I wouldn’t frown on it.
I thank you for giving my warriors new options for their future career paths, it’s a rare generosity, Lady Shani, but there is one thing I must emphasize so that we don’t have a gap in the future because of it.
When our two sides become hostile for some regrettable reason, the control that belongs to the warriors will be immediately reclaimed by me.
This is a base condition that is not negotiable!
If you agree, then we can discuss the next issues in detail.”
“I guessed you’d say that, so I was thinking about a little problem on the way.”
Shani asked with a wink as she hugged her arms:
“What if . I mean if, if a situation arises where I treat your warriors so well that they look up to me and are even willing to follow me and betray you, how should Your Excellency react?”
“No one can treat them better than me, you’re just stirring up trouble with this question.”
Murphy rolled his eyes, grunted, and said:
“If they think you’re more trustworthy compared to me, that only proves that I’m nothing more than a Governor. But I think you might be disappointed, because in addition to the tactics of emotion, I have coercion.
So I will give you a proper reminder that you should indeed be wary of my warriors, who would instantly become a knife to your heart should our two sides be unfortunate enough to become hostile at some point in the future.”
“But until then, their wild power, which is nothing short of magical, will be at the disposal of the Thorn Clan.”
Shani didn’t care about Murphy’s “reminder”, she had already made up her mind on the way here, and this time she asked:
“So, what do I need to pay in order to have a group of foreign spirits under my command that do not fear death?”
“Simple.”
Murphy and Tris looked at each other, and the Governor stood up, saying:
“A drop of blood is sufficient!
Of course, not just anyone’s blood will do, we as vampires can read the kernel and origin of power from blood, Andre’s blood is certainly valuable, but if it is you who is requesting such cooperation from me, then for ceremonial purposes, I feel that obtaining a single drop of blood from you is the only thing that will allow my warriors to perceive the mystical axioms of the Clan of the Thorns better.”
“You want my blood?”
Shani said as she stepped back warily:
“Do you think I would give it to you? This stuff means something to vampires.”
“Come on.”
Tris sneered from the sidelines:
“Do you really think my Murphy would use your blood to cast some kind of curse on you? Shani, put away your petty thoughts, if you, a gold ranked assassin, couldn’t even resist this kind of curse, then you would have died hundreds of times already.
It’s not like your blood essence is needed!
It was just a drop of pure blood originating from the closest thing the Thorn Clan had to an ancient origin, given to Murphy to use to analyze out the Thorn Clan’s power template.
You can observe the entire process!
We still have the Sacred Blood Alliance, you slutty fox.”
“I’m just not used to gifting such a valuable ‘gift’ to others, after all, my blood belongs only to me.”
Shani was still resistant.
But under Murphy’s eyes, she raised her finger after a moment of repeated thought, and squeezed a drop of blood out of her fingertip and suspended it in the air again as Murphy watched.
The Governor reached out and stuck the drop of blood between his thumb and forefinger, tilted his head and dripped it onto his tongue.
As the vampire analyzed the information contained in the blood, Murphy’s “template collection level” for the Clan of Thorns on the racial templates page of his character card increased rapidly as he closed his eyes.
What Tris said just now was undoubtedly correct, as the Grand Duke of Thorns, Shani’s blood is the closest pure thing to the origin of the Thorns Clan, with this blood as a link, the power of the Thorns Clan’s mysteries were quickly tapped into and presented in front of Murphy’s eyes:
Racial template collection degree reached 90%!
The player’s optional race-vampire civilization branch Thorn Clan template has been unlocked!
Vampire Thorn Clan racial talents are as follows:
1. Darkness Blessing:
When in a dark environment, melee and psionic skill pass determination +1, dexterity is increased by 20%, perception is increased by 20%, and life, energy, and psionic energy recovery is accelerated.
In a darkness situation, is granted the [Midnight Wanderer] passive skill.
When a member of the Thorn Clan remains still under the night for 3 seconds, he enters a silent sneaking state, unable to be targeted by sight while drastically reducing the probability of being detected by perception.
After causing an attack, this state will continue for 3 seconds before the sneak is broken.
2. Daylight Curse: Slightly.
3. Midnight Killer:
Members of the Thorn Clan specialize in detection and assassination, while in the sneak state, the first stealth-breaking attack bludgeon rate of a member of the Thorn Clan is increased to 500%.
While sneaking, the Thorn Clan member’s movement speed is increased by 30%.
While sneaking, the member of the Thorn Clan’s Perception effect is greatly increased, and his Perception range is expanded. While sneaking, members of the Thorn Clan can perform a series of secret clan spells, including but not limited to [Shadow Smother], [Strangle Throat], [Deadly Ambush], [Dance of Shadows], and [Kidney Strike Bleed].
While sneaking, the Thorn Clan member’s evasion rate is drastically increased.
While sneaking, a member of the Thorn Clan may apply a [Mark of Vengeance] to a specific target, which can only be perceived by other members of the Thorn Clan and can exist for seven days without being dispelled.
4. Night Bat Inheritance: When a vampire is near death, he can escape from danger by dissipating his entity and transforming into a swarm of bats; using this specialization will cause the vampire to gain the negative effects of [Mental Heavy Pressure] and [Flesh Collapse].
This racial specialty will be activated upon entering the Black Iron Body rank.
5. Gliding: The Thorn Clan’s wings are delicate and short, and do not provide the vampire with the ability to actively fly, but at the right height and angle they can complete gliding maneuvers, and when performing assassination actions from a high altitude, they will be given the “death from the sky” effect, which will greatly increase the success rate of the assassination.
6. Hidden Blood: Omitted
7. Eternal Sinner: Omitted
A series of racial talent descriptions unfolded in front of Murphy’s eyes, but it was not difficult to find out that the racial template of the Thorn Clan was not too different from that of the Blood Vulture Clan, after all, they were both branches of the vampire civilization.
The Blood Vulture Clan’s [Swift Flight] was replaced with [Midnight Wanderer] and [Glide], [Vampiric Touch] was also changed to [Midnight Slayer], and the enhancement of Dark Night Blessing was more inclined to dexterity and perception, other than that, the other racial talents were exactly the same.
This collection of templates made Murphy very satisfied.
He, the designer, didn’t even need to do the “racial balance”, and at the back of this 90% collected template, there was an “apply” function, once Murphy chose to apply it, all the vampire players under his command would have an additional branching option.
Of course, this kind of “change the family” operation does not give it set a sufficient weight of the task is sorry for the drop of blood given by Mrs. Shani.
“Well? Is that enough?”
Shani asked with a smelly face, Murphy nodded and said with a smile on his face:
“Please wait for up to half a month before I open up the option of joining Clan Thorn to my fey warriors, but in our ancient vampire tradition, such a change of clan would need to be heavily taxed.
I will not inflict the label of traitor on them, nor will I send men after them.
But the resources and wealth those warriors paid for to break away from the Blood Wyverns and join the Thorn Clan, I will give one-third of them to Andre as his payment for taking in and managing the foreign warriors.”
“Very well, this ratio is very appropriate and perfect.”
Shani was finally satisfied.
She waved her hand and said:
“It’s time for me to go back to the Thorn Duchy, alas, I originally only wanted to stay here for three days, but I didn’t realize that Scarlet Castle’s Sacred Blood Festival was so lively and interesting, and that this was the first Sacred Blood Festival that I hadn’t spent in my own territory since I became a Blood Clan.
The old curmudgeons in the clan are definitely going to hold a grudge against me for this.
But it doesn’t matter, I have to thank you both for giving me one more precious and joyful vacation that can be used as a memory in my long blood life.
So, Murph, I’ll see you in the Dark Mountains!”
“Well, I look forward to seeing you again, Archduke Thorn.”
Murphy sent off his friend with a smile, and after confirming that Shani had completely left, he looked back at Thorn with an odd expression and rubbed his cheeks, saying:
“I don’t think I can use the title ‘Mrs. Man’s Wife’ to describe Shani from now on, no wonder she reacted so strongly when she was first flirted with like that before.”
“Hmm?”
Tris looked at Murphy in surprise.
The Governor touched his lips recalling the taste of the drop of blood belonging to Shani just now, he whispered:
“Our Archduke Thorn tries to act very social, but in reality, she is still a purist, geez, she’s almost 400 years old, isn’t she? To be so conservative?”
“Hmph! I feel like there’s something in your words .”
“Uh, you’re really overthinking it this time, Tris.”
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“Aaaaaaahhhh, hung up again yah.”
A bored Badger yelled out in the forum’s big gaming group in which he was texting:
“Three days off the grid is really too much to bear, I should have known that I wouldn’t have been so impulsive before, obviously our Governor’s Challenge has already succeeded.”
“Success my ass, can you beat Lord Murphy’s unreasonable summon?”
A giant shark in the group immediately retorted with the same “three days of internet abstinence”:
“The development team arranged such a buggy skill for Lord Murphy, it’s obvious that they didn’t want us to win, okay? Ah ah ah, what a thief.”
“You can’t say that about a highly decorated Governor General, His Excellency! As the only Star Realm Summoner in the current player, I must defend my mentor-sama.”
Little Richie Touch You Poor immediately typed in response:
“Summoning astral creatures is supposed to be an astral summoner’s fighting style, just like my Scorpion Lion is my current primary fighting partner for one thing, that’s what it’s like to fight with a summoner, it’s our fighting style!
If you don’t like it, don’t play, huh?
Anyway it’s not the development team cheating.”
“The argument is true, but Murphy-sama, a Black Iron rank, actually being able to summon a Star Realm Demigod is the most outrageous! It’s simply not martial arts.”
Cat also joined the discussion and said in a very helpless tone:
“I had always thought before that Lord Murphy was not as strong in the Summoner’s Way as he was in his sword skills, and it turns out that I had really underestimated our Governor General’s Excellency. Alas, O Little Brother Fu, when will you be able to have that cool Star Realm Guardian?”
“Soon soon soon.”
Little Rich Brother responded:
“I was there the whole time as an assistant to assist Lord Murphy in completing that guardian contract, I know the whole process, now all that’s left is to improve my strength and get ready, once I complete the Silver Trial, I’ll be able to have my own Star Realm Guardian.
And by that time, I can have an extra summoning bit, so I can always summon other creatures.
Alas, I’m a Star Realm Summoner, not a ‘Scorpion Lion Launcher’, and as much as I love my Stinky Treasure, it feels a bit monotonous to always use it in battle, so I have to try out other summons once in a while.”
“Uh, I don’t think you should be so optimistic, Little Richie, NPC’s career skill trees are specially made, and signing the contract of Star Realm Guardian when you achieve Silver won’t be able to reach the level of Lord Murphy.”
Among the group’s rapidly refreshing messages, Alpha’s reply appeared so conspicuous, and the moment Fat, who hadn’t shown his face in this group for a long time, ventured out, he immediately attracted a lot of people’s attention.
“Brother Fat Brother Fat! Why aren’t you so free today to deal with the forum squeeze threads? Still running to chat, hey, is there any insider information?”
Brother Woo Meow, who ran over smelling the smell, typed and asked:
“It’s been a while since I’ve heard you break news, I miss it.”
“Ha, inside information?”
Administrator Alpha seemed quite happy today as he posted several very funny emoticons in the group before saying:
“My assistant Fifi was groping for fish while she was at work, peeking at the dramas you guys carried to the forums and I found out, and then deducted her paycheck does that count as insider information ah?
It’s all because of Little Reed Name! She actually posted so many fan dramas on the forums, causing a few of them to be apathetic at work, and when I wasn’t paying attention, they started groping the fish, and now even you Cui sisters have started groping the fish.”
“Ay, ay, ay. How is this even relevant to me? I’m just sharing what I like.”
Little Vikrama, who was criticized by name, immediately complained:
“And I’m not the only one uploading stuff! Rod uploaded a whole set of military history of the Korean War and the Vietnam War, and Uncle Loyalty’s group even turned their manufacturing division into a ‘hodgepodge of forbidden knowledge’.
That stuff is the kind of thing that will get your water meter checked in reality if you look at it.
Compared to them, I’m just uploading a few popular dramas, so I’m basically harmless, right?”
“It’s not like I’m saying you’re doing anything wrong.”
Alpha responded:
“I’m just complaining, I’ve already asked Xiao Cui to start tidying up the forums, all kinds of knowledge should be put in different specialized areas and password access should be set up, otherwise those too cluttered things will really affect some players.
Okay, enough about that.
@All of you, I’m sending you a form, take the time to fill it out and submit it to me within three days.
This is about the collection of opinions on the closed beta phase of Real Otherworld, and after we finish summarizing and evaluating the players’ opinions, we’ll decide whether or not to open the internal beta test in the near future.”
“What?”
“????”
“Crap! Someone punch me in the face, I guess I’m still awake and this is an internal test?”
“Ahhhhhh! I thought you guys were just kidding when you said you were going to open beta online! I thought this damn game was going to be in closed beta for the rest of my life, but after all this time you guys are actually playing for real? This is so sudden, just like every update you guys do, it catches people off guard!”
“You’re actually going to the next stage? No, I’ve only been in the game for less than a week, let me play this version for a while longer.”
“Fuck! I’ve definitely gotten up violently and seen something unclean, no, I’ve got to go back to sleep for a while.”
“Heavens, earth, the version is finally going to be updated, it’s finally time to get out of the novice village, I’m going to fight the black plague! I want to kill the Jackals! Don’t stop me all of you ah ah ah ah!”
(End of chapter)