Faith Quest
Since the maximum level in this game is 20, the experience points required to level up increase continuously, and the increase is huge. Xiao Yu estimates that it will take at least half a month to level up from level 7 to level 10.
Therefore, I'll put aside the issue of advancing for now and focus on learning the other two core skills of the Blasphemers.
As soon as he logged on that morning, he prepared to head to the Mist Wilderness. However, while waiting for Big Water Cunt and Chenghong Moli, he was still considering whether to find a few people to go with him.
After playing the game for so long, he also noticed some differences in the details. The factions in this game world are not divided according to monsters/adventurers, nor are they divided according to the Alliance / Horde.
Instead, it is divided according to the gods worshipped by players and NPCs.
People who believe in the same god, regardless of their race, whether they are players, NPCs, monsters, or adventurers, are naturally of the same faction. Even adventurers and monsters can coexist peacefully.
Conversely, if the gods they worship are different, even if they are both adventurers or monsters, they will fight each other. Of course, if the gods they worship are of the same faction and have a good relationship, they can coexist peacefully. For example, the followers of the God of Order and the Sun God can often fight side by side.
In short, it's very complicated, so Xiao Yu couldn't guarantee that the monsters in the Mist Wilderness wouldn't attack him.
Therefore, it's necessary to find a few teammates to go with you.
"Is anyone online? I'm planning a long trip. Anyone want to go together? If you're interested, meet at the entrance of the Great Graveyard." Xiao Yu shouted twice in the public channel.
Before long, a large group of people arrived. They had all formed teams in the past few days because they knew that Xiao Yu, the team leader, was reliable. As a result, Xiao Yu had recently made a name for himself in the Burying Ground.
"Boss, which dungeon are we running today?" someone asked as soon as we met.
"I'm not planning on doing any dungeons today. I'm going to Mist Wilderness instead. Anyone want to come with me?"
Upon hearing this, everyone exchanged glances. The Mist Wilderness had no dungeons, no monsters, and very few adventurers ventured there. To this day, no one even knew which god's territory it belonged to.
It's located in a low-lying area, so there's practically no profit to be made there.
"The Lord of Death teaches us that only death is eternal, and we must bring the Tranquility of death to more people. In order to spread the faith I hold, I'm afraid I cannot accompany you," said Sweet and Sour Ribs.
Xiao Yu thought to himself, "What the hell? Why is this guy suddenly speaking in such a pretentious way? And in such a childish and pretentious way too."
"Powerful dead one, I am willing to follow you, however, I see no immortal radiance of God of Death in you. If you are willing to embrace my lord, perhaps you can gain more assistance, and then you will be able to gain the following of us immortals," said the Black Impermanence.
Xiao Yu thought to himself, "Why is this guy joining in the commotion too?"
"Hey, have you two taken the wrong medicine?" he asked, puzzled.
Sweet and Sour Ribs and Black Impermanence exchanged a glance, then sent a private message to Xiao Yu, "Captain, please check the quest log."
Xiao Yu opened the taskbar and saw that there was indeed a new task, a regional task. There were very few tasks in this game, so it was very noticeable.
[Quest Name: Faith of Death (Faith Quest)]
Quest Description: You are in the territory of Nerull, Lord of Death. If you are willing to accept the faith of the God of God of Death and act in accordance with Naraku, God of Death's requirements, you can gain Naraku, God of Death's favor and receive an additional experience bonus. This bonus is only effective within Naraku, God of Death's territory.
Each time you demonstrate a more devout act, you will receive an additional experience point.
PS: Since you are not a follower of God of Death, you cannot accept this mission.
"Damn, so that's how it is." Xiao Yu was speechless. No wonder these guys were all like this.
Xiao Yu chatted with the others for a few more minutes and found that most people seemed to have accepted the mission. There was no other way; leveling up in this game was too slow, and the experience bonus from this mission was too tempting. Moreover, as long as you spoke and acted in accordance with the faith of the God of Death, you could gain experience points, which was obviously very satisfying, and leveling up couldn't be more comfortable.
He was too lazy to ask, so he just told him directly.
"I'm planning an adventure in the Mist Wilderness, anyone want to come?"
In the end, only five people accompanied him: Big Water Cunt, Chenghong Moli, Sword of the Fallen Angel, Guiying Wuzong, Voldemort.
The group of six left the Great Graveyard and headed towards the Mist Wilderness. After two days of leveling up, the five or six of them were already at a very high level.
King's Return: Level 4 Skeleton Swordsman / Level 3 Blasphemers.
Big Water Cunt: Level 6 Zombie.
Chenghong Moli: Level 6 Evil Spirit.
Sword of the Fallen Angel: Level 7 Skeleton Mage.
Guiying Wuzong: Level 7 Ghostly Assassin.
Voldemort: Level 7 Mummy.
Walking on the land of the Death Wilderness, one can often see Undead of undead fighting with adventurers, and the emphasis of their speech has also become completely different from before.
What about "Foolish living beings, join us, the undead"? What about "Abandon your futile struggles and gain eternal life and peace after death"? What about "Life is so short, only death is eternal"?
These Undead players suddenly transformed into philosophers, and various cool lines became standard practice.
Xiao Yu used to like to spout a few cringeworthy lines when he played the boss, but now that everyone is doing the same thing, he finds it a bit strange.
"By the way, didn't you two take that mission?" Xiao Yu turned to Guiying Wuzong and Voldemort and asked. Guiying Wuzong shook his head. "Talking about that is too much of a pain, I'm not doing it. But listening to them is quite interesting, it feels like role-playing."
Voldemort chimed in, "Yeah, yeah, it's more than just a pain in the ass, it's downright humiliating! I'll just watch."
Indeed, one of the biggest problems with playing role-playing games is that players' words and actions often don't match the game's background at all. Although some RPG fans will imitate the way the characters in the game speak, if only a minority of people do so, it often feels quite embarrassing. Now that this quest has been released, it makes the overall atmosphere of the game more in line with the story background.
The Sword of the Fallen Angel remained silent, seemingly wanting to speak but then stopping itself when it heard the conversation.
"What's wrong?"
"Have you noticed that game companies seem to be intentionally blurring the lines between players and NPCs?"
Xiao Yu was taken aback. He hadn't noticed it before, but now that he heard it, it was indeed true. Among those adventurers, there were many NPC adventurers who acted like players, even though they were NPCs. And now, among the players, there were also guys who spoke and acted like NPCs.
Is the game company doing this simply to improve the game's playability, or is there a deeper purpose?
While he was pondering, the group had already arrived at the edge of the Death Wilderness, near the mountains of the Mist Wilderness.