Chapter 37 37. Desire to go home

After three days and two nights of fast travel, Murphy's convoy finally approached Cadman City again. At their current speed, they could arrive in half an hour.

The outline of the large city built among the hills on the plain not far from the river was already vivid in my mind.

In the past two days, young players have become accustomed to logging in freely and arranging their game time reasonably. They will leave a "sentinel" online. Once they arrive at the village or when the convoy stops for a rest, others will come online to avoid losing precious games.

Time is wasted on boring travel.

The behavior of the players when they log off is also very strange.

Murphy went to see them specially. They were laid out like corpses on the two large carts reserved for them at the back, just like people sleeping. Occasionally they would snore or turn over, simulating sleep.

Lifelike.

This proves that after the player free access function is enabled, these guys can maintain entities in this world for a long time.

Although he still doesn't understand how this function works, Murphy guesses that these "entity projections" can automatically absorb the stray spiritual energy in the world to maintain their existence.

Miss Femis's Psychic Notes explained these in detail in the analysis of summoning. Although it cannot be directly applied to special summons like players, Murphy guessed that the general principles should be common.

"You have been with my warriors for two days, how do they feel to you?"

Today was a cloudy day without any annoying sun, so Murphy sat in the moving car with his hood wrapped around his hood, chatting with Maxim who was driving the car.

After hearing Murphy's question, Maxim immediately said with a straight face:

"Not so good, Lord Murphy. I admit that your warriors are very energetic, as if they never feel tired, but they are too annoying and crazy.

They even followed me to the toilet yesterday, as if they wanted to make sure that I would also defecate.

And no matter when, as soon as I have some free time, those guys will surround me and ask me some weird questions using that damn calculation orb.

They seemed particularly interested in my private life and my gray hair, which really annoyed me.

I had to use the method you taught me and ask them to run errands for me, and then I managed to get some peace and quiet."

"That's how they are, full of curiosity but not cautious."

Murphy sighed helplessly and said:

"Even though I repeatedly told her not to disturb the eldest lady, there were still a few people who were not afraid of death and ran to tease Femis last night. As a result, the eldest lady used psychic restraints to hang her in the air for half an hour.

But you have to admit that they are very talented at running errands, right?

They can always use all kinds of crazy methods to find what they want as quickly as possible.

How are they progressing in learning swordsmanship from you?"

When this issue was mentioned, Maxim, who was still unhappy at first, suddenly sighed.

He said somewhat melancholy:

"Sir, when I first learned Blood Eagle Swordsmanship, it took me half a month to get started, and it took me three years of practice to become proficient in various weapon techniques. However, your warriors only followed me for two days and had no attitude at all.

serious.

But they have all mastered the key points of blood vulture swordsmanship.

Last night I saw them using immature but already decent swordsmanship to fight off a few jackal bandits who were lured closer by food. Compared with their learning ability, I felt like an imbecile idiot.

Are all people from other worlds as smart as them?"

"No, there must be idiots on their side. Fortunately, we don't need idiots."

Murphy replied casually.

The fact that young players learn skills quickly is definitely not because they are all martial arts geniuses, but purely because they have 1.5 times the super growth and learning ability.

This should be an adjustment made when the test administrator system pinches the player template. Otherwise, if it takes several months to learn a swordsmanship like Maxim's, the gameplay aspect will basically be blown away.

The realism and hardcore that players expect does not conflict with the convenience and laziness they want. How to fine-tune the balance between the two is the core of whether a game can be attractive.

If this world is really a game.

"I just learned a new sword skill."

Murphy stood up and patted Maxim on the shoulder and said:

"We'll practice after we get back to Cadman City. There's still half an hour left. Don't rest! Hurry back as quickly as possible. I've had enough of sleeping in the wild."

"Yes, sir, I am also looking forward to returning to the city."

Maxim smiled and waved his riding crop to speed up the car again.

Murphy walked on the top of the carriage with a relaxed posture, and then landed on the top of Miriam's carriage after a light jump.

The red-haired girl has also been annoyed by the "enthusiastic" young players looking for hidden trigger tasks for the past two days, so she is enjoying her rare leisure time.

When Murphy fell, she suddenly asked:

"Murphy, can I hire your warriors to escort me to Port Chardeau?

They are really enthusiastic, as if no matter what I ask them to do, they will do it with vigor. I like them better than those gloomy mercenaries.

Simple and active, enthusiastic and kind."

"Their wickedness would frighten you, Miriam, and not now."

Murphy responded:

"My warriors haven't fully adapted to this place yet, they are too weak, but in the future they may be your personal bodyguards, as long as you can afford the price.

By the way, Miriam, don’t publicize their true identity when you return to the city, just say that they are from Morland Village.”

"I know."

The red-haired girl waved her hand and said:

"Your summoning technique is a secret skill at first glance. Don't worry, I won't talk about it with a loud mouth. Besides, compared to Morland Village, it is obviously more appropriate to say that they are mountain people from the northern region.

No one would doubt the strange things done by the mountain people, and the language of the mountain people is inherently obscure and difficult to understand.

A perfect match for your warriors."

"Thanks, I will consider it."

Murphy opened the door and jumped into the carriage.

He reached out and knocked on the black coffin board in the car. After a moment, the coffin board slid outward, revealing the unhappy face of Miss Femis.

She rubbed her forehead and said:

"It's daytime now! Murphy.

I can understand that you are a different kind of alien, just like the legendary 'Sunwalker' who is looking forward to contact with the dangerous sunlight, but I am an orthodox child of the night, and I don't like to be awakened at this time."

"It's a cloudy day today, miss. Without the sun that you hate, maybe you should try to appreciate the world outside the night. But I came here to ask you a professional question about summoning and psychic powers.

Considering that we will return to Cadman City soon, as a marginalized person like you, it may not be that easy for me, a marginalized person, to ask you for advice.

So please forgive me for being reckless."

Murphy apologized frankly. The helpless eldest lady waved her hand and said angrily:

"As long as you take care of your group of rude servants, I will be grateful. Every time they look at me like a rare animal, I am very dissatisfied. They will also call me weird names like, "Loli"

Although I don’t understand what it means, the light in their eyes makes me want to strangle their necks.”

"That's a sign that they like you, Miss. You may not know it, but your popularity among them is really high."

Murphy smiled and looked at the "vampire rich loli dark lady" in front of him who was mentioned repeatedly on the forum. He coughed and asked seriously:

"While reading your code, I found that it contained techniques for summoning an alien creature like the 'Death Crow' as a detection technique. I tried to have it transport things, but every time my summon died, it would disappear instantly.

, causing everything I asked it to be sent to disappear midway.

Therefore, I am curious about whether there is any technique that can make the summoned object leave some traces in the material world after death.

Like a corpse that can exist for a short period of time."

"Are you struggling so much just to get the crow to deliver something to you?"

The eldest lady looked at Murphy with a subtle look, and the latter nodded. Then she said quietly with an "I believe you are a ghost" expression:

"Don't be so nervous, I won't delve into your little secrets, and your problems can be easily solved.

Ever heard of the ‘Trickster’?

Those who practice sorcery like to summon evil spirits from other worlds to possess their enemies, slowly eating away at their spirit and flesh, and eventually allowing evil spirits from other worlds to completely replace their enemies.

The secret of the long-lasting existence of the magicians' summons is that they can make "disaster cores", which can help the evil spirits from other worlds to better stabilize the physical projection.

Follow their lead and create a core for your summons so that when they cease to move, the psychic energy that makes up their physical form is not immediately dissipated.

In your words, it leaves a 'body' behind, but it can only last for a day at most."

Miffy's answer made Murphy suddenly enlightened, and he asked:

"Is there any demand for such core production?"

"No."

The eldest lady yawned again, her "seeing off guests" expression became more obvious, and she said:
To be continued...