Chapter 25 Reward Settlement (Part 1)
"Now?" Ian's first reaction was to continue going to the salt farm to suppress the squatters.
Unlike the entanglement and panic he felt before drawing his sword at the Brotherhood hunter who attacked Harui, at this moment Ian no longer has any psychological burden on hunting players.
Just like the hunter who didn't deserve his name shot an arrow into the chest of Harui's substitute without saying a word, Harui did not hesitate to order his mercenaries to kill him after discovering that he was a player. Just like your own orders.
The relationship between players is originally a life-and-death relationship. Ever since the players signed the agreement and came to this world, they have become unrelenting enemies.
Although Ian still had the urge to vomit when looking at the corpses on the ground, he understood better than ever at this moment.
If he had been a little bit soft-hearted or hesitant in the previous confrontation, now it would be Harui standing next to his body and sighing about life.
Therefore, it is indeed a good choice to continue hunting the merchants in Salt Farm Town. After all, he has made a detailed plan for this, and now that he has two more knights, the chance of winning by squatting people has undoubtedly improved a lot.
But for me, who already has two powerful knights and a huge investment of more than 3,000 gold dragons, this does not seem to be the most cost-effective solution? Ian suddenly had this idea again.
After all, his hunting plan in Salt Farm Town was only for traveling businessmen, and his estimate of the results was that it would only take him a month to get one, which would be considered a success.
Admittedly, this result was already ideal for him before. After all, as long as he gets kill points, he can gain a period of development time that is not threatened by the assassination mechanism.
But now, he is no longer threatened by the standings, so finding a way to develop quickly is the most important, and if he wants to develop, the best way is to run a business.
"Let's find an inn to rest for the night, and then make a decision tomorrow." Ian said. He wanted to finish the reward settlement first and analyze the new tasks.
"If we are looking for an inn, the closest inn to us is the Crossroads Inn. We are at most two hours' ride away from there," Rolle nodded. "We can rest there for one night, restock on wine and food, and then Make plans.”
"Crossroads Inn?" Ian's eyelids jumped when he heard this familiar name.
"Although the Crossroads Inn is not far from here, we have already dealt with all the survivors. Even if the bodies here are found tomorrow, no one will doubt us." Seeing Ian's expression, Rohr thought he was Worrying about this.
Ian shook his head and said that was not what he was worried about.
The name just brought back memories for him.
The Crossroads Inn was where he originally envisioned the hunt.
Unlike Salt Field Town, where traveling merchants can only stay, the Crossroads Inn has a special geographical location that can be called the thoroughfare of four provinces. The probability of players appearing there is probably among the top three in the entire world of ice and fire (the first is players There are many Pantos who want to lick the dragon mother. The second one is where Ian doesn’t know. He said that the first three have a habit of not saying enough).
In short, the Crossroads Inn is almost a perfect hunting ground for Ian, who has discovered a major flaw in players' starting equipment.
He gave up going to the Crossroads Inn and chose to go to Salt Farm Town because he was worried that he would not be able to defeat those players who had strong force points in his previous life.
But now, he has two such powerful NPCs and such huge funds.
He only needs to confirm to the mercenary captain that there are no newcomers in their team when recruiting mercenaries, just like Harui, so that he can safely hire a mercenary team and gain an absolute advantage in force.
Therefore, the plan to hunt at the Crossroads Inn was once again on his table.
But the cost-effectiveness of doing so still seems not high?
In the early stage, a player is only worth 4 points, and if he doesn't kill it personally, he is only worth 2 points, and there is almost no additional benefit. Maybe if you stay here for two months, killing so many players will not bring you as much benefit as a run. business.
Thinking of this, Ian shook his head again, denying this view.
Although hunting players does not bring many points, there is no way for other players to obtain points. If you can use this to reach the top of the ladder, the value of the reward resources plus the attribute points gained from hunting players may be It can't be compared to a trip to the business.
And even without these rewards, it is definitely beneficial to eliminate some players in the early stage. After all, you never know how far the players can develop in the later stage.
For example, that Harui, with the strength that guy showed, if he did not die but developed to a later stage, how big a threat would he bring to himself?
Taking advantage of our current advantage, the best solution is to nip as many of these seeds in the bud as possible.
"Go to the Crossroads Inn." Ian gave the order. He planned to have a good meal first and have a good night's rest.
Before setting off, Ian ordered Rolle to take off his armor and give him a ride on the grounds that he was too tired. Anyway, they captured three horses, which could just be used to carry things.
Of course, the real reason he did this was that you had to close your eyes to log into this bullshit system, and he couldn't ride a horse with his eyes closed for a long time.
After officially hitting the road, Ian logged into the system with his eyes closed and started today's reward settlement.
The first thing that caught Ian's eyes was the red dot on the mailbox. Ian, who has a slight obsessive-compulsive disorder, clicked on the mailbox without hesitation, and then began to read the received emails one by one according to time.
[Complete the bounty mission 1 ‘First Blood’, and obtain 3 attribute points, 3 skill points, 3000 golden dragons, and two S-level NPCs of your choice (received)]
[Successfully kill a player, gain 4 points, capture 1 point, and gain 2 extra points of strength]
[My subordinates successfully kill a player, gain 2 points, seize 1 point, and gain 1 extra point of mental power]
"Eh? The points gained from the kills are also 1 point? Is this rounded up?" Ian smiled, although 0.5 points is not much, but free prostitution is always fun.
Thinking about it, he continued to click down.
[Achieve D-level highlight operation and get 1 point]
"Highlight operation? How to calculate this?" Ian remembered. Anne mentioned this thing during the introduction of the mechanism, but he temporarily ignored it because there was too much information to digest.
Unexpectedly, I accidentally got some points with this.
"Highlight operation mainly refers to the player making amazing decisions in planning or contingency, and thus obtaining significant positive actions. The judgment of highlight operation will be based on the system's built-in AI algorithm. The highest highlight level is S Level, and the lowest level is D." Annie answered Ian's question in the next second.