Elf Kingdom: Game of the World Tree

Chapter 118: Chapter 118: Second Measurement of Ordinary Players

Meng Zhihan was a common player during the second test.

As an ordinary person who neither grinded, spent money, nor had great luck, it was only three days ago that she accumulated enough experience and contribution points to switch jobs and become an 11th level Druid.

Actually, it should have been faster.

According to the first test players, when there were many small monsters in the core area originally, everyone formed teams to grind them, and the experience points increased rapidly.

That was quite exhilarating.

But unfortunately, the low-level monsters in the core area of Elf Town, which were perfect for practice, have long been wiped out.

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They either became experience points or turned into fertilizer.

What sets “Elf Kingdom” apart from other games is that it perfectly mimicked reality, with creatures forming their own ecosystem. If you killed it, it was gone.

And what’s left are the big creatures that rookies cannot provoke.

Unless you have money to pay a high price to hire the “First Legion” guild’s boss team to help you grind the big monsters, you can only work slowly.

So, most unlucky second-test players who neither grinded nor paid money had no choice but to slowly do tasks to level up…

However, many people learned some skills through tasks that they hadn’t learned in real life.

Like cutting trees, building walls, and barbecuing…

Overall, as the number of players increased over time, the trend of polarization became gradually evident.

The strong became stronger, while the weak became weaker.

Even though there were still ways to become stronger, the best resources were always first obtained by the strong.

If you didn’t have money or luck, latecomers could only rely on grinding.

This mechanism even received criticism from players, with a group of people complaining on the forums that it was too unreasonable.

Everyone believed that it’s good to mimic reality so realistically, but if it goes overboard, what’s the difference from reality?

Reality was already so cruel, couldn’t there be a break from reality in the game?

Many people even shouted about quitting the game.

Although…nobody actually quit in the end.

Meng Zhihan, however, was very open-minded about it.

In her view, choosing something meant losing something else.

Since the slogan of “Elf Kingdom” was to be the most realistic and with the most epic feel, perhaps these mechanisms were the official choice…

The official must have considered more to create such a masterpiece.

Moreover, even if the game system was so quirky, with the industry’s unique realistic five senses, intelligent NPCs, and cheat-like thinking acceleration, everyone could only endure the pain and find joy.

Now, there were still plenty of players online pitifully waiting for the public test.

The reason she chose the Druid profession was because Meng Zhihan had always especially liked the healer profession in the games she played before.

The healer class had always been a popular profession with good job prospects in online games.

If you had deft movement, sharp operation, and ample healing, you would undoubtedly be welcomed by major guilds.

So she had decided early on to be a Druid, the only class with healing skills.

In fact, if possible, she preferred to choose the Priest profession.

Up until now, there were still videos secretly recorded by players on the official website showing the Holy Daughter casting group heals.

That special effect… it was simply dazzlingly beautiful and cool!

Of course, the special effects of the Goddess were even more impressive, but the Goddess was a goddess, incomparable, right?

Unfortunately, possibly due to game version issues, the Priest profession was not available to players, so she had to settle for Druid.

This was her first time participating in a main storyline task.

Previously, due to the slow level-up, she had always eagerly wanted to participate in the legendary main storyline. However, she couldn’t take on tasks because her level was too low.

But this time, she finally had the chance!

To this end, she decided to spend her hard-earned 2000 contribution points to exchange for a new skill!

*Hmm… the healer is easily targeted, so she decided to exchange for an escape-type, right!*

*Based on her previous online gaming experience,* Meng Zhihan made the decision.

However, before exchanging skills, she got a reminder from Guild Leader Li Mu:

“You already have two healing skills. This time, if you want to gain more experience and contribution points,” he said, “I suggest you exchange for a single-target control skill.”

“Control skill?”

Meng Zhihan was slightly confused, then said somewhat uncertainly, “But… I heard from some experts that those Half-Beasts have high levels, and the control-type magic cast on them is quickly broken free…”

Li Mu was silent for a moment, then said, “If you only control the Half-Beasts, indeed, it won’t work. However, if players restrain them, you can use strong single-target control to control them altogether.”

Upon hearing Li Mu’s words, Meng Zhihan suddenly understood, “Oh! Right, other players can interfere with the Half-Beasts!”

But then she quickly was stunned, “Wait… control them altogether? Altogether…?”

Li Mu nodded and said, “A one-for-one sacrifice strategy. The Black Iron Lower attack-type skills, in theory, can already cause fatal damage to the Half-Beasts, but the Half-Beasts won’t stand still for us to attack, causing the attacks to be ineffective.”

“But if we follow the sacrifice strategy, they become sitting ducks. This is the most efficient way to kill enemies. Anyway, we can be resurrected, and the guild will uniformly provide the required contribution points for perfect resurrection to those who sacrifice themselves.”

Meng Zhihan: …

The contribution shop also allowed the exchange of contribution points for perfect resurrection.

Now, the perfect resurrection times obtained from tasks were becoming less and less, gradually leading players to choose exchange through contribution points, with 1000 points for one resurrection.

It was quite expensive.

But each Half-Beast’s head was worth at least 1200 contribution points, and higher-level Half-Beasts would be worth even more!

So, in a life-for-a-life situation, though the difference was only 200 points, it was still a small profit.

Not to mention, there was still experience to be gained!

However, not everyone received the contribution point reward.

Since the second internal test of the game, all reward acquisitions had been distributed based on contributions.

So, the 1200 points of contribution would be allocated to heads based on contribution.

Generally speaking, with such calculation, players who sacrificed themselves would suffer losses, even if their contribution scores were higher.

But the guild had this benefit.

The perfect resurrection for sacrificed players wasn’t borne by them; instead, the guild collectively accumulated contribution points to purchase it.

This was also a path that players groped out through constant exploration.

“So, when the time comes, just boldly throw control on them. The sacrificed players will position themselves conveniently for your control. Also, the charge command is ‘Ura,’ and the sacrifice command is ‘Fire at me.’ Don’t throw it on the wrong person.”

Li Mu instructed.

Meng Zhihan: …

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Rock Cave Tribe.

Having gathered up the treasures left by Black Dragon Mairrel in the castle, even the well-informed Night Wanderers couldn’t help but marvel that the Dragon Nest was indeed wealthy.

Though it was said that the other party was just a young dragon, the amassed wealth equaled the annual income of a typical human town.

Half-Beast Priest Jushan was also incredibly delighted.

Even after excluding the cost of purchasing magic materials through human smuggling caravans, the remaining wealth was enough for them to make a small fortune.

However, as he was overjoyed, a Half-Beast guard suddenly stumbled in from the outside.

His expression was frantic, and his voice trembled with fear, “High Priest! No… it’s not good!”

“That Black Dragon… has returned!”