Players' NPC boss

Dwarves are a humanoid race. The number of dwarves in the native continent is rare, even less than that of elves. There are quite a few dwarves among the strangers, but they are becoming less and less.

Because the dwarves, as a race famous for forging weapons, have lost the technology they are proud of, or to be precise, the wisdom of forging.

Dwarves cannot improve their intelligence. Even if they carry items that can improve their intelligence, they will be directly deducted to 0. Just like, the intelligence of a dwarf can always be 0, and any profession linked to intelligence cannot be obtained.

This is an unknown curse.

Malika is of dwarf descent and is also cursed.

Blaze didn't remember much about his childhood memories, but he knew that Marika felt inferior to her bloodline, but not because she couldn't improve her intelligence. While other girls grew into beautiful long-legged girls, Marika was still the short and dark one.

Sometimes I even worry about growing a big beard, or growing huge muscles and becoming a square figure. Fortunately, she just had a longer growth cycle because of her dwarf bloodline. She was like a piece of forged steel, beaten and stretched, and finally turned into a sparkling, majestic female knight.

However, Marika has never been troubled by the fact that she is a dwarf but does not have forging wisdom. Without intelligence, she can improve her faith and learn magic, so this fruit containing dwarf wisdom is not an important thing.

"Why did she give this to me?" Blaize held the fruit and pondered. He didn't remember that he said he wanted to be a blacksmith before, but he wanted to be a farmer.

It is a pity that farmers have been involved in high-level professions by foreigners. Almost all places where farming can be done are taken over by foreigners. Even in places where farming is not possible, there are strangers trying to cultivate plants.

"Forget it, let's find a chance to return it to her."

Blaze put the apple back into the warehouse and followed the natural guidance that only he could see to a huge ancient tree.

The leaves of this ancient tree are golden.

Legend has it that all the trees on this continent come from the great and noble golden giant tree, but only when it grows to a certain height will it grow golden leaves. This pure and beautiful leaf can heal wounds and curses.

In the era when ancient races existed, this tree was regarded as a totem and belief, and they respectfully called it the tree of life.

But the tree of life in front of me was extremely fragile, and most of the golden leaves were curled and browned. The erosion of the forest by the evil god's blood is killing it.

Natural guidance pointed Blazer to the root of the Tree of Life, where there was a bottomless tree hole.

"Is this the entrance to the sea of ​​golden trees that strangers say?"

Blaze bent down and tried around the tree hole. The size was just right, as if it was specially prepared for him.

In the Stranger's Hunter's Guide, if you want to enter the Sea of ​​Golden Trees, you must first complete the hidden challenge about the Tree of Life. But he didn't know what would happen next. The stranger lowered his voice at that time.

"Okay, just get in."

After accepting the mission, Blaze leaned down and got into the tree hole. Although it was dark inside, it was surprisingly not narrow. It even felt more spacious as he walked.

When he could stand up and walk, his eyes suddenly lit up, and the surrounding area became extremely wide, as if he had arrived in some kind of chaotic space, with stars dotting the entire sky.

"here it is……"

Blaze took a step forward, and the stars in the sky suddenly stopped flowing. The strange smell of blood spread along with the sticky mire flowing out of the stars.

The liquid gathered and deformed as if it were alive, and terrifying beasts crawled out of the mire like they came from the dark shadow world.

[The evil god cursed LV? 】

[The curse of the evil god resides in the blood, and ravage, tear, and destruction are its components. They will scream, laugh and push all life into the sea of ​​fire, howling in the dust to welcome the arrival of the new evil god. 】

Even without the reminder of the blessing, Blaze could understand that the request from the vague voice brought by nature's guidance must be to kill the monsters that had been materialized by the evil god's curse.

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In a dark virtual space, the programmers of "Golden Locke" are producing and maintaining the game with their bodies in the life-sustaining cabin and their consciousness online.

One of the penguin-shaped programmers spoke.

"I said, seniors, can I ask you something? Why has El Dorado been pushed until now as a project that will be launched in the first year?"

"Ah, that tragic incident where two NPCs that can trigger special plots were mixed together, resulting in both projects being shelved."

"Don't let me find out who did it! My daughter, Marika the Red Dragon, whom I finally managed to squeeze, has been reduced to a supporting role in hunting PK players!" A virtual character in the shape of a blood-stained kitchen knife sprang out, wandering randomly in the virtual space Flying.

"Red Dragon Marika, that is a special plot that can lift the curse of the dwarf race." Penguin nodded thoughtfully, and then broke into a cold sweat.

"Hey! Isn't this a super important world plot? If this special plot is not completed, no one can get the most advanced blacksmith profession, and the mechanism of the dwarf race is incomplete. We will be cut off!"

"Don't worry, what players are best at is finding loopholes and developing new gameplay. They have come up with popular evil combinations such as dwarf berserkers and dwarf monks."

Compared to the nervousness of the newcomer Penguin, the other seasoned veterans are much calmer.

bug? That's a way to play, how can it be called a bug?

Do players need to be taught how to play? Players teach them how to play, they are just responsible for making players have fun.

"I remember that I need to complete the story of the ancient forest race, and then get the apple of wisdom to hand over to Marika... Shit! Why is that apple on Marika!"

The penguin who checked the program covered his face and shouted.

"The prop that can trigger this special story is placed on the special story triggering object, are you kidding me!"

"Since he's running, don't worry about him anymore!" This is a programmer whose liver is about to harden in a virtual body.

"Anyway, as long as we defeat [One-Eye], we can unlock the intelligence restrictions of all dwarves. We can find an opportunity to reveal some information to those top guilds, or we can open an account and kill that guy ourselves."

"Can those top guilds beat [One-Eye] without plot props?"

"Damn, don't underestimate those natural disasters, okay? [That], if it weren't necessary to need plot props to fight the third stage, the Golden Kingdom project would have been dug out long ago."

"Ah, that's the strongest guild [Fairy Kingdom], it's indeed possible."

"Fortunately, there are only three special props for challenging the third stage."