Real Cthulhu Running Game

"Mr. Norton, you have a phone number!"

At this time, Ricky suddenly ran over and said, "It seems that the principal called."

As soon as he heard the call from the principal, Norton immediately jogged back to the camp, while Ricky stayed behind.

"If nothing else, this call should be from the principal asking Norton to arrange for people to return to Arkham City, so Liu Xing, have you spoken to us?" Ricky asked directly.

Liu Xing nodded and replied with a smile: "Of course, I already asked you last night. Norton will indeed arrange for many people to return to Arkham City this time, but I still asked for ten stayers for you." quotas, so it’s up to you and Zakarenv to discuss how to allocate these quotas..."

Before Liu Xing finished speaking, Ricky said with a serious face: "If possible, I hope Liu Xing and you can cooperate with me, that is, let my team be allocated seven places, because we only have seven people."

Liu Xing frowned and said with some embarrassment: "This, is this a bit sorry for Zakarenv and the others? Logically speaking, you should each have five quotas, and then you will bargain to decide the final quota. In short This has nothing to do with us anymore.”

Ricky had already guessed that Liu Xing would say this, so he quickly said: "I know that from the perspective of fairness and justice, Liu Xing and you should not continue to participate in the allocation of quotas, but what should I say? Our teammates are all close friends, and we are all friends in the real world, so if you ask me to choose those two friends to return to Arkham City, I feel that this matter is a bit unjustifiable... As for Xhaka As for Lianhu, I think those idiots wouldn't mind trying their luck in Arkham City."

After listening to Ricky's explanation, Liu Xing felt that this person was trying to make excuses, so he still decided to refuse, and then entered a state of "it has nothing to do with him, just hang up".

However, Ricky also knew that it would be impossible to convince Liu Xing just verbally, so he also took out the chips he had prepared long ago.

"I know we must be sorry for Zakarenv and the others by doing this, but we were originally a small group formed temporarily, and strictly speaking, our small group has also been disbanded, because we have now been promoted to the Kremlin Sulu area, so it is normal for us to draw a clear line with Zakarenfu and others now, and don’t have unnecessary guilt; of course, in order to thank you, I also prepared a small gift, that is, the legendary of the Golden Fleece.”

"The Golden Fleece?"

Liu Xing raised his eyebrows and remembered that the golden wool seemed to be a treasure in ancient Greek mythology, but the symbolic significance of this treasure was greater than its actual function, or it could be said that it was just a ball of golden wool.

"I believe you have all heard of the story of the Golden Fleece. The prince and princess of a country were targeted by their father's favorite concubine, so the queen who had fallen out of favor tried to make the prince and princess leave the kingdom. But this story is the most outrageous. The most important thing is that the queen is a god - the cloud god Nephele. As a result, she fell out of favor as a god and had to let her children escape. This is really inconsistent with her status as a god; ahem, back to Getting to the point, Nephele found a flying golden ram, and then let the ram escape with his children. However, the daughter fell into the sea due to lack of physical strength on the way, while the son arrived. The kingdom beyond the sea.”

"Because the son fell from the sky riding a flying golden ram, he was appreciated by the king of that kingdom and married the princess of that kingdom. Then there was another plot that I couldn't figure out, that is, the son actually abandoned his job. Mo killed the donkey, sold the ram that had escaped him, and gave the wool to the king as a betrothal gift; after that, the king gave the golden fleece to Ares, the god of war, and Ares Si didn't know what the fault was, and he actually treated the Golden Fleece as his own treasure. Of course, although there was a so-called oracle as a cover, this ram originally belonged to Mephitus, so it stands to reason Come on, Ares would have gotten this ram long ago if he wanted it.”

After complaining about the mythology, Ricky continued: "In this parallel world with the Cthulhu mythology as the background, of course the Olympus gods in ancient Greek mythology also exist in ancient times. Gods, but there is no blood relationship between their identities, but they all belong to the same organization - Olympus; except for a few ancient gods who like it or have to live alone, the other ancient gods will They choose to live together in groups so that they can take care of each other, and as the embodiment of a certain element of the earth, the ancient gods have relatively single abilities, so their weaknesses are also very obvious."

"The ancient gods in Olympus gathered together to make up for their respective shortcomings, and compared to the ancient god organizations in other regions, they are more willing to interact with us humans. However, as time goes by, the Olympian The gods of Lympus also gradually formed multiple factions with different ideas, and the conflicts between them became more and more serious. In the end, they reached the point where they were at odds with each other, so Murphy, who belonged to different factions, Thos kept a treasure that was very important to Ares, the Golden Fleece, in his own hands, and Ares stole the Golden Fleece through Nephele."

"This story is interesting. No wonder Ares paid so much attention to it after getting the Golden Fleece." Yin En nodded.

Ricky smiled and continued: "Yes, Ares took strict care of the Golden Fleece after he got it, and resonated his divine power with the Golden Fleece. Yes, although the Golden Fleece looks... A ball of golden wool is actually a treasure formed after the death of another ancient god. Ares and this ancient god have the same origin, so the golden wool can greatly improve Ares's combat effectiveness. However, this Golden Fleece is somewhat similar to a stimulant, which can only make Ares stronger in a short period of time, but after the effect ends, Ares will fall into a weak state."

"In the end, the conflicts between the major factions in Olympus reached an irreversible point, so a big war finally broke out. Among them, the faction led by Hades chose to collude with mythical creatures, so many The ancient gods fell in this war, including Ares, and Ares's Golden Fleece also became a relatively ordinary item because of excessive overdraft of divine power, although it can still improve the binding All aspects of the bound person's data, but every day will enter a two-day period of weakness, which means that the bound person's various aspects of data will be reduced. Of course, the reduced value will be slightly lower than the increased value."

After hearing this, Liu Xing understood the function of the Golden Fleece. To put it simply, a three-day cycle can make the player strong for one day and then sluggish for two days. This can be useful or useless. , because the point is that at the most critical time in a module, the binder of the Golden Fleece is in that state.

If it is the kind of module that lasts only about a day, then this Golden Fleece is considered an artifact. But if the duration of the module is very long, such as the previous Battle of Public Martial Arts, then the Golden Fleece as a whole is Of course, if the final battle is during the Golden Fleece's buff period, the Golden Fleece will still be an artifact.

In short, Golden Fleece is a gamble with fixed rules. The bet is how long a module will last and on which day some important plot points will occur.

"Wait a minute, if the Golden Fleece is just like this, then it is still a very good item, especially for players like us who form a team. We can let one person bind the Golden Fleece, and then everyone will be in a weak state when he is weak. Protect it when needed, so that the weakness of the Golden Fleece can be temporarily offset."

Zhang Jingxu stared at Ricky and said, "So this Golden Fleece must have other shortcomings, otherwise you wouldn't be willing to give it to us, Ricky."

Ricky shrugged, nodded and said: "You are right. If the effect of the Golden Fleece was just like this, we would have already chosen people to bind the Golden Fleece. But the biggest side effect of the Golden Fleece is that it cannot be placed on The bound person must be kept a thousand kilometers away from the bound person, which means that we basically cannot take care of the Golden Fleece ourselves, so we can only ask familiar and trustworthy NPCs to help, and more importantly After the Golden Fleece is bound, the Knights of the Golden Fleece will also know the approximate location of the Golden Fleece.”

"Knights of the Golden Fleece? Is there a knights with this name?" Liu Xing said a little surprised.

Ricky nodded and said: "Yes, even in the real world there is the Golden Fleece Knights, and the Golden Fleece Knights are also a very famous knighthood. They were originally affiliated with the powerful Burgundy, and the reason why they are They were named this mainly because their original purpose of existence was to guard the Golden Fleece for the Duke of Burgundy; but you also know that in Europe at that time, there were more or less nobles and kings from all over the continent. Due to a certain blood relationship and constant intermarriage, the Knights of the Golden Fleece of Burgundy quickly headed to the Iberian Peninsula with the Golden Fleece.”

"At that time, the Knights of the Golden Fleece served for the Habsburg dynasty, which was said to have controlled most of the European continent through marriage. Although the members of the Habsburgs were known to be seeders, the Iberian Peninsula In the end, the line was extinct, so the Knights of the Golden Fleece became a bit embarrassed, because the new king of Iberia and the Habsburg dynasty in Austria both asked them to be loyal and bring the Golden Fleece with them; in the end, there was one The knight chose to remain loyal to the Habsburg family and secretly took the Golden Fleece with him."

"What happened next was very simple, that is, the new Iberian king sent out pursuers, and the escaped Golden Fleece knights split into two groups. As a result, the group with the Golden Fleece was overtaken. Although they He repelled the pursuers, but he also suffered heavy losses and had to hide the Golden Fleece. As a result, the Golden Fleece was lost among the people, and we also got it by chance; but the Golden Fleece Knights had long expected the Golden Fleece. The fleece may be lost, so they also prepared a way to track the golden fleece, but it only works if the golden fleece is bound."

"Ah, then the side effects of the Golden Fleece are too great. As soon as it is activated, we have to hand it over to the NPC. At the same time, two knights will come to look for the Golden Fleece. The most important thing is that they still have Can you determine the approximate location of the Golden Fleece?" Yin En said with some dissatisfaction.

Seeing this situation, Ricky quickly said: "Don't worry, those two knights can only confirm that the Golden Fleece is within a range of 10,000 kilometers in diameter, so it is not easy for them to find the Golden Fleece. More importantly, The Knights of the Golden Fleece today are not as good as they were back then, and the number of the Knights of the Golden Fleece was only fifty at its peak. Of course, this only refers to fifty knights. As for the knights' retinues, apprentices, and handymen, it is a different matter. ; So according to my investigation, the total number of the two Golden Fleece Knights today is less than a hundred, and many of them are hereditary knights who are just waiting to die."

Hearing this, Liu Xing nodded, "If that's the case, then we don't mind doing this favor for you, Ricky, but how can you guarantee that Zakarenv will not look for it after learning that he only has three places?" What about Norton’s confrontation?”

"That's not easy. Just because Zakarenfu and others are from the country of Damao, Norton only gave them three places to stay, while all of our two teams stayed. When the time comes, I will My team members and I stopped the remaining Zakarenev and others, and tried our best to prevent them from

Just contact Norton. "Richie said seriously.

Liu Xing communicated with Zhang Jingxu and others with his eyes, and finally nodded and said: "In this case, it's hard for us to say anything, but Ricky, you have to promise to persuade Zakarenfu and others to accept the reality. It's best not to ask us or Norton."

"I understand, Liu Xing, you just need to pretend not to know, and leave the rest to me."

After Ricky finished speaking, he returned to the camp, apparently to find Zakharenv.

After Ricky left, Tian Qing asked Liu Xing with some confusion: "Liu Xing, is it really okay for us to sell out our teammates like this?"

Liu Xing smiled, shook his head and said: "From the very beginning, we, Zakarev, and Ricky were not teammates, but a pure coalition of interests, so what we did was just to maximize our interests. That’s all, I believe that if it were Zakarenv, he would make the same choice.”