Chapter 50: Is the BOSS’s appearance animation cool?
The sky is gloomy, and the gloomy yellow haze floats in the streets and alleys of the city. Steel buildings rise from the ground, looking like silent giants, clustered but lonely. Rusty steam pipes line the high-rise buildings.
The traces of water erosion on the surface snake and climb, eventually forming an intricate brass maze, which ends at the huge power furnace that is whirring exhaust.
Smoke and haze visible to the naked eye rushed into the sky. The slowly cruising Zeppelin was like a slowly dying whale in the deep sea. Every part of its body had decayed. Its eyes no longer emitted bright searchlights, and its flying height was even gradually lower than the height of the building.
At such a height, the edge of the airbag scratched the exposed steel bars, causing the overwhelmed propeller to make a creaking and groaning sound.
This is a lifeless city. There are no traces of pedestrians on the streets. It is a desolate scene. In those dark and wandering streets, one or two pairs of peeping eyes can be vaguely seen, shining with evil and strange light. Blood is flowing, along the
Following the broken fence grid, it flowed into the depths of the dark and dirty sewer.
No one wants to know how many corpses are rotting there, just like no one wants to know how much pus and blood flows in the veins of this dying city.
All the tones are dark, gray death, gray heart, and gray thread... without any light. Death, desolation, and corruption, this is the main tone of the game.
In the middle of nowhere, a girl's voice sounded faintly, as if coming from a distant place, narrating in a low voice:
[In 1855, in the cold moon, due to an evil sacrificial ceremony, the heartbroken city of Linwell fell completely. Black bats that fed on blood devoured this city that was always crying, turning it into a place that breeds blood and suffering.
The land of sin. Killing, conspiracy, death, destruction... When the fear brought by monsters takes root in the heart, people's malice expands. The feast for the villains has begun, but I don't know when it will end.
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[One day, a girl named Alice stepped into the city. Evil minions followed her, trying to devour her flesh and blood, proving that this place was not a place where ordinary people could set foot. However, the kind and just Alice did not
She will give in because the sword in her hand and her three companions will become her most solid backing, helping her cut off the dark evil and save this suffering city.]
[The story of the four warriors chosen by fate, Alice, Ringer, Metien, and Saint Shalia, fighting love, justice and evil, begins here.]
After listening to the long opening remarks, four beams of light fell from the sky on the widest street in the center of the city, breaking through the haze shrouding the sky. Among the beams, the four warriors chosen by fate officially appeared.
The light beam shattered, and light flakes scattered all over the sky like raindrops. As the game officially started, the character who was originally unable to control his own character regained his freedom of action - or, in other words, limited freedom.
Ringer first heard Alice's complaint: "The opening plot is too long. What asshole designed it?"
Then came Metien's somewhat panicked voice: "W-what is this place? Why do these buildings look so strange?"
When Lin Ge heard his sister's words, he subconsciously raised his head and observed the surrounding scene. Then, for the first time, an undisguised look of astonishment appeared in his eyes. This was not only because he found himself in a lifeless city, but also not because he
I found that this city can actually correspond to Linwell City in some places, but because the city in front of me is actually made up of small squares!
In fact, not only the city, but also the smog floating in the sky and the huge slow-moving airship, the dust and gravel on the street, and even the blood stains deep in the dark alleys are all made of this small square grid.
It looks like someone used thousands of small squares to piece together a unique world model.
The edges of these small squares still retain tiny serrations that have not been smoothed. They look very rough at first glance, but if you ignore the details and only look at the overall effect, they give people an inexplicable sense of fineness, as if they contain something.
An artistic sense that transcends the aesthetics of the times.
What's going on!?
Even when he saw a vampire appearing in front of him, Ringer's reaction was not that surprising.
Then he heard Alice's voice: "Don't be embarrassed, Meridian, you are also pixelated yourself."
"Eh!!?"
The pink-haired little girl screamed as her worldview was broken.
……
A few minutes later, with Alice's explanation, everyone had to accept the fact that they were in the game world and had transformed from "ordinary humans" to "pixel villains". In fact, the only person who cared about this was Metty
Yes, it’s just that she was already short, and became even shorter after becoming a pixelated figure.
"Don't be sad, Metien." Alice patted the shoulder of Metien, who was squatting on the ground sadly, and comforted: "You were originally very cute, but you became even more adorable after you turned into pixel style. This is a good thing.
Yeah. Look, doesn’t Ringer not care at all? A guy as annoying as him becomes much more pleasing to the eye after being transformed into a pixel style. This is the charm of the classic retro style. The same goes for Saint Xalia.
...Eh, Saint Shalia?"
The familiar name awakened the girl's memory. She raised her head and stared blankly at the elegant and calm pixelated figure holding a curved wooden staff and wearing a white dress. Finally, she understood the familiar feeling when she saw her.
Where did it come from?
Alice exclaimed: "Are you Saint Shalia!?"
The girl nodded slightly: "I am Saint Shalia."
No wonder she was able to activate the cassette.
Previously, the mentally retarded AI told Alice that she needed to use "Destiny" to activate the cassette, and isn't Saint Shalia's rank the same as [Girl's Sovereignty and Destiny]?
Why couldn’t I figure it out earlier?
Alice was immediately heartbroken, but then she thought about it and realized that it would be useless to figure it out earlier. She couldn't find where the Saint Charia was at that time, and she might not even be able to recognize him if she found him. The first time she met him just now, he was already very old.
This is well proven.
I can only blame the gap between the pixel style and the real style for being so big that even talented players were blinded by it. From then on, there was an indelible black spot in their careers.
After sighing melancholy, Alice decided to let the matter disappear with the wind. She cheered up and said to her three teammates: "In short, let's ignore these insignificant things for now and get ready to deal with the next one."
Enemy."
"Enemy? Are you talking about Miss Fiyali? Has she also entered this world?" A question mark appeared on Metien's head, although there was no doubtful expression on that pixel face.
"Nonsense." Alice rolled her eyes with great difficulty: "She is the BOSS. How can we continue to play the game without the BOSS? Also, she is the enemy. Why are you being so polite to her? I suggest you use it in the future.
Calling her 'that guy' can reflect our sense of justice!"
She spoke righteously, but unfortunately no one agreed. In today's materialistic era, there are too few people with a sense of justice, which made Alice feel extremely sad.
Back to business.
"When the fight starts, you all have to listen to me." Before the BOSS battle started, Alice taught everyone the battle strategy: "Because you are all crutches...ah, I mean, you are all
The auxiliary profession has no damage skills, so it must be played closely around me. To put it simply, it is my output, you guys, understand?"
Including Ringer, the three of them shook their heads in unison, expressing their confusion.
What kind of bird language are you talking about?
"Okay." Alice said helplessly: "It seems I can only wait until the fight starts before I explain to you. In short, remember one sentence: Only I can lead us to victory!"
She puffed up her chest and tried to imitate the majesty and domineering power of a certain big shot. Unfortunately, before she could fully demonstrate it, she was interrupted by a sudden narration:
[The activities of the four warriors in the city soon attracted the attention of the evil god's minions, the messenger of darkness, and Fairy Jane Edward, who was transformed from a human into a monster. In order to sacrifice their flesh and blood, they obtained the evil god.
With the help of others, she decided to hunt these four arrogant outsiders alone without telling the others of her kind, and firmly believed that she would be able to win.]
[How will the four warriors respond to her attack?]
[The fierce battle in the ruins of the city of Turinwell at the end of this world is about to begin.]
After the words fell, a burst of passionate and sad music came from nowhere. Its high points can cheer people up, and its low points can make people cry. It perfectly fits the dead and desolate atmosphere of this city, and it is also hidden.
There is a sense of oppression about the approaching storm, which indicates that the next battle will not be easy.
Huh——
A strong wind passed by.
The haze in the sky suddenly began to gather inward, and under the manipulation of a pair of invisible hands, it slowly twisted into a whirlpool. From the center of the black vortex, in the eye of the calmest and most depressing storm, a coquettish blood moon appeared,
It slowly squeezed out of the clouds and fell downwards. The closer it got to the ground, the more it brought a heavy sense of oppression, taking away everyone's sight, and in the end even made it difficult for them to breathe and unable to breathe.
【Ah——】
In the midst of the depressing music, a singing voice suddenly came out, which was completely different from the previous narration. It sounded like weeping and praying:
【The great Lord of Heaven!】
【When the blood moon falls from the sky, I sincerely request you.】
【Join us for this bright red feast!】
Boom——!!!
A powerful aura wave was released from the inside of the falling blood moon, and instantly swept the darkness of the entire city. The blood moon, which had an extremely solid surface, instantly exploded into countless fragments. Amidst the tidal overflowing bloody moonlight, a huddled figure
The lying figure slowly opened its eyes and stretched its body. The dark bat wings behind it continued to stretch to both sides until they were against those gloomy and bleak steel buildings. The sharp ends easily pierced the glass windows, making a clicking sound.
The sound of scratching.
Above the other party's head, there is a line of bloody text identifying her identity:
[LV35 Blood Vanguard-Fiyali]
At the same moment, the same pop-up window flashed in front of the four people on the ground: