Riley carried the Obsidian Heavy Sword and walked back to the village with a face full of excitement.
This battle was short, but the battle felt super real, more exhilarating than any holographic game he had ever played.
Not only was there a great sense of explosions of sword qi, even the resistance of the slashes and the recoil of the arm were simulated flawlessly.
'This company definitely used black technology!' Riley couldn't help but exclaim.
What satisfied him even more was - the quest system of this game actually didn't need to hand in the quest, after killing the demonic wolves it directly prompted the quest to be completed, it wouldn't be like those old games where you had to purposely run back to talk to the NPC to get the rewards.
Thinking of this, he opened the system panel to look at the rewards-
[Quest Completed: Save the Village Attacked by Demons]
[Reward: +5000 experience value, +300 gold coins, title [Wolf Plague Terminator]]
'Tsk, the experience is average and the gold coins aren't much, but it actually gives a title?'
Riley immediately opened his character interface and found that he already had [Wolf Calamity Terminator] hanging in his title bar, with the accompanying attributes of +5% attack and +3% defence.
'This attribute is not bad, even in general holographic games, most of the titles are decorative in nature, I didn't expect that the titles here can also add combat power.'
He casually equipped the title, hummed a little song, and stepped into the village.
However, he was greeted by a group of incredibly surprised villagers, this person had actually returned so quickly?
The villagers were shocked: this person was really a human?
He actually killed the Black Flame Demon Wolf!
When Riley returned to the village entrance, the village chief was already waiting there with the villagers.
'Brave Lord, you ... you really killed the Black Flame Demon Wolf?!'
The village chief was full of disbelief, his voice trembled, as if he couldn't believe that this young man in front of him, could actually easily kill that demonic creature that had tormented the village for many days.
Riley grinned, 'Of course, easily.' Saying that, he took out the demon wolf corpse from the system and threw it on the ground.
He casually flung his obsidian heavy sword, the blood arced out and splattered on the ground, the villagers couldn't help but suck in a breath of cold air and looked at Riley with awe.
'Too, too strong ...'
'This kind of strength, I'm afraid it's the top powerhouse of the Kingdom Knights, right?'
'Perhaps, even those Legendary level swordsmen can't compare to him!'
Riley couldn't help but laugh out loud as he listened to these villagers' arguments.
'This AI intelligence is too high, isn't it?'
In most holographic games, the reactions of NPCs were usually templated - for example, if a player completed a quest, the NPC would at most compliment him with a 'well done, warrior' and then hand out a reward and be done with it.
But these NPC's performance ... is not at all like a pre-programmed procedure, but like a real person in awe of the strong.
'Did this company really develop the game AI into a completely autonomous learning mode?'
At the same time that Riley marvelled in his heart, the village chief had already respectfully stepped forward, holding a worn out money bag in both hands, his voice trembling, 'Lord Brave, this is the only thank you gift that our village can come up with, and I hope that you will accept it ...'
Riley looked down, and a prompt popped up synchronously on the system panel-
[Whether to receive the village reward?]
[Reward content: gold coins +50, villager friendliness +10]
'...50 gold coins?'
The corner of Riley's mouth twitched.
He was a big man with 500,000 gold coins stored in his warehouse, and 50 gold coins ... wasn't enough for him to order a cup of fine fruit wine at the tavern in the King City.
However, looking at the village chief's face that was full of sincerity, Riley instantly felt that this game was really well done - even the wealth gap between NPCs was simulated?
He waved his hand, 'No need, this amount of money is nothing to me, consider it my casual help.'
The villagers froze.
A moment later, the village chief fiercely knelt, his eyes moist, 'Lord Brave is so benevolent ... it is really a blessing for us!'
The other villagers also kneeled down, excitedly shouting-
'Lord Brave! You are the saviour of our village!'
'May the God of Light bless you!'
Riley: ????
He had thought that the NPC would say something to thank him, but why did he even kneel down?
'... This AI setting is too exaggerated, isn't it?'
Just as Riley was still shocked by the NPC's intelligence, the village chief seemed to remember something and said excitedly, 'Lord Brave, with your strength, why don't you go to the Imperial King City and take part in the "Brave Trial"?'
'Trial of the Brave?'
Riley's eyes lit up.
This sounded like a PVP arena!
As a veteran player, he loved playing arenas the most, being able to fight against other experts and try out how awesome this game's combat system really was!
'What kind of match is this?' Riley asked excitedly.
The village chief explained, 'Every year, the Empire holds the Brave Man Trials in the King's City, and anyone who can pass the trials will not only receive a huge amount of wealth, but also be named an Imperial Knight, and even have the chance to be favoured by the royal family!'
'This way ah ...'
Riley stroked his chin and contemplated for a while, his heart had already made a decision-
Go! Of course he had to go!
If it was an ordinary person, he might think that becoming an Imperial Knight was a heavenly thing, but Riley didn't care about that.
He simply wanted to see how realistic this game's arena mode was made to be, and in the meantime, try out the limits of his combat power.
'Alright, in that case, I'll go to the King's City and take a look.'
The village chief was instantly thrilled and nodded his head repeatedly, 'Excellent! Lord Braveheart, our village's only merchant caravan will leave for the King City tomorrow, you can go with them!'
'Okay.'
Riley wasn't in a hurry, anyway, this game couldn't be exited for the time being, and he didn't know where the immersive game was closed, so he simply played it as a long term quest.
Anyway, up to now, the experience this game brought him exploded all the holographic games on the market, so real that it was scary!
As night fell, a bonfire was lit in the village.
With gratitude, the villagers took out their best food to entertain Riley, and cheerful laughter came from around the bonfire.
Riley sat on the barrel, took a bite of the jerky and opened his eyes in surprise.
--How does this taste ... exactly like real jerky?
--Even, he could clearly feel the toughness of the jerky in his mouth, the feeling of his teeth biting through the fibres, and even a faint salty taste.
There usually wasn't such a high degree of taste reproduction in holographic games, and no matter how advanced the technology was, it couldn't completely replicate the texture of food in the real world.
But this game ... not only did it, it was even tastier than the jerky he had eaten in reality?
Riley licked his lips, and an absurd thought suddenly rose in his heart-
'... No way?'
But he quickly shook his head and threw the thought to the back of his mind.
'It can't be, no matter how awesome the game company is, it's impossible for me to actually cross over to the Otherworld.'
'This must just be the most powerful immersive game ever.'
'Well, it definitely is.'
'This company is also too good at making games, it must be burning money!'
He took a big bite of meat and squinted his eyes in satisfaction, completely not noticing that the villagers were looking at him with awe and fear in their eyes.
That night, a legend circulated throughout the village-
There was a 'god-level' brave man in their village.