Early in the morning, in front of the village's main gate.
At the dawn of the day, Riley stood at the village entrance, ready to travel with the village merchant caravan to the Imperial King City.
After yesterday's dinner, the village chief had personally arranged a carriage for Riley to move with the merchant caravan's guards. Although Riley felt that he did not need protection, but still gladly accepted - after all, it is a 'game newbie guide', he has not fully understood the game's world settings, and more communication with NPCs may be able to trigger the hidden quests.
As a player, hidden quests were very attractive to him.
'Brave Lord, I really appreciate your help!
The village chief led a group of villagers and stood respectfully at the village entrance to see him off, the eyes that looked at Riley were still full of awe, and there were even quite a few people who bowed their heads and saluted as if they were bidding farewell to a great legendary hero.
Riley couldn't help but spit in his heart: ''The acting skills of these NPCs are too good, right? They really think I'm a brave man? This game experience is fantastic, isn't it?'
He waved his hand and laughed, 'Alright, alright, it's not like we'll never see each other again, when I come back from the King's City, maybe I'll even bring you guys some good stuff.'
The villagers' faces were even more excited, and there was even a child who couldn't help but ask, 'Lord Brave, when you come back, will you become a true Imperial War God?'
Riley was instantly happy, this little NPC can still make up stories?
He purposely laughed in co-operation, 'That's for sure, I'm heading for the championship!'
The guards of the merchant caravan: '...'
Villagers:'...'
They glanced at each other and thought to themselves - this brave man, he might have the strength!
Yesterday, the matter of Riley slashing the Black Flame Demon Wolf to death with a single sword had already spread throughout the entire village, and his terrifying combat power of casually killing a BOSS had long exceeded the realm of ordinary people. Even if the villagers imagined it, they couldn't understand where the limits of such a strong person actually lay.
Even the captain of the guards, couldn't help but step forward and respectfully said, 'Honourable Brave Lord, if you can really win the champion of the Brave Trial, then you will be the legend of the entire empire ... Please allow us to follow your steps.'
Riley blinked and froze.
This NPC, could still take the initiative to apply to join the team? **
'... Alright, then wait until I win the championship.'
He casually made a perfunctory remark and directly leapt onto the carriage.
The village headman led the villagers to continue bowing and watching until the carriage gradually drove away from the village.
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Imperial Avenue, heading to the royal city
The carriage swayed as it travelled along the Imperial Avenue, the surrounding forest slowly turning into a vast grassland, and the view opened up.
Riley leaned against the wooden rails of the carriage, and the surrounding scenery was reflected in his eyes -- verdant grasslands, cows and sheep grazing leisurely, and a few merchant caravans riding horses in the distance, all of which had an ineffable sense of reality.
'Tsk, this game company has put in the effort, even the details on the road are made so real.'
Riley smashed his mouth, feeling the taste of yesterday's dinner still lingering in his mouth.
To know, the reality of the holographic game, no matter how advanced it is, the degree of taste reproduction will not be more than 50%, most of the food in the game is just a 'simulated taste', but last night's roasted meat and mulled wine ... is almost exactly the same as the reality.
'... No, this detail, a little too much.'
Riley's heart was slightly strange, but he quickly shook his head and cast these strange thoughts aside.
Anyway, it must be the official newly developed black technology, as a player, just have fun and be done with it.
'Bang--!'
Just as Riley was resting his eyes, suddenly, a bow and arrow cracked in the distance, followed by the carriage shaking violently and the horses letting out painful neighs!
'There is an ambush!'
The escort leader immediately drew his sword, and the people in the merchant caravan also looked around in alarm.
Not far away, a group of bandits dressed in black robes rushed out from behind the hillside, the leader was a big man with a scar on his face, he held a longbow and roared with a fierce face-
'This road was opened by me, this tree was planted by me! If you want to pass from here, leave the money to buy the road!'
Riley: '...'
He almost laughed out loud.
Was that line scripted? It's too clichéd, isn't it?
But the others in the merchant caravan didn't think so, and they all turned pale and panicked.
'It's the Black Wind Bandits! It's over, we're no match for them at all!'
'They are famous horse thieves, their strength is not weak, even the Kingdom's Knights are unable to exterminate ... them.'
The escort leader gritted his teeth and said, 'Everyone protect the caravan! Run as fast as you can-'
'Run what?'
Riley couldn't help but roll his eyes and interrupted him.
'A few wild monsters in the district, just cut them down casually.'
Everyone: '???'
The Escort Leader looked at Riley with a stunned face, and just wanted to say 'Do you know how strong they are?', but in the end, before the words could leave his mouth, he saw that Riley was already carrying the Obsidian Heavy Sword with one hand, and jumped down from the carriage unhurriedly.
'Is this game such that even robbers can be elite monsters?'
He rubbed his chin, feeling that this scene was a bit familiar.
When he used to play MMORPG games, he had seen too many episodes of robbers ambushing merchant caravans, and every time, the players would go up and kill a bunch of them, explode their equipment, take the bounty, and then continue on their way.
Thinking of this, Riley carried his sword and walked straight towards the robbers.
'Hey, you guys are elite monsters, right? Any hidden quests?'
Black Wind Bandits:'????'
The scar-faced bandit leader froze for a moment, thinking he had heard wrong.
'What elite monsters? You kid is sick in the head, right?'
Riley nodded, 'It's true that it's an elite monster, not a normal monster that can still talk.'
The bandit leader's face darkened as he directly drew his scimitar and shouted angrily, 'Kill him for me!'
Dozens of bandits instantly rushed up, their sabres flashing with a cold light under the sunlight.
'Good timing!'
The corner of Riley's mouth lifted, and in the next second, he directly activated the skill 'Storm Sword Dance', and his entire body turned into a sword light and rushed into the group of bandits -!
'Bang! Bang! Bang!'
Swords flashed, screams rose and fell, the bandits were unable to react in time, and were chopped to the ground as soon as their eyes went black.
In just five seconds, all the bandits all fell.
Merchant team:'...'
Guard Captain: '...'
Is this really something a human can do?
Riley flung his sword and muttered, 'It's true that they are elite monsters, with more experience than wild wolves.'
He then looked at the bandit leader who fell to the ground, 'Hey, is there a hidden quest?'
The bandit leader's lips trembled as he looked at Riley in horror, desperately shaking his head, 'No, no! My lord, spare my life!'
Riley was instantly a little disappointed.
'Tsk, no hidden quest, how boring.'
He casually inserted his sword back into his back, turned around and walked back to the merchant team, completely not noticing that -
The eyes of everyone in the merchant team, including the captain of the guards, had completely changed when they looked at him.