Odilia didn’t tell Zhang Xingyu about the incident during her gathering of restorative medicine. After delivering the medicine, she didn’t immediately take Zhang Xingyu to the Ancient Tree Forest to hunt, but instead led him through winding paths to the training ground.
The training ground was deserted, with no other players training there.
The little loli, with the air of a gaming master, crossed her arms and said to Zhang Xingyu, “Listen up, or you might want to go out and fight monsters now. But those players who are eager to go out and fight monsters, most of them were sent back home by monsters. One very important problem with the current game is that players generally aren’t familiar with their weapons!”
Zhang Xingyu nodded, somewhat confused.
“Humph, it’s obvious you’re a new gamer! You go out like this, not even knowing how to use your weapon, and you’ll be killed by monsters!” Odilia misunderstood Zhang Xingyu’s expression, and proudly said, “Listen up, this is a full-immersive virtual reality game, not something where you sit at a computer and press keys and click a mouse. Every move has to be done by you. I just want to ask, have you ever used a cold weapon in the real world?”
“Um… no,” Zhang Xingyu replied. He really hadn’t.
“That’s right! Those new players have no idea that this game is different from normal games! There are some players who haven’t even used a bow before, but they picked one up and went hunting. They don’t even know where their arrows are going, and if they aren’t killed by monsters, it’s almost like they’re disrespecting the monsters!”
——Monsters aren’t human to begin with!
Zhang Xingyu wanted to argue back, but seeing Odilia’s “educating a new gamer” expression, he decided not to interrupt.
Odilia snorted and continued, “If you want to hunt monsters, you have to master your weapons first. In the hunting game, your weapon is your life. If you can’t even master your own life, how can you talk about hunting monsters? And in this training ground, I’ve found that improving weapon proficiency is faster than going out to fight monsters. So… take out your weapon and practice first.”
What Odilia didn’t explain was that at the beginning, she also went out to hunt the Great Fierce Jackal like normal players, and then…
“Ouch – this weapon is so heavy, how do I even use it?”
After drawing her greatsword, Odilia discovered that she could barely even run, she could only walk slowly. And this greatsword looked incredibly powerful, but its attack speed…
Within half a minute, Odilia fell!
A tragic past!
Odilia decided to bury this secret deep inside, never to be revealed!
“I see, you’re worthy of being the ‘Dark Night Empress.’ By the way, how’s your weapon training going?”
“Hehehe, I discovered a skill for the greatsword, oh~” Odilia said mysteriously, seeming eager to demonstrate her discovery. She drew the greatsword from her back.
“I found out that the greatsword can do a charged slash, the attack power will increase significantly!” As she spoke, Odilia raised her greatsword and performed the classic charged slash of the greatsword!
Boom——
Dust flew up, a deep slash mark was left on the ground, demonstrating the attack power of this strike.
“Earlier, I used charged slash and directly cut the Small Fierce Jackal in half! It’s so powerful… But since it takes time to charge, it can only be used when you find an opening. And, I found that I’m the only one who can perform charged slash with the greatsword~!” Odilia excitedly shared her training experience and tricks with Zhang Xingyu, including how the weapon felt lighter after her proficiency went up, how she could use it more easily, and her excitement after learning a new technique…
Odilia urged Zhang Xingyu to try it out too, maybe he could learn the techniques of the katana!
Hearing this, a bead of cold sweat appeared on Zhang Xingyu’s forehead. He finally realized where the problem lay!
It turned out that the problem was still with the weapons!
Players generally don’t know how to use weapons!
Yes, this game was a bit too hardcore – after players picked their weapons, they were immediately given missions to challenge the Great Fierce Jackal, without even basic weapon tutorials!
This was a “real” world, not pressing keys on a computer. And current players were mostly teenagers!
Not to mention, Zhang Xingyu had also changed the way skills are used with weapons. They aren’t available from the beginning, but need to be “learned.” The probability of self-discovery is also very low!
Look at Odilia, she was excited about the “charged slash” of the greatsword, she hadn’t even discovered the basic draw slash!
Didn’t you see some players using bows who can’t even shoot straight!
No wonder they were being abused by monsters!
It’s a tragedy!
Zhang Xingyu was slightly relieved. If not for the unique qualities of Nightmare World, and the initial kill that made many people think this was a hardcore game, players might have already given up!
My heart is aching, but I won’t say anything!
It’s not easy, is it!
Players who are being abused by monsters!
Zhang Xingyu felt he needed to update the game to save the players who were caught in this hot water!
“Hey – what are you spacing out for? Quickly practice, if you can’t even use a weapon, I’m not taking you hunting!” Odilia said.
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