“Alright, practice…Speaking of which, haven’t you thought about finding an NPC to teach you?” Zhang Xing Yu seemed to have thought of something and said.
Because he had previously focused on setting the weapon balance and skills, ignoring the process of these novice players familiarizing themselves with weapons, Zhang Xing Yu hadn’t even matched a single weapon instructor, nor had he set any novice weapon tutorials. Currently, they were all relying on the players to explore and discover blindly.
In fact, in the original world, Monster Hunter was also a rather hardcore game. If a player who had never played Monster Hunter before was exposed to the game for the first time and didn’t seriously play through the novice tutorial, they would definitely die like a dog!
In the Monster Hunter world of the Nightmare Realm, because it was even closer to reality, the difficulty level was even higher than the game!
Hearing Zhang Xing Yu’s words, Audreylia was stunned for a moment before saying, “I haven’t tried…But the hunters here generally have a bad attitude towards us adventurers…”
“I think we can try to find a hunter instructor to teach us. It’s definitely better than exploring completely on our own,” Zhang Xing Yu suggested.
Although Zhang Xing Yu hadn’t set up any instructors in the game, because the NPCs had a high level of intelligence, he could try to persuade them. If that didn’t work, he could bribe them!
“Umm…Okay, let’s try…” Audreylia recalled the scene on the ship when a hunter taught her how to use the hand crossbow, and said.
Then, Zhang Xing Yu went outside and found a Long Sword hunter.
“What do you want, adventurer? I’m busy. I’m going to hunt soon.” The Long Sword hunter wasn’t very friendly.
In Zhang Xing Yu’s setting, in the world of Monster Hunter, strength was paramount. Some powerful hunters were highly respected, but the players, the “adventurers,” were quite special, they weren’t part of the hunter group (but they could join). On top of that, adventurers were a mixed bunch, so before they had made a name for themselves, the adventurer identity wasn’t very well-liked.
“Ahem, Brother Long Sword, I think the Long Sword is very cool. I’m planning to switch to the Long Sword recently, but I’m not very skilled with it. Can you give me some guidance?”
“Huh? Why should I teach you? And you’re an adventurer too?” The Long Sword hunter widened his eyes and said impatiently.
Audreylia tugged at Zhang Xing Yu’s sleeve and said, “So I told you, they generally have a bad attitude!”
Zhang Xing Yu took out all the money he had on him with a blank expression and handed it to the Long Sword hunter. The Long Sword hunter’s attitude shifted subtly. He weighed the money in his hand and felt it was quite a bit.
“Hmm—That’s a good amount…Since you’re so sincere, I’ll teach you a bit. But you need to remember, I’ll only teach you the most basic techniques. The deeper Long Sword techniques are my trump card, and I won’t teach them lightly!” The Long Sword hunter said.
“The basics are enough,” Zhang Xing Yu said.
“Alright.” The Long Sword hunter nodded, having already received the money.
“By the way, my companion here also wants to learn how to use the Great Sword…Can you…? Money is definitely included!” Zhang Xing Yu said.
“I’m not familiar with the Great Sword…Wait, you’re the first adventurer who reached the Starbase with the Captain?” The Long Sword hunter looked at Audreylia in surprise.
“Yes, yes.”
“What a nuisance…” The Long Sword hunter mumbled, looked around, and suddenly saw the Hunter Captain, then ran to the captain.
“Ah—Captain, good timing. Are you free? The little hunter you saved seems to want to ask you for guidance on using the Great Sword.”
“Huh??”
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A while later, at the training ground, two hunters were guiding Zhang Xing Yu and Audreylia on how to use weapons.
It seemed Audreylia’s cute appearance had an extra persuasive effect, and the Hunter Captain’s attitude towards Audreylia wasn’t bad: “You chose the Great Sword as your weapon…Good. The Great Sword is arguably the most domineering of all weapons, possessing extremely powerful attack power. It can also be used as a shield with its massive size. Although it’s a bit slow, as long as you find the monster’s weakness, you can deal massive damage with a single strike. You have excellent taste!”
“Listen up, as a beginner, the most basic attack you need to master is the Draw Slash, followed by the Roll Dodge…”
“Like this, like this?” Audreylia followed the instructor to learn.
【You have learned the Beginner Draw Slash. Due to receiving personal instruction from the Hunter Captain, the skill has become enhanced!】
【You have learned the Beginner Strong Charge Slash. Due to receiving personal instruction from the Hunter Captain, the skill has become enhanced!】
【You have triggered the effect of Spirit Body, the Beginner Strong Charge Slash has further strengthened!】
“!!!”
After about an hour, both of them had finished learning the most basic techniques.
The two instructors left, and Audreylia excitedly ran to Zhang Xing Yu and said, “Amazing, I didn’t expect the Great Sword to have so many techniques. If I had learned these techniques earlier, maybe I would have already killed the Great Jaggi. Look, in just a little while, I’ve learned several skills, and I’ve even triggered the effect of Spirit Body and learned the second level of the Charge Slash’s secret technique!”
Audreylia was indeed very excited. Previously, she had only managed to learn one Charge Slash, but now, in just one hour, she had learned several skills:
【Beginner Draw Slash+】, 【Intermediate Charge Slash+】, 【Beginner Roll Technique+】, 【Charge】, 【Beginner Strong Charge Slash (++】, 【Basic Great Sword Techniques】
Except for 【Beginner Strong Charge Slash (++】 and 【Basic Great Sword Techniques】, the other skills were taught by the Hunter Captain, so they had a + after them. 【Beginner Strong Charge Slash (++】 was learned through triggering the Spirit Body, not only was it more powerful, but the charging speed was also faster. The last 【Basic Great Sword Techniques】 was a passive skill learned after mastering all the basic Great Sword techniques, which could overall increase a player’s affinity for a particular weapon, making it more proficient to use.
“Wow, amazing. I only got three basic skills!”
“Kukuku, for the Dark Night Empress, it’s easy. Kukuku, kukukukukukukukuku—“ The excited chuunibyou lolita couldn’t help but be chuunibyou again.
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