My Players Are So Fierce

In the training area specifically opened up in the Blood Vulture Halls, Murphy, who had just completed his daily “fencing training”, came out to find a group of little players “ambushing” him.

These guys were all excited, and each of them had a sword cane still reeking of blood in their hands.

Murphy immediately knew their intention.

They had come here to try their luck and complete quests, but since these guys were holding sword canes, it meant that a group of Wolfsbane thugs must have perished at their hands.

This was a good thing!

Since his warriors had eliminated some of his major concerns for him, he, as the Governor of Transia, naturally couldn’t skimp on rewards.

It’s just a Hidden Quest, after all.

Give it!

Give it generously!

So that players from other games won’t think my adorable little players can’t handle quests.

“Hmm, a sword cane from the Wolfsbane Clan, a malicious yet exquisite weapon that requires special methods to use properly. They call it the Wolf’s Claw, and named their secret sword technique the ‘Wolf’s Kiss’.

Sometimes I wonder, these guys known for wolves really don’t fit the vampire tradition.

Our symbol under the midnight should be bats, after all.”

Murphy took the sword cane handed over by Sister Pomegranate, casually unsheathed it, and with a twist of his wrist, executed a standard and elegant Wolf’s Kiss sword technique. The blade danced, drawing a large arc with a chilling aura resonating on the humming blade.

This move left Sister Pomegranate and Brother Mao staring in awe.

As professionals, they could understand the value of this move, so the ever-elusive Lord Murphy must also be a hidden “martial arts master”, right?

“Wolf’s Kiss, the swordsmanship most adept at close combat and group fighting among the vampire clans. It’s a ferocious technique tailored to the exaggerated muscles and strength of the Wolfsbane Clan. Although I know it, I’m just a beginner newly entered into this art.

I didn’t intend to pass on the enemy’s martial arts, but for warriors who have already claimed victory, no amount of knowledge is too much to reward your contributions.”

Murphy, as usual, spoke very pleasantly. While saying he hadn’t planned to teach, he smoothly took out the “Wolf’s Kiss” sword technique manual that he had actually prepared in advance from his Spirit Bag, and handed it to his adorable and capable little players.

His understanding of this sword technique was currently at the Master level, so the manual he provided was sufficient for the little players to practice it up to the Master level.

Considering the difficulty of upgrading advanced sword techniques, this was enough for the little players to practice for a long time.

“Go, make good use of this power from the enemy!”

Murphy smiled and distributed the manuals to everyone present, one for each person, making the players beam with joy.

Indeed, their guess was correct!

The development team had indeed designed a special skill acquisition method for this unique exclusive drop. Shouldn’t they hurry to post on the forum? This secret information was that as long as you get the Wolfsbane sword cane, you can exchange it for the corresponding skill manual from Lord Murphy.

This seemed to also announce the method of acquiring special skills in this game, perhaps you need to get similar “tokens” to do so.

Indeed, among the NPCs that have appeared in the game so far, Lord Murphy is the most conscientious! Other NPCs charge money for teaching skills, but Lord Murphy doesn’t ask for anything, he just gives out skill manuals.

Watching his little players leave satisfied, Murphy’s mood for the day also improved. He was about to walk away with his hands behind his back when he saw Brother Mao and Sister Pomegranate turn back.

“My Lord! We want to challenge you.”

Brother Mao cupped his fists and said sincerely:

“We want to witness the supreme art of the Blood Vulture Clan.”

“Hmm, I’m not a belligerent person, my warriors,” Murphy said, shaking his head without blinking:

“Of course, I don’t deny that I’m a proud person. I’m too busy to spend much time practicing swordsmanship with you, but if you can gain the approval of my subordinates, I’m willing to spend some time on it.”

“Ding”

The sound of a quest triggering rang in front of the two combative players. They looked down:

【Challenge Quest – ‘The Supreme Pursuit of Combat Arts’ has been triggered!

Quest Description: You recklessly challenged Lord Murphy, but the friendly governor didn’t get angry at the warriors’ abruptness. He’s always so gentle and calm.

However, getting Transia’s governor to spare time to evaluate your martial arts is not an easy task, after all, this is a proud soul.

You need to first gain the approval of the warriors under Lord Murphy to get the qualification to challenge him.

Quest Objective: Obtain 4 out of 7 recommendation letters from ‘Baron of Leim’ Maxim, ‘Baroness of Shadows’ Adele, ‘Hunting Baron’ Kudel, ‘Count of White Mountain’ Andrei, ‘Moon Arrow’ Lainnia, ‘Osprey Knight’ Valand, and ‘Countess of Anderma’ Femis, to gain the qualification to challenge Lord Murphy.

Time Limit: 3 months.

Quest Reward: Recognition from Lord Murphy and his reward for outstanding warriors.

Special Reward: If you persist to a level that satisfies him during the challenge with Lord Murphy, you can obtain the special title “Champion of Transia” and the limited-time outfit – Midnight Challenger’s Coat.

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This quest is a ‘challenge’ quest, it doesn’t require you to win against all targets, but you must make the targets express approval and praise for your martial arts to obtain recommendation letters.

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This quest can be shared with a maximum of 40 people, current participants: 2.】

After casually giving out a quest that was virtually impossible to complete, Lord Murphy smiled and bid farewell to the two little players who were “looking for trouble”, then drifted away.

Only Brother Mao and Sister Pomegranate were left staring at each other.

“So, to challenge Lord Murphy, we need to beat all the named strong NPCs in the territory?”

Sister Pomegranate exclaimed:

“And who is this ‘Osprey Knight’? I’ve never heard of him! Is this a strong NPC that hasn’t appeared yet?”

“Probably will be refreshed in future plot,” Brother Mao said, rubbing his chin and saying to Sister Pomegranate as he looked at this quest with a difficulty that almost transcended the sky:

“But have you thought about a question, if the difficulty of challenging Lord Murphy is even above these seven people, doesn’t it mean that Lord Murphy’s hidden strength is stronger than all seven of them?

Lord Kudel and Lady Femis are true Silver rank! Isn’t Lord Murphy still just a Black Iron vampire?”

“Rank doesn’t represent combat power! It’s just a summary and classification of different forms of life,” Sister Pomegranate pouted and said:

“How else did we pass our Black Iron trials? Isn’t it normal for a main storyline NPC like him to be stronger? Forget it, let’s share the quest.

This kind of challenge quest, let’s not let ordinary players join in the fun, it’s just a waste of spots.”

“You go tell them, see if they’re willing?” Brother Mao sighed and said:

“This is playing a game, who can admit they’re weak?”

“If they’re not convinced, they can fight!” Sister Pomegranate folded her arms and said nonchalantly:

“If they can beat me in the Fight Club, I’ll share the quest with them.”

“That won’t work, with your standard, few people can get a share,” Brother Mao shook his head and said:

“Let my four brothers fight them. If they can beat my brothers, it shows they’re not ordinary players. You can’t be so domineering, you have to give others a sense of participation.”

“Who asked you to manage?” Sister Pomegranate rolled her eyes and left without saying whether it was good or not.

Brother Mao shrugged, sighing in his heart that this tigress was really not easy to deal with, then sent a message to his brothers to come find him, he had something good to show them.

Murphy wasn’t worried that his adorable little players would be scared by the terrifying difficulty of this quest.

He was very clear about the personality of the players, they always liked to do some very challenging things and enjoyed it, isn’t that how achievement hunters and completionists came about?

After returning to his office, Murphy pondered for a while and felt that what he had casually done just now could actually be even more “exciting”. Why not make it into a “side quest” with enough content?

Well, it’s not like you can challenge the seven strong warriors whenever you want, they should also have their own side quest lines combined to form a super huge and complex “super quest chain”, just like the three dragon quest lines when opening Ahn’Qiraj.

Only in this way can the weight and epic feel of this quest be reflected.

“Need to plan it well!”

Murphy found it more and more interesting as he thought about it, so he pulled open the drawer and took out his notebook.

He was a dog game designer!

He was responsible for enriching the gaming experience of his little players, and by the way, call on the little players to definitely move towards a “martial virtue abundant” direction.

This is how to be a true Transia person!

However, Murphy didn’t forget the main task. After making a rough task diagram, he took out his core bead and leaned back in his chair to send a communication request to a special communication frequency.

Half a minute later, the request was connected.

Far away in the forests of the Count of Seicob’s domain, “Osprey Knight” Lord Valand shouted in a very displeased, rude voice:

“Didn’t I tell you? I have no interest in the alliance you proposed! Lord Murphy, and that’s not something a loyal knight should worry about, my lord is considering it!

Don’t you understand the meaning of the word ‘considering’?”

“No, no, no, Knight Valand, I just wanted to inform you that I’m planning to hold a super cool knight tournament in my domain, letting my 40 most valiant warriors challenge the strong ones in my domain. I wanted to ask if you’d be interested in being one of the seven ‘judges’,” Murphy said, looking at the task diagram in his notebook:

“You’re a knight, you should be enthusiastic about this kind of activity, right?”

“Ah, war games? Okay, I am indeed very interested, but not now!” Murphy had been occasionally in contact with this Osprey Knight these days, and the two were not as unfamiliar as before. After hearing Murphy’s invitation, the Osprey Knight was initially enthusiastic, but then complained:

“We’ve been very busy these days!

It’s all because you Kadman people are carrying out large-scale extermination of gnolls, causing those bastards to run to the Count of Seicob’s domain, and we have to drive them out.”

“Just leave them there,” Murphy said carelessly:

“After I deal with the gnoll warlord in Anderma Hills, my warriors and my soldiers will go to the Count of Seicob’s domain to solve the last remaining gnoll problem in Transia.

The warlord in Anderma Hills is ready for war.

Its army has begun to advance towards the Count of Kadman’s domain, the war is imminent. By the way, don’t you and your winged cavalry want to join in the fun?

Look, I explained it clearly before, the cleanup of gnolls is related to whether the Black Disaster can be safely overcome, which is closely related to the future of the entire Transia region.

You and your lord may not recognize my rule, but you can’t pretend that the threat of the Black Disaster doesn’t exist.

Therefore, I hereby formally invite you and your lord, the Count of Kadman’s domain is about to engage in a decisive battle with the gnoll army, we invite the winged cavalry and the warriors of the Count of Seicob to join this battle that will surely go down in history!

You are also part of this land, your lord actually has the right to compete for the position of Transia governor, isn’t he interested at all?”

“I can’t give you an answer, although I myself am very interested in this war,” the Osprey Knight replied in a low voice:

“But I can understand what you mean, I will pass your thoughts on to my lord, and what kind of response he will make is none of my business. As for that knight tournament judge, save a spot for me!

If you can still survive after the gnoll war, I would be very happy to have a bout with your warriors, Transia people never fear challenges!”

“Very well, then I’ll await good news in the Crimson Citadel,” Murphy said satisfactorily as he cut off the communication.

In the northernmost forests of the Count of Seicob’s domain, Osprey Knight Valand also put down the Computation Bead that he was using more and more proficiently.

Murphy’s “phone call” actually came at just the right time, because Valand was discussing this matter with his lord at this moment.

The knight, as big as a bear, knelt beside a small table, looking at his lord in front of him, waiting for the latter to speak, and there was no one else in this traditional tent.

The inheritance of the Count of Seicob was preserved in the war, but the price was heavy. The entire governance system of the count’s domain was completely destroyed, and even the last heir of the Count of Seicob could only have the last winged cavalry.

“We’ll go!” A calm voice with a bit of a baby tone rang out in the tent.

The owner of this voice said in a deep voice:

“We can’t hesitate anymore. The Count of Kadman has shown enough patience and respect. I believe in his attitude and sincerity on this matter, and he’s right! The Black Disaster may be just a fearful legend for people in other regions, but for us, it’s a matter of life and death.

Everyone on this land is responsible for it. If I want to take back the land of my ancestors and rebuild the glory of the Seicob family, then I must participate in it.

Valand, this time we’ll bring all the winged cavalry and new recruits to the Count of Kadman’s domain to participate in the decisive battle between the Blood Vulture Clan and the gnolls!

I… I will also accompany you!”

“No! Not allowed,” Valand immediately refused:

“You’re too young, you can’t even ride a horse well. If we are to participate in the war in the Count of Kadman’s domain as scheduled, all knights will have to advance at full speed for 4 or 5 days, which is a terrible ordeal.

You can’t handle it.

You should stay in this ancestral blessed forest and wait for the news of our triumphant return.”

“I’m not asking for your opinion, Uncle Valand!” The heir of the Count of Seicob, who should not be very old, said loudly:

“I am ordering you as the daughter of the count, this is the first meeting between one lord and another, I must attend.

Although we are unwilling to admit it, the fact now is that our forest is also suffering from covetousness from all sides!

Not only does the Count of Kadman need political support from us to gain the right to rule Transia, we also need his military support to protect our sacred forest.

You can’t make the decision on this matter.

Your brain can’t think of such complex things, so I must go with you.

I’m small, I can just sit in front of your warhorse, just like when you took me out of Seicob City before, we ran for 7 days and 7 nights that time, didn’t I hold up then?”

“You lost an arm that time! Oh my, don’t make me recall that guilt again.”

“Uncle Valand, this is the destiny of us Seicob people! Take me with you, I must go!”