Game of Thrones: Royal Game

Chapter 7 First Blood and the Covenant

Immediately, Ian remembered what the host receptionist told him before entering the game:
'This time we put the game's competition in the full period, which means that from the moment players land, they will fall into fierce competition, and even kill each other.And this time we will only provide players with extremely limited development resources, and players must take huge risks to fight for them. In fact, a large part of players may not only get no resources from the auxiliary system, but also Exhausted due to certain mechanics. '

In the receptionist's words, it was already hinted at the outrageous difficulty of the main mission!Otherwise, why would it be called 'a large part of players cannot get resources from the system throughout the whole process? 'Ian patted his forehead.

"If we can't get points by completing tasks, then if we want to avoid being assassinated because we are at the bottom of the scoreboard, we can only get points by hunting other players?" Thinking of this, Ian felt his back Chill.

Feeling a huge pressure on his head, Ian didn't dare to waste another second, and hurriedly continued to scroll down.

He remembered that the reminder for the task update just sounded twice, which meant that the bounty task was also updated simultaneously when the game officially started.

[Bounty Mission [-]: First Blood
Mission objective: Complete the first kill on the player
Task reward: 3000 Golden Dragons (2500 of which are provided in the form of gold bars), 3 attribute points, 3 skill points, 2 (in the area) self-selected S-level NPCs
Remarks: After the task is completed, it will be delayed by one day and will be notified to other players]

"???" Looking at the outrageous amount of rewards, Ian's breath became stagnant.

This is what the receptionist said, "The extremely limited development resources provided by the system require players to take huge risks to compete for it"?
In the case that the main task is almost impossible to be completed in the early stage, if any player grabs the resource of "first blood", his development speed must be extremely fast.

Not being able to obtain developmental resources from the system is very hurtful for players in this kind of competition. Unlike those single-player traversal scripts, even if the traversal players have no other golden fingers, they can only rely on their own understanding of the original work and modern people's experience. Knowledge can be mixed with wind and water.

In this hundred-player game, all the players are familiar with the original work. As long as any player suddenly appears in a place where he is not there, his identity will be instantly recognized by other players staring at the place.

When there is not enough strength to support it, the exposure of identity is almost the same as suicide.

For example, when planning, every player must have considered whether to go to the Targaryen brothers and sisters who are in decline at the beginning of the game, thinking that as long as they tie the line of Dragon Ma, he will take advantage of the whole game. A ride with the halo of the protagonist.

But this is clearly a dream.

Because there may be more than 100 players out of 50 players who are staring at Longma. Any player who shows up in front of Longma will immediately reveal his identity.

If he hadn't been so strong that he wouldn't be afraid of the plots of other players, he probably wouldn't be able to survive the next chapter.

And even if the player wants to risk his life for a chance, he doesn't have the ability.

Because starting as a player with mediocre strength and no influence, there is no chance to get close to Longma.

Why do you say that?

In the original timeline, Jorah Mormont and Barristan Selmy were the only two Westeros who successfully came to Longma's side in the early and mid-term. Why?
Is it because only the two of them have this need?No!

When the news that the horse king Drogo was going to marry Daenerys came out, there were adventurers, mercenaries, illegitimate children in Westeros, and even the second sons of those dissatisfied nobles, swarming like vultures eyeing the war He came here, trying to fight for a future for himself with this wandering prince supported by Mawang.

But in the original story, none of them appeared, why?
Undoubtedly, the protector of the Targaryen brothers and sisters, the governor of Pentos, Illyrio, blocked these people. He might be worried that there might be assassins among them, or he simply thought that these people were worthless. In short, he blocked them. Lost almost everyone who wanted to join Viserys.

From the beginning to the end, only Jorah Mormont, the former Lord of Bear Island introduced to him by Illyrio's old friend Varys, and the famous former Kingsguard Barristan Selmy the "Fearless" were killed by Illyrio. Ou recommended it to Long Ma.

If you don't have a reliable identity and the ability to use it, it's just a dream to join Longma.

This is also the reason why Ian did not choose the starting point directly on the continent of Essos.

"Uh, it seems a bit far-fetched?" Ian shook his head, trying to put his thoughts back on this first-blood mission, "I'm a little confused."

"Tell me." The biggest advantage of AI is that it always responds to messages in seconds, just like when Ian was in love for the first time.

"First of all, this is the real world, right?"

"Correct."

"So there won't be a health bar on the player's head, and there won't be a name on the NPC's head, right?"

"Correct."

"And the organizer also specially prepared a reasonable life story for the players, and provided them with relevant intellectual memories, right?"

"Correct."

"Then how do we find other players?" Ian spread his hands, "Let's not say that a hundred of us will randomly go to Westeros or even Essos, it's like throwing a handful of salt into the sea. Can we meet at the beginning, even if we do, who can recognize who is the player?
It is true that I can guess that the five professions that players choose are popular, and other players may also guess, but this is obviously of little significance for finding hunting targets in the early stage.

How many hedge knights are there in all of Westeros?How many wandering mercenaries are there?If you want to say that it is possible to guard against them, but if you want to hunt them down with this clue, it is purely a dream!

Therefore, only after a player develops to a level that cannot be ignored, other players will find that he has a problem because there is no such a character in the original work, and at that time the game has at least entered the middle stage.This doesn't fit your description of 'players start shopping'.

So, what am I overlooking? "

"I won't answer questions beyond my authority." Annie replied mechanically.

In fact, Ian didn't expect Annie to answer this question. He was actually asking himself, what is the way to find other players that exists but he hasn't figured it out yet.

There are obviously two problems in the so-called finding other players, one is to encounter them, and the other is to see through them.

The total area of ​​Westeros is more than 1000 million square kilometers, and the area of ​​Essos is several times that of Westeros.

Not to mention the problem that the players' locations are too scattered, even if all 100 players are placed in Junlin City, it is not easy for everyone to meet in this city with a population of 50.

Unless the scope of the player's activities is further narrowed, for example, they all entered the same tavern.
"Fuck! Allies! Those guys who have made an appointment in advance to form an alliance have arranged a specific meeting place!" Ian suddenly exclaimed, and slapped his thigh suddenly.

Because his own allies had already retired, he actually ignored the allies when he first thought about the problem.

How do players find other players in the early stage?

Normally you can't find it.

But what if you made an appointment with that player to form an alliance?

(End of this chapter)