Alice in the Land of Steam

Chapter 143 Are there monsters at the doorstep?

"HP is the quantified vitality. If it reaches zero, you will die immediately and the game will end. However, before it reaches zero, no matter how serious the damage is, it will not affect your actions. In other words, there is no difference between the action ability at 1 HP and the action ability at full HP. MP is the quantified magic power, which needs to be consumed when casting magic."

"ATP stands for Attack Train Point. Every time you use a weapon to attack an enemy, the corresponding ATP value will increase. When the bar is full, you can use the hero link skill attached to the weapon. However, using a hero link skill will directly clear all ATP values. Therefore, although the ATP bar is common to all weapons, only one hero link skill can be used at a time."

"Weapons will be unlocked as the plot progresses. There is no cooldown time when switching weapons. If you learn to switch weapons skillfully, you can easily deal with battles in different situations. As for accessories, they can provide you with a variety of additional abilities, which are very helpful in battle. However, you can only equip up to three accessories, so how to match the accessories is also very important."

"As for props, they are usually dropped by monsters and can be used at any time. They have many convenient functions. Sometimes, even if the enemy is much stronger than you, you can still defeat it with props. Therefore, learning how to use props properly is the first step to becoming a talented player. First, take a look at the uses of the two props you have."

Under Alice's instructions, Olivia checked the properties of the two existing props separately.

[Book of Truth: A mysterious book that is the embodiment of the power of the girl's royal power, containing the wisdom of all things in the world. Automatically locks on enemies within the attack range; automatically scans the properties, abilities, and weaknesses of the target monster; automatically identifies the shield type of the target monster; and automatically identifies the items that have been obtained. No consumption, no upper limit on the number of uses.]

This is Olvera's book. It is an auxiliary prop. Overall, it is quite practical, which is equivalent to a small cheat.

[Ember Fire Source: This lantern was made by the old king of Beman for his daughter. It is filled with the love from the blood. With itself as the center, it opens up a 10X10 area of ​​light. The damage caused by enemies in the area is reduced by 10%. It can be used to ignite the bones of giant beasts and turn them into new fire sources. Remaining usage time: 29 minutes and 12 seconds.]

This is Olvera's black lantern, which has a good damage reduction effect, but compared to its real function, this is only a detail.

Olvera did not use any firm words to express her determination, but just responded softly, then she held the hilt of the blue sword tightly with both hands and walked towards the door step by step. The black lantern hung at her waist, emitting a flickering light. With her back to the huge bright flame in the center of the room, she looked even more drowsy, as dim as dusk.

After listening to Alice's story, the ignorant Olvera also realized the seriousness of the matter. She looked at the remaining usage time of [Ember Fire Source] in the prop column, which was passing by every second, and felt a sense of urgency in her heart: "Should we hurry up?"

"That's right, indeed." Alice asked her, "Are you ready? Once you leave the room, you will encounter enemies, right?"

The girl's curse of fear of darkness was also visualized by the game console, and turned into the DEBUFF "Phototropism" in the last column [Current Status] of the character attribute panel. This is a state that cannot be dispelled and has serious negative effects. It is so serious that Olvera will die suddenly if she enters a dark environment for more than ten seconds, ushering in a GAME OVER ending. At this moment, the darkness covered almost every brick in the castle. In other words, she can only move in the bright area opened up by the lantern.

"kindness."

By the way, this mechanism was not designed by Alice. She has always disliked this kind of mechanism that will limit her performance. Unfortunately, the game console seems to have its own ideas.

Therefore, how to defeat the beast lurking in the darkness and restore the light of the castle while maintaining the burning state of the lantern has become another core mechanism of this game in addition to the hero weapons.

creak-

Pushing open the closed door, a low, sharp, ear-shaking moan was heard. After being locked in the room for so long, the princess of Bemang finally stepped into this dark and cold corridor for the first time. The light of the lantern turned into a force more aggressive than darkness, instantly surging through the corners and ceiling of the corridor, expelling the deep evil that was still resisting stubbornly, completely occupying this high ground, and transforming it into a realm of light.

Although it was only a narrow sliver of light, it was enough to reflect the original appearance. The cold corners that had been lifeless for many years, the old stone bricks that fit together perfectly, the ceiling that was so black that it seemed to be leaking water, but there was never any trace of spider webs clinging to it... Everything that reappeared under the curtain of light made Olvera feel both familiar and strange. She had been with them for so long, but she had never imagined their form of existence. It seemed that darkness was not only a wall that blocked the eyes of human exploration, but also a dead sea that would devour human imagination, making it difficult for them to imagine what wonderful miracles were happening in the world outside the small space they lived in.

Now, am I taking the first step?

Olvera thought in a daze.

All of a sudden, many fragments of memories flashed through her mind, as if blown by a breeze that had been blowing for a long time: the warm afternoon in the sun, the lush violet garden, the white tables and chairs, the parasols and ceramic tea sets, the exquisite three-layer trays and the cakes and snacks that had not yet been tasted, the steaming black tea... They were all beautiful memories, but since when did a person forget them all, as if they had never appeared in her life.

I still remember that she said to herself at that time: Some people's previous lives were as strong and stubborn as a tree. No matter how dark the soil is, it will desperately sprout.

Since when did I gradually forget those words? No one has ever taught me that if time passes too long, I will naturally forget the memories of the past, right? Or is it that sometimes people cannot avoid forgetting certain things because they must highlight the preciousness of memories?
Memory is dark, deep and bleak.

"Olvera?" Alice's voice disturbed her deep thoughts: "Hey, Olvera? What are you thinking about? Now is not the time to be in a daze, the enemy has appeared!"

When the girl came to her senses, she found that there was a beast-like monster in front of her, which looked like a tiger and a leopard. It was covered in a pitch-black shell, and its four feet were burning with dark flames. A pair of curved fangs protruded from its jaw, like a dagger, leaving no doubt that it was sharp enough to cut steel in two. In its cold scarlet eyes, there was no agility or wildness of a living creature, only solidified cruelty and evil murderous intent.

[Strike-type shadow beast, HP300/300, good at using pounce and bite to attack the enemy. It will use pounce to close the distance with the enemy. Once the pounce is successful, it will cause a suppression effect lasting 1 second, and provide 50% damage increase and tearing effect for the subsequent bite, so you need to be extra careful with its first wave of attack. Weakness damage type is slash damage and cutting damage, weak attributes are fire and thunder, no shield coverage. ]

[Book of Truth] automatically presents the opponent's attributes, abilities and weaknesses to Ovella.

The girl held the broken holy sword tightly in both hands, facing the enemy who suddenly appeared, and exhaled softly: "Sorry, I was a little distracted just now."

"It's ok."

Alice replied nonchalantly, "It's just a small monster outside my house. I don't think it will be very strong."

"It's only fitting that he should be your first opponent."

"I will teach you all the fighting skills through this battle."

"If you're ready, go ahead, Olvera!"

　Give me some meow
　　
　
(End of this chapter)