Chapter 5: How to use Magic Power
Baltan has left.
However, the pressure Baltan put on Demian was considerable. The income of 100 gold and 10,000 experience is also insignificant compared to his threat.
Demian's worries didn't last long. This is because the instructor NPC approached him and talked to him.
"Start with a murder. That's great! ID Demian."
"What?"
"I should penalize a bad guy like you."
Instructor NPC tagged Demian.
* System: it has tagged you as a 'murderer'.
!! Diary update: Tag
Description: Nicknames, achievements, history, crimes, weaknesses can be attached to you as tags. Tags can impose social restrictions on you. Or it may give you new opportunities.
"I was trying to protect myself."
"Go to the judge and make that excuse!"
The instructor ignores Damian's excuse and goes somewhere else. The tag followed Demian 'murderer'.
"What disadvantages does this have?"
"Hey, Demian?"
A woman in rags behind his back speaks. She is a female user who almost became the target of Baltan earlier.
"Thank you, Demian. If you hadn't stopped me, I would have died."
"You're welcome. Nice to meet you, Lili."
Because of Baltan's threats, Demian was regretting his choice to sabotage Baltan's fraud. But when Lily was thanked, his regrets disappeared.
"How did you feel about the murder?"
"It's a game, so please say PK rather than murder. Murder sounds too strong."
"Oh, my God. PK?" How old are you?"
Player Killing is a word used in early online games. With the use of a system called PVP or Duel, there are many games where random PK is banned. Nowadays, PK has become a term that is not used well.
But they didn't know yet. PK is prevalent in NAL.
At Lili's words, Demian was embarrassed. Users look 20 years old, but their actual age and generation will be different.
"My friend is coming to meet me. Let's talk until then. It's a kind of information exchange."
Lili smiles innocently and explains what she knows. Demian didn't stop her because she wanted to hear more of her explanation.
"All NPCs here have history and background. They have families, they have life patterns. It's all made by Gaia. So for NPCs, Gaia is a true creator god."
All NPCs in NAL are not man-made characters. Demian listens to her story interesting.
"NPCs shouldn't be called AI because they're intelligence made from NON-artificial. It's called Gaia's Intelligence GI."
Demian says.
"You're saying that the NPC intelligence created by AI shouldn't be called AI? But it's humans that made AI Gaia. Isn't it human-made intelligence that Gaia created?"
Lili pondered for a moment about Demian's question and asked again.
"Well, God created humans. And they created democracy. So is it God who created democracy?"
Demian looks shrugged, saying, "I don't know."
"I don't know either. I'm just saying don't be a parent who steals a child's invention."
"Well, I think you're right. It would be better to call it GI than AI."
Demian had another question, so she asked Lili.
"Lili, what's the goal of this game for you?"
Every game has a goal. Of course, the pioneers' goal was to carve out and occupy the new continent, but Gaia had a marketing campaign that gave individuals different goals.
"Gaia's ad. Did you see it? The commercial that Gaia talked to all the viewers individually."
"Yes, that's why I started this game."
"Gaia promised every player that they would achieve what they wanted. And in my case, she promised me a new boyfriend."
"What? Really?"
"I think Gaia saw what I posted on SNS after breaking up with my ex-boyfriend. Gaia convinced me I could meet a good man. I felt bad then, but as the favorable reviews of NAL continued, I got curious and started."
"I see. Well, I hope Gaia keeps her promise with you."
Then, another man approached them.
"Lili! You're here."
Lili's party has arrived. He is wearing plate mail all over his body and even pitching. It is a heavy sheet metal armor that is hard to see in the tutorial area.
Demian was surprised at the prowess of his appearance. Demian thoughts to himself: 'I don't think an attack with Ryan's sword will scratch him.'
"Here you are! Meek! I've been waiting for you."
A middle-aged man is wary of Demian.
"Lili, be careful. There are a lot of crooks who are after beginners."
"Absolutely. Micok. This is Demian. Demian. This is Micok. The party I was waiting for."
The man in the plate armor takes off his helmet. He is a man with a reliable face. Demian said hello.
"Nice to meet you. I'm Demian."
"Nice to meet you, too. I'm Mick."
Lili says she has to go now.
"I have to go now. Demian. See you next time."
"See you."
Mick looks at Demian and gives a silent salute. And they left.
Demian recalled Lili's words. Gaia seems to have convinced the players that they will get what they want.
"What is my goal? Taking a new opportunity in a new land. And catching the guy who stole my stuff."
Baltan is in the business of receiving cash from others and selling experience value. In other words, Gaia's statement that the game's goods can be cashed in may be true.
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The NPC instructor shouts.
"Come on, newborn foals. Get out of this meadow and head for the tutorial square over there. Go there and learn about the New World NAL. You'd better watch and listen carefully. Unless you want to die as soon as you get out!"
New users move one by one. Tutorial Square, which is said to be the starting point for pioneers. Demian also faces the square out of the meadow.
There, many NPCs were explaining to players about the game's system. New users are listening to their stories, surrounding tutorial NPCs in groups.
The NPCs really seemed like actual people. It's never a graphic feeling. It doesn't feel like it's made artificially. Nevertheless, there is a part where anyone can feel that they are NPCs.
It is their infinite patience.
They were repeating their words with infinite patience. Demian also listened to their stories to get the overall outline of the game.
Those who have ever left the tutorial space cannot attack other new users even if they return here. As soon as you leave here, the protection against beginners disappears.
What if there were no such restrictions? High-level users would have come here and repeatedly killed all new users. Just for fun. This was often the case in early MMORPGs.
NPCs vary. There are also blacksmiths, sword training instructors, and bow training instructors. Demian observes past the bow practice field.
In the actual world, most people have never even touched the actual bow. However, the bow in the game is a highly preferred weapon.
Most new users can't even pull the bowstring properly. The need for muscle strength to pull a bow is quite high.
Demian finds an interesting woman there. There is a girl who looks pretty small. He is only about 160cm tall. But she pulls the huge longbow's string very easily.
'The STR is that strong?'
But her STR is only 53. Nevertheless, being used to pulling a bow means she has used a bow in the actual world. Like back muscles and forearm muscles, the muscles needed to pull the bow are highly developed. However, because of her low overall muscle strength, NAL also gave her high ordering power.
& Bang Jiyeon
Age: 20
Language: Korean
STR: 53
MGP: 47 (100-53)
TAG: Archery: When a player using a bow, it increased the tension limit of the bow by 20
The NPC teaching the bow explains to her. She listens to the NPC conversation. Demian also listens to their conversation and tries to figure out the game.
"You have blessed talent. It has a high MGP as STR is weak. But you can use a high-tension bow. The job I recommend is a long-distance dealer like 'Magic Archer'."
Demian thought of his own capacity. STR is high and MGP is low. Is it right to set the direction of the character based on STR like this way? He had to figure out what he could do with MGP. "People who are confident in exercising will easily start the game with a high STR." Then, is it disadvantageous to those with low physical abilities? No, they would have balanced it by using MGP."
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He moved to the NPC with the robe on. The NPC has the largest number of new users in front of it. Everyone is interested in explaining the use of MGP.
"Everyone's wondering what MGP is, right? It's simple. Feel the full 'MANA' in NAL world."
Light glitters over the NPC's hand in a blue robe.
"It's a magic called 'light.' You see? As you know, MGP means the power to handle this mana. It allows you to use elemental magic such as Fireball and Blizzard. Become an element wizard like me and rule NAL! Your spell power will be the most efficient when converted into elemental magic."
"Don't take him too seriously."
As soon as the blue robe NPC was finished, another NPC appeared. He is wearing a white robe and a got(Asian conical hat). He explained differently about MGP.
"We should not consider MGP as the 'Mana' of the NAL world. Every human being can store 'Mana' inside. Train every day. The Inner Manas are piled up in you. Even if all 'Mana' disappears in the world, the 'Inner Mana' you have stored doesn't disappear. Not all NAL's atmosphere is filled with 'Mana'. Those who have 'Mana' themselves are truly strong."
At the end of his speech, NPC appeared, wearing a black robe and a skull on his head like a hat.
"You're both wrong. That's not how you use MGP."
The NPC looks evil at a glance. He explains MGP differently.
"Every life has its own energy. Strengthen your magic by extorting it. Pull out the life of the tree and use it. Raise the dead body up. Order the body to extort other life forms. Mana in nature? use it. Someone's Inner Mana? Use it, too. Don't forget one thing. Everything can be your power source when you are using black magic."
The Elementalist in the blue robe refutes.
"Nature's energy is converted into life energy. And the energy goes back to nature with the death of life. Don't hog too many manas by yourself. Don't extort other life energy. From the perspective of an Elementalist, the power of 'black magic' and 'inner mana' are very pathetic. An elemental magic is the most accurate use of MGP."
Asian Warrior in white again refutes Elementailist's remarks.
"Ha! I've seen a group of elementalists begging like sick chickens in a land where Mana is scarce. Their magic seems big and strong, but the powers are all borrowed from somewhere. A person who is independent of the influence of the surrounding environment is truly strong."
This time, skull-hat black magician opens his mouth.
"I agree with training 'Inner Mana' rather than 'natural Mana'. If I extort their Inner Mana, I'll be strong easily."
The three of them criticize each other and preach about the correct use of MGP. American Demian has been familiar with many games in the past with the use of spells spoken by blue and black lobes. They are ELIMENTALIST and NECROMANCER, respectively. But he knew little about 'Inner Mana' as a man in white said. Demian uttered a word unconsciously.
"Ninja?"
At his words, Asian Warrior in white looked at Demian.
"Ninja! How dare you insult me?"
Ninja is a Japanese assassin and spy. However, the man is Asian Warrior. No wonder the Westerner Demian couldn't see the difference. But the man must be furious.
Then Skull-hat Necromancer sarcastically criticized the Asian warrior.
"Huh? I thought you were a ninja."
They're arguing again. Fortunately, Asian Warrior loses interest in Demian and argues with Skull-hat Necromancer again.
Demian felt he needed to find someone else to teach him about MGP.
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"Demian? Get out of here. There's nothing to tell a killer like you!"
NPC Glcanotti ignores Demian. The NPC was the one who explained how to use experience points. Now that Demian had an experience of 10,000, he needed his information. But Glcanotti does not cooperate with Demian.
Unlike other NPCs, Demian is embarrassed by Glcanotti's aggressive response.
"What's wrong with you?"
"Oh, my God, it's the tag the instructor put on me earlier."
& Demian Tag List
Tag 1: Murderer: The one who was found to kill others. So far, we've killed one user.
Tag 2: Start with Murder: A person who killed another user within 10 minutes of accessing the game. (Shortest murder, No.2)
Not only other users, but also some NPCs have looked at him with strange faces. He finally realized that it wasn't just a feeling.
"I can't walk around with this killer tag on."
Then, a little NPC is captured in Demian's eyes.
&NPC Zoey
Tag: Guide to Tutorial Square
NPC Zoey also looks at Demian. And talk to him.
"Do you want to take that tag off?"
A Q is written on Zoey's head. Demian reads his quest.
?Quest
Client: Little Zoey in the tutorial space
Content: Follow the kid's instructions.
Reward: Guide to tag removal quests.
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