Beiqi, the Mansion of the Dead.
Recently, the peaceful life of the Beiqi players was broken.
The reason was the Land of the Nine Luminaries.
After many negotiations and waiting, His Excellency Nine Luminaries finally couldn't sit still anymore. He sent a messenger to deliver an ultimatum to the players.
Or submit sincerely! Or declare war!
Naturally, the players wouldn't surrender again. The strategy of killing Yue Yao might work once, but the brothers of the Nine Luminaries would definitely find out the players' problem the second time. Hence, there was no longer any suspense about the start of the war.
Today, the messenger came again and gave the players three days to consider. If they still didn't surrender, they would have no choice but to declare war.
After half a year, the players had already regarded the Land of Beiqi as their home. Of course, they wouldn't want to give it up.
Although this was bad news, it also gave the Beiqi players, who had been living in peace for a long time, a sense of urgency. The improvement of their strength had once again become their focus.
The growth of the players was undoubtedly rapid. However, compared to the forces that had been in the underworld for tens of thousands of years, they had no other advantages except for the number of people and resurrection.
It could be said that the odds of winning the war with the Land of the Nine Luminaries were slim.
However, the players didn't give up. While discussing how to fight, they also began to think of ways to improve their strength.
At this stage, the ten thousand alchemists in Beiqi could already successfully refine medicine. Although the success rate wasn't very high, many of the special medicines and permanent attribute enhancing pills they produced could indeed improve the strength of the players.
However, due to the small production, it was only a drop in the bucket for the huge number of Beiqi players. It was obviously unrealistic to rely on the alchemists to improve the overall strength of the players.
Now that the whole of Beiqi was under the control of the players, there were only a few areas that could be used for leveling up. The beginner monster farming areas like the Ghost Mountains could no longer satisfy the development of the Beiqi players.
As for the Underworld Sea Realm, due to the urgency of the war with the Sea King, all the new Death Clan warriors were transferred to the Kuilong Ocean. The players' original training spots and soul coins spots in the Void Ocean had also disappeared.
Now, if the players wanted to speed up their development and break the bottleneck, the only way was to expand their territory. Even if His Excellency Nine Luminaries didn't declare war, the players would take the initiative to declare war, but at a faster pace.
Naturally, Lu Wu was aware of the development problems of the Beiqi players. After some consideration, he decided to start a life profession, the Blacksmith, that would be very helpful in the war.
The starting point of being an Artificer was not high, but mastering it was no easier than being an Alchemist.
At the stage where the war with the Land of the Nine Luminaries was about to start, the players could ponder on their own and build war machines that would be extremely helpful in the war. This would also greatly help the players' growth as blacksmiths.
Compared to the alchemist profession that required a mature and steady state of mind and proficient techniques, blacksmiths required creativity more.
It was just like the first blacksmith in Beiqi who invented the Rune Masters. He combined his imagination and creativity to create the growth model of the Rune Masters system.
There were also siege weapons, special effects equipment, traps, the creation of new runes, and so on. It was easy to become an Artificer, but it was extremely difficult to become proficient in it. The things that one had to learn were very complicated, and they could not be formed in a short period of time.
Previously, Lu Wu did not consider opening up this character class because he was afraid that the players would slow down their own growth due to the complicated casting system. After all, Lu Wu was in dire need of soul coins at that time, and the players' energy was still directed towards killing monsters and leveling up.
However, Lu Wu felt that it was time to open up this life class to the public.
After the official war with the Land of the Nine Luminaries, Lu Wu believed that the growth of the players would only speed up and would not be slowed down by the variety of life classes.
After Lu Wu had confirmed the implementation of this plan, a game notification rang in the minds of the Beiqi players.
[Server Announcement: The life class, Blacksmith, is officially open. All players can learn more about it in the new function, Life Classes, and accept a class change mission. There is no limit to the number of blacksmiths this time. The top ten thousand players with outstanding performance will receive a one-month training course in blacksmithing organized by Tong Gua.]
The appearance of a new life class was always a pleasant surprise.
After the last intense competition for the alchemist profession, the players had been looking forward to the second opening of the life class.
Although the alchemist profession had not been opened up this time, the players were still excited about the unlimited number of new life classes.
Many players immediately opened up the system interface and chose the new function, Life Classes.
Suddenly, a long list of life classes appeared.
[Life Classes]:
Alchemist (Closed): A talented life class that uses proficient techniques to mix the medicinal properties of various spiritual materials and condense them into medicines or elixirs, increasing the effects by several times.
Blacksmith (Opened): A creative life class that uses imagination as a hammer to forge all kinds of auxiliary equipment.
Decomposing Master (Closed): An observational life class that can turn waste into treasure by stripping different elements from equipment and elixirs.
Demonic Chef (Closed): A skillful life class that is good at using various ingredients (meat, plants, spiritual materials, etc.) to cook dishes that can provide buffs.
Winemaker …
Enchanter …
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The interface with 28 life classes dazzled the players and made them extremely excited.
However, other than the blacksmith, the other life classes could not be clicked on, which made the players feel regretful.
However, the existence of these life classes also gave the players a great sense of anticipation. Looking at the construction of Battle Online being perfected step by step, they also felt a sense of joy that their home was getting better and better.
After the players clicked on the blacksmith interface, a game notification popped up.
[Do you want to activate the blacksmith class change mission? This mission will be ranked by points. The top 10000 players in the server will receive a one-month training course from the blacksmith mentor, Tong Gua.]
[The first round of the blacksmith class change mission: Forge Iron (72 hours)]:
Mission Description: After activating this mission, the player will receive the entry-level forging weapon, Hundred Forging Hammer, Casting Furnace, and the Blacksmith's Beginner's Handbook. The player can follow the method recorded in the handbook to forge spiritual ores into spiritual iron. (The higher the grade of the spiritual ore, the harder it is to forge it into iron. The higher the grade of the spiritual ore, the higher the quality of the forged iron.)
Mission Evaluation Method: The first round of the mission will be completed after the player has forged five pieces of spiritual iron. The evaluation will be based on the quality of the spiritual iron. (Players who are not satisfied with the forged spiritual iron can choose to continue forging before the end of the mission. Only the five pieces with the highest quality will be evaluated.)
[The second round of the blacksmith class change mission: Melt Iron (48 hours)]:
Mission Description: After activating this mission, the player can follow the method recorded in the Blacksmith's Beginner's Handbook to melt the spiritual iron obtained in the first round of the mission, remove the impurities, and improve the quality of the spiritual iron.
Mission Evaluation Method: The evaluation will be based on the final quality of the integrated spiritual iron.
[The third round of the blacksmith class change mission: Forge Iron (48 hours)]:
Mission Description: Use the spiritual iron obtained in the first two rounds to forge an item. It can be a weapon, equipment, auxiliary machinery, and so on. (The Blacksmith's Handbook provides the beginner equipment template. You can also choose to create your own new item.)
Mission Evaluation Method: The evaluation will be based on the final quality of the forged item. In the case of forging multiple items, only the one with the highest analysis evaluation will be selected (additional points for innovation).
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Although it was an open-ended life class with no limit on the number of players, it was obviously not as easy to change the class as the players thought. All the players showed an expression of "I knew it" when they saw the description of the mission.
Watermelon _ Taro: "I really have to give it to Battle Online. There was a life class like the blacksmith class in the games I played in the past, but in that game, you only needed to gather the materials and click to forge the equipment automatically. Then, it depended on your luck to forge the equipment. Normally, the higher the proficiency, the higher the chance of forging a good equipment. But Battle Online actually made us use our hammers to forge the equipment. This means that the proficiency here is completely determined by our forging skills. This is too real. It's so real that I want to kill someone (covering face)."
Xueli _ The _ Strongest: "I was shocked when I saw the Blacksmith's Handbook in the channel just now. It's three times thicker than a dictionary (covering face). I would like to ask the Evildoers if it's really good for you to treat the players this way. Aren't you afraid that we'll find your address (bleeding knife.jpg)?"
Assassin _ Creed: "The Evildoers want us to be all-rounded? That's even more demanding than my parents. Thank you (gritting teeth). "
Crayon _ Shinchan: "The Evildoers: You guys don't know anything. How are you worthy of being the players of Battle Online? Go study hard (laughing emoji)."
Pay-To-Win _ Player: A _ Blacksmith _ Shop: "Young man, are you applying for a job?" Player (Arrogant Face): "This is my Blacksmith Level Certificate in Battle Online. Name your price."
Waving _ Battle _ Flag _ Replying to Pay-To-Win _ Player: "Hahaha, as long as you play Battle Online well, you won't have to worry about not having a job."
Invincible _ Loneliness: "(covering face) I feel like an idiot smithing and refining potions in the game, but my heart is telling me that I must get into the top 10,000."
Peppa _ Boar: "That's amazing. The Evildoers are really playing a big game of chess. They're forcefully raising the overall quality of the players. No one else can do this. But since you guys have spent so much time and effort writing the Beginner's Handbook of Blacksmithing, I'll reluctantly change my class. Also, let me remind everyone that this class seems to be very tiring. Please don't change your class, let me do it.
(laughing emoji) "Roasting _ Chang 'e _ While _ Hugging _ Jade _ Hare:" Smithing is a tough and rough job. Please don't force yourselves. Let me do it. That's enough, I'm going to study! "
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Just as Lu Wu had expected, the forum was filled with complaints.
However, complaints were just complaints. There was no other way to change their class. Hence, the Beiqi players once again immersed themselves in learning.
With the experience of being an apothecary as an example, the players had no doubt that a life class would be a great help to their growth.
On this day, Beiqi was filled with players carrying hammers and books, studying hard.
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