Three Hundred and Twentieth the Pattern of Winning and Losing

.. , Summoner of Miracles

No matter what kind of rpg it is in, duel is one of the systems that will be considered.

Although there are many games that do not allow "pk" behavior, duels that are launched under the consent of both parties are the characteristics of many rpg games.

After all, fighting monsters all the time is also boring. If players can compete with each other and compare their game skills, it will undoubtedly add a lot of fun.

So even in a world like sao, there is also a dueling system.

Outside the circle, if the players pk without authorization, the player who attacks first will be given the attributes of a criminal, and the color buoy will turn orange, and will not be able to enter the circle.

In the circle, players cannot carry out any criminal acts and belong to the safe area.

However, if it is a duel, it can be carried out no matter whether it is inside or outside the circle.

In such a situation, as long as both parties agree, the attacker will not become an orange.

During the closed beta period, players often used duels to test sword skills, hold events, or as a way to resolve disputes.

However, since the official operation of sao and turned into a death game, dueling has become a prohibited behavior.

The reason, of course, is that if the hp drops to zero, real death will usher in.

In this way, naturally no player would engage in a duel without authorization, and only those orange-named players with malicious intentions would want to use the duel system to carry out murderous acts.

Although players who knew that their hp would die when their hp returned to zero would not easily agree to a duel, sao's duel was also designed into three modes.

The first is a mode where you fight until your HP reaches zero——"Complete Victory Mode".

The second is the mode in which the battle ends when half of the HP is left——"half-loss win-lose mode".

The third mode is the first to hit the opponent with a powerful attack, and then it will end———"first strike win-lose mode".

During the beta test period, almost no players were willing to choose the first strike mode that was too easy to decide the winner, and the half-loss mode that would make people feel unable to enjoy the duel. However, after the official operation, the complete victory mode has become a real taboo.

No player would choose to use this mode for a duel.

Therefore, even if there is any dispute that cannot be resolved, players will only choose the half-loss win-lose mode or the first-strike win-lose mode to duel.

In the remaining two modes, there is also no risk of death.

For example, a duel in the half-loss mode will end when one of the duel’s HP is lower than 50%. Inside the circle, after the duel result window appears, the player’s continued attacks will be blocked by the system’s protection and become invalid. Outside the circle, the damage value will continue to be added, but this constitutes a crime and will become an orange player.

This sounds safe, but if a player has 1000 hp, and when he has 510 left, if he is attacked enough to cause 600 damage, his hp will immediately drop to 0.

And even if it is a duel, once the hp becomes 0, the player will still die.

On the other hand, the attacker, since the attack was launched in duel mode, even if the player is killed, it will not become an orange name.

This mode has been used by orange players and even the orange guild, which killed many players, which once made people panic.

To sum up, the half-loss win-loss mode has also been listed as a taboo, and no players will choose blindly.

This leaves only the last pattern.

"First strike win-lose mode."

On one of the empty squares in the main street on the 24th floor, Heathcliff, who was holding a cross shield and wearing a bright red robe, looked at Rozen opposite him, and his magnetic voice sounded.

"When one side's hp value is left in half, or when a powerful attack is given, the winner will be determined. Is that okay?"

Hearing Heathcliff's words, Luo Zhen, who was standing opposite him, teased the colorful butterflies and flower butterflies flying beside him. Before he could answer, Asuna, who was present at the side in the name of watching the battle, spoke out first.

"However, Captain, the first strike win-lose mode is also risky, right?"

As Asuna said, even in the first strike mode, there are still risks.

For example, if both parties to a duel do not weaken each other's hp with an attack that is judged as "powerful", until the opponent's hp is only a sliver of half, and then launch a powerful attack that is enough to take away all the remaining hp, it will also cause the same risk of death as the half-loss win-lose mode.

only……

"Then both parties must have the idea of ​​killing each other, deliberately control themselves, and not use strong attacks to do it. If only one person has the idea of ​​killing the other party, then not only must they control themselves, but also have enough skills to see through and avoid the opponent's powerful attacks. That is very difficult, right?"

Heathcliff said with an unchanged expression.

"So, it is very difficult to complete the killing in the first strike mode, and this is already the safest method. If it doesn't work, you can only refuse the duel."

After speaking, Heathcliff cast his eyes on Rozen.

That probably means "are you going to do this?"

Luo Zhen didn't answer.

"let's start."

With such a sentence, Luo Zhen told everyone his choice.

"..."

Asuna didn't speak anymore, she just stared at the field tightly, not knowing what she was thinking at all.

But Heathcliff smiled suddenly, looked at Rozen, and also at the two rainbow butterflies flying beside him, and called out the main menu with smooth finger movements, and then manipulated it.

In the next second, a window appeared in front of Luo Zhen.

"The player—"heathcliff"—asked you for a 1vs1 duel, do you accept it? "

Looking at this window, Luo Zhen clicked the "yes" button without hesitation, and chose the last one among the three options that popped up: "Complete Winning Mode", "Half Loss Winning Mode", and "First Hit Winning Mode" --- "First Hit Winning Mode".

"Ding!"

A huge window immediately appeared between Rozen and Heathcliff, and a 60-second countdown popped up.

At this very moment...

"choke!"

With a crisp sound, Luo Zhen pulled out the one-handed sword worn by his waist.

"laugh…"

On the other side, Heathcliff slowly drew the weapon from the cross shield equipped in his hand.

It was a sword that was thinner than Rozen imagined.

However, it should not be a thin sword, but a one-handed sword like Luo Zhen.

"One-handed sword and cross shield?"

Luo Zhen lowered his body.

Although it seems that it is a very formal one-handed swordsman's equipment, but Luo Zhen faintly feels that it does not seem to be that simple.

"Goo!"

"Woo!"

Cai Die and Hua Die seemed to be able to sense the solemnity in Luo Zhenxin's heart, and they also entered the combat state while making calls.

Looking at the two men facing each other, Asuna was still silent, but she didn't know when she was holding the hilt of the rapier at her waist, and she was still exerting force.

In this way, the countdown has been going on.

10…

9…

8…

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3…

2…

1…

"———"duel"——"

When such a window replaced the countdown and appeared between Rozen and Heathcliff, the two stepped on the ground at the same time and rushed out.

The duel between the two guild leaders officially started here.

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