Chapter 385 289 Valkyrie

Chapter 385 289. Valkyrie

After a bitter battle, Furukawa Hiroze finally walked out of this series of deadly caves.

When he walked out of the cave, there was light outside.

The whole scene suddenly opened up.

At this time, Furukawa Hiroze realized that he was now on the outer mountain road of a mountain.

From the scene, it was unknown how far he had to go.

But fortunately, he had reached the save point.

On this platform that didn't look too big, it was like a big stone protruding from the edge of the cliff, covered with sand and soil, and a circle of fine grass grew on the edge.

When you get close to the edge, you can still see the woods below.

The whole sky was foggy, surrounding the edge of the cliff, and it looked really scary.

In fact, this scene was fake.

Only the platform and road that could be walked on were the actual terrain made by the art.

In the bird's-eye view below, the treetops swaying in the wind, the lush forest below, and the sky in the distance are all completed by drawing 2D dynamic effects on the surface.

The background below is a moving picture, and the sky in the distance is made by the skybox, which is another moving picture.

These things have no collision, no model, and can only be used for viewing, and cannot be reached at all.

If you fall from the plank road, the screen will only go black and give a big [YOU DIED]

However, under the command of Qing Zhiyuan, the art team of Pokeni put these things into the game and perfectly integrated them with the scene, giving people a particularly empty and lonely illusion.

The defect of the bird's-eye view is actually quite obvious, that is, it is impossible to depict a particularly shocking scene, such as the sunset on the horizon, the stars above the head...

Meteors slide down, the night is lonely...

The field of view is never as wide as the 3D game with a flat perspective. It is said that the natural landscape that can be seen everywhere in "Princess Mononoke" can be seen by players by slightly raising the camera.

The magnificent sunset and the grand scene of the mountain beast god swelling at the end are all things that can be perfectly reflected by the free perspective.

It is not possible in "Monster Hunter: Demon Egg".

Of course, there are also ways to do it, which is the way Pokeni is using now.

Set the player's location high enough, deep into the clouds, and become a plank road protruding from the edge of the cliff, and then look down from the top of the plank road.

Then you can feel a different open field of vision.

The beauty of the sky can be seen in the free perspective.

Then in the bird's-eye view, you can also feel the magnificent scene that birds see when they soar in the sky.

The forest is like the sea, the city becomes a small dot, and the mountains are also stepped on.

There is a kind of pride that you will be on the top of the mountain, overlooking the world.

...

"Wow, so beautiful."

Sitting next to Furukawa Hirozawa, Yukitake Junna exclaimed.

She had also experienced the short "Princess Mononoke" with Furukawa before.

How should I put it? Princess Mononoke is the beauty of Hayao Miyazaki's 2D animation.

In The Demon Hunter, there is a kind of magnificent beauty of everything being silent under the bloody sunset, which is so breathtaking, but so natural.

It seems that after a series of battles, being able to see such a beautiful scenery, the whole heart has been purified.

The restless mood settled down at once.

Yes, the feeling of peace of mind.

It's like being with Furukawa.

Thinking of this, she couldn't help but look up and stare at the man next to her who was concentrating on playing the game.

As if he noticed Xuezhu's gaze, Furukawa turned back in confusion, "Huh? What's wrong?"

"No, it's okay, you continue."

Xuezhu smiled.

But to be honest, it's getting late now. It's been more than an hour since they started the game.

"Can we go to bed in another hour?"

"Yeah," Furukawa Hiroze nodded.

Xuezhu Junnai laughed happily.

…

The battle on the plank road was not pleasant. In the cave, although there were still many enemies, the terrain was obviously more open.

Furukawa Hiroze had a lot of space for detours, and he could avoid the opponent's skills by moving around and complete the kill.

As long as the timing was good.

The tolerance rate would be higher.

But it was not the case on the plank road.

Although the scenery outside the plank road was beautiful, the width of the entire plank road was only 2 to 3 people wide, and it was built along the cliff in the middle. Some places were just a protruding stone plane.

In such a place, it would be very difficult to fight an encounter.

The space for detours and avoidance was rapidly reduced, and it was often a sneak attack or first-strike opportunity. If the enemy was not killed at once, it would be very passive next time.

…

Just after walking two steps, I encountered a lizard man climbing on the cliff. At the same time, there was a spearman on standby on the plank road.

Furukawa Hiroze crouched and slowly approached, first using a crossbow to lure him.

The lizardman above immediately jumped over.

Furukawa Hiroze raised his sword and killed it, and also lured the spearman behind him.

When the spearmen first spotted the enemy, they would run, and then thrust with their spears when they were about the same distance away.

If they were hit head-on, they would lose at least half of their health, and would also be knocked back.

Furukawa Hiroze smiled slightly. He was already a powerful warrior who had been baptized by battle, and this little trick was familiar to him.

At this time, just press the A key to roll to one side...

"Ah~"

There was only a scream.

Erwin rolled down the outside of the cliff and fell into the endless darkness.

The screen went black, and two big words appeared on it——

[YOU DIED! 】

"What?!"

Furukawa Hiroze widened his eyes, and couldn't believe what he saw! ! !

Damn it!

It can actually fall down!

It's too scary, do you have to make it so real? ! !

Have you ever considered the feelings of the players, Hidetaka Miyazaki? ! !

Why do you want to let the players fall down at this time?

Furukawa Hiroze didn't understand.

But Yukitake Junna next to him couldn't help laughing when she saw this.

...

Furukawa Hiroze frowned.

It was too embarrassing to die continuously in front of Yukitake.

Go back to the resurrection point and start over again.

Climbing up along the plank road, Furukawa Hiroze had a new understanding of "Monster Hunter: Devil's Egg".

The space for dodging on the plank road was too narrow, and sometimes you would fall outside the plank road if you were not careful.

Then you would fall to your death.

So you have to be very careful.

When he thought of this, Furukawa Hiroze couldn't help but wonder...

Is this a design method that humans can come up with?

Can't you just fence off the outside of the plank road?

Even putting an air wall would be fine, do you have to make it a place where you can fall?

Miyazaki Hidetaka is particularly insidious, and even made some outer wooden fences that look very strong, but these fences can be destroyed during the fight.

Destruction can increase the sense of impact and enhance the pleasure of destruction.

I understand all these principles.

But...

Can you not let the player fall after the destruction?

The producer did not consider the psychological endurance of the player at all.

I don't know why, at this moment, Hiroshi Furukawa missed Shinji Mikami very much.

You know, although "Princess Mononoke" is also difficult, it is not so insidious.

At least Mikami, as a producer, is still upright.

And this Hidetaka Miyazaki...

How to say it.

If the EQ is high, it means that this producer is too pursuing realism and creating a different and new experience for players.

If the EQ is low, is he a little psychologically twisted?

Probably similar to Tsubaki Furuhara and Gen Urobuchi, they all have a bit of tragic childhood experience, right?

Hiroshi Furukawa can only comfort himself in this way.

...

After a while.

Hiroshi Furukawa carefully came to the next platform.

There was a girl standing not far away.

The 3D model is not that good. It looks like a girl with some features. She wears armor on her upper body, showing her perfect belly, and wears a short skirt, riding boots, and long legs on her lower body.

A girl in a tight outfit.

She carries a longbow on her back, and she sways back and forth with her hands on her hips.

Furukawa Hiroze's heart can't help but rise.

Like a frightened bird, he has been ready for battle early.

However, after getting close, it was not until he saw the green name and big exclamation mark above her head that Furukawa Hiroze realized.

It turned out to be one of us.

From the conversation, we learned that her name is Eve.

Eve is Erwin's playmate who grew up together, and both of them have the same tragic fate.

Next is a cutscene, which describes the past experiences of the two people:

20 years ago.

During the battle between the Star Kingdom and the Haoyue Empire, the border of the Star Kingdom was lost because the Haoyue Empire activated a group of demon warriors with terrible power.

At the same time, the nearby villages and towns suffered serious damage and attacks.

Countless people died tragically.

Among them were Eve and Erwin's parents.

Later, the two were adopted into the welfare home.

During their life in the welfare home, Erwin and Eve both awakened the demonic power in their bodies and became terrible humans with demonic power.

The two people who should have been expelled from the Stars were selected by the Stars' new army and then trained to become qualified warriors to fight against Haoyue's demon warriors.

And the army they belong to is now the vanguard.

After having the demon warriors, the Star Kingdom launched a counterattack against Haoyue, not only regaining the lost land, but also defeating the opponent's main force in succession, and is now in the process of pushing towards the Haoyue Imperial Capital.

Although the Stars Vanguard Corps is not named as a demon, ordinary people are actually quite afraid of them.

Because these guys have power beyond ordinary people.

Many people have experienced attacks by demons and are fully aware of the origins of these guys and the seeds in their bodies that may explode at any time and bring disaster to the world.

But to some extent, the people of Xingchen can survive because of these demon warriors.

To sum it up in one sentence -

Xingchen Pioneer, with the body of a demon, hunts demons.

Although they have the power of demons, they are out-and-out demon hunters.

Their role is more to deal with those more difficult bones in the war, even the powerful demon warriors of Haoyue Empire.

...

Today, the male protagonist was sent here to seize the throat-Ice Wolf Fortress.

Now, Eve is here to pick him up.

"The rest of the way is more difficult, so the captain asked me to help you."

After the girl finished speaking, a pair of broad black wings grew on her back, looking like a crow.

She flew in the air, then grabbed the male protagonist with both hands, and the two rose from the ground.

Wow.

Is there such an operation?

Furukawa Hiroze was shocked.

What is this called?

Two-player mode?

"So beautiful."

When seeing Eve's wide black wings, Yukitake Junna clapped her hands and praised.

It's really beautiful. Now that they are covered, from a bird's-eye view, although they are black wings, they have an indescribable beauty.

Furukawa Hiroze nodded a little embarrassedly.

Although he didn't know why, his cheeks were red, and he was very happy in his heart.

This is probably the feeling of sharing something you like with someone you like.

…

From here on, the game gradually began to teach how to use the power of the devil.

For example, Eve's flight is the embodiment of her demonic power.

The male protagonist also has his own demonic power. When he uses it, he can unlock a part of his body and turn it into the shape of a demon.

The first thing to unlock is the left hand, so the left hand becomes a demon claw.

The demon claw can grab a certain distance forward and pull the enemy to his side. If there is a fixed object on the cliff, you can pull the fixed object to complete the fast movement.

In other words, this demon can attack or defend, and it has an additional displacement skill.

At the same time, the skill attack method has also changed.

The rhythm of the game has changed all of a sudden.

...

With the help of Eve's flight, the male protagonist can roll as much as he wants without falling. On the outer wall of the entire cliff, the plank road is intermittent.

There are even some places where the gaps are very large, and it is obvious that it is not within the range of human passage.

At this time, you have to rely on Eve's flight to pass.

However, Eve's flight is also limited. It needs to consume an energy bar. This energy bar will only increase when it falls to the ground, and it will continue to consume when flying.

If the energy bar is gone, it will also fall from the air and die.

Another point is that although it is flying, this is a 3D game with a top-down perspective after all, so it is better to say that Eve is walking along the plank road with the male protagonist, but his feet are a little distance away from the ground.

The whole process is almost flying along the plank road.

However, even so, the whole battle has become much easier.

Because the space for hiding has become larger, the tolerance rate is higher.

And when Eve is mounted on the body, there are two blood bars, one for Eve and the other for the male protagonist.

If Eve dies, it will disintegrate and leave the male protagonist.

After a while, this guy will catch up with full blood again.

…

If you don't want to merge, you can choose to separate in the menu bar, then Eve will exist as an auxiliary object.

Can help the protagonist to attack actively.

Is a close and good teammate.

…

Flying and fighting all the way, passing through the narrow plank road, finally came to the entrance of the Ice Wolf Fortress.

After entering the door, there is a wide circular square, which is divided into two parts.

One is a semicircular platform built with wood on the stairs, and the other is a semicircular battlefield below.

From a bird's-eye view, it looks like a Pokémon ball.

Furukawa Hiroze thought of this and couldn't help laughing.

After all this time, what is this called?

Is Pokeni paying tribute to himself?

Or is it a dream linkage?

Advertising for another game?

However, it is possible that he is overthinking.

In the two semicircles, there is a humanoid monster standing in each.

The health bars of these two guys are very long, and they are not simple at first glance.

Their names can also be seen above their heads -

White Crow Twins.

The shapes of the two people are also very unique.

The outerwear is designed in the form of flying birds, or [white crows].

There are wide wings on the outer edge of the sleeves, and the upper body is abnormally wide while the pants of the lower body are very tight.

The two people each hold two daggers in their hands, and they are agile assassins at first glance.

And the colors of their clothes are completely opposite, one of them is white shirt and black pants, and the other is black shirt and white pants.

It should be a small BOSS or an elite monster, anyway, it is not a BOSS health bar.

Although Furukawa Hiroze does not know what the BOSS health bar in the Devil's Egg looks like, he can be sure that the health bars of these two guys are definitely not.

……

After walking a few steps forward, the twins seemed to be in touch with each other. One of them noticed Erwin, and the other followed.

In this game, Pokeni developed a complete set of [Hate Chain System], which was also set up for the future "Monster Hunter".

After the monsters are grouped, the hatred is shared in the same group. As long as one of them is attacked, it will trigger the siege of other monsters in the group.

And hatred has a transmission range. It is not only transmitted within the group, but also can be transmitted if the player approaches multiple monsters and these monsters in different groups are relatively close.

The attacking method of the two people is like two hounds, and they are not worthy of being called white crows.

Because they are all on all fours and then attack quickly.

Both of them launched a fierce attack around Furukawa Hiroze.

Furukawa suddenly became nervous.

Because there is cooperation between the two, and the movements are too agile, it is difficult to catch them.

After fighting for a while, the blood volume of both sides was reduced a little.

One of them jumped out quickly and launched a series of attacks at Furukawa Hiroze.

I hid.

Just dodged.

A backstab from behind.

The second monster arrived.

After a series of attacks, Erwin died tragically on the spot.

How could you repair it!!!

Why don't you go and fight Eve? !

...

Let's do it again.

This time Furukawa Hiroze was cautious, alert, and extremely focused.

After about ten minutes, he finally defeated one of them.

The guy covered his chest with his hands, and a lot of black blood spurted out of his body.

Then he fell on his back.

After solving this, the rest was easy.

Furukawa Hiroze raised his mouth slightly, ready to launch a fierce attack on the other one.

However, after about 5 seconds, he suddenly found something wrong-

The guy who should have died, exuded a strange red light all over his body, and then climbed up from the ground again.

A burst of light surged from its body, and then the whole human figure turned into a monster.

White Crow lived up to his name, because he also spread a pair of wide wings behind him, and his whole body was like a big bird.

This guy could fly into the air, then dive down and launch a fierce attack on Erwin.

Unless he could lock on with the demon claw, it would be difficult to cause any substantial damage to him.

On the one hand, the timing of the demon claw in real-time combat was particularly difficult to grasp.

On the other hand, there was a twin brother next to him interfering.

Furukawa Hiroze could only take care of one and not the other.

The whole fight was extremely difficult and passive.

Not long after, he died tragically under the claws of the two guys.

And it was several times in a row.

So scary, this is not even the BOSS.

Furukawa Hiroze was tortured to the point of doubting his life.

Who am I, where am I, who is there, who is hitting me?

…

It turned out that-

Humans parasitized by the devil's egg will die twice.

The first time they are killed as humans, and after death they will become terrible monsters because of the power of the devil's egg, and then die again.

The White Crow Twins belong to this situation.

Of course, there are some soldiers like this, but Hiroshi Furukawa didn't pay much attention to it before, and thought that those soldiers had two lives.

If you think about it carefully, these are actually the means used by the designers of Pokeni to convey the world view and settings.

Ah...

So that's it.

Hiroshi Furukawa frowned, and finally had some understanding of the settings of this world.

But...

It's very uncomfortable now, these two guys are so scary together.

Hiroshi Furukawa once again felt the fear of being tortured by monsters.

How to describe this feeling?

The Devil's Egg made by Hidetaka Miyazaki seems to have further strengthened the monster AI. Compared with last year's "Princess Mononoke", although the expressiveness has been weakened, the sense of oppression and tension in battle are progressive.

"That..."

At this moment, the girlfriend next to him spoke weakly.

"Huh?"

Hiroshi Furukawa looked back at Junna Yukitake.

"That..." Xuezhu hesitated, then looked up and looked into Furukawa Hiroze's eyes, "Can I give it a try?"

"Hmm? Yeah, okay, sure."

Furukawa Hiroze moved aside and handed her the controller, "But this game is very difficult."

"It's okay, I'll give it a try. Seeing that you've been playing for so long, I'm also a little interested."

The controller was handed to Xuezhu Junnai.

The latter sniffed nervously.

After loading the resurrection point, the battle resumed.

...

After Xuezhu took it, he died twice in a row.

Furukawa felt a little distressed.

These two guys, the White Crow Twins, are too ignorant of sympathy, right?

It's a pity that the monsters in the game can't possibly know the humans outside.

"It might be a bit too difficult to fight such guys at the beginning, otherwise let's go back and find some monsters to practice first?" Furukawa Hiroze persuaded.

"It's okay. I wasn't familiar with it just now. I just need to try it more." Xuezhu tilted his head and gritted his teeth. "I seem to have found a feeling."

Again.

Bai Ya launched a fierce attack, and Xuezhu Junna moved to the side to avoid it, and then launched the attack.

Another one also arrived.

Xuezhu rolled on the ground and continued to catch one of them and attack fiercely.

The whole operation is smooth and smooth, and the movements are completed in one go.

For some reason, the handle seemed to glow in Xuezhu's hand.

Furukawa Haoze was shocked to see it.

He seemed unable to believe what was happening before his eyes.

It's simply amazing. Xuezhu has made great progress, right?

You know, ten minutes ago, this guy was still a rookie who had never played an action game.

but……

This operation, this dodge, this combo... are too cool, right?

Hirokawa Furukawa has some doubts about life.

Are we playing the same game?

Why is it that watching Xuezhu play games gives me a smooth and smooth enjoyment, just like watching a wonderful battle show?

Erwin originally stumbled on Furukawa Hirose's hand, always failing to connect, and his rhythm was interrupted by the enemy, like a patient with shortness of breath.

But now, in Xuezhu's hands, Erwin suddenly rose to prominence.

Transformed into the greatest brave warrior in the Kingdom of Stars.

And he is the kind of warrior with brains.

In many cases, Xuezhu's movements are very confusing, and even Furukawa herself doesn't understand it, but she is able to avoid the opponent's attack, and then shrink to the next safe range, just in time to connect with the following ones. trick.

The most frightening thing is that this guy uses the devil's claws, which is called one-shot and one-shot.

Brother White Crow was tortured to death by her.

After a while, one of them was beaten until he lost blood, and then transformed into a demon form.

After flying up, this guy was not as sharp as he was when he was dealing with Furukawa Hirose.

At that time, it was an eagle soaring in the sky, but now it turned into a weak chicken, and Yuzhu Junna suddenly grabbed it in the air with the devil's claws.

The whole person was pinned to the ground like a chicken.

Xuezhu Junna took damage and then rolled.

Avoid the attack of another white crow.

After several repetitions, one of them fell down again, clutching his chest.

There was only one white crow left on the field.

Nani? !

How is Xuezhu so powerful?

Furukawa Hirose couldn't believe it at all.

My girlfriend is actually a Valkyrie? ! !

how did you do that?

Could it be that because Xuezhu usually works as a surgeon, he has developed a skill in surgery, but when he transferred it to the game, he became a genius?

impossible! ! !

A flash of lightning flashed in Furukawa Haoze's heart.

Cut his whole body into pieces.

How could my hand speed, which I have been single for so many years, be inferior to that of a girl? ! !

…

One more attack, Junna took the remaining one away with him, entered the demon form and killed it again.

Simply heartless.

Xuezhu was as cold as a cold vanguard warrior.

Furukawa Haoze was completely stunned.

"Okay, so awesome." Furukawa Haoze was stunned and applauded Xuezhu from the side.

The latter pursed his lips and smiled, a little embarrassed, "I learned it all from you, but you taught me better."

"No no."

At this moment, Hirokawa Furukawa understood that his girlfriend had extraordinary talents.

Not on the operating table, but on playing games.

This reaction ability, this ability to control timing, and the terrifying attack that is as quick, accurate and ruthless as a scalpel are simply amazing!

Furukawa Haoze admired him from the bottom of his heart.

"Otherwise, we'd just stop here today. It's too late." Yuzhu Junna put down the controller and laughed.

I looked at the time and saw that it was already past 11 p.m.

"Okay, okay. Get some rest quickly."

Furukawa Hirose went to the save point first, kept the current record, and then stood up to pack his things.

Xuezhu has to go to work tomorrow, which really takes up too much of her time.

But thanks to Xuezhu's reminder, otherwise with Furukawa's past living habits, he would have to break through the Ice Wolf Fortress and defeat the first big BOSS before he can sleep.

…

…

At night, Xuezhu pulled her bed to about an arm's length from Furukawa. After getting into the quilt, she smelled the smell and laughed happily.

Cheeks turn red.

"Well, how about we come together tomorrow after I get off work?"

Although tomorrow is Saturday, for medical staff like Xuezhu, there is basically no such thing as a regular holiday.

"Okay." Furukawa Haoze laughed happily.

All I can think about is the appearance of the Valkyrie.

To be honest, Yuzhu Junna's fighting ability far exceeded his expectations.

I never thought that a seemingly soft and gentle girl like Xuezhu could have such a strong side.

ah……

I really look forward to seeing Xuezhu early tomorrow.

"Then, good night. Mr. Haoze."

"Good night, Junna-chan."

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