Online Game: Super Beast Tamer

Chapter 316 NPC on board (Subscribe~)

Su Ming came to a rarely visited sea cliff in Modia City. Looking down from above, he could see a silver-white three-masted sailing ship with NPC sailors cleaning the deck.

Su Ming sent a message to Venus, telling her that he had arrived. After a while, Venus walked out of the captain's room.

She had a gun on her left waist and a sword on her right waist. She wore a white shirt as a base and a red and black windbreaker on the outside. There was lace sewn on the chest of the shirt, which looked particularly luxurious.

Venus exchanged some words with a beige-haired female NPC on the boat before sending a message to Su Ming:

"Come down."

After receiving the news, Su Ming jumped off the cliff. This time, he did not use the "Gliding Feather" again, but stretched out his hand and summoned the egg.

Although Dandan looks small, he is very strong and can definitely carry Su Ming flying in the air.

Now Su Ming grabbed Dandan's short legs and slowly let him go down.

Seeing a flying dragon, the NPCs on the deck panicked and stopped what they were doing. An NPC who was wiping the bow of the dolphin at the head of the deck shouted with his rotten teeth:
"What are you making such a fuss about? Get to work! After washing the deck, check the cabin! Cannons! Sails! Aren't the wind and waves on the sea less terrifying than dragons?!"

After being scolded by him, the NPCs continued to work.

Su Ming landed on the boat and let go of Dandan's legs. Dandan then flew around the boat curiously. Every time he saw someone, he would observe them before leaving.

"Dandan, don't scare others."

"Okay~"

Venus looked at Su Ming with a smile and asked:

"Is the egg a dragon? Why is it wrapped in an eggshell?"

"It's a long story..." Su Ming also smiled and said, "But it doesn't matter. I will probably be on the boat for a long time. I will tell you slowly."

Venus nodded, and gave some instructions to the beige-haired NPC following her before taking Su Ming to the captain's room and chatting with him.

Su Ming told Venus about the egg and the sage beetle;

Venus told Su Ming even more, including what was to be done on this journey, the operation of the entire ship, and the matter of buying epic equipment for Su Ming.

The auction of the epic equipment revealed by Gaigeyu was held not long ago. This was one of the few opportunities for players to get their hands on epic equipment. Su Ming also asked Venus to help him bid for one or two pieces.

"The competition is more intense than expected. It only costs 52 gold coins to buy one." Venus placed a battle axe on the table.

"One would be nice too. By the way... do I have enough money?" Su Ming asked.

He hasn't managed the money in the warehouse for a long time...

"That's enough. You can make that much money in almost a week now." Venus said, "Hurry up and call Xiao Hei out to eat~"

"kindness."

Su Ming summoned Xiao Hei.

When Xiao Hei saw Venus, he jumped into Su Ming's arms - this was a bad woman, and when she was around, the owner would not pay much attention to him.

But the next moment, Xiao Hei was taken away by Venus. Xiao Hei struggled and squeaked, wanting to return to Su Ming's arms.

Su Ming did not notice Xiao Hei's little emotion. He held Xiao Hei back, smiled and pointed at the battle axe on the table, and said:

"Don't be naughty, Xiao Hei. Sister Venus is going to feed you some epic equipment."

Xiao Hei blinked, turned his head and saw the epic battle axe, then happily jumped over and started devouring it.

Venus touched Xiao Hei who was eating the equipment and said:
"It should take quite a while. Let me introduce you to the NPCs on the ship first. I won't tell you about the players. They are all players in the guild. But I haven't called them yet because this ship needs to be hidden. If the NPCs in Modea City find me, they will come and attack me again. It's very annoying."

Su Ming nodded and followed Venus out of the captain's room and onto the deck.

"First, there's my follower, and the first mate of this ship." Venus pointed at the beige-haired NPC looking out from the observation deck and said, "Her name is Leir, and she's one of the NPCs I released from prison before. She's been following me since she was released. She's very powerful, probably about the same as a level 40 player wearing dark gold equipment.

This voyage is also partly for her. The items that her family has guarded for generations were hijacked by pirates. This time she went out to sea to get them back. I will share the task with you."

As she spoke, Venus shared with Su Ming a mission called "The Glory of the Abberline Family". The mission description was almost the same as what Venus said. The "Lost Pirates" mentioned in it were the pirate group that Venus was going to fight this time.

Su Ming didn't expect that Venus could have a dark gold level follower.

Followers are a gameplay only available to players with main life professions. They can join adventurer guilds, hire NPCs, and protect themselves.

This type of NPC includes those directly generated by the system and fabricated out of thin air, and some are like "Leil", who are originally set up and follow the player because of special events.

Generally speaking, the latter is stronger.

The combat AI of these NPCs will be very high, and their skills will usually be higher than those of the players, a bit like Zui Mingyue, who have practiced fighting skills in real life.

However, this type of NPC is generally only responsible for protection. If you want them to take the initiative to attack monsters, the rewards will be reduced. If one follower participates in the battle, the reward will be reduced by 30%, two will be reduced by 70%, and three or more will be reduced directly by 99%, which is equivalent to not dropping anything and not giving experience.

Therefore, it is not feasible to use the follower mechanism of the main life profession players to feed back to the combat profession players.

After introducing Leir, Venus pointed to the sailor who was cleaning the bow and introduced:
"That's Leo, the boatswain I found at the dock. He manages all the sailors on the ship and is also the navigator. It's enough to just know him. There's nothing much to say."

Su Ming nodded and looked at Leo... This guy has been wiping the bow since he got off the boat, and he is still wiping it now... He is an NPC who likes to slack off.

Venus obviously noticed it as well. She yelled at Leo, drove him away from the bow, and then took Su Ming into the cabin.

Introduce them room by room.

Most of them are dormitories and are not used by players.

The more important place is the kitchen, where there is a fat cook NPC named "Glennie". He has a ruddy complexion and looks very honest and kind. After seeing Su Ming, he gave Su Ming some biscuits.

Leaving the kitchen and walking down the hallway, Venus said:
"You can fish on the boat. If you catch rare fish, give them to Glennie to process. They will increase their attributes. Don't be fooled by his ordinary appearance. He is actually a master chef. I spent a lot of money to invite him on board."

Su Ming nodded to show that he understood.

Having a good chef on board can increase the morale of the NPCs on board, which is quite important.

"The next person I would like to introduce is the maker of this 'Dolphin'..."

"I know, it's Bernie." Su Ming smiled. Venus had mentioned to him many times about this NPC who would take money but not do anything.

Venus held the door handle and said with a smile:
"Yes, that's her. She's the engineer on the ship. She's the one who repairs the ship if it breaks down. If she gives you a task to find some wine, you're 200% not allowed to accept it."

"Yeah, I know."

Venus pressed the doorknob, opening the room, and Dandan rushed out, crashing into Venus.

"Dandan!" Su Ming shouted. When Dandan saw Su Ming, he turned around and bumped into Su Ming's arms with such force that Su Ming fell down.

Dandan looked up at Su Ming, pointed at the room with his little paw, and said:
"There are some strange people in the room."

Su Ming looked into the room and saw a woman with black and white hair, holding a bottle of wine and singing loudly.

She staggered out, and when she saw Venus, she took her hand and danced with Venus.

"Bernini! How did you get drunk again? Who brought the wine to you?!"

"It's Xiaolonglong~hiccup~"

Venus danced with Bernie's steps and said to Su Ming:
"Brother Su Ming, quickly take all her wine away, and then tell your pet not to give her any wine..."

Su Ming nodded, quickly snatched the bottle from Boni's hand, then ran into the room and took away all the remaining wine.

Dandan pointed at the corner of the bookshelf and called out twice. Su Ming opened the bookshelf and found the wine that Bernie had hidden.

When Boni saw that her hidden wine had been taken away, she shouted:

"Don't touch my baby."

As she spoke, she raised her hands and staggered towards Su Ming. Su Ming turned around and dodged. Venus closed the room and shouted:
"I'll come find you when you sober up!"

Then Venus looked at Su Ming, shrugged, and said:
"These are probably the only important NPCs on the ship. The rest are just odd jobs. You can get to know them slowly during the voyage."

"Yes." Su Ming nodded and asked, "Sister Venus, when do we set off?"

Venus checked the system time and said:
"Let's do it now. We can reach our destination early tomorrow morning."

"What about the others? Won't they come to the ship first?"

Venus stretched out her finger, tapped Su Ming's forehead and said:
"Stupid, they are from the same guild, just call them up directly."

(End of this chapter)