Chosen Evolution: I can load the protagonist template

Chapter 9 Inheriting the legacy of Strawberry Man

If you count the main story and the spin-offs, there have been more than a dozen Ghosts 'n' Ghosts games over the past few decades.

Although the storyline of each game is the same and there is nothing new to say, it still has a main thread of "knight saving princess" running through it.

In the opening animation of the Famicom version, the scene starts with shirtless Arthur and the princess in a white dress having a "tryst" in a spooky cemetery, which is obviously easy to cause misunderstanding.

But if you have watched "Devil's World 'n' Ghost" and patiently watched the opening animation, the scene of the cemetery tryst can be explained.

In fact, this was not the first time that Arthur had fought against the Demon King. He had led elites to raid the Demon King's side once under the king's dispatch. When all the elites were killed except himself, he successfully snatched the map of the Demon King's city.

This is the scroll that Arthur held tightly in his hand even when he turned into a skeleton.

Theoretically, only with the guidance of the map can humans have the opportunity to go deep into the Demon King's City and reach the location of the Demon King who caused all the disasters.

All his companions died, and Arthur, who successfully got out of the map, was also seriously injured. The scene in the opening animation where he was naked with the princess in the cemetery was actually the princess with rare magical powers healing Arthur's injuries.

If the player does not intervene, after the princess is captured by the devil's men, he will put on armor with his broken body and rush into the devil's castle again alone to rescue the princess.

By the way, the complaints made by Yizier and Suicidal Duck Brother when they first entered the game were accidental. The purpose of the demon king kidnapping the princess was really reproduction.

The Demon King, who is the leader of the Demon World, plans to use his and the princess's hybrid offspring to become the new king who rules the entire human world... He is the same as the "Kuba Demon King" of the Dragon Turtle Clan who kidnapped Princess Peach.

Obviously, Cheng Tian's behavior of seeming to be talking to himself but actually expressing his attitude towards Arthur's skeleton very seriously triggered the hidden mechanism of the copy.

The dead Arthur gave Cheng Tian the map of the Demon King's City, which was the only one that could point to the correct path, as well as some more special things.

When Cheng Tian picked up the scroll and saw the item description, a projection pop-up window with an obviously higher priority covered the map description.

[Wearing only your underwear and without any protective gear, you made a sincere promise to the unsuccessful Knight Arthur Skeleton to "kill the Demon King." Knight Arthur gave you a heartfelt affirmation as a fellow underwear hunk.]

[You have obtained the limited plot item "Demon King's Castle Map."]

[Demon King's Castle Map: A story-exclusive item, this map was brought out by Arthur and his companions at the cost of countless lives. It marks the correct route to the top of the Demon King's Castle.]

[You have successfully triggered the limited plot of "Ghosts 'n Goblins" - the truth of the Demon King's Castle.]

[The ruler of the demon world, "Astaroth", spread ominous evil magic in his own Demon Castle. All humans who are corrupted by the evil magic will be trapped in illusion forever, fighting against the false Astaroth in the illusion. Even if they win by chance, they will only defeat a group of empty illusions.

Only by holding the Demon King's Castle Map, which marks the correct route and is imbued with special magic, can you have the chance to see the real Astaroth and save the poor princess who was abducted.

[When you are outside of the fixed dungeon mission period, you can actively open the portal to the exclusive dungeon of "Ghosts 'n Goblins" at no cost and continue your previous mission progress.

No other passers-by will enter the exclusive copy.

You can invite other players to form a team and enter the dungeon. For every extra day the invited players stay, they will need to pay a certain amount of points.

The maximum number of players in a team is 5, and the overall difficulty of the dungeon will increase or decrease based on the number of players. Each time you enter a dungeon, you must kill the final boss in that level before you can leave.

Other teammates can request expulsion from the dungeon by refusing to continue paying points. This method will prevent you from taking points, attributes, or skill points earned during the dungeon adventure out of the dungeon.

A limited storyline? An exclusive dungeon?
As a player with rich game experience, Cheng Tian can accurately understand what it represents, but at the same time, as a pure newcomer to the Chosen Space, Cheng Tian simply cannot understand what this limited plot and exclusive copy mean.

This is a unique encounter that 99% of the veterans in the Chosen Space have never seen before, and it is worthy of being labeled as "rare", "precious" and "unique" at the same time.

In terms of rarity, limited plots are one level higher than hidden plots. In theory, anyone can trigger a hidden plot, but once a limited plot is triggered, other players will never be able to replicate it.

Theoretically, only when the triggerer dies before completing the limited task, the triggering conditions of the task will be reset and wait for the next person. Before that, everything is exclusive to the triggerer.

What's more, this is an exclusive copy where no strangers will enter.

You know, in many cases, players are the biggest destabilizing factor in all the chosen copies. If you can eliminate the destabilizing factors and proceed step by step, the safety and possibility of gain will be greatly increased. This is the safe adventure scene that countless old players who have been fed up with the nerve-wracking Fourth Disaster have been dreaming of!
It's a pity that she was triggered by a pure newcomer like Cheng Tian, ​​which is almost like winking at a blind man.

As for Cheng Tian himself, after reading the limited plot description, he immediately thought of the key settings of the Famicom version of Ghosts 'n' Ghosts.

If you only complete the first round, you will be told at the end that what you killed was just the phantom of Astaroth. Only by playing the six levels again from beginning to end and completing the second round can you face the devil and save the princess.

Of course, this setting is meaningless to ordinary players, because 99% of them have already been discouraged by some elite red devil less than a quarter of the way through the first level...

As long as he has this map, Cheng Tian can directly confront the real devil in the first round, provided that he can survive to that time.

"Ok?"

Cheng Tian, ​​whose eyes moved downwards because he was reading the projection, finally realized that something was wrong with him.

The shorts that were clearly covered in dirt and dust and had turned from white to gray and black, unexpectedly turned into the same cute style as Arthur's, embellished with a lot of strawberry patterns!

Cheng Tian was stunned for only a second, then he grinned.

Pink strawberry! A favorite among tough guys!
[You promised Arthur to "kill the demon king Astaroth," and Arthur's remaining soul chose to release the final ripple towards you.]

[Detected that you have the exclusive talent "Game Master"——]

[Your boxer briefs transform into special equipment - "Arthur's Proof".]

[Arthur's Proof: Green Excellent/Lv1, story-only equipment, underwear, does not occupy a fixed equipment slot. Equipment requirements, Arthur's approval.

When you are in the original copy of "Ghosts 'n Goblins", you will be considered to have the original protagonist template - "Knight/Arthur".

(End of this chapter)