The Amber Sword

Beneath the clear sky, is the brightest sun since spring.

On the banks of the Prague River, April and May should be such a sight. Green meadows run all the way to the end of the river, with lush trees in the forest, where a waterwheel or sawmill can be seen at the turn of a golden river.

The running water is crystal clear and the river passes through the pebbles on both sides of the bank and travels with the winds between the pine mountains to the downstream Vieiro area. But for native locals, the river is like an endless poem with the wisdom of the ages.

That's what Brando thinks, he walks along the riverbank and listens to the voices in the forest. There were bears in the woods, but it wasn't easy to see that, in one of his memories, this was where his grandfather used to bring him. But in his other memory, this area is his most familiar novice area. Forests are small animals of several grades, and bears are local BOSS, falling off a very textured piece of leather.

The two memories fused together and intertwined in his mind.

The third memory is about the Golden Demon Tree.

Looking at this familiar landscape, he had to go back a few minutes:

“Freya, Roman. To make a long story short, you should have realized that the true power of the Golden Demon Tree to control so many servants and children through the mind lies in the power of the mind. ”

“The power of the mind? ”

“Roman, don't interrupt. ”

“I'm sorry, Freya. ”

“Yes, the power of the mind. Peeping thoughts, remotely controlling minds, creating mysterious illusions, detaining souls.” Brando replied, "In fact, when we deal with the Tree Man, the Golden Tree has begun to influence our thinking, because it's been having a long dream that will soon merge with you and me. ”

“Dreams?”

“Well, soon we'll be in our dreams separately. You'll see some incredible things there, but before you do, I have some important points to share with you..."

Brando pointed to the middle of the valley, where the golden demon tree was becoming more beautiful in their eyes. Its branches seem to stretch out in all directions, giving rise to a vibrant life - a sign that the dream of the golden tree extends into the real world.

In the game, the shepherd awakens the blood of the god of the golden tree, but also plunges these elf trees into eternal dreams. These dreams are all about fragments and words of a dark world, and mortals go crazy even if they just snoop around.

Just one fragment of these dreams is also quite lethal to the player and can be killed at any moment once involved. Against the Golden Tree and having to enter its dreams.

This will be the first phase of the battle against the Golden Demon Tree, Fantasy. The battle at this stage was unanimously regarded by the players as the hardest part of the game, but the Guild called "Meda" used a clever solution to the problem.

This approach was a rarely known secret earlier, but Brando came from an era when it had been widely circulated among players.

And coincidentally, the resources that he had at his disposal just happened to be able to complete the plan.

But that's not enough...

Because when the first phase ends, and then the second phase of the battle in reality depends on real strength to decide whether to win or lose, this phase, which would have been relatively simple in the game, would have been a little difficult for the original Brando pedestrians to complete.

For no other reason, players entering this copy of the game are mostly above the average level of 25, but Brando, the highest of the three at this time, is only level 10. Even with the help of superb equipment, it is difficult to end the battle before the 15-minute wilting herd arrives.

That's why Brando immediately hit the Golden Devil's Tree as soon as he mastered the Fate Card: the Holy Sword. Because with good fortune cards, everything that seems to kill the Golden Tree is ready.

“The point?” Freya's voice pulled him back into reality.

Brando nodded for a moment: "Because it was the dream of the Golden Demon Tree that entered our dream, you must remember that you are the masters of this dream. So no matter how it builds this dream, no matter how fierce the beast, it won't exceed your limits ——"

He remembered that in the game, the golden demon tree in this scene should release some of the most powerful monsters ever encountered by a single player in a dream, and then recreate that scene. But it's not just that simple - the player gets a negative emotional value here, and the more he loses and gets hurt, the more negative emotional value he gets, and the monster gets stronger.

As a result, the battle often ends when the monster grows stronger and the player becomes weaker, eventually entering a vicious circle and the player is unable to resist.

Brando doesn't know how this negative emotional value will behave in reality, but there is only one core. It is about being confident in yourself and trying to ensure the best possible state of combat participation in order to win.

He pointed to his forehead and looked carefully at Roman and Freya: "Focus on your attention and make sure you are ambitious. Attributes of the human will--”

“Will Attribute? ”

“Don't interrupt, Roman!” Brando answered in disgust, "I mean willpower, man's willpower is not fixed. He will float up and down according to your condition, concentrating and making sure that your willpower will remain at its peak. The stronger the will, the harder the Golden Demon Tree will be to mobilize your negative emotions, and don't let them get you under control, otherwise the consequences will be severe. ”

“How bad?” The future merchant lady looked at him with bright eyes.

Brando did not answer, and he feared that his words would make them too nervous, which was also a negative emotion. Because failure means that the soul will be trapped in the trunk forever by the Golden Devil tree until the Golden Tree is burned to ashes, but liberation is also death.

The surroundings have gradually become obscure.

But Brando still has a rule that isn't finished, because there's a rule in this battle that when the first person wakes up, he can go into the dream of the next person and convey a belief to his peers that the other person can overcome the nightmare more easily.

But each person on the team had only one such opportunity, so the guild would typically have a wake-up chain; the strongest person would go into the dream first, then the second strongest, then the strongest again, so that when the most powerful person in the guild woke up first, the people below would be helped in a timely fashion, an order that would allow the team to reduce its staff in the first phase not too much.

Now Brando intends to change that order.

“I'm the first to go into a dream.” He said, "Then Freya, and finally Roman. ”

“How do you get into a dream?” Freya asked.

“Just close your eyes, and I'll close my eyes first, and then you, and then Roman--” Brando almost bit his tongue, and he reached out and pressed Roman's eyelid, because he saw that the businesswoman was actually going to close her eyes to try it.

“Ah!” Roman held Brando's hand against his forehead and couldn't help but scream low.

“Curiosity kills cats, lady! ”

“Yes, I'm sorry. ”

“The world of magic and the mind is dangerous, and all must be cautious.” Brando sighed, and here's his plan. You should be the first to go into a dream. And Freya is behind him because he thinks that the future goddess of martial arts is about the hardest of the three —— because there are so many heartbreaks, the greater the danger.

But it would certainly not be too dangerous to have him assisted by someone with experience. Instead, simple romance should be easier to get out of control of the Golden Tree, and with Freya's help, success is natural.

The time frame for the first phase is five minutes, which is extended to half an hour in dreams. If they are not separated during this time, they will also be imprisoned forever by the Golden Demon Tree because of their loss.

Looks like a very likely plan, at least Brando didn't find anything wrong with it. If they succeed, then, in addition to the considerable rewards, there will be considerable time available for activities in Lidenburg. None of these people knew better than Brando what was happening in Riedenberg and what was going to happen in the future, and every little more time to find Roman's aunt and successfully evacuate there would be a little more hope.

He took a breath as he patted a glimmer of light in his waist. The dream of the golden demon tree was real, and as he took a deep breath, his lungs smelled like moist soil by the river, the flavor of March and April, green grass and growing woods.

But what does the Golden Tree BOSS mean to leave him here? Does it think the strongest monster he's ever met is that old brown bear in this forest?

That's good. He's only a rare elite at level 16, and now he can solve it easily.

But in Brando's memory, the Golden Devil Tree was not so kind. On the contrary, these creatures, distorted by the so-called 'blood of God', are the purest evil creatures, and their evil is not even justified.

But counting the time, it almost triggers the plot, doesn't it? Even though it's been a few days in the world, Brando has subconsciously used the word "trigger plot", nothing but habit.

At this time, he heard a metal fight, Brando's ears moved, and for someone like him who was somewhat familiar with swordsmanship (level 3 military swordsmanship), the sound alone could tell that this should be a confrontation between two people.

But it's not intense, it just looks like an exercise.

Brando didn't choose to avoid it because he knew it was pointless to avoid it in a dream. And avoiding danger means shrinking, which is a negative emotion that may have been exploited by the Golden Tree. He followed the source of the sound, and found it coming from the sawmill water truck not far away, and came closer, looking around the tall vertical water truck, and he saw two unexpected people ——

An elderly man with snow and silver hair wearing a dark blue uniform with a sword in his hand, the whole person standing there naturally gives a flourishing character, like a mountain. But Brando's heart is still beating the old man's color. Seriously, he brings a non-angry and prestigious meaning. If someone with a ghost in his heart sees it, he will immediately avoid his eyes.

And the other is a little boy with a wooden sword, who may look no different than a normal kid, but in Brando's eyes it means something different.

He recognized at first glance that this was exactly Brando, who should have been a very young man. He was shocked, looked up and immediately realized who the old man was. That must be Brando's grandfather, a veteran of the November War, the winner of the Candlefire Medal. Sweetheart, that would be great. Although Eluin is old enough, the medal of the Temple of Fire is not so easy to grab--

But this time, the dream of the Golden Tree seemed a little different from the game, Brando's heart was tight. But with such hesitation, he immediately felt Brando's grandfather's momentum in front of him become stronger and stronger, and some of it began to affect his mood.

“Negative emotions!” Brando immediately realized that he was unaware of being influenced, which was not the same as in the game. After all, the in-game system can't manipulate people's minds, but it's completely different here.

In this way, the battle is much harder than in the game!

Brando couldn't help but take a deep breath and press his belt pack, okay, he still had the biggest dependence. Although some are unexpected, at least the situation is still under control.

Think of it here, he calms down.

The old man's eyes also stopped on him, nibbling halfway, and he said, "Boy, are you qualified to inherit everything from my grandson? ”

This phrase gives Brando a slight shake.

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(PS. This chapter and the next few chapters will come to an orgasm, and these chapters pour a lot of emotion into me, writing and crying, = = Hope you like them.

Tears in the eyes to recommend a collection.)