Chapter 25: Change In Gars’ Behavior
Translator: Atlas Studios Editor: Atlas Studios
Sherlock’s announcent and Peasant’s post created a huge discussion in the forum like a stone cast into the lake.
An hour ago, the gars had digested Peasant’s post on the rchant Band, and now the official website had published an activity notice. The gars’ imagination ran wild, and various posts appeared on the forum:
[Speculating whether the Peasant is a lackey of the official ga!]
[I boldly predict that there will be an account transaction channel for the first activity of the Beta Testing!]
[Prices of the materials will skyrocket! Those who used up the materials to improve equipnt will regret it!]
[Shock! Why is the Open Beta delayed?]
Beside these analysis and so superficial and nonsensical posts, there were many practical strategy guides. BurningChestHair published a post [Strategy guide for a minimum five-person team to kill a lone Spider]. This was the first detailed post on combat strategy by a Beta Gar. NotWearingPants concentrated on the figures and settings strategy guide. For example, he calculated the required ti to carry bricks in order to buy equipnt in the shortest ti. He also analyzed the prices and market economy of the items. In the end, he published tens of posts, and each had over ten thousand replies.
Sherlock had read the posts and did not agree with NotWearingPants’ figures, but he was impressed by BurningChestHair’s post on detailed teamwork and the Spider’s weak points.
Reading forum posts could be addictive. Sherlock had intended to publish a few announcents and take a look at the gars’ comnts and suggestions. Then, as he browsed through the forum, he discovered that the gars were geniuses. He beca engrossed in the excitent. He loved it!
While Sherlock was addicted to the discussion forum, the Beta Gars had completed Simba and Moroes’ Rest Chambers. The fourth expedition into the Spiders’ Lair had returned to the Dungeon. This expedition was larger than the previous one. Those who dared to face the Spiders had joined the expedition. As most of them were experienced, they had co back quickly, and there was twice as much loot as the previous ti. However, the number of gars’ corpses had also increased.
The gars dragged their comrades’ corpses and the Spider carcasses as they marched rrily into the Dungeon. They were extrely pleased with their loot. It was not the first ti Moroes saw the gars being nonchalant about death. He was always envious of them. Which warrior wouldn’t want to have their fearlessness? No matter how dangerous it was, they were fearless!
To obtain the sa benefits of the Goblins, Moroes had to prove himself and obtain the Dungeon Lord’s approval!
The first thing the gars did was to auction the loot. As before, the profits were split equally among the expedition mbers. They had seen Sherlock’s notice on the rchant Band, so the auction price of the Spider’s loot beca higher. The gars were starting to stockpile materials in anticipation of the rchant Band’s arrival.
The gars also brought back Killer Vines. The fourth expedition group had breached the Spiders’ Lair entrance and had gone inside. If not, they would not have been able to obtain the Killer Vines. Killer Vines were much easier to kill since their mobility and attack strength were inferior to the Spiders.
Sherlock helped them heal their injuries and revived the corpses. After observing their auction, he went back to settling the Dungeon’s affairs. He was extrely busy planning for the Dungeon, assigning the gars’ missions and rewards and at tis, being Moroes and Simba’s psychiatrists. They had a heavy workload and lived with the otherworld’s gars in the sa Dungeon. It was normal to be stressed.
More importantly, Sherlock had to browse the discussion forum to keep track of the otherword’s public opinion and trends. He also had to gather feedback on improving the Dungeon.
Sherlock was thinking too much. He used to be carefree, but after recruiting Moroes, the gars’ capability had improved by leaps and bounds, especially after the third successful expedition. Their strategy of forming small teams to deal with the Spiders had beco widespread. They had beco better at handling the Spiders, and their combat skills were now very seasoned. They were fearless in battle, and after confirming their battle plans, they would execute them with a self-sacrificing attitude. That kind of fearlessness could not be found on the Surface and Underworld. The Spiritual Monsters were also fearless, but their intellect and teamwork were inferior to the otherworld’s gars.
Sherlock was not bragging. He was stating the truth.
Sherlock was pleased. His otherworld servants saved him money. They were diligent, fearless, curious, easy to manage and did not have lots of requirents. They could be revived unlimited tis! He was the only Dungeon Lord to have such servants. However, there were problems.
Sherlock’s leisure ti dwindled!
When Sherlock was planning the future developnt of the Dungeon...
“Dungeon Lord! Please help revive a gar!”
When Sherlock was counseling the troubled Simba who was being harassed by the gars at night...
“Dungeon Lord! Please help revive a gar!”
When Sherlock was browsing the discussion forum...
“Dungeon Lord! Please help to heal a gar!”
When Sherlock was...
“Dungeon Lord! Please help revive a gar!”
“Dungeon Lord! Please help to heal a gar!”
“Dungeon Lord! I’m exchanging my Reputation Points!”
“Dungeon Lord...”
Sherlock could not take it anymore. With the increasing incursions into the Spiders’ Lair, the casualties skyrocketed. Sherlock was the only person with healing and revival ability, so the heavy responsibility was on him.
Previously there were few expeditions into the Spiders’ Lair. At most, they would form large groups to venture, and Sherlock would heal the injured once every two days. As the gars’ combat skills and experience increased, they ford smaller groups to explore the lair. Sherlock had to heal or revive the gars every few hours.
Sherlock did not understand why the group size dwindled. Logically speaking, the larger the group, the safer it was. Did they not rely on their superior numbers to defeat the Spiders? After observing how they ford groups to hunt, Sherlock finally understood the reason for creating smaller groups.
First: Small groups could avoid those rich gars who used their Renminbi to exchange for bronze coins to buy materials. The normal gars could not compare to the rich gars. With a smaller group, they had the chance to buy the materials, stockpile or sell for a higher price.
Second: Smaller groups were more agile. So gars could be hunting for the entire day or disband their group after a few hours. The expedition timing was easier to coordinate with smaller groups than for large groups.
Third: There were more ways of distributing loot. Sherlock witnessed a group of five gars using stone dice to distribute their loot. This was called the Group Distribution thod. Using auction to distribute loot was called the Auction Distribution thod. When they were recruiting group mbers in the Training Ground, they would specify their distribution thod, the recruitnt count and requirents.
The Training Ground had beco the gars’ multi-purpose location for chatting, forming groups and socializing. Sherlock observed that after the gars had “awakened” (co online), they would carry bricks to increase their Reputation and bronze coins. Then, they would go to the Training Ground to listen to news, check for good deals and assess whether there were suitable expedition groups to join. Even when they “slept” (went off-line), they would be close to the Training Ground.
As the gars beca more familiar with the Spiders’ Lair entrance terrain and strategies, the smaller sized groups beca popular, but they were limited to the entrance area. Exploring deeper into the lair required more gars since there were more Spiders in the interior.
Sherlock’s workload increased exponentially, and he was exhausted. He pondered whether he should employ a healing and revival Magician.
When the rchant Band ca, he could ask the rchant Leader if there were suitable candidates.
Bru said to Sherlock, “Dungeon Lord, there’s a group of people approaching us. I feel that they could be the Winterfell rchant Band.”
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