Dragon, choose cultural victory to make money

Chapter 260 If You Lose, You Will Be Made into a Pedestal

Leon came to the Red Alert special sandbox and was curious about the strange equipment he had never seen before.

"How does this work?" Leon asked, mumbling.

“You’ll know if you try it.” The students also found their own machines.

"I want to be the first one to pass the level!" one of them shouted excitedly, "The others have to write a week's homework for the first one to pass the level!"

When friends play games, there are always strange additional conditions.

"Then get ready," Leon said.

He doesn't really care about homework because he rarely hands it in, but if he can ask his friends to do it for him, then he doesn't mind handing it in a few times.

Red alert, activated!
As Leon clicked to start the machine, an interface that looked like a magic camera screen appeared on the sand table. After the big title, there was a deep red background. It could be vaguely seen that it was the Feilin map, and it felt full of crisis.

On the other side is a column of options.

"Single-player games, online games, short stories and credits, settings..."

What is a short drama film? Are magic films specially made just to tell the story?

Leon recalled the games he had played. He had never been a fan of plot and would always skip games whenever possible because time was precious.

And there's nothing much to see in the plots of those games, usually a few pages of comics or simple animations.

Leon entered the single-player game directly, intending to familiarize himself with the operation and then compete with others online.

In his opinion, beating a machine is not a skill; the only fun thing is to compete with people.

Leon rubbed his hands excitedly.

However, unlike starting the game directly as imagined, there was no place to operate, only realistic illusions appeared on the sandbox.

White city, tall church.

Is this the holy city of the Papal States?

Lyon had watched a documentary about the Holy City on the Magic Viewer and had a deep memory of the numerous exaggerated churches there. In comparison, the churches in the Twin Towers City were simply small and shabby.

A fully armed paladin walked up to the Pope.

"Holy Father."

This is a common way to address the Pope in the church. You can also simply call him the Pope or His Majesty, but there is no such thing as a person called by his full title.

It is not disrespectful. The full title of the Pope is "Supreme Bishop, Representative of the Church, Successor of the Lord of the Disciples, Chief Priest, Servant of the Servant of the Goddess of Magic."

The title "Jenga" is the common feature of Feilin's important characters, and it is very tiring to call it.

"Holy Father!" The Paladin knelt on one knee. "Emergency news from the bishops of various regions. New gates of hell have appeared in various parts of the continent. Countless demon armies are marching towards major cities in various countries."

"Has the news been confirmed?"

"Confirmed."

"We must fight back and activate the forbidden magic circle."

The scene changes and we arrive at Karl's Mage Tower, one of the most famous mage towers.

Inside the tower, several archmages wearing high-level robes and with gray beards, who looked very reliable, immediately took action.

"Deploy the magic circle!"

"The first layer is unfolded!"

Before the grand and complex magic circle was fully unfolded, the eyes of a great wizard who was casting the spell were suddenly engulfed by darkness, and the runes in his hands turned blood red.

The other mages noticed his abnormality.

"What are you going to do? You haven't even fully launched the technique yet, or the forbidden technique will backfire!"

I hurried to stop it, but it was too late.

In an instant, the forbidden technique destroyed the mage tower.

The same scene happened in other wizard towers, like fireworks being set off all over the continent.

The vision then shows Hell, with the Devil's Archduke looking at the sand table and asking a character hiding under a robe beside him.

"Yuri, was the plan successful?"

"Not yet, it's just that the fun is about to begin."

Soon after, one devil's army after another attacked those famous cities.

Horrible demons, unprecedented monsters, powerful weapons, people fleeing in panic, castles engulfed in flames...

Leon stared at the illusion in amazement. Is this what they call a short film?
He had never seen such a plot in a game before, it was like watching a demon.

What happened to the continent in the game?
The mainland was occupied by demons? He had read about the war of demon invasion in history books. Was this about the past or the future? What role would the character he controlled play in it?
Is he a hero who resists the devil's army on the front battlefield, or a legendary wizard who uses spells to destroy the gates of hell?

He could already imagine himself controlling the character and defeating powerful devil enemies one after another.

After the opening scene ends, the camp selection appears.

"You can even choose the devil?"

Seeing the black and red skull representing the devil in the interface, Leon shouted in surprise.

Play as a devil and attack humans?

Lyon was a little moved.

Although the devil was a villain in the previous plot, the meticulous planning and powerful strength he displayed were very much to his liking.

It's a pity that there are people around watching him now, so there will always be people watching him when he plays games.

If there was no one else, he would definitely choose the devil.

"Of course you can choose the devil, that's what I chose!" the classmate next to me responded.

"Ah, you actually?"

"What's the matter? It's just a game. Besides, don't you think the devils in this game are cool? And I heard that the devil's soldiers are even more powerful."

"Wait, how do you know that the devil's soldiers are powerful?" Leon found the key point, "Did you check the strategy on the forum in advance?"

"Well, what's wrong with that?" The classmate said with a guilty conscience, "Didn't you tell us that you are a game expert? This is a necessary measure to defeat the expert!"

Leon smiled. If he wanted to beat him by looking up strategies in advance, it would really be a disdain for his talent.

After hesitating for a moment, Leon decided to choose the human coalition.

"Do you want to start the novice tutorial?"

That's impossible to get in. Experts don't watch tutorials when playing games.

“Please select the difficulty level. Easy is suitable for players who have never played a real-time strategy game.”

Although Leon had no idea what a real-time strategy game was, he chose Difficulty without hesitation.

This is called the confidence of an expert.

"Good morning."

Entering the human line, there is another plot. It looks like a military camp and there is a beautiful big sister.

It was a rare opportunity that Leon chose not to skip. He was very interested in the story of the great battle between humans and demons. Besides, it would be boring to be a hero without knowing what you were fighting for.

Although the cutscenes are well-made, Drogo has thoughtfully prepared a skip option so that players can watch them if they want. The choice is left to the players.

"Commander, I am your intelligence officer."

commander?
Leon noticed the title.

Aren't commanders usually not on the front lines of the battlefield?

"As you know, Felin Continent is suffering from a full-scale invasion by demons. Our army is currently in chaos. Recently, a demon army landed in Twin Tower City and occupied the city. Fortunately, the Solon Mage Tower is still resisting. We need you to command Paladin Tanya to enter the Solon Tower and reestablish contact..."

Leon thought he would control Paladin Tanya.

I don't know what this command means.

The mission briefing ended, the illusion disappeared, and was replaced by a real city model on the sand table and a large area of ​​war fog.

Leon touched the model out of curiosity, but there was no entity.

It's amazing. The visuals are also different from all previous games.

He recognized the scene on the sand table as the Twin Tower City. Several devil's warships on the sea were bombarding it with artillery shells, while a group of human warriors were holding up huge shields and fighting back with difficulty.

Leon didn't know what to do now. On one side of the sandbox were empty squares, and on the other side were a bunch of virtual buttons that he didn't know how to use.

His extensive experience in fighting games and side-scrolling games is of no use here.

“Haha, I told you to skip the tutorial,” the friend next to me laughed, “Now you don’t know how to play, right? I’m already at the second level!”

"I can play it without any instruction." Lyon said stubbornly.

But he was not lying, he did have some talent in playing games.

After controlling Tanya to blow up several devil warships and reuniting with other human warriors, Leon did not rush forward, but instead tested the functions of those buttons.

It didn't take long to figure out most of the features.

Select troops by level, select troops of the same type, assemble, form a formation, select a formation, move and attack, deploy, guard, disperse, emergency stop, set a moving route...

Very feature-rich.

Although he hasn't finished the first level yet, Leon has already started to like this game.

He was sure that there was a lot of room for research and operation in this game.

Leon is keen on games that are worth studying, which is what distinguishes him from ordinary players.

So he has never liked playing puzzle games.

He is addicted to fighting games because most people play by shaking the joystick and randomly pressing buttons, but he performs operations with precision to a few tenths of a second and also plays by competing with his opponents in a battle of wits and courage.

But he can use one hand to knock the player who uses random moves into the corner and prevent him from getting out.

At present, it seems that the game Red Alert can do the same.

Leon decided that after finishing the story, he would improve his skills in online battles.

He has always had a goal, which is to defeat Toto head-on in a duel.

Because Toto rarely plays fighting games now, Lyon won't meet her in the ranking, and Lyon is not good at her regular live broadcast project, Auto Chess.

This red alert now is a great opportunity.

Whenever the Drogo Group launches a new game, Toto will definitely play it intensively for a period of time.

Leon is advancing through the story campaign levels at a rapid pace.

Because he had carefully understood the various operations and had a cautious and careful gaming habit, he would familiarize himself with the new content of each level first, and he played all the way to the tenth level without getting stuck.

The students who had just surpassed him in progress were all stuck at different places. The key was that they were still playing on the easy difficulty level.

"Leon, have you passed the third level? I've been stuck here for almost two hours. How did you pass it? Can you help me?" the classmate asked for help.

"I'm sorry. It's not that I don't want to help you, but you're playing on the Devil's side, and I'm on the Human's side. We're enemies now."

Leon answered while concentrating on the operation.

Other people's conversation distraction tactics had no effect on him at all.

Lyon became more and more addicted to the game.

This game is really interesting. Not only is the gameplay of commanding an entire army unprecedented, but he can also see something new in every level after playing through so many levels.

It was unlike many of the level-breaking games he had played before, where there were nothing new to see later on and one could tell at a glance which level was a replica or upgraded version of the previous one.

In the process of completing the campaign, Leon has developed some useful tactics on his own, and plans to try them out in online battles after completing the campaign.

As they were about to reach the last level, several students stopped their operations, looked at each other, and instantly formed a united front.

They couldn't let Leon pass, and they didn't want to write his homework for a week.

They are going to use some unconventional tactics.

"Ahem, the time is almost up."

"Yes, yes, you see it's getting dark."

"Leon, did you agree with your mother to go back by what time?"

"Yes, I remember that too. If you don't go back early, you will be put in solitary confinement, right?"

The classmates were talking to each other.

But Leon seemed to be deaf, his left hand left an afterimage on the virtual buttons, while his right hand was commanding several formations like an excellent commander.

He has reached the final stage.

More and more other players were watching behind him. No one in this store had yet cleared the game on the difficult level, whether in the human camp or the devil camp.

Being the first to complete a game is considered a great honor in the player circle, so everyone came to watch the fun and prepare to witness the first player to complete the game in this store.

Surrounding Leon, many people who had played Red Alert were shocked by his performance.

"Hey, did you see that? Why is his dog so powerful? One of his dogs killed a whole group of demons, but my dog ​​will be beaten to death if it kills one."

Controlling the dog is one of the little tricks that Lyon has figured out over the past few hours. Through various emergency stops and micro-manipulations, his combat power is extremely strong.

"What is he pressing with his left hand?"

"Formation."

"formation?"

"Yes, divide your troops into different teams and control each team individually."

"Ah? There is such a function?"

"Of course, didn't you clear the game on easy difficulty?"

"Yeah, I cleared the game, but I never organized a team. I just built a bunch of high-level soldiers and then fought together," he answered as a matter of course.

Others around also nodded.

What? Formation? I've never heard of it or used it before. It's not taught in the tutorial.

……

Half an hour later.

"Clearance!"

Leon raised his arms excitedly.

A team of high-ranking paladins from the church successfully captured the Hell Fortress that was surrounded by layers of defense.

"call--"

Lyon breathed a sigh of relief. The last level did cause him a lot of trouble and took him forty minutes, but fortunately he was more skilled.

Completed the Human Alliance campaign without restarting once.

In the ending short film, Tanya captured the Grand Duke of Hell.

The players watching applauded. Although they didn't want to admit it, this guy was indeed better than them.

Leon stretched his neck, which was a little stiff, and turned to check the time.

"Oh! It's over. If I don't go home quickly, something bad will happen!"

As he said this, he pushed aside the onlookers and prepared to leave.

"Little Leon!" The guy at the front desk called Leon at the store entrance and handed him a flyer. "You are so good at playing Red Alert, you should try to participate in this competition."

"Competition, what competition?" Lyon took the flyer.

World Virtual Competition - Sutton South Division Auditions.

All game masters are welcome to decide the strongest player in the southern region of the Kingdom of Sutton, and represent the Kingdom of Sutton in next year's World Virtual Competition to compete with strong players from all over the world.

The winner of the audition will receive a reward of 10,000 gold coins and a mysterious gift from the Drogo Group.

The loser's name will be cast into the base of the winner's trophy.

Do you dare to challenge?
(End of this chapter)