Chosen Evolution: I can load the protagonist template

Chapter 191 Ranpo Cutting Technique and Red Vibration Orb
While stroking the big head of the original stone pterosaur, Cheng Tian looked at this double treasure chest with the characteristics of both a bloody treasure chest and a silver coin treasure chest in a trance, his fingers still scratching on it.

Compared to other Capcom arcade beat-em-up games of the same period, Knights of the Round Table is actually relatively difficult and has a unique process rhythm. While abandoning the refreshing combo, it added a defensive counterattack mechanism, and the counterattack moves can also be effective against BOSS.

But what left the deepest impression on Cheng Tian and many other players about the Knights of the Round Table was the game's unique "treasure division" mechanism.

In most video games, regardless of type, players can obtain item drops by killing enemies, breaking obstacles, etc., but only in Knights of the Round Table can players attack the dropped items and split them into other forms.

For example, a normal silver coin box will give you 400 points if you pick it up directly, but if you chop it, it will become three silver coin bags, each worth 140 points, and the total score will become 420 points, a small increase in value. However, small treasures like silver coin bags cannot be divided any further.

There will naturally be appreciation and depreciation. For example, a gold coin box with a total value of 600 points may be divided into 3 or 4 gold coin bags with a value of 180 points, which may result in a small drop or a small profit.

Not only boxes, but also expensive tea sets, large plates of vegetable salad, whole baked hams, etc. are all targets that can be divided.

However, it was this "treasure division" mechanism that became the core reason why players continued to explore this game in depth in Cheng Tian's era over the next few decades, because it also continued a special mechanism called "treasure hunting".

And not long ago, Cheng Tian spent three weeks in the arcade, and he personally completed a game of Knights of the Round Table with the core goal of hunting for treasures.

Thinking of this, Cheng Tian opened the panel and clicked on the temporary skill granted by the copy entry [Cutting Everyone].

[Cut (Temporary): Instance-only skill, active skill. This ability, unique to the Knights of the Round Table worldview, allows you to cut treasures, causing them to change in value, either increasing or decreasing in value.

Use any bladed weapon to cut a target that meets the cutting conditions. The target will be split into several smaller items with partial effects of the original item. The effects and total value after the split will increase or decrease randomly. It is also possible that the split will fail, causing the target to be completely damaged and lose its value.

You can only attempt to cut large treasure chests, valuables, or recovery items; items that have already been cut cannot be cut a second time.

When you use it on a player's dropped treasure chest, all of the player's own drops will be included in the cutting range. The divided equipment items may fluctuate in shape and value, or may be directly destroyed.

The basic cost of Cutting is 5 MP points. For each additional target cut, the cost increases by 5 points. This skill has no cooldown time.

Cheng Tian touched his chin, feeling a little curious, because in his opinion, the most important part of this cutting technique had not been mentioned.

Is it because the default skill level is not high enough? Or is there some other reason?
However, considering that the mechanism behind the treasure-hunting is much more complex and unique than the three-choose-one principle of the dragon egg in MapleStory III, it is a situation that is difficult to reproduce in a concrete copy. Cheng Tian did not intend to delay any further. He took out a white machete that could be thrown away at any time from the inventory, and prepared to use the cutting technique to chop the box directly, take the things and leave.

But at this moment, something strange happened to the template that Cheng Tian had not closed!

I saw a line extending from the cutting technique, which was a temporary skill, and it was actually linked to the "Holy Grail Knight" template that Cheng Tian was currently loading!

[It has been detected that the temporary skill "Cut" in the dungeon entry has a special linkage effect with "Holy Grail Knight Percival", one of the three protagonists of "Knights of the Round Table"——]

[It has been detected that the original-level protagonist template you are currently loading is "Holy Grail Knight/Marcus Kruber"——] [Your "Cutting Technique" has been temporarily upgraded to "Ranpo Cutting Technique."]

[Ranpo Cutting Technique (Temporary Advanced): Template Linked Mutation Skill, Active Skill. Leveraging your highly consistent Grail Knight identity with Percival and the Goddess's gaze, you will be able to observe special, cuttable "stigmata" on cuttable objects. You also possess the "Ranpo Adjustment" ability, which allows you to adjust the shape of these remaining stigmata to a certain extent.

The basic effect is the same as the cutting technique; the random cutting technique may cause the cut treasure to undergo a qualitative change and completely change into another form; this rule also applies to bloody treasure chests with complex attributes.

You can observe the changes in the current scene's random step value, and you can change the current random step value by jumping on the spot.

[Additional review: What are you waiting for? Get ready to jump!]

Seeing this, Cheng Tian suddenly showed a very hearty smile on his face.

Then, he began to jump on the spot under the puzzled gaze of the Stone Pterosaur.

After jumping about five or six times, and then urging the Stone Pterosaur to carry him for several more jumps in the even more puzzled look of the Pterosaur, Cheng Tian jumped off the dragon's back again and decisively chopped the bloody silver coin treasure chest with dual attributes with the white machete in his hand, and he chopped along the remains of the holy marks that had been changed.

Under normal circumstances, the Bloody Silver Coin Treasure Chest can only be divided into 3 Bloody Silver Coin Bags and the items that this guy was supposed to drop.

However, after a strange puff of smoke rose, the bloody silver coin treasure chest unexpectedly collapsed and deformed strangely, and then turned into something like an exquisite trophy, retaining a very finely carved base, on which was placed a spherical object filled with rippling red liquid.

Red shock orb!

[Red Shock Orb: Special item, magic item, consumable. Usage condition: Smash it. Only effective in Knights of the Round Table dungeons.]

Containing a magical orb imbued with special magical powers, it possesses the magical power to kill enemies and transform their vitality into valuable items of high value.

After use, all non-friendly units within a radius of 10 meters will be subjected to a strong shock wave.

When the target is a normal template, it will be killed instantly regardless of its health; when the target is a boss template, 75% of its upper limit will be deducted; when the target is an elite template, 50% of its upper limit will be deducted; when the target is a champion template, 200 points of magic damage will be caused that ignores defense and resistance, and a forced knockdown effect will be given; when the target is a leader template or a player unit, only a forced knockdown effect will be caused.

All killed units will randomly generate valuable items unique to the current instance.

[Your "Holy Grail Mission" - collecting red shock orbs, has been completed.]

You, your minions, combat mounts, and up to three additional contracted party members will receive a 3% bonus to your total damage from the Lady of the Lake's Blessing. This effect lasts until you leave the dungeon.

(End of this chapter)