Chapter 2: Starting the Game


    Little Hao, you dont look like it, but youre really amazing! Shi Hao grinned from ear to ear after they returned to the dormitory. It cant be helped, who even let Feng Tianhao conserved such a huge sum of money? It summed up to 700 hundred Yuan.


    Truth to be told, Feng Tianhao still had enough funds to buy a silver helmet, provided that the second batch of helmets were released, even after spending that much.


    Still, it wouldnt make up for Feng Tianhaos loss even if he bought the silver helmet. After all, the high-grade helmet had most of its advantages in the early stage of the game. After passing the early stage, other than serving as a good-looking but useless gear, this high-grade helmet has little to no use. Broadly speaking, the game was rtively fair. But for the sake of his brother, Feng Tianhao will proceed without hesitation.


    Alright, dontugh anymore. Come on, lets clean these helmets, theyre too dirty. The car will get dirty if we dont clean it, and my dad will scold me for itter when I return. said Feng Tianhao.


    After cleaning the helmets, Shi Hao and Feng Tianhao took a closer look at their appearance. One of them was obviously a standard bronze game helmet. But the other one has quite a strange appearance.


    What in the world might this helmet be? Shi Hao checked everywhere, but cant make out what it was. This helmet had such a bizarre color. Generally speaking, only five colors of helmets were avable: bluish-green bronze, whitish silver, yellowish gold, orangish tinum, and transparent diamond. But this helmet before their eyes was certainlypletely ck. If it were not for the anti-counterfeit mark stuck on its top, Shi Hao would have downright thought that this helmet was a fake one.


    What should we do? How about I use this helmet first? I was poor and nk anyway, so I dont mind it. If there is something wrong with this helmet, Ill just think of it as me and Su Xiaos fate. Contrariwise, your parents still have a lot of hope and expectation for you. If you cant make a name for yourself in the game, it will have a huge impact on you. Since it hase to this, Shi Hao couldnt let Feng Tianhao take the risk or spend more money anymore. Within Shi Haos obstinate heart, having a glean hope of survival before his eyes was already more than enough.


    After going through a dispute, Feng Tianhao finally agreed to Shi Haos decision.


    Feng Tianhao knew very well that Shi Hao was a genuine person. He wont concede and has a stubborn temper. If Shi Hao said that he didnt want Feng Tianhao to spend more money, it wont help the situation even if someone threatened Shi Hao by pointing a knife to his neck.


    By the way, we should discuss this properly. The games server will open in a few hours. Which continents should we choose as our birthce and how should we allocate our profession? Feng Tianhao switched theputer on and browsed over information on the websites forum as he asked seriously.


    Kingdom has a vast territory, muchrger than the total area of the earth. Inside the game, the territory was roughly divided into three continents. Each of them was separated by a vast, limitless sea. Unless the game had developed into theter stage and had arge warship which could cross the ocean, the yers separated on the three continents wouldnt likely be able to associate with each other.


    The three continents were Divine Flower Continent, Divine Beauty Continent and Divine Ohm Continent. Amongst them, Divine Flower Continent has thergest territory. Many of the historical NPCs with top talents were gathered there. It also has the most abundant resources all over. The secondrgest territory was Divine Beauty Continent. It has the most plentiful cheat codes of special hidden skills. Divine Ohm Continent has the smallest territory, but it has some of the most refined siege weapons in it.


    Ill choose Divine Flower Continent! Shi Hao replied earnestly. Most people will go there, so Ill definitely have the best opportunities there.


    Shi Haos words had expressed Feng Tianhaos inner thoughts. Both Feng Tianhao and Shi Hao were people who would dare to struggle hard.


    Which part of Divine Flower Continent do you want to go first? Feng Tianhao took a good look at the information about Divine Flower Continent on Kingdoms forum.


    Divine Flower Continent was divided into five regions, each of which was separated by rivers. It was just that theyll need an ordinary ship to travel between regions and they needed to spend money to travel between regions, but at least they didnt need to wait until theter stage of the game.


    The five regions were North Flower, South Flower, Central Flower, West Flower and East Flower. North Flower had many ins, the water supply and the natural resources were so-so. South Flower had ins and mountainnd echoing with each other, coupled with an abundant water supply and unusual natural resources. Central Flower had a lot of ins, its water supply was abundant, the natural resources were adequate, plus transportation was the most convenient there. There were a lot of mountainnds in West Flower, where water supply was scarce and natural resources were unusual. Numerous rivers were flowing in East Flower, so it has a plentiful water supply and abundant natural resources.


    Then, Ill choose West Flower! Shi Hao had thought about it over and over, thus he said, Im using the elimination method. The natural resources are so-so in North Flower, its easy to attack but hard to defend, which would be detrimental towards developments. Central Flower is a strategic location, thepetition would be too intense for us to intervene. East Flower is too close to the coast, which made it vulnerable to be invaded by pirates. A part of South Flower are ins, which is t terrain and makes its defense weak. Inparison, the mountainnd of West Flower could be easily guarded and hard to attack. Moreover, it has unusual natural resources. Even though itcks water supply, the other aspects are much better than other ces.


    What Shi Hao said was right. Feng Tianhao nodded repeatedly.


    Alright! Thest question is what profession to choose. Do you want to decide now or just enter the game and improve yourself freely? Feng Tianhao gave Shi Hao a meaningful nce, as if telling him he wanted to develop freely inside the game.


    OK, Ill choose to improve freely. Life is bound to have surprises! Shi Hao smiled.


    In fact, Shi Hao had decided on a profession inside his heart. There wasnt much for him to choose actually, because he wasnt muchpetent in anything else besides being a fighter.


    Kingdom has a lot of variance of profession preference. After entering the game and creating the character, the system will require the yer to choose one of the five major professions. Apart from this, there werent any restrictions for the characters professions. Specifically speaking, the skills and items in the game were not restricted by the profession. Any profession would be able to learn any kind of skills and wear any items. However, different skills might require different items to match their use. Furthermore, the basic abilities of different professions wouldnt be the same. Hence, most people of the same profession will selectively learn the same skills and wear the same items.


    The five major professions were fighter, knight, archer, strategist, andmander. After reading the forum, ording to the setting of the basic abilities of the five professions, it could be concluded that: fighters have high defense and vitality, thus they were good at closebat. Knights have high attack, defense and agility, but they have lower vitality. They also excel in attacking. Archers have a wide range of attack, could deal high damage, and have certain closebat abilities, but they need to be guarded. Strategists have a wide range of attack, could deal high damage, and have more skill slots, but they have lower viability, so they have to be guarded at all cost. Commanders have high viability but extremely low attack. The amount of their skill slots was second only to strategists. They excel in casting a range of supporting skills, but need to rely on their teammates output.


    Shi Haos goal was to sessfully join a great force and be the core backbone in it. Therefore, Shi Hao who doesnt have any powerful team to rely on could only choose to be a fighter or a knight. These two professions have the best independence, since they didnt need to rely on the guarding or output of their teammates. But everyone knew just from its name that being a knight certainly meant one had to be the typical example of Mr. Perfect. Shi Hao was handsome and tall, but he wasnt wealthy. Preparing to be a knight would consume a lot of money for the items. This wont be suitable for Shi Hao.


    Alright! Its almost time. Im entering the game first. My name would be Blowing Wind Left A Scar. Come find me, dont forget to meet me in the Novice Vige. Feng Tianhao took the bronze helmet with him. The helmet was preinstalled with a mobilework. It looked really cool.


    Shi Hao carefully examined the strange ck helmet again before he entered the game.


    Hello! Wee to Kingdom. Would you like to hear a brief exnation of the games content? A beautiful voice of a female suddenly sounded in Shi Haos ears as a cute girl appeared before his eyes. However, Shi Hao wasnt under good circumstances. He waspletely naked, his face looked like a basketball, and there was nothing around him. This ce felt like a small prison.


    No need! Shi Hao replied.


    Gotcha! Next, please set up your characters name, height, skin color, face, voice, and other basic information. The female game instructor continued to speak in a cute voice, Once the characters information is set, you wont be able to change it anymore. Moreover, each person could only have a character. Please think about it carefully.


    Shi Hao didnt think too long about it. He named his character Shaking the Heaven. His height and other information were set ording to his own, but he modified his appearance and voice a lot so as not to let others recognize him in the game. If Wu Batian knew it was him, he might be showing his malice to Shi Hao.


    Okay. Lastly, please choose your birthce and basic profession. Have a good time! The female instructor slowly faded away. Without hesitation, Shi Hao immediately made his choice ording to what he had nned, thus he turned into a fighter. In an instant, he arrived at the Novice Vige in West Flower of Divine Flower Continent.


    At this moment, Shi Hao anxiously clicked on his characters panel. [Name: Shake the Heaven (Fighter)] [Level: 1] [Attack: 3] [Defense: 5] [Agility: 3] [Vitality (HP): 5] [Energy (MP): 3] [Skill Slot 1: Empty] [Weapon: Empty] [Armor: Empty] [essories: Empty]


    Shi Hao carefully examined the surrounding scenery. It seemed that West Flowers Novice Vige looked quite simr from what was originally nned. Following that, Shi Hao looked into the distance and noticed that there were three huge signboards in the vige. Namely, general store, cksmith, and tailor store.


    Obviously, these were the typical initial attributes of a fighter. Among these, energy was what one needed to cast general skills. It was also known as Mana Point. Shi Hao felt relieved. It looks like there wasnt anything wrong with his strange helmet.


    Shi Hao struggled through the crowd and finally came to the cksmith. Shi Haos intention ofing here was essentially to get a weapon he could use. With the right weapon, hed be able to move from Novice Vige and improve himself even more.


    Boss, please let me have a look at your weapons, the ones for closebat. said Shi Hao.


    The best weapons for fighters were closebat ones, which have been universally acknowledged in the forum. There wasnt anything else to say, a fighter typically had to be an expert in fighting at close quarters.


    Were sorry, you could clearly see the business here. Nothing is cheap, especially the closebat weapon you wanted. Everyone whoes here is mostly having the same demand as you. The cksmiths owner replied cheerfully.


    Even though the cksmiths owner was somewhat treacherous, all business people were profiteers. However, what he said was true, there wasnt anything wrong with it. Most of the yers were independent young individuals or small teams. Their profession preference would most likely be fighter or knight. Still, fighters would be the better choice, because a fighters item choice was more diverse. As long as it was a closebat weapon, fighters would adapt to it. Basically, knights could only choose to use long pole weapons and had to wear heavy armor.


    Boss, just tell me how much it is. How much do you want so that youd sell the weapon to me? Shi Hao didnt want to waste time. The earlier he could upgrade himself equals him getting closer to his wish of being sessful.


    1000 copper coins, fixed price! The cksmiths owner knew that this group of new recruits only have that much money with them. They didnt have more, and theyll be sorry for themselves if they used it. This pattern was also pretty much the same in the other Novice Viges.


    S***, I know this is how things will turn out. Shi Hao grumbled inside his heart as he clicked on his inventory.


    The initial gift was a lowest level 1 inventory, which had ten storage boxes for items. Each storage box could hold 100 items at most.


    Shi Hao took a nce at it and caught sight of 1000 copper coins listed as the amount of money he has. Hence, he decided to buy the weapon as the owner clicked on a transaction and a trading window popped up. However, Shi Hao didnt carry out the transaction in the end. He suddenly closed the trading window and hurriedly rushed out to a remote corner.


    What the f***! I didnt notice it at first. Fortunately, I see it now. There are actually three lottery tickets in my inventory, but the tickets are also ck, how strange. Doesnt matter, Im a fool if I dont use what Ive been given. Shi Hao clicked on the first lottery tickets with happiness written all over his face.