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Chapter 650 - 203: The Stinking Outlander Came to King City to Beg for Food?_1

Chapter 650: Chapter 203: The Stinking Outlander Came to King City to Beg for Food?_1

"Guys, I’ve discovered another advantage of open-world games. They can satisfy two different types of players at the same time, which linear narrative games could never do."

"Hmph, the more I play open-world games, the more hooked I get. The immersion they offer almost kills every other type of game I’ve played before..."

"I really think this genre could be explored and developed further until it becomes a genre of its own."

With that said, Wang Laoju opened the map and took a close look.

He had thought that after four or five hours, he must have nearly finished exploring the area.

But with the information gathered from other streamers’ comments,

Wang Laoju learned the right way to study the map.

Turns out, the Elden map isn’t just for teleporting between Blessing Spots.

It even contains a wealth of information!

On this map, which has an overhead view of the terrain,

lots of terrain features and buildings are directly represented.

It’s a great help for players to check out areas they haven’t explored yet.

Upon realizing this, Wang Laoju took a closer look,

and sure enough, there were several spots he hadn’t visited at all.

He sighed at the effort top players had poured into Elden Ring,

and hurriedly rode off to explore.

Soon, he encountered more never-before-seen scenery and enemies.

In front of a small tree with the same hue as the Golden Tree, he encountered a boss named "Incarnation of the Golden Tree."

It looked just like a tree spirit, but the skills it cast had high damage and a wide casting range, just like Lao Ju had previously noted.

The skills cast by this tree spirit were also pure gold in color.

After dying numerous times, he resorted to a tactic of horseback kiting, chipping away at it slowly until he finally killed it.

But the rewards were substantial.

In addition to over 6000 Runes that could level him up right away,

he also found Golden Seeds, dewdrops, Faith Skills, and more.

...

On the far eastern side of Nimgreifu, there was an unexplored Heide Fortress, a very small fortress with soldiers that were not very strong.

After clearing it, he received a giant turtle shell.

Although it looked like just a regular turtle shell,

its inherent Battle Skill was very useful—it could enhance the defensive power of the shield, reducing the stamina loss when enemies hit it.

Meaning, if normally the Fading One’s stamina bar would be emptied in two hits, inducing a stagger state,

with the turtle shell’s Battle Skill activated, it might take three or even four hits for enemies to break the Fading One’s defense.

It was extremely practical, so Wang Laoju equipped it on the spot.

...

On the west side of Sobs Peninsula, there was a place named Return Tower.

The tower was very plain and had withstood the ravages of time, looking as though it might collapse at any moment.

After climbing the ladder up and easily dealing with a few very weak tower guards,

he saw a brightly shining chest on top of the tower.

"Logically speaking, what good stuff could be in such a shabby place?"

When he opened the chest,

what appeared was not an item.

Instead, a white fog emerged.

After billowing out extensively, the game screen suddenly went black.

Next, a loading screen appeared...

"What? Teleported?"

"Where is this taking me..." before he could even finish the word ’me’, Wang Laoju’s expression froze.

In front of him,

stood a majestic gate that was enormous beyond measure, reaching up to the heavens, made entirely of gold.

Compared to it, the recently impressive gate of Stonewell City looked downright shabby.

Epic music of a sweeping scale started to play.

And the place name popped up quickly.

"King City Rodel"

Dum dum dong!

His heart seemed to skip a beat.

"OMG???" Wang Laoju’s eyes widened in disbelief, his mouth open wide enough to swallow an egg.

The comments were rolling intensely at this moment!

"What the...???"

"Seriously, what is this??"

"Damn! How did I get teleported to the world’s tallest city all of a sudden?"

"Good, good, Baby Ke, so this is how you play the game, huh? Well played, very well played!"

"Hahaha! Am I the only one who noticed the chairman’s expression? The look of total confusion on his face is hilarious!"

"OMG! Honestly, my eyes nearly popped out when I saw the place name. Is this somewhere players are supposed to be able to go at this stage???"

"Baby Ke is wicked for sure! He really knows how to blow gamers’ minds, OMG..."

"Indeed, start off with a huge Golden Tree that connects heaven and earth. Then throw in a super-strong boss Big Tree Guardian. Next, introduce the aesthetically designed Stonewell City, and now, damn, you bring us straight to King City..."

"Other games would hide their most heart-shocking elements till the very end, giving players a little visual or emotional impact, but Baby Ke, on the other hand, is showing all this impactful design to players now, isn’t he afraid of running out of stuff to show later on?"

"Who knows, the top player has always been about surprises, whenever you think Baby Ke’s out of moves, he always manages to pull some slick moves out of his sleeve that could slap your face swollen. I dare not doubt him anymore, this time I choose to believe in Baby Ke!"