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Chapter 647: So You're the Famous Cheng
"So you're the famous Cheng!"
This sentence basically summarizes the current prestige and influence of Cheng.
Even in some initial dungeon scenarios, as long as there were intelligent creature factions with some connections, they would generally have a preconceived notion of Cheng Tian.
Depending on the dungeon's background, at least one of the five titles with legendary status—"911," "Origin Brave," "Enemy of Orochi," "Holy Grail Lord," and "Ship Stealer"—would reach the ears of that faction in the form of a "legend."
Furthermore, Cheng Tian himself was already the leader of the independent faction, the Blazing Sun Legion, and inherently possessed the basic characteristic of recruiting NPCs in the name of his faction. This allowed him to trigger faction-specific effects that surpassed the level of individual players when interacting with other factions.
If the faction was in a hostile state with Cheng Tian, then the enemy unit would have a chance to trigger the "Feared Reputation" effect, which typically manifested in two ways.
One was that the target unit would choose to flee in a panic, sacrificing a personal item to save its life, and Cheng Tian would then be unable to pursue it.
The other was to abandon its own faction and join Cheng Tian's Blazing Sun Legion, becoming a lowest-ranking pawn to be commanded at will.
The overall situation was somewhat similar to the faction interaction system in 'Heroes of Might and Magic.'
Of course, since it was a faction interaction system, it would only work in faction-related events. If Cheng Tian wanted to command these monster NPCs outside of "faction wars," he would need to pay a special price, even as the faction leader.
The feud between the Red Demons and Cheng Tian could be traced back to the novice trial. At that time, relying only on his "Vampire Hunter" template and the Frog Transformation Staff, he successfully killed an elite Red Demon by exploiting the game mechanics. From then on, he and this species became sworn enemies.
It could be said that as long as he was present, the Red Demon tribe would not attack anyone else first; neither healers nor damage dealers would draw aggro.
But as the saying goes, killing one is a crime, killing ten thousand is a hero. When Cheng Tian's own prestige reached a certain level, the Red Demon tribe's ingrained hatred for Cheng Tian would turn into pure fear.
At least Red Demon units at the normal, chieftain, and elite template stages would not dare to challenge Cheng Tian. Only champions and leaders could theoretically resist Cheng Tian's 5 points of legendary deterrence.
Additionally, units with strong beliefs, as well as units with high legendary status themselves, could be almost immune to Cheng Tian's deterrence. Examples include Goenitz, who was extremely loyal to Orochi, and General Morden, who was known throughout the entire Metal Slug dungeon and was fanatically worshipped by countless soldiers.
At the same time, low-intelligence or unintelligent units like zombies, ghosts, beasts, and monsters, which lacked much wisdom, would not be greatly affected. For them, who almost acted solely on instinct, Cheng Tian's fame meant nothing.
Cheng Tian also curiously opened the box left by the fleeing Red Demon. Inside was a fiery red skill stone. Using it would grant the D-rank skill 'Gargoyle Form,' a skill with very obvious pros and cons, requiring careful attention to its activation timing.
The weaknesses of the Red Demon, as demonstrated by Cheng Tian when he killed the Red Demon elite, were the very weaknesses of the Gargoyle Form.
However, this feeling of getting something for almost nothing did make Cheng Tian feel a strange sensation. At the same time, he curiously displayed his list of titles and looked at one highlighted option—
Origin Brave.
Among Cheng Tian's five legendary titles, Origin Brave had the greatest impact within Makaimura. This meant that he not only inherited the will of Knight Arthur but also carried the heroic prestige of being irreconcilably opposed to the evil Demon King faction in the most classic medieval fantasy worldview, from ancient times to the present, to complete the final crusade against the Demon King.
A renowned Origin Brave actively entering the Demon King's Castle was, for the monster units within, similar to the Demon King himself arriving in a human village. Any monster with a bit of sense and no explicit orders from the Demon King would likely choose to run away... However, the problem was that among the monster units under the Demon King's army, intelligent groups like the Red Demon tribe were generally a minority.
It was unclear if they were "elite defenders" deliberately chosen by the Demon King, but besides the Red Demons who fled at the sight of Cheng Tian, other monsters such as the Flying Demon Boar, Blue Killer, Skeletons, and Ogres were all unintelligent. They simply patrolled their assigned areas foolishly, and upon smelling Cheng Tian's human scent, they would still rush forward recklessly, acting as cannon fodder.
Then they would transform into strange shapes amidst various dazzling spell effects.
Zust's magic system and Cheng Tian's Origin Battle Arts were quite compatible. Although Cheng Tian could only experience the feeling of being a spellcaster in the Makaimura dungeon at this point, relying on the physical instincts imprinted by the Origin Battle Arts, Cheng Tian had already begun to grasp the essence of Zust-style vampire-extermination spells.
His intuition told him that he was just a small step away from overcoming a barrier that limited his spellcasting. Once he crossed that threshold, even without a relevant template, he would be able to perform similar spellcasting actions!
The lower levels of the Demon King's Castle were a typical tower climb, ascending floor by floor. Even just the lower levels of the Demon King's Castle were only 14 stories high, and each floor was much taller than a residential building, reaching the scale of a shopping mall. Moreover, it was intricate and winding, and if one took a wrong turn, they would have to retrace their steps and then face a newly refreshed batch of monster units sent by the Demon King.
Among them, the most annoying were undoubtedly the "Ogres."
Cheng Tian's dislike for them wasn't due to their high HP or their habit of guarding staircases, but purely because they smelled terrible... As relatives of the cyclops guarding the first two stages, these fat, thick-skinned, crooked-mouthed, and squint-eyed creatures still had that strong odor. And Cheng, due to exceeding his mental limit and having other attributes improved, found his senses far more sensitive than during the novice trial!
This led to a significant decrease in his tolerance for foul odors.
"The Demon King is truly inconsiderate..."
With this resentment, Cheng made his way relatively smoothly to the fourteenth floor and saw the large red figure guarding the main entrance.
The strawberry underwear, imbued with Arthur's belief, glowed brightly at this moment, but this was not resonance; it was a violent reaction upon seeing an enemy—
Satan, the demon who killed Arthur and abducted the princess.
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