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The mysterious old man in front of him slowly began to speak.
It turned out that the true identity of this mysterious old man was actually the last king of the Hyrule Kingdom.
It's just that he died in the Calamity 100 years ago, and now only his soul remains.
Facing the somewhat confused Link, the King of Hyrule slowly recounted what happened 100 years ago.
The Calamity Ganon that destroyed the Hyrule Kingdom, its true identity is a demon king who was born in this country in ancient times and resurrected as a grudge.
This story has been passed down as a legend in the Hyrule Kingdom.
Everyone has always thought it was just a legend, but one day the kingdom's fortune teller made a prediction: 'The signs of Calamity Ganon's revival have appeared on the land... and the power to resist Ganon is also dormant in the land...'
The people of the Hyrule Kingdom, with a mix of belief and doubt, carried out excavations according to the prophecy, and as a result, they discovered several artifacts made by their ancestors.
Divine Beasts: Four huge mechanical artifacts built to imitate the appearance of beasts and controlled by powerful warriors.
Guardians: Puppet soldiers who can fight enemies with their own consciousness.
These things completely matched the long-circulated legends in the Hyrule Kingdom. In addition, there was also a royal princess with sealing power and a knight chosen by the sword that repels evil.
In the distant ancient times, they sealed the real Ganon together with these artifacts.
And 100 years ago, a princess who inherited the power of her ancestors and a talented knight appeared in the kingdom, they were Zelda and Link.
Therefore, the Hyrule Kingdom also imitated the practices of their ancestors and prepared for war. They selected four outstanding people from the land of Hyrule, gave them the Divine Beasts to control, and called them Champions to deepen their feelings for each other.
With the princess and the knight, as well as the four Champions, they should have been able to seal the Calamity smoothly.
However, the cunning Ganon revived with a trick they could hardly imagine. It appeared directly in the depths of the Hyrule Kingdom's castle and used its evil energy to control the Guardians and the four Divine Beasts, launching a sudden attack on them.
Countless residents in the castle and the Champions in the Divine Beasts all lost their lives as a result.
And the knight Link, who was chosen by the sword that repels evil, was also injured and fell to protect Princess Zelda.
Just like that, the Hyrule Kingdom was destroyed by Calamity Ganon.
However, the surviving Princess Zelda is still fighting Ganon alone, and has sealed it in the castle for a hundred years.
On the day the Calamity happened a hundred years ago, Link's life should have ended, but Princess Zelda transported him to the Shrine of Resurrection on this Great Plateau.
After 100 years, Link gradually woke up, but he also lost some of his memories and his former powerful strength.
Now Princess Zelda in the royal castle, after 100 long years, her power is about to run out. If Ganon is not sealed by then, the entire Hyrule will be destroyed.
"So... Link! I failed to protect this country, this land, but even so, I still have to ask you... please defeat Ganon, save this country, this land, save my daughter..."
The old king gave the paraglider to Link, and also guided him in the direction to go.
And next, he needs to go to a village and find someone named Impa, who will give Link further guidance.
The plot is easy to understand, very simple.
Just as he guessed before, the righteous knight defeats the great demon king to save the princess, this is the main line that runs through the game.
Next, he should go to Impa to receive guidance, then defeat the four Divine Beasts controlled by Ganon one by one, go to the castle to kill Ganon and save Princess Zelda, and finally the princess and the knight live together happily ever after.
"Finally got the paraglider, so that's how it's used!" Zack stood on the top of the shrine, found another 'Korok', then jumped down and opened the paraglider.
"Next, I'll explore here."
Zack looked at the map of the Great Plateau and marked a spot.
Now that he has the paraglider, he is not in a hurry to continue to the village to save the princess.
Because he feels that there are still some things on this Great Plateau that he has not explored completely.
He wants to explore it again before leaving.
In addition, he also wants to find the Guardian he met before.
This time he wants to use shield parrying to take it down. He didn't want to have thrown those bombs for more than an hour for nothing.
As for Princess Zelda's side.
Anyway, she has persisted for 100 years, it should not be a big problem to persist for a while longer.
.........
Zack is not the only player with such an idea.
Many players did not choose to leave the starting area after getting the paraglider, but continued to explore in the starting area.
The main reason is that there is really too much content to explore, just like when playing "Super Mario: Odyssey", they always feel that there is still somewhere they have not been, and there must be a moon hidden there.
For example, after climbing a big tree, in addition to apples, sometimes you can also find a bird's nest, which will also have leftover bird eggs.
By the lake, using bombs can blow the fish out of the lake.
Also, after mastering the power of time, lock the tilted trees and constantly attack to adjust the direction, then climb up and hug the trees.
After the time freeze ends, you can experience the feeling of flying, and then open the paraglider.
Two words: happy!
In other games, trees, grass, fruits, and bird nests are mostly just scene models or textures without any interactive functions.
But in "The Legend of Zelda", almost everything you can see on the map can be interacted with.
And the most amazing thing for players is the climbing system, almost anywhere you can see, as long as you have enough stamina, you can theoretically go there.
This is completely different from all other open-world games. Even simply finding a route that can be climbed to the top of the mountain is a simple way to play that makes many players feel happy.
Compared to ordinary players who are addicted to Hyrule, some game industry designers who are concerned about what "The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild" can actually achieve on the Switch are all shocked at this time, and each has turned into a slowpoke.
They don't have too much feeling about more of the content later, because the game has just been launched.
But the content shown in the early stage has already made it difficult for them to suppress their surprised hearts.
Because the level design of the Great Plateau in the early stage is completely textbook-like!
(End of this chapter)
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