The young girl in front of me had short purple hair, big eyes and a round face like a doll. She was probably no more than seventeen years old. She was wearing a green mage's robe and holding a harp in her hand.
I waved to everyone to stop the herd of horses. The girl got off the horseback and looked at me curiously from top to bottom: "Your clothes are so beautiful. The song you sing is also very nice."
I fainted. This girl couldn't have come down here just because my clothes were beautiful, could she?
I seldom talked to girls in the game, but this girl was simply too cute. It made me want to tease her. While hiding my name, I smiled and said: "Little girl, your clothes are also very beautiful."
Game players can choose to hide their various attributes. If the opponent is lower in level and has a low detection skill, it's difficult to figure out what you are hiding.
The girl indeed used the detection skill and didn't see my name, but immediately recognized my identities as "Chief of the Harsa Tribe" and "Chief of the Village of the Lost Ones". Her mouth immediately turned into an "O" shape.
The girl excitedly rushed up and grabbed my hand: "You are the Chief of the Harsa Tribe! I've been looking for you for a long time. Last time I visited your tribe, they said you were out. I've been wandering around this area for several hours!"
I asked in surprise: "You're looking for me? What's the matter?"
The girl hurriedly said: "My name is 'Senorita'. I'm from Sunset City. I'm a 'Singer'. My teacher told me that to upgrade the special skill 'Singing Art', I have to accept a mission from you, Chief Brother. What exactly is your mission?"
Hearing the girl calling me "Brother", smelling the faint fragrance on her, I felt my bones soften all over. I coughed and tried my best to assume the demeanor of a chief, while wondering, I'm not an NPC, can I also be assigned a mission?
Secretly opening the management window of the chief, there was indeed a "Mission" section. When opened, it showed a long list of tasks. There were tasks such as "Search for the missing foal, requires level 10, reward: Riding Skill", "Find the lost wooden bow for a shepherd's child, no level requirement, reward: A wooden bow", "Give me a weapon of iron level, no level requirement, reward: Ten random monster fur skins." ......
Surprisingly, it's true! I can actually give quests to players?
I was just lost in thought when Senorita pulled my hand and shook me awake. I quickly smiled and said, "Alright, little sister. Let me think about what your quest is. You're so cute that I'm completely stunned, hehe."
I couldn't even imagine that I would become so talkative. Senorita's face turned bright red, her eyes shining with excitement, and she looked even cuter.
I quickly found her quest: "Sing a song to eliminate all my fatigue and increase the emotional value by more than 10. Level requirement: 20. Skill requirement: Advanced Third Level of Singing Skill. Reward: Quest item 'Dinunla'."
When Senorita heard this, "Emotional value more than 10!" she exclaimed immediately, "What should I do? I don't have any good sheet music now. My best result before was only increasing the emotional value of the audience by 6."
It turns out that there is such a hidden attribute called "Emotional Value" in the game. I understood Senorita's distress. A singer without good sheet music is like a good blacksmith without good ore, unable to produce good works.
I looked at the little girl with tears in her eyes, and my heart was filled with pain. I hurriedly said, "Don't worry. I have a good musical sense. Maybe you're my soulmate. Sing it for me, and it can touch my heart."
Senorita wiped her eyes and looked at me: "Is it really true? Oh, yes. You're the clan leader, and your musical sense must be stronger than others."
Senorita asked me to sit down and pulled the other clan members over to listen to her singing.
The melodious music passed through my ears, and we all felt refreshed. But when Senorita's singing started, everyone was clearly disappointed.
Senorita's voice was very pleasant, sweet and clean, very soothing, like a stream flowing into our hearts. However, the song she sang was too ordinary. The song title was "I Love the Grass", both the lyrics and the melody were very vulgar and tasteless.
I desperately tried to immerse myself in the song, but it didn't work. I couldn't resonate. If someone else sang this song, I would probably vomit on the spot. Oh my god, how could there be such bad songs in the game?
Senorita disappointedly put down the harp: "No, your emotional value has only increased to 3. It's too far away."
I coughed: "Little sister, do you have... any other songs? You don't have a song that can make others' emotional value reach 6, right?"
Senorita lowered her head: "Songs are classified into ten levels. This 'I Love the Grass' is the ninth level. The other three songs I know are only at the tenth level, even worse. I used to sing this song to a few children, and they liked it. The emotional value only reached 6 that time."
I was stunned. It turned out this was a children's song. It seems that there are considerations about compatibility between the song and the audience.
Next, Senorita tried three other songs, and the effect was better. Our emotional value increased by 4 points, but it was still far from the 10 standard.
Senorita's tears filled her eyes again: "It's all my fault. Everyone can find good quests and learn many six or seven-level good songs. I can't find such a quest... "
Seeing her about to cry, I was also worried for her. I'm an only child, and I've never experienced being a big brother in my life. Today, it's my first time to feel it. Now, in my heart, this little girl is more important than myself. I just don't want her to suffer any injustice.
I tried singing the songs I learned to see if she could learn them. Senorita really had talent. She quickly learned the tune of the song and sang it without any out-of-tune. However, the songs she learned in this way were still pleasant, but the system didn't consider it a skill, so there was no increase in emotional value at all. Suddenly, I recalled the "book-making method" that the bookstore owner had taught me before. So, I took out a piece of fur, used the "writing technique" skill, and applied the book-making method. I added "Pastoral Song" in the auxiliary column. However, the system warned that the book-making failed.
Not discouraged, I used various materials such as fur and wood in succession, writing with all my heart. Finally, after failing five times, I succeeded in creating the first sheet music for a song.
The attributes of the sheet music: "Severely damaged 'Pastoral Song', song level nine."
The Senorita looked at all this in surprise and quickly took the sheet music. After using it, she could immediately sing "Pastoral Song". This time, our emotional value reached six.
I was also extremely excited in my heart. Previously, I had only used the writing technique to write announcements and village rules, but the things I produced had no attributes at all. They were just pasted on the wall for new players in the village to see. I also tried to write a book on skills, but it was always a reminder that my skill level was insufficient and the book-making failed. Today, this sheet music was the first book I had written. Maybe it was even the first book created by a player in the game so far. Ha ha.
My "writing passion" was uncontrollable. I repeatedly made books. After dozens of attempts, I finally wrote a "damaged 'Pastoral Song', song level eight." The other three songs I knew also became level nine.
The Senorita jumped excitedly. This was also the first time she had received an eight-level sheet music. She carefully used it and sang with all her heart, raising our emotional value to nine.
But I was clearly conquered by Senorita's singing. "My horse, oh, accompany me across the vast land. Today, I have come to this magical place. The sky's eagle flies for me, the distant sunset shines on my chest. I am intoxicated in the vast grassland..."
I closed my eyes and remained in the mood of the pastoral song for a long time. The herdsmen behind me also jumped excitedly and danced around Senorita. Seeing this scene, Senorita's face turned red with excitement. Her singing became even brighter. At this moment, she excitedly shouted: "It's done! The emotional value has reached ten! 5555555..."
I slowly opened my eyes. In my heart, I felt. Although the game console is very advanced, it can only calculate the effect based on the singer's level and song level. However, it cannot reflect the true value of the song. Senorita only has advanced singing skills, and she sang only an eight-level song. But I believe that what I heard just now was the most beautiful song in the world.
Suddenly, a "task item" named Dongnao appeared in my hand. I handed it to Senorita and we sang loudly all the way to the Lost Village.