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"Welcome to the world of Alien War. Warning: To avoid network latency issues, please select the closest local cluster to you!"I hovered over a huge map of the world, made as if by a medieval cartographer - parchment yellow with age, puffy cheeks of the wind and, of course, the obligatory "dragons live here" somewhere in the western part of the map.Most of the map turned out to be inactive, in fact, the choice was between the continent, which occupied the entire eastern part, a tiny island in the northwest of it, and an archipelago in the southwestern part of the ocean, uninventively named Western."Recommended Clusters:Western HabitatOshtaniaLimbo"— Eh… Well, let's go first.The map of the continent unfolded, approached, filled with conventional icons, rivers stretched from the mountains, and scary monsters inhabited the forests."Please choose a starting location. Warning: the starting location determines your future class!Available locations:Khaang's handSuburb GaryGreat C
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Fulfillment is a duty, overfulfillment is an honor.- Went. And remember: you should always see at least one comrade.“Even in the toilet?”No, just look at him. “I got another slap on the back of the head. “I did so much good for him, I feed him, sing, I gave him the old instrument, and he is insolent to me. I will single out a partner and forbid my daughter to run to you, since you are so smart.We made the rest of the way to the square in silence: he, due to his taciturnity, and I, trying to figure out whether to be offended by him or wait a bit.Yes, people! Simes began as soon as we found ourselves in front of a crowd of miners not much different from him. “The miners reported that they saw an elemental again in the third drift, so today we are going to the second one.- There is no ore. - I heard a voice from the crowd.- And what is more important for you - to get the ore or keep your head on your shoulders? That's it. In addition, there was an old shield left, perhaps we will
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It’s just that the game conventions seem to be incomprehensible as the air coming here, like the work rate of a miner who needs to work not from here until lunch, but just hit a stone with a pick a couple of hundred times. So here.And here is another game convention. A skeleton, who knows how it ended up here. Quite human, clean, he lay with his arms crossed over his chest, as if he had died long before he was dragged here. But what a huge one! Of course, I was not the tallest, but this one was almost twice as tall as me! No, this would definitely not have passed according to our drifts. Perhaps there is another way?I put the lantern next to a strange skull, covered with skillful knitting, geometric patterns. Definitely not human, more likely belonging to some kind of monster. But here everything was just obvious - the deceased must have used this skull during his lifetime as a kind of helmet, protecting his head from blows.What was required to be proved - the skull-helmet easily s
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"You are exiting the location of the Mines. You are entering the location of the village of Eyautlmant (Mount), population - 120 people."Thanks, I wouldn't have guessed it myself.- People, move to the square for now, and we are behind the headman. Rob, with me.I nodded obediently. It seems that today I have already upset the foreman too much, so he will forbid my daughter to communicate with me. Which, of course, would not be desirable. Of all the people I met here, Agnis was the only one who treated me well.“Brigadier, what are we going to do with the elemental?” - I asked when we separated from the team and walked to the headman's detached hut.- What do they do with it? We'll wait until it leaves. He does not sit in one place for a long time - as soon as he realizes that there is no food, he will move on.Simes's words largely coincided with my thoughts, but one point still needed to be clarified.So we just wait? How do we know he's gone?- Miners. Simes answered curtly and po
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— Well, not personally Brother Foma, some paladins? I grumbled. - There must be people who do this?“The holy paladins are busy holding back evil spirits on the southern border of the Great Church, where all the abomination from the khaang abysses is rushing towards us. Would you like to draw boundaries?- So, did you eat it? Simes laughed. - My daughter is smart, don't put your finger in her mouth.- Dad!- I'll go home. Is there anything in the oven?- Yes, I put cabbage soup in the morning - as I knew that it would come in handy.- Shchi is good. Come on, feed your father.- Yes, dad. The brigadier and his daughter set off from the square.I went home too. I, unlike Simes, did not have caring female hands at home, so there was nothing to count on a hot dinner. But in the knapsack from the very morning the supplies that Agnis brought in the morning remained forgotten. It would be necessary to conduct an audit, to see what God sent."The working day is over. Check the equipment and t
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- Delicious? You eat, eat. Today, as I felt, my heart was out of place, and then, as it stung, I immediately realized that something had happened. Was it scary?- Highly. I answered honestly. - A person can be hit on the head if he threatens, but where to hit here? Unclear. Escaped.And rightfully so, he ran away. On some days, it used to happen that an elemental killed up to five men, but since you could get away from him so easily ... Dad says you are smart, if you work well, then in a couple of years you will take his place, take on a second brigade, and then we ... Then we…She blushed deeply, carefully looking away. She must have hinted at something. But for what? Who can tell them, women. Maybe tell her about the decoration? Even at that age, their head works differently - what if they come up with something?I imagined how she would react to the fact that I take off my pants, and refused this idea. One hundred percent will misunderstand, and explain to me later. No, by myself,
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J: It turns out that at the first level you can play only fifteen minutes a day? Not enough?Q: This is enough to understand whether you like the game, gain a couple of levels. And, of course, do not forget that time in the world of Tlalli flows much faster than in ours. These fifteen minutes feel like one and a half to two hours in the game.G: What is the maximum available level in the game?Q: At the moment, players can level up to level 100.J: That is, at this level, all restrictions are removed?in: That's right.J: Well, it's an interesting system. Moving on to the next question: according to rumors, you categorically refuse to create an official portal with information about the game world. What is it connected with?Q: For two reasons. Firstly, we want to allow players to explore the world of Tlalli themselves, to seek and find something unknown, and thus contribute to the unofficial wiki of the project. And secondly, our game evolution system allows the game to evolve consta
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Again a familiar screensaver. Hello, Tlally, or whatever you are. Here I am!A crawler hangs in my memory, which was not useful last time, but here, as with any other prevention, it’s better to be careful! It is quite possible that this time someone will feel the urge to do the same with me as with Rosa or Edik, then I will have at least some chance.Rob, in a gray shirt and trousers tied with a rope, winked at me, threw a pickaxe over his shoulder - the Tlalli map approached, moved up, leaving Coldreach Mountains in the center - we are at home.Five days. In the time that I waited for the game restriction counter to reset, five days had passed in this world. In principle, I can be anywhere, so you should prepare for everything!"Connection successful. Welcome!"I opened my eyes in a familiar hut. But this time, in splendid solitude - the wind blew into the room through the open shutters, playing with the coquettish curtains of the authorship of the same indestructible Agnis, there wa