\"I see, brother, have you heard the rumors about the Prime Minister?\"
"No, I haven't heard of it. Did something happen?"
"Miss Prime Minister's mission is to be escorted, but only one cor mission is given. Because of this, the player's reputation among NPCs seems to be very bad, and they are asked to take some useless missions."
Sure enough, Kirito thought so. High-level missions are usually supposed to be high-end store-bought equipment that can give you four digits of cor, but the reward is only one cor.
This is not an unworthy story, so it is natural to be criticized. Even if the Prime Minister himself has no ill intentions, he will inevitably be criticized. Silica looked at the Prime Minister with a sad face.
\"It seems that because of the spread of such stories, there are very few people to guide the Prime Minister, and the only ones doing the task are those who are looking for hidden elements.\"
"However, I'm afraid the number of people doing this kind of thing is decreasing. In fact, the chief mission has not changed much."
"Yeah, maybe because of this, the Prime Minister was wandering around the city and no one took the mission. Although he had the mission, he was attacked at will."
Kirito glanced sideways at Lisbeth, who was as sad as Silica, and then turned his attention to the Prime Minister beside him again. The Prime Minister is of course an NPC that exists in this world, and has tasks that players need to complete.
However, the mission was not accepted and he ended up wandering around the city, no longer his original role. Moreover, he didn't seem to notice this at all, just listening to Kirito and the others talking from a distance.
I thought it was a pity when I first discovered that it was an NPC without a name. This time I felt even more pity.
(...)
We'd love to find a way out of this situation, but as a player all we can do is accept, complete, and complete the Prime Mission. All I can do is buy a cor.
Finally, when Leafa shouted to Lilan as if she had remembered something, I could only come to this conclusion.
"Hey, Lilan, don't you know something? Can't you scan Prime Minister-chan or find some mistakes in Prime Minister-chan?"
Lilan crossed her arms, with a difficult expression on her face. It's like he's trying to report something he's already done.
"It's a pity that we can't do that. Even if we had the scanning capability, it would be difficult to apply it to the prime minister on the server of the company that runs this game. Maybe there will be some anomalies, but "our hands." It seems impossible to know. "
Immediately afterwards, Lilan reacted as if she had remembered something.
Kirito was curious about what happened and listened to what happened. When Kirito and his friends were in school, they were constantly accepting tasks from the Prime Minister. It seemed that something had changed, and they were gradually protecting them. With the Prime Minister. The distance is getting farther and farther.
"Is the distance getting longer? Does this mean the Chief's mission is underway?"
"As usual, he only gave me one colonel, and it looks like this guy's mission is making progress."
"So, does that mean you're finally going to understand something?"
Lilan shook her head in response to Lisbeth's question.
"I don't know that. I don't think we'll know what's going to happen in the future until it actually happens. Until then, pursuing the Premier League might really be a mistake by management."
Kirito has been thinking about the same thing since letting Yui browse the premiere. All the Prime Minister's states are considered initial states, as if even the name has not been decided yet. Despite this, the premier exists as a task NPC and can indeed complete the task, but he can only receive one cor.
I can't help but think that the Prime Minister has made some kind of developmental mistake.
"Yeah the weird thing is that all the statuses are 'empty' and the weird thing is that you can only receive a cor. One thing to do here
Just when he was about to say this, a window appeared in front of Kirito. It looks similar to a smartphone call screen, with a Start and Decline buttons at the bottom and the name of the person you're calling at the top. Kirito was surprised and happy when he saw the name of the person on the other end of the phone.
The alarm sound coming from there must have reached their ears. The five girls reacted immediately and looked at Kirito. It didn't take long for Lisbeth to speak.
\"What is that sound? I mean, Kirito, what is that?\"
\"Ah, it seems that you all received a call from an acquaintance. Let's go back to the hotel first.\"
After confirming that everyone tilted their heads but nodded at the sudden instruction, Kirito led the five of them back to the hotel room. When he walked into his room, the call had been hung up, but when Kirito pulled out a window and operated it, the content changed to the call screen just now, and the call finally started.
\"Private, Kirito-kun!\"
"No. 7, I'm sorry for not coming out sooner."
Everyone except the Prime Minister was surprised to hear the sound coming from the window, and everyone gathered around Kirito again. The next person to speak was Lisbeth.
\"Kirito, is that what you mean? Or rather, that voice just now\"
\"Oh, I wonder if that voice is Liz-chan?\"
Lyfa raised her voice in surprise when she heard the sound of window.
"After all, it's Xiao Qi! Can you call me Xiao Qi?"
\"Is that voice Leafa-chan? Maybe Kirito-kun is not Yui-kun.
\"Ah, Liz, Silica, Leafa, and Lilan have another guest.\"
\"Kirito-san, what is this function? Does this game have such a function?\"
After hearing Silica's question, Kirito began to explain.
This feature is not added to this game, but is an app developed by Seven that allows voice conversations between the VR world and the real world. There are various limitations during the prototyping stage. However, if you use it, you will be able to connect with people in the real world in the virtual reality world.
Its purpose and development intention is mainly to be able to get in touch with the real world in emergency situations, but it can be used even in non-emergency situations, as the conversation with No. 7 just now proves. .
When Kirito finished explaining the existence of such an application, if it had existed when the [SAo] incident broke out, it could have changed the situation in many ways.
"Xiaoqi is still very good at developing such an application."
"Also, I'm grateful to you. Thanks to you, we were able to participate in the closed beta of this highly competitive game."
When Lilan said this behind Leafa, Xiao Qi laughed.
Originally, SA:o closed beta tickets were distributed nationwide, and only players selected through a lottery could participate.
Originally, Kirito and his friends had to be one of the lottery winners to participate, but since Seven participated in the development of SA:o, Kirito and his friends were able to receive the lottery directly from Seven. Receive a ticket to the SA:o closed beta and be able to log into SA:o.
\"Anyway, you were popular as the heroine in \"ALo\" and are now developing \"SA:o\". That's why you gave us tickets for beta testing, but in a sense , isn’t this an abuse of power?”
""That is not true. I was just borrowing my name, but I wasn't actually allowed to do anything. Looks like we finally got the tickets to invite everyone.
\"The reason why the virtual character can be taken over is because \"SA:o\" reuses the \"SAo\" server and data, and also uses \"seed\". This is really a bold move. From above Poke that game’s stats.”
Hearing Kirito's words, No. 7 smiled bitterly.
Although they were able to take over their avatars and log into the world of SA:o, the important seven themselves were still unable to make it to this world. The reason is that Xiao Qi, a thirteen-year-old but world-famous scientist, is busy with research and development.
It felt ironic that while he was working on a game, he couldn't play it. Xiaoqi himself seemed to be very dissatisfied with the current situation, complaining words came from the window.
"Actually, I would like to hang out with everyone right now, but I have an urgent research project to do, so I can't. However, we need to clean up before the official service starts and catch up in time for the "ground mission" of online
"\"Ground mission\"?"
\"Ground Exploration\".
The classification of tasks is different from other tasks. By completing the tasks, the world view and story of the game itself will be revealed, thus unlocking various elements. I also heard the name of the stand-in in \"SAo\". , \"ALo\" and Swart Alfheim in \"ALo\".
Because the world of \"SAo\" is \"SA:o\", I expected that such a thing would exist, but when this sentence came out of the developer's mouth, I was shocked. Kirito was also a little surprised.
"Is there such a thing as a 'ground mission' in this world?"
"Yes. This is a large-scale event mission for the official server, and the story will unfold according to the setting of this Andi. I think I shouldn't say this. Sorry, please keep it a secret.
Just after everyone laughed at Xiaoqi's carelessness, Kirito noticed the girl sitting next to him and asked Xiaoqi.
\"By the way, speaking of missions, No. 7, there's something I'm curious about.\"
\"Oh, something happened\"
Kirito saw Premier sitting next to him - more accurately, sitting on the bed between him and Lilan.
Although Premiere only reacted inorganically, she seemed to respond appropriately to the gaze and stared into Kirito's black eyes with her light blue eyes. With this in mind, Kirito explained to Seven the strange story about the Prime Minister and the Prime Minister's mission and so on as clearly as possible.
No. 7 tilted his head at the beginning, but he kept listening to me. After the story was over, No. 7 finally gave me the answer.
'It's a very strange story. It's obviously strange that everything is set to "empty" and you only get a cor as a quest reward.
"I guess. Then we thought it was the developer's fault"
“This is not true”
The core of this "SA:o" is "seed". \"the Seed\" is implemented by slightly modifying the core program "Cardinal System" used in \"SAo\", so VRmmo produced in \"the Seed\" can run normally. .
However, in this "SA:o", despite the use of a "seed", the "radix system" is the same as the fully specified version in "SAo".
The "Cardinal System", which was originally designed to require no human intervention, is also capable of self-healing errors, while the "SA:o" running on its full-spec version is said to be able to notice things that would never be noticed by hand. Errors and mistakes so if there are any errors or mistakes it can be corrected immediately.
'But it's still weird. In fact, the Npc is moving normally.
"Ah, actually that strange Npc is right next to me."
"Uh. Does that mean you heard about this too?\"
Just as there was a hint of impatience in Xiaoqi's voice, Kirito suddenly looked to the side.
We were talking about something that had to do with the Prime Minister himself, which anyone here would surely understand, but the Prime Minister just sat there and stared blankly.
There was no sign of understanding what the other party was saying, which made Kirito feel relieved.
"Yes, but they don't seem to understand what we are talking about."
"Well, from the NPC's perspective, it's a meta-story, so there's no way they can understand it.
However, if this is a design error, then it can't exist and the Cardinals should fix it in the first place. So in the end, that Npc's behavior was a bit strange. "
"Does this mean the Cardinal has not realized this was a mistake? However, this person's behavior is clearly strange. If you were to report this to management"
\"Deletion procedures will be processed immediately\"
Everyone was surprised by the interaction between Lilan and Number Seven, but Kirito thought about it and shrugged.
I've been casually watching the premiere so far, but the premiere has no title at all and the missions it offers make no sense.
From the perspective of management and the Cardinals, it is nothing more than an entity with errors and bugs, and will be judged to be a risk of causing major problems in the future.
What Xiao Qi said was cruel, but I can only say that it is in his interests.
"This is not true..."
\"Prime Minister, are you going to be deleted!?\"
Leafa and Silica said with sad faces, while Lisbeth and Lilan had similar expressions, and the person in front of them was the Prime Minister. It's as if the person involved had no idea what would happen to them, which makes it all the more tragic.
\"——But, this is too pitiful, so I hope you just leave it like this.\" That's right, Kirito-kun.
""
\"Good-hearted Kirito-kun, you don't want that Npc to be erased, right? So I won't say anything about it. Because I have a heart like a goddess.
After hearing this, everyone except the Prime Minister breathed a sigh of relief and relaxed. Although Seven and they are close and get along well, Kirito believes that they will do their best as a development team.
In the end, I couldn't help but feel relieved that number seven on their side won.
\"I, I understand. I will be very grateful to you, No. 7.\"
``It doesn't matter. However, please be careful. That Npc might cause big trouble.
Currently, nothing is set up for premier, but that doesn't mean major issues won't arise in the future. If something happens, premiere may be deleted. As I took this thing to heart, Lelan shouted out the window.
"Ah, we will take care of you while you are away, so don't worry."
\"Yes, please, Lilan-chan\"
"Also, you have a sister. As your sister, you should contact her from time to time."
"Of course. Despite this, I still keep in touch with him from time to time, so he understands. However, the words of a sister with one brother and three sisters are very convincing.
After the ALo incident ended, Relan and Lilan became friends. Perhaps because they had a sister, the two hit it off and started chatting more often. Nowadays, whenever Relan and Lilan meet, the topics they talk about tend to focus on their sister and brother. As a younger sister, Lilan must have been deeply touched by her words, because she and her sister hit it off immediately.
\"Then, Kirito and the others, please play hard.\" The internal beta also includes debugging.
"Hey, are you going to let us hunt for bugs?"
"Joke. Still, there can be some really unexpected mistakes, so please be as careful as possible eh? Ugh!\"
Everyone was startled, No. 7 suddenly shouted loudly, and Lisbeth raised her voice slightly and said to the window.
\"Wha, what's wrong, No. 7? Something happened.\"
"No, I almost missed it." Kirito-kun, I have something to ask you.
"Uh, what's wrong, Xiaoqi?"
\"Kirito-kun, did you meet Alice-san in \"SA:o\"?\"
iris. He was one of the staff who developed SAo, the world where "SA:o" is located, and created the super-advanced artificial intelligence here, including Relan, his brother Jupiter, his sister Yui, and Strea. A psychiatrist who is Kirito's collaborator and Sinon's personal physician.
After surviving "SAo" together, he joined "ALo" and exerted his power as a member of the strategy team, often being consulted by Kirito and Sinon.
However, recently, Alice's appearance has become less and less. One day, she suddenly asked Kirito to let her find Lilan and Jupiter's sister Quinella, and she took Quinella somewhere. oops.
Since then, he has not received any calls, has not even appeared on "ALo", and can be said to have disappeared. And I haven't met Alice or anyone like her in the past three days, nor have I heard from her.
"No, I haven't seen you. What's wrong with Alice?"
\"Oh, I haven't met you yet.\"I thought I had met you. \"
\"Hey, Xiao Qi, you have been worried about Teacher Alice for a while, but what is the problem?\"
When Leafa asked, No. 7 shut up. Just when Kirito wanted to ask loudly what happened, Number Seven spoke again.
\"Kirito-kun, you know. When I looked at the development team's data, I saw that Alice was there.
Except for the premier, everyone else was surprised and shouted loudly. If the soundproofing system was not in place, it would definitely cause complaints from the next room. Alice's de facto daughter Lilan immediately asked Seven.
"You mean Alice is working on this game?"
"No. It's not clear yet. However, it seems that Dr. Serizawa's name is in the Alice-san development team. So I think maybe Alice-san also used this authority to SA:o
Indeed, Alice was originally a developer of "SAo", so it is not surprising that her name was included in the development team of "SA:o".
However, if this is the case, they will definitely come to talk about it, and most importantly, they will issue us the closed beta coupons earlier than Seven. And he must have logged in and greeted us earlier than anyone else.
However, I have been unable to contact Alice so far, and even my exclusive patient, Shino, has not said anything.
\"No, I didn't see him. Shino didn't seem to see him either.\"
"Is that so? I think I'll try asking the Japanese development team. I'm curious about Alice's involvement in the development.
\"Ah, give it a try. We'll go find Alice-san too. You can do the same, so please don't overdo it.\"
After Kirito said this, Seven said the usual greeting of "Darth Vidania" and hung up the phone.
Seven's country is the United States, and there is a big time difference with Japan, so if it is night in Japan, then it is morning in the United States. Work is about to begin on the 7th.
When will Seven, who has a deeper friendship with them, come to SA:o?
So is there Alice in this "SA:o"? What will happen to premier in the future? Kirito's mind was filled with worries. Just then, Silica looked worried and shouted to me.
\"Kirito-san, how are you, Prime Minister?\"
"I don't know either, but let's see what happens now. Maybe we'll learn something from it."
If you look next door, you'll see the premiere that people have been talking about for a long time.
Sure enough, the expression on her face was almost expressionless, but there must be something hidden in this premiere.
And, if what Seven says is true, Alice probably knows something about the Prime Minister.
Regardless, the important thing is to find what Premier and Alice may have. Kirito thought as he continued to stare at the inorganic girl.
Five days have passed since the \"SA:o\" closed beta began, but nothing has changed.
SA:o is still in closed beta, it's a trial version, if you have a certain skill level you can move into the in-depth version. The official service has not been launched yet, and the only logged-in users are winners. Even though three or five days had passed, the number and appearance of the players seen in the city had hardly changed.
If there is any change in this world compared to five days ago, it is that I have made some progress in conquering tasks and maps, and I have also successfully penetrated into the first area, the Great Plains of Loustoria.
In recent times, perhaps due to the influence of other players' strategies, the number of event tasks set in the Lustria Plain has increased, and the number of player discussions has also increased.
However, few people talk about the mission related to the Prime Minister, and the mission of the Prime Minister is already only Kirito and the others. However, the first task is also an escort task. As before, the reward is only 1 core, and there is no special difference.
To be honest, the destination set by Premiere is getting farther and farther away, and I feel that the story of the mission is not progressing.
There was no doubt that something was going to happen in the first mission, there were too few unusual events or changes there, but Kirito was worried that they might give up before they got to that point.
After logging into SA:o, Kirito immediately left the hotel and headed to the city. I usually have school so I can't log in during the day, but today is Saturday. You could log in and play SA:o in the morning, so Kirito dived into the water after breakfast.
"So, how far do you want to go today?"
"It's okay to go out to fight, but are there any consumables? There have been a lot of dungeon missions recently, so I probably rarely go to the prop shop."
The person who answered Kirito was Lilan, who was walking beside Kirito at this moment. In the city, Lilan was forced to transform into a werewolf, with a pair of wolf ears and a wolf tail appearing on her head.
In ALo, this is something only the cait Sith tribe can see, so from the moment they log into SA:o, players around them are asking things like "Where did you get those beast ears and tail!?" The problem. Sent to us by us.
And until now, the surrounding players are still looking at Lilan with strange eyes. Perhaps because of this, Kirito, who was walking side by side with Lilan in werewolf form, had a somewhat complicated mood.
"Think about it, but the strategy is not that difficult. As long as you have a certain number of items, you can do anything. It seems that you have a lot of recovery skills." Excellently. "
"But you still have to be prepared just in case. Yes, in case of an emergency."
Ever since we met in the world of SAo death game, Lilan taught me how to survive in the death game, but even after SAo ended and I went to ALo, even after I came to "SA:o\", Still going on.
Although the world of game-ending death ended two years ago, the habits and feelings from that time remain. Lelan's shoulders continued to hold strength as he felt like he was still in the world of the Death Game.
Kirito guessed this easily and interrupted Lilan.
"Lilan, I've said it many times, but the death game is over, and your shoulders no longer need to bear so much force."
"!"
The SAo survivor, the blond girl with wolf ears, raised her ears in shock. Perhaps remembering what she said in ALo, Lilan's ears slowly drooped and her face became droopy.
"...Yes."
\"Didn't ALo say it before? The world we live in is an absolutely safe Amusphere. We are no longer an environment where you will die at the end of the game.\"
\"Yes. But since I came to this world, it has been of no use. Especially this city. Since I landed in this city again, it has been of no use.\"
It’s not that I don’t understand Lilan’s mood. In fact, this 'Starting City' is the place where the SAo death game's starting ceremony is held, and where the 10,000 trapped players are filled with sadness, despair and other negative emotions.
Even though he was sealed as mhhp unit 01, he watched this scene as if hell had opened up, and the person who caused this situation was him, and the de facto creator of SAo, Kayaba Akihiko, was his father. Lilan.
Although it is a different world now, a different "City of Origin", "SA:o" has exactly the same scenery as the world where my father took away the lives of four thousand players.
No wonder I remember that time like a recurring illness. Kirito noticed this again and gently placed his hand on Lilan's head, who lowered her head. I opened my mouth and looked at Lilan's red eyes. Lilan raised her head and was a little surprised.
"Lilan, let me say what I said before again. The death game is over, and your mission has also been renewed. Your mission now is to enjoy the world as it is with me."
At this point, Lilan's eyes mixed with wolf characteristics opened. Finally, he seemed to remember his mission, his face lit up, and his ears that had been sleeping perked up.
\"That's right. My mission is to play with you in this world as your 'acquaintance'. Being with you has become so obvious that I may have forgotten."
"Yeah, I'm glad you can protect me, but don't put too much pressure on your shoulders."
When he slowly let go, Lilan smiled and said, "Let me do it."
For now, Lilan is an existence with the same nature as the NPCs existing in this world, generally called AI. The other NPCs are just fulfilling their roles, and even expressing their emotions are just doing what they were designed to do, without any will of their own.
However, Lelan - or more accurately, his younger siblings - sometimes thinks or forgets about his role, let alone enjoying things with humans, and even behaves like this.
I think the term artificial intelligence does not apply to Lilan and his younger siblings. Their intelligence and hearts are unmatched by artificial intelligence developed by ordinary companies. Kirito often wondered if he should give it a different name and consider it its own entity.
However, Kirito knew that if he entered a thinking state now, he might cause unnecessary worry to Lilan, so he put his thoughts behind him and turned to the front.
"So, what do we do now?"
Just then, the door to the building on Kirito's right opened. You can tell from the sign that this is a jewelry store. Kirito and Lilan were both a little surprised when they saw two players walking out.
A petite girl with long black hair, wearing white and pink clothes. The person accompanying him was wearing a revealing green combat uniform, a blue scarf wrapped around his body, and he had half-long black hair tied on his temples. She was a girl. It was Yui and Shino who could now be called Kirito's family.
"Mom, are you okay?"
\"Yeah. There are a lot of things that are a little different. I'm considering changing to a different store, but Yui, can you still go?\"
"I agree. I can stay with you until I find something mom thinks is good."
"I hope that next time I can come this far, I don't know if it would be better to do a task or do something."
Kirito and Lilan approached the two of them and clearly saw that they were a parent and child who were shopping. Soon, Yui noticed the two of them, waved slightly, and called out.
"Ah, dad and sister!"
\"Ah, Kirito. And Lilan.\"
\"Hey, you two. Shino came early today. What are you doing?\"
"Yes, Mom."
Yui was about to say something, but Shino interrupted her with a look of surprise. It happened so suddenly that even Yui Yi was surprised.
\"Hey, Yui. You don't have to tell Kirito.\"
"I understand. But I think I should tell my dad about this."
"Yeah, but that's not true. It's just my personal thing, so I don't need to involve my dad."
If I find something, it's probably something bad, or something I'm trying to hide from Kirito. Hearing Shino's words, Kirito half-opened his eyes. This must have some ulterior motives.
\"Yeah. Shino-san, are you doing something to me behind my back?\"
Shino seems clumsy when pushed. He must be hiding something after all. What exactly is that? Just as I was getting closer to him with a sense of mischief, Lilan suddenly spoke.
"Well, this store"
"What's wrong, what's wrong, Lilan?"
When Kirito stopped approaching Shino and turned around, Lilan began to speak.
It is said that the accessory store where Yui and Shino were located did not exist five days ago and is undergoing some kind of change.
The change is the replacement of employee Npc. Five days ago, this jewelry store had a female Npc employee assigned, but starting around yesterday, a male Npc employee was assigned.
"Npc was replaced? Is it true?"
\"Ah. From the beginning of the closed beta to the day before yesterday, there were indeed female NPCs as employees in the store. However, starting from yesterday, they became male NPCs. Isn't it, Shino?\""
Shino was a little surprised to be sprayed, and then turned back to the store as if she was remembering something.
"I remembered, yes, there is a male Npc working as an employee in this jewelry store, but when I came here last time, a female Npc was working."
If it were a real store, the number of employees would vary based on the shifts of employees and part-timers. However, in this world, the NPCs who serve as store employees will not change unless there are special events. There's no point in doing something like this without an event.
If what Lilan said is true, then something strange must be happening in this store. Kirito understood and immediately put his finger on his chin.
"What happened to the Npc? Did something happen?"
"No, Dad, we haven't confirmed whether such an incident has happened recently. It seems that the NPC in this store was replaced for no reason."
She is Riran's sister and because she is an AI, she is not responsible for events and other events. What Yui said, who can investigate her, will always be true. Since besides Rilan, Yui also said this, then something must have happened to the NPC in this store. However, Kirito is now unable to find out his true identity.
"I can't figure it out. I'm sure something is going on."
"Even if I think about it here, I can't seem to understand anything. Moreover, I don't know if this phenomenon only occurs here."
After hearing Shino's words, Kirito thought further. Indeed, if the NPC change this time only occurs to the clerk of this jewelry store, then it is likely to be some kind of coincidence, or it may just be some kind of malfunction of the NPC of the clerk of this jewelry store. .
First of all, the game itself is still in the closed beta stage, and even Qihao, who is participating as one of the developers, is worried that some problems may arise. Don't be surprised if something goes wrong.
"That's the problem. I haven't heard of anything like this happening anywhere else except this place. I guess this only happens to NPCs who work in this jewelry store."
"Welcome to Lizbeth Arms! If you're using this service, please get in line here! This is the last time!"
Just when I was about to say this, a familiar voice came into my ears again. If you listen carefully, you can hear a lot of people making noise.
As I looked around for the source, I saw players lining up at a booth not far from Kirito and his friends. At the same time, a girl with brown hair tied into twin tails held something like a placard and shouted loudly, as if she had merged into the snake-shaped team.
When we saw the girl clearly, everyone was slightly surprised. Lilan blinked and said:
"Isn't that silica? What does it do?"
"I mean, where's the line? It looks like they're all players."
When everyone was looking at Silica and the players in line, Kirito was surprised to discover something.
The queues that can be seen in the real world when a new product is released. The weavers' destination was Lizbeth and Lilan's arms store, which had just opened five days ago.
Lisbeth, who has been running a blacksmith shop since SAo, has mastered the professional skills in weapon manufacturing and maintenance, and also opened a blacksmith shop in "SA:o". They use their blacksmith skills to help maintain their players' weapons, as well as develop and produce new weapons.
However, among those selected as SA:o internal beta testers, there seemed to be almost no SAo survivors, and there were many users of the new Lizbeth weapon shop born in SA:o. In the end, most of the players were Kirito. As well as other people who are already good friends with Lisbeth, other players rarely come over.
Even Kirito couldn't hide his surprise when he saw a long queue in the "Reborn Lisbeth Arms Shop". If Kirito and others didn't use it, they would chirp like abandoned birds. Finally, Yui must have realized this, pointing to the front of the group and making a sound of surprise.
"That's Liz's store. There's a line at Liz's store!"
Sinon was taken aback, and looked at the front of the team as if to confirm whether this was true or not. I couldn't help but be surprised that there was such a long line at Lizbeth's store.
"Indeed. There's a line forming at Liz's store. But why?"
Immediately afterwards, Silica, who was holding a placard and yelling, met Kirito's eyes. Perhaps because she didn't expect Kirito and the others to come, Silica seemed a little impatient, and then hurriedly ran towards Kirito and the others.
\"Kirito-san!\"
"Silica, there seems to be a queue in Liz's store, what's going on?"
"There's nothing I can do about it!"
Silica told me the situation, looking incredibly angry and impatient.
Originally, in this 'City of Origin', there was a blacksmith shop run by a female NPC. It is mainly used by players who do not know Lisbeth's skills, and this shop is quite popular, perhaps because the female NPC who runs the shop is cute.
But yesterday, something strange happened. The girl Npc who was supposed to run the store suddenly disappeared from the store, and a male Npc seemed to replace her in running the store.
"Has there been any change in the blacksmith Npc? Has something similar happened here?"
"I don't know because I haven't used it, but the male NPC at the blacksmith always seems to be very bossy. Even if the forging fails, he not only doesn't feel bad, but also seems to have been framed." As someone who irritates me. yes"
"It was so uncomfortable to use that people started going to Liz's store."
When Shino said this in shock, Silica added.
At first, there were only enough people for Lisbeth to manage herself, but as time went on, the line grew longer and longer.
Lisbeth felt helpless. She shouted to Silica and Lilan who were logged in, asking Lilan to help her and Silica act as guides.
That seems to be the case now that Lisbeth and Lilan are working together to maintain and produce weapons for a long line of players, and both are improving their forging skills with each passing day.
It's good for Lisbeth and Lelan to have customers, and they can improve their blacksmith skills by maintaining and producing weapons. This is indeed a way to kill two birds with one stone, but the long queue of players may not be happy.
While imagining the hardships of the two being unable to participate in the raid and being forced to deal with weapons and equipment in the store, Kirito kept thinking about the events that led to the current situation.
"...I can't believe something like this happened here."
The reason why Lizbert's shop is so busy is because the NPC of the blacksmith shop of the ancestor city has been replaced, and the image and atmosphere are worse. Examples of famous employees. Poetry was visited. and
So far, I think this is a local error or failure, but if similar things happen to the blacksmith shop, I will not be able to exclude it.
There is no doubt that this city -no, it is strange things in all NPCs in this world.
Presumably Poetry also got the same answer as Kirito, and shouted to me with a little worried expression on her face.
\ "Kirito, this is \"
\ "Ah, the NPC of this world seems to have a problem, let Alfa investigate. \"
Next, Lilan turned to Kirito to say to him.
"I think it is a good idea to check if the NPC at the scene is."
"Yeah, let's go out to conquer the battlefield first, and see if there are any strange NPCs there."
Kirito opened the message window, specified Algo as the receiver, and then operated the holographic keyboard. At the same time, there are more and more players to the Lizbert Store, and the "New Liz Better Weapon Store" has become extremely prosperous. After witnessing the turmoil of the "starting city", Kirito went to the current strategic field -Liusia Grassland.
Originally Kirito went out to go out with Shi Nai and Lilan, but after seeing the New Liz Bett Military Store so prosperous, he stopped in the portal square and met someone.
A blue -haired young man, wearing a blue and white warfare and light armor. During the battle, the Cavaliers acted as a tank, blocking the enemy's attack with a shield, and using a one -handed sword to perform a powerful sword skills to attack.
Diabel is a friend who has worked with many monsters in \ "SAO \" with many monsters and spending difficulties in the same difficulty. During the \ "SAO \" period, he was the boss of the Grand Guild, known as the Shenglong Alliance.
When I stopped at the Portal Square, I found it. When I called it, I heard that Diabelu was going to the battlefield. Kirito felt that the destination was exactly a good idea, so he invited Diaburu to attend the party.
Diabel, who was originally a friend, did not refuse, so Kirito, Shi Nai, Lan, and Diabel decided to go to the Posia Grassland.
\ "ALO \", Swad Yafheim, is a vast grassland that is bigger than the first game. The continuous warm wind blows, sway the plants and produce music -like effects. If you look at it from a distance, you can see the forest and the forests composed of many trees, and the lush mountains. After the tour, this may be the best place for picnic.
When I was walking in the field, Diabel looked around and shouted to me.
"In short, this world is really similar to that world, reminding me of a lot of things."
From the first layer of Eyerlangt to Diaburu on the 100th floor, the obvious nostalgia was revealed in his eyes.
\ "Everyone said that, but this world is indeed very similar to that \" SAO \ ", and in fact, the structure of \" City of Origin \ "has almost no change.
Therefore, sometimes Kirito feels that he really returns to that world, but after understanding Diabel's difference, he found that this is not the case and gave the answer.
"Indeed. But you know, not everything is in that world."
"Ah, Lilan looks different, and the structure of the map is different. This world is a different world, which is very similar to that world."
"Yes. This is why this field is different. Let us play like playing different games."
Dirbaru laughed "ah", and suddenly showed a expression on his face as if he realized what.
"Kirito, do you say that Lan would fly? With Lilan's wings, he seemed to be able to fly directly in the BOSS area as if he could fly in the sky."
SA: After the beginning of the test of O, Kirito thought so, but this is not the case.
The concept of \ "Beast Trainer \" also exists in \ "SA: O \". Not only Kirito, Silika and other players can also use \ "to make the magic \". This "magic pet" can also be converted from the standard game of The SEED, so if you are a "dragon trainer" player in \ "alo \", you can use the powerful "magic pet" to bring the dragon to the dragon to the dragon to \ "SA: O \".
Because of this, Lan -is actually adapted, because there is data from werewolfs -even on SA: O land can become a werewolf with powerful power, but he could not fly in the sky. You can only move to the area where the player has passed and activated.
If the player tries to enter the area that has not been visited before, it will be blocked and taken off by the system wall, and cannot fly in an unrealized area.
It has been about five days since the internal testing, and it is far from the beginning of the starting area, so we have already flew about half of this prairie, but this is where Lan can fly, so it is limited.
This is not the restriction of Yiyi. When you enter the big BOSS war, there will be something under the HP and SP entries of the Dragon Dragon Dragon.
Yes, this is a measuring instrument obtained by Kirito after seeing Lilan in SAO.
Originally, only Kirito owns, but now it is suitable for all SA: O dragon trainers and the beast trainer who uses a powerful demon pet, and it is suitable for all SA: O Dragon Dragons before this existing table is full. : O.] Will show different appearances.
By filling the measuring table and shouting the name of "Make Magic", "Make Magic" will restore the original form and can exert its strength, but it can only be zero again. In this \ "SA: O \", the "Dragon Trainer" and the large "Magic" "Beast Trainer" have special skills other than sword skills, and they can restore "Make Magic" to the original appearance. . Form and fight. This is like a skill, a nirvana.
When I said this in my own way, the expressions of Diabel and Shi Nai became complicated.
"Is this that? I thought if I had the power of Lilan, I could fly to anywhere, but the wholesaler Tonia is not wholesale?"
"I really don't know if this will bring inconvenience. In ALO, Li Lan can always be a dragon, and even in the BOSS battle, he is always a dragon."
"The situation is very different from then. Besides, if the" messenger "like me can fly freely, is there an unreasonable difference between the" dragon tamer 'and the non -dragon player player?
It sounds like the old woman's voice was passed on to my mind from the wolf dragon form. Although her face has the outline of the wolf, she has a complex expression that I can understand.
It is true that anyone can get the 'Magic', and anyone can become the "Beast Tamer", but not everyone can use the dragon for the first time, and it is too expensive to become the dragon that makes the magic. If it is convenient, there is a decisive difference between people who can get and cannot get.
In order to maintain the balance between these players, Lan and his powerful "dependents" have made various restrictions. Although Diabel was convinced that he understood the intention of the developer, he looked at Lan with envy eyes.
\ "It is indeed like this. However, if I can turn to" Mo Mo \ ", I should become" ALO \ "" "ALO \", "No," I should be "Dragon Trainer \" ''. ''
\ "No, it is not all the magic in the game. Lilan's power is just nirvana. We have sword war experience and sword skills, so we will continue to use it from now on.
Just as they had such trivial conversations, Kirito still stared closely at Lilan.
Unlike \ "ALO \", it can also form a human dragon fit in the BOSS battle. He is now combining with Lilan's man dragon. Although the situation is not as harsh as \ "SAO \", it is still necessary to pay attention to the timing of launch.
There is no doubt that if you go to the deepest part of the Lutria grassland you are conquering, you will encounter the so -called regional Boss or Raid Boss.
Before that, we must understand the power of this world's rebirth and the appropriate time to use it, and be able to make full use of it.
Although Kirito told everyone not to remember his time in SAO, Kirito still thought about his time when he became a animal trainer for the first time in SAO, and went forward with his partners.
Soon after, Kirito and others walked out of the grassland and found a dark cave -like place waiting for them.
However, it is not as dark as the ordinary cave. Looking up, you will see a crack on the ceiling. A small amount of sunlight pass through, and it has been exposed to the passage inside. Tunnel made from natural rocks.
Although rarely seen in the real world, it is easy to see and visit in the world of VRMMO. With a kind of gratitude, and the superiority of being able to step into such a place so easily, I move forward with some monsters inhabited there.
A few minutes later, Kirito and others noticed the situation ahead and stopped. In front of us, there may be a building that looks like obstacles or inspection stations at the exit of the rock tunnel.
When I turned my attention to the building channel to the next paragraph, I saw a monster there.
Many stones with patterns gathered together to form a slightly humanoid shape. The huge monsters, which often appear in fantasy works and role -playing games, blocked their way.
In the real world, if you show your passport or ID card, you will be allowed to pass the inspection station on the border, but the statue does not seem to accept such a thing or let you pass.
Not only does it appear in the first game, the scenes that appear in many places are BOSS battles, and you fight with monsters not even big BOSS. As soon as the time arrived, Kirito and others pulled out their weapons to prepare for the battle. At the same time, two 'life strips' on the top of the puppet head.
Perhaps the magic statue realized this and took the initiative. It emits the stuffy sound of all body stones and iron friction, approaching Kirito and others, and when the distance is reduced to the front, it violently waves a thick arm.
The roar sounded, and the earth rolled up, and the large pieces of soil and stones flew like bullets.
However, for Kirito who once defeated monsters, such attacks are nothing at all. I quickly stepped back, pulled away the distance from the statue, and avoided the arm of the statue and the flying bomb.
When the magic statue was attacked, Lilan walked in front of Kirito and launched an attack on the stone giant of the same size as the same size as herself.
Lilan's paws, each of which is like a sword with both hands, but sharply like a sword, breaking through the body of the magic. With a loud noise, the effect of the stone collapse of the body of the puppet body appeared, and the red damage effect appeared in the attack position.
But the magic statue did not show any signs of retreat, but slowly moved, recovering from the stiffness after the attack. Although the surplus in the "Life Strip" floating on his head is decreasing, it is not enough to cause effective damage.
No wonder. Lan's claws and horns, as well as the attacks from the one -handed sword they carried, are 'cut attributes', and the magic statue in front of him has resistance to this 'cut attribute'. monster.
Kirito, Diabel, and Lan only equipped with one -handed sword and two -handed swords that can only produce slash attributes. All these are the attributes of the magic statue type.
If Lizbet, who wields a stick with a "attack attribute" one hand, is here, the war will change tremendous changes. The situation may have improved, but the important Liz Bate is in the best state. She faced a large number of players in the "City of Ancestors'" and couldn't come out to attack at all. Kirito regrets that he should force himself to take Lizbert out, instead of seeing the boss like this.
However, since we have reached this step, we cannot shrink back, and the most important thing is that we have not been trapped by such BOSS. Diabel must have the same idea as Kirito, as he shouted. On the one hand, the distance between me and the magic statue suddenly took the closer. If you move towards the side, the puppet will turn around and cut it down with your arm to attack you.
Diabel was once the boss of the Grand Guild named Saint -Dragon Alliance, and even taught many Andina players to fight in ALO. Diabel's mobility on the battlefield attracted the enemy's attention and could defeat their attacks. The same as the status of Higan Keko is the former president of the SAO, known as the Blood Cavaliers. He is good at using shields to block attacks and launch counterattacks.
Diabel was just like inheriting the appearance at the time, and immediately defended the near -maggie's arm with a shield. The unique sound effect sounded, Diabell retreated, but it did not suffer much harm, and the magic statue also exposed the gap after the attack.
"Tia!!"
Diabelu didn't let go of this opportunity, yelled, wrapped the sword body of the one -handed one -handed sword in the blue light, and closer to the distance from the statue again, cutting four knives around the magic statue with rectangles. It released and tear the body's body horizontally.
The one -handed sword technique "Heng Fang" for four consecutive attacks.
It is a burst sword skill that exists from the \ "SAO \" era, but it is probably because it is a one -handed sword attack, which can only produce chopping attributes, and although it can cause the enemy's body to cause a certain damage effect, there is no \ "" " HP strip \ "cannot be effectively reduced.
Even so, the damage has been positive, Kirito and Shi Nai ran out at the same time, and Diabell, who returned to the back line, took turns attack.
Although it depends on the skill itself, after using the sword skills, you will be forced to freeze for a certain time. At this time, when Kirito exchanged with Shi Nai, when he exchanged offensive moves with other players to offset the attack, Kirito and Shi Nai divided into two groups.
When Kirito was in front of puppets and Shi Nai stood behind him, his puppet seemed to be confused for a while, revealing the gap.
"right here!!"
As if he was waiting for that moment he was waiting for that moment, Kirito wrapped the sword in his hand in a light blue light, rushed towards the statue, chopped, cut out the body six consecutive times, cut his body, and finally cut it. break. Move forward with cross movements to make the puppet lose their posture.
The double -holding skills of the two consecutive attacks "Double Revelation".
When I heard the explosion, when I saw the losing balance, Poetry seemed to be aimed at a hint and rushed forward.
“Eat this too!!”
Shi Nai ran, while the tip of the gun held by his hands shrouded the golden light, piercing a thorns. Under normal circumstances, any weapon will be repelled by the body of the stone puppet, but the cutting -edge blade is deeply pierced in it, causing physical damage.
High -output single attack sword skills \ "sound speed charge \".
Although they are both resistant to attribute attacks, they are continuously hit in different directions. It is definitely unbearable. The magic statue hit by Kirito and Shi Nai's sword skills is about to lose their posture. again..
However, at this time, the magic statue stood up as if it was resurrected. The upper body rotated at a high speed, wrapped his arms with a centrifugal force to attack, and swept the surrounding areas and Kirito and Shi. over there.
