It's difficult for a small group of people to protect a top-notch game with no tutorial, and most importantly, I'm too worried. Friends who must have felt this way all immediately joined Kirito's team. There were about fifteen people in total, as if they were going to participate in a raid boss battle.
The Prime Minister just tilted her head, and her companions were like guards protecting the princess, but perhaps because she was an AI that could grow, she seemed to feel some kind of happiness and joy. He went to the fields to see what was going on. is happening.
Kirito and his team, who were protecting the Prime Minister, went to the earliest area of the Lystia Grassland. There are no high-level mid-boss monsters on the grassland, only low-level monsters inhabit it.
This is where many novices use it to upgrade. Kirito predicts that even after the closed beta is over, there will be a large number of new players used to get used to the game and combat.
If the monsters here are our opponents, then even beginners and novices should be able to learn how to fight safely and support them ourselves if things get dangerous.
Foreseeing this, Kirito immediately directed Premier to find this wild boar monster with unique blue fur, which helped him conquer the first floor of SAo.
I believe they only have the skills of a first-time gamer, so they'll probably have plenty of opportunities to play. We must always be ready to support you. Kirito shouted to everyone while watching the Prime Minister get ready for battle, and then placed his hands on the hilts of the two swords in the scabbards on his back.
However, Kirito's expectations were betrayed in a positive way.
Initially, the Prime Minister was attacked by a wild boar monster and missed his attack and sword skills, but before the attack came, he gradually got out of the attack range and began to parry without dodging. He began to make such movements that his attack and sword skills became Perfect. I don’t know how many times that player is faster than the novice player.
While Kirito and others were stunned, Premiere continued to fight, learned combat knowledge, and engraved it into his body. In the end, even if the opponent he faced changed, he could react calmly and quickly. That's it. .
It arrived in less than an hour - Klein, who had struggled to deal with a wild boar monster before, adapted faster than the novice players and slumped his shoulders, while I couldn't help but be surprised by the others.
In the end, all the monsters on the field were eliminated, and everyone was waiting for another outbreak. Asuna shouted and everyone took a rest. I started taking a break away from the monster spawn point.
"Prime Minister, your strength has suddenly become stronger."
\"Ah, that's right.\"
Kirito nodded to Sinon, and Sinon couldn't help but be surprised. I thought \".o.\"'s strategy was just like when I was giving lectures to Klein, when the first level was unknown - I didn't know it was a death game, but it was a battle in the first moment. . After learning this, he will be able to deal with any monster just like he dealt with Sinon. Because he was too fast, Klein's shoulders drooped after being attacked by the wild boar monster and never recovered.
Lisbeth, Silica, Leafa and others gathered at the premiere and said words such as "Prime Minister, you are very strong" and "How strong can you become?" They must have been influenced by Impressively moved. The way she became strong. ta.
At this time, the Prime Minister looked at the companion beside her, looking like she was difficult to get along with, but her temperament changed from the cold machine-like feeling in her early years to that of a girl. Being a little out of touch with things.
Premiums have changed significantly in such a short period of time. At the same time that Kirito noticed this, Priya also took a step forward as if she had thought of something. He arrived just in front of Kirito and attracted the attention of his friends.
\"Kirito, I have a question.\"
"What? What happened to the Prime Minister?"
"Have I become stronger?"
Although Kirito was momentarily surprised by the sudden question, he immediately gave the answer.
"Ah, of course, the Prime Minister is becoming stronger at an alarming rate, and we didn't expect it."
\"Then, can I follow Kirito and the others?\"
As soon as the Prime Minister finished speaking, a "!" mark appeared above his head, as well as an SE named Picang. This is a quest marker. It seems that the Prime Minister's mission is now progressing.
Kirito immediately checked the mission content, but was surprised again. The mission proposed by the Prime Minister was the same as before, which was to escort the Prime Minister to a specific location, except that that location was now the center of the Great Plains of Ustria that they wanted to reach. ——To be precise, it points to the deepest part——.
If you try to look far in the Lystrian steppes, you can see mountains and forests, but if you walk a certain distance, you can see high mountains and hills in the distance, although they are not as high as mountains.
On that hill stood a building that looked like an ancient castle. It was larger than the buildings scattered across Europe in the real world. Its coordinates exactly corresponded to the center of the Lystrian steppe.
The Lystrian steppe itself is the place where a country was originally located. It can be said that it is set as the ruins of a lost country, and the castle is probably a symbol of this. And Kirito was discussing with his friends whether that was the location of the area boss they needed to defeat in order to liberate the next area of the Great Lystria Plain.
One of her friends, Yuki, was looking forward to the boss battle and watched Kirito's performance with interest. I said this while looking at the content on the screen and the mission content.
\"Kirito, where the Prime Minister pointed\"
"Ah, this is the castle we are going to. I think there should be something here that can further the Prime Minister's mission."
Kirito found this very convenient. Although Leustoria Prairie is the first area, it is very vast, so no small area has been searched yet. There are still many unknown areas, but when it comes to the location of the area boss, I chose a place that is spacious, larger, and more imposing than other places.
Thinking about it this way, it is easy to conclude that the regional boss of Loustoria Grassland is in the castle. And if this is true, he can take the Prime Minister without combat capability to the castle and interact with the regional boss.
If I were to take the Prime Minister with me who couldn't fight, it would be hopeless, but now I know the Prime Minister can fight and has so much potential, I can do whatever I want.
The boss battle started right after I started practicing combat - although it's a bit anxious, as long as the Prime Minister fights together, does his best, and fights while protecting the Prime Minister, he should be able to do it. Kirito was convinced and shouted to his friends around him.
"Everyone, after taking a rest, let's continue the attack. Our target is the castle."
"Oh, are you serious? The Prime Minister just started fighting, isn't that where we thought the regional boss was?"
As expected, Kirito responded to Diabell's concerns.
"Yes, but that is the destination of the Prime Minister's mission, and ultimately, we can only take the Prime Minister there."
\"Although it is very dangerous, in order to continue the mission of Prime Minister, I have no choice but to leave.\"
Kirito nodded to Filia, and everyone looked at the Prime Minister with a somewhat anxious expression. He looked like he had no idea what was waiting for him from now on. However, there's a twinkle in his eye that shows he's capable of handling whatever comes his way.
I don't know what's going to happen, but I can go - even if she doesn't say it directly with her mouth, the Prime Minister conveys it with her eyes.
Even until recently, he had never picked up a weapon or fought a monster. No, until a few days ago he was just giving inorganic reactions and expressions. The Prime Minister is determined and is showing where he should go.
The friends seemed to be inspired, the uneasiness on their faces seemed to disappear, and they turned to face Kirito. Asuna immediately opened her mouth.
\"Everyone, let's go. Protect the Prime Minister and continue the mission.\"
"Also, if there is really a regional boss, you can unlock the next area, and high-level tasks will also be carried out, and you can go to the next area. It's not killing two birds with one stone."
"I have no choice but to leave!"
When Lisbeth and Silica said this aggressively, everyone around them nodded. Looking at everyone's eyes, Kirito's heart swelled, remembering the time when he was in the deepest part of the SAo maze, about to face the boss battle and open the way to the next level. I said loudly.
"Okay, let's go! Go to the place designated by the Prime Minister!"
Hearing Kirito's loud command, his companions said "Ah!" Soon, Kirito and others made up their minds, stood up after taking a short rest, and in order to protect the Prime Minister as much as possible, they began to walk towards the hills and the towering castle located in the deepest part of the Lystia Grassland. There.
After passing through the grassland area, we did not enter the forest, but entered a rock tunnel that we had just conquered. It looks like a cave, but there are cracks in the ceiling, and the sun shines in, so it is a bit bright. It is a place that cannot be seen in the real world.
There was once a checkpoint guarded by a puppet-type monster, but it was freed after Kirito and his friends defeated it. However, it seems that instead, many monsters have become rampant.
There are many types of them, including skeletons, bats, scorpions, etc., but as soon as Kirito and the others encounter something in their way, they take up weapons to fight them, avoid them and turn around. "They turn into polygon fragments and experience points in turn," I said.
The premier who has just started fighting attacks and defeats the monsters that stand in his way like an experienced player. It's as if they are imitating, learning, and acquiring the appearance and behavior of Kirito and others, and Kirito and the others are the real master players.
I didn’t expect the premiere to reach this level, and it turned out to be an NPC equipped with AI. But maybe there was something else going on with him? The fact that premier has something different from other NPCs, I don't know if that's what brings this growth potential.
Kirito was curious and wanted to ask Alice, the developer of SA:o, but Alice had only just developed half of SA:o and knew nothing about premier. He said he knew nothing and that if he knew something he would be willing to tell it.
Alice is trying to strategize but isn't doing anything of the sort, so I'm sure there's no point in asking the question. Kirito put the doubts in his mind aside, shouted to everyone, waved his weapon, and continued to move forward.
After continuing the normal strategy of interacting with friends and fighting for a while, the rock tunnel came to the end, and we reached the grassland area again, but it was a different scene from the grassland we had seen before.
The grassland is surrounded by stone mountains, and in front of it is a particularly large rock wall. It was not a rock wall, but a huge city gate. The door that serves as Yui's entrance is wide open. Around it, many kobold monsters that look like knights and soldiers in armor and equipped with one-handed swords and shields are running rampant.
Outside the door, although it has become a ruin, it is just a white-walled Western-style castle, large in scale and full of aura - just a huge castle that can be seen from the grass. plain.
It looks small when you're out in the grasslands, but when you get closer it feels much larger than anything you'll see in the real world. Yuuki reacted as if she was overwhelmed by the incident.
"Wow this must be a big castle."
"It's so big, it looks like it contains a lot of treasures, but it feels like a stage with a boss. There is no doubt that this is where the regional boss is."
As soon as Treasure Hunter Filia finished speaking, Kirito immediately opened the map window and checked his current location and name. \"Actarium Castle\/Castle Gate\". That was the name of the current location, and also the name of the kingdom ruled by the kobolds in front of me.
When I looked closely at the Lustria Grassland, I was told that it was "a grassland area where you can see the ruins of the Lost Country", and this "Arcata Pavilion" is where the "Ruins of the Lost Country" are located. "Clearly visible. This must be a castle."
Judging from the number of kobolds around, the person who sits on the throne of Actarim Castle and becomes the king is the kobold lord - and this is the person who is the boss of the Lustria Plains. There must be something.
This is a recreation of the true first level of Aincrad, where the boss is a large monster named Lord Ilfan the Kobold. Agil seemed to remember what happened at that time and shouted to Kirito.
\"What should we do, Kirito? There seem to be a lot of enemies inside. There are also area bosses\"
Kirito gently placed his finger on his chin. There aren't that many enemies at the castle entrance now, but once you're inside, you may have to fight more kobolds, and you may end up going straight into a boss fight. It's going well so far, but because of that, the quantities of consumables are insufficient.
I was feeling very anxious going into the boss fight and it was probably time to do some maintenance on my weapons.
Then I looked at my hand and saw about three dark blue crystal-like objects. Continuing from "SAo" and "ALo" - a rare item in the "SAo" era - it's the Corridor Crystal, already used in "City of Origins", so here it is. If you start again, you will be able to fast travel immediately.
It's best to let the corridor crystal record this location, then return to the city to be prepared, and then face the boss battle when you return. Kirito put all this in his mind, turned to everyone and said.
"Everyone, let's go back to the city first. If we go in, we will definitely fight the area boss directly. Please be fully prepared before going back. There is also a corridor crystal."
When Kirito said this, his friends probably had the same idea and agreed easily. After confirming the intentions of his friends, Kirito held up the rarest item in the SAo era - the corridor crystal, and said: "The corridor is open." When the crystal disappears with the consumption effect and sound effect, a blue light door opens at you Open in front of you.
After activating another corridor crystal and recording his current location, Kirito walked through the blue door with everyone.
After returning from the set transfer point, Kirito and others dispersed and started taking action. However, most people go towards the business district. The reason is to maintain weapons and equipment and purchase consumables.
Because we have been fighting for so long, our weapons have become quite worn and the consumables have also been reduced a lot. I can't wait to use it for a boss fight. Kirito had been thinking this before he was transferred, and followed his friends towards the shopping street.
The business district I arrived was almost as lively as when I came here, and I could see many players and NPCs. Those who are about to go on an adventure, those who are about to go out and explore the field, or those who are about to meet up with friends and colleagues.
The users in this business district probably come and go with different purposes.
I was thinking about it as I walked, and just when I came to a store selling consumables such as potions, I heard a very familiar voice in my ears.
Looking back, I saw a girl wearing a dark brown cloak and light-colored clothes, exposing her abdomen. The paint on her cheeks was reminiscent of a mouse's whiskers. Argo, the member of Kirito whom I met and talked to just this morning, was walking towards me.
"Hey, Key-bo. You're back."
\"Ah, Argo. See you again.\"
"It looks like they found something important and came back."
"Ah, I'm going to find the regional boss now, and then there's the regional boss battle."
Argo's reaction was "Oh!". He seemed to have found a scene where dense information could be obtained.
"We're finally here. Why don't we help?"
"Well, that's right."
Kirito suddenly put his hand on his chin and thought. Although Argo is not an active participant, he is one of the 'SAo' survivors and, like us, is a genius who sometimes takes part in raids and battles.
I don't know how big the area boss fight will be, but regardless, it will definitely be a raid fight. If possible, the more people the better, and Argo's skills are quite high. I believe he will make a great contribution in this boss battle where he protects the Prime Minister while fighting at the same time. .
"Argo, can you come here? With your help, I will feel relieved."
"You have to come. Information about the district boss can be sold at a high price, so information brokers like me must actively participate."
"I don't know if it's the Black Dragon Swordsman or something else, you're too complacent!!"
Just as Argo was about to say something, there was a sudden voice that surprised both Kirito and Argo. What's more, there was a very familiar word mixed in, which sent shivers down Kirito's spine.
"Eh!?"
"Hey, didn't you hear about "Black Dragon Swordsman" just now?"
"Sure enough, that's what I heard."
"Kibo, if you did something, you should apologize honestly."
Argo looked shocked, and Kirito couldn't help but shake his head. It's true that I've been through a lot, but I haven't done anything that would cause trouble for other players, and I'm confident about that.
"What, you didn't do anything? What shouldn't I have done!?"
"I guess so. And then it just became a personal thing."
After Argo finished speaking, he looked in the same direction and saw a group of people gathering. It wasn't like the orderly queue that had formed at the New Lizbeth Arms Store the other day, but more like a random group of people gathered around something.
"That group of people over there must be the source of the insult now. Let's go and take a look."
"Ah, I'll go right away."
Kirito nodded and walked towards the crowd with Argo. Although there were a lot of people, they were arranged so casually that one could see the center of the crowd, which made Kirito surprised.
"Hey, what kind of attitude do you have, stealing other people's targets and conducting air strikes!?"
\"The little guys were making a lot of noise. It seemed like they couldn't easily defeat a monster, so I helped them.\"
In the center of the crowd, there was a tall man wearing a sleeveless black combat uniform with short blood-red hair tied back. He was obviously provocative, as if he was about to fight. He was holding a two-handed sword. His back clearly showed that he was on a different level from the people selling in the store.
Kirito will never forget the man who was looked at with strange or angry looks by everyone. While we were conquering the battlefield, they suddenly launched an air strike, killing the monsters we were fighting without authorization and taking away all the last attack bonuses.
not only. Although he is a "tamer" who uses the same wolf dragon as himself, he puts his hands on the wolf dragon's body and turns the wolf dragon's tail into his own weapon. This is an act of anger.
The source of the crowd was a male gamer, whose features perfectly matched those of men at the time.
Suddenly, the words 'Black Dragon Swordsman' came from the city. The alias Kirito once used in SAo.
When he tried to find out the source of all this, he found a blood-red man wearing a sleeveless black combat uniform, holding a rare two-handed sword, whose performance was enough to make the salesperson in the store laugh. Hair tied back.
He is a "beast tamer" like Kirito, also known as a "dragon tamer", and he does not hesitate to harm his "familiar". He was the one who attacked Kirito and his friends that time.
"This guy!"
Immediately, the man muttered involuntarily, then looked at the players around him and said with an embarrassed look on his face. He didn't seem to notice Kirito and Argo's presence.
"Ha, it's too troublesome to talk about it one by one. I don't want to hear any excuses from a person who can't even defeat a monster. In short, you don't have any sense. You don't" doesn't make any sense. exit the game. "
"W-what on earth is this guy! He used such a strong 'familiarity' from the beginning!"
"I just converted from another game, and if you're good at it, you're going to get something like this. If you don't even have something like this, you're ignoring the other game, man."
"Ga"
The male gamer's anger is made even more so by the man's ridicule of the male gamer who naturally expresses his anger. This scene seemed like Lilan's interaction with this man back then.
Are you absolutely confident in your own abilities, or do you look down on other players? In any case, Kirito felt very uncomfortable with such an arrogant and rude man.
"Is he still saying this?"
"Kibo, do you know him?"
Kirito left the crowd for a moment and told Argo about the situation. After it was over, Argo turned to everyone with a bitter look on his face.
"I see, you were attacked by that guy too."
"It seems to be called the 'Black Dragon Swordsman'. What does it mean?"
"His name is Genesis. He is so called because he is 'black' both in appearance and in his heart, as well as the 'familiar' he uses."
Genesis. Kirito was also a little surprised because his name is a word that appears in mythology and the Bible and means creation.
"In this world where there are very few SAo survivors, the Black Dragon Swordsman is not yours, but his."
"The fact that he's been called that means he must be pretty famous."
"Although it is famous, it is not something worthy of praise. \"Genesis\" did not follow the etiquette that mmoRpG should have, and played repeatedly to make people shine. It stole other people's monsters, not once or twice. "You launched airstrikes and disrespected your opponents. "
Even in mmoRpGs before this game, there were players who took pleasure in teasing others, and this kind of stealing and provocative behavior was not uncommon. However, most of these are pranks aimed at novice players and rarely played on experienced players.
"If he follows us, does that mean he will do it even against top players?"
“That’s not true, he’s not average and he’s not the kind of person who can beat other average players.
After all, he is a person who thinks a lot. If you become a Tamer in the standard game of "The Seed", you'll gain powerful familiars from the start and know that you can convert your familiars into other games. . The name of the "familiar" is "Hades Dragon Anubis" and is of the same race as Lilan.
Indeed, the 'familiar' used by Genesis is a dragon, and Genesis is the so-called 'dragon tamer'. Moreover, that dragon is a rare 'wolf dragon type' like Lilan, which is not something that weak players can get.
For him to be able to use it like this, he must have had a very high player level in the games he played before coming here. Genesis was so powerful that he earned the title "Black Dragon Swordsman."
However, the equipment should be included in the power of creation, and the true essence of that equipment should be inaccessible to the 'tamer'.
"Is he really that strong? But he is my [acquaintance]"
"This is the strangest thing. The weapon used by Genesis is the tail of the 'familiar'. The firepower of that piece of equipment also enhances his strength."
"But if he had pissed off his 'familiar', he would have turned into a blue cursor. But why didn't he turn into a blue cursor?"
"I'm looking into this as well but I'm having a hard time finding an answer. I think I would know if I asked him but I don't feel comfortable talking to him."
Kirito also agreed with Argo's point of view. No matter how similar players they are to us, even if they are the same 'tamers' as ourselves, they will spare no effort to taunt other players, steal their prizes, or even attack them. "familiar". I don’t want to talk to Genesis, that’s who he is. I agree with you - just as I was about to say this, a voice rose from the crowd around Genesis.
"Hey, let's leave this guy alone and go see the girl. She may have returned from her mission by now."
"Really!? That [White Dragon Swordsman]-chan is logging in!?"
"Ah! When we see something like this, let's go rinse our mouths!"
Several male players surrounding Genesis said in unison and left Genesis in different directions. Neither Kirito nor Argo understood what the players were talking about.
"Black Dragon Swordsman" is a common name for a "tamer" who wears black clothing, carries a sword on his back, and controls a dragon. Kirito was called the "White Dragon Swordsman" in SAo because he met this condition, but I feel that current players are referring to the exact opposite "White Dragon Swordsman".
Kirito was curious and said to Argo.
\"Hey, Argo. Didn't you just say 'White Dragon Swordsman'?"
"I told you, it will come out by then this time."
\"[White Dragon Swordsman] I have never heard of it.\"
"No wonder, the White Dragon Swordsman was the first one created in SA:o. I'll go take a look."
"ah"
Looking at Genesis, who was still mocking and provoking the players around him, Kirito and Argo began to chase after several male players. "City of Origin" is as busy as ever. Passing through the shopping area is the Portal Plaza. Near the center, a Genesis-like crowd can be seen forming. If you look carefully, you can also see the backs of some male players from before.
"Another group of people are here. Is there a [White Dragon Swordsman] over there?"
"It seems like this, listen to me, I heard a completely different voice from the one in creation."
If you listen carefully to what Argo is saying, you can hear the sounds of the crowd mixed in with the surrounding noise.
\"Thank you today, Versa-chan! Thank you, Versa-chan, you helped me a lot!\"
\"Velsa-chan is so reliable. Please help us again!\"
The content is joyful and interesting, and the atmosphere is not as harsh as "Genesis". Like the Seven clusters and fan commotion I encountered while conquering Svart Alfheim in ALo.
Everyone is saying this strange name "Versa". I don't know if this 'Versa' is the name of the 'White Dragon Swordsman'. Curious Kirito slowly approached the crowd, but did not enter. Instead, he shuttled between the players and looked at the center.
At this moment, a strange girl's voice came from near the center.
"If this happened to me, it would be a piece of cake! So I will cooperate with everyone even more!"
The surrounding male players cheered, seemingly happy at the girl's words. Immediately afterwards, Kirito recognized the appearance of the source of this group of people - the White Dragon Swordsman.
He wears a light coat-like outfit based on pure white that exposes his sides, and wears a cat hat with a deformed design, with long drapes extending from it - usually earmuffs. It is used as '——' to cover the mouth. Therefore, although her true face cannot be seen clearly, it can be seen that she has short black semi-length hair with a hint of blue and looks shorter than Shino.
Players around her call this girl "White Dragon Swordsman-chan" and "Versa-chan".
\"[White Dragon Swordsman], Versa?\"
At this moment, the male players around him moved, blocking Kirito's view. Moreover, other male players also moved laterally, trying to push Kirito out. Kirito knew that he had no ill intentions, but when he saw that what he wanted to see was hidden, he made a dissatisfied sound from his throat and took a step back from the crowd.
At the same time, Argo, who had been watching from a distance, also approached.
"It was a great gathering. It was like seven people getting together."
\"Yes, Luo, the "White Dragon Swordsman" whose skin color is completely opposite to yours is like an idol in this world. If he showed up, something like this would happen in an instant. \"
According to "Argo" reports, as everyone around her said, the girl is a player named Versa, also known as the "White Dragon Swordsman".
It is said that Versa has existed since the closed beta of "SA:o". Since then, she has used dual-wielding weapons to fight like Kirito, and her combat effectiveness is impressive.
In addition, Versa is a "tamer" and her "familiar" is a dragon, and that dragon is also a very strong "familiar". This is what Kirito and Genesis have in common.
However, that's not all when it comes to the Versa. Rather than interfering with other players like Genesis, Versa proactively appears next to players in trouble, using her and the dragon's abilities to support them, not so much by stealing things, but when they get it. Give them to other players.
Moreover, although Versa covers her face with a hat, her true face is very beautiful, and her attitude towards the players is also very cheerful, energetic, and kind, which is something that even idols don't have.
Because of this, male players soon began to idolize Wells, and because she wore white clothes and behaved very white, she was called the "White Dragon Swordsman". \"It is said that it has begun to grow.
Perhaps because of the creation event, Kirito thought that the player who said this sentence was a male, so such a girl would be nicknamed "White Dragon Swordsman". To be honest, I was surprised.
"I didn't know such a girl existed."
"What do you think, Key-bo? Why don't you try taking Versa to the area boss fight? I'm sure she'll give you a ride."
Kirito already had a feeling that he wanted to bring her into the team and let her see his abilities and "familiarity".
However, since there are so many players around him, it seems that it is not easy to invite him, and if Versa accepts the invitation, then other players will be attached to him, and Genesis will not be enough. Strange. They were treated similarly.
I can't do it - thinking of this, Kirito shook his head.
"No, let's not invite her again. Since there are so many players around us, I don't know what will happen if she accepts my invitation."
"First of all, the players around you might look at you with disdain, and I think that's a wise decision."
\"We will advance the Prime Minister's mission alone. To this end, please lend us your strength, Argo.\"
"Okay, let's fight together this time. In the future, we will have to sell the regional boss information to other players at a high price."
Smiling bitterly at Argo who said similar words in SAo, Kirito turned and walked towards the shopping street.
At seven o'clock, unless you are very far away, you can always hear the commotion, but there seems to be no such loud noise around Versa. Once you are away from a certain distance, you can't hear any sound.
A place I visited a long time ago. A city that should never have existed.
In the center of the portal square, there is 'her'. But it was the shadow of a large pillar next to a large building called the Black Iron Hall. \"She\" hid and looked at the portal square in confusion. However, that was only a short time ago, and now he was sitting with his back against the pillar.
\"She has been hiding behind this pillar, watching the situation in the portal square. I didn't speak, just waiting for a person to appear. I hid behind a pillar, secretly observing the square. It looked obviously suspicious , so some players looked over to see what was going on, but no one seemed to care. They just looked away and walked towards their respective places.
At this moment, when she was confused, the person she was looking for - he appeared. \"He\" continued to walk toward the center, and was very close to \"her\".
"He" is the target. However, he must not be discovered. The 'girlfriend' who had been hiding here since the beginning suddenly began to move further towards the shadow of the pillar.
\"His\" reaction speed and ability to discover hidden figures are very high. Maybe "he" will find me. So what should I do if I find it? As she thought about it, her body began to tremble uncontrollably and she squatted behind the pillar.
Please don't look for me. It ended just like that, undetected. Don't look for me, leave this place. She continued to tremble, praying over and over in her mind.
I don't know how many minutes have passed since I started doing this, but I don't feel that "he" has any special presence. Thinking of this, I sat up and looked at the central square again, only to find that 'he' had turned his back to me and was about to leave. It seemed not to notice us, disappearing down the street leading to the shopping area.
After realizing this, she leaned her back against the pillar, slowly lowered her body and sat down. I let out a long sigh, feeling relieved.
The worst thing didn't happen. My expectations were wrong.
\"He\" is absolutely, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes.
With such determination in her heart, she smiled quietly. After completing the preparations for the large-scale battle, we headed to the "Actuarim Castle" in the deepest part of the Lustria Grassland, where the expected regional boss was waiting.
I used the cloister crystal to teleport to the recording point, and the first place I arrived was in front of the gate of Actarim Castle. There were already many armed kobolds waiting there. As soon as they spotted us, they raised their weapons and attacked us.
In "SAo" and later "ALo", when you sneak into the dungeon, you often have to fight kobold-type enemies, and by the "SAo" period, the maze area is full of kobolds. even sometimes when i
For those of us who had been fighting kobolds for so long, we were no match for the kobolds we faced, and in less than five minutes we had captured the castle gates. Wow, even in the deepest part of the world, you are surprisingly not dumbfounded - that's what everyone said after the battle, which is understandable.
The kobolds we're fighting are about level 9 to 10. It is probably set according to the level of novice players, but we have already reached level 15.
I don't know if this is a habit I've developed since my "SAo" days. In the grasslands of Lustria, we fought many enemies while exploring, and continued to work hard to upgrade until we reached a certain level. I keep moving repeatedly to the next position.
Because of this, we not only have a dog head here, but also have a considerable level gap with other players. Therefore, we did not encounter any trouble when dealing with the dog head.
However, the current position is just the gate of the castle. At the beginning of the Artarium Castle, I don't know what will happen until the area BOSS battle. We all understood Diabel's instructions and continued to move forward, as if returning to the SAO era, and carefully entered the Aktarim Castle.
The interior they arrived in the 'Aktarim Castle' are already ruined, and the walls and ceiling have places collapsed. Here may be the center of a glorious kingdom, but now it can be said that there is no trace.
There are many armed dog heads, small magazine monsters, bat -type monsters, etc., as if they are settled there -no, yes. It feels smaller than my dog head army.
I believe they are developing a strategy to revenge to the gate of the city gate, and they have not considered what will happen after the city gate is broken. As if aware of something happened, a group of monsters struck us.
The scene is like guarding and soldiers trying to protect the castle and the country, but we have no fear, throw everything aside, and continue to pass through Aktarim Castle.
Think about it, the first layer of the maze in the \ "SA: O \", that is, the world where SA: O is located, is also a place that can be called the kingdom of the dog head, and we are also part of the strategy. The group at the time was a dog head. It feels like an army invaded a kingdom from another country.
In \ "SAO \", if your "HP strip" is used up, you will die in the real world, so even if your opponent is the most common little monster like a dog head, everyone must fight with it. Be careful, but no one has done such a thing yet.
Even if the dog head is like a sudden attack this time, even if they throw a sword skills to you, you can calmly cope and block them.
This was probably only obtained by breaking the limit world of 'Sao'. We really became stronger in that world.
As I thought, I pushed forward. After a few minutes, I arrived at the innermost part of the Aktarim Castle and stopped.
There is a huge gray stone door in front of me, and there is an orc reliation that makes me feel very scared.
From this, the throne room where the head of the dog head kingdom is located -a stone gate, without inscriptions or text, but it does convey this information. Seeing it in front of us, we turned around and looked at each other.
Among them, the blue -haired knight Diabel, who was commanded when he was captured.
"Everyone, there must be the place where the regional boss is behind. The next is the area BOSS battle, but it should have no problem."
"Nothing special, in fact, it feels too easy to come here."
With a one -handed stick, Lizbely refuted, and others nodded one after another.
I have dealt with nearly a hundred dog heads, but my reliable companions have not suffered any major harm. In fact, they only got experience value and dropped items when I left.
\ "Aksarim Castle \" is probably equivalent to the place where 43 -member teams are overcome in \ "SAO \", but we can break through only 15 people. Arrived the deepest part of it. The combat power we have now is unparalleled.
Then, I turned to face the existence that made full use of it. She has a dark blue hair with neatly trimmed short hair, wearing golden hair accessories like wings, and her body wrapped in light blue and white loose clothes. She is a little girl holding a thin sword.
Premier is a person who led us to this step, and also lives in the NPC death game called "SA: O".
"Prime Minister, are you okay?"
"Yes, everyone protects me, so I'm okay."
The Prime Minister's "HP strip" has become less inorganic -her remaining life -but if there are other players in addition to us, we will be dangerous once we arrive here. It may even reach value. However, the current Prime Minister's "HP strip" has only declined slightly.
On the way here, I spent great efforts to keep the monster away from the Prime Minister and protect the Prime Minister. Thank you for your addition, without cutting corners, I can say that I can take this step without any recovery tools that do not need to use Premier. The current premiere can be said to be the result of everyone's work.
Now that Premier has been brought to this point, then we continue to challenge the area BOSS. However, no matter what the combat effectiveness becomes, the Prime Minister still cannot say that the combat ability is high. Basically, they should not let them come forward and fight pioneers.
Assina seemed to know this, so she made this suggestion to me.
"Everyone, we have to play the area BOSS, but don't relax your vigilance. We don't know what kind of bosses will appear, which is very dangerous to make the Prime Minister's appearance."
"Yeah, everyone, the way of fighting is the same as before, let the Prime Minister stand behind, we go to the boss of the area. You are fighting while protecting the Prime Minister, please be careful."
This is not just a regional BOSS battle, nor is it an ordinary RAID BOSS battle. This is a special task. There is a goal that needs to be protected. You must fight.
If they fail, the existence of the Prime Minister will disappear from this world, and all the tasks that the Prime Minister has obtained so far will become futile. We must be careful. Before I said it, they already understood this. They all glanced at the premiere, and nodded stiffly.
We have been fighting side by side and we should go this time. No, I can definitely go. I was convinced that I shouted to everyone again, and then started the huge stone gate blocking in front of me.
The door slid towards one side, making a heavy sound and vibration. When the road was completely unblocked, the door stopped again.
"let's go!"
With my shouting, the crowd "Oh!" Jumped into the room outside the door, the throne room.
Just as the royal family is planned, the area outside the door is very spacious. Rather than the throne or the throne, it is better to be a rectangular arena.
Finally, there is a very large chair. Although the paint is peeled off and the shape collapses, the overall looks like the throne.
A huge shadow is sitting there. When I approached, the figure became clearer. A orc, the huge body was wrapped in red fur, with about five meters long, wrapped in black and red armor on his body, and the red light flashed in his eyes.
\ "SAO \" The Boss "Dogs Lord Irfang" on the first layer is not similar to the 60 -story BOSS "Dogs Lord Lord Three", but it is the same "dog head lord". I soon realized that it was a veritable monster.
A black armor king with a black armor was placed with a black sword with a sword body.
So far, all the dog leaders I encountered were originally equipped with shields and tomahawks, but when their life strips were reduced to yellow, they would change their forms and change their weapons to big swords or field swords. The Lord of the Dog head will not do such a thing, fighting with a big sword from the beginning. This one is different from the previous dog leader.
The Lord of the Dog head understood this, stood up slowly, picked up the giant sword next to him, and slowly prepared.
The head of the dog head made a roar from the depths of the abdomen, perhaps that it was determined that he was invading the kingdom of his own rule. A battle was inevitable. The sound is enough to shake the air. Probably as strong as Lilan's roar.
The next moment, three vertical "life strips' appeared above the head of the king of orcs, and the top of them appeared in a row of seemingly names.
\ "Dog head lord Weis \". This is the name of the king of the highest level of the kingdom of the dog head.
Although the name is slightly different and the posture and body shape are different, perhaps because the name is "dog head lord", it is indeed the reproduction of the "SAO \" first layer of BOSS.
However, neither of us was scared by the appearance and roar of the "dog head Veus'. Each of us went forward towards a place that could give full play to our ability, and I became one of them. She had a certain distance from the dog head lord Veis. As a party member, she moved to the pioneer position, pulled two swords from the scabbard on her back, and was ready.
When I was in SAO, I was a bit crumbling from how to fight to how to move. It has always relying on the tactics of Diaburu, who has been a strategic team leader since then.
However, there is no feeling now, and Diabel no longer feels like he was a command tower, but he felt that he was involved in this battle as a warrior or player.
However, if you ask me if I rely on Dyebeel's strategy, then it is not.
Although the location of everyone stationed is different, these are basically the location designed by Diaburu. Liz Bett, Strey, and Ekir, who moved side by side, played a tank role that blocks enemy attacks, and Diabel himself was among them. They are holding a shield and one -handed sword. That's why my skills are concentrated on the shield.
Others are basically guerrillas, and they can jump in to attack BOSS or retreat as needed, but the Prime Minister is an exception. Standing on the back line with Asuna, Silika is also preparing.
Although the opponent has been fighting twice, it is the first time for the Prime Minister, and even the "dog head lord Veis' didn't know what she would do. This is the position of the Prime Minister away from these uncertain factors.
When everyone was in place, the head of the dog head roared again and ran out.
Due to the huge body shape, every time you walk, it will shake and roar. The first place I arrived in front of me. I was taken aback. I didn't expect someone to aim at me suddenly. The head of the dog head ran away, and the next moment he waved the giant sword.
"Sudden!"
At the same time as I said, the dog leader also put down the giant sword in his hand. As soon as the blade came into contact with the ground, it was precisely the floor stone, and the roar crushed the floor stone, scattered around the surroundings like gravel.
However, at the time, I had jumped out of the attack scope of the dog head and lord, and successfully avoided everything, and the attack of the dog head lord finally fell out.
However, it is indeed a regional BOSS, and the attack power of the dog leaders seems to be extraordinary. If we take it seriously, even those at high levels will be dangerous. If Premier suffers such an attack, it will not cause any loss.
"This guy's attack power is very high, be careful!"
Just after my voice sounded around me, Shi Nai, who was stationed between the avant -garde and the guard, and the avant -garde Ji and Kam, walked towards the dog head. Perhaps thanks to the training of SAO and ALO, Ji Ji and Kam came to the side of the dog head and lord in a blink of an eye. At the same time, both jumped lightly and flew into the air.
The two seemed to become a fairy, jumping to the head of the dog head. After landing, each weapon exudes light.
"Hahahahahaha!"
"ah!"
At the same time, they shouted, with a one -handed sword stabbing out, and Kai Mu put the sword into the scabbard, and then pulled it out. Just after Kam's flash cut through the body of the dog head lord, the sickle appeared, and the dog head lord was further cut into fragments.
Highly powerful one -handed sword skills \ "Vorpal Strike \".
Six consecutive swordsmanship \ "剑 wind \".
When the sword skills of the two broke out, the head of the dog head seemed to be stingy, but quickly recovered. \ "Life Strip \" just reduced a little bit, and it did not seem to cause much effective damage.
\ "I, although I shot the sword skills, but only this can be used!? \"
"This guy's defense seems to be very high!"
It was not Ji Ji and Kam who really launched the attack, but Filia, who was watching, was surprised, and Lifa told everyone.
Although the dog leader and the dog head lord he had fought so far, it was the same family, but this dog leader is also a regional BOSS. I'm afraid it's not a opponent that can be defeated so easily.
However, Ji Ji and Kam have different talents, and their sword skills basically cause huge harm to the enemy without exception. If it does not work, it can be certain that there is a gimmick. I think I have to find it first.
The most important thing is that we have a way to cause huge harm to the Lantong human dragon. If you can find a way to cause huge damage to the head of the dog head, and then launch the Performance Dragon No. 1, you should soon resolve this battle.
Shi Nai seems to have understood this, quickly shorten the distance between herself and the head of the dog head, replace it with Ji Ji and Kam, and try to sneak into the side in the same way.
However, as if they were not intending to be hit twice by the same attack, the head of the dog head suddenly raised the giant sword, the big sword bloomed, and a rotary cut was shot, cutting the surrounding area.
The giant swords that are many times larger than the weapons we use cut through the atmosphere and trigger a tornado -like storm. Everyone was about to be blown up. When I avoided this blow, the fragments on the ground rose, blocking my sight for a while. When the sound and squeaking sound of the collapsed city walls around the fragments stopped, I turned my attention back to the head of the dog head.
I couldn't help but sigh. Before the head of the dog head waved the rotation, Shi Nai approached and prepared to attack. Since the attack happened immediately, I thought that the poem was hit by the attack by the lord of the dog head, but Poetry, like me, retreated before the attack, avoiding the rotation of the dog head lord, the rotation of the dog head lord I am present.
However, this attack must be unexpected. Shi Nai's face was cold and sweaty. She raised a long gun and glaring at the head of the dog. This is definitely a narrow escape. The giant sword attack of the dog head can set off such a strong wind, and it must be set up quite powerful.
Even if we are an opponent, there is no doubt that if we are eaten, our life strips will easily return to zero.
"——!"
The next moment, the lord of the dog head turned his eyes to the escape poem, and began to charge again. It seems that the goal of the dog leader has turned to Shi Nai. Perhaps because of using a weapon called a gun, Shi Nai's actions were quite free, but the defense ability was a little uneasy. Such a poem, if he was attacked by the lord of the dog head, there was nothing.
\ "Poetry, retreat! \"
Just as the lord of the dog head came to Shi Nai and raised the giant sword hard, Lan, Strey, Lizbate, and Diabel jumped in front of Shi Nai and put on a defensive attitude. Soon, the giant sword of the dog head and lord hit the defense wall built by the four of them.
The walls built by the four ensured the victory, and the lord of the dog head was repelled by the giant sword.
In the form of werewolf, Lilan usually fights as an attacker, but because he uses a two -handed sword, he can also play the role of a tank. Moreover, if my "animal trough" is full, I can turn into a wolf dragon and overwhelm enemy monsters, so from the perspective of other players, this will be a good choice. Perfect feat.
And the power of Lilan, who has become a werewolf, even if this dog leader lord, he should be able to defeat more easily. To do this, I need to take the initiative to attack and accumulate the "beast rules" to release the power of Lilan. It is not scared by the attack or behavioral mode of the dog leader.
Fortunately, the tank players have just repelled the attack of the dog head and lord, leaving a lot of gaps for the head of the dog head. Now is the best time to offensive.
