Survival: King Picking Game

"——Christmas is coming soon." After browsing through the contents of the file, the deputy head of the girl suddenly spoke so abruptly.

"...Huh?" Heathcliff was taken aback for a moment, not having time to catch up with Enoshima Junko's train of thought, and didn't understand why the other party suddenly said such a sentence.

...Do you want a present?

"A special MOB (monster) festival in the SAO world will start on Christmas Eve." Fortunately, Enoshima Dunko immediately added her words, and continued like this.

Special MOB is a monster set as the key to mission strategy.Most of them appear once every few days or hours, but some of them have only one opportunity to attack, which is very close to the existence of the boss monster.Of course the intensity is no joke.Therefore, it is usually necessary to form a large team like a raid boss.

One year after the start of SAO.It is said that in the month of sweet-scented osmanthus—that is, at twelve o'clock in the evening on the twenty-fourth of December, the legendary monster "Nicolas the Protestant" will appear under a giant fir tree in a certain forest.Defeat it and you will get the treasures in the big bag on the monster's back——

Even the raiders and powerful guilds who were only interested in breaking through the labyrinth area showed great interest this time.Because the treasure, whether it is a huge amount of Cole or a rare weapon, can be a great help in clearing the boss of the floor.

"...Is that all?" Heathcliff frowned and instinctively responded after listening to Enoshima Junko's report, "I've also heard about this recently. Logically speaking, if it's just an ordinary The MOB strategy, shouldn’t attract this level of widespread attention, right?”

The deputy leader seemed to hesitate for a moment before continuing.

"...It's not only that. According to the information of the so-called 'strongest intelligence businessman' [Mole], this MOB strategy may give birth to a dream item—"Nikolas' big bag, Hidden artifacts that can save the souls of the dead'... This is the information that can be obtained from a certain NPC."

"...Resurrection item... Ah." In Heathcliff's mind, the part named "Akihiko Kayaba" told him more information about this mysterious item.

...That's right, that's not a joke, but a prop that actually exists.Very rare props that can get rid of the new SAO world rule that he said "you only live once, and you can't be resurrected again after death".

...But in fact, this is also an "unexpected situation" deliberately set up out of Kayaba Akihiko's personal bad taste.

"...What do you think about this, Miss Enoshima?" Heathcliff did not make a direct decision, but instead asked Enoshima Dunko.

"My opinion, like most people said, I also think it's just deceptive information. No, it's not so much a deception, it's better to say that it was written when SAO was still being developed as an ordinary online game. The NPC's lines are just left as it is... In other words, it should be just an item that allows the player to be resurrected without a death penalty. But it is impossible for the current SAO to have such a thing." The girl did not hesitate. gave his own answer.

...that's a pretty normal guess.

Of course Heathcliff knew that Enoshima Junko's speculation seemed reasonable, but it was wrong.

This made him inexplicably feel a little relieved.

This made him more convinced that he, in this SAO world, was an all-knowing and omnipotent god who could not be harmed.

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...At the same time, it is indeed a bit disappointing.

Is this the only woman he fears?

In this case, wouldn't it be possible that no one would be able to "defeat him".In an instant, Akihiko Kayaba regained his "elite" self-confidence and a superior attitude.

...Of course, Kayaba Akihiko must be thinking too much here.Even Kirito, who is still within the scope of ordinary people in the original work, can defeat Akihiko Kayaba with willpower, not to mention those players who transcend the barriers of dimensions and have the advantage of familiar plots.

Of course, with Kayaba Akihiko's intelligence and GM's ability to cheat, ordinary gamers must be nothing more than cannon fodder to him.

...However, it still cannot be compared with Enoshima Dunko.

Kayaba Akihiko, who had been played by her in the applause, naturally couldn't think of this, and was still in the cognition of "I am the only GM who knows the truth, so I don't have to worry at all", such a ridiculous cognition.

——This kind of information asymmetry is very fatal.It's not about intelligence or ability, but about taking advantage of information to win the final victory in one fell swoop.

Of course, the current Heathcliff still doesn't know anything about it.

Naturally, Enoshima Dunko didn't mean to remind him at all, and was still playing the role of the deputy head of the [Knights of the Blood Alliance] solemnly, reporting to Heathcliff, enjoying himself.

"...But from the perspective of the guild, as the strongest player guild in the SAO world, it has to make a statement and make a choice on this incident. In addition, it is indeed the first time that there are rumors about resurrection items. There is a program loophole that can resurrect dead players, and the probability of it happening is extremely small, so I think our union still has to organize a team of elite players to participate in this Christmas Eve MOB strategy conference." Enoshima Dunko Make a final conclusion with a serious face.

"...Understood." Heathcliff, who seemed to have secretly breathed a sigh of relief, waved his hand casually, obviously no longer prepared to pay attention to this topic, and said with a relaxed tone, "So many things are up to you." I will leave it to you, Ms. Enoshima."

"Yes." The girl nodded.

Less than five minutes later, Enoshima Dunko, the deputy head of the [Knights of the Blood Alliance] who had reported all the work, slowly walked out.

Different from the respectful and serious expression in front of Heathcliff, the expression in the girl's eyes at this time was a chilling and terrifying malice.

Filled with malice.

overflowing malice.

——"...It's still far away." Enoshima Dunko said imitating the tone of a murderous tennis tsundere Shota.

Just role-playing like this for a while, he has already relaxed.

It's really disappointing... If it's the master, it should be the other way around.

Although usually dull, but at critical moments, he is a man with a keen intuition like a beast.

"Huhaha~ There's nothing you can do about it." The girl put her hands on Xiaoman's waist and smiled arrogantly, "Let me guide you to see the real despair~"

——In her hands, there was a piece of information that was not reported to Heathcliff, but was withheld by Enoshima Dunko himself.

"... On the twenty-second floor, in the depths of the coniferous forest between the main street area of ​​the south bank, Golar Village, and the labyrinth area on the north bank, rumors of 'a player witnessed a ghost' appeared.

According to the eyewitnesses, the appearance of the other party (the ghost) should be a petite girl with long black hair and wearing white clothes..." Such a piece of information, in the eyes of others, can be seen from the content. Look, it seems to be just a very common, more like unfounded strange rumors circulated among players.

——But Enoshima Dunko knows very well that this is the key to everything... Let her become the real "despair" in the SAO world.

Under the background music of the vibration of the waterwheel, Lisbeth drank his morning coffee in a panic—it’s great to have this in Aincrad, which is short of supplies—and put on a smelting store uniforms and groom themselves in front of a large mirror on the wall.

Although it is called a smelting shop, the design of the clothing is not work clothes. If you really want to say it, it should be closer to the uniform of the waiter.A dark ochre-red puff-sleeved top, an umbrella skirt of the same color, and a pure white apron on top, with a red bow on the chest.

In fact, the designer of this outfit was not her, but a girl of the same age as Lisbeth who was also a friend and important guest.Here's what she said: "Because Lisbeth has a baby face, too formal clothes don't suit you at all."

Lisbeth thought it was nosy at first!But after changing to this uniform, the store's turnover doubled—so although it wasn't the girl's original intention, this uniform has been used ever since.