Welcome to Wanjie Tavern

Obviously I checked the carry of that skill before, but why couldn't I find it at the critical moment?

Kirito looked anxiously at the center of the room. After a sweep that almost stunned everyone, everyone who had no vitality was about to fall into the unilateral killing of the boss.

"Ding--"

The sound of skill equipment sounded. Looking at his companions who fell on the ground, Kirito opened his mouth and prepared to let everyone leave.

"Crack——"

There seemed to be thunder, and it sounded in the clouds.

Everyone's attention was attracted by the sudden sound. It was clearly in the boss battle room, why was there still the sound of thunder?

Is there an error in the settings of the in-game program?

Even Kirito, who is an internal beta player, was attracted by the sound. When the game was not open beta, some weather resources that should have been generated as environments would be stuck in the boss battle due to program bugs, but This BUG should have been fixed after feedback from internal beta players.

So what's going on?

"there!"

Klein, who fell on the ground, noticed a certain corner of the room. In that direction, there was a figure wrapped in medieval knight armor, walking slowly towards this direction.

The sound like thunder and lightning jumping sounded from the knight's hand.

The knight's right arm was slowly raised, and golden lightning slowly emerged in his hand, spreading to both sides, and then stabilized into a state like a javelin.

Casually took a few steps forward, and the knight holding the lightning spear walked in front of the shining beholder. The BOSS, which was only operating according to the program, seemed to be stuck when it saw the comer, until the other party approached He opened his mouth only to save himself, and a wave of purple energy gathered in the sauce.

"not good--!"

Although players in this game cannot use magic and the like, this does not mean that the boss on each floor can only perform melee attacks, such as spraying beams of light from their mouths, which can be regarded as commonplace moves.

But the seemingly simple moves, in the setting of the game program, its power is often not to be underestimated.

The BOSS's charge has already started, and it must be interrupted at this time.

White light flickered in the palm of his left hand, and another long sword made of crystal appeared in Kirito's hand. He rushed towards the shining beholder, trying to interrupt the skill that was still reading.

"Crackling-"

The knight standing in front of the boss suddenly moved. He raised his right arm holding the thunder spear, like a javelin thrower in a track and field field, and threw the golden thunder in his hand towards the head of the shining beholder. .

At the same time, the boss who finished reading the article also spewed out a purple beam of light from his mouth.

An unbelievable scene appeared. The golden thunder flew towards the purple beam of light, as easily as a hot knife in bad cheese. When the beam of light was smashed, the golden thunder also directly inserted into the into the ugly sheep's head of the Shining Beholder.

The huge body froze in place, and under everyone's gaze, the four blood bars on the right side of the boss's head quickly cleared to zero.

"Crack-"

That was the sound of the BOSS's body disappearing into pieces flying all over the sky. With just one blow, this mysterious knight who appeared here at some time completed the attack on the BOSS on this floor.

The English words Congratulations on the success of the challenge appeared in the center of the room. At the same time, with the sound of the wall moving, the stairs leading to the next floor appeared in the room.

"Okay, so strong..."

Kirito clenched the two swords in his hands. Although the boss in this room was dealt with, the player dressed as a knight did not let anyone relax at all.

"Huh? Where's the person? He was still here just now."

Klein called out first, but he saw clearly that the knight who had dealt with the boss suddenly disappeared from the spot.

Chapter 70-Information Monger Argo

It has been two days since the maze boss raid without any preparation.

Most of the player guilds, after learning that the boss of the maze was breached without any preparation, almost devoted all their guild resources to the land reclamation of new floors.

As an MMORPG type of game, the slow regeneration of public map resources naturally requires a large number of manpower to occupy activities, and then use it as a stable leveling ground for your union.

However, just as the struggling players rushed to the new floor for leveling, Kirito, a solo player, came to the sixth floor of Aincrad No. 20, a small tavern in the central town among.

In order to facilitate players to privately discuss combat intelligence and some private information, the game designer Akihiko Kayaba has set up many tavern-like facilities in the central towns of each floor. , blacksmith shops and so on, there are also quite a lot of them.

Inside the tavern named Maifeng, Kirito was still dressed in black, waiting for the arrival of the guests.

"Oh, this is a nice place, Tong Tsai."

"What is that title? And the matter I asked you, how is the investigation going?"

For the short girl in front of him who was wearing a cloak, with beard-like paintings on both sides of her cheeks, and the information dealer Argo with the title of "rat", Kirito felt that he had to use it to write about the majesty of the beta tester.

As he spoke, he sat up straight and tried to look serious.

"Let's not talk about this, boss, I want a plum soda and signature fried rice!"

"okay!"

The NPC shop manager standing behind the counter made a voice like greeting a regular customer, turned around and walked into the back kitchen, Kirito dragged his chin, and looked at the informant in front of him who had been hungry for some time.

"I said, it's just a small thing that got rid of you, so you won't be so tired, right?"

"Speak lightly, Tongzi! Do you know what you asked me to investigate?"

As if recalling some bad memory, Argo's face puffed up, and he said to Kirito angrily.

"What's wrong? That information is troublesome?"

"No, cough cough, let me give you a hint first, if you answer correctly, this information will be completely free."

"Really? How can you be so kind?"

Looking at the girl sitting across from him with her arms folded, Kiritolou, who had been cheated of a lot of points by the other party, showed a suspicious expression.

"What kind of image do I have in your eyes? Tell me quickly, what's different about me today."

"What's different? This question..."

Although Kirito really wanted to answer how he knew such an answer because he didn't talk to her again, but after thinking about it, Kirito felt that since Argo said that the answer would not be charged for this information, then he might as well Just going to try it.

"What kind of answer is this?"

"So, did you wear makeup today?"

"Tongzai, I don't remember that there is such a setting as cosmetics in SAO."

"If that's the case..."

After carefully looking up and down at Argo, Kirito took a deep breath and said as if he had made up his mind.

"Here... the scale has grown?"

The girl looked at the gesture of the black-clothed swordsman in front of her, and then lowered her head to look at her scale where the toes could be seen.

"This is not the point!"

Just when she stood up and was about to attack, the curtain on the side was lifted, and the NPC came out with a glass of soda and fried rice, and put the food Argo ordered in front of her.

"Please enjoy."

"You have to pay for this meal."

"OK, OK."

The girl scooped up a large spoonful of fried rice with a spoon and stuffed it into her mouth as if she was angry. Her bulging cheeks made the girl look like a squirrel.

"Huh, Tong Tsai, take a closer look at my level."

"grade?"

Normally, Kirito really didn't pay attention to these problems, he put his eyes on the blood bar on Argo's head, his pupils shrunk, and Argo's level appeared next to the blood bar.

"Level 63, is there any problem?"

"I was at level 64 before. As an information dealer, it is quite difficult to level up."

After taking a sip of soda to moisten his throat, Argo straightened his expression and said.

"Tong Zai, I found the player you asked me to find. However, it is more appropriate to say that it is an NPC rather than a player."

"NPC? But, will there be an NPC that helps the player eliminate the BOSS? And it's still so powerful that the BOSS can be eliminated with just one blow."

Kirito couldn't believe what Argo said. After all, although the NPCs in the SAO game have very rich expressions, fundamentally speaking, these people are still programmed, and they can have a simple sentence with the player. The level of communication is already remarkable.

"That's why I said, remember when the game first started, that large team branch mission? Didn't you meet a very emotional NPC character?"

Argo's words made Kirito's thoughts go back to the past. The NPC who was set to be the elder sister of the elves does have an amazing emotional system and a level of language communication.

It's like talking to a real life.

"I found the guy you mentioned in a wild maze. His name is Ashes. At the same time, he is also an NPC with a hidden mission."

"Is it an NPC with a hidden mission? But why does he appear in the boss room on the upper floor?"

"I don't know about this, maybe the BOSS in that room can't be defeated by the player's strength, so this NPC will appear to help the players solve this problem, but these are not the point, Tongzi, what I want to say, you next You must not be afraid."

"I'm a solo player, I'm not afraid."

Nodding his head, Kirito was ready to accept the information Argo brought.

"The hidden mission opened by that NPC, after being attacked by the monster inside and the blood bar is emptied, the players will not die!"

"what?!"

The player will not die after the blood bar is emptied. This may be the most surprising news that Kirito has heard in this death game.

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Chapter 71- Facing the players who failed the challenge, Ashes’ request is...

Argo glanced at Kirito who showed a surprised expression, picked up the plate in front of him and put all the leftover fried rice into his mouth, then drank the remaining soda, waved his right hand downward, and a series of circular The menu cursor of appeared on Argo's hand.

After clicking twice casually, under the action of the program, the dinner plate and glass in front of the girl turned into blue and white data cubes and disappeared.

"Tongzi, according to the information I got there, although the mission in this dungeon will not let us directly brain-dead, but each death will deduct the level as a substitute. I failed in the first attempt. , so the level has dropped.

I am an information businessman, although the level is not so important, but you are different, Tongzi, you are a front-line member of the strategy team, and your level must not fall behind. "

Argo made it very clear. Although this dungeon mission will not directly kill the player, the deduction of levels as a punishment is still difficult for the players in the clearing group who aim to clear the entire game.

After all, as a game in which strength and level are directly linked, one's own game level is almost equivalent to one's own life.

"Argo, when you communicated with that NPC named Ashes, did you feel anything strange?"

"Strange place? Well, let me think about it."

Kirito looked at Argo who was sitting on the stool with his toes on the ground in front of him, and about a minute later, Argo finished his memories, and then opened his eyes.

"If there's anything I really care about...that is, the difficulty of the boss that needs to be challenged in that mission is too high."

"Is it too difficult?"

Kirito doesn't understand why this can be regarded as a strange place. After all, according to Argo, if one death is only a loss of one level of experience, then the difficulty of the enemy will naturally not be so simple.

"Tongzi, don't believe me, let alone me, even the rest of the strategy team, even you, probably won't be able to pass the teaching level of that task."

"Is it really so mysterious?"

After all, Kirito is also a member of the strategy group, and he is also a solo player with a fairly high ranking. Every time a new level is opened, he is always the first person to go to find a suitable leveling location.

After exceeding the test content of only 25 floors during the beta test period, Kirito on every floor after the 25th floor has to take huge risks, and Kirito has also inevitably fallen into some crises.

But fortunately, relying on excellent skills and a passable level, Kirito can always save the day.

So after hearing Argo say that the novice tutorial in that mission was very difficult, Kirito naturally wanted to challenge himself.

It's not that Kirito doesn't care about his level. Compared with the raiders who aim to reach the [-]th floor of Aincrad and rescue everyone, Kirito may be one of the outliers.

The unique family relationship has brought Kirito a psychological state far beyond that of his peers. After knowing that he is about to devote himself to this death game, Kirito becomes more relaxed.

Perhaps, he was born for this kind of game where he desperately fought for his life.

"I've decided, I'm going to see what's going on with this NPC that suddenly appeared."