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After falling, the monster didn't get up again, just like a robot that was kicked, mechanically waving its arms, swinging randomly on the ground.

"Hey! What's going on?"

The rapier in his hand pierced the monster's legs. If the target of this attack was the player, he would be begging for mercy frantically next time, right?

But the monsters created by the game program will not, which is why these people in the smiling coffin cannot get satisfaction from fighting monsters.

Both legs were pierced, and the HP bar dropped directly to the position where it almost completely disappeared. After Sasha pierced the rapier in his hand from behind, with the disappearance of the blood bar, the monster stepped on by him did not look like It turned into a large number of triangular fragments as usual, but slowly dissipated like a group of burnt flames.

"What the hell is this..."

The rapier in his hand poked the land under his feet a few times, but unfortunately, as a game, SAO still can't provide such a realistic physics engine, so if you want to dig some soil from the ground, don't count on it.

"Hey, these guys don't touch them yet, I'll go over there and see what's going on."

After telling his accomplices not to rush to kill, Sasha held his rapier and walked in the direction where Azda was just now.

It was about five or six meters away, but the bushes in it were very dense, blocking the vision of other people behind them.

Sasha moved forward cautiously, but before he could go any further, a stench suddenly burst into his nose.

Quickly covering his mouth and nose, Sasha looked towards the place where the stench was coming out.

It was a cave that continuously emitted black liquid. Wherever the black liquid touched, all the green plants withered instantly, and then were slowly eroded by the black liquid.

"When did this game have such detailed animation?"

Sasha was a little puzzled. Although he was a person who killed other players for fun, it didn't mean he had no brains.

It’s not like in some movies, when the deadly protagonists see something they don’t know, they reach out to touch it stupidly, take out an empty bottle of Sasha from the backpack, lift the bottle to the side of the black liquid, and try to adjust the menu. column to collect.

But there was no response. Originally, it was only necessary to select this option in the option of whether to collect the item, but this time, Sasha's arm was waving up and down, almost sparking, and the usual menu bar did not appear.

"what's the situation?"

Now even Sasha couldn't handle it anymore, he scratched his head and looked curiously at the filth in front of him.

The thing inside is probably the kind of thing that transforms the player into an NPC, and once the player is transformed, and then kills the opponent, there will be no punishment for becoming a red name.

For the smiling coffin, this "prop" that suddenly appeared is a good thing, but the problem is, since the menu cannot be adjusted, how to take these things away?

Sasha, who was thinking hard, habitually held the bottle and made an action of holding water in the real world before entering the game. The opened bottle went directly through the black sludge, and then, the sudden weight made Sasha Sha's arm sank slightly, and under Sasha's surprised gaze, the bottle was actually filled with about half of the black sludge.

"This......"

The development of the matter made Sasha feel that something was wrong, but after thinking about it, Sasha decided not to care about these strange things, well, this black thing Sasha is not going to tell his friends who are also smiling coffins, but Store it here as a secret that only you know.

After confirming that the outside of the glass bottle was not stained with any black filth, Sasha successfully put the bottle back into his backpack.

Obtained props: [Bottle containing abyss infection liquid]

"The abyss is infected with liquid? Is this a new mission item?"

Although there were many doubts in his heart, Sasha didn't plan to stay in this place for a long time. His accomplices were still waiting for him, so he had to pretend that he didn't find anything and just go back.

"Crack-"

There was a crisp noise from a branch being stepped on beside him, and Sasha stood up from the ground in an instant, raised his rapier and pointed in the direction of the sound.

"Whoa-"

A few low branches were broken along with the advancing figure, and in the dark woods, an iron-canned knight who wrapped himself tightly came out from the shadow of the woods.

【Ash】

The white name representing the NPC jumped out of the head of the tin can, but there was no blood bar, which meant that the opponent was not a hostile NPC.

"Ah, so it's here."

The iron-canned knight named Ashes first glanced at the black and filthy cave behind Sasha, and then shifted his gaze to Sasha who was holding a rapier.

"May I ask you a question at your convenience?"

Pointing at himself, after seeing the other party nodding, Sasha also nodded in agreement.

"Did you see this thing, and how did it come about?"

Stretching out his finger to the cave behind his hand, the NPC named Ashes spoke out his question.

Chapter 80 - Infection

For the NPCs in the game, the red-eyed Sasha has no interest. After all, some of these neutral NPCs cannot be the target of attack at all, and some are powerful, and they are not existences that players can provoke at all.

Therefore, as a PK player and a member of the smiling coffin, the red-eyed Sasha has always maintained a style of ignoring NPCs.

Maybe he will also complete some small mission dungeons under the organization of the guild leader, but that is without affecting his own hunting.

In this game, the character's data can't dominate everything, and the red-eyed Sasha can guarantee that with his current set of light equipment, he can definitely solve the meat shield players in the strategy group.

"I just came here, but is this thing a key item?"

I don't know why I spread my hands, knowing that in the face of these NPCs, as long as they don't answer the other party's words and then turn around and leave, maybe the next player who enters here by mistake will ask the same question again to this guy called Ashes. The eye-catching Sasha just wanted to be skinned.

"Really? This is a very dangerous thing, and it must not be leaked."

"It doesn't matter, it has nothing to do with me anyway."

After saying these words, Sasha, who didn't want to be entangled here anymore, turned and left.

Who wants to accept the next task? Instead of wasting time on these boring things, why not hurry up and do some experiments with the props you have collected.

The red-eyed Sasha clearly understood that if he replied that he had been in contact with these things, then the NPC would definitely trigger the corresponding plot. At that time, even if he wanted to, he would not be able to leave.

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"Is the quality of current players so low?"

Looking at the cloaked man who turned away, Mu Mu whispered in his helmet.

After coming out of Chuanhuo Sacrificial Field, Mu Mu has been looking for the place where the abyss may erupt. Usually, the abyss will appear in some very hidden corners, in the forest, and the huge cracked canyon. The location associated with the conspiracy to destroy the world is Mumu's primary search location.

And the facts also proved that what Mu Mu thought was right. So far, Mu Mu has cleaned up three places infected by the abyss.

Including those nearby animals infected by the abyss, these animals should have existed as data, the moment the abyss appeared, no, it should mean that this fantasy world built by Kayaba Akihiko was leaked in the abyss At that moment, it is no longer a simple death game.

But the current situation is not too bad, at least the abyss has not broken through the shackles of power, the leaked abyss is faithfully operating in accordance with the procedures in the game, and what the abyss shows now is nothing more than a game that looks like a game. What appeared inside was just a strange mission prop.

Any player who tries to touch the abyss out of curiosity will be infected by the abyss, his mind will be exhausted, and he will turn into a monster full of desire to kill.

A golden light appeared in Mu Mu's palm, different from the thunder released by the thunder gun before, this time the light appeared in Mu Mu's palm, just like the sun in the sky was held by Mu Mu in his hand.

【Miracle—Sunshine Gun】

If you want to purify the abyss, you need to invest incomparably powerful force. In order to explode the one-time medicine to cure the disease, and at the same time to ensure that no leftovers that you missed will leak out. The great wonder of hunting ancient dragons.

The dazzling and powerful sun gun pierced into the cave full of filth, and lit up in the forest with a dazzling flash. What should have been a forest full of green leaves appeared a large collapsed area.

The trees fell and the turf was burned by the power. After confirming that the leaked abyss was cleared by the power of the sun gun, Mumu stood up and continued to look for the next possible abyss, and after being infected by the abyss. unlucky.

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The headquarters of the Knights of the Blood Alliance, the head's office.

The player named Heathcliff is currently reading the exploration information on the new floors recently provided by union members, including the leveling locations that have been occupied by the Blood Knights, as well as the procedures for applying for manual development in various small mazes.

Of course, although wearing the skin of being the same player trapped in this death game, it is actually Akihiko Kayaba who is behind all this, and Heathcliff enjoys this process very much.

As a wish that appeared in his dreams since he was a child, to create a brand new world, Aincrad can be said to be his most precious wealth.

"Speaking of which, where are Asuna and Kirito going now?"

Obviously, as the deputy head of the Knights of the Blood Alliance, he left the team privately for as long as a week. Although he submitted the application for vacation at the beginning, if he lacks a core combat power, it will definitely slow down the progress of the guild's strategy.

However, Heathcliff does not intend to hold Asuna accountable, after all, in the world he created, Kayaba Akihiko does not want this world to have no other options other than fighting.

Therefore, the reason why Asuna was able to not return to the team for a long time and was not captured by the guild was also due to Heathcliff's acquiescence to a certain extent.

"New monsters were found on the new floor, um, have the ability to infect players?"

A report in his hand made Heathcliff frowned. Monsters with the ability to infect players did not exist in his original idea. There may have been abandoned designs, but such things will never appear in AI. Among Engrante.

This report caught Heathcliff's attention, and after reading it in detail, Heathcliff found that the report also included pictures taken by guild members using props.

"Huh? What is this?"

Kayaba Akihiko can guarantee that he has never designed such a monster whose painting style is completely inconsistent with Aincrad. After all, Aincrad, who is mainly fantasy, is at most those who are disgusting. The combination of monsters with their own slime can make some female players feel uncomfortable.

But the enemy in the picture is like a living person. After the upper body is corroded, the exposed abdominal cavity becomes a new mouth-like organ, and black mucus is sprayed from it.

This thing should appear in horror games like Silent Hill, not Aincrad in Fantasy World Adventure!

Chapter 81-About the fact that the ice dog can't fight back once it gets into the crotch

The monsters that appeared on the plains in the latest layer caught Heathcliff's attention. After all, as the designer of this game, Heathcliff clearly remembered all the monsters in the [-]th floor of Aincrad. Monsters, bosses and map appearances.

But Heathcliff can be sure that this kind of monster that should be assigned to horror games according to the style of painting should never appear in his own game.

Continue to look at the pictures in the report. The pictures show knights wearing silver knight armor, sharp helmet sides, and somewhat exaggerated flying wings, wandering blindly on the plain.

However, according to the evaluation of the members of the Blood Knights after challenging these hostile NPCs named [Silver Knights], the attack methods of these knights are obviously not set by themselves.

Not to mention that the Silver Knight, who was obviously not attacked and aroused hatred, would draw out a big bow from nowhere and launch a sneak attack from the players' backs. These players were obviously holding long spears, long swords and shields before starting the fight. The Silver Knights would always take out a big bow to attack the players, or replace the long swords in their hands with long spears when the players distanced themselves to resupply and recover their HP, and then they were like a car trying to It sprints towards the players like a deadly dump truck.

This shouldn't be, enemies of this difficulty shouldn't appear at all.

Players can be beaten to death by monsters due to their own mistakes, but in the current situation, they obviously did nothing. Once they enter the attack range of these silver knights, all the nearby silver knights will all move towards this side Come together.

If it weren't for the member in charge of reconnaissance in the Knights of the Blood Alliance who was full of agility, he might be the first player to be killed by a monster in a reconnaissance mission.

If it was earlier, Heathcliff could still exit the game and check what happened in his own game from the outside world, but now he is in the middle of a very critical operation and cannot exit the game for the time being.

After thinking for a while, Heathcliff decided to investigate in person what happened to these monsters that appeared out of nowhere.

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The blade of the Interpreter in his hand glowed. After stabbing the monster in front of him with all his strength, his body was bloated, like a huge hunting dog lying on the ground, and was finally exhausted by the last use of the element bottle. Kirito, who had more times, was defeated by a weak bloodskin advantage.

A white light shone on Asuna who was standing by. It was not the first time that Kirito knew that he and Asuna had finally avoided the loss of the precious level.

Who the hell designed these monsters?

Kirito glanced at the silent knight Ashes standing aside, since the last time he returned to the Fire Transmission Sacrificial Ground with the help of a spiral sword inserted into the ground, Kirito keenly discovered that the NPC who communicated with him had lost his upper hand. Vigor once, from a living person to an NPC who can only answer according to the program, just those few words back and forth.

Could it be that everything I saw for the first time was an illusion?

Kirito doesn't think so, but rather than thinking about whether this NPC is artificial intelligence or something, Kirito still thinks that the rewards for defeating the task given by Ashes, that is, the kind of BOSS with a sudden change in style are the best rewards. important stuff.

Well, after returning to the Fire Passing Sacrifice, Kirito learned a skill called [Rolling] from Ashes, which is different from the usual action when avoiding monster attacks. After learning the tumbling, Kirito found that remembering the blood Below, there is another long silver strip that is not too long, only one-tenth of his own blood.

Every time [Rolling] is used, some will be consumed. After rolling several times in a row, after the white bars are exhausted, I will not be able to use the skill of rolling temporarily.

This roll, which is counted as a skill, can make the user immune to any damage during the roll.

As long as you don't stand up after rolling, you won't take any damage even if you are hit by those boss attacks while rolling.

Of course, Asuna said that she would never use this skill. After all, Asuna, known as [Flash], if she wanted to roll around on the ground, Kirito imagined the scene, which is really difficult. Resist from laughing out loud.

"Kirito, what props did you get this time?".

After completing the resurrection, Asuna stood up from the ground. This battle scene similar to the city gate made her feel very uncomfortable, depressed, and heavy. In addition, what she was facing was called Bordeaux. The giant boss, Asuna, who is known for her speed, was sent flying by the war hammer held in the opponent's mouth when she attacked again.

"It's still the same, no props drop, only a lot of experience."

As he spoke, he stretched out his finger and pointed to the level next to his blood bar. Fighting in turn directly raised Kirito's level by one level. You must know that even in the place with the most abundant wild monster resources, it is necessary for members of the strategy team to increase by one level. For us, it takes a lot of time.

But thinking back to the battle with Bordeaux, Kirito felt that this level of experience was nothing.

"But it's really strange, as long as the boss gets close to the opponent's crotch to attack, we have nothing to do... Isn't this behavior a little funny?"

"Don't say that, maybe this is a loophole intentionally left for the players? Otherwise, with that hammer that doesn't stop swinging, maybe one person will fall to the next level today."

Originally, Kirito had no chance to rush into Bordeaux's crotch, but Asuna helped Kirito win a short gap on the premise of sacrificing herself. Use a small method to solve this boss called Bordeaux.

"It was an incredible battle, congratulations to both of you."

The knight Ashes who was sitting on the steps watching the battle stood up again, and walked towards Kirito and Asuna while applauding.