The first estate, Torbana.

More than a month has passed since that death declaration, and players have changed from anger and despair at the beginning, and gradually, everyone seems to be returning to their old game life.

But the pain brought to gamers during this time has really cut into their hearts. The number of gamers including battles and suicides is more than 2000, but at the moment still no one has been able to successfully conquer the first layer.

It's better to say that just fighting monsters that spawn in the wild is already exhausting. There simply aren't enough people to explore the labyrinth.

However, as a result, the few gamers who were not only not discouraged by being locked in the death game, but instead showed amazing combat skills in battle, quickly attracted attention and quickly became a topic of conversation.

Now they attract attention just by walking on the streets of town, as they do now. One of them.

A blue figure who was in the spotlight walked with a smile.

The ID is kamikaze. Dressed in a dark blue short-fight suit, he is a light suit and a short sword chosen for quick action. In addition, the attribute points of the character upgrade have been greatly increased in agility and strength, and the skills loaded with the current level LV11 are physical arts, concealment, and seeking enemies. Maybe it's because of the existence of such a maverick character that gamers can come out of the shadows so quickly.

According to a handful of late-night gamers who also farm monsters, he seems to be wandering the mob area from 7 a.m. until 3 a.m.

Now he walked from the direction of the West End, and saw several players who took the initiative to say hello.

However, seeing the direction in which he was heading, he couldn't help but be a little surprised.

It's the labyrinth area, a place where gamers have been trying to explore and break through for the past month, and they haven't even found the boss room. According to the swordsmen's estimates, a team of at least 10 people with Lv9 or higher is needed to deal with the attack of the maze mobs. At present, gamers with an average level of less than Lv7 can only honestly farm monsters in the wild. It really deserves to be the person who is on the same battlefield as Shen Yun and fights against 'Honkai'.

However, it's not just ordinary gamers here!

Walking slowly to the avenue leading to the labyrinth area, Poison Island took out the longsword from her inventory.

In the past month, it has been an almost endless time for gamers who have been judged to be 'social death' to farm monsters and level up endlessly. In order to get out of the game even a second early, they were able to spend 16 hours a day farming frantically, but the average level did not exceed Lv8. Of course, there are far more factors than people who work hard to slack off, but the fundamental problem is that the public lacks the experience of real combat and the 'rules' of adapting to this world.

Soon, though, these 'original beta' players, who were stumped by the experience of the inner period, realized. Unlike the previous combat system of the 'Full Immersion System', this plot center is impregnated by Honkai and implements the laws of physics and reality. What kind of system is running?

"Gollum!" "Gollum!" "Gollum!"

Not long after entering the labyrinth, the monster has already refreshed out, and it is the most common wild boar in the labyrinth, a total of three.

They snorted, slammed into the ground a few times.

Their reddened gaze and savage posture highlight their wildness.

However, there really is nothing to be afraid of. Although this has changed, the monsters and bosses that have been refreshed in SAO are indeed no longer able to consider them with their original concepts. The mode of action has changed dramatically, and even intelligence has been improved. It's no longer a fool who has a strong attachment to attacks and will only rush forward one by one, but at least there are traces of this kind of habits and attacks that are familiar to humans.

Poison Island didn't raise his sword to block, nor did he prepare an emergency dodge in advance. Just stood there silently, as if it was not a raging boar but a breeze that was coming.

Her waist-length purple hair never fell apart, and her eyes remained calm. She just stood there silently, waiting for the monster to approach.

It's close, it's close. Close enough to be able to see the rushing and swaying mane, the sharp fangs, and the bloody mouth that spewed foam.

Then, she moved.

There was no hesitation or confusion, her will was as unbending as a hundred refined steel, and carried this will into every corner of her body. The swing of the sword brought up a blood flower, and the light posture of the man scattered a death lotus bloom from the cold sword blade.

And reflected in the mirror-like smooth sword body was the blood-stained smile for a moment.

The three monsters had been shredded into pieces of various sizes, brains, internal organs, bones, so many different colors on corpses that should have only appeared bright red. Then the blurred fragments broke and disappeared, and the experience and the dropped interface appeared in front of Poison Island Tsuneko at the end of the battle.

And a not-so-crisp jingle sounded, and the personal attributes suddenly changed.

- Congratulations to the players, the level has been increased!, now at Lv12, the skill bar has been developed to 4.

Accidentally, I thought I had to kill a few more. I didn't expect to upgrade so quickly.

Just as Poison Island Tsuneko looked at the list of combat skills she held, she was stunned by the news she suddenly received.

Looking at the notification message from the 'system', several points of interest quickly caught her attention.

"'Unique skills' and 'self-created skills'. ”

That's really, crazy enough.

Licking his lips that had become dry, his purple pupils were filled with excitement like never before.

Dangerous, extremely dangerous actions are also a short way to gain great power!

- 'unique skills' held by individuals.

Skill name: 'Draw the Sword'.

The skill-limited weapon is 'Tai Sword'.

Skill Description - The time taken from the scabbard is infinitely reduced to 0.1 seconds. When activated, the defense is increased by 3 times, the power of the first attack after the sheath is increased by 7 times, the defense is broken by 35%, and the skill falls into a state of 'weakness' (action speed decreases by 90%, and attack and dodge cannot be attacked) within 30s after the skill is used.

The skill effect is affected by the 'skill integrity', and the skill effect is affected by the player's 'strength' attribute, and the skill forcibly interrupted or changed the release posture may have adverse consequences.

It is very powerful, and it can be said to be a killer weapon that can turn the tide of the battle with one blow.

But the system is not so kind to give this skill to people in vain, but gives the corresponding 'achievement conditions'.

Acquisition conditions - complete 1,000 consecutive kills with an interval of no more than 30s within 36 hours from now on, with no more than 10% HP damage, no more than 3 negative status stacks, no more than 3 block skills, no use or accept the effect of buffs, no use of HP recovery items, kill more than 500 monsters with a level greater than themselves, and kill a boss independently.

Well, it's a bit of a bother.

Click on the map to see the structure of the first layer at a glance. From the entrance to the pathway, the bifurcating maze junctions, resource gathering and trap areas, and the boss rooms marked with the most vivid red status.

Everything else can be ignored, except for this one - kill a boss on its own. Only this decision cannot be ignored!

"So, let's start with this. ”

As if the death date had been announced to the leader of the monsters who ruled the first labyrinth, the kobold lord Ilfang, the swordsman clenched his sword tightly. Categorically speaking!