Chapter 2: Prelude to the Party
Since the day after Akihiko Kayaba announced the start of the death game, Mana has been hunting in the wild except for eating and resting. After www.biquge.info getting used to the game's attack mode, Pen, Fun, and Pavilion has been looking for mobs two levels higher than their own since this afternoon to hunt. All in all, Mantra's income today is not bad, and it has risen to level 3 to nearly 400 kol. Now 400 kors in the starting city is enough for a 4-day hotel, and the cheapest bread costs 10 ks. To eat bread, you have to hunt at least 5 wild boars a day. And now, players are afraid of this death and rarely come out to hunt, even if it is a slime-level wild boar, not many people are willing to hunt. But the mantra is clear, and in a day or two, the low-level jungle will definitely be occupied by players. The mantra is now only 600 kor in total with yesterday's harvest, and according to the grapevine, it will take at least 3 days to get from the starting city to the next city, and you must prepare a 3-day supply of bread and as many small HP recovery pills as possible before you go, and it would be nice if you could still have a sleeping bag. Mana looked at the time in the upper left corner at half past five.
Come back in the evening, there are all nocturnal creatures here, and although their abilities will increase at night, they will earn more than in the morning...... Hey, I hate that feeling of fasting...... SAO, in many senses, is still somewhat similar to reality. Mantra thought about getting up and looked at the newly refreshed wolf behind him, clenching the hilt of the scabbard again. Instead of attacking with the skills given by the system, Mantra deftly dodged the wolf's attack while leaving red wounds on the wolf's body. In the end, Mantra cut off the wolf's head with a knife, and the wolf instantly turned into green fragments. Mantra went on to slaughter a few wild wolves and left the wolf area. Shingon walked along the path towards the City of Start, and on the way, Shingon bypassed a few players who had come out in groups to farm monsters. Mana's return to the City of Beginnings is completely devoid of yesterday's fiery atmosphere, and the entire street is filled with a dull atmosphere. Reluctantly, Manyan went into the bakery and bought the cheapest bread, and sat on a bench in the square and nibbled on the bread. The mantra nibbled on the bread, and it was clearly written on his face that the bread was not ordinary. Shingon wanted to buy a more expensive bread, but after thinking about it, he also wanted to buy a sleeping bag and a small HP recovery pill, but Shingon dispelled this idea. A sleeping bag costs 300 kol, and a small bottle of HP recovery pill is 60 kl. With Mantra, the amount of Kol he has now is not enough to survive in the wild for 3 days. Zhen Yan walked to an armor shop and took out a dozen wolf skins, a dozen wolf fangs, and dozens of wild boar skins that he had hit today, and handed them to the guys in the store. The man counted the number and put the items away and gave them to Shingon 80 Kol. Seeing his blood and sweat, Shingon used 80 Keer to dispel his heart was very unbalanced, but after finding out that this was the setting of the game, he sighed and left the armor shop. Mantra just took a short break and ran towards the wolf area again. As the mantra suggests, animal nocturnal creatures will have corresponding stat bonuses at night. Zhen Yan didn't think about it anymore, but directly raised his knife and rushed to the four wild wolves in front of him, and fought with the wild wolves. Mantra finally dealt with the four wolves when he still had a quarter of his HP left. But there was no god on Shingon's face that was terrified by the residual amount of HP, and Shingon was smiling as if enjoying the feeling of hovering on the line of death. Shingon sat out of the wolf's spawn point and waited for his HP to refill, and just after Shingyan's HP was full, the four wolves behind him refreshed again. Mantra rushed into the four wolves again. One night, the mantra hunted the wild wolf over and over again. It was almost 12 o'clock before Shingon left the idea of going home, and just as Shingon was about to turn to leave, he noticed a flash of swords and the roar of a wild wolf not far from him.
"Hey, people over there!" the hunter over there seemed to have discovered the truth and walked over. When Mana heard this voice, he guessed who was coming.
"Long time no see, Crane!" Shingon shook his hand at Crane as he stepped out of the shadows. Klein walked up to Mangon and still didn't see who Mangin was. After all, there is too much difference between the real body of Mangin and the appearance of the characters in the game. Shingin's game character looks very mature and much taller than in reality, while Shingon is very handsome, looks young, and gives people a weak and unruly feeling. The real mantra is only 1.6 meters, but the game character is at least about 1.8 meters taller than Klein. If there is anything that has not changed, it is the voice of the truth. It really takes some discernment to recognize the truth.
"It's only been a day and you don't know me, it's really sad for me. Seeing Klein's confused face, Mantra spoke again.
"Shingon, you're Shingon!!Really, where did you kid run away yesterday, I've been looking for you in the city for a long time!" Klein confirmed that the person in front of him was Shingon, and after confirming that the person in front of him was Shingon, one arm wrapped around Shingon's neck, and the other hand clenched into a fist and spun fiercely above Shingon's head.
"Crane, get your groping hands!!" Shingon struggled to break free of Crane's embrace and smiled helplessly, looking at the teary-eyed Crane and continued, "You're really exaggerating, I'm not dying." ”
"You're not cute. Come on, everyone, and I'll introduce you. As soon as Klein's words fell, three uncle-level figures came out from not far away. Klein pulled the three of them over and introduced him to Manyan, "This is a friend I met from playing games before. This is the man who teamed up with Shingon yesterday. ”
Obviously, Klein was very excited to meet Manyan, but he didn't see him for a day, and he began to talk to Manyan. Mantra was unknowingly pulled back to the city by Klein.
"By the way, what is Mangyan's current level?" Crane asked in a low voice as his head suddenly approached Manyan. Truth felt that there was no need to hide it, so he told Klein. And Klein's eyes widened after hearing the level of the mantra.
"I'm telling the truth...... You won't be hunting in that area since yesterday. Klein poked Mantra's cheek with his finger.
"How is it possible, I also started hunting in that area this afternoon. Wild boars have been slaughtered before. Mantra blocked Klein's finger and glared at Crane, "This leveling efficiency is not high......
"Truth, let's discuss. We inadvertently developed a mini-boss quest. The rewards are quite rich, so come with us. Klein grabbed Manyan's shoulders and bowed his head and whispered to Manyan, "Manyan, I'll be honest, the four of us are only level 2 and don't know the situation of the mini-boss, one more person has more guarantees." ”
"Crane, I should say that you are still brave and resourceful! Now no one in the wild area even dares to hunt wild boars, and you dare to take on the task of the mini-boss. "Mantra really sweats for Klein.
"What's that...... Now that I have come to this world, I would rather die in the wilderness than to be decadent in the city for fear of death. Of course, I have no intention of dying in this world. How about Mantra help us with this? Crane's expression suddenly became serious, and his tone became heavy. The deep blue eyes of the mantra looked at Crane, and he couldn't help but admire Crane in his heart. Mangon looked at Crane's serious expression, spread his hands, and agreed to Crane's invitation. Klein jumped up for joy when he saw that Mangin agreed, and hurriedly pulled Mangin to take the task. Klein dragged Mantra to a weapons shop, but instead of entering through the main entrance, he turned to the side door. Crane was about to knock on the door, but the door opened by itself, and an old man walked out from behind the door. The old man's face was wrinkled, his hair was so gray that his eyes were bright, and he didn't look like an old man at all.
"Old man, I found a helper. Klein pushed the mantra in front of the old man, and the old man just looked the mantra up and down, and then began to reply to the language set by the system. After the general dialogue with the fixed formula is over, the task confirmation bar pops up in front of the mantra. After taking the task, Shingon took Klein to the hotel's restaurant and sat down.
"The tooth of the tooth king, according to the hint, it should be the wild miniboss Wild Boar King Ronoke randomly dropped. If we team up to hunt the Boar King, the Tooth King will randomly enter the backpack of any member of the team. It cannot be obtained repeatedly. The five of us received this task at the same time, which means that the number of teeth required is 5. In other words, we're going to hunt Ronock the Boar King 5 times. Shingon sat down on Klein and said to them, "Tomorrow we're going to find the spawn place of the Boar King Ronock, so that the low-level mini-boss shouldn't have any instant kill skills." But even so, please note that this is not just a game. ”
"The truth is right, let's stop here today! Klein nodded affirmatively to what the truth said, and saw that it was not too early for everyone to disband and go back to rest. But Mana didn't go back to the hotel room and walked towards the square. Klein hurriedly grabbed the mantra.
"I don't live in a hotel, I just sleep outside. To get to the next village, you'll need Koll. Mantra brought Klein to the door of the inn and explained to Crane.
"Hey, you're too much of a mantra. You've also seen that they're all fun guys, and I hope you're not just with us this time. Klein said with his hand on Manyan's shoulder.
"I'm sorry, Crane. I may not be comfortable with moving in a group. Thank you anyway, though. Mantra smiled and turned away.