At four o'clock in the afternoon, Ye Chi arrived at the music plaza in the center of Torbana, the last street on the first floor.

In fact, the town is full of soothing background music played by NPC bands, making this stepped music plaza a great place for players to meet.

Forty-four.

That's the total number of players gathered at the Torbana Music Square.

It was much smaller than expected, with nearly sixty people coming to the street.

In other words, those who have the courage to challenge the floor boss are all of them.

This traditional online game is completely different when it was pioneered, and the advertisements for the "10,000 people pioneer group" or something can be everywhere......

The public beta of 10,000 people is too small, and there are more online games in China than this one......

It's also true...... A country that has not had a war for 80 years......

It's better to say that there are so many people who dare to fight to the death......

Ye Chi sat at the very top of the side of the crowd, wandering outside the circle of players, to be honest, as a lone ranger, he was not used to this kind of scene.

In the distance, Ye Chi saw the figure wearing a cloak and a hood.

"It's coming...... In other words, nearly one in five men can't even match the courage of women? ”

Ye Chi thought silently.

Everyone who comes must have the consciousness of martyrdom, right?

No, not necessarily, how many of them are in the spirit of being able to exist even if they die, and in the spirit of fearless blending?

Ye Chi's head ran away again......

Pop, snap, with the sound of clapping, the extremely penetrating sound resounded throughout the square.

"Good! That, it's five minutes late, but let's get started! Everyone moved forward a little bit...... Take three steps and get here! ”

The man who said this was a one-handed swordsman with a slender body and shiny metal armor all over his body. Without the slightest hint of help, he jumped onto the fountain in the middle of the square. If you can make such a jump with that kind of equipment, your strength and agility should be very high.

"Hard point." Ye Chi made such a judgment.

Looking at the one-handed sword envoy who turned around, a handful of players of more than forty people made a subtle noise. It's easy to understand their feelings. Because, this guy has a little white face that can't be imagined in VRMMO. In addition, the sides of his cheeks are dyed long blue like waves. The first floor doesn't sell this kind of hair dye item.,You can only get it from the rare items dropped by monsters.。

If you deliberately dress up your hairstyle and hair color in order to appear on this stage, it means that this product is very careful......

In the face of everyone's suspicions, the man reflexively showed a hearty smile and said:

"Thank you so much for all of you to come together here today. Some people know me, but I'd like to reintroduce myself! My name is 'Tilberu', and I'm a 'knight'! ”

Oh, tin cans...... What about the Assassin's nemesis......

However, although he did not have full body armor, the armor on his body was all shiny metal, and he had the largest all-metal shield he could get on his back, and at his waist was a large one-handed sword modeled after the early knight's sword - it was not impossible to be called a knight.

"So, I don't think I need to say any more about the reason for being on the front lines and bringing together you top players......"

Tilberu began to speak again, and I stopped thinking and focused my eyes on him. The blue-haired knight, raising his right hand, pointed to the giant tower standing on the other side of the street, the labyrinth area on the first floor, and continued to speak.

“…… Just today, our team discovered the way to the top of the tower. In other words, tomorrow, or the day after tomorrow, we will be able to get there. Arrive at the ...... on the first floor BOSS ROOM! ”

Oh yes? It's unexpectedly fast......

Even Ye Chi didn't arrive...... This sneak is almost full......

This bunch of flat push goods has actually arrived?

"A month. Getting there, though, took a month...... But we have to inform everyone about it. Defeat the boss and reach the second floor, bringing the news that this game of death will one day be defeated to the players waiting in the Initial Street. That's what it takes for us top players! I'm right, guys! ”

Looking for a high-sounding reason...... That's right, as he said, one of the few common aspirations that the players gathered here have, and that's it...... At least, if you want to get out, that's it.

"Wait, Mr. Knight!" At that moment, a deep voice came out.

The smashing field is coming!

The cheers immediately stopped, and the crowd in front opened left and right. A grass-green figure jumped down from the highest order.

The other party carried a slightly larger one-handed sword, had a pair of cactus-like brown hair, was dressed in green scale armor, and wore a diamond-shaped heart guard of the same color on his left chest.

This equipment is now considered a reload.

The man took a step forward and said in a deep voice that was the opposite of Tilberu:

"If you don't solve that matter first, who will have time to play partner games with you?"

Tilberu's expression didn't change anything about this sudden intruder. Still with a calm smile, he waved his hand and said:

"I'm welcome to have any opinions. However, please report your name before you speak? ”

“……………… Hum. ”

The barb head rubbed his huge nose, took another step or two forward, came to the fountain, and said to Tilberu:

"My name is 'Tooth King'."

The cactus-headed one-handed swordsman with the name of this fierce-sounding character, with small eyes that radiated a sharp light, squinted at all the players in the square.

"It sounds like it's synonymous with cannon fodder......" Ye Chi complained in his heart.

After a while of his rounds, the Tooth King said in his dull voice:

"I suspect you've gotten in here, five or ten nasty guys."

"Doubt? Who are you talking about? ”

Tilberu, the knight who was still standing on the fence of the fountain behind the Tooth King, raised his hands tangibly. The Tooth King didn't even look at him, and said in a hateful and vicious tone:

"Ah, isn't that obvious? Now 2,000 people have died. It's because those guys monopolize everything that they will cause 2,000 people to die in a month! Right!! ”

After that, the forty or so listeners, who had been making a small discussion, all fell silent. The things that the Tooth King was going to say, everyone understood. Of course, so did I.

In the breathless silence of this oppressive person, only the evening BGM played by the NPC orchestra is flowing quietly. No matter who it is, they don't want to talk. Anyone who opens their mouths will immediately be recognized as one of the "guys" - everyone seems to be afraid of this. No, it's either like you're scared, or you're scared......

Indeed, if the gap between the old and new players is not bridged...... What will happen?

Are closed beta players with strong individual combat effectiveness and new players with a large number of new players on fire?

This is a good opportunity, when the floor level cap is low and the player gap - at least the stat gap is not too large......

But then the game is over...... It's better to wait outside to save you......

"--Tooth King, that's what you're talking about...... Veteran players of the original test, right? ”

Tilberu, who was holding his hands, confirmed with the most serious expression.

"Isn't that obvious!"

The scale shirt...... No, it's a little more upscale, it's a chainmail shirt covered with metal armor pages, a type that has never appeared in history...... A combination of East and West......

But there is also chain mail in the East......

I digress again...... In short, the non-mainstream armor made a loud noise, because he had done it very exaggeratedly, angrily, and ...... Yan Yi? of the action......

"The guys who came from the closed beta left the Street of Beginnings and disappeared on the day this bastard game began. Abandoned about nine thousand hundreds of novices. They possess good hunting grounds and rewarding tasks to themselves, and slowly become powerful, and then disappear. …… There should be a few here, too.,Hide your identity as a closed beta player.、The old slippery head who plans to join the boss strategy team.。 According to me, if those guys hadn't come out and kneel down to apologize, and hand over all the props and money they had saved for this battle, I wouldn't have been able to treat those guys as teammates who could be entrusted with their lives! ”

Again an embarrassing silence.

"May I speak?"

At this time, the baritone full of tension resounded in the square at dusk. Pulled the pensive Ye Chi back to reality, so he raised his head, looked towards the crowd, and found that a figure was walking out of it.

Big guy. Slightly more than 1.80 meters tall, slightly taller than Ye Chi, although the size of the virtual body does not affect the player's own parameters, but the opponent's huge and rugged two-handed battle axe (Twin-HandbattleAxe) hanging behind him gives people a very light feeling.

The appearance is also a burly style that is not lost to weapons. All hair shaved, chocolate-colored skin. However, the well-defined face fits the rugged appearance very well. It's a far cry from the Asian look...... If you dig deeper, it may be a different race.

The muscles and muscles who walked out of the sweat nodded slightly at the more than forty players, and then looked straight at the Tooth King who was far away in height.

"My name is Achill. According to what you said, a large number of deaths of novices are due to the death of the original beta players, so you want them to take this responsibility, apologize and compensate, right? ”

"Yes...... Yes. ”

Faced with this moment's aura, the Tooth King couldn't help but take a step back, but quickly adjusted his posture again, staring at the axe warrior named Achill with small eyes that glowed, and shouted.

"It's just that if they don't save them when they see death, they will die 2,000 people! And the two thousand people who died, most of them were top players in other MMO games! Those stupid closed beta players, if they shared information, items, and money, there would be ten times as many people here...... No, maybe you've broken through two or even three layers by this point, haven't you? ”

"Tooth King, you want to say that. Money and props don't matter, it's mainly intelligence. ”

Just as I bowed my head in shame that I couldn't think of a way, the axe warrior Achill responded again with a loud baritone. From the large waist pack around the leather armor waist, which was almost torn off by muscles, he pulled out a simple book prop made of parchment. On the cover, a "Mark of the Rat" pattern is depicted with a round ear and three whiskers on the left and right.

"You should have this strategy too. You can get it for free from the item house of Horenka and Medai. ”

"-- Yes, there is this. So what. ”

Achill put the strategy book in his pocket, picked up his hand and said:

"This strategy book is what I will inevitably get in the prop house every time I go to a new village or street. So do you. Intelligence is so fast that it's unimaginable. ”

"So, even if it's fast, what's the matter?"

"Who do you think will provide the monsters and map information mentioned above to the tipster, apart from the original beta players?"

The players, all of a sudden, were talking about it. The Tooth King also kept his mouth shut, and even the knight Tilberu behind him nodded.

Achill looked at everyone and said in a loud baritone.

"Listen, the intel is there. Still, there are a lot of players who die. The reason for this is that they tend to consider themselves veteran MMO players. Comparing this SAO game to other games would make a mistake that should have been avoidable. So now, it's not the time to hold accountable. Our own destiny will be affected by this meeting, I think so. ”

The two-handed axe warrior named Achill has a very decent attitude and rigorous arguments, so the Tooth King, who can't find a single flaw, can only grit his teeth on the sidelines. If someone other than Achill had said the same thing, the Tooth King would have countered with "You're the original beta player", but now he could only wait angrily for the giant man in front of him.

Behind the two men who confronted each other without saying a word, Tilberu, who was still standing on the fence of the fountain, took off his long hair, which had been dyed purple by the setting sun, nodded again and said:

"Tooth King, I understand what you said. It was also in this unclear territory that I wandered around the line of death many times before I got here. But, as Achill said, you have to look ahead now, huh? The original tester is also ...... No, just because it's the original betamer, you have to have their combat power in order to attack the boss. If you exclude them and cause the strategy to fail, then it will be meaningless. ”

He is a self-proclaimed knight, and he is also very eloquent.

Not only did it resolve the possible split crisis, but it also made closed beta players feel grateful to Dade......

"I think everyone has their own ideas, but what I want to do now is to gather everyone's strength to break through the first layer. If you don't want to fight with the original beta testers anyway, it's okay to quit, but it's a bit of a pity. But the most important thing about boss battles is teamwork. ”

After a week of patrolling, the knight finally fixed his gaze on the Tooth King. The cactus-headed one-handed swordsman withstood the knight's gaze, but still snorted with his huge nose and whispered.

“………… Well, this time I'll do as you say. But ah, as long as the boss battle is over, I must fight them. ”

The chain mail made a clattering sound, and the Tooth King, who was standing at the forefront, walked into the ranks. The axe warrior Achill also seemed to have nothing more to say, and he opened his hands and returned to his original position.

"So, if there is no problem, it will be temporarily disbanded, before the strategy war, at this time of every day, all those who are willing to participate in the boss battle will have a short meeting here, how about it?"

Undoubtedly, won everyone's consent.

"So, what's the problem?"

"That, Mr. Knight?" Ye Chi raised his hand like a primary school student.

"Please."

"Shouldn't we assign the team today...... Is it convenient for everyone to run in? "It's not because no one is on my team......

"Okay...... So, with people you know, form a team of six. ”

What?

Acquaintances?

What about me? Who do I know? What about the distribution by occupation?

Ye Chi was stunned to find that the people present ...... Almost all of them come in good teams!! Even if you didn't have a team, you found your teammates in an instant!!!

Is the Japanese group consciousness so good???

Ye Chi's whole person was Spartan......

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This part uses a plot that combines fiction and animation......

However, the author has a little research on cold weapons and armor, and some of them may be different from the original

I would like to make a comment on that...... Looking at the empty book review area, my heart was cold......

I don't know if I can write it well...... I don't know if it's good to write...... I don't know how many people watch it......

The number of recommended votes is too small, and I am embarrassed to ...... At least a good collection?