Chapter 21: Argo the Rat (Revised)
"Please confirm your name and appearance!"
"Ugh! Just follow the pre-set ones. "Pen Fun Pavilion www.biquge.info" was pitch black, and a character information menu appeared in front of Li Tong. However, Li Tong found that all the above were set, so he didn't make any changes. Kirito is Kirito.,Anyway, I'm Kiriya and I'm now.。 As for his appearance, he still vaguely remembered the little surprise prepared by Akihiko Kayaba.
After the determination was completed, Li Tong seemed to suddenly fall from the sky, and countless colored data flowed by him.
"Hum!"
The blue light shrouded Li Tong gradually disappeared, and the scene in front of him made Li Tong's eyes light up.
Huge rocks and steel castles floating in the infinite sky.
The lowest area is about 10 kilometers in diameter, which is large enough to easily accommodate the entire Setagaya area. Coupled with the hundreds of floors piled up above, the breadth of the floor can be said to be beyond imagination.
There are several cities, numerous small streets and villages, forests and grasslands, and even lakes. There is only one staircase connecting each floor, and the stairs are all located in a dangerous labyrinth area full of monsters, so it can be quite difficult to find and pass through the stairs. However, as long as someone can break through the barrier to reach the upper floor, the "transfer doors" of the upper and lower cities will be connected, and people can freely come and go between the two floors.
At the moment when SAO was launched, a large number of players quickly completed the registration and entered the game. And more are like Li Tong, who registered in advance when they bought NERvGear. Today, there are nearly 10,000 players, some of whom are white-collar workers, some are students, and some are professional players. But none of them could have imagined what kind of nightmare they would face after today.
"Drop! Enter SAO! Discover the main quest: Raid Ayn Grant and get the seeds of Ayn Grant. ”
Li Tong, who was feeling the unique scenery of Ayn Grant, suddenly heard Xiao Wu's prompt.
"The main quest is really to raid Ayn Grant, but why do you want to get the seed of Ayn Grant?" Li Tong had long expected the main quest of this world, but in the second half of the quest, Li Tong said that he didn't understand. "Will this Ayn Grant seed be used? I remember that the Ayn Grande in the original book was given to Kiritani Kazuto by Akihiko Kayaba, so I just need to attack Ayn Grande and blow it with Akihiko Kayaba! ”
Li Tong was thinking like this, and the same blue light mask suddenly appeared one after another in the empty streets around him. Then, players of different shapes appeared here. Most of them are as obsessed with Ayn Grant as Li Tong, while a few players rush around town to communicate with NPCs as soon as they appear.
It seems that they are SAO's closed beta players, and they are grabbing limited tasks! Thinking like this in his heart, Li Tong felt his vector operation and the slashing knife in his body.
"Because it's in a game, vector manipulation isn't useful, is it?" Li Tong, who found that his vector operation had disappeared, guessed, "What about this?" ”
Li Tong's heart moved, and a snow-white knife appeared in his hand.
"Fortunately, with them, this is a game with only one life, and I won't have any problems." Li Tong said with some rejoicing, as for Lilith (in the future, when little Lori appears, the guardian of light will be called Angel, and the whisper of darkness will be called Lilith.) Thank you for your understanding. )。 After the last second knife flow, Lilith has not been out since she helped Li Tong that time. It seems that Lilith will only come out when he is good enough to handle the whispers of darkness alone.
At this point, a system box appears on the Guardian of Light. Li Tong's face darkened as soon as he saw it.
"The guardian of light, the artifact, and the seal are gradually unsealed as the user's level rises. The current unblocking progress is 0%"
"I'll go! Can you still have a good time? Li Tong's hand-held artifact, one knife and one BOOS illusion was shattered.
At this time, onlookers gradually appeared around Li Tong.
"Is that an artifact? I see the golden light! ”
"Let's hang up! I want to report it! ”
"The ...... of the Abominable Cheaters"
……
Seeing this, Li Tong quickly put away the knife and squeezed out of the crowd. Because it was in a town, players couldn't hurt each other, so those people couldn't stop Li Tong from leaving.
And when Li Tong ran out of town, he passed by a figure, but he didn't pay attention, he just wanted to get out of this land of right and wrong first.
After receiving the task from the NPC aunt, the figure turned to look at Li Tong's distant back.
"Is he also a closed beta player? How haven't I seen it. Hawkers! No matter what, let's go and complete the mission of ten wild boars first! Reward 100 Koll and 100 XP! ”
Running out of town, Li Tong looked back and was relieved to find that no one had caught up.
At this time, perhaps because he came to the field, Li Tong heard Xiao Wu's prompt tone: "Drop!" Discover the side quest - BOOS Hunter and kill BOOS on each floor with your own hands. For each kill, gain 10,000 exchange points. Kill over 50 BOOS to reward enhanced hosts. If you kill all 100 BOOS, you will be rewarded with a random upgrade of one of the host's abilities. ”
"Strengthen your body? Ability to upgrade? Li Tong's eyes lit up, "What if I randomly hit the vector operation?" ”
"Vector operations will be upgraded to Lv6!"
“Lv6? The level of the god-like realm that I don't even possess by one side, if I ......" Li Tong fell into a fantasy, but soon he gave up the idea.
Because you can't beat BOOS in SAO, the BOOS room is hidden deep in a large number of complex and varied labyrinth areas, and unless you're lucky, it's impossible to find the BOOS room before the other players.
"That's right! I remember there was an informant in the SAO called ...... Called......"
"Agor! Mouse Agor! The characteristic nasal voice at the end of the sentence sounded in Li Tong's ears.
"Ahh When did you show up? Looking at the person who suddenly appeared next to him, Li Tong was startled.
"When you mentioned that the tipster was me, but it's strange that I haven't started advertising yet! How did you know about me? With two round faces, short blond brown curly hair, and a light brown hooded robe, Agor stood on tiptoe curiously, "Are you really an alphabet player?" But how can I find a match among the more than 2,000 beta players? ”
"I probably do! But can you get so close to me? It's a little ......" Li Tong thought to himself that he obviously hadn't changed the appearance set by Kiritani Kazuto, how could Ago, who knew Kirito in the original book, not seem to know his performance. And she's really getting a little closer.
"Huh?" Agore was stunned for a moment, and then realized that his posture with the person in front of him was a little ambiguous. He hurriedly took a few steps back and pretended to cough a few times to hide his shyness.
"Ahem, ahem! Let's not talk about this, whether you're a closed beta player or not, I just saw you got a weapon that looks very strong......"
"Huh? What you want to do, it's bound. Li Tong stared at Agor with some suspicion.
"What are you thinking! I just want you to help me with a task. Agor exclaimed, but the brown eyes that kept rolling showed that she really had something in mind.
"I'm not going to rob other people! I'm a businessman, and I just want to make a deal with you. But since it's binding, there's no need to talk about it. ”
Finding Li Tong's obviously disbelieving gaze, Agor had no choice but to explain.
"But there's a mission I need your help with, it's true!" Agor continued.
"Why should I help? Others can't do it? Li Tong was a little strange.
Because asking someone else for help is not only not safe, but also owes a favor, and you not only look stupid and easy to deceive, but also have a powerful weapon, and if you have anything to ask me to help with, who else will you choose if you don't choose! Fool.
Agore thought to herself, but she naturally wouldn't say these words.
"Of course, because you seem to be relatively strong, and you have powerful weapons, there is no risk in asking you to complete this mission." Agor said to Li Tong.
"Really? What's that task? Also, what's in it for me? Li Tong didn't easily agree to Ago, and wanted to ask some clarification.
"Hey! Do you still want benefits? You must know that after completing this task, you have experience, Kele has everything, why are you so greedy! "Everything about interests can make Agor pay special attention. Hearing that Li Tong wanted benefits, she was like a fried kitten.
"Then I'm not going." Li Tong was very straightforward, turned his head and left.
"Wait a minute!" Agor was in a hurry, and when he saw Li Tong stop and turn his head to look at her, Agor hesitated, "Help me complete this task, the benefits ...... The advantage is that if you buy news from me in the future, I will call you 9...... Ah no, it's 9.5% off. ”
"This? It's not enough, I also want the location information of all the BOOS rooms in the future. Li Tong finally said his purpose.
"You...... You...... You take advantage of the fire to rob! You! I would never agree with that! "Gor's eyes are red, those can be sold for money, and this person is robbing her of money!
Looking at Agore's exaggerated performance, Li Tong also felt as if he had gone too far.
"Alright! Then you get information about BOOS later, I have the right of first refusal, and you have to give me a 20% discount. Li Tong took a step back.
"No! Up to 9% off! ”
"It's a deal!" Li Tong hurriedly said.
Agore, who had a lot of heart in his heart, seemed to feel that he was still at a loss, and added: "Then I need your help from now on, and you must help me unconditionally." ”
Looking at Agore's expression that if you don't agree, I'll find someone else, Li Tong thought about it and felt that it should be nothing to help, so he agreed. This also led to him being used like a dog by Agor in retaliation, and he had to ask him for help even to buy a loaf of bread.
Seeing that Li Tong agreed, Agore was overjoyed, seeing that I would not play you to death in the future, and dare to cheat the old lady's money.
"Then let's add friends and team up first, and then I'll share your mission. What is your name? Agor swiped his hand down in front of him, and a list of menus appeared. Click on the Add Friends column, and Agor asks for Li Tong's name.
Li ...... Oh! It's Kirito! Li Tong almost habitually said his name, only then did he remember that he was called Kirito in SAO, and hurriedly changed his words.
"Kirito?" Agor sent a friend request, but he was looking at it. Kirito? I only remember that there was a player named Kiriko among the closed beta players, and it was a woman. It seems that he may not really be a closed beta player.
"Jingle bell!" After receiving Agore's friend application, Li Tong clicked to confirm. So he saw Agore's name appear in his friends column, and it showed that Agor was already level 2.
Level 2? It seems that she has already completed several tasks.
"Jingle bell!" Another prompt, Li Tong received Agore's invitation to form a team.
"I just found out that you are still level 0, it seems that you are really not an closed beta player, you just got a weapon by walking shit luck." After adding a friend, Agor saw that Li Tong's level was finally determined that he was definitely not a closed beta player, and then she reminded Li Tong viciously: "Don't let me down, if you fail, I will take revenge on you!" ”
"Yes! Be! Li Tong nodded helplessly and looked at the task shared by Agor . Fierce wolf king! It's a wild BOOS! Are the two of us okay? ”
Li Tong was a little worried, and Agor didn't know it yet, but he knew very well that although this was a game, it couldn't be played around. Of course, if his light guardian hadn't been sealed by SAO's system, he wouldn't have worried!
"Don't worry, I'm all set! When the time comes, you'll just use your weapon to output, but if you can't even stand up, then I'll have to worry! But it shouldn't be possible! "Agor doesn't care, because she has completed this task during the closed beta, so she has prepared all the props and strategies needed for the mission. All it takes is someone who can break through the BOOS defenses, and there will be no surprises. Although I was already level 10 when I completed this task at that time, with the method of the strategy, even if it is level 0, as long as the BOOS defense is broken, it can be easily completed.
"Okay!" Li Tong thought about it, but still didn't tell Agor about the fact that he was really dead once he died, because he couldn't explain how he knew.
When the time comes, if there is really danger, try your best to protect her! After all, I need her information! Li Tong thought so. It's not because Agor looks cute! As for whether this is the reason, only Li Tong himself knows.
In this way, Li Tong and Agor teamed up to go to the location of the Wolf King, the northern forest in the place of origin.