Chapter 19: Clues
Under the moonlight, Si Yiluban was like an incomparably huge emerald, emitting a brighter light than the moon in the night.
Outside the dessert shop, Xiangkong endured his sadness and waved goodbye to the satisfied Shuoye, and then pressed his stomach and asked Yui, "Can't you afford a croissant?" ”
Yui laughed and said, "I can buy half of it." ”
Xiangkong heard the words and supported the wall with one hand, his head was lowered, and his lonely back looked very lonely.
Seeing him like this, Yui restrained her smile and wanted to comfort him, but she didn't want him to suddenly raise her head, so she turned around and walked in the direction of the city gate.
"Yui, I've decided to make some more money for supper."
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ALO's night does not bring enhancement to monsters, so even at night, there are many players staying in the wild area, and in order to take care of players who like to act at night, ALO not only adjusts the brightness of the moonlight, but also places some glowing plants in areas like forests.
Since it was night, Shoku would not go back to the Valley of the Winds, but would head in the direction of the border, where there was a decent hunting spot.
The Moon Forest was the place he chose, and although it was far away from Siyiruban, it didn't take long to reach his destination at high speeds.
By the way, the duration of the flight is thirty minutes, which is twenty minutes longer than the elf.
As an area close to the border, the monster strength of the Falling Moon Forest is much stronger than that of the monsters in the area around Si Yiluban, but judging from the current general abilities of players, there are actually many players who can come to the Falling Moon Forest, because ALO has also been operating for a long time, and the abilities of various races have almost reached the level of being able to open the border, not to mention the Falling Moon Forest, and the Plains of Sighs adjacent to the border caves are also often frequented by wind elf players.
Due to the high flow of people, it is impossible to use convenient and effective magic in the sky, but... Melee combat is the strongest ability in the sky.
As early as in the underground labyrinth of Ayn Grant, he continued to level up without sword skills for a long time, which was originally prepared for Akihiko Kayaba, but now he has received great results when he arrives at ALO without sword skills, especially his excellent dynamic vision, which has a great advantage in this world without the assistance of sword skills.
Without SAO's sword assist system, even Asuna wouldn't be able to use a sword skill that was faster than a meteor, so he had the confidence to dodge any player's attacks, even the extremely neurological Kirito.
Drawing the straight sword at his waist, he wandered through the forest, Yui already asleep in his pocket, unable to give him any hints.
The surrounding trees are covered with a glowing fruit called the Moon Fruit, which provides the only source of light for the Moonset Forest at night.
The first monster to encounter was the nocturnal leopard, a sturdy and pitch-black monster with only a pair of golden eyes, which swooped down from the leaning tree when it stepped into its hatred range.
Xiangkong is not the first time to come to the Falling Moon Forest, when the wind behind his head suddenly rises, he already knows what the monster is that Lu Dao pounced on, and did not jump forward to avoid this pounce, but turned around directly, and waved his arm when he didn't see the nocturnal leopard, and the quality of the straight sword was not very good, and a streamer slashed from the bottom to the top, directly cutting the nocturnal leopard in half.
After killing the nocturnal leopard, Xiangkong did not stop and continued to go deeper into the forest, and the density of monsters in the outer area was relatively sparse, which was not suitable for him.
After passing through a dense low grass, in the extreme distance in the field of vision, several red lights suddenly flashed between the trees, very much like the light effect of an explosion, but in the sky, it was more like...
"Fire magic?"
Xiangkong looked at the direction where the light effect flashed, and couldn't help frowning, this is the territory of the wind elf, he should be the only player who can use fire-based magic, and there are no monsters that use fire-based magic in the Falling Moon Forest.
"Is it a fire elf?"
Thinking about this possibility, Xiangkong's eyes froze slightly, and his legs suddenly exerted force, and he walked through the trees at a very fast speed, heading in the direction of the flickering firelight.
If the player using the magic is a fire elf, it means that the border cave has been opened by the fire elves, thus beginning to invade the territory of the wind elves, and those several fires are very likely to have fought with the wind elves, more precisely, most of them are one-sided slaughter, after all, it may be a vanguard team formed for the main purpose of sweeping, and its number and strength are not comparable to ordinary hunting teams.
The speed of flying through the sky was very fast, and it only took a few minutes to pass through the sometimes sparse and sometimes dense woods, and came to the Falling Moon Lake in the center of the Falling Moon Forest, as soon as he came out of the woods, he heard several rampant laughter from above the lake, and when he looked at the sound, there were fifteen players suspended above the lake in a circular formation, red wings, red sealed armor, and the needle-shaped knight's spear, indicating the identity of the other party.
Sure enough, it's a fire elf!
Xiangkong's eyes froze, and the border cave seemed to have been opened by the fire elves.
When he looked at the Falling Moon Lake, there were two wind elf players, a man and a woman, who were floating helplessly on the surface of the lake.
Moon Lake is one of the most famous attractions in the Moon Forest, the lake is oval-shaped, the water is crystal clear, the moonlight casts on the lake at night, and there are no monsters in the lake, which is a popular attraction for many players, and at this time there are already three remnants of fire floating on the lake.
"Hey, Acadsoc, your team's magic accuracy needs to be improved." A fire elf holding a spear looked at his companion in a fiery red magic robe, and sneered.
It's a very organized team, divided into a raid team with spears, a mage team with firepower in the rear, and an avant-garde team with shields to protect the back row.
Leading the magic team was a serious-looking young man who sneered, "What do you know? ”
With that, he and the other four mages chanted a spell to the two Wind Elf players below.
Before Xiangkong came, they killed several teams in this way, and if they continued to play like this, they would probably be scolded, so they wanted to end it directly and start the sweep.
Mouthful spells echoed over the lake, and fiery red magic circles slowly emerged, bringing a different kind of light to the moonlight.
The two Wind Elf players struggling on the surface of the lake stared angrily at the fire elves above, and the two of them had given up struggling.
"Ha Luha, this is a good look." Spear Captain Yasuo laughed a few times, looked down at the two wind elves on the lake, and sneered: "The benefits of hunting players are much higher than hunting monsters, and there is no need to bear punishment, ALO's war setting is really great!" ”
"When the Lord of the Night organizes a team, you can wait to get back to the territory!" The male wind elf player couldn't help but shoot back loudly.
"What is Shuo Ye, I guess I can't even take a blow from Captain Eugene."
Yasuo smiled disdainfully at this, ignoring the two dying wind elves, but looked sideways at the magic array condensed by the magician team, only to see five huge fireballs gushing out from the magic array and flying towards the two wind elf players on the lake, roaring with fire.
The scorching temperature pressed towards the two Wind Elf players with red light, and in the light of the fire, two unwilling faces with despair were reflected.
At that moment, a black shadow flashed from the side like lightning, directly through the five huge fireballs, splitting them in half.
With a bang, before everyone had time to react, the high-level fire roar exploded directly in mid-air, forming a wave of qi that not only pushed the fifteen fire elves flying in mid-air away for a distance, but also caused the calm lake to stir up, and the two wind elf players were not harmed in the slightest.
"How is that possible!" Acadsoc lost his voice, and the roar of fire was cut in half!
"Who is it?!" Acasso looked solemnly at the figures with their backs to them in mid-air, the fiery red hair made him slightly stunned at first, and the pitch-black wings were different from the elven wings.
Xiangkong slowly turned around with a sword in one hand, staring at Acasso with a cold gaze.
"Is hunting a player more profitable than hunting a monster? I just happen to be short of money on hand, so let's give it a try. ”