On the periphery of the labyrinth on the second level, where players are more suitable for leveling, there is a battle going on at the moment.

"Great! It worked! ”

After concentrating on the combo of the short sword, Celica jumped up and down happily as she looked at the monster that had turned into pieces and disappeared in front of her.

What the girl successfully used just now was the short sword intermediate assault technique "Sharp Bite" that could be learned after the level was raised.

As for why I'm so happy, it's naturally because this skill can greatly speed up the girl's monster farming efficiency, and the humanoid monster just now was supposed to take a little effort, but now it can be easily solved.

It's just that the little girl seems to be a little overexcited, and she doesn't seem to come back to her senses for a while, so she ignores the imminent threat.

“——！”

Another lizard monster sprang out of the ground behind it until it was reduced to pieces in the frightened eyes of the short-haired ponytail girl, all in a matter of seconds.

Maintaining a somewhat stunned and frightened expression, the girl was hit on the head with a hand knife.

"Ahh

Although the pain system had been adjusted, Sirika covered her head.

Reacting, knowing that she was wrong, the girl stuck out her tongue in embarrassment and looked at someone who was holding a knife movement on the side.

"I told you before, this type of lizardfolk appear in pairs."

"Hey, hey, hey......"

“……”

For the girl who tried to sell Meng to get by, what she got was a more severe 'sanction' from a certain teammate.

……

Yuki and Sirika have been leveling up in this area for a while, although there are not many monsters, but they have more experience points, and no one in this area knows about it, so they can level up quietly.

Although it was a 'whim' to bring this short sword girl, Yuki found that the other party's adaptability to the game was not bad, and with her leading the team, the little girl's level was steadily improving.

It's just that if you want to reach the level where you can attack the boss together, it's still a bit of a distance.

（…… If you calculate the time, it should be about the same. ）

It's been a long time since the players reached the second floor, and she didn't go out of her way to find the boss room because she had to train Celica, but those players should have enough experience from the first floor to determine the boss location these days.

Two days ago, she heard that someone had found a room suspected to be a second-floor boss, but she didn't go over to confirm it because she was in a bad state.

Looking at the sky, the sun was almost out of sight.

“…… Let's go, it's almost time to go back. ”

"Uh-huh!"

Following Yuki with a little head nodding, the two of them walked in the direction of the town.

Returning before 7 p.m. every night is now the consensus of players who go out to areas outside the city.

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The main district, "Ulbas", is a town that has hollowed out the middle of a ring mountain, leaving only the outskirts.

The moment you step through the city gates, the melodious bells are not over yet, as if to remind players that it's time to rest.

Today, however, many players can still be seen chatting at the gate, and then some players start walking in the direction of the central square.

As Yuki expected, sure enough, a player determined the room of the boss on the second floor.

It's just that at the same time that this information was made public, another piece of information was also circulated.

This time, players who want to participate in the raid must be in the form of a guild or group representative.

This is also known as the Elite Raiders.

Of course, players who don't accept it can go individually or in a team, but basically no one will do this, not even those in closed beta.

The reason is simple, because no one wants to die.

In the case of not being able to resurrect, no player wants to risk it, even if there is a special reward for the final blow.

So in order to be able to participate in this strategy, a player named "Diaberu" is recruiting players who have not yet joined the guild, and it seems that he is preparing to form a new guild.

"Let's go, let's go check it out."

With that, Yuki walked towards the meeting place with a cheerful Silika.

Of course, she didn't want to join someone else's guild, but just wanted to see if a black-clothed swordsman would appear here now that the 'Black Coat' had been taken away by herself.

……

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After crossing the alley in the East Block, the two appeared on the outskirts of the square, and unlike the few passers-by in the past, today it can be said that it is brightly lit, and more than three players are gathered here, sitting together around the large round platform in the center, and are excitedly discussing their adventures on the first floor.

Soon after pulling Sirika to find a corner and sit down, the main owner appeared in the company of the two players.

"Thank you so much for your willingness to assemble here today. Most of us are here because we know me, but let me introduce myself again! My name is "Diaberu", and my profession is self-recognized, so I should be considered a "knight"! ”

Patting his chest, the blue-haired knight smiled heartily, which made people feel very infectious.

After he finished speaking, there was also a "appeared!" below. The knight's declaration of "Diaberu". "Haha, let's get started, I can't wait to join your guild." , similar responses have come and gone, and its personality charm can be seen.

After propping his cheek and roughly confirming that there was no black-clad figure, Yuki, who was a little bored, had no choice but to quiet down and watch Mr. Knight's speech.

……

“…… Then next, willing to join ......"

"Wait, Mr. Diaberu."

Some muffled words came that interrupted Diaberu's final words.

"Lao Tzu's name is 'Tooth King', before that, shouldn't some guys apologize to the dead players?"

The bearded man jumped down the steps and pointed to everyone in the stands.

("The Tooth King"?) Ah, this is the guy. ）

After a little recollection, Yuki remembered 'which green onion' it was.

The villain who uses moral kidnapping to cover up his greed should be talking about this kind of guy.

“…… There should be more than a dozen of them here, and the closed beta players who blended in there! If we don't get these guys to hand over their money and props, and then kneel down and apologize to everyone, I can't accept them as our companions anyway! I can't accept death! ”

chattering endlessly about his 'high theory', as if he was the embodiment of justice, Yuki was very unhappy.

Just as Yuki was about to get up and punch him in the face, someone stood up faster.

"-I don't think so!"

The audience fell silent.

(The voice...... Impossible, right...... ）

Lowering his hand, Yuki looked at the three people in cloaks sitting in the first row.

One of them seemed to be dissuading the man who spoke up, but the one sitting in the middle stood up decisively and walked over to the gloomy Tooth King.

"I'm sorry, I don't think so!"

Repeating her words firmly, the cloaked girl who walked to the stage lifted her hood.

It was the face that made Yuki unable to continue to calm down.

(-Sister Lan??!! ）