Makino specifically left a warning in the guide that the closed beta is different from the official game, and the main target is the closed beta players.

Many of the 2,000 people who died in the first month were closed beta players.

They relied on their experience during the closed beta, and many of them made the same choice as Kirito, advancing quickly and monopolizing upgrade resources.

Of course, there is nothing wrong with this choice, and the current Makino and Kirito are doing just that.

But, alas, they are not the protagonists.

Luck is more than a step worse than Kirito, a big guy who can't play without blood.

I don't know how many closed beta players have been planted headlong in the information they trust.

This is more typical in the first level of boss raids.

The blue-haired knight "Diabel" was too superstitious to get the information during the closed beta, in a vain attempt to monopolize the dropped items, and then was directly dropped by the big boss of the first floor.

Regarding the information given by Makino, Kirito was also vigilant for the first time.

Now, Kirito has a lot of trust in Makino.

And Makino's "divine prediction" was soon verified.

In the third town, Makino and Kirito take on a mission called "Kobold Candle".

The kobolds here are burrowing creatures.

In the setting, the civilization level is very primitive, but very good at mining.

For candles that can illuminate the mine, look very seriously.

Anyone who dares to touch the kobold's candle will instantly detonate all the kobolds in the mine, and then be attacked by the kobold tribe.

Therefore, the key to this level is to never touch the kobold's candle until the kobold is completely eliminated.

Otherwise, the kobold will go berserk and his combat power will soar.

For this information, Kirito believes in anomalies.

Then, when the two of them broke into the mine, they also strictly followed this principle.

However, the mechanism of kobold outbreaks has directly changed.

As long as the candle in the kobold's mine cave is still on, the kobold's combat power and recovery have been improved by more than one notch.

Especially the last kobold chieftain, that really tossed Makino and Kirito.

If it weren't for the fact that Kirito clearly told Makino during the Great War that the game mechanics had changed, and Makino decided to fight to the death and extinguish the candle directly, I am afraid it would have been even more difficult.

After the war, even Makino's HP was only one-fifth.

This battle can be described as the beginning of the game, the most difficult battle the two encountered.

We're almost on the verge of death!

You must know that Makino and Kirito are not ordinary people.

Makino's sense of battle, Kirito's game literacy, this is all at the level of bugs.

Both of them are so difficult, and other closed beta players are rushing here, and they will be wiped out if they don't do it.

Intelligence is not allowed to kill people, this sentence is not talking.

From this, you can also taste some of the bad tastes of Akihiko Kayaba!

He must have deliberately used this method to reduce the first-mover advantage of the closed beta players.

This kind of thrilling battle is very rare for Makino.

Since his debut, most of the battles Makino has experienced have been crushing.

This also gave Makino a clearer understanding of this "regular" exam.

Of course.

Rewards and risks are also directly proportional!

After realizing the first brush of the kobold copy, Makino got a piece of koskull gold, and after converting it into Keer, he became rich overnight.

It's this one copy, and then there is the capital to change another piece of equipment.

And Kirito, from the kobold chieftain, obtained an additional skill of [Seeking Enemies].

This is very practical in the early stage.

Time passed day by day, and the growth of Makino and Kirito was also very gratifying.

Because it is an exclusive resource, it is getting stronger almost all the time.

The only thing that is unpleasant is that the food is too bad.

The first layer of food is actually quite varied.

But.

Nowadays, every Kele is extremely precious, and who is willing to spend it on food?

As a result, the staple food is almost always the cheapest bread, and as for the taste, it ...... It's hard to put into words!

It's just a matter of eating occasionally, and after eating for a few days in a row, even Makino has to doubt his life.

But there's really no money left!

Makino also thought about making a side career in cooking.

However, the current level is still too low, and the conditions for opening a sub-class have not yet been met.

Even if it is opened, presumably at this time, no one is in the mood to spend money on food.

Nowadays, everyone wants to hit a hundred floors quickly and escape the game of SAO.

Of course.

This situation will change completely in half a year or a year.

For example, on the first floor, Asuna once said to Kirito, "I didn't come to this town to eat good food."

Then, two years later, Asuna was able to fill out her culinary skills.

In this regard, what Makino wants to say is that the law of true fragrance of the great god of Jingze, which is really put in the heavens and all the worlds, is a wise saying.

However, with the windfall of dog's head gold, Makino's staple food can also be changed slightly.

If you used to be able to eat instant noodles, now you can add a meat sausage in luxury.

There are many types of bread.

When they arrived in the fourth town, Makino and Kirito first came across a bakery.

Although the bread baked in the bakery is still very dry and hard, the taste has been upgraded by more than one notch.

When he learned from Kirito's mouth that this town was able to receive a mission called "Counterattack Cow".

Makino's eyes lit up suddenly!

Then, in the playground outside the town, the screams of the cows can be heard day and night.

Is this a distortion of human nature or a moral degradation...... Ahem, ahem!

After eating the brioche bread, Makino felt like his whole life was in full swing.

It's so hilarious every day!

Kirito was a little speechless about this.

He didn't expect that Makino would still be such a foodie.

Once the sea was difficult to water, if Kirito knew that Makino's living standard before entering the sword world, maybe he wouldn't have such feelings.

In the world of Demon Slayer, Death, and Pirates, Makino is a powerhouse who stands at the top of the world.

In terms of enjoyment alone, perhaps even a king cannot be compared.

Eating bread that is as dry as wood every day is naturally unbearable.

Time passes.

When Makino and Kirito single-handedly wiped out the bosses of the fifth and sixth towns, both Makino and Kirito successfully upgraded to level 10.

In terms of swordsmanship, Makino has [Vertical Slash], [Horizontal Slash], and [Heavy Slash].

Not only that, but Makino even learned the combo fencing technique, the pendulum, which can hit double strikes in an instant.

This is not at all the same level as Kirito's well-known ultimate, which can instantly slash out 16 consecutive hits.

But.

You know, this is the first layer of Ayn Grant.

It's quite rare to get a double hit.

However, after upgrading to level 10, both of them clearly felt that the acquisition of gold and experience had decreased.

The level increase has also obviously encountered a bottleneck.

Kirito knows this very well.

To put it simply, Makino and Kirito's level, as well as reaching the upper limit of the first tier of Ayn Grant.

Ordinary mobs, even if they are small bosses, don't have much effect on the two of them to level up.

If you want to get a big increase in level, you can only fight the final boss on the first floor.

on this.

Neither Makino nor Kirito is impulsive!

It's not so easy for the floor master to defeat.

Thereupon.

The two of them returned to the fourth floor, ready to fight the cows to the end.

Who makes their cream so delicious?

As a result, the cows couldn't fight back, and the howls kept ringing.

After staying in the fourth town for a long time, Makino and Kirito have encountered more and more players.

Unlike the two of Makino, those players seem to be ...... It's so depressing!

At this moment, the players who can successfully reach the fourth town should be considered an adventurous elite player.

However, in these players, the two even felt the "intent to die".

It's pretty scary!

When the two learned that thousands of players had died, they were both stunned at the same time.

You know, starting from the second town, Makino and Kirito will leave a guide for almost every town they have conquered.

Even so, thousands of people died......

Terrible!

Cruel! (Recommended reading: Reading Files 2013)