The twentieth floor of Ayn Grant is a world of trees.

The most famous place is called "Sunny Forest".

And on this level, the main monster living in it is the evil dryad.

The difference between the 20th and 19th floors is actually not big, and the overall difficulty of the evil tree spirit is not high.

But.

Because this floor is almost entirely covered with trees, the player's movement is quite restrictive, and the sword skills are not very easy to play.

Therefore, if you want to attack this layer, you must pass the agile aspect.

Otherwise, you may suffer a big loss!

I have to say that the trees in the sunny forest are really luxuriant.

As soon as you step into this place, you can barely see the sky.

If you don't pass the enemy-seeking skills, the possibility of getting lost is really high.

However, the scenery of the sunny forest is indeed extremely beautiful.

Sunlight shines through the branches and leaves and sprinkles among the trees, and because of the Tyndall effect, you can see the "pathways" formed by sunlight everywhere, which looks very beautiful.

Compared with other themed floors, the air quality on this floor of Xiangyang Forest is really beyond imagination.

After taking a few deep breaths, it seems that my soul has been baptized, and my mood inevitably becomes happy.

And at this moment, the sound of birds fluttering and fluttering continued to sound.

When Makino looked up, he saw a large number of birds flying away in flocks.

Makino didn't feel strange about this.

The SAO system is set up extremely realistically, and many scenes are almost not much different from reality.

With so many birds fleeing, deep in the forest, there should be players fighting with the Dryads.

Makino didn't venture to go deeper.,If someone is farming monsters.,If he doesn't do it well in the past, he'll be thought to be here to rob monsters.,The possibility of conflict is extremely high.。

However, just as Makino was about to leave, he suddenly heard a melodious voice.

Music?

Makino was surprised.

In the world of SAO, there is still such a thing as music.

Especially in towns, in taverns, there are NPC bards playing musical instruments.

However, this kind of music is almost all "system music" set up by Akihiko Kayaba.

If you hear it for the first time, you may enjoy it.

But the more I listened to it, the more I slowly became aesthetically fatigued.

After all, NPCs are also not creative, and it is impossible to expect them to play new music.

But this song is clearly not system music.

It's unexpectedly a little nice!

Makino was immediately interested, and immediately followed the sound and hurried to the depths of the forest.

The deeper you go, the clearer the singing becomes, and it's no longer choppy.

Listening to the voice, the singing should be a girl, and her singing voice is really unexpectedly good, just like a professional singer.

Even if it has not been repaired and accompanied, it is still very durable.

Is it her?

Makino couldn't help but think of a girl named Yuna!

Yuna is a singer in real life.

In SAO, when it comes to singing alone, there should be few people who can compare to her.

Of course, the dragon envoy Sirika is also good at singing.

However, Sirika sings more for entertainment, singing and playing.

But the singing voice that came from this was very special, especially when a bonus "buff" appeared on his body, Mu Ye suddenly had a judgment in his heart.

It's supposed to be Yuna who sings!

In SAO, it's really rare to be able to give a companion buff bonus with a singing voice.

Yuna should have started a sub-class of "Bard"!

However, at this moment, Makino suddenly felt that the singing became urgent.

It's like something happened!

Could it be that something is wrong?

Makino did not hesitate, and immediately soared his speed to the extreme.

The closer you get, the faster the song becomes.

There were two more interruptions in the buff formed by the singing in the middle of the song, but it was quickly resumed.

This shows the fierceness of the battle!

Later, Makino even felt tragic and resolute in his singing......

Makino's speed is already fast, and now he has a singing buff bonus on his body, and his speed is more like a lightning speed.

After a few seconds.

When Makino arrived at the scene, he immediately found that the battle situation was terrible.

Several evil Dryads, surrounded by two players.

And one of them was none other than the singing maiden, who had been bound by the vines stretched out by the evil dryads.

It can be clearly seen that the power of the evil tree spirit binding is very strong, and Yuna's face is particularly painful.

In SAO, people are attacked, and there is no real pain. But there was a very strange, very uncomfortable feeling.

But.

Yuna didn't stop singing, which caused the evil dryad's main hatred to focus on her.

For a while.

The vines grew stronger and stronger, and Yuna's HP began to plummet.

In a short period of time, it turned from yellow to a blood-red warning color.

This is very dangerous, and if you don't do it well, you will be in danger of dying.

"Oops!"

Makino secretly screamed that it was not good.

He was still three or four hundred meters away from the place where the two were trapped, and he still needed some time to travel.

And at this moment, the evil dryad actually tied Yuna's neck.

Yuna's singing is directly interrupted!

"Yuna!"

At this moment, Makino saw the young man who was tied up with Yuna, and his body suddenly moved.

The situation of the teenager is not much better than Yuna.

While being bound, he has been whipped by the whip of the evil dryad, and his HP has continued to drop.

However, at the most critical juncture, the boy actually succeeded in launching his sword skills.

Directly slashed on the body of the evil tree spirit, one of the evil tree spirits was even directly killed.

Makino's eyes lit up.

The boy's attack power is okay, as long as he works harder, he can completely get rid of the shackles of the evil tree spirit.

While Makino was running wildly, it felt a little strange.

This young man's attack power is so high, these few tree spirits should not be his opponents, how could they end up like this?

What's more, there is also Yuna's buff bonus.

The next second.

What made Makino feel extremely unbelievable was that the boy who had just risen for a few seconds had withered again.

Not only did he not break free from the shackles of the dryads, but he was bound even more tightly.

What's going on?

Then, Makino saw a large number of tree spirits who were still gathering fire Yuna just now, and the hatred was concentrated on the boy.

In just a few breaths, the boy's blood bar was also drawn below the danger line.

"Ruiji!"

Seeing that Ruiji was in danger, Yuna, who had just breathed a sigh of relief, opened her mouth again and began to sing.

Instantly.

Yuna's buff as a bard was once again added to the boy named Ruiji and Makino.

Unlike last time, the main effect of this buff is defense and health regeneration.

Yuna and Rui Er's blood bars, as well as the blood bars on their bodies, are all replying quickly.

For a while.

Rui Er's blood loss speed is actually the same as the blood return speed.

Of course, this also caused Yuna to be set on fire by all the evil dryads again.

The blood bar on Yuna's body is about to end.

But.

For some reason, at this moment, Makino suddenly felt as if the flow of time had slowed down a lot.

Yuna smiled on her cheeks, sang non-stop, and looked at Ruiji's expression, which was full of determination.

Is she planning to sacrifice herself to save Ruiji?

At this moment, Makino unexpectedly saw a soft white light appear on Yuna's body.

Under the shroud of this light, those evil tree spirits, as if they had fallen into evil, loosened the shackles of Yuna and Ruiji.

This is......

Makino felt incredible.

However, the soft light appeared for too short, almost in a flash.

But even this moment is enough to change a lot of things.

Rui Er broke free from the shackles and instantly displayed an amazing sword technique, and several evil tree spirits were directly seconded.

At this moment, Ruiji hit an unimaginably high damage.

When Makino arrived, the surrounding tree spirits were killed.

Makino was surprised, Yuna and Ruiji got out a little weird!

Isn't that also ...... Mind skills?

However, this is certainly not the time to think about this.

Makino swung a few swords casually, and the remaining few evil tree spirits were directly killed by Makino.

The speed of Makino's slashing was so fast that Yuna and Ruiji were a little unresponsive.

However, there is no doubt about it...... The two were rescued!

The two of them who lived for the rest of their lives after the catastrophe hugged each other directly, crying and laughing for a while, and Makino was caught off guard and ate a mouth full of dog food.

Rustle, rustle, rustle!

With the sound of violently rubbing leaves, Ruiji and Yuna's faces suddenly changed.

Perhaps because all the evil dryads had been killed just now, several more powerful dryad leaders had emerged.

"Be careful!"

Rui Er instantly pulled out the sword on his body and protected Yuna behind him for the first time.

And Yuna also planned to sing for the first time, adding buffs to Makino and Ruiji.

And then.

Ruiji and Yuna saw that Makino was like chopping vegetables and melons, destroying all the tree spirits.

The two of them were suddenly a little dumbfounded, who was the one who came to save them?

That's too strong!

Yuna and Ruiji's thoughts, Makino naturally doesn't know.

At this time, he unexpectedly looked at the pop-up window that appeared in front of him.

This shows that the monster is given the final blow.,Get a pop-up window for monster drop props.,Makino is no stranger to it at all.。

When attacking the boss of the defense layer, the last blow of most monsters was fought by Makino.

That's why Makino has such a high level and such a rich net worth now.

But.

This time, the drop item of the Treant Lord still surprised Makino very much.

Because, this time, the drop is a handful...... Lute!

You know, all the drops that Makino has obtained before are either blades, armor, and at worst, materials for forging weapons, as well as various crystals.

This is the first time I've encountered a musical instrument drop item.

Could it be Yuna's sake?

Makino couldn't help but think of the soft light that briefly appeared on Yuna's body earlier!

For Makino's life-saving grace, the two are grateful to Dade.

When they learned Makino's name, the two of them were shocked.

It's really Makino's name, and it's really loud in SAO.

After confirming Makino's identity, the two were excited and completely relieved at the same time.

If it was Makino, he wouldn't be too worried that Makino would have bad intentions towards them.

The leader of the strongest guild in the strategy group, the leader of the Freedom Wings Guild, the king of the Raiders, and the sword god......

Makino's reputation, that's pretty good!

Don't say it's Yuna, even Ruiji Gozawa admires Makino very much.

After the excitement, the atmosphere quickly became extraordinarily enthusiastic.

It's not the place to talk, though.

Completely walked out of the sunny forest and returned to the main block on the 19th floor [La Belque], Yuna and Ruiji Gozawa both felt like they had escaped from death.

For Makino, the life-saving benefactor, the two became more and more grateful.

After going through the ghost gate, I can feel the beauty of life even more.

In order to show their gratitude, Ruiji and Yuna invite Makino to dinner.

At the dinner table, after a few beers, the conversation box between the two slowly opened.

What Makino wanted to ask, of course, was Yuna's unexpected outbreak, but it might be a bit rude to just go straight to the point.

In the end, Makino chose a more secure way of questioning.

Ruiji Gozawa, Yuna's childhood sweetheart in reality, is also called "Notilus" in SAO's ID.

Makino said strangely, "Notilus, I see that your sword skills are very superb and your damage is also very high, why are you still persecuted to such an extent by the evil tree spirits?" ”

At the mention of this, Ryuji Gozawa's face suddenly darkened.

"I'm probably a mild FNC patient."

Makino wondered, "FNC? ”

Ryuji Gozawa explained in frustration, "FNC, which is the English abbreviation for [not suitable for complete stealth]. As the name suggests, there is an error when the brain and the nervous device are connected...... I often have problems with my movements and feelings, like network lag! ”

After hearing Ryuji Gozawa's explanation, Makino suddenly froze, and then couldn't help but gasp again.

Gaming network lag?

That's a bit too fucked up, isn't it?

Makino suddenly understood that after a brief outburst of Ruiji Ze, there was a reason why he immediately stiffened and failed to break free.

In Game of Death, it is indeed a miracle that it has the problem of "network latency" and can go all the way to today.

Makino, an outsider, feels a little creepy just thinking about it, and the bitterness in the heart of the person who is Ruiji Gozawa can be imagined.

Yes, Ruiji Gozawa's heart is full of endless remorse.

If it weren't for him, Yuna wouldn't be in the death game of SAO.

Obviously, he had sworn a long time ago to protect Yuna no matter what happened, but every time it was a critical moment...... It's too powerless!

He really didn't want to go through this feeling of powerlessness to watch Yuna get hurt and not be able to do anything about it.

He's had enough!

Sensing the loss of Ruiji Gozawa, Yuna directly held Ruiji's hand and gave him care and encouragement with practical actions.

Ryuji Gozawa didn't say anything, just shook Yuna's hand heavily.

Dog food, dog food everywhere!

Jealousy separates him!

Seeing that Yuna and Ruiji had sprinkled enough dog food, Makino asked the question in his heart.

"Yuna, when you and Rui Er were in extreme danger before, your singing briefly caused the evil dryad to loosen the bonds on you and Rui Er. Do you know how you do it? ”

Makino's words fell, and Ryuji Gozawa was also curious.

As Yuna's childhood sweetheart, the two support each other all the way, and Rui Er knows a lot about Yuna's ability as a sub-professional bard.

In a sense, Yuna is not good at fighting.

Therefore, every time he encounters a battle, he basically investigates and plans in advance.

Yuna is essentially just an obedient executor!

And this time, the two really came to the point of death.

If Yuna hadn't let the evil dryad loosen her ties at a critical time, the two of them wouldn't even have been able to wait for Makino to come over, and their HP would have been cleared directly.

Seeing Makino and Ruiji, whose eyes were burning, Yuna suddenly became a little embarrassed.

Because, she doesn't know how she did it.

Makino was not surprised, because Lizbet didn't know that the sword of victory she forged contained her prayers and blessings for Makino.

Makino: "Can you tell us what you thought at the time?" ”

Yuna's pretty face couldn't help but blush, feeling a little embarrassed.

"Do you have to say it? Can you not talk about that? ”

Makino suddenly realized that there might be something wrong with his question.

After all, it involves the girl's heart.

Girls, after all, they have thin skin!

Makino: "Then can you just tell me one person, I promise not to tell Notilus!" ”

Huh?

Why can't you tell him? He'll be jealous!

However, before Reiji Gozawa could speak, he saw Makino's right hand connecting the dots, and soon a prop was taken out of the inventory.

When she saw that it was a lute, Yuna's beautiful eyes suddenly couldn't move away.

Lute and bard, this is a perfect match!

She has wanted to get one for a long time, but unfortunately she has never had the opportunity to get it.

At SAO, there is no shop that specializes in making musical instruments.

At least in the first 20 floors, she hadn't seen it!

Unexpectedly, today Makino actually took out a lute.

Makino handed the lute to Yuna and said, "I took the liberty of it, but this state of yours is very important to me!" ”

Hear Makino's words.

Yuna and Ruiji were both surprised at the same time.

It's really hard to imagine that even she doesn't know what's going on would be able to ...... a big man like Makino Very important!

Yuna took a deep breath and said, "Lut or something, forget it." Makino, you are the lifesaver of me and Ruiji, and it is my honor to help you. ”

However, Yuna was just about to speak when she was interrupted by Makino.

Where is the reason to take back the gift he gave?

Makino insisted that if Yuna didn't take it, he wouldn't listen.

Yuna and Ruiji couldn't cry and laugh at the same time, but they were also extremely moved.

Trapped in the world of SAO for a long time, the estrangement between players is deepening.

Yuna and Ruiji are not quite trusting the others anymore.

But.

Makino gave the two of them a long-lost cordiality!

After receiving the lute, Yuna and Ruiji's attitudes became noticeably more cordial.

Yuna began to tell the story of her last state of mind.

"At that time, I saw the HP on the top of Rui Er's head drop sharply, and I saw that it was about to clear to zero. My heart hurts like a tear, and I can't imagine a life without Ruiji. I was thinking at the time, no matter what, I have to save Rui Er, even if I die! ”

Pain and a desperate craving?

Makino couldn't help but think of the situation when Kirito and Asuna broke through the limitations of the system!

Makino's guess was indeed correct.

The so-called mental technique may be the most extreme emotional outburst.

Do whatever it takes, even forget yourself!

And all of this is accompanied by great pain.

And after the pain, it is the most extreme struggle and counterattack.

Could it be that the essence of the mind technique is...... Heartbreak?

But.

This makes Makino still a little difficult to accept!

Mind, mind, he is a great swordsman, and he is also a god of death who can be completely virtualized.

Psychic will, how can it be stronger than Lizbet and Yuna, right?

Could it be that the key to the acquisition of mental skills is not how strong the willpower is, but to face oneself and surpass oneself?

Makino's mind will resembles the Himalayas, and Yuna and Lizbet's mind and will resemble the valley valleys.

If Makino wants to surpass, he must break through on the basis of the Himalayas? (Recommended reading: Reading Files 2013)