On the third day after Xia Qianshi came to this world, the labyrinth on the first level of Ayngrant was discovered.

The huge black building is located in the north of the first floor of the entire Al Grande, hidden in a forest, and this huge building that connects the second floor from the first floor looks like a giant tower to the sky from the outside, and the black unknown walls with marble lines appear around it, which seems to exude an ominous smell.

The discovery of the labyrinth has boosted the morale of the players a bit, but the real exploration has only just begun.

It must be said here that the macro map of "SAO" is a super giant building that can be called a "floating tower".

There are a total of 100 floors of Equin Grant, each layer is linked by a maze, and the maze of each layer is the ultimate goal of the layer, as long as you defeat the boss in the maze, you can go to the next layer.

However, it is not easy to find the boss in the maze.

In addition to the complex terrain and the powerful monsters that guard the labyrinth, the maze itself has multiple classes.

For example, the labyrinth on the first floor of Ayngrant has 20 floors......

The monsters at the forefront of the charge entered the labyrinth one after another, and began the real strategy process, but the progress was not fast.

In the first area outside the labyrinth, the monsters are mainly beasts and insects, but when they reach the maze, the monsters become Kobold (kobolds).

This human-sized monster is already able to use some 'sword skills' in the first place, so although players have an absolute advantage in terms of level, it is still difficult to fight this kind of monster.

In the continuous fluttering and jumping, the agile thin sword barely dodged the rough hand axe swung by the LV6 kobold, and this three successful dodges in a row made the kobold's posture collapse significantly, and he fell into a delayed state after the attack.

The player didn't let go of this flaw, and poured a powerful sword skill out of it.

This sword technique is a linear attack that can be learned from the beginning of the Rapier type, and it is a simple basic technique that places the Rapier in the center of the body and then pours out the force and stabs straight forward, but it is very fast.

This is obviously not done through the Motion Assist System, but by the player's own movement commands.

The Rapier Messenger performed three offensive and defensive transitions according to the combat method of dodging the kobold's axe slash in a triple row, and then using the 'linear attack' to apply a counterattack, and the extremely powerful armed orcs in the maze were eliminated without damage.

That being said, it's certainly not an easy battle either.

Drawing the sword that had stabbed the orc in the middle of the chest with a fatal blow, the monster fell on its back and scattered, as if pushed by disembodied polygon fragments.

The Rapier leaned against the wall of the pathway and sat down, gasping for air.

A pair of feet wrapped in brown leather boots passed in front of her, then stood in front of her.

Asuna under the hood frowned.

Although she had covered her whole body with a cloak as much as possible, and her pretty elf-like face was also covered, her slender figure still completely betrayed her gender.

The number of female players in SAO is already lower than that of men, and after Akihiko Kayaba announced that it was a game of death, there were even fewer female players who dared to step out of the Initial Street.

One out of 50 players on the front lines today is a woman.

As the saying goes, scarcity is expensive, and female players like Asuna are eye-catching wherever they go.

Although her face can't be seen, even if she looks like a dinosaur, there are definitely people rushing to be dinosaur pilots in this game where the ratio of men and women is unbalanced.

What's more, her figure is so slim, isn't it the same when the lights are turned off?

Just as she was about to spit out the words 'don't meddle' coldly, like any other harasser.

The footsteps that had stopped in front of her just now suddenly accelerated and walked forward.

"Huh?"

Her gaze immediately lifted, and what caught Asuna's eye was a slightly familiar back.

"You wait!"

This was the first time Asuna had spoken to a man.

The footsteps came to an abrupt halt.

Viewed from behind, it was a back wrapped in black leather armor, the tight-fitting leather armor well outlined the opponent's inverted triangle body shape, and a weapon with a wider blade than other one-handed straight blades was lost behind the back, which naturally gave people a sense of toughness.

Asuna confirmed that she did not know such a person wearing black leather armor and carrying a black broad-bladed one-handed straight sword on his back.

No, if you think about it, you shouldn't be an acquaintance in this game.

So there's only one possibility......

"It's you!"

Asuna cried out.

“…… Yo! ”

Xia Qianshi, who looked embarrassed, turned his head and was forced to greet the other party helplessly.

As a debtor, it is definitely embarrassing to see the creditor but not have money, and after confirming that the female acpier squatting there is Asuna, he wanted to leave quietly, but he didn't expect to be discovered.

"Why are you here?" Asuna walked over menacingly.

"Level up."

"This is the labyrinth area!" The Rapier's voice was unusually strong, "Are you here to level up, or are you here to die?" ”

Hearing the other party's words, Xia Qianshi, who originally thought that he would be collected for debts, was a little surprised, but then reacted and said with a smile: "You don't have to worry about this, I am now level 6, which is enough to deal with the monsters here." ”

"-Level 6?!"

All the words she wanted to say were swallowed back into her stomach, and Asuna's eyes widened in disbelief, "You just said you were level 6?" ”

"Impossible!"

Immediately, she shook her head in self-denial, thinking that even if she was farming monsters 22 hours a day, it took a full 5 years to reach level 6.

Xia Qianshi was just a novice who was only level 1 three days ago, how could he reach level 6 in only three days?

"If you don't believe me, you can add my friend to see it yourself."

Xia Qianshi didn't bother to explain, and directly used the most simple and clear method to solve it.

Because there was too much curiosity in her heart that needed to be confirmed, Asuna forgot the criteria that she couldn't easily contact other players, and quickly added Xia Qianshi as a friend, and then looked at the friend information, the value of lv.6 was confused.