Chapter 11: Asuna's Mission
Asuna, whose real-life name is Assuna Yuuki, is a good student who follows the rules.
Study hard, stay first, and then get into a good university with excellent grades and a world-famous company after graduation......
It seems that this is the life she deserves.
The game or something, it should be insulated from her.
But fate played a big joke on her.
On November 6, 2022, she went to her brother's room to clean and saw a NervGear on the table.
It was the game helmet that my brother Koichiro used to play "SAO", but on the day of the open beta, my brother had to go overseas on a business trip because of work, so he missed this open beta.
For a motive that she didn't understand so far, Asuna picked up the helmet and put it on her head.
Since then, everything has changed for her...... No, it's all over.
At the beginning of the period, she hid in the inn on Initial Street for seven days, and after seven days, Asuna walked out of the hotel.
Then it took another 7 days, and she barely caught up with the rank in a desperate attitude.
Today was when she had just stepped into Torbana, and as soon as she entered the village, she saw an NPC smashing the player to the ground with a scale, and a pair of hazel-colored eyes under the hood couldn't help but glow slightly.
Asuna's game experience is basically equal to zero, but even with her near-zero game experience, she knows that NPCs in towns generally don't attack players, and if they attack players, then there is only one possibility - there is a mission!
The original intention of the game designer Akihiko Kayaba was to hope that players could use knives and swords to weave brilliant brilliance in the game, so compared to other games, the tasks in "SAO" account for a small proportion, such as no main quests, no side quests that are so boring that players are bored, and even upgrades are mainly based on fighting monsters.
But that's not to say that there aren't missions in SAO.
It's just that except for some simple experience tasks, most of the cherished tasks are too difficult to receive, but once these tasks are received, the rewards are very rich!
Everything from experience money, skills and equipment, and even the information on how to clear the maze can all be obtained in these cherished quests.
Asuna felt that perhaps she had encountered a more cherished task right now.
So she hid in the dark and secretly observed, wanting to get some mission information, but what she didn't expect was that she was actually discovered.
But it didn't matter if she was discovered, she had been observing for so long anyway, so she opened her mouth directly and asked in a somewhat stiff game terminology, "Is there anything I can do to help you?" ”
The playful look in his eyes flashed, and Xia Qianshi spoke: "Can you please help me familiarize myself with the skills?" ”
"Absolutely."
"Then let's go to a nearby low-level leveling point."
"Okay."
After finishing the conversation with a specific conversation to accept the mission, Asuna suddenly felt a little strange - what the hell is it that NPCs need to be familiar with skills?
However, a new quest does appear in the taskbar:
"Escort Xia Qianshi to a nearby leveling point and help him get familiar with the skills. Quest Rewards...... 10,000 gold coins?! ”
Asuna's eyes widened, and she felt like pie had fallen from the sky and hit herself...... 10,000 gold coins!
You can buy a lot of recovery potions and weapons, so your upgrade efficiency will be much faster.
Most importantly, to be able to stay in the best hotel!
At this point, all oddities are forgotten, and Asuna is determined to do this task well...... Hawkers, although he said so, when the two of them were halfway there, Xia Qianshi said that he was going to buy it
Weapons and medicines, she still found it very strange.
What's even more bizarre is that when she subconsciously asked the other party why she wanted to buy it, the other party actually replied that it was for battery life.
What does NPC know about battery life?
No, the intelligence of the NPCs in "SAO" is already strong enough to answer players' questions at will?
Asuna didn't know where to start complaining.
The two of them walked out of the village, which was only two hundred meters in diameter, and their vision suddenly opened up.
This is an open place with hilly terrain, the surface shape is gently undulating, the absolute height is within 500 meters, the relative height is not more than 200 meters, the ups and downs are not large, the slope is gentle, the green grass is connected on the ground, and the breeze is like a green sea swaying waves.
This is a beautiful scenery that can only be seen in the virtual, standing in such a wilderness, it seems that even people's hearts will become broader, no matter whether they can complete the task in the end or not, Xia Qianshi feels that this trip is worth it.
After walking about 500 meters, Asuna stood under a large tree.
"Before I teach you how to use skills, I'll give you an explanation of the skills in SAO."
In order to ensure that she can get a reward of 10,000 gold coins, Asuna can be said to be very conscientious: "Although the official does not give a specific division, I myself roughly divide the skills into three categories: the first is combat skills, the second is support skills, and the third is life skills. ”
"Life skills don't need to be introduced, as for auxiliary skills...... Except for life skills and combat skills, the others can probably be counted as support skills, but although they are support skills, because there is no magic in this world, there will be no buff skills. ”
"Finally, the most important combat skills."
"In SAO, there is no profession recognized by the system, each player has multiple skill slots, and can freely choose a variety of skills to cultivate, these offensive skills, we collectively refer to them as [Sword Skills]."
"Sword skills are determined by the weapon you use, for example, if I use a rapier, then what you learn is a rapier skill...... You bought a few swords in the weapon shop just now, so are you also going to use swords as weapons? ”
"Yes." Xia Qianshi nodded.
"Then I'll tell you more about sword skills."
Asuna cleared her throat, and although there is no such thing as 'dry mouth' in the game, after saying so many words in one breath, she paused slightly, then organized her words and spoke again:
"The basis of sword skills is 'one-handed straight sword', after the proficiency of one-handed straight sword is raised to 50, it will be derived from 'thin sword', 'two-handed sword', 'big sword' and other skills, these skills can be summarized as 'main weapon' skills, drag them into the skill slot, you can use the corresponding combat skills."
"The acquisition of combat skills is based on the proficiency of the 'main weapon skill', for example, my current rapier proficiency is more than 50 points, so I can only use the [linear attack] in the rapier skill, the full value of the skill's proficiency is one thousand, and whenever the proficiency reaches a certain level, you can get a chance to strengthen the skill, such as shortening the skill CD ......"
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Well, perhaps it was because of the strong support and collection of all book lovers that the editor finally gave me the grace of extrajudicial permission to sign the book!
So eunuchs or something, you don't have to worry.
No matter what happens, Cabbage is confident that it will do the three points of not asking for leave, constantly changing, and not being supervised.
In the future, I would like to ask for continued support from book friends!