There are still five days to go until December 24th, but all guilds that are eligible to participate in the boss fight are already in action.

Not to mention the possible resurrection items, the 'huge treasure' in the mouth of the NPC alone is enough to make people's hearts flutter.

After all, not everyone is like Xia Qianshi, who has looted hundreds of guards.

However, the hint of the quest is only to give that the boss will appear under a huge fir tree in a certain forest.

Truth be told, this tip is so general that many people don't even know what kind of tree 'fir wood' is.

The concept of the word 'huge' is also vague.

So even if someone finds Fir Wood, it's impossible to determine where the boss will appear.

What's more, the game has now reached the 60th floor, and the entire land area is the size of two and a half Tokyo.

Trying to find a tree in such a vast land is really a bit of a needle in the bottom of the sea.

During this time, all kinds of information can be said to be flying all over the sky, basically as long as it involves the information of fir wood, it can be sold for more than 10,000 kir, if that fir wood has other characteristics, it is not impossible to sell it for hundreds of thousands of kir.

Even some unscrupulous intelligence businessmen even took out the information of the cedar tree and sold it-

The only difference is that the fir tree has needle-like leaves, while the leaves of the fir tree are elongated and oval at the tip.

Ordinary people naturally cannot understand this subtle difference, so it has become a basis for the unscrupulous Venerable Master to deceive.

However, this situation was brought to an end the day before the 24th, when an intelligence merchant sent out a message in a very certain tone.

[Do you want to judge the treasure of the cultist Nicolas?] If you want, you'll be given it, go find it! The Lost Forest on the 35th floor, where all the treasures of Nicolath are kept! 】

Although the way it is written is a bit spoofed, because of the reputation of 'Rat Argo', no one doubts the authenticity of this information.

For a while, the elites of the major guilds flocked to the Lost Forest, and the game entered the era of treasure hunting.

However, as the so-called law of the jungle, those guilds and casual players with slightly inferior strength, even if they have a heart to hunt for treasures, are eventually excluded because of their lack of strength.

Eventually, on the night of December 24th, there were only four guilds entering the entrance to the Lost Forest:

The Irongrant Liberation Army, the Knights of the Blood Alliance, the Sacred Dragon Alliance, and the Wind and Fire Forest Mountain.

Among these four guilds, the [Ayngrant Liberation Army] has the strongest overall strength, although this guild has suffered many twists and turns, but after all, the emaciated camel is bigger than the horse. Even if the Blood Alliance Knights and the Holy Dragon are united, they were born from the People's Liberation Army, and it can be said that the influence of the People's Liberation Army is still unmatched.

The Knights of the Blood Alliance is behind the People's Liberation Army, and it is currently the second-ranked guild in the game, compared to the People's Liberation Army, it is only lacking in comprehensive strength, but in terms of high-end combat power, it is even slightly better than the [Ayngrant Liberation Army]. Team Leader Heathcliff and Deputy Team Leader Asuna are currently at least in the top 10 of the game.

The Holy Dragon Alliance is third after the Knights of the Blood Alliance, this is a guild with chaotic rules, and the members of the guild do everything for the sake of profit, which can be regarded as a guild that wanders between the criminal group and the raider group.

As for the last Wind and Fire Forest Mountain, all of them are men, and most of them wear red armor and turbans, giving people the feeling of very hot and stuffy ancient Japanese samurai. The president is a man named Klein, and originally this guild was not qualified to compete for treasures, but because of the help of their friend Kirito, they have a place here.

The four guilds occupy the four corners of the intersection of the Lost Forest Road, among which the leader of the Ayn Grant Liberation Army is the president Yuki, the leader of the Blood Alliance Knights is the deputy head Asuna, and the leader of the Holy Dragon Union is their president Taki Tao, as for the Wind and Fire Forest Mountain, it is basically based on Kirito's opinion.

Asuna and Yuki are the only two women in the field, one has a cold temperament and the other has a quiet temperament.

Judging from all aspects of intelligence, the two of them should be friends, but even a person with a very low emotional intelligence like Kirito, can see that the atmosphere between the two is a little wrong.

Originally, when he saw two friends, he wanted to go up and talk, but when he walked between the two, he was shocked by an aura and trembled again, and then he didn't dare to speak with a weak face.

Xing pursed her lips lightly and spoke: "Sister Asuna, we should hunt the boss for the same purpose, so you might as well give the boss to me, how about it?" ”

The sincere words were very calm, but Asuna felt a powerful aura, which was the high school junior's look down on her, and the sentence 'Sister Asuna' made her unable to refute!

However, she quickly adjusted from her inexplicable frustration and fought back sharply: "Since you call yourself a sister, then for me, a junior, should President Xing show the generosity of a senior sister?" I don't think it's better to give me the boss! ”

“…… There's no way, okay, the boss's treasures are all handed over to Sister Asuna, and our PLA will even assist from the side, as the only reward, we only need to resurrect things like props...... This is already a very tolerant condition, after all, there is no such thing as a resurrection prop in theory. ”

Luckily, her tone was still calm, but the words of 'you made a profit, I want to cry when I lost' made Asuna twitch the corners of her mouth.

But in a sense, she also agreed with what Yuki said.

In the eyes of many people, they think that the so-called resurrection props are just deceptive information.

It's not so much a lie, it's just a line written to NPCs when SAO was still a normal game development, and it just stays......

In other words, it should only be an item that allows the player to revive without a death penalty.

But now SAO, there is no such thing at all.

There is only one penalty for death, which is the player's own life.

People in reality are dead, what can the resurrection items in the game be used for?

"However, there is a glimmer of possibility......

Asuna muttered as if hypnotized, "Maybe after death, consciousness does not return to reality, but it does not disappear, but is transferred to a place like a reserved area, waiting for the final outcome of this game?" If so, there is a reason for the resurrection item to be valid. ”

Asuna's eyes gradually became clearer, and she looked at Yuki and said, "You also came here after chasing such a possibility, right?" ”

"......," Yuki exhaled softly, "It seems that we don't have anything to talk about." ”