"Tick!"

"Tick!"

The boots trampled on the ground of unknown material, echoing across the open path.

No matter how many times he sees a scene in the labyrinth area, Kirito still has an emotion called amazement rising from the bottom of his heart.

This is a typical dungeon style, with gray-brown stone bricks piled up on both sides of the road to form impassable walls, and the road under your feet can only accommodate four or five people in parallel, and the torches placed in the walls are the only source of light in the labyrinth area.

Kirito was once worried about what to do if these torches went out, but the truth is that he tried to cut them with his sword during the sealed test, and he couldn't destroy them at all.

"Brush—"

However, just as he thought this, a sword light flashed in front of his eyes, and the silver light of the sword technique was like a meteor, almost completely obscuring the light of the torch.

When Kirito came back to his senses, he found that a thin sword had been pressed against the tip of his nose......

"I'm sorry to think of you as a monster that suddenly spawned."

The Rapier, who was supposed to be a female player, uttered an insincere apology, and then turned around to deal with another monster.

In normal times, Kirito who was subjected to such a 'terrorist attack' would definitely apologize to the other party, but now, he is a little weak and can't say a word.

That rapier is terrible!

Not in terms of her sword skills, but in her momentum, Kirito felt like she was facing a volcano that could erupt at any moment, and if she didn't pay attention, she would set herself on fire.

Wiping the sweat that didn't exist on his forehead, Kirito continued to walk a few steps forward, and found that in addition to the female cutler, there was also a young man with a one-handed straight sword.

This is the 12th floor of the maze area, and to be honest, he was surprised to see a male and female leveling team here.

In this death game, except for a very small number of players, the vast majority of players use team upgrades for safety.

The maximum number of members of a team is 6, and generally speaking, players either go solo or only come to the maze area to level up after the group of 6 people has been completed.

A two-person leveling team like this is almost rarely seen.

However, although it was two people, Kirito keenly noticed that their advance speed was no slower than that of a team of six.

Unlike other teams, they work together with 6 people to attack a monster, and after killing this monster, they challenge the second monster. Instead, there is a clear division of labor, each attacking a monster.

It stands to reason that this will lose the meaning of teaming up, and it is also more dangerous, but the sword skills of the two are so superb that even one-on-one can quickly solve the opponent.

"That...... Can I team up with you? ”

Kirito couldn't believe that this sentence came from his mouth, but he actually said it.

Want to get close to these two!

Not to mention what complicated thoughts he had in his heart after the game was declared a 'game of death', but what kind of mood did he have when he first entered the game?

I like this game, I like the sword in my hand, I like the feeling of holding the sword to fight in a bloody battle, and finally achieve the realm of human and sword integration.

And now, he saw this possibility in these two people, and their perfect sword skills attracted him like a magnet, forcing him to say this.

Hearing his words, two players, a man and a woman, turned their heads at the same time, stared into his eyes, and uttered the same tone in a very heavy tone: "Huh?!" ”

"-Scared!"

Kirito took two steps back in some panic, and his weak temperament was undoubtedly revealed on his somewhat feminine handsome little face, "If you don't want to, forget it, I just think that with the three of us, the advance speed will be faster, and I will definitely not be able to paddle." ”

"No, you misunderstood." The male player explained, "Actually, I didn't team up with her. ”

"Huh?!"

This time it was Kirito's turn to pronounce the tone particle, and he looked at the girl in disbelief, and then at the boy, his mind full of black question marks, completely unable to understand the situation.

……

Kirito eventually joined this bizarre 'two-person team', but of course, there was no team.

Speaking of which, Kirito has never formed a team since the open beta began.

On the one hand, it's because of his identity as the person who sealed the beta.

On the other hand, it is also because the vast majority of players cannot keep up with his pace, and teaming up is not as efficient as a single brush.

But now, he doesn't have to worry about that.

The swordsmanship of the man and the woman was so proficient that Kirito was sure that their rank was not as good as his own, but because of their superb swordsmanship, their efficiency was not much lower than his own.

Especially that teenager.

Not only is his sword skills proficient, but his attack techniques are unique, and his monster-killing efficiency is almost on par with him!

Under the hard work of the three of them, it only took more than 1 hour for them to come to the 17th floor of the maze area.

Seeing that it was already past 9 o'clock, Kirito proposed: "It's not too early, it will take almost two hours to get back to Torbana from here, so we might as well go back to the city first and come back tomorrow." ”

"Back to the city...... Do? This time it was the girl who answered, with a hint of indifference and vigilance in her crisp voice.

"Sleep, of course."

"We're not going back." This time, it was the teenager who answered.

"Huh? Don't go back to the block? I say...... The supply of medicine bottles, the repair of equipment or something...... And rest ......"

"Medicines and weapons, we've brought enough spare...... As for resting, it's in a safe area nearby. ”

Kirito looked dumbly at the young man in front of him, who should be much older than him, and from the other party's eyes, he could see that the other party was not lying.

It is true that the safe area can be used for rest, but apart from resting for just over an hour, the cold floor cannot be used as a bed at all, and the footsteps of monsters that frequently haunt the nearby passageway can be heard.

No matter how brave a player is, it's absolutely impossible to get a good night's sleep here.

He suddenly knew why the two people in front of him would give him a special feeling.

But even if he knew, he couldn't follow suit.

The +6 [Anneal Blade] one-handed straight sword on his back is arguably the strongest piece of equipment in the entire game so far, and he is reluctant to use it as a one-off item after completing a series of extremely complex quests.

Kirito left first, but the next day he came to find Xia Qianshi and Asuna, and the three of them continued to level up, and after three days of continuous training, Xia Qianshi and Asuna both reached level 10 successively, and at the same time, a pitch-black door carved with the head of a vicious beast on the 20th floor appeared in front of their eyes......