The starry sky fills the vast field, illuminating the dark night with the light of the sword.

The howls of the buffalo mingle with the sounds of the players fighting each other, bringing a touch of life to this tranquil wilderness.

Zeyi, who was sitting on the grass eating bread, calmly looked at the experience and Kel on the panel.

This is the second level of the floating city of Al Grande, a place known for its pastures and bison.

Compared to the players who crowded to the second layer first, Zeyi, who came here at night, lost too many tasks and resources, and if he wanted to gain a foothold in the second layer, he had to seize the remaining tasks and resources as soon as possible.

However, he didn't worry much about this, and after reaching the second floor, he didn't go to the main block, Ulbas, but stopped at the southernmost end of the entire second floor, which was the only way to get there.

The reason for this was that he knew it was too late to go to the main block, and instead of wasting time there, he might as well make up for the missing Koll and experience by killing the mobs.

"You look energetic, Zeyi."

A loud voice exploded not far from Zeyi, full of oppression.

Through the moonlight, it was a tall, muscular man wielding a pair of giant axes, screaming as the bison on the opposite side chopped into pieces.

Zeyi chuckled and stood up.

"Aren't you in good spirits, Akyll?"

The mighty bald man is Achill, who participated in the strategy battle.

Unlike Zeyi, who doesn't want to desperately squeeze in the crowd, Achill is embarrassed to crowd with others because of his size.

Of course, he can ignore this, but then there will inevitably be a "so high, can't you wait a while?" "Isn't this bullying?" and so on, thus offending a large number of players.

It just so happened that the Rapier beside him didn't want to be crowded, so he decided to set off again in the evening when there were fewer people.

When passing through the portal last night, the two met unexpectedly, and the two who also blamed the Tooth King at the meeting quickly talked together.

Because of this, he ignored the hooded companion beside Achill.

"Achill, watch behind you!"

A feminine voice came out of the hood, making Zeyi more sure that she was a woman, but he was more concerned about the bison that was more than 3 meters tall behind Achill.

Its official name is "Trembling· Ox" is a specialty of the second layer. Not only does it have a powerful attack, but it is also extremely long target duration and attack range.

Before Akyll could react and the buffalo's attack was about to fall, the player with the hood moved to Akyl's rear in time.

The dagger burst into an orange halo in her hand, and it slammed upwards with meteor speed, blocking the bison's onslaught.

And Zeyi took the opportunity to come to the side of the bison, and used the silver thin sword to make a bloody mark on the bison's body.

The buffalo who was in pain could only look at Zeyi viciously with brown eyes because he was still in the stiff attack.

After Achill, who reacted on the other side, swung the giant axe, the bison was unwilling to turn into black shards and disappeared forever from the grassland.

After the crisis is resolved, the player with the hood says in a serious tone, "Akyl, it's very dangerous to completely relax your nerves in the wild."

Achill touched his bare head with his hand and apologized embarrassedly.

"By the way, Asuna, is Kirito really okay?"

Kirito? It is just right to verify whether what the King of the Lower Teeth said is true.

Asuna, a rapier named Asuna, sat resting on the grass and pondered for a moment after hearing Achill's words.

"Kirito...... He'll be fine. ”

"That's right," Achill said, checking tonight's harvest as he continued, "but I really don't feel worth it for Kirito."

"Obviously, at the most dangerous moment, it was Kirito-kun who stepped forward and helped them overcome the first layer of the boss. Instead of thanking them, they complained and condemned Kirito-kun's behavior of robbing monsters. ”

Before Asuna could speak, Zeyi took the first step to ask, "Did that guy from the Tooth King accuse Kirito?"

"No, to be honest, I'm also very surprised that the Tooth King didn't fall into the well at that juncture."

No, it seems that the Tooth King is really remorseful.

"But...... A very short scimitar beside him uttered hate-inciting remarks like 'That guy is the original beta player'. ”

“…… A very short scimitar? Is it called Ciro? ”

Zeyi's eyes saw Siron's disgusting face.

If that guy was that, I'm afraid he would have been fake when he apologized at the time.

"Indeed, the King of Teeth used to call ......"

"Don't talk about that topic, I'm sure Kirito will be fine."

Asuna's irritable remarks stopped the fiery Zeyi and the others who were talking.

Looking at the two of them looking at each other, Asuna felt that it seemed inappropriate to interrupt others, and hurriedly diverted their attention.

"I heard that Trembling· The meat of Ox is very strong, do you want to taste it? ”

Zeyi used his sword to block a bison's attack, "Even if you want to taste the specialties of the second layer, it will have to wait until after dawn." ”

Achill agrees with Zeyi's opinion, after all, compared to the players who received the mission, they have lost their advantage from the beginning, and if they don't work hard at this time, I am afraid that they will pull a gap with the top players on the front line.

Moreover, it has only been 2 hours since they came to the second layer, and the materials and experience they have obtained are really too little, far from satisfying their experience points of breaking through 10,000.

"That'...... All right. ”

Asuna nodded a little sleepily, then turned and walked towards a bison with her tired body braced on.

As a good student at the top of the list, she has never experienced such hardships as staying up late, and she can't compare with Zeyi, who is a game maniac, and Akyl, who has become an adult.

At this time, the corners of her eyes itched, she yawned, and was bracing herself to attack the bison.

"Ya...... Asuna ...... Right, you can rest for a while, and when it is dawn, Achill and I will call you. ”

"yes, you can rest first."

Asuna, who heard the persuasion of the two, seemed to have completed some kind of task, threw herself on the grass, and muttered angry words like "don't underestimate me".

Fortunately, this is grass, otherwise Asuna would have been completely sleepy and painful.

Zeyi walked up to her side and led the bison, which was only a few meters away from her, to where he had been.

Then he used it to maneuver between the two bison as if he were leveling up at the first level.

With a "bang", the two bison turned into pieces one after the other and were killed by Zeyi.

While cleaning up the bison's drops, Zeyi looked towards Achill and happened to see him kill a bison with ease.

"Achill, let's compete to see who kills more bison, and whoever loses has to do one thing for the winner."

Looking at Zeyi, who became more and more excited as the sky got darker, Achill grinned, "Then you're going to lose." ”

Thus, the bet between the two officially began......