At this moment, as if someone had passed through a portal, a ripple sound suddenly sounded, indicating that someone had entered the safe area.

Kirito and Asuna immediately stood up and looked ahead.

I saw a team wearing different styles but the same style of clothing coming from the front, and as they walked, they let out an exclamation-like cry of tiredness, as if they had come here after a long journey.

The leader was dressed in Japanese-style armor, with a sword hanging from his waist, like a samurai, with red hair and a turban tied to his head, looking like a bad uncle.

"Klein ......" looked at the leader Klein, Kirito called out, it seemed that Klein was coming to attack the labyrinth area with some members of the Wind Volcanic Forest.

"Kirito?" Hearing someone calling himself, Klein raised his head and saw Kirito not far in front of him, stunned for a moment, and then showed a surprised smile on his face: "Isn't this Kirito, long time no see!" ”

"Well, it's been a long time...... Kirito looked away, because he abandoned Klein when he was in the town of Beginning, so he always felt a little guilty about Klein.

"Huh? You're a solo traveler who can form a team? And the object of the team is still a girl, how can you ......" Noticing Kirito's team logo, Klein walked towards Kirito with a gossipy face, but when he saw Asuna next to Kirito and Luo Tianhuan on the side, he was immediately stunned and stopped his pace.

"This ...... This is not a ...... Miss Asuna? You're going to team up with Miss Asuna? That's unusual, isn't it? Still...... And Luo Tianhuan is also here...... What's going on? Why are you three together? ”

"Yo ......" Luo Tianhuan raised his hand and greeted Klein.

"Uh...... Anyway, it's for some reason...... "It's a bit complicated to narrate, and Kirito doesn't want to explain it in detail here, so I'll leave it perfunctory first."

At this time, the people of the Wind Forest Volcano also came back to their senses, and their expressions slowly became excited.

"That'...... Isn't that Miss Asuna? ”

"Wow! Miss Asuna! ”

In an instant, the five members of the Wind Forest Volcano rushed past Klein halfway through with lightning speed, and rushed to the front of Kirito and Asuna, with a look of excitement, no different from the brain-dead fans who had seen their favorite stars, and directly startled the two who had not yet realized what was happening, and took a step back in unison.

Kirito stretched out his hands and stopped the five members of the Wind Volcanic Forest who rushed over, a drop of cold sweat broke out on his head, and he hurriedly shouted, "Hey, hey, calm down!" ”

Unfortunately, they ignored Kirito and were clamoring, all wanting to talk to Asuna.

There was no way, Kirito shouted at Klein not far away, "Hey! Klein, hurry up and take care of your people! ”

"Hey! You guys ......" Klein reacted, shouted, and then turned happy and ran over in a hurry. “…… Let me talk to Miss Asuna, too! ”

"Klein...... You ......" Kirito suddenly showed a careless appearance of making friends, and couldn't bear to look directly, if he could, he really wanted to withdraw his hands and cover his face, indicating that he didn't know this guy.

With Klein joining, Kirito began to be unable to stop these people, and in desperation, he could only ask Luo Tianhuan for help.

Luo Tianhuan blinked, looked at Kirito who was in a state of embarrassment, plucked out his ears, and then spread his hands, and did not go up to help, but gloated in place to watch the show.

Hum! Who asked you to sprinkle dog food with Asuna just now, and laughed at me for not having a girlfriend, I deserve it!

Kirito was immediately so angry that one Buddha was born, two Buddhas ascended to heaven, and three Buddhas were wiped out, this hateful guy, he didn't save him when he saw death, and he would have you look good in the future!

"Hey, don't go too far!" Kirito could only dissuade these six people with too many male hormones, including Klein, on his own.

It's a pity that Kirito's voice has long been ignored by Klein and them.

"You guys...... Kirito was so angry that he pounced on it directly. Give me enough time! ”

As a result, the seven of them suddenly scuffled......

……

Wow Oo......oo

Just as Kirita and Klein were in a mess, Asuna smiled bitterly, and Luo Tianhuan gloated, a metallic heavy footsteps suddenly sounded, echoing in this safe area, causing everyone present to stop, calm down, and become vigilant, turning their heads to look ahead.

A multi-person team of people dressed in uniform bronze metal armor and cloaks was approaching from a distance, even if the team had not yet entered the safe area, it was still far from here, and the sound of heavy footsteps still reached the ears of everyone present, and their equipment seemed to be all specially designed, looking like an army, wearing steel helmets on their heads, the edges of which were pressed low, making it impossible to see their faces and expressions.

At this time, the members of this team were marching in a very orderly manner, as if they were all controlled by the system

PCs, except that their exposed mouths are all open, and they are gasping for air, and you can tell that these people are tired at a glance......

When he saw the outfit of this large team, Luo Tianhuan squinted his eyes, and whether it was Asuna, Kirito, Klein, or the other members of the Wind Forest Volcano, they all frowned, and the original cheerful atmosphere instantly disappeared and became solemn, and a little disgust appeared in everyone's eyes, and it was obvious that none of the people present had a good impression of the people who came.

In SAO, the only guild that will use this kind of soldier-like costume is the army!

Asuna and Kirito glanced at each other, there was a slight inexplicable meaning in their eyes, Klein frowned, furrowed his eyebrows, looked at the army walking towards here in the distance, and asked the doubts of everyone present: "How did the army appear here?" ”

Asuna's eyes were also puzzled: "Once when I was attacking the boss on the 25th floor, the army's vitality was greatly damaged, and it has withdrawn from the front line, giving priority to strengthening the strength of the guild first, so they should be active in the 1st floor, why did they come to the front line this time?" ”

Since suffering the catastrophe on the 25th floor, although the army is still on par with the other major guilds in the Raiders group, there are not many top players in the guild for a long time, so they have withdrawn from the front line under the banner of regrouping, and entrenched in the town of the first layer of the beginning.

Since then, the army has not participated in the strategy of the strategy group, of course, except for the Christmas event of the previous year, if it wasn't for the Christmas special event that would explode the resurrection props, I'm afraid the army people would even give up that event.

So one can imagine how surprised Kirito and the others were in their hearts when they suddenly saw these figures on the 74th floor, even Luo Tianhuan.

Under the gaze of everyone, after the army men walked into the safe area, one of the players led by him had a red shoulder strap on his right shoulder that symbolized his status, he turned around and shouted, "Rest everyone!" ”

As soon as the words fell, the subordinates who were neatly lined up behind him suddenly seemed to be completely relieved, and they all sat down on the ground one by one, never thinking about it again, obviously, before coming here, they had exercised a lot.

And when the others sat down on the ground, the player who was the leader looked at Luo Tianhuan and the others who were standing in front, and when he saw Luo Tianhuan, he seemed to be stunned for a moment, although he quickly came back to his senses, but obviously, he recognized Luo Tianhuan's identity.

As if he was hesitating about something, he stood there and hesitated for a while, glancing at Luo Tianhuan from time to time, others couldn't see his expression clearly at the moment, if anyone saw it, they would find that his eyes were full of jealousy.

After all, since the last Christmas special event, almost all players know that the army and the holy dragon are united, and the two guilds put pressure on the black-clothed sword god after the event, but in the end they return with a feather, and since then, the relationship between the army, the holy dragon alliance and Luo Tianhuan has been very bad.

However, the player in the lead finally made up his mind, walked to this side, came to the front of everyone, and then, to Kirito, who was standing at the front, said, "I am Lieutenant Colonel Kobaz who belongs to the Aingrunt Liberation Army!" I didn't expect to meet the black-clothed Sword God here, it's really rude. ”

"......" Luo Tianhuan didn't speak, and he despised the guy named Kobaz.

And after hearing this Kobazz's self-introduction, Kirito, Asuna, and Klein couldn't help but sneer in their hearts.

Because the guild of the army is too one-sided, the players call them so jokingly in order to tease them, and their real guild name is actually the Ayn Grant Liberation Army, but I didn't expect this person to actually call himself a lieutenant colonel, isn't this a disguised admission of other people's banter?

There was always someone to negotiate with Kobaz, so Kirito took on the task: "Kirito, the lone player ......"

Although Kobaz was a little embarrassed because Luo Tianhuan ignored him, after hearing Kirito's words, he nodded lightly, and his tone began to carry some arrogance: "Have you already attacked the area in front?" ”

In the strategy group, although the lone player is strong, due to the scarcity of numbers, the lone player camp is undoubtedly the weakest in the strategy group, so Kobaz somewhat looks down on Kirito as a lone player, even if he is a famous black swordsman......

Kirito didn't know what Kobaz was thinking, so when he heard this, he said, "Well, the map to the boss room has been opened. ”

"Oh?" Kobaz then stretched out his hand to Kirito in a tone of course. "So, please give us that map file!"

Hearing Kobaz's words, everyone except Luo Tianhuan was frightened, and Klein even pointed at Kobaz and shouted angrily: "Hey! Do you want someone to give it to you for free? You guy, do you know how hard it is to explore the labyrinth area! ”

Kobaz's face was stern, and he shouted loudly, "We distribute intelligence and resources equally among the general players!" And while maintaining order, we are fighting to free the players from this world as soon as possible, so for the sake of all players, it is your duty to help us! ”

Such a sanctimonious and shameless speech immediately made everyone present angry!

"You ...... thing," Asuna gritted her teeth.

"Hey, he's still very good at wearing a top hat for himself as always, a sanctimonious hypocrite." Luo Tianhuan pursed his lips unhappily.

"Bastard!" Klein even put his hand on the knife at his waist.

Kirito raised his hand and stopped Klein: "Forget it, Klein, anyway, after returning to town, I will make this map information public, it's okay." ”

As he spoke, Kirito swiped open his personal interface and sent the map to Kobaz.

"Hey, you're too nice, Kirito......" Klein was unwilling.

Kirito said flatly, "Anyway, I never thought of trading this map. ”

"Hmph, thank you for your cooperation." After confirming the receipt of the map, Kobaz turned around with a blank face, and said as if it was a matter of course, without even saying a word of thanks, very arrogant.

"Damn!" Klein was even more annoyed.

"If you want to raid the boss and defend the level, I advise you to stop." Kirito kindly persuaded him.

"Don't meddle in your business, it's up to me to decide." Kobaz didn't appreciate it, and didn't take Kirito's admonition seriously.

Hearing this, Kirito was a little excited: "We have just explored the boss's room, and the boss can't be dealt with by your small team!" And your companions are quite tired too! ”

"My subordinates are not soft-footed shrimp who cry out for tiredness to this extent!" Kirito's meddling made Kirbaz so angry that he turned around, yelled, and, as if to prove what he said, shouted to his men: "You guys, all stand up for me!" ”

Those people haven't rested enough, but they have no choice but to stand up, and then, under the leadership of Kobaz, drag their tired bodies and continue to move forward.

Watching Kobaz lead the army out of the safe area, a trace of disdain flashed in the eyes of everyone present.

Although the name of the army's guild is the Ayn Grant Liberation Army, they have never participated in the strategy battle of the strategy group since the 25th floor, but instead occupy the leveling place of ordinary players at will under the name of this "glorious", and wantonly obtain some rare resources, but they still have a great reason "for all players" in their mouths, so that those dissatisfied players dare to be angry and dare not speak.

This set, the army can be regarded as a tried and tested repeatedly, but since he was deflated in the hands of Luo Tianhuan on the day of the Christmas special event, the army's blacklist has such a helpless character.

This is also the reason why at the beginning, Kobaz saw Luo Tianhuan but hesitated not to come up, if there was no Luo Tianhuan, then he would not hesitate to come forward, and righteously use the set of their army to obtain the resources they need.

And in fact, even if Luo Tianhuan is here, this Kobaz has also come forward, so you can imagine how bad the army's usual style is.

People like this who deceive the good and fear the evil, let alone the upright-hearted Klein, even people like Asuna, who usually don't care much, began to despise it, otherwise they wouldn't have gritted their teeth in anger just now.

"These guys...... You don't really want to raid the boss of the level, right? Looking at the direction the army group left, Klein frowned.

"It shouldn't be possible...... "Asuna still can't believe it, although she has guessed in her heart. Just a few of them? And it's already tired like that. ”

"And what do they want maps for?" Luo Tianhuan pretended not to know and asked knowingly.

"It's also possible that it's more convenient to walk through the maze." Asuna gave a reason that she couldn't even believe.

"Hmm...... As for why the army suddenly appeared on the 74th floor, I guessed a little. After a moment's hesitation, Kirito still told the guess in his heart.

"Then you should say it quickly." Asuna turned her head and urged.

Kirito said, "Actually, you know that too, right? Every 25 floors of Aingrant, the boss will be greatly enhanced. ”

Asuna, Klein and the others all nodded, but Luo Tianhuan was confused: "Kirito, what is this setting?" How did I not know? ”

"Well, I forgot, the bosses on the 25th and 50th floors weren't tackled by you, so you don't know this setting." Looking at Luo Tian's puzzled appearance, Kirito patted his head and explained:

"There are a total of 100 floors of Ayn Grant, every 25 floors, the strength of the guard boss will have a leap forward, stronger than the boss of the next few floors, if it is said, the guard boss of the usual floor is about the same level as the player in terms of strength, then, 1 floor, 25 floors, 50 floors, 75 floors, 100 floors, the strength of the five layers of guard bosses has far exceeded the burden of players! When you were alone in the second floor, didn't you think that boss was weaker than the first floor? ”

"Uh-huh......" Luo Tianhuan nodded. At the time, I wondered why the boss of the second floor was weaker than the boss of the first floor, so it was for this reason, indeed, if you think about it, the strength of the boss of the first layer is indeed beyond the burden of most players. ”

Asuna added: "Also, because every 25 floors, the strength of the guard boss will become very strong, so before the arrival of each 25th floor, the guard boss of the previous layer will be relatively weakened, for example, the front layer of the 25th floor is 24 floors, then the guard boss of the 24th floor will become weaker, and the same is true of the guard boss of the 49th floor." ”

"Oh...... To put it simply, the 1st floor, the 25th floor, the 50th floor, the 75th floor, and the 100th floor, the guard boss of these five floors will become very powerful, and when these four floors are coming, the guard boss of the previous layer will be relatively weakened, which is the setting, right? Luo Tian nodded in understanding.

Klein sighed and said: "At the beginning, in order to compete with other guilds, the army rushed to challenge the 25th floor guard boss without careful reconnaissance, and as a result, the vitality was greatly injured and had to withdraw from the front line, which can be regarded as self-inflicted, but it is really thanks to the army that we began to discover the unreasonableness of the 1st layer and the 25th floor guard boss, and after comparison, we knew this hidden setting." ”

"That'...... What does this have to do with the presence of the army here? Luo Tianhuan looked at Kirito, and the others also looked at him, waiting for his next step.

Kirito took a deep breath and said: "I'm ready to go to the 75th floor, the 74th floor will be relatively weakened, the army should want to take advantage of the relatively weakened boss of this layer to attack it, and then take advantage of this to close the gap with other guilds in one fell swoop, and a guild solves a guard boss alone, how big is the influence of this, I don't need to say, you should all understand." ”

"No...... No......" Asuna couldn't believe it. Are those guys in the army so naïve? Even if the 74th floor guard boss is relatively weakened, it is not something that those in the army can deal with, after all, the guard boss above the 70th floor is full of uncertain factors.

"Hmm...... There is a possibility. Luo Tianhuan agreed with Kirito's statement: "I heard that since the 25th layer, after the elite forces were wiped out, the army has basically been paralyzed, although it is said that withdrawing from the front line is to regroup, but in fact, it is because there are already differences within this guild, and there are many players who have left this guild one after another." ”

"Then why didn't they disband?" Although she is the vice president of a large guild, Asuna is undoubtedly a little less experienced.

Kirito or Luo Tianhuan hadn't answered yet, but Klein on the side said, "It's because of interests." Although the current army is already sick, it is also a big guild anyway, not to mention the benefits brought back by the combat players from the field and the labyrinth area, just the life player is a fat meat, and no one is willing to let go. ”

Seeing that Asuna still looked like she didn't understand, Kirito smiled helplessly: "I'll simply say it, the current army, you can see it as a difficult bone to gnaw, although it is tasteless, but it is a pity to abandon it, so no one wants to let go, which is probably what it means." ”

"If it's really as Kirito guessed, then this operation is probably ordered by some high-ranking member of the army without authorization." Klein held his chin and guessed.

"Anyway, it's better to look at the past, after all, I'm not sure if they're going to attack the boss." With a sigh, Kirito proposed.

"Hmm!" Klein answered, looking at the way he looked, he had already planned this.

"Really, who's the good guy?" Kirito smiled helplessly, and then looked at Luo Tianhuan: "What about you, do you want to go?" ”

"Go ahead, these guys are annoying, but there's no way they're going to die, right?" Luo Tianhuan spread his hands, although those people in the army are very annoying, but it is also life, with Luo Tianhuan's kind character, he can't sit idly by and see death.