July 8, 2023, SwordArtOnline World, below the first layer of the labyrinth area, a certain town.

It's been a month since the game began, and more than 2,000 players have lost their lives. The optical quantum computer completed by Xuefeng and others was, to a certain extent, born with the lives of more than 2,000 people as the cornerstone, which can be said to be the crystallization of their lives.

In the course of a month, the first layer has not been breached. Even the closed beta players, who are disgusted by ordinary players, occupy the vast majority of excellent leveling locations and high-reward tasks, and whose average strength far exceeds that of ordinary players, have never entered the boss's room.

Of course, no one has found the boss is a big reason, but another reason is that the current closed beta players do not have a completely incomparable advantage over ordinary players at the data level.

In the more than a year that was almost called the second Blizzard by the majority of players, the Snow Wind and the others also had all kinds of thoughts, and modified a lot of places in the first few layers, and the most were monsters and quests. I don't know what the other people think, but for Yukikaze, it's quite enjoyable to watch the player go crazy over there because of the so-called experience.

Well, in addition to the fact that the average strength of the closed beta players has decreased, it has also led to the fact that many of the victims are closed beta players.

I really don't want to think about how it is possible that nothing has changed after such a long delay to turn it on again. Compared to the average player who cautiously tries outward, these guys truly interpret what it means to be undoing.

By the way,The original protagonist of this work,The current protagonist of this world,Kiritani and people,A boy with great pseudo-girl potential in the game named Kirito,Also almost died in a monster lair that I thought was very familiar.,But it's actually very strange to the extreme.。

Yukikaze also obeyed the commission he made with Naoba.,After Kirito's life turned red.,Saved the other party's life.,By the way, he also handed over the so-called incomplete plug-in that he had done before to Kirito in the form of skills.。

Based on his previous understanding of Kirito and his recent observations, Xue Feng is very relieved that the other party will never say anything about this skill called "base power".

By the time this skill is known, it will probably be known to others as well.

Although it is not possible to remove the clause that death in the game is real death, it is completely fine to add a few demanding semi-cheat skills.

It's not atonement, it's not redemption, it's just fun.

After so much, let's get back to business.

Today, almost all of the top players have come to this town because of the news that they have found the boss room from a certain team, and it seems that they are planning to hold their first boss battle strategy meeting.

"Is this it?" Looking at the classical stage in front of me, which was like a semi-circular Colosseum, there were already a lot of people sitting in the auditorium like a step, "In the news, the location of the strategy meeting. ”

After Kirito arrived at the scene, he casually found a corner where no one was and sat down by himself, quietly waiting for the opening. And shortly after Kirito sat down, the strategy meeting began.

However, it was not so much a meeting as a personal showcase, and a farce.

"Okay, so it's almost time to start." The moderator of the meeting was a man with blue hair and blue eyes, who straddled a long sword diagonally, and said, "Thank you for being invited to come today. ”

"I'm Diabel, and I'm a 'knight' by profession."

When hearing about the profession of the presenter, Diabel, everyone present laughed. Because in the SAO world, there is no such thing as a profession.

Since even the magic in traditional RPGs has been cut off, only the so-called sword skills remain, and naturally there will be no class system left.

After being laughed at by everyone, Diabel pressed his hand, and after motioning for everyone to be quiet and listen to himself, he said extremely seriously: "Today, our team found the boss's room on the top floor of that tower. ”

"We must defeat the boss, reach the second floor, and tell everyone who is still waiting in the town of Beginnings that there is an end to this death game!"

"This is our obligation to gather here now!"

Hearing Diabel's speech, everyone applauded after being surprised, and even those who did not applaud showed a smile of approval.

"Okay, then without further ado, let's officially start the strategy meeting now."

"First of all, please form a team of six, guarding the boss is not something that ordinary teams can fight, you have to gather teams and form a unified team to dispatch."

This is a very reasonable suggestion, so no one has any objections to it. In the SAO world, as the number of people in your party increases, so does the amount of experience you earn. Of course, this requires everyone who joins the team to put in their own efforts.

Therefore, the closed beta players at the top of the players, in addition to a few lone rangers, basically have their own fixed squads.

As for those lone rangers, look at the Kirito who is far away from the crowd, breaking out in a cold sweat, and looking around, is the best example.

After seeing a player wearing a cloak not far from him, covering his body and appearance, Kirito moved his ass at great speed and came to the player's side: "Are you also alone?" ”

"I'm not alone. It's just that the players around me are acting like companions, so I'll avoid it myself. ”

It sounds a little awkward, but in summary, I'm still a solo player, which is a kind of tsundere to some extent......

"So, do you want to team up with me?" Kirito rushed directly to home plate, "I said, the boss can't attack it alone." ”

"Just once."

Kirito has invited mysterious players to form a team! The mystery player agreed! Mystery players have joined Kirito's team! THE MYSTERY PLAYER ASUNA IS ALREADY IN THE PARTY, AND YOU CAN START A CALL AT ANY TIME...... Ahem, I accidentally crossed the stage, please ignore this sentence.

"Okay, we've pretty much formed our own squads." Diabel was about to get down to business when a voice suddenly came from the outside of the Colosseum: "Wait a minute! ”

A guy with a hedgehog hairstyle jumped on the steps and came to the stage and said to everyone: "Lao Tzu is the king of teeth, I have something to say before I fight the boss!" ”

"In this, someone must apologize to the 2,000 people who died in the future!" The Tooth King pointed to the players in the audience with an arrogant expression, and said in a tone that he thought represented the public, "The guys who have completed the closed beta, on the first day of this damn game, they left the rookies and disappeared. ”

"They have a good training place, simple tasks, only care about their own Peng Peng's strength, and don't care about other people's affairs."

"There should be one here, the guys who have completed the closed beta must make them kneel down and admit their mistakes, and spit out the money and props they have saved!"

"Whew, it doesn't look too late. Is it time for some clown's farce to play out? At this moment, a crisp Lori voice suddenly appeared in everyone's ears, "That hedgehog-headed clown, your last sentence is your own heart." ”

Looking at the petite figure standing outside the stage with his back to the sun, the Tooth King was stunned and said, "Who are you?" ”

Although the possibility that the other party was a closed beta player flashed in his heart, the Tooth King directly pressed it directly into his heart. Because of the sun's obscuration, I can't see my face and clothes, but the other party is obviously just a little girl, and if I speak ill of this little girl today, I will probably be besieged by all the players.

A guy who can stand up at this time, take advantage of the situation or show himself, no matter how scummy he is, he still has the ability to judge the situation.

"Who am I? Guess what, Joker. And the little girl did not hesitate to show her dislike for the Tooth King.

"But, damn it, who are you?!" was called a clown twice in a row, and the guy who was not very good in his own right blew up directly, "Joker? Who are you talking about? Are you one of the guys who completed the closed beta?! ”

"Hedgehog-headed clown, your last words are your own truth, right?" The little girl didn't answer the tooth king's question directly, but walked down the steps step by step, uh no, it's the audience.

It was a little Lori wearing a black goth dress, a black double ponytail, and blood-red eyes, but the momentum she exuded made it impossible for all players to treat her as Lori.

In other words, you can't even treat it as a player like yourself, it's completely above everyone else, and even the existence of the world.

King? No, no, that's the momentum of the emperor who is above the king!

Looking at the black-haired and red-eyed Lori in front of her, Kirito, who had seen her twice, was not only shocked by this, but also confused about her identity.

She seems to have said that she should know who she is, but who is she?

"Who do you think you are, Joker?" Using his aura to suppress all the players present, Xue Feng said casually, "When will you be able to represent ordinary players who still have at least 7,000 people?" This is something that the king of a country cannot do in normal times. ”

"So, you're not a grandstanding clown, or what? Chop up? ”

Xue Feng walked onto the stage gently, then glared at the Tooth King, and said, "Why is there anything else?" ”

"If it's okay, get out of here! Chop Pieces! ”

"Ahh Be! Yes, yes! I'll get out of here! The Tooth King didn't care how laughable his posture was, and ran towards the outside of the stage.

It's going to die! Going to die! If she stays on the field, she will definitely kill you!

Xue Feng, who had just fought with all his might, completely unconsciously exuded his own momentum, enveloping the audience, and as the object of focus, the Tooth King suffered more than fifty percent of the oppression in this momentum. Then, Xue Feng's gaze pressed his momentum almost unreservedly.

If the Tooth King didn't have any adventures, he would probably be in the shadow of the snow wind for the rest of his life.

"Since the clown asked, then I'll tell you my identity directly."

Xue Feng stood in the middle of the stage, completely ignoring the original host Diabel, as if he should be noticed and worshiped here, and said with a shallow smile.

"I am the owner of the House of Everything, the Dragon, and we will take on all the commissions, as long as you can pay enough for it."

"As for my name?"

"My name: Yukikaze."