"Boss fights?" Argo whispered softly with a solemn face. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info

In this world, it is impossible for a single player to fight multiple monsters at the same time. Because there is no magic that can annihilate widely, range-based sword skills can only attack SAO not far beyond the range of the weapon, and if surrounded by many monsters, it means death.

Of course, the game design reflects this, as monsters almost always appear alone, or in units of up to two or three. Unless there is an intention to bring them together, or if they are guilty of stepping on the alarm trap, a one-on-many battle will never happen, and in this case, everyone will fight to escape.

It's really a one-to-many battle, and it's estimated that it's limited to the boss battle, but that's also the boss as the main battle, and the Raiders team as the accompaniment.

"That's right, it's a boss fight. If it's a concerto, then, I think, he's waiting for us somewhere, the genius named Kizuhiko Kayaba. Looking at Argo with a heavy expression, Zheng Shuanglong shrugged his shoulders, a smile appeared on his face, and nodded. Agreed.

"On a certain floor?" Argo gritted his teeth.

"If I'm not wrong in my calculations, it should be on the top floor, in the red jade palace on the hundredth floor, waiting for the arrival of our hard-working players, well, it's really bad enough." Waving his hand with a smile, Zheng Shuanglong said with a smile: "Okay, I don't want to do so much, look, the portal of the third layer has been opened to us." Let's go! ”

Look at the thick stone gate that is so close. All the women nodded happily, stretched out their little hands together, pressed on the stone door, and pushed the stone door open together.

Anyway, this stone door will close automatically, obviously the Tongren have already passed, why did they close it again, but the feeling of pushing open the stone door is good. Look at the beautiful moss-covered stone floor. The lush forest, Zheng Shuanglong thought of it in a good mood.

Three minutes after Zheng Shuanglong and his party walked through the stone gate and stepped on the third floor, Kirito, who was supposed to go first, walked out of the stone gate. With a complicated expression, he looked at the disappeared backs of Zheng Shuanglong and his party, lifted the one-handed sword in his hand, and walked towards the depths of the forest.

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"Yummy!" Asuna, who was walking along the forest path, let out a slight cheer, basking in the sunlight that shone through the densely combed crevices of the forest, and spun happily.

"Great...... Just looking at this view, I feel that the hard work of climbing here has not been in vain......! Asuna, who was bathed in the fine sunlight and constantly swirling, seemed to like the panorama of this large forest that I don't know where it continued, and smiled happily.

"It's really not in vain." Reflecting a dazzling luster, her slender and smooth chestnut hair, slender body, and awe-inspiring beauty, Asuna doesn't look like a player at all, but an elf who inhabits this forest. And Zheng Shuanglong, who admired all this, couldn't help but sigh.

After saying these words softly, Zheng Shuanglong stretched his waist. Whispered: "Next ......"

Zheng Shuanglong muttered softly, exhaled out of the window, and immediately began to write an instant message, spreading the news that "the strategy of the second layer has been completed, and the portal of the third layer will be opened within an hour".

With that done, Zheng Shuanglong closed the window and looked at the surrounding forest again. He said to the girls who were strolling and enjoying the scenery: "Okay, let's hurry up, the transfer door on the third floor is still waiting for us to open." ”

"Eh, how is that!?" Hearing Zheng Shuanglong's words, all the women complained a little dissatisfied.

Facing the complaints of the women, Zheng Shuanglong raised his right hand with a smile on his face, stretched out his index finger and pointed in the direction of the north. The stone-paved ancient path that stretched out from the boss room on the second floor behind him formed a Y-shaped branch twenty meters away. said: "We will have the time to enjoy the scenery in the future, but the time to open the transfer door is not much." Getting the transfer door to open automatically feels like a failure. Well, follow that road to the right and you'll soon reach the main block. Now let's go to the main block to activate the transfer door. ”

"Oh." Because what Zheng Shuanglong said seemed to be very reasonable, the women could only put away their interest and quickly keep up with Zheng Shuanglong's pace.

"That, Zheng, why don't you divide into two teams first, if you open the transfer door, one person is enough, according to the experience of the closed beta period, after the player is defeated by the floor boss, he will come to the new main block on the upper floor through the round-trip stairs, and in the about thirty minutes of activating the portal, the monster's spawn rate will be controlled at a very low value. It's a great time. Both efficiency and safety are super high. Coming to a fork in the road, Argo couldn't help but suggest.

"Well, well, it's probably to prevent players who are exhausted from the boss battle from being wiped out by the miscellaneous fish monsters before they come to the lower main block. Then, Argo and Theo will open the transfer door, complete the supplies, and find a temporary station. Claire, Shino Asada, Asuna, Lixia, and Fei and I went to level up first. Hearing Argo's proposal, Zheng Shuanglong, who had the idea of giving priority to efficiency, touched his chin and said seriously.

"That, the monster of the third layer, what is the main thing, is there anything to pay attention to?" As the commander, Claire, who thought more than the others, asked Argo with a sweet smile.

"The main monster is the elf.,As for what to pay attention to.,Well,There's a lot to pay attention to.,Wow,It's too much.,Well,Give.,The half-finished "Argo's Third Layer Regional Strategy Book",Although the record is still a little incomplete.,But,The key places.,It's all there.。 Hearing Claire's question, Argo thought for a moment and prepared to organize the language to tell, but at last he realized that there was too much to say, and before he went crazy, he finally thought of the half-finished pamphlet he had written.

"Then, logistics, please." Claire, who took Argo's booklet, said with a smile.

"Well, in that case, Tio and I will go first, and practice well." Argo, who was about to leave after holding Theo's hand, stopped, turned his head to look at Zheng Shuanglong and said: "That, I heard that there is a task on the third layer related to the [Blood Elf's Counterattack], which can greatly improve the completion of the [Blood Elf's Counterattack], wait for me for a while, I will go together after collecting information." ”

"Ok, then, Clea, Asuna, Fey, and Lixia and I will go to level up first." Smiled and waved his hand at Argo, Zheng Shuanglong left with Can, Asuna, Lixia, and Fei.

"Let's go, let's go open the transfer door." After seeing Zheng Shuanglong and his party leave, Argo took Theo's little hand and left quickly.

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Regardless of the hard work, Argo and Tio ran to the third floor of the main block to open the transfer door, complete the supplies, and take over a dozen tasks by the way. Cast his eyes on Zheng Shuanglong and his party who were ready to take advantage of this good time to level up.

After separating from Argo and Theo, after only five minutes of walking on the ancient road in the forest, Zheng Shuanglong and his party felt the changes in the air around them. The beautiful Phantom Forest, which is soothing, is gradually transforming into an area [outside the circle] with a cold hostility.

"Claire, it's almost outside the circle, is there anything to pay attention to, what is written in Argo's regional strategy book?" Quickly swapping the equipment, putting away the four one-handed swords of +8, +6, +5, and +5 that were not very durable, and taking out a +4 one-handed sword that was not very suitable for use on the third layer, Zheng Shuanglong, waved it a few times, and asked Cleya with a smile as he was a serious viewer of the booklet.

Not only Zheng Shuanglong is fine-tuning the equipment, but Fei, Lixia, Asuna, and Claire are all fine-tuning the equipment, adjusting some equipment that is not very suitable for durability after the boss battle.

Except for the boutiques dropped by the bosses on those floors and those made of super high-grade gems, other equipment has to be replaced almost every two floors. Every replacement is a lot of Cole. And you can't replace it, the monster that is constantly growing, you have to change. A lot of supplies are consumed here.

Of course, some of the equipment that has been successfully enhanced through missions may be able to support three floors, but that's all, if you use the fourth floor, it will be too outdated and completely unsuitable. That's what SAO is all about. Constantly seize the limited resources, and constantly improve the level, equipment, and skills. Which point is outdated, that is, the moment of the end of life.

Now, after reaching the third layer, the equipment on the members of Zheng Shuanglong's Void Brigade is a bit outdated, and they must be replaced, of course, replacing it does not mean throwing away these equipment. It's a waste.

In fact, these equipment will be handed over to Xili and Lizzebet to deal with, whether it is to disassemble the forging materials, or to go to the first and second floors to set up stalls and sell them to those outdated players, in exchange for a batch of Cole, it is a good thing.

"Zheng, the enemies in this area are similar to the guys in the second layer of the maze area. Because most of them are animal-type monsters, they don't use swordsmanship. After completing the fine-tuning and replacing the shield, armor, and one-handed sword, Claire looked at the "Argo's Booklet" in her hand and said in a sweet voice: "It's just that, according to the common mode of action of all monsters, they will continue to draw us to the depths of the forest during battle. If you only launch a rush attack when you find a flaw, you may get lost when you succeed in defeating the monster. ”

Listening to Clea's words, Asuna asked a little puzzled, "Lost?" Well, if you look at the map, you should have explored all the places you walked through, didn't you? ”

"This ......" Claire, who was also a little puzzled, recalled what she had seen before, waved her right hand, called out the window, called up the map, switched it to visualization mode, and showed it to Asuna and the others.

"It's so light." Fei, who looked at the map that Claire had called up, quickly called up her own map, compared it carefully, exhaled, and said a little unenergetically.

As Fei said, in this area, most of the maps appear gray, and according to the general situation, the places that have been explored will be marked with a clear view, but this mark is very thin due to the fog, even if you look closely, you can't see where there is a road.

After seeing that everyone was paying attention, Claire quickly said: "The area around here is inherently called [Misty Forest], the color of the map has become thin and the fog is very thick, you will really get lost." So, the rule to follow in battle is to never leave your teammates and paths. This must be noted. ”

"Understood." Listening to the prompting of Claire's sweet voice, all the women answered seriously.

"Well, do you need a demonstration?" With the one-handed sword in his hand, he pointed to a withered tree at the entrance to the forest that was slightly away from the stone path. Zheng Shuanglong said seriously.

"Demo, oh, yes. Then ask Zheng and Asuna to demonstrate how to kill this plant-based monster. "Look at the light yellow branch, which is about fifteen centimeters in diameter and two meters high, much smaller than the surrounding trees. The two holes side by side on the top side of the trunk are phosphorescent like eyes, and the long branches sticking out from the left and right sides are constantly shaking like hooked claws, Claire smiled and suggested to Zheng Shuanglong and Asuna.

"So, Asuna, let's go together!" Gently waving the one-handed sword in his hand, the golden light wrapped the one-handed sword, Zheng Shuanglong faced the plant monster and rushed over.

"Understood!" Drawing her sword, Asuna replied with a gentle smile.

The branches on the left and right sides were cut off by Zheng Shuanglong's golden sword light, the holes in the shape of mouths were pierced by Asuna's stabbing sword, and the plant monster let out a miserable cry and turned into powder, all of which took less than a minute.

"Well, it's not very strong. The one-handed sword in his hand can barely be used. After slaying the plant monster, Zheng Shuanglong and Asuna lightly touched each other with their left fists to celebrate the victory, and at the same time put their swords into their sheaths.

Although I paid attention to it, I was still bewitched by the plant monster's [Body Forward and Backward Adjustment] skill, and came to the forest about five meters away from the stone path. It's still easy to walk back to this level, but in the fog, it's a problem to get ten meters off the road.

"Don't be reluctant, Zheng Jun, we who defeated the boss of the second layer, but we are very rich, it is no problem to change Zheng Jun with the best equipment." Hearing Zheng Shuanglong's words, Asuna, who was walking towards the ancient road, said seriously. (To be continued.) )