"Hey! ~~ A few of you over there! ”

A blue-haired, armor-wearing, one-handed straight sword, shouted loudly to Ling Ze, Kirito, and Klein who were passing by, which made Ling Ze and his party stop, and looked at the person who shouted with some confusion, there was also a multi-person team over there.

The man in the lead trotted over, his face was hearty, and he was the kind of appearance that made people feel comfortable looking at it.

It must be added here that although the appearance and facial features have been forcibly restored to the original configuration, the hairstyle and hair color can still be changed, which is why the current players still have colorful hair colors and strange hairstyles.

Hairstyle and hair color can be changed at will, if you want to be longer, if you want to be shorter, you can get shorter, and you can change whatever color you want, which can be said to be a big reason why players feel that this world is a little unreal, and it can be ranked second, as for the most unreal thing in this world, it must be "death".

Because the "death" in SAO is too crisp, lacking a realistic sense of blood, the HP becomes zero, and the polygons that make up the body are shattered and destroyed, this phenomenon is too familiar to gamers.

This way of dying is too similar to the way "GAMEOVER" is played in ordinary MMORPG games, and it lacks a sense of fear and cannot leave a deep impression.

Therefore, there is probably no other way for players to understand the horror of "death" in SAO, and the lack of a sense of "death" is also one of the determining factors for the rapid decrease in the number of players.

Even now, more than three weeks, nearly a month, there are still people who choose to "commit suicide" in a vain attempt to get out of this game.

If Ling Ze were to design it, the special effects of the players' deaths would definitely show a restrictive-level picture of various unknown liquids splashing, corpses being torn apart, and blurred flesh and blood, which would definitely make people feel the fear of death.

"Hello, I'm Diabel, I see you often appear in the labyrinth, and stay for a long time, your strength must be very strong, right? Interested in attending the Tier 1 Boss Raiders meeting at Torbana Arena in two days' time? Everyone worked together to figure out a way, and the participants were brave and talented. ”

The blue-haired man stood still, smiling heartily and sending an invitation to Ling Ze's eight people, this guy named Diabel has been very active recently, and Kirito has already learned about it through the way of intelligence dealers, but because their "Wind Forest Volcano" team has been soaking in the maze to level up, they have not been found by Diabel, who has widely distributed "hero posts".

Today they returned to Torbana to resupply, but they happened to collide and were blocked here by Diabel.

"Today is November 30, 2022, when exactly will your strategy meeting be held? We'll check it out if it's convenient. ”

After looking at the time, Ling Ze asked, at this time, nearly a month has passed since the players entered the game, and the death toll of the players has reached two thousand, but they have not even broken through the first layer, and they have not even found the room of the first layer of the boss, and there is almost no difference from the situation two weeks ago, except that the death toll has doubled.

This is undoubtedly a desperate thing, because if you die at this rate, then these 10,000 players may not be able to hold on for half a year and will be wiped out, but this is obviously unlikely.

Because the first 2,000 people to be eliminated are either bold but not detailed, or their psychological quality is too poor, in short, there are all kinds of problems.

The first group of people to die, except for a few unlucky people, most of them died of mental stress, and suicides accounted for a lot of the number of 2,000 people, and the first player to die was to die by suicide.

Of course, the unfamiliarity with the way of fighting, the frightening and crashing of the monsters to the point of panic, is also one of the important reasons for the death of these two thousand players.

Therefore, most of the remaining players are beginner players who have at least mastered the survival method, so that they don't even dare to fight monsters, and they don't even have a meal, in short, the mentality of these 8,000 people must be correct, so the death rate like the first month will definitely not continue to be maintained.

But for players at this time, this terrifying mortality rate, and extremely slow strategy efficiency, is still an unacceptable thing, many people have been hit to the point of almost despair, feeling that they can't hit the hundredth layer, players need a shot of "heart booster" to tell them that they can do it.

"At 3 p.m. on December 2nd, at the Torbana Arena, please be sure to come, our team has made some breakthrough discoveries about the first layer of bosses."

Diabel left such a sentence, and then waved his hand away decisively, and did not give Ling Ze time for them to ask questions again, it can be said that the word "grasp" was vividly displayed, and his words before leaving were undoubtedly whetting his appetite.

"This guy... Could it be that the entrance to the maze boss room was discovered? ”

Klein asked suspiciously, Diabel's aura made him feel very uncomfortable, he and Diabel were red and basketed, but there was quite a sense of fatalistic CP, but Diabel obviously didn't have that life, and died early.

"He's just going to make you think that, otherwise why would you want to go?"

Kirito complained, which made Klein scratch his head.

"But... If he was playing a prank, how would he explain it to those who went to the appointment? You know, the people he invited are all strong people like us, isn't he obviously looking for trouble? ”

Klein was puzzled, he felt that Diabel should not use this method, the other party should have a real breakthrough discovery, and there should be enough exciting and huge news, otherwise the "hero post" can't be because of the lack of beating, right?

"I think so."

Ling Ze nodded, he still had some impression of this Diabel, a closed beta player with good strength.

Diabel is a very responsible closed beta player, he grew up with a group of ordinary players, and took the initiative to organize the first layer of the boss strategy group this time, although he does have some small selfishness, but this does not hide his excellence in other aspects.

Diabel calls himself a "knight", and he does do a lot of what a "knight" does, and he is undoubtedly much more responsible than most of the "sneak away" closed beta players.

Diabel is an excellent leader, and his ability to assemble a strong "Raiders" in the early stages of the game speaks volumes about his charisma.

As for the matter of "grabbing people's heads", there is no need to be too harsh, as the initiator of Diabel's "Raiders Group", with his exploits in discovering the door of the boss's room, even if he makes this request, everyone has nothing to say.

"If we do find the door to the boss's room, then we'll have to go, at least help."

Klein clapped his hands excitedly, this guy's sense of responsibility is indeed quite strong, especially after growing up with Ling Ze and Kirito, he feels that he should make some contributions to the strategy boss.

Because they do enjoy more game resources, although those resources are also their own efforts, but Klein obviously believes in the saying "the greater the ability, the greater the responsibility", occupying public resources, naturally we have to give everyone some feedback, otherwise it is better to give those resources to people with a more sense of responsibility.

"Agreed."

"Agreed."

"Agreed."

Soon, everyone unanimously approved Klein's proposal, and the few people in the "Wind Forest Volcano" did not coax the goods, and if they were able to protect themselves now, then they were willing to contribute to the common cause of "going home".

Originally, in the plot, they would join the "Raiders Group" because of this mentality, take care of themselves first, and then help others as much as they can, neither the Virgin nor cold-blooded.

However, if it is according to the original plot, at this time, Klein and the "Wind Forest Volcano" are obviously not qualified to participate in this kind of thing, they are still slowly growing, and their group joining the "Raiders Group" is already a very late thing, and although the things they have experienced now are different, Klein's choice has not changed.

"Then do you still go to leveling?"

Ling Ze asked, in fact, these days, they are also exploring the location of the boss room, and the experience that the monsters on the first floor can provide is no longer able to satisfy them.

Especially Ling Ze, his recent cultivation focus has completely shifted to the cultivation of the "Meditation Method", because even the monster with the highest experience in the first layer has already provided him with experience points that are a drop in the bucket.

In this way, it is better to let Kirito and Klein fight, at least the utilization rate of experience is a little higher, and after a while, I am afraid that even Kirito and Klein will not be able to stay on the first floor, so it is already an urgent matter to open a new floor.

"Let's not go, the efficiency is too low, let's do some actual combat training, after all, we are about to fight the final boss of the first layer, add a little combat experience, maybe it can play a life-saving role at a critical moment."

Klein's hippie smile eased the atmosphere, and the sudden change obviously made everyone's hearts a little messy, as the president of the "Wind Forest Volcano" guild, it was obviously time for Klein to play his role at this time.

"This is a big test, one will die if you are not careful, Brother Ling Ze, please ravage me to your heart's content! I don't want to wait for the boss battle to become overwhelmed! ”

Jerome exaggeratedly agreed, of course, as the main tank, he is indeed under a lot of pressure, although it will definitely be a team battle at that time, and the main tank will also have a lot of people in rotation.

But Jerome doesn't think he's a man to fight easily, and if he is the highest in rank and the most skilled, he will accept the responsibility of the main tank.

"No problem."

Ling Ze agreed, but in his heart, he handed over the task to Kirito, the difficulty of this boss on the first layer is not high, and the "Raiders Group" originally organized by Diabel may be able to win without casualties.

After all, players have been holding back in the first layer for too long, and the level, combat experience, coordination, tactics, sword skill proficiency, etc. have all surpassed the needs of the first layer.

This is actually the reason why players can immediately break through the first floor after successfully attacking the first floor, and start to attack the next floor one after another.

Therefore, Diabel's contribution is indeed commendable, if he hadn't died here, Kayaba Jinghiko would not have been so dominant in the back, at least there would be a Diabel to fight against him.

"Brother Ling Ze, what are you looking at? Are there any beautiful women? ”

Ling Ze and his party left the town of Torbana, preparing to go to a quiet and remote place in the maze to practice, and on the way out of the city, Ling Ze noticed a figure.

Obviously, he was not the only one who noticed that figure, Klein came up with a cheap smile and squeezed his eyebrows, obviously also noticed the figure, but Klein and the group of single dogs in the "Wind Forest Volcano" belonged to the kind of guy who usually barked, and really let him go up and talk, and when he stood in front of the girl and spoke, he began to speak incoherently.

"Honestly, good-looking female gamers are really rare creatures, especially in this kind of front-line place."

Ling Ze withdrew her gaze, because the girl had obviously noticed the gaze of a group of men here, and she quickly put on her black robe and hid her figure.

Torbana Town, the largest town closest to the dangerous "labyrinth area", is full of high-level players, all kinds of strategy groups, guilds, groups, intelligence dealers, merchants, in short, among these people, women account for very few, and there are even fewer who stand out in appearance and figure, so Asuna's bright color is as conspicuous as the bright moon in the night sky, and it is difficult for people not to notice, unless they are really blind.

"Maybe it's an Internet addict girl, a genius like Kirito."

Klein quipped, which stunned Kirito, who didn't notice Asuna, he wasn't blind, but because he was thinking about something else just now, and by the time he wanted to see it, Asuna had already hidden herself.

"Young?"

Kirito was speechless, always feeling that this bastard Klein was hinting at something, saying that he looked like a girl?

"It looks like you're about the same age at most, and there's a youthful girl's breath all over your body, maybe you're still a student."

Klein looked like an idiot, which made him ridiculed by several people around him, and he was a single dog and said the first thing.