Asuna integrated into the team very quickly, and in just two days, she almost got used to the rhythm and had a preliminary understanding of the members of the team.

She is indeed very talented, and her learning ability is also very strong, and she quickly mastered the most core "switch" system in the team, and cooperated with Kiritto and Klein.

So two days later, on December 2, 2022, Ling Ze, Kirito, Asuna, and Klein came to Torbana Arena as an appointment to participate in the first boss strategy meeting convened by Diabel.

"There are a lot of people."

Klein built a pergola in front of his forehead and looked around, this arena is actually not very big, but at least it can seat a few hundred people, which is indeed an exaggerated number for the current number of players in Torbana.

At present, the "attendance rate" of this arena has reached at least one-tenth, which is quite exaggerated for "elite players", and it is not easy for Diabel to gather so many players who are working the front line.

Ling Ze and the others casually found a place to sit down, waiting for the meeting to start, Diabel stood tall in the arena, without any nervousness, this person is probably a little "social".

After waiting for a while, a lot of players came one after another, and the final number was almost eighty or ninety, which is already one-fifth of the total number of players in Torbana, and Diabel's appeal can be seen.

"Bang bang."

Seeing that it had reached the appointed time, Diabel waited another five minutes, and at 3:05 a.m., he clapped his hands and reminded the players present.

"Hello everyone, first of all, let me introduce myself, my name is Diabel, and I think my profession is a knight."

Seeing that the players were quiet and their eyes were focused on him, Diabel said loudly with a smile.

"Puff~"

His funny remarks really amused many people and made the atmosphere of the meeting a little lighter.

"There's no career system at all."

There are also a bit of "social" players who opened their mouths to praise Diabel, I don't know if it was arranged by him in advance, in short, after a few gags, the originally tense scene was indeed a little more relaxed, and the players also had some smiles on their faces.

"Today, our team found the boss room on the top floor of that tower."

After relieving the tense atmosphere for a while, Diabel got back to business, his words immediately caused an uproar among the players, obviously not everyone was told about this by Diabel, Ling Ze They were a little special.

"Really?!"

"Did you really find the boss room?!"

The players started talking, and Diabel didn't continue to sell off, he gave a straight answer.

"We have to defeat the boss and reach the second floor, so as to tell the players who are still waiting in the starting town that this game of death will eventually come to an end! That's what we're gathered here for, isn't it? Everyone! ”

Diabel raised his arms and shouted loudly, obviously very emotional, although there was indeed a certain selfishness in his actions, but some things were indeed disregarded.

He wants to kill the boss to get the final reward, and it doesn't prevent him from leading everyone to work together to get out of the game alive.

Accepting Diabel's invitation, most of the players who came here had a certain idea in their hearts, and those who were really selfish, or those who were unwilling to contribute, would not pay attention to Diabel's invitation at all.

Therefore, Diabel's declaration has been unanimously recognized and approved by everyone, and everyone applauded, which is the beginning of the establishment of the "strategy group", and everyone is constantly working hard for a common goal.

"Then without further ado, let's start the strategy meeting right away."

Seeing that everyone's reaction was as expected, Diabel nodded with satisfaction, and then as a matter of course, he began to preside over the strategy meeting and assumed the role of leader.

"First of all, it's best for everyone to form a team of six people first, the boss of the guardian floor is not something that ordinary teams can resist, and it must be a combination of multiple people."

Diabel said the battle plan he had thought of from the beginning, and he was very serious about how to fight and how to protect everyone's safety.

As a closed beta player, of course, he participated in the strategy of the first layer of the boss during the closed beta, and it can be said that he knows the situation of the boss very well, and this may be the source of his tragedy, he believes too much in the information of the previous closed beta.

"A group of six?"

Ling Ze, Kirito, Asuna, and Klein looked at each other.

"Klein, you guys in a group of six, I'll be in a group with Kirito and Asuna, and when the time comes, I'll just put on a shield and make a cameo appearance as a shield warrior, it shouldn't be too difficult."

Ling Ze made arrangements, which made Jerome and Tros the two "shield warriors" very hard, but they felt that Ling Ze's eldest brother was naturally able to play the position of "shield warriors", without any doubts, Ling Ze was already about to do anything in their hearts.

"Okay, you're almost done, right? Next, I'll arrange the specific ...... of the battle at that time."

Seeing the players standing in groups of three or five, Diabel continued to speak, wanting to assign a task.

"Wait a minute!"

But at this time, someone suddenly jumped out, interrupted him strongly, and became the focus of the audience.

It was a strange-haired leather-armored swordsman who jumped into the middle of the arena and came to Diabel's side.

"Lao Tzu is called the Tooth King, before I go to fight the boss, I have something to say."

The man introduced himself very "wildly", with an unruly appearance, and he didn't look very smart.

"Who is this guy?"

Klein's face was speechless, and the arrogant opening words and posture of the Tooth King obviously made Klein feel very uncomfortable.

"A fool."

Ling Ze's words were concise and to the point, which can be regarded as summarizing the character of the Tooth King.

“......”

Good guy, Klein instantly began to look at the Tooth King with the eyes of a fool, and with the words that the Upper Tooth King said, he suddenly realized that this guy was indeed a fool.

"Among the people present, some people must apologize for the two thousand people who died before!"

The Tooth King glanced at the players who were a little dazed very arrogantly, and he also stretched out his finger, I don't know if it was an accident or a coincidence, the direction he pointed to was exactly where Ling Ze and Kirito were, and if he had to say it, that guy seemed to have glanced at Kirito.

"Mr. Tooth King, the person you are talking about is not the previous closed beta players?"

When the players were still with a question mark, Diabel took the initiative to open his mouth to make a stubble, giving the tooth king a reason to continue, and his words were a little too timely.

"Do you need to talk about that?! Those people, of course! ”

The Tooth King gritted his teeth, his anger seemed very real, which was actually the reason why Ling Ze said that he was a fool.

"On the day this damn death game began, the players who had completed the closed beta test left us rookies and disappeared, they monopolized the hunting grounds, simple tasks, and only cared about themselves becoming stronger quickly, ignoring the others, so many rookies died! They are to blame! You must kneel down and apologize and admit your mistakes! ”

The Tooth King said that it was called a righteous awe-inspiring one, and he angrily glanced at the players, as if he wanted to find out who was in the closed beta.

"Surely there are some of you? The beta testers must be asked to hand over the money and equipment they have obtained through improper means, otherwise, how can they fight alongside them?! How can you trust their lives?! ”

The Tooth King crossed his waist and said his request loudly, and he felt that there was nothing wrong with what he said.

“......”

Kirito was dumbfounded, in fact, when the Tooth King said the previous words, his heart was still a little shaken, after all, if all the closed beta players stayed to guide the rookies, then the death toll should indeed be reduced.

But the words behind the Tooth King are a bit confusing, and they actually asked them to hand over their money and equipment? What is the rationale for this? Aren't these things that they got at the risk of their lives for closed beta players?

"I'll just say he's a fool."

Ling Ze shook his head with a smile, this tooth king's words were simply provoking hatred between closed beta players and ordinary players, but this guy himself didn't know at all, and he thought he was doing something great and righteous.

"Wait a minute, can I say something?"

A bald warrior in rudimentary armor and carrying a giant axe on his back, giving a sense of oppression, stood up, his face did not look like a Japanese, in fact he was not Japanese, but an African-American, well, black American, living in Japan.

This tall and strong man with a very oppressive sense gives people a very serious feeling, his serious and steady image suppressed the tooth king who was extremely arrogant just now, standing in front of this big man, the tooth king looked a little petite.

"My name is Achill, Mr. Tooth King, I have a different opinion on your words, you mean, because the closed beta players didn't take care of the rookies, so the rookies died a lot, so they want to make amends and apologize, right?"

Achill stood in front of the Tooth King and asked with a very serious face, which made the Tooth King couldn't help but take a step back.

"It's... Oh, yes. ”

But the Tooth King gritted his teeth and answered Achill's question, not immediately choosing to retreat in embarrassment.

"Okay, but I think you should have gotten this booklet, right?"

Achill's face tense, and he pulled out a guidebook.

"Got it? But so what? ”

The Tooth King had some bad premonitions, but he was still very hard-mouthed, but Kirito breathed a sigh of relief, and he looked at Akyll's eyes, becoming a little curious and friendly, soft.

"This is a game guide that is distributed for free in the item shop, and the people who hand out this crucial game guide are not the NPCs of the game, but the closed beta players who don't do anything in your mouth, I think as long as you are fighting outside, you should understand the importance of this game guide, right? Don't say you don't know. ”

Achill held the booklet and showed it to the players seated in the arena, which was unanimously agreed, because this game guide contains a lot of key information, and many people have been saved by this booklet, and no one will refute it with a clear conscience.

"Anyone can get information, the closed beta players didn't hide their secrets, but there are still many players who die in the battle, it's not the fault of the closed beta players, in fact, many of the people who died are closed beta players, and many of these information are exchanged for death!

The death of those pioneers should serve as a common warning to all of us, what we need to do is to learn from experience and lessons, and never make the same mistakes again, and the purpose of us standing here today is to discuss how to fight the boss of the defending layer, not to blame anyone here. ”

Achill's words were very serious, he didn't deliberately incite emotions, but the players who were originally a little emotional were all appeased by his words, and the anger towards the closed beta players was gradually disappearing, replaced by some slight respect.

Kirito glanced out of the crowd, there was a guy in an earth-colored hooded cloak huddled in the corner, and he didn't join the team of the strategy boss, that guy was called "Mouse" Argo, and this free-to-play "strategy book" was made based on the information she got during the closed beta period, and was used to assist novice players.

That sneaky guy is the most elusive and powerful intelligence dealer in the SAO, and is commonly known as the "Rat no Argo", and has a very friendly relationship with Kirito.

The two of them often exchange information, and they are the main source of intelligence for Kirito, well, and the main source of information for their team, and they have all met with Ling Ze.

Argo's motto is "Sell all the information you can sell", and claims that as long as the price is right, even information about yourself can be sold, and the only information that will never be sold is the "original list of beta players".

Although it's very mercenary.,But it's also quite enthusiastic.,Often provide all kinds of help and information for novice players for free.,In order to get important information, often go on exploration missions alone.,Actually, it's a very cute girl.。

"Can we start over?"

Seeing that the Tooth King was honest, Achill also sat back in his place, and Diabel continued to start the meeting with a pretend.

"In fact, in the latest guide, the relevant information about this layer of bosses has also been recorded."

Diabel took out the "strategy book", and his words made the tooth king who had just sat down look a little embarrassed, after all, he had just stepped on the closed beta player.

Diabel explained the contents of the book in detail, as if he didn't actually know the contents inside, he had been pretending that he was not a closed beta player, but an ordinary player.