"How... Possible... Will ......"

Looking at the sharp blade piercing his chest, the "Forest Elf" muttered in a low voice, the light in his eyes gradually collapsed, and then the blood bar was cleared, directly turning into data fragments in the sky.

"It really did ......"

Looking at Ling Ze, who put away his weapons and picked up the items dropped by the "Forest Elves" by himself, Kirito was still a little like in a dream.

The process of defeating the "forest elves" was even faster than he imagined, and in less than five or six minutes, they successfully killed the "forest elves" who were "attacking high, blood high, and defending high", which completely subverted his previous cognition, is this really still the "forest elf" who "can't be killed"?

"Sure enough, as long as you work hard, you can still defeat it."

Although there was a look of exhaustion on her face, Asuna, who was still standing next to Ling Ze with her back straight, stretched her body, she didn't feel that this "forest elf" was invincible at first, even if Kiritto had already said that.

After all, she hasn't experienced it herself, so there will always be some ideas, and the facts have proven her right.

"Kirito, is this guy weaker than he was during the closed beta?"

Klein asked curiously, before Kirito was so sure that he said "undefeatable", but as a result, this "forest elf" level was just like that, Klein suspected that it might be a "version change", or it was directly fixed the "bug" that could not be defeated, and he also felt that it would not be undefeatable.

"No ......"

Kirito replied with some embarrassment, this "forest elf" was defeated so quickly, it seemed that his previous behavior was very stupid, which made him embarrassed to directly toe the ground.

"When the closed beta was closed, you were definitely not as strong as you are now, after all, during the closed beta, you definitely wouldn't spend a month polishing the foundation on the first layer, although the value of this forest elf is very good, but his real strength lies in his flexible use of sword skills, if it is an ordinary player who meets him, it is estimated that he will be quickly defeated by him as you said."

Picking up the task items dropped by the "Forest Elf", Ling Ze opened his mouth and said to Kirito, it was not that he forced himself to take credit, but the "man-to-man combat training" he helped Kirito and them did play a great role in this battle, and it can be said that it is the key to winning easily.

While there's nothing wrong with that "Forest Elf" being an NPC, the difference between fighting and a "player" is really not that big.

After all, it's a humanoid NPC, and it's a common weapon combination like "sword and shield", of course, that guy's strength and "sword skills" are definitely stronger than ordinary players, but the "human combat skills" trained before can also be used, so they naturally perform much better than those players who don't have "human combat experience".

"That's true, when the closed beta was first here, the level was not as high as it is now, and the combat experience and understanding of sword skills and game mechanics were not very high."

Kirito suddenly realized,It seems that he finally understands what the problem is.,In addition to the high level,The richness of the "combat experience of people",It does play a great role in the battle.,Sometimes experience、Technology can indeed make up for some attribute gaps.,This is actually the reason why the "Lone Ranger" can survive.,Aren't they just relying on good technology to wave?

"Hey, wake up, we've killed that guy."

Ling Ze didn't pay attention to Kirito anymore, he approached the dark elf who was holding a black saber in one hand, and the expression of the "dark elf" knight, Miss Kizmeer, was similar to that of Kirito at this time, as if she was looking stupid.

In her onyx-like eyes, she was now vividly revealing surprise, doubt, and "Who am I?" Where am I? What should I do", it can be said that it is quite real, as if even she didn't expect that Ling Ze and they could really kill that "forest elf", Ling Ze wondered if she was stuck in a bug.

Looking at Kizmer who was stunned, Kirito was nervous, although it may be outrageous to say this, but Kirito could really understand Kizmer's feelings at this time, and he actually found some sense of identity from this NPC.

Of course, at the same time, the worry in his heart is getting heavier and heavier, after all, the mission called "Jade Key" that he experienced during the closed beta period was not originally unfolded like this, can the task be carried out in this way?

In the original story, whether it is the male knight who helps the "forest elf", or the female knight of the "dark elf", the last two people will die together, and the elf who fights with the player will live a few more seconds.

The quest is to send the key to our camp, with the "Forest Elves" camp in the northern part of the forest and the "Dark Elves" camp in the south.

As for the "secret key", it was left in a small bag made of stitched leaves after the corpse of the elf disappeared, yes, it was the "trophy" that had been picked up by Ling Ze at this time, and the bag contained a large key made of green gems, which was a very important task prop, which determined whether the following tasks could be carried out.

Players who follow the Elven Knight's last words and send the "Key" to the camp in the north or south will be rewarded and triggered by the next mission.

Of course, players can also choose not to send it over, but instead take it to the NPC shop on the street and sell it, but then they can only get some Kele, but the quest cannot be continued, and most people will not choose this option.

After all, after sending things to the camp, the commander of the camp will also give out a lot of rewards, which is no less than the Keer obtained by selling the "secret key", and the follow-up mission income will definitely be more than the one obtained by leveling up.

However, all this plot progress is based on the premise that the two elves will die together, and now, looking at the bewildered dark elves, Kirito sighed, and then there must be an awareness of the development of the unknown story, and no one knows what will happen after that.

"What now?"

Ling Ze patted Kirito on the shoulder and asked a question that Kirito didn't know how to answer at all.

"I don't know, I never knew there was a branch plot that could keep this knight alive, and if I didn't know, then the other closed beta players, even Argo, probably wouldn't know either, so we had to improvise on our own."

Kirito looked at Ling Ze very solemnly and shook his head and said, while Ling Ze nodded, indicating that he had understood the situation.

At this moment, Kizmail, who had been stunned, finally reacted, and she looked at Ling Ze with an embarrassed expression.

"Please give me back the key, it's something very important to us, please, I can pay you."

Kizmail said solemnly, her posture was upright, her dark pupils were full of sincerity, and she also bowed seriously, looking very sincere and pleading.

"Is that it?"

Ling Ze took out the green "secret key", he first glanced at Kirito, and saw that Kirito was stunned and didn't react, so he handed the "secret key" to Kizmer.

"That's right, great! Now the Sanctuary is temporarily guarded. ”

Kizmel happily took over the green "key", and it was hard to believe that she was a bunch of data code controlled by the system.

"Thank you so much."

Kizmel saluted and thanked Ling Ze again.

"It's all thanks to you that I can keep this first key, I really appreciate your help, I believe that our commander will also give you rich rewards as a thank you, please come with me to the camp."

After saluting and thanking them, Kizmer sent out an invitation to the crowd, and at this time, her head showed the progress of the mission. The symbol also lit up again, which made Kirito breathe a sigh of relief, and it seemed that even if the "forest spirit" was defeated, the event mission would be able to proceed normally.

"Then it's better to be respectful than to obey."

Klein stood up directly, looking very expressive, I have to say that this "dark elf big sister" called Kizmel is indeed very interesting.

Whether it is her figure, face, or temperament, it is very in line with people's imagination of elves, and the slightly darker complexion of the "dark elf" makes her have a touch of "exotic style".

"Can you hold on?"

Ling Ze was not in a hurry, although the excitement of coming to the new floor offset the physical fatigue to a certain extent, but in this game world, it was not the body but the spirit that was tired after all, and if he was too reluctant to act on his own, it was possible to be suddenly attacked by a heavy sense of exhaustion.

That's a pretty scary thing, and a lack of concentration can lead to big or small mistakes, which is very dangerous in a situation where life can't be repeated, and it's not something to be joked about.

For lone players, controlling the "fatigue parameters" that cannot be seen by the naked eye is a necessary skill, and Kirito obviously has a lot of experience in this, while newcomer players such as Klein and Asuna don't particularly care about this, so it is still necessary for Ling Ze to ask.

"There's no problem, I guess there shouldn't be a need to fight later, this shouldn't change, otherwise this task will be too difficult."

Kirito was the first to reply, his gaze fixed on Kizmail, not the kind of rude "staring", in fact, he was just watching the NPC's reaction.

Kirito is very curious, what kind of different mission will Kizmer, an NPC who should have died here, bring? Could there be a different set of quest chains?

"Come with me, the camp is not far south of the forest."

As a result, under Kirito's gaze, Kizmael nodded and said something like this, and then she began to lead the way directly, while at the same time, the task continued to progress, and the "dark elf" female knight on the head of the "? The symbol slowly faded, followed by a prompt that said "Dark Elf Kizmer joins the team".

Kizmer walked forward heroically, Ling Ze followed closely with everyone, only Kirito was one step slower than everyone.

Kirito is helpless, this kind of sudden burst of the plot is very uncomfortable for him, which means that his experience will be invalid, and everything that happens next will no longer be referenced.

As for Kirito's worries, Ling Ze can completely understand, after all, as a real traverser, he has felt this way many times, and this sudden loss of control is very annoying.

Kizmael led the way in front, encountering a lot of monsters along the way, but they were basically solved by Kizmel casually, this "dark elf" moved in the dense fog without being affected at all, she seemed to be able to discern the direction, only fifteen minutes or so passed, everyone saw several black flags fluttering in the dense fog.

"The entire camp has a forest invisibility charm, and if it's an outsider, there's no way to find it."

Standing at the gate of the camp, Kizmer said to everyone, and her words naturally surprised everyone.

"Is that forest invisibility charm a kind of magic? But isn't there no magic in this world? ”

Asuna asked Kizmel with some confusion, and her way of asking made Kirito a little speechless, because this kind of question involving the basic setting of the game was not at all like a question that Kizmel could answer.

"The reason why SAO doesn't have magic is to let players experience the most realistic VRMMO combat method, and to prevent the battle from becoming a magic shooter, how do the NPCs in the game understand this conceptual reason?"

Kirito complained in a low voice, which caused Ling Ze's surprise, he felt that it was very problematic for Kirito to think so.

"Kirito, haven't you paid attention to the background setting of this game before? This basic setting must be reflected in the background of the game world, right? These natives must have been unable to use magic for some reason, not outright like us. ”

Ling Ze opened his mouth to explain to Kirito, it's not incomprehensible that Kirito would be like this, after all, there are many different ways to play the same game itself, some people are "back map raiders", playing the gameplay of the game, challenging, while some people prefer to experience the plot and story, they like to delve into the background setting of the game world, Kirito's previous performance, there is no doubt that it is the former.

"No, our spells are not magic at all, if we have to say, it can be said that there are some remnants of the great magic of antiquity, since the separation from the earth, our people in Liuthra have lost the ability to use magic."

"Dark Elf," Kizmael whispered, lowering her long eyelashes, followed by a long sigh, apparently a past that did not please her.

Just like Ling Ze said, this kind of basic setting, the aborigines in this world must have their own understanding, and the degree of perfection of this world is far higher than Kirito thought, and even beyond his imagination.