Chapter 624: NPCs

The Tooth King's enthusiastic speech soon came to an end, and he proposed the goal of reaching the next town by tomorrow evening, and then recited the key information that needed to be noted in the Argo Strategy Manual, which he had only obtained this afternoon.

This guy of the tooth king, although he is holding high the banner of "anti-beta playerism", seems to regard the "Argo Strategy Manual" as a trustworthy second-hand information, I have to say, this guy's face is really thick, and the standard eaters are anti-others.

On the high platform, the tooth king looked around the conference hall.

"From this level onwards, the guild that discovered the boss room first will have the command of the BOSS Raiders Combined Forces, are there any other problems?"

In the silence, the Tooth King announced in a loud voice:

"Then, this is the end of the first strategy meeting of the third layer."

As the words of the Tooth King fell, the players also got up and left, although many of them belong to the same guild, but in their usual actions, they will also have their own teams and good friends, so most of the players act together in twos and threes, and they will not really swarm dozens or hundreds of people in a guild together.

"I wonder if if we find out, will the command be handed over to us, or will only their four guilds be able to command? Even if we found out, it wouldn't be useful? ”

On Ling Ze's side, Achill was a little unsure, if it was taken literally, it should be no problem, but I was afraid that the "interpretation power belongs to the four major guilds", if people don't want you to command, you can't say that you have to command people to fight, right?

"You'll know then, but do you really think you'll be able to beat them? These guys are now so involved, although their purpose may be to suppress others, but as long as the means of this kind of competition have not gone overboard, it is healthy competition, which is conducive to the realization of everyone's common goal. ”

Ling Ze said that he didn't care about this, in fact, the person who didn't want this game to clear the game quickly now might be him.

Because after clearing this game, Ayn Grant Floating City will disappear, in fact, it is not that after clearing the 100th floor, this game will be automatically destroyed, but after Kayaba Akihiko is defeated, the game will be automatically destroyed.

After all, Akihiko Aoba is on the 75th floor, and was exposed by Kirito, Kirito They haven't seen the boss after the 75th floor in the first season of SAO, and waited until "New Life ALfheimOnline" implemented the sword skills system, and then made an Aingrunte Floating City by recovering data, but that is not a complete restoration of this world, but only a floating city was added in "New Life ALfheimOnline".

Therefore, if the situation allows, Ling Ze still wants to take control of this SAO world first, of course, he will not deliberately make trouble to hinder the players' "homecoming action", he can't do that kind of thing.

"Let's go, let's go and get back on the mission."

After a brief greeting to Achill and his companions, Ling Ze left the venue with his companions from the Wind Forest Volcano, and walked briskly through the main street gate to the wilderness, into the forest where night was gradually falling.

"Kizmer, you can come out."

After coming to the forest, Ling Ze suddenly spoke, which made Kirito, Asuna, and Klein all look confused.

Asuna's eyes widened, and she looked around, and the reactions of the others were similar.

Originally, in the forest, where there was only the sound of birds chirping and the leaves of trees rubbing against each other, there was a sudden sound of cloth turning, and when Ling Ze and his party were quiet, this sudden sound was still obvious, and the group's eyes immediately looked at the place where the sound came from.

Kizmail's voice came with a smile:

"Did you find out?"

The "Dark Elf Knight" flung his cloak hard behind him, revealing his slender body, even when the concealment was lifted, the knight's body still blended into the faint shade of the trees, making it difficult to see clearly, only the agate-like eyes were still shining.

"You're too obvious, if these guys weren't listening to the passionate speech of the Tooth King, I guess they would have found out that you didn't mean anything at all."

Ling Ze was a little helpless, the first time Kizmel appeared beside them, he had actually discovered this guy's figure, and Kizmel didn't mean to hide it, but Kirito didn't notice it.

Asuna was a little dazed:

"Kizmer, when have you been around? Isn't it going to be with us from the moment you left the camp? ”

However, when she asked this, Kirito's face changed instantly, because if that was really the case, then did Kizemer also see Haffner's plot mission?

But Kirito was immediately relieved, if Kizmer was really there at that time, she would definitely not choose to sit idly by, after all, Kizmer didn't care if it would ruin other people's plots, she would definitely help the "dark elf knight".

Sure enough, Kizmel shook his head slightly.

"No, I found you in the assembly hall in that town, and it was probably around evening that I came from the camp to the nearby forest with a diversion spell."

Kizmer's explanation made Kirito breathe a sigh of relief, in fact, if he could calm down a little, he wouldn't be so nervous, because if Kizmel had been there a long time ago, maybe Ling Ze would have found out about her a long time ago.

"You're so handy with this spell......

Klein couldn't help but sigh, if you can use the spell to "teleport", I don't know how much time you can save running back and forth, although you can fight monsters along the way to accumulate experience, but sometimes, it is more convenient to be able to teleport quickly.

"Why did you come to a human town to find us? Doesn't it matter? Haven't you never been here before? Won't you be treated like an enemy? ”

Ling Ze threw out a series of questions, which was actually something that the group of them were all very curious about now.

After all, Kizmer, an NPC, would travel so far away from her original area of activity to find the player, which is very unusual, and it should be an unlikely thing in the game.

The location of the "venue", but in the middle of Zmfoort, is a veritable safe zone, and generally speaking, when the monster hunting player chases outside the town and expresses the intention of entering the town, the two "ghost" strong guard NPCs standing guard on both sides of the gate will immediately take out the monster.

And Kizmel is a friendly NPC with a green buoy to the "Wind Forest Volcano" group who is on a mission, but to players outside of their group, she is actually a monster with a red buoy.

Of course, the same was true for Zmford's guards, and if one of Kizmel's hidden guards were to be seen through, it would have caused a great commotion.

After all, Kizmer, who is equivalent to an elite monster, is strong, and he will definitely not be killed by the town's guards in seconds, and it will be a dragon fight, although if he continues to fight, he will definitely be surrounded by more town guards, and Kizmer has no other way but to escape.

"Because of the mission, the task that the commander has given me at the moment is to take care of and protect your safety, and since you have not come back since you left the camp, I want to come and observe the situation, it's as simple as that."

Kizmel replied, although this reason still sounded a little outrageous to Ling Ze.

"Is it a mission-following system?"

Klein muttered something in a low voice, which made Ling Ze shake his head, this was not quite like a "mission following system".

"Moreover, there is no need for you to worry, the power of the spell of my night coat will reach its peak in the evening and before dawn when the sun and the moon alternate, and even the slightest touch to the body will not be seen through."

"Dark Elf Knight" said as she showed a somewhat proud expression, her cloak with an incredible sheen seemed to have a stronger effect than Ling Ze and the others thought.

"This cloak is awesome!"

Hearing Kizmer's words, Kirito sighed again, he was really hot for such an excellent cloak.

"That's nature."

Kizmer calmly accepted Kirito's envy, and this time she didn't think Kirito's thoughts were any more.

However, Ling Ze was a little curious, if he chose the side of the "Forest Elf", would he kill the "Dark Elf" and drop this kind of equipment? It stands to reason that it is very possible.

"Just go to the advance camp, right? What do you think?

Ling Ze looked up at the sky, the sky that had spread out in the gap in the treetops should be the bottom of the fourth layer to be precise, and at this time, except for a touch of red left on the west side, most of it had gradually been dyed black and purple by the night sky.

It's a bit of a superfluous move for them to go back to town for dinner at this point, and they can't leave Kizmer alone, right? But it was impossible to take Kizemael to a restaurant to eat, after all, the red monster buoy on her head was so conspicuous to the others.

"Of course, Kizmel has come to pick us up, and we can't leave her alone outside waiting for us to eat."

Everyone agreed, and besides, the tasks around here have been almost cleaned up, and those that have not been completed basically need some time to do, and they can come back to complete it later.

"Let's just use the Dark Elf advance camp as our stronghold before the boss battle, I don't know if it can be done."

Ling Ze had a whim, Kirito said no, but now it's different, this Kizmer is obviously not an ordinary NPC, and Kirito didn't save Kizmer's life before, and now their reputation on the side of the dark elves is completely different, Ling Ze feels that it may be feasible now.

"Huh? If you can live, it's not impossible, and the progress of the strategy should be able to get information from Achill and Argo, and there should be no problem with supplies. ”

Kirito also realized this, and he gave a positive answer, as long as Kizmer agreed, but the commander had already sent Kizmer to protect them, so he shouldn't let him stay, right?

"Is that okay? Kizmer, only for about a week. ”

Ling Ze looked at Kizmer and asked her.

"Of course, I will be happy that you make it your home, because we are friends."

Kizemael gladly agreed, and her smiling face made it impossible to think she was a stiff NPC in the slightest.

"Thank you."

Ling Ze nodded in thanks, and under the afterglow of the setting sun, the group walked forward, preparing to rush to the Dark Elf advance camp.

The reason why it was used was because the "spell" that was transferred from the dark elf's camp to the forest near the main block could only pass in one direction, which made Ling Ze and the others all say that it was a pity, it turned out that this "spell" was not so convenient.

Everyone followed the route they had taken before, and rushed all the way to the past accompanied by Kizmer, and with Kizmel's company, killing monsters was even easier, and Kizmer's ability was beyond the current level of players.

After all, Kizemer took the template of "elite monster", even under the same level, her strength is several times that of the players, after all, even Ling Ze, the elite team, it took several minutes to kill the "forest elf" who fought with Kizemer, and at this stage, it is estimated that few players can win her alone.

What kind of being is Kizmail?

Ling Ze is not the only one thinking about this problem, it is estimated that everyone in the entire team, except for Asuna, is constantly thinking about this question in their hearts.

She is not an ordinary NPC, this matter is quite obvious, from the first floor to the present, the clerk on the street, the guard, or the big sister of the hotel, among all the NPCs encountered, none of the NPCs can compare with Kizmel in terms of conversation naturalness and emotional expression, and there is no comparison at all.

Kizmel feels as if she's not controlled by an NPC-specific rule system at all, and it's as if she's thinking, feeling, and making decisions on her own.

If it weren't for that, she wouldn't have made such a bold move as tracking Ling Ze and them and infiltrating the main block away from the camp, which wasn't like some kind of "mission following system".

There are two possibilities for Kizmail's performance, the first is what Ling Ze believes in, Kizmel is an extremely sophisticated artificial intelligence, and may even have developed self-awareness, which is based on his understanding of the world, the world is constantly learning and improving, and it is entirely possible to give birth to intelligent life, such as Kirito Asuna's "daughter".

As for Kirito and Klein, they prefer to believe that Kizmer is a "player", a "dark elf" manipulated by humans, but this is actually a bit outrageous, and it can't really be played by an employee of a game company, right? It can't be Akihiko Kayaba himself manipulating Kizmail, right? That's really outrageous.