Chapter 626: Intelligence
At this moment, after hearing Kizmer's words, Kirito's suspicion that Kizmel was a real-world employee pretending to have basically completely dissipated.
Because it's clear that mentioning what happened during the Closed Beta has the opposite effect on the act of pretending to be an NPC, after all, this is completely unlogical behavior of NPCs, and no NPC can do such a thing.
And these things are also very private, and there may be video data left during the closed beta period, but the staff pretending to be Kizmer will definitely not be as detailed as the real Kizmel, so emotional, only people who have experienced it can do it, the staff of these game companies, can't all be actors, actresses, right?
So, if Kizmer is a real NPC, what exactly is a "dream" to her?
This question may indeed be a bit over-the-top for Kizmail, after all, even for people in the real world, "dreams" are still a thing full of mysteries, and it is difficult for this NPC to solve them.
However, the "dreaming" thing at least proves that when Kizmel is asleep, he did not stop the "program calculation", in this world, most NPCs, will also fall asleep with the player's sleep, the original sleep, can be simply understood as the program stops the calculation, into a simple "standby" state, and Kizmel's "sleep" is obviously not like that.
Of course, none of this really matters, the important thing is that Kizmael is looking at Kirito with expectant eyes, and she hopes that Kiritto can give her a satisfactory answer, at least to help her clear up some of her confusion.
"I... I don't know much about that......"
Kirito answered Kizmail's question in a hesitant manner, and he really couldn't think of any other answer that could be answered, so he could only use this kind of sentence that seemed the most weak and direct.
During the closed beta period, Kirito challenged the "Emerald Key" mission a total of three times, the same mission where Kizmel died, and the results ended with Kizmer's death, regardless of which side he chose.
Perhaps it was for this reason that Kizmer was so impressed with him.
Of course, the reason why Kizmel remembers the memories related to Kirito should be because she met Kirito again and spent some time with Kirito, otherwise, she should remember too many memories.
After all, she didn't just appear in Kirito's mission during the closed beta period, if she remembered all the memories, then the memories she had to face would be too heavy, and it was a death memory that was repeated I don't know how many times.
"Is that so?"
Hearing Kirito's answer, Kizmel was a little disappointed, but she couldn't force anything, after all, it was just her "dream", and she couldn't force Kirito to "interpret her dream".
There was silence at the dinner table, and everyone quickly finished breakfast and set off for the "Misty Forest" again.
With Kizmer's help, they completed many of the tasks they accepted in the main neighborhood of Zmfรถt, and many of the tasks in Zmfoort also needed to go deep into the "Misty Forest", just like the task of forming a guild.
However, Ling Ze and the others did not immediately go back to Zmfu to deliver the task, but accumulated some days, and waited until the day of the strategy boss to return to the town.
During this time, they used the "Dark Elf Camp" as a base, desperately doing tasks, collecting enhanced materials, and practicing skills, and with Kizmer's company, their various actions went quite smoothly.
Not only did they have been upgraded, but even Kizmel had been upgraded, and Kizmel naturally accepted this phenomenon, she understood this as an increase in the level of the swordsman, but it also saved Ling Ze and them some explanation.
The "Elven War" campaign quest has also made further progress, and the third chapter after the first chapter "The Emerald Key" and the second chapter "Crusade against the Poisonous Spider" is "The Sacrificial Flower", which is a collection mission to collect sacrificial objects in the forest, which is used by the commander-in-chief to pay tribute to the scout who died in battle.
The next chapter of the fourth chapter, "Emergency Orders", is the same as the second chapter, which is to find the scout who did not return after setting off on a mission, and this time the scout did not die again, but was successfully rescued by them.
Chapter 5 "The Vanishing Soldier" follows the plot of Chapter 4, and the missing scout who was rescued by Ling Ze and them is actually a spy turned into a spell by the "Forest Elves".
However, with Kirito, a closed beta player, Ling Ze and they naturally had been on guard for a long time, and under the tracking of the "Dark Elf Wolf Tamer" in the camp, they found a large camp of "Forest Elves" in the depths of the forest.
At this critical moment, they left the "Dark Elf Camp" and went to participate in the boss raid, of course, this time the target was only the node boss on the map, not the real third-level boss at the end.
Of course, the crusade ended in success, with no lives or accidents.
Except for Kirito once again getting the boss reward for the final blow, it can be said that everyone is happy.
Although the tooth king hates this, but in the face of the BOSS reward that Kirito has obtained with his own strength, he really can't even say a superfluous word, and even angry can only be secretly angry by himself, and the "four major guilds" have already put Kirito on the list of key targets.
Since then, a few days have passed, and Ling Ze, who is still based in the "Dark Elf Camp", has waited for the "Mouse" Argo, who is currently the only "intelligence monger" with the highest supertechnology in Aingrove.
Of course, the location of the connection with the "Mouse" Argo is not the "Dark Elf Camp", but the "Pavilion" outside the "Misty Forest", which is the location from the second floor, and the reason why it is here is because the "Mouse" Argo can't get to the "Dark Elf Camp", for the same reason that Nezhha can't come, they are not members of Ling Ze's team, and they didn't trigger the mission with them.
"A gold coin of five hundred kels."
Ling Ze flicked the gold coin out with a "ding", and Argo beautifully clamped the gold coin between two fingers, and the gold coin disappeared in an instant after circling her fingertips.
"Thank you for your patronage~~~"
With a smile on his bearded face, Argo was clearly happy with the deal.
"First of all, there are many people who have joined the Holy Dragon Union after coming to the third layer, and one of them is noteworthy is Molut, a male one-handed straight sword envoy, characterized by not taking off the chain head armor in the town, this Morut is very valued by the head of the Holy Dragon Alliance, Hafner."
Argo told her information, it was about the "Holy Dragon Alliance", and the reason why Ling Ze and the others would collect the information of the "Holy Dragon Alliance" was because of a guess by Kirito.
After the crusade of the node boss, Kirito felt more and more that the "four guilds" were inseparable, and the most dissatisfied and restless was the "Holy Dragon Alliance".
Although they are not a member of any of the "Four Guilds", Kirito still doesn't want to see conflicts between the "Four Guilds".
That's why he suggested trying his best to collect information about the "Holy Dragon Alliance", although he didn't know what they could do, but at least he could provide some help within his ability, such as intelligence, such as warning in advance.
"Morut?"
Standing beside Ling Ze, Kirito frowned, he hadn't heard of this name, but this was actually normal, after all, it was impossible for him to remember every closed beta player.
"It's hard to do, the look during the closed beta is different from now, and the ID name is likely to change, so it's hard to deduce if he is a player during the closed beta based on his name and his current appearance."
Argo, the "intelligence monger" who seems to be omnipotent and can obtain any information, even the appearance and name of every member of the "Four Great Guilds" can be clearly remembered, this time there is a limit, and she has no other information about this Morut.
"Then it seems that no one knows about him but himself."
Ling Ze made a joke, which made Argo roll his eyes, although she was very confident in her intelligence ability, it was not to the point where Ling Ze said it was exaggerated.
However, for Argo's ability to recognize people, Kirito is very envious, because he is very bad at distinguishing "portraits", which has nothing to do with memory, with his memory that can memorize the game settings backwards, and the "portrait" can only be said to be an objective factor.
"That Mr. Morut, do you know the specific process of joining the Holy Dragon Alliance? When did he and Haffner meet? โ
Although these words were already outrageous just by asking, Argo was not surprised at all by the question, she thought about it for a moment, and then gave an accurate answer.
"It's voluntary, the third layer is open, at the first strategy meeting of the third layer boss, after the four guilds announced the official establishment of the guild, he submitted an application to Haffner to join the Holy Dragon United Guild, and then Haffner directly agreed to his application for membership, which is enough to see that his strength is not weak."
Argo's answer actually has some loopholes, for example, the membership review of the "Holy Dragon Alliance" is very loose, as long as the level reaches level 10 or even 9, it will be approved to apply to become a member of the Holy Dragon Alliance.
Morut was directly approved for membership, not necessarily because he was super strong, of course, he was reused afterwards, but it proved his strength.
"It's a pity that even I haven't seen the rumored Mr. Morut's true face directly, even if there is a secret post in the Holy Dragon Alliance, there is no news that I have seen his true face, he is indeed very mysterious."
Argo spread his hands, and there are really not many guys who can convince her in this SAO game.
"This looks like he's going to be the trump card of the Holy Dragon Alliance."
Ling Ze knew in his heart that although this Mr. Molut was outstandingly capable, he was trusted as soon as he joined the "Holy Dragon Alliance", and he must have made some promises.
And let me ask, what is the most serious problem in the hearts of the people of the "Four Great Guilds" now? In addition to each other, there is only the final reward of the boss who has been robbed.
And this mysterious Mr. Morut is most likely to be the secret weapon used against Kirito, a powerful player who specializes in snatching the final blow.
"Thank you for your information, Argo."
Ling Ze thanked Argo, who had brought the information.
"No thanks, you paid, I should have said thank you for your patronage."
Argo obviously didn't want to accept Ling Ze's thanks, because Ling Ze thanked him like this, as if she was giving away information for free, she was clearly marked, and she would never give it a discount or give it away for free because of a word of thanks, Argo stared at Ling Ze with a vigilant gaze.
"Thank you for risking your life to come here to make a deal."
Ling Ze opened his mouth to explain, of course he didn't have any idea of relying on intelligence money, after all, he had already paid the money first.
"This is my professional ethic as an intelligence merchant."
Argo is still very vigilant, and she wants to put an end to all attempts to bargain with her by building a good relationship with her.
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"It's good if you're happy."
Ling Ze paused, finally gave up polite words, and after saying hello to Argo, he left the trading place directly with Kirito.
"That's right!"
Argo nodded with satisfaction, intelligence trading should be like this, hand over money and intelligence with the other, reduce unnecessary exchanges, everything is "business", Argo adheres to the principle of "as long as the price is right, any intelligence can be traded", and Argo is really a weird guy, in fact, a girl like her is an outlier in the game world of SAO.
"Will that Morut be the crux of the matter?"
After separating from Argo, Ling Ze and Kirito returned to the "Dark Elf Camp" together, and on the way, Kirito couldn't help but ask, his intuition told him that there was definitely something wrong with this "masked man" who suddenly appeared.
"Let's put it this way, the probability that he has no problem is extremely low."
Ling Ze actually already has a target of suspicion, of course, it is still the "smiling coffin", as the pure villain in SAO, the people who will do things that are not good for the overall situation, except for some cerebral palsy and fools, they are the only ones.
"Are we going to do something?"
Kirito continued to ask with concern, wondering what they could do.
"Wait, the soldiers will come to block it, and the water will cover it."
Ling Ze was concise, if that Morut wanted to do something, then there was no doubt that he could only choose to do something in the boss raid battle.
Because the "Boss Raider Battle" is undoubtedly the easiest time to do it, and it is also the easiest time to cause major accidents.