"It's strange, this is a labyrinth area built by elves a long time ago, right?"

Looking at the obstacles that appeared in front of them, everyone was puzzled, because what appeared in front of them was undoubtedly the same "puzzle game" as the "curse" they encountered before.

"That's right, according to legend, in ancient times, not long after the earth was cut off, in order to seal the six keys in six levels, the ancestors built labyrinths in six places, and this is indeed a labyrinth built by our elves."

Kizemael was also puzzled, and she was puzzled.

"Why is there such a thing here?"

Klein looked at Kirito, Kizmael obviously didn't know, and at this time he could only count on Kirito, a closed beta player.

"I don't know, I didn't say it before, the entire layer is full of all kinds of puzzle games, and naturally includes this."

Kirito spread his hands, he didn't know what the principle was, in short, that "curse" affected a lot of places, and then there were some places that were magically unaffected.

Kizmer took a step forward and reached for a touch of the square slab that sealed the door in front of him.

The stone slab on the door is a side-by-side number grid, and the grid configuration is six times six, a total of thirty-six squares, which is a digital push game no matter how you look at it, and it is an extension of the puzzle game "Curse" that spreads in "Staquion".

"This is obviously not our Dark Elves, nor is it the stuff of the Forest Elves, and I have never heard of such a mechanism in the Labyrinth from Count Galeion."

Kizmael shook his head.

"It's a Terran machine."

Kirito replied casually, but Kizmel's expression immediately became serious.

"What?! In other words, did someone dive into the labyrinth before we did, and then set up this kind of mechanism on the gate? This...... Could it be that the key has been taken away? ”

Kizmael obviously misunderstood, after all, she had never been out of "Galei City", and there was no such "curse" in "Galay City", so it was normal for her to have this misunderstanding.

"You're mistaken, Kizmail, it's a curse."

Ling Ze opened his mouth to explain.

"What the hell is going on? What curse? ”

Kizmer frowned with a suspicious expression, she felt a little incomprehensible, things seemed to be a little different from what she had thought.

So, Asuna took the initiative to explain to Kizmel, explaining the "murder incident" that happened in "Staquion" and the "cursed puzzle game" that was born as a result.

After listening, Kizmael fell silent.

"Let me sort out my thoughts, that is, the curse of the Terran lord who was killed ten years ago poured out of the Terran city of Stakion, and on the gate of this elven labyrinth in the distance, a digital puzzle game was produced, right?"

Kizmel looked strange, apparently in disbelief.

"Ahem, the information we have so far can only come to this conclusion, although I can't think of any reason for the murdered Paisagourus to curse the elven labyrinth, he obviously didn't even curse another city."

Kirito replied embarrassedly, this kind of thing is indeed a bit outrageous, and Klein thought it was a bug in the game before.

"No, no, no, a curse is something quite scary and incomprehensible, let alone a curse of the dead......"

Kizmael waved her hand, and she gradually understood.

"There are also some stories among the dark elves, about some unlucky people who have touched a curse that has nothing to do with it, just like I said before, the evil dragon Xiu Margoa who was cursed by the Holy Tree, and those humans who were infested by it, aren't they the standard situation of being affected?"

Kizmer is quite empathetic, they are now similar to the Terrans who have been infested by the evil dragon Shumalgoa, they have been affected by the curse of Pai Isagorus.

"That's true."

Ling Ze nodded, if he had to say it, the current situation of all players could actually be explained in this way.

They are the unlucky ghosts chosen by Akihiko Kayaba's "curse".

"Since it's a product of a curse, this mechanism probably can't be destroyed with a sword, right? I can only find a way to untie it. ”

Kizmel looked at the "puzzle game" with a thoughtful look.

"Wow, do dark elves play this kind of puzzle game too!"

Seeing that Kizmel had already started to try, Klein whispered exclamation, he always had a sense of unreality.

"Let the NPC crack the puzzle game curse, is this considered the computing power of the prostitute SAO? Did Akihiko Kayaba foresee such a situation? ”

Ling Ze was also very interested, and everyone watched Kizmel's efforts on the sidelines, all wanting to see if she could unlock this mechanism.

"It stands to reason that AI shouldn't be able to solve this kind of puzzle game, at least because there are similar system limitations and the like."

Kirito whispered to everyone that he knew a lot about it.

However, as soon as Kirito finished speaking, Kizmer, who had been observing for a while, was already moving at a violent speed.

In the dim passage, there was a crisp moving sound of "popping and snapping" uninterruptedly, and thirty-five grids were arranged in order from the upper left corner in a blink of an eye.

In the blank gaze of the members of the "Wind Forest Volcano" team, the grid depicting the numbers has successfully returned to its position.

The next moment, all the stone slabs glowed white in unison, and the door behind it began to open with a heavy vibrating sound.

"The Terran puzzle game is really fun."

Kizmer smiled and said to the stunned crowd.

This had to make everyone stunned, Kizmel was obviously the first time to come into contact with this kind of "puzzle game", and this difficulty was not simple, even if Kirito, a closed beta player, was asked to do it, it would definitely not be as fast as Kizmel's completion.

"That's amazing! Kizmer! You're so smart! ”

Asuna stepped forward and said adoringly to Kizmail.

The others also reacted one after another, and began to praise them gossipingly, they were indeed from the heart.

"It seems that this Kizmer has indeed crossed that hurdle."

Ling Ze looked at Kizmel and saw the potential of this world, which was proof that Kizmel had really started to perform independent calculations, she was already an independent individual, and no longer an AI that could only follow the logic of NPCs.

After everyone was lively for a while, they didn't stop long, there was only one passage behind the door to unlock the seal, and the group stepped into the final room without encountering monsters, and the common headless horseman-type boss in the key maze was much stronger than the one on the fifth floor, but it was still not the opponent of the "Wind Forest Volcano" team.

After obtaining the key, as long as the key is handed over to Count Meron Garei of "Garley City", the task of this layer of "Elven War" will be completed.

"Kizmail, after giving the key to the Count, will you go to the next level?"

On the way back, Asuna asked about Kizmer's arrangement, once the "Elven War" activity task is completed, it is unlikely that Kizmel will continue to follow them, after all, Kizmel has to obey the order, and the "Dark Elves" will not allow her to follow Ling Ze and them around, after all, they are still at war.

"Well, depending on the judgment of the priests sent from the royal city, I think they should give an order for me to send the four secret keys to the fortress on the seventh layer."

Kizmael pursed his lips, this was a very important task.

"The remaining two, why do you have to be in charge of collecting Kizmer, four of the six have been recovered, and the remaining two can be brought by the knights in the city, and even the priests, can't you just get them?"

Asuna wondered, why did she make Kizmel work so hard?

Hearing Asuna's words, Kizmael smiled brightly, and then stroked Asuna's chestnut hair as gently as an older sister to a younger sister.

"I don't think it's hard, I don't hate this job, it's my mission as a knight of Her Majesty, not to mention Asuna and everyone to help me, sometimes I still think, if only there were not just six keys, but ten, twenty keys, then I can fight with you all the time."

Kizmail's words were very emotional, and everyone was a little moved, and unconsciously, this series of tasks, which felt very long at the beginning, had been more than half completed at this time, and it was not far from being completed.

"And this mission, in fact, there are all kinds of troublesome wrestling and hind behaviors in secret, I also mentioned to you before, the relationship between the Locust Knights I belong to, the Sandalwood Knights who guard the royal city, and the Goji Knights of the heavy troops are not very good, especially between the high-level leaders, who have been looking for various opportunities to compete with each other for a long time.

After receiving information that the forest elves also wanted to seize the key, the higher-ups of the Knights also had a heated quarrel.

It had been more than a hundred years since the last time the knights of Lyudzra left the castle with a non-practice combat mission, and the opponent was still the forest knight of Kares O, and the three knights wanted to compete for this mission.

And in the end, the light and agile Locust Knights won the victory and took charge of this mission alone, as you will know later, the first reconnaissance mission, we were attacked by the forest elves, and the reconnaissance team that was attacked from the rear was almost wiped out, and Tilnier also died at that time. ”

At this point, Kizmer's mood was a little low, and everyone didn't know what to say to comfort her.

Ling Ze thought of what Kizmel had said at her sister's grave, she said that when she volunteered to be in charge of the key recovery mission, she had the determination to die, and even wished that she would die in the mission, you can imagine how desperate she was at that time.

"Let's continue to work hard, and when we have recovered the six secret keys, let's go to the royal city on the ninth layer together, Asuna will definitely like it, and maybe she can really become a knight."

Kizmael shook her head, and she smiled again.

"Hmm!"

Asuna nodded solemnly in response.

Soon after, the group returned to the "City of Garet", and after reporting to Count Meran Gaz Galeion, the "Onyx Key" quest was officially completed, and everyone was given the same power to choose the reward items as they did on the fourth floor, and Kizmer was given a full day off.

Everyone happily went to the bathhouse first, washed away the fatigue and dust of the day, and then went to the restaurant to eat, the food in "Galei City" is indeed very good, no wonder even the taste of the dry food given to the army is not bad.

When everyone was about to go back to their rooms, a bell suddenly rang in the atrium of the castle, and the bell would only ring when the south gate was opened, and the "dark elves" in the city would not leave the city in principle, which meant that this bell was to notify the "Garley City" that other players had appeared.

Everyone looked at each other at first, and then rushed to the window of the corridor at the same time, and looked down at the atrium of the castle against the glass, and could see that the huge gate was indeed moving little by little.

"Hey, I didn't expect someone to come so soon?!"

Klein couldn't help but lament that it meant that the public bathhouse could no longer be monopolized, which was not good news.

"It's not too fast, we've all done this task."

Ling Ze complained, it stands to reason that they should get out of here.

"What to do? Want to go say hello? After all, we want to rest together in this castle, and this is not a safe zone, right? Players can actually attack each other. ”

Ling Ze asked everyone for their opinions, this "Galei City" is indeed not a safe zone, and players are not protected here.

"Of course, you have to confirm who is coming, otherwise it will be too unsafe."

Asuna nodded, at least to know what she looked like.

"Then let's go, don't let your guard down."

Ling Ze nodded, the appearance of the "Red Name Player" has brought such a disadvantage, players in the wild must be careful, not only the monsters in the wild, but also the human players.

The group got ready, left the window and ran towards the stairs, then down the stairs to the first floor of the west wing.

Instead of going to the front entrance, they moved to the back door at the end of the corridor and opened the single-opening door a crack to peek into the atrium, which can be described as very cautious.

The bells kept ringing, but the gates had begun to close, and it was clear that the players had entered the city of Garet.

Soon, the four players with green buoys on their heads stepped into the atrium, and they were attracted by the Spirit Tree.

The four were members of the same guild, but the label on the four people's heads was not one of the familiar "four guilds", but a symbol composed of a black background and a golden letter Q that they had never seen before.

"What guild is that?"

Asuna asked in a whisper.

"I don't know... Haven't heard of ......."

Kirito also replied in a low voice, and he was also very puzzled.

"It's normal, maybe it's a small guild that is focused on tasks."

Ling Ze interjected, in addition to the "Four Great Guilds", there are still many small guilds in the "Reserve Group".