Nine o'clock in the evening, [Horuka Village] tavern.

"Is the difficulty of the labyrinth area so high? More than a dozen masters have died...... I said, Kirito, your strategy is too fast, isn't it? ”

Wang Shui munched on the bacon pizza that Kirito had invited while sighing that these guys were really bold.

"Just looking at the level and ability value, players who have reached the periphery of the maze area can completely attack the first layer of the boss, but along the way...... There is only one life, and everyone does not have the courage to take risks. ”

Me too.

Kirito made up for his timidity in his heart.

"There's nothing wrong with cherishing life, the game has just begun, and it would be an insult to the ability of potential players to lose in this kind of low-level maze."

Kirito nodded in agreement, but he also felt that he was not qualified to judge anyone, he was now talking to Wang Shui, talking about his knowledge and opinions on the front line, but in fact he was just a lone wolf player, and most of the front lines were currently lone wolves, and everyone didn't have much intersection.

"The labyrinth area is still unclear, but the structure of the outer area is very different from the closed beta, probably because the map on the first floor has become ten times larger...... Also, aren't you really a beta player? ”

"Do you think I'm fighting like a veteran player?"

It's the same, Kirito remembered Wang Shui's face-to-face combat method again, it's just a mess!

However, he was saved by such a novice, and on the way back, he also learned that this reckless novice was the one who discovered the attribute training information.

What is this, newbie preferential treatment?

"Fighting is easy to learn, but your courage is rare, thank you again for saving me."

"Who made me a good person to help others, but the combat I understand may not be easy to learn, but it's you, Kirito, haven't you mastered the [hidden] skill? Why was he chased so far by monsters. ”

Shui Wang finished the last pizza and began to taste the iced lemon black tea, which is not cheap.

"It's useless, after the number of monsters increases, it is difficult to dodge their vision at the same time with only low-proficiency [hidden] skills, and alternately recovering vision will continue to replenish hatred, and, as I said on the way, not far to the north of our encounter is the ruins of the ruins they guard."

"Hmm~ The ruins of the super-small ruins, there is obviously no trace of kobolds on this side of the woods in the strategy, and the four monsters with a chain of hatred are obviously for a team to deal with."

Kirito could only nod helplessly and said:

"The disadvantages of solo players are obvious, Tianshu had better find the squad quickly, ah, I'm not saying that you have a problem with your skills, I just think you didn't choose the [Concealment] and [Enemy Seeking] skills, and it will be extremely dangerous if you act alone."

Good boy, uncover my scars, if Lao Tzu really opened it, I will eat your pizza again today!

Wang Shui, who turned on the cheat mode, looked at the future [Closed Person] (closed beta cheating player) with a smile and said:

"Do you want to move when you're full for dinner, Mr. Kirito?"

"What, night battle monster farming? Even if it's a low-level monster nearby, it's too reluctant in the dark, right? ”

"No, no, no, I mean," Wang Shui stood up, "let's go to the militia training ground and make two moves." ”

“P…… PK？ Oh, it's supposed to be a duel, right? ”

Wang Shui nodded, walked out of the tavern without waiting for Kirito to refuse, and if he continued to be verbose, with Kirito's character, he might really shirk it.

……

……

"Don't be so nervous, I know that I might as well have the courage to challenge you, and this is [in the circle], and the half-blood duel will not be life-threatening."

Wang Shui said as he replaced it with the freshly repaired [Tempered Sword], and at the same time removed the jewel [Supernatural Instinct], his strength value increased by 7 points, and the sword in his hand became lighter again.

"Well... All right! , let you, the arrogant guy, also see the skills of the closed beta players! ”

Wang Shui's relaxed and pleasant dialogue style that he has always deliberately maintained, and now it has finally affected Kirito, and it can be seen from his eyes and temperament that Kirito has let down his natural vigilance of socializing, tsk, young people are too easy to read.

But that's right.,Game maniacs with similar interests.,It's necessary to have this momentum of being each other's fathers!

The two sides confirmed the duel request, and the large UI screen of the duel instantly lit up the small militia training ground, and many players passing by nearby cast their eyes.

"Hey, this light effect is too flamboyant!" Kirito nervously lowered his voice and questioned Wang Shui.

Hey, Wang Shui suddenly smiled and sprinted out at the moment when the countdown became zero! 【Linear Attack】Good for starting, preparation moves are more troublesome but extremely fast!

When facing the fierce close-quarters sword technique, Kirito, who was still a little panicked, completed the [Horizontal Slash] action with a very quick hand raise, and then leaned back slightly and swung forward to slash forward.

Bite! ——

The piercing metal clangle erupted between the two almost identical one-handed straight swords, Wang Shui's charging action stopped at his feet, and he swam to twist the sword and dance to follow, such a close attack method surprised Kirito, but he quickly adjusted, and rushed forward to the right facing Wang Shui, so that Wang Shui's hand had already made up a [diagonal slash].

Kirito completed the sword skill judgment extremely skillfully, and there was only about half a second between the second sword skill [Oblique Slash] and the first [Horizontal Slash]!

The fan of [Diagonal Slash] is very large, and Wang Shui has no space and time to use sword skills, so he can only dive down with his whole body, and while rushing to the right front, he flips his body and lands on his back.

The purpose of flipping the body is to hand out a sword that pierces Kirito's left ribs!

The red shards were raised, and Wang Shui quickly got up after landing on his back, and Kirito's blood bar collapsed into a small piece, and a small red wound appeared under his left rib.

"What a quick sword decision, Kirito."

"Tianshu seems to have mastered the swordsmanship of people?"

Wang Shui was a little speechless, "Except for this world, all swordsmanship is dedicated to people!" ”

Right? Swordsmanship was originally developed to kill its own kind efficiently, and Kirito suddenly realized this.

"I don't know much, try to make me remember and use these swordsmanship skills as much as possible, Kirito."

Kirito didn't speak again, just silently looking for an opportunity in the confrontation with Wang Shui. A moment! He suddenly pulled the sword back in his hand, and then the whole person jumped forward violently, at this time Wang Shui could only see the blue light cluster that was advancing at high speed, and the blade that fell from above.

[Sonic Impact]! One-handed sword skills are quite difficult and require skill proficiency of 100 or more!

Although he had been prepared for a long time, Kirito's specialty skill was so fast that Wang Shui only felt his heart contract violently and the muscles of his whole body tensed.

Kirito slashed through the air, the blade of the sword slashed down with blue light, and Wang Shui also stepped forward, turning in the same air, as if to reproduce the first round of fighting.

The difference is that Kirito changed his sword skills, and when Wang Shui jumped into the air, he almost lay down and used his sword technique [Diagonal Slash]!

Bite! ——

After an extremely long impact sound, Kirito landed on the ground with both feet and turned around while lowering his posture to brake, and when his body had not completely stopped, his short braking posture and the position of the sword in his hand quickly passed the sword skill judgment of [Angry Stab].

Wow! The players who unconsciously gathered around were amazed by Kirito's two-way charge of "[Sonic Impact] landing and turning and sliding to receive [Angry Assassination]", and a wave of unconscious exclamation erupted in the crowd.

Kirito was not distracted, the tip of his sword and spirit had been locked on Wang Shui, and his legs subconsciously jumped forward with his sword skills, and at this time the charge started, and the surrounding scenery became blurred and the target's figure gradually enlarged and clear. Kirito felt like the whole world was slowing down at this point, and he liked it.

Sou! - Ding!

A red light came first with the sound of breaking wind, and a pebble turned into powder and flew away at the tip of Kirito's sword, and at the same time, it dissipated with the light effect of the sword skill on Kirito's sword.

[Flying Sword] skill derivative sword skill - [Single Shot], the incredibly accurate breaking move also made the crowd burst out in amazement again.

The balance of Kirito's body was destroyed, and Wang Shui also completed the preparation of [Angry Stabbing], and in the blink of an eye, the blue light sword blade was approaching Kirito, Kirito's eyes suddenly condensed, and his body quickly corrected unscientifically, and then moved to the right side of the body in a state of dark light wrapped in the whole body, and then swam up, and the [Horizontal Slash] in his hand was condensed and cut to the body that Wang Shui skipped at high speed.

The blood bar fell sharply, and a long red wound appeared under Wang Shui's left rib, and the wide wound was a reticulated structural line, and the pain was not strong.

The power of [Horizontal Slash] was very great, but it only hit Aqua regia for a while, but in the short interval of regaining balance, Kirito had already completed the second [Sonic Impact......

The battle panel quickly settled, and a huge [WINNER] text appeared in the middle of the field, pointing to Kirito's avatar with an arrow (anonymous display).

Uproar——! The crowd erupted in fierce cheers and applause, and the victor, Kirito, was a little restrained, and stepped forward with his head down to pull up the royal water.

"Hmm~ Sure enough, you still have to be stronger, and the speed of sword skill judgment is not a level at all." Wang Shui muttered, "It can be regarded as a dream fulfilled for the majority of sword fans, by the way, how much is your strength and agility training value?" Why do I feel that the difference in attributes is so big, is it convenient to talk about it? Just ask this once. ”

"Well, it's just now, the strength bonus is 15, and the agility is 18, okay, don't show such a surprised expression, the specific information Argo will be added when the next strategy manual is updated, it's nothing more than wearing some equipment that just enters the limit of the combat load, there is a grocery store where you can buy the [Practice Belt] that can adjust the weight, just on the periphery of the maze......"

Kirito didn't continue, meaning that it was useless to say it now, and he would naturally be able to buy it when Wang Shui Raiders reached the periphery of the labyrinth.

"Well, with your monster attributes, I'm very satisfied with being able to fight to this extent."

"You're a different person than this afternoon, when you got close to the cut-and-...... in order to kill a cutlass kobold."

"Don't mention it, how much does it cost to delete this memory, you can ask for it!"

When the two of them were communicating hotly, a tall swordsman suddenly walked over from the crowd that was about to disperse after the battle.

"I'm sorry to disturb me, just now, this little brother in black, the last special displacement, is it the special sword skill [Phantom Side Shift] under the [Concealment] skill? Although it is a bit presumptuous, my friends and I are hesitating whether to choose [Concealment] or [Reaction Avoidance] for the third skill. ”

Kirito was a little embarrassed by the initiative of the tall swordsman, and Wang Shui patted Kirito on the shoulder and said:

"[Reaction Avoidance] also has a similar active activation of the escape skill [Side Step],If there is a fixed team,You can learn [Reaction Avoidance] first,The additional evasion bonus and a small amount of critical hit bonus are very helpful for monsters with higher difficulty in the strategy.,The evasion rate is a noble effect to reduce critical damage.。 Like [hidden] skills, you can also learn them later, but now it's more suitable for lone wolf players, hey, am I right? ”

As he spoke, Wang Shui patted Kirito again and motioned for him to speak too.

"Ah, yes, if you are in a squad, the attacker with the core output is indeed more suitable for [Reaction Avoidance], but for the sake of strategy, it is more recommended for avant-garde players who use one-handed weapons to learn the [Shield] skill, and the effect is much more powerful and effective than other skills."

"Thank you very much, we'll refer to it."

The tall swordsman thanked him and left, and the unnamed Kiritto breathed a sigh of relief as if he had finished the execution, and said to Wang Shui helplessly: "Sure enough, I will still be a little nervous to communicate with strangers."

"Is there one? I think it's natural and lively for you to communicate with me, huh? ”

"That's between acquaintances," Kirito was also very strange, "Or there is a special affinity in Tianshu, which makes me subconsciously regard you as an old friend, and it is really relaxing to chat with you." ”

Here it is, it's this sentence again, friends plus one.

"Since you're so ...... If you don't like to communicate with strangers, then leave a little farther away and go to the eaves over there, or simply go and rest first. ”

"Huh? Why, what are you going to do in the Book of Heaven?! ”

In Kirito's whispered inquiry and surprised expression, Wang Shui walked towards the remaining less than half of the crowd, and he jumped on a large wooden barrel nearby and shouted to the crowd:

"Hey! - Is that all of this gone?! It's so rare to gather so many frontline players today, and everyone is just as excited to see our duel just now! ”

Wang Shui's shout directly stopped the crowd, and even some people who had already left the scene heard it from a distance and came over again.

"As fellow front-line players, didn't you have itchy hands just now? Haven't you ever wondered how powerful it would be to dedicate yourself to high-intensity combat? To be honest, the battle just now is the highest level of performance I have performed so far, and the duel is so exciting and interesting, it will effectively stimulate the combat potential, you can understand it! ”

"The [Flying Sword] skill just now is very handsome, and your sword skills are also very beautiful!" Suddenly, a dagger from the crowd sounded.

Wang Shui directly raised his hand and threw a friend to apply for the past:

"My name is [Half Heavenly Book], you can call me [Heavenly Book]. In reality, he is just a fan of combat fighting, and the skills in the game are even more average. Now, in this death game, there is a very great feature - [Circle] Half-Blood Duel, such a real and safe battle, wouldn't everyone be excited! ”

"I think everyone who can overcome their inner fears and stay here at this moment must have such courage and desire, so I solemnly issue an invitation, does anyone want to become stronger! Does anyone want to fight me! Also, what about the short sword envoy brother just now, do you want to play with it? Hey? Your name is Lee Harvey? ”

"Hey, don't shout my name!"

"Hahaha, I've told you that this name is weird a long time ago!" The friends who seemed to be the daggers burst into laughter, "Go ahead, let's show this guy how powerful our team's chief assassin is!" ”

Amid more and more enthusiastic and friendly heckling, the dagger named Lee Harvey finally sent an invitation to a duel to Shui Wang.

The two stood about five meters apart in the open space in the middle of the militia training ground, posing and waiting for the countdown to end, and the surrounding crowd also erupted in cheers, even attracting many NPC militia and villagers.

Honk~

When the countdown ended, the UI interface became larger and spread out, and a red light almost pierced the night sky at the moment when the duel pattern disappeared, and after Wang Shui sneak attacked, he immediately entered the state of universal rush sword skill [Linear Attack].

Then he saw that the red thread of the sneak attack instantly passed through the afterimage of the dagger Lee Harvey!

The remnant image that remained in place froze at the last moment of the short sword's turn, and a dark humanoid that could only be barely seen in the night light rushed out from behind the side of the afterimage, and the short sword in Lee Harvey's hand flexibly turned into a straight grip, and he tensed his arms while running in an arc, preparing for sword skills.

The afterimage effect is the sword skill [Phantom Side Shift]! It's under the [Hidden] skill tree.,The same sword technique that Kirito just used!

The same sword technique used by the two of them not only showed different senses, but also showed completely different strength and speed.

Unable to lock onto the target, Shui Wang stopped his unformed advance and could only watch as Lee Harvey cut along the arc. The more urgent the battle, the more it tests the fighting quality, Wang Shui is not a master, but he has learned to believe in himself in the tense battle!

Control the sword, lower the posture, when the distance between the two reached a certain point, Wang Shui suddenly moved his center of gravity forward, popped out sideways, and then directly stepped forward and turned around and kicked high!

Without any sword skill effect, he swept his head and kicked straight towards Lee Harvey's front door, and the short sword made the reaction extremely fast, and he immediately leaned back dexterously, dodging the high kick with his lower waist, and at the same time, he was able to move forward flexibly under his feet!

But when the high kick passed over Lee Harvey, Wang Shui suddenly lowered his body, and the high kick changed lines and smashed down!

Lee Harvey was shocked by a heavy kick in the chest, and the whole person lay directly on his back. After Wang Shui stood firm, he quickly held the sword with both hands, and the tip of the sword stabbed downward, and no sword skill lit up, this was an ordinary ground execution-style attack, the damage may not be high but the momentum is fierce.

The amount of health dropped was not much, but the short sword made Lee Harvey already a little panicked, and he hurriedly rolled up, and was chased by Wang Shui with a diagonal slash, and his HP value almost fell to half the blood line.

The elite-level veteran player suddenly erupted with an unobservable momentum at the moment of crisis, and in the moment when Wang Shui slashed diagonally for a short period of time, Lee Harvey turned his short body, and the short sword in his right hand turned, biting down like a poisonous snake twisting his head!

Short sword high-speed double fencing skill [side bite]!

The two attacks hit Wang Shui's right upper arm and chest respectively, and the short sword made Lee Harvey's movements similar to turning and whipping hammers, but the striking tool was not a fist, but a short sword that was being held.

The short sword, also known as the dagger, contains a type of sword skill that has a very short end and a very fast attack.

So after the [side bite], Li Harvey still recovered before Wang Shui, and he continued to step forward, wrapping around his back from the right side of Wang Shui, and at the same time, the short sword was raised and stabbed hard, and the orange sword light lit up again.

[Armor penetration], which can rush into a single heavy sword skill, has the effect of destroying the enemy's defense value, and as long as there is a stabbing attack, it is a very simple and powerful sword skill.

Aqua regia's blood volume also fell to near the half-blood line between the lightning and flint. Lee Harvey's explosive output of about a second made the audience present before they could react, and just as he was about to quickly draw two swords to supplement the damage and end the battle, Wang Shui regained his balance and got rid of the stiffness, and at the same time quickly raised his leg and kicked sideways.

Kicking Lee Harvey away a little, Wang Shui's [horizontal slash] progress keeps up, because the sword is easy to be stabbed by the dexterous assassin when he enters the sword straight forward.

Lee Harvey subconsciously retreated, a dark light surging from his body, and he was ready to use [Phantom Sideshift] to create an output space again!

However, the weapon of the king water is a one-handed straight sword.

After the end of the [horizontal slash], the stiffness is very small, and the feeling of retracting the force after swinging the sword at high speed and slashing the air, usually when holding the sword in one hand, the other hand will swing with the body movement to maintain balance, but this time Wang Shui did not, his left hand has been placed in front of his right chest, and he is pinching a pebble between his three fingers!

【Single Shot】!

The red sword line landed on Lee Harvey's chest, and the force of the pebble nearly knocked him out, but at this point, the duel icon fell from the sky and grew larger.

【Winner——Half of the Book of Heaven】

The duel did not hide names, and all the spectators present saw the name of the winner, and then the crowd immediately erupted in applause and cheers.

"The explosive sword technique is very exciting, if your damage is a little higher, maybe you will kill me in seconds."

Wang Shui stepped forward and pulled up Lee Harvey and praised him from the bottom of his heart.

"Don't mention it, the short sword has a great advantage when dealing with small and medium-sized people, especially humanoid creatures, although your swordsmanship is average, but there are really many small movements, and you put it together."

The two laughed and high-fived, and a simple friendship was formed.

After returning to the crowd, the dagger was also praised by touching his head and patting his shoulder, and of course, he lost the love of his friends like his father. The fierce and ferocious battle not only did not terrify this group of people, but aroused their enthusiasm, and many people looked at Wang Shui with enthusiasm and fighting intent.

"Okay friends, it's only seven o'clock, it's still early, let's have a good time tonight, and don't keep staring at me, do you have any acquaintances and friends, do you have any new friends you want to make, come on, come up and learn together, the training ground is very big!"

Under the terrifying social ability of Aqua regia, the time after that turned into a carnival of duel socialization.

So players have one more way to relieve the pressure of battle.