Outside the village, he met Wang Shui, and Kirito looked at Wang Shui, who was yawning, with a strange expression.

"Did you really fight them all night last night?"

"Hmm~uh~~"

Wang Shui slowly stretched before answering.

"Huh? No, I left before eleven o'clock, and the rest was full of newcomers playing. I just read the information too late last night, and I got up too early today to be so sleepy, and I slowly woke up on the road, let's go. ”

It's only about six o'clock, and it's still dark, and no one among the players is out to level up at this time.

"Alright then, it's a long way to the town of [Torbana], but fortunately you don't need to take a detour to get to yesterday's ruins."

There wasn't much nonsense, and the two of them who had discussed going to the ruins of the small ruins together yesterday simply checked the supplies they should bring and left the village.

Along the way, Wang Shui will take the initiative to provoke some topics, but the main thing is to hurry seriously, and the road in the dense forest is not so easy to walk.

Soon the two of them came to a clearing, where the meadows were thick and full of boulders, and in the middle of the clearing was a barely recognizable building made of boulders, with gray and white stones on it that were badly damaged.

"Is this it? Yesterday's giant axe kobold was refreshed, it seems that it is not a one-time reward of special terrain, what is in this temple-like building? ”

Wang Shui asked as he counted the monsters outside.

"There's not a lot of space inside.,There's a treasure chest-like thing in the middle.,Similar to the treasure chest in the maze area.,The treasure chest guarding it seems to be an elite monster.,But yesterday I didn't have time to get close.,I was chained with hatred by other monsters when dealing with the monsters outside.。

"Default hate chains? Or are there any conditions? Wang Shui interrupted suddenly.

"No, during the closed beta, SAO didn't have any monster groups with chain hatred designs, and yesterday I accidentally moved next to other monsters, so I was locked together." Kirito said earnestly, pointing to the position of the giant axe kobold.

"A few meters behind that giant axe monster will trigger the hatred of at least 3 other monsters."

"Okay, do you see the clearing on the right, we're going to open monsters there, there are a total of 9 monsters outside, we'll go in after they've all cleaned up."

The process of clearing the ruins of kobold minions is quick and safe, and two-player battles are more than twice as efficient as single-player combat.

The maximum number of player squads is 6 people, and the [BOSS Raider Team] or large teams that players are used to calling [RAID Team], [Expedition Team], etc., are capped at 8 full squads, that is, 48 people.

The more people there are, the lower the benefit (not efficiency), but the safety will be much higher.

In addition, there will be no additional drops when forming a team, experience and money are evenly divided, and materials can be set up to be distributed by captains, randomly distributed, and evenly distributed, and those whose material drops are less than the average will enter the auction state.

Wang Shui and Kirito are average types, and when a small amount of materials are taken by Wang Shui, the regional strategy will be carried out to the end.

The ruins look tattered on the surface, but inside they are very intact, and there is no light to penetrate.

In the not-so-wide interior space, a dark red hill is rising and falling with the rhythm of breathing, this is a huge monster, but it should not be a boss in this kind of place.

"I'll see if I can lead it out to fight, if I can't handle it, I'll run first, and then you can find a chance to use [Concealment]."

Wang Shui quickly explained the task, Kirito also nodded solemnly, and the two came to the ruins door.

The red [Single Shot] sword light flew into the ruins, and soon there was a roar of rage from inside, and a storm burst out from between the stone gates, and the air currents and almost real pressure blew the hair of the dead duo.

Kirito is calm, as he fought with more terrifying bosses during the closed beta.

Wang Shui is also calm because he can run first.

The crimson elite monster of more than three meters barely squeezed out of the stone gate, and unlike ordinary kobolds, it is not only more than three meters tall, but also has brighter fur than ordinary kobolds (dark red will also be bright).

The most important thing is that there are two health bars on its buoy, and below the blood bar is written the only name that elite monsters and above deserve to have-[Man-Eating Dog Ken].

And its weapon is a long knife that is dragged on the ground.

"I'll try it out first, pay attention to the switch."

Luring the elite monster out of a distance, Kirito began to prepare for the speed of sound with a simple explanation, oh no, it's [Sonic Impact].

The little figure instantly rose into the sky and went straight to the monster front door!

The elite monster also swung the sword very quickly, the light effect of the red sword skill lit up, and the action was a bottom-up oblique slash, Wang Shui thought that this should be called [Slash].

According to the information on the strategy website, as well as Wang Shui's own personal experience, the color of the sword technique is not particularly fixed, but the brightness and purity will change slightly according to the completion.

Kiritto didn't seem to see the huge blade swung at him, or he didn't have any means to deal with it in mid-air, at most he counteracted with the monster.

Normally, this is a very dangerous behavior, but today is different, today Kirito has teammates!

Another red ray of light flew past Kirito's body, and Kirito could even see the rectangular piece of iron wrapped in red light charging with him.

Ding——

In the long and piercing sound of metal clashes, the light effect of the elite kobold's sword skills shattered. The iron in the middle of its long sword was also slashed, and Kirito had already stepped on its shoulder and slashed it with a sword!

【-221！ 】

It is worthy of the damage of Master Tong, and it can be so high on the elite monster.

Phew-

「-82」

Another flash of red light burst out with damage that wasn't too low, but the damage was only earned for nothing.

The [Flying Sword] skill single-shot sword skill [Full Throw], combined with the square iron block (with chamfering) specially customized by King Water from the blacksmith NPC, makes a very effective blow to the enemy! The original little stumbling has become a physical imbalance.

Taking advantage of its unsteady standing, Kirito kicked on the shoulder of the elite monster and jumped back slightly, and a [vertical slash] was drawn from top to bottom, and his own weight plus sword skill bonus made Kirito cut a huge wound on the elite monster!

【-485！ 】

No? Did you kid drive it too? Although the wound is big, it's not a vital point or a weakness, why is your critical strike rate so high!

After landing on the ground, Kirito didn't have any awareness of his own damage, and just quickly started the classic tactics when dealing with large enemies - pedicures and leg shaving.

There is no way, I can only get here, although the sword skill can take people flying, but the flaws in the air combat are too big.

The number of sword skills that players have mastered now is small, and their own attributes are also poor, and jumping too high is really easy to be beaten by large monsters as tennis balls.

At this time, Wang Shui was not too far away, throwing iron ammunition in his left hand to supplement a little damage, and holding a sword in his right hand was ready to switch support at any time.

The damage of his left hand will be a little lower because of his imperfect force and stance, but he has enough ammo now, and making sure to switch at any time is the most important thing.

When Kirito was in the middle of his pedicure, the elite monster finally stood firm after a writhing moment, and slashed horizontally with a blood-red light with a flat sword.

[pontoon]? 【Tsujifu】? 【Scarlet Fan】?

Wang Shui hurriedly threw an iron bullet at the far end, then moved forward to prepare to switch at any moment.

While he was still trying to compare the Elite Monster's movements with the sword skill descriptions in the strategy book, Kirito had already quickly used [Vertical Slash].

This sword skill is the standard solution, [Vertical Slash] can stagger the slash angle of the elite monster on the one hand, on the other hand, it is also convenient to exert force, and in the sword skill confrontation, the power judgment of the vertical slash is also high.

Wang Shui's hurried [Single Shot] and Kirito's [Vertical Slash] quickly blocked the Elite Monster's lateral slash, but the Elite Kobold actually returned at a very unscientific speed, quickly pulling back the blade from the right side of its body, followed by a sword slash.

No! It's a two-in-one fencing skill!

Kirito was swept in the chest with a knife and flew out, and the blood bar instantly dropped forty percent. Just when the elite monster was about to pursue, Wang Shui's [Angry Assassination] had already caught up, even if the hatred was not completely transferred to him for a while, the monster would tend to deal with the target in front of him, which was the benefit of having teammates.

"It's very proficient in swordsmanship! That's a high-level sword skill [Phantom Moon], don't resist hard! ”

Kirito quickly and briefly reported the message loudly, and then took out the reply potion to replenish HP, on the other hand, although Wang Shui did not have the ability to release swordsmanship as calmly and quickly as Kirito, but his swordsmanship was more flexible, he liked to use the way of exposing his position, inducing the monster to use more ordinary attacks, and then pulling away to attract it to move, and rushing back with a rushing sword technique at a distance.

With his left hand, he throws iron bullets from time to time to supplement damage, and the output efficiency of Wang Shui is also very low, but he is just walking the monster safely now, as long as he waits for Kirito to attack, everything will be fine.

"Don't move for 5 seconds, and then the stake explodes!"

Wang Shui quickly explained, moved sideways and retreated, and completed the switch with the Kirito who came over, and at the same time exchanged swords with his left hand, and his right hand took out an iron bullet from his leather pocket.

Twist your body, mobilize your whole body's strength, and gather your spirit to lock on to your goal.

After nearly five seconds of preparation, Wang Shui's right arm was thrown out suddenly, and his fingers made a crisp sound of "pop" in the air!

The crimson thick red line went straight to the center of the elite monster's eyebrows, and the iron bullet also made a heavy "bang" sound when it hit! A bunch of information immediately popped up over the head of the elite monster:

【-214！ ], [Vertigo], [Unbalanced]

Kirito took the opportunity to jump up and launch the sword technique [Sonic Impact] vertically from the ground up, and the blade went straight to the monster's head.

Wang Shui's arm was numb for a while after he used [Full Force Projection] seriously, but fortunately, he only lost some health, and he did not have the negative state of [Destruction of Parts] like he did when he saved Kirito before.

The monster was dizzy, and Wang Shui was not ready to switch in the back, and he also ran over to join the pedicure work to improve the output efficiency.

Kirito once again fell from the sky with the light of his sword skills, which also caused a deep wound to the elite monster again, and as soon as the two technicians converged, they began to stand on the stake and throw the sword technique.

It's a pity that the abnormal resistance of the elite monster is very high, and the blow caused by aqua regia can be controlled for less than five seconds.

Some people may compare this negative time with other tabletop adventure RPGs, but SAO is really different, the control effects in SAO are very real, vertigo is really dizzy, the state gradually reduces, and the fall really needs to get up.

Therefore, this kind of long-term control effect, the player eats one, and without the assistance of his teammates, it is about equivalent to death.

The fresh elite monster seemed to be dissatisfied with the service of the two technicians, and his body jumped back a small step and pulled his sword skills horizontally.

"It's [pontoon]! I got it! ”

Kirito condensed [Vertical Slash] as he spoke, and rushed forward, Wang Shui quickly stood firm, felt out an iron bullet and began to charge with his right hand that had just recovered.

When~——

The heavy sound of sword blades colliding, Wang Shui didn't see how Kirito did sword skills to counteract, he didn't even look at Kirito, his eyes were always on the point he was about to attack.

Whoosh - the red light flashed, a high injury popped up with a new vertiginous icon, Kirito had already started a pedicure at the near point, and Wang Shui also hurriedly changed his hand to sprint with a sword.

The rhythm of the offense has been formed, and the elite monsters don't have any strange abilities such as rampage, small universe, zone, seed, super race, void, immortal mode, backup hidden energy, etc., and finally fell in less than ten minutes.

Kirito put away his sword and leaned against a boulder smashed by an elite monster to rest and check the fall, and Wang Shui simply lay directly on the ground.

It's very simple to describe, and the blood volume of the two people has not been reduced to less than half, but a battle of this intensity is very mentally draining.

Swordsmanship requires spirit, observation requires spirit, and coping requires spirit.

Wang Shui was also the first time to defeat an elite monster, and there was still some nervousness, and now he turned into exhaustion, but soon, he jumped up directly from the ground, and the corpse, that huge corpse like a hill did not disappear!

Elite monsters can be gathered!

Wang Shui ran over with his sword on his face excitedly, and then began to skillfully dismember the huge body of the elite kobold under Kirito's slowly terrifying gaze.

Perhaps because the [Gathering] skill was being determined, Wang Shui felt that the [Sword of Fortitude] in his hand had become extremely sharp. He only slashed along the lines of muscle and the gaps in tissue, and the flesh that had been so tough was now as soft as cake under his sword.

Now it is not in battle, and the cutting wound caused by aqua regia is not a perfunctory red ribbon of light, but real flesh and blood.

Wang Shui carefully avoided the blood vessels and then separated the bones and muscles, and the fur was also partially peeled off, so that when the [Gathering] skill was determined, it would probably help him peel it off, well, speaking of experience.

In the mountain of steaming and still trembling muscles, Wang Shui looked around, and then looked at the heart that was still trembling.

"Hey, Kirito, have you ever seen kobold blood?"

"Huh? What? ”

Looking at Kirito's stunned stupid appearance, Wang Shui felt that he didn't know, but what he hadn't seen or heard didn't necessarily didn't exist.

"Make bold assumptions and carefully verify" is the mindset that Wang Shui recognizes, but Wang Shui has made a small self-transformation when he puts it into practice.

Make bold assumptions, boldly seek verification!

With a swing of the sword, the kobold's huge heart fell, and the wound spurted bright red blood like a high-pressure water pump, and the unsuspecting aqua regia below was directly sprayed with dog blood (physics).

Kirito watched as Wang Shui skillfully materialized a clean towel from the inventory, and then slowly wiped the thick blood from his face, and suddenly a chill crept up the back of his head from the tail bone down his back.

"Oh, don't be afraid, in fact, in reality I am a butcher, specializing in cattle slaughter, you see how professional I peel the skin, how professional the way I open the edge of the fur, not in human terms...... Hey, what are the legs shaking, I'm amusing you. ”

As he spoke, Wang Shui confirmed the end of the collection with a piece of minced meat and a complete skeleton, and a long list of harvests swiped the screen on his battle report screen.

【Collecting Complete!】 Obtain the ...... of the material】

[Manhound Ken's Bone Shatterer Fragment: 1]

[Meat of "Man-Eating Dog Kenn": 30 (1kg/serving)】

[Pure White Bones: 7]

【Heart of Man-Eating Dog: Kenne: 1】

[Essence Blood: 42 (500ml/bottle)]

【Tough Beast Tendon: 3】

[Skin of "Man-Eating Dog Kenn": 1]

Wow~

There are a lot of special items with names, and the basic materials look very advanced, but I don't know why, there is no label of [cooking materials] on the meat produced this time, only materials and consumables.

It's not that you can't eat it, but the lack of a label means that there is no recipe for directly consuming this ingredient in the [cooking] skill provided by SAO, and the player can't automatically rub it into food.

Before, aqua regia roasted wolf meat was also forcibly made by himself.

Looking at Kirito who was in a cold sweat, Wang Shui sent the list of battle reports to this coward, proving that he was really collecting.

But it wasn't until Wang Shui wiped the blood off his body and threw away the towel that Kiritsu dared to come over.

"Didn't you cut it very hard, those wounds probably went deep into the internal organs."

"The battle state is not so realistic!"

"Alas, this is the so-called "gentleman far away cooking", you see you, eating meat is very happy, but killing is not visible, rest assured, this kind of thing has a selfless dedication like me to move forward, you only need to spend money to buy finished products."

Wang Shui patted Kirito on the shoulder and motioned for him to walk into the ruins together.

Kirito has mastered the [Seeking Enemy] skill, and this set of skill trees has the ability of [Trap Perception], [Area Search], and [Special Item Perception], but his proficiency is too low, and he will only use the lowest level of [Search for Enemies] to expand the range of perceived creatures.

Fortunately, there are no crazy traps in the first layer of the world, and the insurance of this treasure chest is only the giant kobold that has just been disassembled.

Recently, the king water with a weak heart asked Kirito to open the treasure chest, and under the dazzling golden light, a silver ring appeared, embedded with a gem that I don't know whether it was a white crystal or a diamond.

————

【Special Equipment: Violent Execution】

[Equipment Type: Ring]

[Level requirement: 10]

[Strength: +15]

[Constitution: +20]

[Special effect: Increases damage by 10% against enemies with less than 10% HP]

[Explanation: "In the name of the Kingdom executioners, pure violence!"] ”】

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WOC！ What an exaggerated attribute!

Whether it's the special effects or the addition of the terrifying basic attributes, you can feel its power at a glance.

20 Constitution! That's 2000 HP!

Wang Shui's current constitution is 12, and he only has 1550 blood. As for the strength attribute, Wang Shui's current strength attribute is only 16 points!

"This ...... This is an intensity that cannot be seen even on the ninth layer! ”

Kirito's voice trembled a little, he honestly gave the opinion of a closed beta veteran player, and at the same time quickly got rid of the temptation of equipment, and then looked at Wang Shui.

There was unconcealed worry in his eyes, his body trembling with nervousness, and he prayed, praying that he wouldn't see those looks again.

It's a pity that Wang Shui didn't care about Kirito's worries, nor did he show the greed that Kirito was worried about, and his expression was a little ...... The egg hurts.

Saying...... In the original book, Kirito often robbed the final blow of the boss.,It's not because of this thing.,The author didn't mention it!

It's a fake to say that you don't want to be moved, if it weren't for Kirito next to him, Wang Shui should have set off to wash his name by now, as for Kirito worrying that Wang Shui would show an ugly greedy face, it was really too much, Wang Shui would never be embarrassed when he did three indiscriminate things.

When Wang Shui noticed that Kirito was relaxed because of relief, and then had some tangled complex expressions, he was also speechless.

You're so shy and tangled up with a yarn, and your hanging has also arrived (partly)!

"I'll give it to you, I won't take a dime." Wang Shui suddenly said in a solemn broadcast tone.

"Huh?! ...... days"

Kirito, who didn't know how wonderful his expression was, almost dropped his jaw in shock, but his stumbling speech was stopped by Wang Shui waving his hand.

"You also know that this is impossible, so what are you waiting for, hurry up and undress, ah no, hurry up and hand over all the money and materials on you!"

Wang Shui's appearance as a robber made Kirito smile with relief.

He understood the meaning of this rookie player he had just met, with average skills but growing quickly, and that guy with strong social skills must have seen his desire.

He's a funny and very kind guy!

Kirito was immersed in the double joy of making a kind friend and getting rare and powerful equipment, and he was dizzy and was cleaned up by Wang Shui.

"You still have a lot of materials, and you have killed a lot of monsters, and the deposit is actually fifteen thousand kels! I also took the reinforcement materials, you can brush them yourself in the future. ”

This is the capital accumulated in the first week of the beta pioneer, Kirito laughed in his heart, but said:

"In fact, the value of these things is not even half of this ring, Tianshujun ......"

"Okay, okay, it's just game equipment, don't underestimate my noble soul." While sorting out the things on the ground and stuffing the royal water into the bag, he bothered to comfort Kirito.

"If you feel guilty, give me a good life, give me this shit game to clear the level, and I'll paddle in the back with peace of mind, waiting to enjoy the fruits of victory, hey, hey, don't show that determined gaze! I repeat what I said last night, when we arrived in the town of [Torbana] in front of the labyrinth area, we parted ways, I don't want to team up with someone with lone wolf skills, let alone operate on the front line! ”

In the midst of Wang Shui's nonsense, Kirito finally nodded to his old father with a tearful smile like a daughter who was about to get married.

The old father, who was about to overload the backpack, pushed Kirito with a painful face, and the atmosphere gradually returned to normal.

Equipment, Wang Shui gave up, he wants to maintain the fit of Kirito and the original plot, and try not to affect his choice, so he will not team up with Kirito.

And the rare and powerful equipment is not in such a hurry, this is only the first layer.

There are three points of truth in the nonsense just now, Wang Shui really doesn't want to squeeze the offensive group, he wants to improve himself in a relatively safe position, keep himself in the first echelon, and always be ready to [switch] with the people in front of him, in case the plot goes berserk.

In this way, the aqua regia, who was scheming and carrying the weight to the limit, and Kirito, who was cured and had an empty backpack, soon drove towards the north.