Rare leisure time during the day, Wang Shui also temporarily put down his martial arts research and came to the town with Shi Nai for a walk.

Of course, Wang Shui has something to do when he goes out.

He wanted to find Argo, an intelligence dealer, and Wang Shui wanted to entrust Argo to help sell two sets of [refined steel ingots], two groups of 40 yuan, and now the unit price of steel ingots has risen to 3,500 kor a piece.

The big business of 140,000 Keer, since Wang Shui is fully entrusted, after deducting the commissions of brokers and professional merchants, Wang Shui is expected to get a little more than 100,000 yuan.

That's a lot of money.

In fact, there are still a lot of steel ingots left, but Wang Shui does not have the intention of throwing them all, on the one hand, he is still useful, on the other hand, excessive selling will have a bad impact on the market, although he does not plan to monopolize this thing, but he also does not want to do a hammer deal.

After the matter was settled, Wang Shui was blackmailed by the little blond curly-haired intelligence dealer "Argo of the Mouse".

That is, at noon today, while waiting for the meal to be served in the dessert shop, Argo let out a feeling of envy:

"Whether it's you guy, or Tong Zai, you have such beautiful teammates, and at this afternoon's meeting, you will probably become the public enemy of elite hamster players."

In other words, has Kirito already been in contact with Asuna?

Although Wang Shui's memory of the plot is not very clear, of course he still remembers that the boss strategy on the first floor is the performance of Kirita and Asuna.

"Kirito, that maverick guy, must have taken the initiative to post it, and now I guess I forgot about even the upgrade."

Wang Shui expressed stern disdain for Kirito.

"Tong Zai's level is much higher than you, so what about you? Are you also addicted to the beauty of Xiao Shino? Argo smiled narrowly.

"It's Shino who has to team up with me, I'm just a new player, isn't it normal for the level to be lower than a guy like Kirito?"

Listening to Wang Shui's nonsense, Shi Nai, who was holding iced lemon black tea in both hands, threw a smile and angry look at Wang Shui, but didn't say anything.

This ambiguous interaction instead drew a strange scream from Argo, and the pleasant atmosphere lasted until the dessert parfait was served.

"I didn't expect to be able to enjoy this kind of food in the game, I really borrowed your light today, but I really didn't expect you to be willing to practice [mining] with skill grids, and the starting capital of smelting is not low, right?"

"This is a unique money-making resource, and the price of intelligence is not low." Aqua regia casually perfunctory.

"You kid always fishes me with intelligence! But it's a pity that this kind of money-making business is too time-sensitive, and recently there have been low-level players who have been protected here to specialize in the miner profession, so it's better to keep your own information. ”

Although Argo is keen on intelligence trading, he is definitely not a blind person.

After that, the exchange became that Wang Shui learned about the recent status quo from Argo's mouth, what is the player level of the first and second echelons is generally above level ten, the strategy group has actually not found the boss room, the update of the strategy manual and the like, and 2000 Keer have been talked about!

During the exchange, Shi Nai didn't say anything during the whole process, and listened quietly until Argo separated from the two and disappeared into the crowd, and she said with some emotion:

"Miss Argo, she's a very nice person."

"It's just better for newcomers like you.,Provide free strategy manuals.,Help low-level and players who don't want to fight.,Speaking of which, Shino has also been taught, right?"

Shino nodded: "There were a lot of people at the time, and I thought Miss Argo wouldn't remember me." ”

"With your appearance, and your conspicuous ice-blue hair and iris, it's not surprising that you'll be remembered. Speaking of which, I've always wondered, why did you choose such a conspicuous color? ”

Shino was immediately helpless: "The face at the beginning was not my own, as for the hair and eye color, I chose my favorite color when I saw a hint that it could be changed in the game." ”

"As a result, it takes a very high floor to change the hairstyle and the color of the iris of the eyes, and the NPC revealed that it will cost 100,000 kels, which is mentioned in the strategy manual, and the dyeing props are also very rare." Wang Shui added.

"Yes, and even if I really have 100,000 kors, I would never spend my money on such a boring place."

After all, I still like this color, right?

Talking and laughing, the two seem to have returned to the state of shopping together in reality, but this time the topic is mixed with a lot of game content.

As the final supply point, the town of [Torbana] is not only large, but also has a lot of various shops, and the level of complete items is also high.

At the end of the purchase, in addition to the consumables that had to be replenished - potions and food whetstones, aqua regia also bought some strange things: a lot of table salt, some glass or ceramic bottles and jars, high wine, vats of cooking oil, a lot of sugar, and so on.

He muttered about the incredible production capacity of this world while buying it, because he even bought caustic soda, and the price was quite cheap.

Facing Shi Nai's incomprehensible gaze, Wang Shui explained very seriously:

"I just want to test how real the world can be, rest assured, I often rely on reading books and doing handicrafts to adjust my mood, and it's safe."

Shino doesn't understand why Wang Shui would emphasize safety, it's just some ingredients, although the amount is very large, but is it dangerous to experiment with new dishes? It's so unpalatable that it's going to die?

Good and comfortable times are fleeting.

……

……

At four o'clock in the afternoon, nearly 200 people gathered in the circular area of the water spray square.

Here, there are almost all the players with the highest level at the moment, and Wang Shui calls them the first echelon players.

Players come together to participate in the boss strategy meeting, which is basically a full team, and many lone wolf players also have good friends, or simply team up with acquaintances between lone wolves, and basically no one is clubbing alone.

Of course, there are also real lone wolves like Kirito, Wang Shui, who was hiding in a high place, watched Kirito walk towards a thin figure shrouded in a dark red textile cloak at the edge of the field, and the eight achievements were Asuna.

Fortunately, the plot is quite normal so far.

"Wow! Did you see Tong Tsai and Xiao Ya? That Little Red Riding Hood is Xiaoya. Argo, who was sitting with Wang Shui on a stone pillar high on the edge of the other side of the field, whispered.

"The beautiful woman you speak of? You don't even charge for this kind of information. Wang Shui was perfunctory while looking for other familiar people in the crowd.

"Tianshujun and Kirito should be very familiar, right, after all, they are masters who have led the PVP duel atmosphere together, so Xiaoya's existence can't be hidden, but you don't plan to go to the team with Kirito?"

Wang Shui shook his head, "I didn't even plan to participate in the boss battle, but that guy Kirito will definitely be staring at the last blow of the boss, this opportunity to get a special rare drop, even if you can't grab him, you must definitely witness it with your own eyes, after all, it is a hardcore player." ”

"Huh? Don't you go? Tianshujun was obviously very active when he asked. ”

"I'm just wondering when I'll be able to reach the second layer, by the way, why are you so affectionate to Kirizai, Argo, and instead use honorifics on me?"

"Ahaha, probably Tianshujun feels more mature."

Wang Shui's straightforward expression made Argo a little embarrassed, but social colonists were not used to it.

"Then you can call me Brother Tianshu, it sounds more pleasant."

"Stinky boy, are you finding fault!"

Argo couldn't help but give Wang Shui a punch, slightly relieving the tense atmosphere of the nearby raiders.

[Note here, be quiet, we're almost getting started!] Try to get as close as possible. 】

Speaking generously in front of nearly 200 onlookers, it was a tall one-handed sword player who also had a flis-shaped shield.

Because the left hand was to throw, Wang Shui never considered a shield.

A magnificent bronze metal armor, wavy long blue hair and handsome facial features make this swordsman stand out, but unfortunately there are not many female players on the scene, and even if there are, they are leveling freaks like Shino.

In fact, what attracted the players present was his skills, wearing this kind of equipment that looked very heavy, the blue-haired swordsman actually jumped on the high platform of the fountain with a slight leap, which was already about his height.

His strength and agility are not low.

"It's a gaudy blue, much worse than your taste." When Wang Shui also set his eyes on the front, he didn't forget to turn around and complain to Shinai.

In exchange for a freehand kidney blow.

[First of all, thank you for responding to my call, although many people have known me for a long time, but I would like to introduce myself first, my name is "Diabel", a player who considers himself a "knight"! 】

He was greeted with a jumble of approving applause and whistles, presumably praising his courage to speak in front of so many people.

[I believe you are very clear,Everyone is active in the front line of the strategy,This meeting is to discuss the matter of the boss strategy,Because a few days ago,Our team has found the passage of the highest floor in the first layer of the maze tower,After testing, the difficulty of the monster has not increased much,...... The day after tomorrow at the latest! We'll be to the boss room! 】

There was a commotion in the crowd, and from time to time there were words such as "Is it already on the 20th floor?" or "That's amazing".

Wang Shui, who had never entered the labyrinth at all, suddenly realized, it turned out that there were subdivisions of 20 floors in the labyrinth black tower on the first floor, so disgusting design, no one had mentioned it on the website guide before? At least he didn't see it in Wang Shui's memory.

After letting the crowd discuss for a while, the blue-haired Diabel continued:

[It's been almost a month, and we've only reached the first threshold of this hundred-story death game! I think there are many people who are already despairing of this slow progress, and there are many people who are anxious about the increasingly scarce resources. So, we have to fight the Demon King! And not just to make a statement of our power! We also want to inform all players trapped in this cage that this world will be completely tackled! This is the obligation and pride of all the high-level players here! Isn't that right? 】

The cheers were high, and Diabel's speech and demagogic abilities were not bad.

"Mr. Knight, wait a minute."

"Before the strategy, if you don't explain some things clearly, I can't play a friendship game with you (Brother Dota X)."

Come on! Suddenly, a murky and low voice interjected, and Wang Shui immediately locked onto the little man with the head of the Meteor Hammer.

"Tooth King", Wang Shui was deeply impressed by him, there are not many villains in Sword Art Online, but as the ugliest stereotypical villain in the early stage, this Mr. Tooth King left a deep impression on Wang Shui.

Yeah! That's it, this is a typical villain with a thin image - the author doesn't want to spend more pen and ink, so he can only use the means of making him ugly in the early days, and the voice is particularly annoying.

It's too typical, brother, I finally saw the clown who was alive and wrote the villain on his face!

Wang Shui was suddenly excited, but Argo, the intelligence dealer next to him, was even more sad, but the blue-haired knight Diabel was full of smiles:

"You can say whatever you want, you are welcome to discuss it here, but if you want to speak, you should report your name first."

"Hmph—my name is the Tooth King," the Tooth King with the Meteor Hammer head was very imposing, and he looked at the audience and said slowly,

"Among the players present, there should be many people who want to apologize first, right?"

"Apologize? Who's with whom? Diabel expressed his doubts, his posture was still elegant and handsome, like a decent person.

"Huh? Needless to say? Of course, the more than 3,000 players who have died so far! It is because some people rely on information superiority to monopolize many safe and efficient resources that so many people die in the first month! ”

The voice of the Tooth King mentioned the level of roaring, and the audience instantly fell silent, only Wang Shui was more excited, and even wanted to take notes.

"—Mr. Tooth King, do you mean "closed beta players"?" Diabel's expression became serious.

"Needless to say! Those players who have gone through the closed beta have rushed out of the starting town immediately from day one, they quickly occupied the high-quality leveling field and high-yield missions, only cared about themselves becoming stronger, and then pretended to be unaware and sneaked into today's meeting, and also wanted to participate in the boss strategy! If these guys don't kneel down and apologize, and then spit out all the money and props in their hands, I really can't go with them, or even entrust my life to them! ”

Okay, there's a kind, Mr. Tooth King made a sharp output, and Wang Shui thought to himself that if I were a closed beta player, it would be strange that you would survive until the third day.

Although there was silence on the field, the extraordinarily low air pressure around some people almost revealed their identities, especially Argo, who was already trembling with anger!

"No, it's not! That's not true! Argo muttered quietly.

"What?"

“…… 531 people, and it can be confirmed that out of the more than 3,000 people who died, 531 people were closed beta players. Argo whispered.

More than half, a thousand people actually died so much, and the high mortality rate is terrifying.

In fact, it's not difficult to guess that the so-called closed beta experience, after the great change in the content of the game, naturally many of them have become traps, and a top lone wolf like Kirito was almost killed by the ruins that suddenly appeared.

Wang Shui thought that the death rate of players in the closed beta would be high, but he didn't expect it to be so high.

Anyway, there is no special indication of the beta player in the game, and Argo can actually master such detailed numbers, and his intelligence ability is a little too outstanding.

"May I speak?"

Oh? Here it is, the people who are more normal in thinking among ordinary players have appeared.

It was a tall man over 1.9 meters tall, with a deep face and large muscles, chocolate-colored skin and his large bald head, which made him look oppressive.

"My name is Achill, Mr. Tooth King, do you think that the closed beta players did not take care of the newbies to cause so many deaths, so you want them to apologize for their crimes?"

"Yes...... Yes and how! The little man was startled, but was quickly filled with courage by the troll's energy, and he leaned forward and shouted,

"That's 3,000! These players who dare to come out are RPG veterans, and if they had them, they would have broken through the third layer by now! ”

Wow, full of loopholes but extremely offensive language, Wang Shui really took out a piece of paper and wrote it down.

Argo next to him was very angry, and Wang Shui could only comfort:

"Peace of mind, there are always such people on the Internet, you should be glad that it's not across the screen now, isn't it much more convenient to buy his hands and feet, and here is the game, you can buy it repeatedly, how about it, are you excited? Preferential price for acquaintances at the opening reward, buy three times and get one free. ”

Sure enough, it was still the regia water that would comfort people, but Argo just gave him a roll of his eyes, and his tense attention was distracted.

"That's why I don't agree with Mr. Tooth King's words, although you said that the closed beta players went out early, but we didn't have much experience grabbing resources when we leveled up, and the game world was magnified a hundred times, and you said that the words of intelligence ......"

As he spoke, the big black man took out a parchment-bound booklet from his large waist pouch with round ears and three pairs of bearded rats on the cover.

"Mr. Tooth King should also have this strategy book in his hand, right? After all, almost all supplies can be obtained for free in the village and town item shop. ”

"Yes, so what?" The Tooth King's tone was still full of malice.

"You wouldn't think it was done by NPCs, would you? The tone of the language, the illustrations, and the explanation full of game jargon are clearly the work of the players, and you use your urchin-like brain to think, could this be something made up by a rookie player? This is the contribution of Closed Beta players! ”

"And you said that those 3,000 people died because of lack of intelligence and resources, and Mr. Yawang has been alive all the way here, haven't you seen their lives and deaths?! Precisely because they are all veterans, they are overconfident in their past game experience, how many people died from the untimely retreat, haven't you seen it on the front line? ”

The Tooth King was overwhelmed by the momentum of the big black man for a while, gritting his teeth and unable to speak, while Diabel, the initiator of the meeting, nodded approvingly to Achill.

Seeing that the atmosphere on the pitch had eased considerably, Diabel concluded:

"Mr. Tooth King, I can understand what you mean, I also went through a lot of near-death experiences in a completely unfamiliar leveling arena to get to where I am today. But this Mr. Achill is right, the closed beta players are not a bunch of selfish guys, but an important combat force for us to jointly attack the Demon King, look ahead, everyone! This meeting was to make sure that we were going to be the ones who were going to be the ones and that we were going to be the pioneers, so we couldn't focus on internal friction, and excluding experienced Closed Beta players would only increase casualties. ”

Okay, this is the same as the mud and the kung fu to steal the limelight, I, Wang Shui, have approved of you!