Roque and Kirito left here with their front and back feet.

And at night, the church of Aire remained silent after someone had left.

Even the Tooth King, who just yelled for the beta players to share information, was just lonely with his legs leaning against the corner of the wall, motionless.

This isn't the first time someone has confidently gone out at night to kill monsters...... But how many can come back from the night?

No, no one has seen it yet.

Monsters are significantly better suited to the night than the player, and are more proficient in how to hunt at night.

The time of roaring, screaming, and screaming was long gone, and they had begun to walk towards numbness.

At the risk of being hacked to death by the Tree Guards, the Tooth King yells and accuses closed beta players of not for the sake of great goals, but actually just to get a good seat and get a good night's sleep.

It's just for this broken corner.

The Tooth King pressed his face against the dilapidated wall, and this feeling of reliance made him subconsciously curl up and nest here.

As for getting information, leveling up to save the world...

No kidding... In this kind of rotten world, it is impossible for anyone to be able to clear the level with one life......

What's more, on the first day of the game of death, the information has already spread among the player community.

The Drifting Graveyard in the Origin has a Golden Bow, a Golden Seed, and the most powerful ashes in the closed beta period, the Lost Knight Ogrey.

But what can he do, the Tooth King shuddered again when he thought of the poison pool in the drifting graveyard and the huge chariot that crushed flesh and blood.

If it weren't for the quick turnback, I'm afraid he would have died there.

What's more, they don't have the "Holy Grail Bottle" and "Soul Bell" that the beta players call it now, and even if they get the Golden Seed and ashes, it's useless.

Thinking of this, the Tooth King closed his eyes again.

In this world, it's still a day to be able to mix for a day.

……

"Hey! Wait a minute! Kirito hurriedly stopped Roque.

"You're not going to the Cave of the Near Forest to the north......

There are giant mountain demons to the west of the church of Eyrey, a large tree guarding the doorway to the east, and the direction they came from to the south.

The only way to level up is to go to the caves and graveyards in the north, or play with the Greek soldiers in the forest at night.

But......

"During the closed beta period, players have a Holy Grail Bottle, which can be used to regenerate health, and a Soul Bell that can summon ashes to help fight the boss...... But now there is nothing, and it is not advisable for you to rush into the cemetery. Kirito tried to convince Roque to turn back.

"It's really a troublesome point......"

Roque also nodded, these things are really hurtful if they are gone.

The Holy Grail bottle is okay, and everyone in the Ring has one Fading, which means that there are still channels to obtain it.

But the soul bell, except for the witch Lani, Roque has no clue how to get it.

And the spirit horse Torret, without this cute pony is the most hurt.

Roque can't even go to the corrupt land of Gailid to get the "meteorite staff" that can be called an artifact in the early stage.

"Right." Kirito breathed a sigh of relief, "It's better to go back with me first, tomorrow during the day we can fight the Grek soldiers together to earn rune." ”

"When the time comes, I can take you to level up."

Rune is both the money of the Junction and the experience of the Fader's upgrade.

Kirito estimated his current strength, and it was the limit to be able to bring one more person during the day.

"You shouldn't get as much rune during the day as you do at night, right?" Roque asked rhetorically.

At night, the number of monsters that receive the Golden Tree's bounty will increase, and their eyes will glow with gold under the same appearance, and killing them will give them five times as many runes as normal monsters!

"But...... There's a reason why the nights are profitable. The junction of the night is even more dangerous, and even with my strength, I can only protect myself at night. ”

Kirito was a little hesitant, he didn't want to watch his friend he just met die.

It stands to reason that he shouldn't even care about Roque's, upgrading alone and maximizing benefits is the normal path.

Because the proceeds of killing monsters in this game are only given to the last sword.

It's easy to clash with improvised teams.

"It's great if you can protect yourself, after all, even if it's me, I don't want to take three people with me at the same time." Roque pointed behind Kirito.

Three?

The other two are?

Kirito subconsciously turned his head and at the same time drew his weapon with both hands and slashed backwards!

"Klein??"

"It's me! It's me! Klein, dressed as a samurai, hurriedly waved his hand, indicating that it was his own person.

He was startled by Kirito's speed of light drawing his knife.

"Acquaintances?" Roque asked.

"Hmm...... I saw it on the first day. Kirito lowered his head.

On the first day, he also taught Klein how to operate, but the two soon learned that the game of life and death had begun, and that they could not escape the world.

Klein is going to find his guild mates, and Kirito can't bring so many newcomers at the same time.

So the two could only part ways temporarily.

"Where's your guild mate?" Kirito withdrew his weapon and looked at the other person curiously, "Could this be ......?" ”

"No, no, no!" Klein hurriedly waved his hand, "She came out with the two of you like me." ”

"As for my companions...... All of them are dead, crushed by chariots in the drifting graveyard. Klein's words were filled with sadness and a hint of fear.

Elden Ring doesn't seem to have done anything with the restricted-level graphics.

If a friend is crushed, that is, he is crushed alive.

The flesh foam even splashed into Klein's eyes, leaving him with only a scarlet memory of that day.

“…… I'm sorry. ”

Kirito didn't know what to say.

Klein, on the contrary, didn't want the atmosphere to be so bad for him, and quickly changed the subject: "Oops! I almost forgot! This one who came with me is a super beautiful girl, haha, what a lucky person......"

He gasped for air, tears as if they were about to come out.

It was a bit of a struggle to expect a sad man to speak in a pompous tone.

But Roque and Kirito weren't so ignorant, and they looked at the other person very cooperatively: she was wearing a stargazer's robe, and she used a cloak to hide her appearance as much as possible.

"Asuna ......," she whispered.

The name...... Is it a girl?

Kirito subconsciously shrank his head, lifted the strip of cloth on the swordsman's costume up again, covered his face, and quietly looked at Roque.

After Asuna finished introducing her name, she silently took off her cloak and looked at Roque.

She heard Roque's words at the Church of Aylay.

"Please, I want to team up with you." She bowed and spoke, but she still had the stargazing staff in her hand.

Roque looked at Asuna, he didn't understand a little, Klein caught up because he knew Kiritoro, what about Asuna?

The degree of freedom of the Ring has risen by a large level in the open beta.

You can even pick up other people's equipment and steal other people's things.

In this case, let's put it bluntly...... It's not very friendly to the weak with a good face.

Good looks are a disadvantage here.

It stands to reason that this kind of person should be more wary of others.

Kirito seemed to see what Roque was thinking, "Probably because the two of you are in a similar situation, right?" It's all special modeling! ”

"Special modeling?" Roque gestured his finger between the two of them.

Special modeling refers to modeling that is difficult for players to reproduce simply by pinching their faces.

But the players here are all the same as they are, and there is no such thing as modeling.

"Kirito means that you two are both good-looking." Klein immediately came to his senses as a game otaku.

I see......

"It seems that my charm has moved you."

Roque nodded thoughtfully.

"Not ......," Asuna retorted quietly.

With a privileged family, she can see more things.

Asuna can roughly guess what the future players will be like.

For example, there are already thieves in the current player group, and this group of people is afraid of fighting, thinking of stealing other people's rune to survive.

She is very observant and has seen several of them.

Some people may not even mind killing other players anymore.

This is because killing the player will also give you access to runes, and you can even blast equipment out of corpses.

On the third day, a player was suspected to have been killed in the party.

Maybe it's a mistake...... Anyway, that player is dead, and Lun doesn't know who took it.

Because killing a rookie player who doesn't have an operation is even easier than killing a Greek soldier, and the player drops even better starting equipment.

In this case, there is no safe zone, and rookie players who dare not go out to explore, and can only cower next to the blessing, are very likely to be plundered by powerful players in the later stage.

It's okay to survive by handing over Rune, and if someone like her is good-looking, without the protection of the system, if her strength is still weak......

At that time, I'm afraid I'll have to write a "It's time to offer your buttocks" on the spot.

……

Asuna looked at Roque.

The other party is good-looking, and may even be more popular than her to some extent, and the profession she chooses is still a "useless person", wearing only a strip of cloth on her body, at first glance, she is very perverted.

The so-called being chased by a bear does not need to run faster than a bear, only needs to run faster than a companion.

Asuna felt that if Roque had as a teammate, she might not be so conspicuous, and Roque's appearance might be easier to suck the pervert away.

Of course...... The most important thing is:

Asuna felt that this guy was strong enough, and even though the other party's own situation was as bad as her, she could still reach the Church of Aire first without equipment, and still occupy a good position.

Roque's action just now to throw the relic stone to attract the attention of the tree guards made Asuna mouth pause.

It's a very simple operation, but I just haven't thought of it.

Her profession is a stargazer, that is, a master, and this skill of attracting the attention of monsters is something that Asuna finds useful to her.

Roque is a closed beta player in her heart, and she should be able to learn a lot of similar skills.

She wanted to be strong and survive at the borderlands.

“…… I don't want to die, and I don't want to live like that. Asuna clenched her stargazing staff.

"Don't you want to live like that......" Roque nodded approvingly: "Although this reason is not as real as being impressed by my charm, it is okay." ”

"Let's go! Kill a few Greek soldiers first. ”

"Wait, Roque—"

Kirito stretched out his hand and just wanted to persuade a few more words, but his pupils shrank suddenly.

Because Roque transformed, he was instantly equipped with the armor and long sword of the "Wandering Knight" class.

Kirito's movements slowly stopped, and even his hand had subconsciously pressed on the weapon.

Even Asuna's body trembled violently when she saw this.

"Huh? How did this equipment come about? Aren't you a useless profession? ”

Only Klein hasn't figured it out yet.

"Oh? That's what you say? ”

Roque looked back at the three of them, smiled and said:

"Of course, it's because I killed a player with a knight class."

"I remember, on the third day......"

At that time, he had not yet entered the gray fog space.

Roque's voice landed, and the breathing of the three seemed to stagnate.

The night at the junction is quiet again at this moment.

(End of chapter)