The night is like ink, and fear is like a needle, stinging the ears.

Asuna's face turned pale.

She finally mustered up the courage to trust others once.

Did you fall into the trap of booby-trapping the player?

Klein was also sweating profusely immediately, and his footsteps moved quietly, moving farther away from Roque standing.

However, Kirito was a little sensitive to the word "third day", as he remembered that it was the first time that a first-line player encountered the Big Tree Guard.

Kirito carefully looked at the "Wandering Knight Armor" on Roque's body.

Suddenly he remembered someone he had met.

Asuna came out a little late from the beginning of the guidance, and she didn't follow the big tree guards in the first echelon, so what she heard may not be complete.

At that time, there was a wandering knight player who was red all over and kept trying to kill other players, and was very aggressive.

There was even a player who died directly at his hands.

This made Kirito, who saw all this at the time, also immediately think of the game mechanic of "invasion".

During the closed beta, players stayed in their respective worlds, and if they wanted PVP, they needed special items to enter other people's worlds and fight each other.

When you enter someone else's world, your body will be covered in a layer of blood-colored red.

In order to prevent the other party from continuing to kill, Kirito and other closed beta players have also been squatting on each other, and what that player looks like has been remembered by them.

But that guy only appeared once and then vanished.

Let Kiriren and the rest of the closed beta players be on alert.

Afterwards, in order not to cause panic, the closed beta players tacitly said that the player who died was probably injured by mistake, hoping that the matter would be revealed for the time being.

"Isn't it?! Could it be that you killed that invading guy? ”

Kirito thought this clearly and looked at Roque in horror.

Roque looks harmless to humans and animals, but he is such a ruthless person.

No wonder the other party didn't show up the second time.

"There's no way, that guy has his eye on me and is forced to fight back."

Roque obtained the armor of the wandering knight and has not been equipped, but quietly mixed in the first echelon, as a useless person.

Not wearing armor is to reduce the weight and silently keep up with the speed of the first echelon.

"Invaders who can fight back against the wandering knight class... You're amazing......"

Kirito was a little impressed.

The Wandering Knight is the best class in the initial armor of the top ten classes.

The useless man starts with only one stick.

Being able to defeat a wandering knight with a useless person, Kirito thinks it's quite powerful, not to mention that it's still an intruder who has already killed the player.

"I was just a little cautious at the time." Roque shook his head, the Wandering Knight's armor making a slight crash with his movements.

There is no class restriction on the equipment of the ring, only the attribute value limit.

After he killed the intruder, the opponent's armor naturally came into his hands, as well as all the lunes of the intruder.

Kirito breathed a sigh of relief, after confirming that it was Roque who had killed the intruder.

He immediately explained to Klein and Asuna everything that had happened on the third day.

The tense bodies of the two finally relaxed.

The stone that I had lifted in my heart also fell.

But then Asuna asked with some doubts: "But even if you are afraid that the player's infighting will cause panic, you shouldn't hide it like this, how can you just reveal it?" ”

Kirito's face was a little unnatural, and he didn't know how to explain it to Asuna.

"Because it's not an ordinary player infighting at all, or it's not a player infighting in our world."

Roque, who had already put on the armor, his voice came from the mask, and he looked a little cold: "Right? Kirito. ”

Kiri's body froze, then nodded helplessly.

Roque: "Asuna, how many players do you think a game will play on day one when it comes out?" ”

"Uh...... Ten thousand, twenty thousand? "Asuna hasn't played a game, so I'm not sure.

Roque: "I can see that you really haven't touched the game. ”

"Yes, there must be more than 10,000 people playing the Ring, but we ...... here," Klein suddenly realized.

"But we only have close to 10,000 players here...... Right! ”

This time even Klein understood.

During the closed beta period, each closed beta player enjoyed a separate world, invading each other's worlds and competing with each other.

And during the open beta period, it was ......

"It's every 10,000 players who are divided into one world, and our different worlds invade and compete with each other. At the same time, only one person in all worlds can become the King of Elden! Kirito looked up and said.

"Of course...... This was just speculation for those of us who were in the closed beta. ”

"That invader could also be a player in our own world......"

Kirito frowned, this tattered world was already under huge pressure to survive, not to mention the unimaginable pressure of competition.

Don't live!

This kind of uncertain news will only give players another foot on the gas pedal when they are heading for corrupt morals.

Asuna and Klein were completely speechless.

If at the same time there are players like them who are desperately trying to live, and they have to compete with each other......

Just thinking about it makes me feel like this life is over.

Instead of speaking, Roque crouched down and grabbed a handful of dirt from the ground.

Give him a feeling of detail and authenticity.

He's pretty sure it's a world of data, but sometimes he can't help but wonder about it......

Roque remembers that the items that invaded other worlds were given by NPC White Masks.

The White Mask was slashed by the player on the first day of this world.

On the third day, players from other worlds invaded this world......

Roque doesn't think it's a coincidence.

He did not rule out that this was a retaliation by the White Mask.

But is it the same NPC shared by players from all worlds?

Are NPCs unique?

Perhaps this is also the reason why I didn't meet the initial guide NPC Melina.

There's only one Melina, but she's going to pick a Destiny Fader out of hundreds of thousands of players.

However, the evidence is still too scarce.

Roque couldn't come to conclusions so early, and only by meeting Melina or the witch Lani could he solve this puzzle.

"How, though? After knowing that I have killed someone, do you dare to join us? Roark looked back at the other three.

"Of course!" Klein clenched his fists: "I promised them that I would live together with their share!" ”

"Me too! I have to live well. Asuna also raised her astrological staff.

Kirito was silent for a moment.

Originally, he felt that there were too many people and it was not safe to level up at night, but now it seems that Roque's strength is not weak......

Maybe you can really level up with Soldier Greck in the forest north of the Church of Eyrey.

But the cave in the forest still counts......

After he thought about it, he looked up at Roque and said, "Let's go, I know where there are Greck soldiers in the forest north of the church, and I'll take you there." ”

……

The map was bigger than Roque had imagined, but as faded ones, they wouldn't be too slow to get there, as it wasn't too far from the Church of Eyre.

The soldiers in the forest ahead were patrolling at night, while Kirito looked cautious.

It's okay during the day, but at night, the soldier's night combat quality is much stronger than that of the player, and there are even many players who will suffer from night blindness at night.

But the soldiers who survive in this world seem to have long been accustomed to fighting in the dark.

"Roque, Klein, you two be careful, you are wearing armor, and it is easy to make a noise in advance to attract the attention of the soldiers."

But before Kirito could continue to explain the tactics.

A dark shadow beside him rushed out.

"Wait, Roque—" Kirito thought.

But in the next moment, he was surprised to find out.

"No sound?! How so? ”

Obviously wearing heavy armor, Roque didn't make a sound.

This is the ancient magic technique "Ghostly" that he learned at Hogwarts, as well as the ninja secret skills he practiced in the ninja school.

Like a dark shadow, it appeared directly behind the Greek soldiers.

"Pss

A straight sword pierced through the chest, a swift backstab.

One hit triggers the execution!

Executions increase the damage of the Fader's blow, and killing an enemy with more than 150% damage increases the amount of rune gained by an additional 20%.

If you add to this the fact that the executed monster has the gift of the Golden Tree, which is five times the amount of the golden pupils......

Roque's movements did not stop, obviously wearing the armor of a knight, but he was nimble like an assassin, executing every enemy he saw with one sword after another.

It's so strong!

Stronger than me!

Kirito looked cautiously at Roque, who was slaughtering Greck's soldiers in the moonlight.

He remembered that he had rejected Klein's companion on the grounds of numbers, because he did not dare to make such a guarantee.

At that time, once he promised Klein, it meant that he was responsible for the lives of his fellow Klein, which was a promise that needed to carry his life.

If Klein's companion had an accident because of his instructions, then even if Klein didn't say it, he would definitely blame him in his heart.

Kirito thought so, and subconsciously looked at the golden tree in the distance.

People will always trust people who are stronger than themselves, and this is a heavy expectation.

And the strong who are trusted will pursue the strong in a higher place in order to escape this heavy pressure.

It wasn't until this expectation became unentered, that the strongest king of mankind was born.

How much strength does it take to become the king of Elden, and how many expectations do you need to bear?

Kirito didn't know.

But at least for this moment, Kirito wants to pass on his anticipation to Roque.

If someone could get through this rotten world with one life, he thought that person could really be Roque.

(End of chapter)