thefictionvixens 215. Do you have time afterward?
215. Do you have time afterward?
It has been almost a year since the first level clearance of 'Sword Art Online'...
A year is not very long for a longevity species like Nangong Yu.
But for the players trapped in 'SAO', it has been longer than any previous year...
A lot of things happened this year, and even some information took a long time to spread to the player group.
And the most striking one is naturally the progress of the strategy of this death game.
After clearing the ninth floor, the progress of the 'SAO' strategy has also undergone a major reversal!
It has only been about half a year, and now the game progress has reached the seventieth floor!
Those who were at the forefront of the activities and stood at the pinnacle of all players formed a strategy group, and they continued to fight for the purpose of defeating the 100th floor of the 'Ruby Palace'.
Although the players in the strategy group only accounted for a few hundred of the thousands of players in the entire ‘SAO’. But their level and equipment are not something that ordinary players can catch up with.
'SAO' can conquer the 70th floor within a year, and most of the capture is on them.
Among them, the players who make up the Raiders group are roughly divided into several camps.
The first is the 'Fenglin Volcano' guild, which is very popular among the bottom players. The leader is Klein.
This guild is a very decent guild. Although there are no outstanding achievements, they are not as limitless as some people. The overall strength is also among the best in 'SAO'.
The second is the 'Sacred Dragon United'
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If 'Fenglinhuo' is still a force formed by game players, then compared with the former, the behavior of 'Sacred Dragon United' is quite bad. Different from the former, they can already be said to be the Raiders machine.
In order to clear the game, they used a lot of unsightly means, even if it hurt other casual players! At the same time, because of this reason, the position of the president of the 'Sacred Dragon United' has changed very frequently. The president is a mystery.
Even among the members of the union, a considerable number of people do not know who their president is...
The third is the 'Knights of the Blood Alliance', headed by Heathcliff.
This guild is the strongest guild recognized by the entire raiding group, and even the entire 'SAO'!
Whether it is the strength of the members, or the number of members, they are the top of the entire 'SAO'. Coupled with the chairman Heathcliff, who has the special skill 'Holy Sword', many people put their hope of customs clearance on them.
And the last strongest and weakest faction, of course, is Nangong Yu's four-person team!
Although there are only four people in this team, nearly half of the seventy floors of 'Aincrad' were conquered by just four people!
If the players in the strategy group are the idols of the low-level players, then Nangong Yu and others are ordinary players, and even miracles in the hearts of the players in the strategy group.
It's just a four-person team, but in just one year, it has cleared more than half of the floors...
How can other players in the Raiders group be able to do it?
Even the strongest 'Knights of the Blood' can't do it!
Of course, this is in the case of Heathcliff's step-by-step game without hanging...
Nangong Yu and others hardly appear in the sight of the players, and it is difficult for even the intelligence businessmen to find traces of them. According to a certain unscrupulous intelligence dealer, the four of them will go directly to the labyrinth area on the next floor after clearing the customs, and they will basically not level up in the wild.
Although sometimes the four of them will appear in the sight of the players for a short time in order to collect materials, they disappear again before everyone can react...
This also made the Nangong Yu four into a legend!
Even if they walk on the street without showing their ID, almost no one can recognize them.
This style of behavior also adds a lot of mystery to Nangong Yu and others.
If there is a male player in 'SAO' that is most popular with females, then out of 100 people, at least 90 players will say it is Nangong Yu!
However, the players didn't know that Nangong Yu, who was cited as a god by them, almost vomited blood after hearing the legend of himself and others...
In terms of strength, is it difficult for his team to beat nearly forty floors?
The answer is naturally no.
Not to mention his and Edelweiss' speed of improvement, even Asuna and Kiriko are far ahead of those in the strategy team!
Even though this four-man squad is all top players, here's the problem!
They not only have to collect materials for equipment, but also run around in the labyrinth area to find the boss's room...
Compared to the hundreds of people in the raiding group, although the strength is not as strong as them, the principle that more people are more powerful has been brought into full play by them!
It is precisely because of this that when Nangong Yu and the others are struggling to find the boss's room in the labyrinth area, the strategy team has already entered the boss's room...
In fact, as long as Kiriko asks Klein a little bit to let them know when they find the boss, maybe Nangong Yu's team will be able to capture a terrifying 80% of the boss now! Presumably Klein will not refuse...
But there is a stubborn Edward Wise!
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According to her words, it is meaningless to rely on the number of people to crush the game.
The pride of being a swordsman would never allow her to make such a decision!
Even in the battle with the boss, she will not allow anyone to interfere in her battle.
Not even Nangong Yu at all!
In this regard, Nangong Yu also has noncommittal thoughts.
As a qualified entertainer, what if you don't find something to do?
He was already playing a game with Kayaba Akihiko, so how could he be in the company of those in the strategy team?
According to the agreement of the two, if he wants to win the final victory, he can only rely on these people in his team!
In this case, he naturally will not deny Edweis's decision.
It has now been almost three days since the seventieth floor clearance.
During these three days, except for Nangong Yu, even the players in the strategy group did not open up the wasteland to the labyrinth area.
"Well... the location of the boss's room can probably be judged. Wait and go directly to attack the boss?"
Looking at the map of the labyrinth, Kiriko nodded thoughtfully.
After being divided into two groups, the efficiency is naturally much higher.
The map exploration progress of everyone in a team is shared. If it wasn't for the difficulty of single-playing due to the high number of layers, Kiriko would like to suggest that the four of them take their own actions.
However, although there are only two groups of four people, the exploration progress of the labyrinth area is far ahead of before!
After hearing the black-haired girl's words, Nangong Yu shook his head.
"Forget it, let's go back after meeting with Edwise and the others."
"Ugh!?
Hearing this, Tong Zi couldn't help but startled.
"Don't beat the Boss today?
"No."
Shaking his head slightly, Nangong Yu said without raising his head as he retracted the black long sword into the scabbard.
"It's been hard for the past three days. Those people in the strategy group shouldn't come to the labyrinth area so soon. Taking advantage of this time, let's take a little break for two days."
"Is that so..."
His eyes flickered a few times, and Tongzi nodded lightly.
She was very satisfied with this progress in just one year, and it was okay to take a break.
"That...I wonder if you have time after that?"
"what?"
However, before Nangong Yu could reply, a pleasant female voice entered the ears of the two of them.
"It's wrong to sneak away... Kiriko—!"
Accompanied by the voice of the words, two shadows slowly entered the eyes of the two of them.
PS: Skip the timeline! The Moon Night Black Cats actually don't have much to write about, so I'll explain it a little later.