Comprehensive comics: Starting from Sword Art Online

Su Chang accidentally awakened the system and discovered that it could take him through time and space. Excited, he immediately began his journey through time.

The first world turned out to be Sword Art Online, which was not like Naruto or One Piece as I had imagined, but it was not bad, at least it was much safer.

But the ten consecutive draws after the time travel almost made Su Chang collapse.

[One hundred million yen] × 6

Comprehensive comics: Starting from Sword Art Online
Chapter 1: Starting from the Sword God Realm
My name is Su Chang, a time traveler?
Su Chang, who should have been sleeping in his warm big bed, woke up and found himself in an unknown space.
When Su Chang woke up, he was still in the same sleeping position. It was not until he could not touch the quilt that he realized he was no longer in the original place.
Su Chang got up from the ground and looked around the space he was in with a confused look on his face.
This is an extremely vast space. With Su Chang’s eyesight, he cannot see the end of the space.
There was nothing in the space except the pure white floor and ceiling. Looking into the distance, it was also pure white.
Su Chang was only wearing pajamas and had nothing on him.
Looking at the blindingly white space, Su Chang tentatively called out to the front: “Is anyone there?”
Su Chang’s voice spread far away, but received no response.
After many attempts, Su Chang had to accept his fate and confirmed that he had come to a space where he was the only one there.
After several attempts, Su Chang was a little tired. He just lay on the floor in a big letter position, looking up at the pure white ceiling.
The floor of the space was spotless and the temperature was just right. Su Chang didn’t feel any discomfort lying on it, and even wanted to take another nap.
But there was nothing around, and this feeling of unknown and loneliness made Su Chang very uncomfortable.
At this moment, Su Chang couldn’t help feeling a little panicked. Lying on the floor, some horror scenes from movies and TV dramas slowly emerged in his mind, such as infinite loop space, alien mice and so on.
Thinking of this, Su Chang couldn’t help but shiver. Su Chang quickly put aside the horrible thoughts in his mind and stopped thinking about those things.
However, these thoughts also gave Su Chang inspiration. He thought that he had never done anything bad, so he should not be punished like this. Maybe he was holding an online article panel, the main god space or something like that.
Thinking back to the plot in the novel he had read before, Su Chang couldn’t help but think, if that were the case, I should have triggered something.
Thinking of this, Su Chang scratched his head and tentatively called out: “System?”
As Su Chang’s voice fell, a panel popped up in front of Su Chang.
“Oh my god, there really is a system!”
The emergence of the system dispelled the uneasiness in Su Chang’s heart. After all, with the system in place, he could proceed to the next step.
Instead of just sitting in this barren space, even if it is to perform a difficult task, it is much better than sitting alone.
Su Chang stood up, sat cross-legged, and began to explore the panel in front of him.
After a period of exploration, Su Chang also roughly understood the basic functions of his system.
Su Chang’s system is quite crude, without even a guide for beginners, let alone system elves of various appearances.
Although it adopts a simple style, the system’s functions are extremely powerful and are mainly divided into several parts.
The first step is to travel through various worlds. You can retrieve the world closest to you, and then travel through it, and you will be given basic language proficiency and a civilian identity.
The system will also record the coordinates of the worlds that Su Chang has traveled through, so he can return at any time.
Then there is the task system. Every time Su Chang travels to a world, the system will issue a task, and he will receive random rewards after completing the task.
There is no punishment for mission failure, but Su Chang knows that if the mission fails too many times, even if he is not eliminated, it will seriously affect the development of his strength.
Su Chang thought to himself that it seemed that he would have to try his best to complete the tasks from now on, even if it was just a tiny reward, as he never knew when he might need it.
After exploring the system, Su Chang also understood where he was. This was the initial space of the system.
It can be used to store some items. Although the space is large, there is still a limit on what can be moved in from the outside. Perhaps more permissions will be opened in the future.
“Then the next step is to search for the world closest to you.”
Su Chang’s originally relaxed heart was in suspense again. He closed his eyes and prayed silently in his heart, hoping that he would not appear in some high-risk world and let me grow up.
【bite······】
The world closest to Su Chang has been retrieved. Su Chang slowly opened his eyes and looked towards the system panel.
“Why is it Sword Art Online? There are no supernatural powers in this world, only virtual reality games. Don’t mess with me with your new account.”
Su Chang sighed, there was nothing he could do. Just stick with “Sword Art Online”. Fortunately there were quests to complete, otherwise it would have been a waste of time.
“The system begins to cross.”
Su Chang no longer hesitated and directly chose to travel to the world of Sword Art Online. Su Chang didn’t want to stay in this empty space for a moment.
Following Su Chang’s voice, the pure white space seemed to break apart in an instant, and Su Chang seemed to fall from the air, with a feeling of weightlessness quickly coming over him.
Following a scream, Su Chang fainted again.
When Su Chang woke up again, he was already lying on a bed. Su Chang sat up from the bed, covering his head.
Feeling the hard bed board beneath him, he complained: “At least put a mat on it, this bed board is very hard.”
The system did not respond to Su Chang’s complaint at all, and Su Chang’s punch was just hitting cotton.
Su Chang got up from the bed and looked around. The system had already transmitted Su Chang’s current identity and situation into Su Chang’s mind.
“This is such a shabby start. Just a bed, a small sofa, and a small mobile phone. Isn’t there even a kitchen or a bathroom?”
Su Chang took the certificate given to him by the system from the bed. He was an unemployed vagrant who had just arrived in Tokyo from China and had no money on him.
Su Chang only paid one month’s rent for the room he stayed in.
“No, this is a complete hell start. How can I have time to complete the mission if I don’t even have money? The system must have something it hasn’t told me.”
“Otherwise, just making a living in Tokyo would take up a lot of my time, so I wouldn’t have the energy to carry out missions. If I keep going like this, I might die in the next world.”
Su Chang paced back and forth in the small rental house, wondering what he had missed.
Su Chang suddenly had an idea and remembered that this system would not kill him. It was not a high-pressure system. There would most likely be benefits for novices at the beginning, but since there was no guidance for novices, he might need to figure it out on his own.
Moreover, the missions in the Sword Art Online world have not yet begun, so there is still a chance to turn things around.
Thinking of this, Su Chang quickly called out the system and said, “The system gave me a novice gift package and started the task.”
While Su Chang was nervous, the system made a ding sound.
[Congratulations to the host for winning the Novice Ten-Pick. The task module is being prepared and will be activated after the host enters the game. ]Three things to do when reading: read, collect, and reward!
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“I knew it wouldn’t be this tricky at the beginning.”
The system sound continued to sound.
[The lottery prize pool is open, and the host can use the lottery times to draw. 】
[When drawing a lottery, the world you are in will affect the probability of the prize pool, and the probability is related to this world. ]After the system’s voice fell silent, Su Chang began to ponder again. The probability of the lottery was also linked to the world he was in. It seemed that he had to consciously save some lottery times in the future.
Although it is a bit of a loss to use the ten consecutive draws given to novices in the Sword Art Online world, you still have to start the game after all. If you don’t make a good start, you might even die in the Sword Art Online world.
It’s not that Su Chang is too cautious. Although there is no supernatural power in the world of Sword Art Online, it can also take lives.
Just like when a character dies in the game, he will also be killed in real life, especially since there is a killing guild called the Smiling Coffin in the game.
It is necessary to improve your own strength. Now is not the time to discuss cost-effectiveness. Cost-effectiveness only comes if you are alive.
Su Chang made up his mind and directly played the ten-draw all-in game that came with the novice gift package.
Su Chang couldn’t help but sigh: “Can’t I relax a little bit every day?”
Immediately after Su Chang used the ten-draw technique, a black hole appeared directly on the system panel, followed by beams of light shooting out from the black hole.
Finally, the ten light spots turned into cards and were arranged in rows of five on the system panel. The black hole also disappeared.
“This lottery special effect is quite simple.”
Su Chang did not hesitate and flipped over the cards. After turning over the first card, there was a stack of banknotes on it.
〖One hundred million yen×1〗
The first card turned out to be 100 million yen, which made Su Chang very excited, and his originally nervous mood relaxed again.
“Oh my god, are you going to do something so big right off the bat? With this 100 million yen, I have enough start-up capital. At least I can buy a gaming helmet.”
Su Chang rubbed his hands and continued, “It seems that I am still a lucky guy. I got a good script. Keep flipping the cards and let me become Long Aotian!”
Su Chang turned over the second card, and just like the first one, there was another stack of banknotes.
“It’s not a loss. The more money the better. I’ll be here for at least three or four years, so it’s not bad.”
Su Chang rubbed his hands and continued to flip the cards. After the third card was turned over.
The fourth one.
The fifth one.
At this moment, Su Chang only felt his hands and feet were a little cold, and five cards in a row cost him 100 million yen.
One 100 million yen for one is a good thing, but five is a failure. That means the worst one among them is only 100 million yen, and I am a complete loser.
Su Chang sat down on the bed, looking at the five 100 million yen on the system panel and feeling worried.
If the next five tickets are still worth 100 million yen, then Su Chang will get a maximum of 10 billion yen.
Moreover, the system does not specify whether there is a guarantee or not, so the probability that Su Chang’s ten cards are all worth 100 million yen is still very high.
Although he had a lot of money, Su Chang’s strength did not improve at all. Not to mention fighting with a gun, even those who had been exercising for years were no match for Su Chang.
And he certainly couldn’t recharge in SAO. The Japanese yen in Su Chang’s hands had no other use except to multiply Su Chang’s quality of life.
Su Chang took a deep breath, looked at the five cards that had not been turned over yet, and started to fight!
Su Chang directly turned over the five cards, and then a dazzling golden light illuminated the entire system panel.
Withdrawal!
When the golden light faded away, Su Chang hurriedly checked the rewards he had received.
[Black Shadow Ninja Corps Soldier × 1]〖Black Shadow Corps Shadow Devouring Corps Soldier×1〗
〖The boundary between virtuality and reality×1〗
〖Bloodthirsty Demon Sword×1〗
After seeing the rewards for turning over the five cards below, there was only one word in Su Chang’s mind: awesome.
Su Chang couldn’t help but put his hands on his waist and laughed, “I, Su Chang, am not a non-African.”
Su Chang waved his hand and said to the system panel: “Collect all the yen!”
Then the mobile phone given by the system made a few notification sounds. Su Chang picked it up and saw that the 600 million yen drawn from the system had arrived in his account.
Looking at the 600 million yen in the account, Su Chang asked the system cautiously: “System, is this money from a legitimate source? Don’t let anyone come to check the water meter soon.”
[Please rest assured, all items obtained through the system have been rationalized and will not cause any additional trouble to the host. 】
“That’s good.”
Su Chang felt relieved after getting a positive answer from the system. After all, he had just started to develop and couldn’t let these little things affect him.
When you have a certain level of strength, you can be a little more arrogant. Now that you don’t have the strength, it’s better to hide yourself first.
After the 600 million yen was credited to the system, Su Chang looked at his small and shabby rental house and thought to himself, I will move to a better house after I deal with the rest of the rewards.
We have the conditions now, and we can make ourselves suffer no matter who suffers.
“System, check other reward information.”
[The host can check the reward information by himself, just click. ]Looking at the only four remaining rewards on the system panel, Su Chang went straight to “The Realm of Virtual and Reality” and “Bloodthirsty Demon Sword”.
As for the “Shadow Corps Ninja Group” and the “Shadow Corps Shadow Devouring Group”, Su Chang knew something about them. They both came from the world of “Jackie Chan Adventures” and could be put aside for now.
Su Chang first clicked on “The Realm of Virtual and Reality” to check its details.
[The realm of virtuality and reality]: Able to connect virtuality and reality, and possessing the power to break the gap between virtuality and reality.
Virtual and reality can be converted to each other to a certain extent, but there are limitations on the arrival of virtual objects in reality, and certain carriers are required.
Su Chang looked at the introduction of “The Realm of Virtual and Reality” and fell into deep thought. He said that it was very simple and clear, but its use still required careful consideration.
“The transformation from virtual to real is a professional match for a world like Sword Art Online.”
“If I have strong physical fitness in the real world, can I directly convert it into data and use it in the virtual world?”
“For the virtual world, it’s just a few more codes, and I can have a higher starting point and complete the task better.”
“If that idea is feasible, can the attributes obtained by killing monsters and leveling up in the virtual world be brought back to reality?”
Thinking of this, Su Chang couldn’t help but get excited. You know, if this method is really feasible, even if there are no supernatural powers in the world of Sword Art Online, he can still become very strong.
“System, can what I just said be done using the [realm of virtuality and reality]?”
The system did not respond to Su Chang’s question, and Su Chang’s just excited heart calmed down again.
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Chapter 3: Gadiaosu Xiang Nobuyuki (old version)
“Great! This way I can successfully pass the novice period and gain some self-protection power. When I reach the next world, I can also say that I am a person of some strength.”
〖Sword Art Online〗Although there is nothing like it in the real world, the game has a completely different world style and the combat power is not low.
At this moment, Su Chang has already planned what to do in the world of Sword Art Online, completing system tasks and upgrading as much as possible.
Su Chang turned his attention to the last item, the “Bloodthirsty Demon Sword”. Su Chang clicked on the card and began to carefully check its properties.
This sight surprised Su Chang. The attributes of this “Bloodthirsty Demon Sword” were simply amazing, and there were a lot of attribute entries.
[Bloodthirsty Demon Sword]: A legendary demon sword bred from endless blood, it possesses unimaginable potential and power.
[Invisible Bloodthirsty Demon Sword] It has no fixed form and can change shape according to the will of the sword holder. It can also be attached to other swords, but it cannot be transformed into any weapon other than a sword.
The properties of “Growth·Bloodthirsty Demon Sword” vary with the level of Qi and blood in the sword holder’s body. The more vigorous the Qi and blood of the sword holder, the stronger the properties of “Bloodthirsty Demon Sword”.
The “Bloodthirsty Demon Sword” will merge with the blood of the sword holder, allowing the sword holder to use the “Bloodthirsty Demon Sword” as easily as using an arm, and it can also bring the sword holder’s mind back into the body.
[Bloodthirsty·Bloodthirsty Demon Sword] After coming into contact with blood, it will devour the blood according to the consciousness of the sword holder.
[Repaying the Bloodthirsty Demon Sword] Part of the blood devoured is used to strengthen the sword holder, improving all of his attributes.
[Blood Pool·Bloodthirsty Demon Sword] Part of the blood swallowed will be stored for backup, and it can also provide recovery ability.
Blood Rush: The sword holder can consume all the blood stored in the blood pool at once, which can greatly improve the overall attributes of the sword holder and the “Bloodthirsty Demon Sword” in a short period of time.
After reading all the skills of the “Bloodthirsty Demon Sword”, Su Chang could only say one word.
“ox.”
This “Bloodthirsty Demon Sword” can completely serve as the core of a person’s combat power system, and its upper limit is extremely high.
If he takes it as the core and adds some skills or bloodline related to Qi and blood, Su Chang won’t have to worry about his own development for a long time.
“Hurry up and get it. I can’t wait to feel the extraordinary power.”
Su Chang received the “Realm of Virtual and Reality” and the “Bloodthirsty Demon Sword”, and instantly Su Chang felt as if something was flowing inside his body.
With a thought, a red light began to shine on Su Chang’s right hand. As the light continued to extend, a blood-red dagger appeared in Su Chang’s hand.
The blade of the dagger flashed with blood-red light, presenting a strange beauty as a whole.
With the appearance of the “Bloodthirsty Demonic Sword”, Su Chang felt a little weak, but he didn’t care.
After all, this “Bloodthirsty Demonic Sword” was condensed from his own blood and energy, so it was normal for it to be a little weak. I could only say that I was too weak.
Su Chang could also feel that the “Bloodthirsty Demonic Sword” in his hand was not a complete form, but his blood was too weak so it could only take the form of a short sword.
Su Chang played with the “Bloodthirsty Demon Sword” in his hand for a while, then gently slashed at a corner of the bed.
Su Chang hadn’t even put much effort into it when the corner of the bed board was cut off. Su Chang was very satisfied with the missing corner of the bed board and put the Bloodthirsty Demon Sword back into his body.
Su Chang began to feel the realm of virtuality and reality again, sitting cross-legged on the bed with his eyes closed for a while.
In the end, he didn’t figure out anything: “It seems that I can only experience the power of this [realm of virtuality and reality] when SAO is launched.”
After receiving the “Realm of Virtual and Reality” and the “Bloodthirsty Demon Sword”, Su Chang also received the remaining “Black Shadow Corps Ninja Regiment” and “Black Shadow Corps Shadow Devouring Regiment”.
Su Chang stood in the middle of the rental house and waved his hand, saying, “Come out, my Black Shadow Army.”
Inside the rental house, the shadows around began to flicker, and two black shadows came from the corner along the ground to Su Chang.
Then, two black shadow soldiers, one big and one small, appeared in front of Su Chang. Looking at the two figures in front of him, Su Chang was stunned at first and then began to look at the system panel carefully.
〖Black Shadow Corps Ninja Corps Soldier×1〗,〖Black Shadow Corps Shadow Devouring Corps Soldier×1〗.
“one?”
“One is better than 100 million yen. Although the combat power is not strong, it is very practical.”
Su Chang said to the shadowy soldier in front of him, “From now on, the big one will be called Dahei, and the small one will be called Xiaohei.”
Xiao Hei seemed to be dissatisfied with his name. He was such a small guy that he couldn’t even reach Su Chang’s knees when he jumped.
“You said you can absorb other people’s shadows to grow bigger, but come on, you’re still not as good as a small one. Even if you grow bigger, your fighting power won’t be much stronger. A small one is also cute.”
Xiao Hei had no choice but to succumb to Su Chang’s tyranny. Without Su Chang’s permission, it could only remain in this tiny form.
“Big Black, Little Black.”
“My first mission for you is to kill Nobuyuki Sugo. Remember to do it without anyone noticing.”
After receiving Su Chang’s order, Dahei and Xiaohei immediately took action, blending their bodies into the darkness and moving towards the target.
We have come to the world of Sword Art Online, Nobuyuki Sugo must die, and this disgusting guy should not stay in the world to pollute the air.
Su Chang also took the initial certificate given to him by the system, pushed open the rental house and began to prepare for the launch of SAO.
First, you need to rent a better house, and then start improving your real strength according to the plan in your mind.
Su Chang did not choose to rent or buy a house near the protagonist’s home. Regardless of whether there are any benefits, spending so much money on renting or buying a house is not a wise choice.
Yuuki Asuna is the daughter of a large electronic product manufacturer, and her family’s wealth is beyond description. Kiritani Kazuto also has some assets, and his house alone is worth several million RMB.
Instead of spending these millions to acquire a neighbor relationship that may or may not be useful, it is better to use it to strengthen yourself.
Although the Black Shadow Corps exists, it is still very easy for Su Chang to make money, but Su Chang has to focus all his energy on SAO in the future and cannot allow the Black Shadow Corps to commit crimes.
Any possibility that may affect Su Chang’s improvement in strength cannot exist. Su Chang only has less than three years in SAO, and not a single minute can be wasted.
Soon Su Chang chose a location, a country house far away from the city. The reason for choosing this place is that Su Chang does not want to be in the hospital and under surveillance like other people who entered SAO.
According to Su Chang’s plan, by the time Su Chang enters SAO, his physical fitness will be far beyond that of ordinary people.
It is easy for people to discover that you are different from others. If you don’t want to be sliced ​​and studied, you can only choose to hide.
Chapter 4 Enhancement (Old Version)
Just as Su Chang headed straight for his new villa to prepare for entering SAO, Dahei and Xiaohei also followed the shadows to Sugo Shin’s house.
After get off work, Nobuyuki Sugo took off the hypocritical mask he had pretended to be in front of outsiders all day.
“Damn it Kayaba Akihiko, sooner or later all your achievements will be mine.”
“Just wait, I will step on your SAO to realize my ideal. I am the best.”
Nobuyuki Sugo took off his suit while venting the malice in his heart.
Nobuyuki Sugo did not install cameras in his home. As a practitioner in the current virtual network technology, Nobuyuki Sugo naturally knows how great the possibility of leakage is.
Another reason is that only in his own home can Nobuyuki Sugo feel the feeling he has always pursued, the feeling of being wanton and self-centered. Installing cameras to monitor himself makes him disgusted from the bottom of his heart.
At this moment, Nobuyuki Sugo has already planned a plan to fulfill his dirty wish.
In the original work, Kirito defeated Kayaba Akihiko and rescued the survivors in SAO, but Sugo Nobuyuki secretly intercepted 300 people and imprisoned them in ALO.
It is used to conduct illegal and inhumane brain experiments and is the mastermind behind the game ALO.
Little did he know that someone had already ambushed him in his most secure home, and he was about to fall into eternal sleep with his dirty heart and die in his sleep.
Just as Nobuyuki Sugo took off his shoes and was about to walk into the house, a little guy suddenly emerged from the shadows behind him.
It ran towards Sugo Shinji with its four short legs, then opened its little mouth to reveal its jagged fangs and bit Sugo Shinji’s shadow.
Xiao Hei belongs to the “Shadow Corps Shadow Devouring Group” and has the ability to devour other people’s shadows. After a shadow is devoured by Xiao Hei, the devoured life form will lose consciousness and fall asleep, and at the same time lose its own shadow.
It’s just too obvious. For a world like Sword Art Online without super powers, it’s not so bad. At most, it can be regarded as a supernatural phenomenon and become an unsolved mystery.
If it was a high-magic world, it would be easy to see that someone was causing trouble, and they would probably follow the clues directly to Su Chang’s lair.
As Xiao Hei swallowed, Nobuyuki Sugo’s shadow was soon swallowed up completely.
As the shadow disappeared, Nobuyuki Sugo fell to the ground and fell asleep, and Xiao Hei’s body grew a little bigger.
It was not enough to just devour Sugo Nobuyuki’s shadow, Su Chang’s order was to kill Sugo Nobuyuki.
It was Dahei’s turn to appear next. Wearing gloves, Dahei closed all the windows in the room, then turned on the natural gas in the kitchen and let it fill the room.
Death by suffocation from natural gas is ridiculous, but at least it is acceptable. However, if there is no shadow or other methods of killing, the flaws left behind are huge. Death by suffocation from natural gas is undoubtedly the best choice, and even Conan cannot break it.
As the natural gas continued to squeeze the oxygen in the room, the oxygen content in the room began to slowly decrease, and eventually Nobuyuki Sugo was suffocated to death.
During this period, Daikoku and Kokoro had been lurking in the shadows. When they were sure that Nobuyuki Sugo was dead, Kokoro returned his shadow and went back to report.
“Dahei and Xiaohei, you did a good job. You can go down first.”
As soon as Su Chang finished cleaning up, Xiao Hei and Da Hei came and reported the situation to Su Chang truthfully.
After learning the news of Nobuyuki Sugo’s death, Su Chang smiled with satisfaction.
The next day, after a night’s rest, Su Chang started his own action. Su Chang had checked the information last night. SAO is now in the closed testing stage, and it will take some time before SAO is released.
This period of time is enough for Su Chang to complete his plan and achieve the most initial accumulation.
As for how to achieve it, it naturally depends on the “Bloodthirsty Demon Sword”. Since one can become stronger by swallowing blood, it is natural to obtain blood in large quantities to strengthen oneself.
If there are no powerful creatures, are there no pigs, cows, or anything like that? With such a large number, it is enough to create a small powerful one.
Su Chang purchased several slaughterhouses to store the purchased cattle and pigs, and then placed orders for pigs and cattle from all over the world.
Su Chang first bought 200 million yen worth of cattle and pigs. Excluding other expenses, Su Chang had spent almost half of the 600 million yen he withdrew from the system.
Su Chang stood outside the slaughterhouse looking at the cows and pigs and thought, I hope these can be used.
Because the slaughterhouse purchased by Su Chang was located in a relatively remote area, Su Chang planned to carry out the slaughter directly without wasting a single drop of blood.
Su Chang summoned the “Bloodthirsty Demonic Sword” from his body and stabbed it directly into a cow next to him.
The sharp “Bloodthirsty Demonic Sword” instantly pierced Niu Niu’s body, and before Niu Niu could even utter a wail, he was sucked into beef jerky.
The cow next to it didn’t know what was happening and was still eating grass leisurely. Su Chang felt the power flowing towards him from the “Bloodthirsty Demon Sword”.
This comfortable feeling made Su Chang unable to help but indulge in it. Looking at the remaining cows and pigs, Su Chang showed a cruel smile.
Then I rushed towards them with the “Bloodthirsty Demon Sword” in hand, and let all of this become my experience.
In the following days, Su Chang was in a state of sucking blood to become stronger, and he would go out to purchase supplies from time to time to alleviate the impact of constant killing.
Before traveling through time, Su Chang was also a good young man. Such frequent killing still had an impact on Su Chang.
The renovation of the country villa is almost completed. A towering outer wall has been built to block the view of outsiders, while Dahei and Xiaohei are digging downwards.
I have to say that the Black Shadow Corps is really useful. They quickly dug out a basement under the country villa. That will be where Su Chang will spend the next three years.
A week before SAO was officially released, Su Chang stopped the slaughter and began to focus on dealing with the villa.
The improvement that these pigs and cows can bring to Su Chang is already very small. At this moment, Su Chang’s physical fitness has reached the limit that ordinary creatures can provide.
It is necessary to hunt extraordinary creatures in order to continue to progress. These ordinary creatures can only charge the blood pool at most.
All the fat on Su Chang’s body disappeared, replaced by a body of strong but not overly disgusting muscles.
The feedback brought by “Bloodthirsty Demon Sword” is an all-round improvement. Su Chang feels that his appearance has improved by several levels.
At this moment, Su Chang’s physical fitness makes it easy for him to break various records in human history. Su Chang has surpassed the limitations of ordinary humans and begun to move towards the limits of nature.
Su Chang was also confident that it wouldn’t be long before he could surpass the limits of the natural world without supernatural powers like Sword Art Online.
“Next, I’ll just wait for SAO to be released. I can’t wait for the other world.”
Chapter 5 Game Start (Old Version)
SAO Sword Art Online is officially released, with an initial launch of 10,000 copies.
Su Chang also bought the SAO Sword Art Online helmet as soon as possible to ensure that he could enter SAO as soon as possible.
Su Chang’s residence for the next two years has already been arranged. He lives in the basement of a country villa and is taken care of by Dahei and Xiaohei. He doesn’t have to worry about anything.
If all aspects are sufficient, Su Chang can stay in SAO for several years.
The only thing Su Chang is worried about now is that he has not stayed in SAO long enough, and the possibility of the high-output microwaves caused by the character’s death destroying Su Chang’s brain is almost zero.
Not to mention Su Chang’s physical fitness that is far beyond common sense, the blood pool will continue to restore Su Chang’s body. Unless the blood pool is emptied directly, Su Chang will continue to recover. The death that other players fear is not worth mentioning to Su Chang.
As for Nobuyuki Sugo who was killed by Daikoku and Xiaohei, he was a senior executive of a company after all, and he disappeared from people’s sight for a long time. It is hard not to suspect that he had an accident.
After the call was made, the police went directly to Nobuyuki Sugo’s residence. It was November at that time, and although the temperature was not high, it was not low enough either. Nobuyuki Sugo’s body had already begun to rot.
After the police broke into the house, they could still smell the stench of natural gas and saw Nobuyuki Sugo lying not far from the door.
After investigation, the police did not find any useful clues, and the forensic examination confirmed that the cause of death was suffocation by natural gas.
The police also checked surveillance footage from various sources, but unfortunately, they still did not find any clues, and there were no cameras installed in Nobuya Sugo’s home.
All the clues point to one result, that is, Nobuyuki Sugo was killed by Natural Gas.
Although this kind of thing seems a bit magical to the police, it is not unacceptable. Maybe Nobuyuki Sugo is such an idiot.
In the end, the police closed the case and concluded that Nobuyuki Sugo died of suffocation due to natural gas, and even made a promotional advertisement to warn citizens to be careful when using natural gas.
At 12:50, with only ten minutes left before logging in, Su Chang checked his arrangement again and then took out the “full stealth device” from his helmet.
This is the medium for players to enter SAO. When used, it will cut off the neural induction with the real body to bring a higher sense of immersion.
At the same time, the protagonists of “Sword Art Online” are also preparing to play the game and start their own journey to another world.
At one o’clock in the afternoon, SAO officially began to operate. As the helmet was turned on, a sound like acceleration began to sound.
“Connection started.”
Then the sight disappeared, and a white board appeared in front of the eyes. Then colorful spots of light began to appear in the center of the white board and approached the player.
When they got closer, I could see the colorful light beams clearly. I passed through the light beams and officially entered the startup page.
Select the language, enter the account, select the gender, and pinch the face. In a burst of brilliant blue light, Su Chang arrived in Aincrad as if traveling through time and space.
When Su Chang opened his eyes again, he was already in Aincrad. Su Chang clenched his fists and felt this body in the virtual world.
Although he has lost his strong physical fitness, his reaction speed is still retained, and he is still able to control this body to perform difficult movements.
Blue lights flashed around Su Chang, and people kept logging in.
Aincrad is the floating city where Su Chang is located. It consists of a total of one hundred floors, each with different scenery. As the number of floors increases, the level of monsters also increases.
The main gameplay of SAO is still to kill monsters and cultivate, and unlock higher levels by defeating the boss of each level.
There is almost no magic in Aincrad, only a sword skill system, and players can only use sword skills to defeat monsters and level up.
Magic actually existed in the background of SAO, and the floating city Aincrad didn’t exist at that time.
The world is maintained in balance by two “Holy Trees”. When the world falls into turmoil and various forces are at war.
The world has undergone tremendous changes. A halo with a diameter of ten kilometers has surrounded the battlefield. Not only that, the capitals and major cities of the two kingdoms of Lyusla and Karesio, the Nine United Kingdoms, and the Underground Kingdom have all been cut off from the earth by the halo.
The number of halos reached more than a hundred. They flew into the air and piled up layer by layer. The floating city of Aincrad was born. People called this event “The Severing of the Earth”.
Since Aincrad was floating in the air and lost the protection of the Holy Tree, his magic disappeared and only his sword skills remained.
Just as Su Chang was groping around.
【bite!】
The system that had been offline for a long time was finally online again.
[The host is detected to have entered the game, the task module is activated, and tasks are issued. ][Mission 1: First Blood, give the final blow to the boss guarding the first floor of Aincrad, and you will be rewarded with one lottery draw.][Mission 2: Savior, prevent the demise of the “Black Cat Group of the Moonlit Night”, and be rewarded with one lucky draw.][Task 3: Hello Santa Claus, kill the apostate Nicholas and you will be rewarded with a resurrection coin.][Task 4: Dragon Slayer, kill the Quartz Dragon, and be rewarded with the title “Dragon Slayer”][Task 5: Punish the wicked and eliminate the evil, wipe out the Smiling Coffin Union, and be rewarded with one lucky draw.][Final mission: If you are a man, go to the 100th floor, clear Aincrad or defeat the final boss Kayaba Akihiko, and you will be rewarded with dozens of lucky draws.]After the system released the task, it went offline again without staying offline for a moment.
Su Chang looked at the six tasks and fell into deep thought. The rewards were pretty good. Some were related to the plot, and some were just simple killing tasks. It seemed that there was no pattern in the way this system released tasks.
Although most of them are lottery draw times, Su Chang must also win them, as well as the resurrection coins and the title of “Dragon Slayer”.
After exploring the Town of Origin, Su Chang did not use the “Realm of Virtual and Reality” immediately. He planned to wait until Kayaba Akihiko would appear in the afternoon. Su Chang planned to wait until Kayaba Akihiko finished his speech before copying his physical fitness in reality into SAO.
In the field outside the Town of Origin, a black wild boar was eating grass, its scarlet eyes indicating its identity as a wild monster.
Watching the wild boar Su Chang begin to try out the sword skills system in SAO, he raised the novice dagger given by the system.
“The opening move is important, then aim and use sword skills.”
Su Chang got into a thrusting posture, and the dagger in his hand began to emit a blood-red light due to the effect of the sword skill system.
“Now, thrust!”
Su Chang rushed towards the wild boar with a dagger in his hand. The dagger cut through the wild boar’s skin, leaving a deep cut.
There was no blood spurting out of the wound. After all, SAO is a virtual reality game, and it cannot be too bloody if it wants to pass the review.
The wound was replaced by a grid-like light red plane, which disappeared automatically after a while.
Chapter 6 Tongzi? (old version)
Su Chang frowned slightly. The feeling of not being able to kill the monster in one go was a bit uncomfortable, and Su Chang, who had been mowing the grass, was a little uncomfortable.
Just as Su Chang was stunned, the wild boar turned its head and rushed towards Su Chang.
Su Chang didn’t even turn his head. He gathered the strength of the dagger in his hand and cut a wound on the wild boar with one blow.
After being hit hard twice in succession by Su Chang, the wild boar’s health bar was almost gone. It remained in the posture of being attacked and then turned into light blue fragments and shattered, disappearing.
The system also prompts Su Chang to obtain “Wild Boar Meat” x 1, gain experience 24, and level up to level 2.
“That’s awesome, brother!”
A man nearby quickly walked up to Su Chang and said, “So fluent, brother, how did you do that?”
Su Chang looked at the man in front of him wearing novice leather armor and a red headscarf and said, “Who are you?”
The man patted his head and said, “Sorry, I forgot to introduce myself. My name is Klein.”
Only then did Su Chang recognize that this was a character from the original novel, one of the founders of the union “Fenglinhuoshan”.
Since Klein is here, does that mean the male protagonist Kirito is also nearby?
“Where have you been? Didn’t you say you wanted me to help you level up?”
Different from what Su Chang imagined, the voice that came was actually a female voice. A guess flashed through Su Chang’s mind, could it be that…
The owner of the voice also appeared in Su Chang’s field of vision. He was wearing the novice leather armor given by the system, with long straight black hair moving in the wind. His appearance could only be described as average.
However, considering that SAO can customize one’s face, not only the appearance but also the gender can be changed at will, that guess still remains in Su Chang’s mind.
“Sorry, I didn’t mean to run away. I just ran over because I saw the guy next to me was very skilled.” Klein explained, touching his head.
“What? I was walking in front, and when I turned around, you had disappeared. I was searching for you for such a long time.” Tongzi was a little angry. Not only did you interrupt my leveling training, but you even ran away halfway. Did you have any problem with me?
Su Chang looked at the black and straight girl in front of him and decided to take the initiative and said, “Hello, my name is Su Chang, and I’m very happy to meet you in this world.”
Su Chang broke the slightly awkward situation, and Klein couldn’t help but look at him with gratitude.
“My name is Tongzi. The guy over there should have introduced himself.” Tongzi introduced himself with his arms folded across his chest.
After getting Kiriko’s real name, Su Chang couldn’t help but call out in his heart, it was really Kiriko, not Kirito.
Su Chang thought about it while continuing the conversation, saying, “Klein has already introduced himself to me. Are you here to level up?”
Seeing that the situation had been resolved, Klein regained his carefree attitude and said, “Yes, through my observation, I have discovered that Tongzi is a tester, so I asked her to help me level up.”
“By the way, Su Chang, are you also a closed beta tester? You were so fluent when you were beating the wild boar just now, it was really cool.”
Facing Klein’s question, Su Chang explained: “No, this is my first time playing this kind of game.”
“What do you mean by first time? You’re so much better than me.” Klein was obviously a little autistic when he heard Su Chang say that it was his first time to play.
Tongzi on the side was also observing Su Chang. Tongzi, who had extremely sharp insight, always felt that there was something strange about the man in front of her, but she couldn’t tell exactly what it was.
Klein, who is a social animal in real life, quickly recovered from the blow and said with full energy, “In that case, let’s level up together.”
Before, Su Chang had been exploring on his own, but now with the guidance of the tester Tongzi, he made rapid progress and soon mastered the basic operations of SAO. In contrast, Klein could only exchange a few moves with the wild boar.
The game time was short, and soon it was evening. Su Chang, Tongzi and Klein rested by a lake and enjoyed the beautiful scenery.
“It’s hard to imagine that it can be done to this extent.” Klein exclaimed as he sat cross-legged on the grass.
“Whoever developed this game is a genius. I’m so lucky to live in this era. It’s amazing.”
Tongzi on the side said indifferently: “It’s too exaggerated.”
“How could that be? This is my first time experiencing full stealth.”
“So, this is your first time playing this kind of game, too?”
“Yes, I hastily bought the equipment for Sword Art Online.”
People like Tongzi, who have been immersed in full stealth for a long time, have long forgotten what it felt like when they first went into full stealth. Seeing Klein’s excited expression, he turned his head to look at Su Chang.
“Su Chang, how do you feel?”
Klein was also very interested in Su Chang’s answer and looked at Su Chang.
Su Chang lay on the grass, resting his head on his hands and said, “It’s like traveling to another world.”
“Travel through time?”
“Yes, coming to a world that is completely different from the real world is like starting a new life.”
Klein also followed Su Chang’s example and lay on the grass: “That’s right, I feel like a hero in a light novel.”
Su Chang’s words also touched Tongzi deeply. As a closed beta tester, she was quite fascinated. Holding the sword in her hand, she seemed to be able to go anywhere freely.
This feeling is far beyond what the real world can compare to, and this is what the three of them were imagining about the future.
A gurgling sound broke the tranquil scene. It was Klein. He held his stomach and said, “I’m hungry. I think I need to log off and eat first.”
Klein’s performance made Su Chang and Tongzi laugh: “The food in SAO can only make you forget your hunger temporarily. You still need to eat.”
Klein stood up and said, “I’ve ordered a hot pizza for 5:30. I’m such a genius.”
“By the way, I have plans to meet up with friends from other games. How about Su Chang and Tong Zi adding me as a friend?”
Facing Klein’s question, Tongzi was obviously stunned and looked a little evasive. Su Chang knew that Tongzi would not add it. She was like a social phobic, who liked to be with people but was afraid to make a decision. Su Chang answered for Tongzi.
“No need, Klein. Kiriko and I both like to work alone, so we can team up when we have the chance.”
Su Chang’s answer undoubtedly helped Tongzi out of the predicament, and Tongzi looked at Su Chang with gratitude.
Klein stopped insisting: “Then I won’t force you. I’ll introduce you to each other next time.”
“Su Chang, aren’t you going out for dinner?”
“Let me take a look at the situation. I am a little tired too.”
“Okay, I really have to log off now. Please give me more advice in the future.”
“Goodbye Klein.” Tongzi said goodbye to Klein, and Su Chang didn’t say much.
Because SAO has been closed for a long time, there is no exit button in the game. From the moment you log into the game, Kayaba Akihiko will not let you leave. Only a few lucky people who did not enter the game escaped.
Chapter 7 Unable to log out (old version)
Klein stretched out his hand and pointed in the air, then swiped to bring up the system list. Just as Tongzi was about to continue leveling up, Klein made a puzzled sound.
“Huh? Why is there no logout button?”
Tongzi turned his head and looked at Klein and said, “Look carefully.”
“Indeed, the logout button has disappeared.” Su Chang also pretended to be panicked.
The reason for doing this is that he is afraid that Kiriko will find out his difference. After all, Kiriko is the one who saw through Kayaba Akihiko’s disguise in advance and has the strongest reaction and discrimination ability among all players.
Tongzi thought the two were joking with her and said impatiently, “It’s under the menu.”
After saying that, she cut out her own menu as a demonstration, wanting to demonstrate it to Su Chang and Klein, but when Tongzi swiped under the menu, she was also stunned. The logout button really disappeared.
Klein pretended to be nonchalant and said, “After all, it’s the first day of testing, so some minor problems are inevitable. The operators should be crying now, hahahaha.”
“You’re going to cry too. It’s already 5:25.”
Klein didn’t collapse from being trapped in the game, but he couldn’t stand the delay in eating, so he shouted, “My teriyaki mayonnaise pizza and ginger ale.”
Kiriko was also offering advice, saying, “Now is not the time to worry about your pizza and soda. Complain to the GM first.”
“No, I’ve already complained to the GM, but there’s been no response. Is there any other way to log out?”
Su Chang was the first to say, “No, except for logging out using the logout button in the menu, the only other person outside is taking off his helmet.”
Klein found it hard to imagine: “Is that really the case? Tongzi, there must be another way, right?”
“Yes, Su Chang is right. There are only two ways to log out.”
The atmosphere froze for a moment, and a sense of panic enveloped Tongzi and Klein.
Klein even started to make some strange movements, trying to log out of SAO, but it was of no use.
“How could this happen? I live alone. Can’t I take off my helmet myself outside?” After saying this, Klein pretended to take off his helmet.
Kiriko explained: “It’s useless. Now we can’t control our bodies. The signals from our brains will be intercepted behind our necks by the full stealth device.”
Klein gave up struggling, looked at Su Chang and Tong Zi and said, “What about you guys, do you live together by yourselves?”
“One of the servants will notice that something is wrong with me soon.” Su Chang made up an excuse. It wasn’t really a lie, because Dahei and Xiaohei could also be used as servants.
“What? Su Chang, you are actually a young master? Black hair and black eyes, where are you from?”
“I came from China and temporarily settled in Japan because of some matters.”
“So that’s how it is. Then Tongzi, are you also Chinese?”
“Sorry, I’m not Chinese. I’m Japanese and I live in Saitama Prefecture.”
Klein was a little disappointed: “I thought I was so lucky to meet the young lady and the young master.”
“Is anyone at your house, Tongzi?”
After thinking for a while, Tongzi said, “I live with my mother and sister. They should notice my abnormality during dinner.”
“Ah, am I the only one who is going to be trapped in the game? Tongzi Suchang, you have to rescue me.”
Su Chang comforted him, “Don’t worry, Klein should be able to log out soon.”
“Yeah, I’ll just sit back and wait for the operators to come and repair it.”
Compared with Su Chang and Klein who waited for the operators to come for repairs, Tongzi was more cautious.
Tongzi said to Su Chang and Klein: “Don’t you feel weird?”
“What’s so strange about this? Isn’t it normal to have some bugs on the first day of the server opening?”
“It’s not just a bug. The inability to log out of the game is a major problem that affects future operations. In this case, it is obvious that we only need to pause the server and let all players log out, but now there is not even a system announcement.”
Looking at Tongzi’s serious expression, Su Chang couldn’t help but joked: “Do you think the operator deliberately trapped us in the game, so there is no announcement.”
Su Chang’s words instantly awakened Tongzi: “Su Chang, your idea is very likely correct, but what’s the use? If this matter gets out of hand, the operator will only lose money after the government intervenes.”
“Who knows? People’s thoughts are the most random. The only rule is to follow the deepest desires in your heart. No one knows what the person standing in front of you is thinking.”
Just as the three of them fell silent again, a bell began to ring, and the powerful bell sound spread throughout the town of origin.
The bell rang over and over again, bringing only uneasiness to Tongzi and Klein. What on earth was happening in this world?
As the bell continued to ring, Su Chang and the other two were teleported back to the square of the Starting Town. More people were teleported over from various corners of the first floor.
Soon, nearly ten thousand people gathered in the square of the Starting Town. Those who were forcibly teleported gathered in groups of three or four to discuss what had happened.
Of course, I felt more uneasy. It was too weird for such a thing to happen at dusk.
The bell stopped ringing, but the crowd in the square was still chattering.
“Look up.” Someone shouted, attracting the attention of everyone in the square.
I saw a long hexagon flashing red light in the sky above the square, and then other long hexagons of similar shape quickly spread out along the six sides of the hexagon.
The entire square was enveloped in it, and the bright red color showed an abnormal and weird look.
But it wasn’t over yet. Bright red, sticky, blood-like liquid began to flow out along the edge of the long hexagon.
Instead of dripping to the ground, they gathered together in mid-air and grew bigger and bigger.
A drop of bright red blood began to bulge out from the middle, with traces of electric current flashing on the surface, in the shocked gaze of everyone.
A red robe stood above the square. There was nothing inside the red robe, only darkness. After seeing the red-robed figure, the panic in the players’ hearts disappeared.
“GM?”
“Why is there no face? Is this some kind of activity?”
Players began to speculate, is there going to be a big event on the first day of SAO?
In a corner of the square, a girl with short hair hugged the arm of the man next to her, buried her head in the boy’s chest, and said, “How scary.”
The boy confidently consoled her, “Don’t worry, it must be a follow-up activity of the ceremony.”
Chapter 8 Death Game (Old Version)
Just as everyone was guessing, the red-robed figure moved, opened its arms and said to everyone in a hugging gesture: “Dear players, welcome to my world!”
“My name is Kayaba Akihiko, the creator of this world, and the only one who can control it now.”
Kayaba Akihiko, no one present here would have not heard of this name, he is world-famous as a quantum physicist and a genius game producer.
It can be said that Kayaba Akihiko has made an indelible contribution to the fact that they can now play the full-dive game SAO.
While everyone was discussing, the red-robed figure representing Kayaba Akihiko continued, “Everyone, I’m sure you’ve noticed that the logout button in the menu has disappeared.”
The red-robed eagle said as he demonstrated to everyone: “But this is not a problem with the game. I repeat, this is not a problem with the game.”
“It’s the original setting of Sword Art Online. You can’t log out of SAO, and you can’t use outsiders to log out of the game. If someone does that, the result will be death.”
“If you try to remove the Full Dive Device from the player’s brain, it will release high-powered microwaves to destroy your brain, killing you instantly.”
“What bullshit are you talking about.”
“It must be an activity, right? Let’s end it quickly. This is not fun. I want to go home.”
Although the red-robed figure’s words brought a sense of uneasiness to the players present, they still chose not to believe what he said.
It’s not funny at all to joke about the lives of nearly ten thousand people.
Some even wanted to leave the square directly, but were blocked by an invisible light curtain and could not leave the square.
Klein also didn’t believe that Kayaba Akihiko would really do this: “What is this guy talking about? Is he crazy? He’s talking about burning my brain, he must be joking.”
Su Chang looked indifferent. Even though the players didn’t believe it, that was the fact. The cruel reality would make them understand how crazy Kayaba Akihiko was.
Tongzi said solemnly: “It’s hard to say. The microwaves emitted by the signal component are similar to those of a microwave oven. It is very possible to burn a person’s head at full power.”
Klein panicked as well, trying to find a loophole: “What about cutting off the power? Without the power, he won’t be able to do this.”
“Klein, the helmet has a built-in power source. It can still burn your brain.”
Kiriko continued, “What Su Chang said is right. We are now like meat on the chopping board. We have no way to stop Kayaba Akihiko from doing anything he wants to do.”
“This…” Even Klein, who was a bit thick-skinned, couldn’t help but worry.
As the players in the square were having a heated discussion, the red-robed figure floating in the air above the square continued, “Unfortunately, up until now, some players’ relatives still refuse to listen to our advice.”
“They tried to forcibly remove the full-dive device. The consequence of doing so is that 213 players have died from high-power microwaves and left Aincrad and the real world forever.”
As if to make the players more convinced, the red-robed figure also used GM authority to retrieve the report from the Internet and presented it to the players.
“See? All the media are reporting this situation over and over again. People in the real world have realized the consequences of forcibly removing the full-dive device. I hope everyone can calm down and do some strategy.”
The players looked at the reports from various media, and at this moment they realized that all this was true, and they were really caught in a death game.
The square had already been completely silent. The players who lived in peacetime had clearly felt the approach of death. They were already feeling suffocated by the pressure of death.
The red-robed figure still did not let the players go, and gave them another blow: “There is one more thing I want to explain. From now on, all resurrection methods in the game are invalid.”
“When your HP drops to 0, your character will disappear permanently, and you will die in real life accordingly.”
“Of course you have ways to leave Aincrad.”
The red-robed figure’s words gave the players a glimmer of hope, but the next words poured cold water on them.
“As long as you can clear the game and start from the first level where you are now, and continue to become stronger while exploring the maze area, find the boss guarding the level and defeat it, when you pass the 100th level, you can return to the real world.”
The players in the square even yelled, “Don’t be ridiculous. There are 100 floors. It took two months to reach the eighth floor during the closed beta test.”
“How can it be possible that we can reach the hundredth floor? We were all killed before we even reached the hundredth floor.”
The red-robed figure ignored the players’ questions and continued, “Finally, I have prepared a gift for everyone in your item column. You can take a look.”
Kiriko took the lead and directly opened the menu bar, and found the gift given by Kayaba Akihiko in the props bar.
“Hand mirror?”
Tongzi tapped it lightly, and a light blue light flashed in the air, and a small mirror appeared in the air.
Kiriko reached out to take it, but she still didn’t understand why Kayaba Akihiko gave her such a hand mirror.
Players in the square took the hand mirrors one after another, and all of them looked confused when they looked at the mirrors in their hands.
Suddenly someone cried out in surprise, and the whole person was enveloped in a light blue light, just like when he had just landed in Aincrad.
Soon the light blue light spread to every player in the square, including Su Chang.
But Su Chang already knew that the function of the hand mirror was only to reset the character’s image, copying the real appearance and figure into Aincrad, and it did not harm the players.
When the light faded, the players had returned to their appearance in the real world.
Su Chang looked at Tongzi and found her very cute. He teased her, “Well, Tongzi, you are so cute, why do you have to make such an ordinary face?”
“Su Chang, Tongzi, are you okay?”
Tongzi hasn’t reacted yet. She knows Su Chang, but who is this red-haired guy who calls her?
“Are you Klein?”
Tongzi quickly picked up the hand mirror to check, but what she saw was not the face she had pinched, but the face in real life.
At this moment in the square, the handsome men and beautiful women have disappeared, and all they see are ordinary passers-by.
A man and a woman who were originally close to each other were surprised to find that they were both men.
“Why are you a man? It’s really an eyesore.”
“How dare you say that to me? Didn’t you say you were 17? How can you be such a fat otaku?”
Kiriko and Klein finally confirmed the identity of the person in front of them. He was the partner who had just fought monsters and leveled up with them.
Chapter 9: Separation (Old Version)
Klein still pretended to be clueless and asked in surprise, “What’s going on?”
“Yes, it’s scanning. The helmet scanned our faces.”
“Then why haven’t you changed much, Su Chang? You’re still so handsome.”
“I’m not used to having a different face, and I’m so handsome, it would be a pity if I became ugly. Tongzi, I’m not saying anything bad about you, you’re so cute, why did you have such an ordinary face?”
“My face has nothing to do with the strategy game. I just don’t want to cause trouble.”
“I understand. After all, a girl as cute as Kiriko will definitely attract a lot of lickers. It’s really troublesome.”
Klein was indignant: “Can you two stop being so Versailles here?”
When the commotion died down a bit, the red-robed figure continued, “You must be curious about why I did this. My purpose has been achieved. I created this world and observe it. This is the only reason.”
“This is the end of the official tutorial for Sword Art Online. I hope you players will fight to the end.”
After saying this, the red-robed figure seemed to have accomplished his mission. Bright red gas emerged from his cuffs and collar, and then the entire figure began to collapse and fall until it disappeared.
The red light curtain that was originally covering the square completely disappeared in an instant, as if nothing had happened just now.
The players in the square were still standing there in a daze. The scene just now was too magical for them, and they needed time to absorb and digest it.
With the sound of a mirror breaking, a girl screamed in the crowd, and this scream woke people up from the shock just now.
“Let me out now, I don’t want to stay here.”
“Stop joking, this is all fake, tell me it’s fake.”
While the player was still in a panic, Kirito keenly noticed the disappearance of the barrier that trapped the player in the light field.
He whispered, “Su Chang, Klein, come here with me.”
Su Chang didn’t hesitate to pull Klein to follow Tongzi’s footsteps in a remote alley.
Tongzi said to Su Chang and Klein with a serious face: “Next, I will go to the next village soon.”
“You guys come with me too. If what that guy said is true, we have to keep getting stronger if we want to survive.”
“The gold and experience that Aincrad can provide are limited. We must move on to the next village to obtain more resources.”
“I know the route from the starting town to the next village and the dangers involved. We can reach the next village quickly.”
During this period, Tongzi did not forget to show the map to improve his credibility.
But the three people in the alley were no longer of one mind. The clumsy Klein spoke first: “I’m sorry, Tongzi. I have made an appointment with other game partners to meet in the game.”
“They must be in the square now. I can’t abandon them.”
Tongzi also wanted to help more people, but she knew that even if there were only Su Chang and Klein, it would still be very risky to reach the next town.
This is considering Su Chang’s terrifying reaction speed. If they take even one more person with them, they’ll be finished.
Klein also saw Tongzi’s difficulties and said, “Su Chang, Tongzi is depending on you to take care of her. I can’t cause you any more trouble. Su Chang, you are very talented and much better than me.”
“You’ll get stronger soon if you stay with Kiriko. You don’t have to worry about me anymore. Let’s hurry to the next village.”
“Of course, don’t underestimate me. I’ve been the guild leader in other games. I’m no worse than you.”
After saying that, Klein ran away and made a decision for Su Chang and Tongzi.
Tongzi didn’t try to persuade Klein to stay. She looked at Su Chang and said, “Su Chang, let’s go. With just the two of us, we can get to the next town earlier.”
Tongzi walked in the opposite direction, but Su Chang did not keep up with Tongzi.
“I’m sorry, Kiriko, I can’t join you.”
Klein’s departure has already had a great impact on Tongzi, and now Su Chang even refuses to be with her, so Tongzi finally breaks down.
“Su Chang, are you going to meet your friends too? Let’s go, don’t worry about me.”
Although Tongzi looks aloof, she longs for companionship in her heart. Now that Klein and Su Chang are about to leave, how can she not feel uncomfortable?
Su Chang walked forward, patted Tongzi on the head and said, “Tongzi, that’s not what I meant.”
“What is that? Stop quibbling. Just leave me alone. I can live a better life.”
I didn’t expect that Tongzi also had a tsundere personality: “My philosophy is different from yours, and I will affect your plan.”
“I finally came to a different world, I have to enjoy it. Upgrading by following the rules is too boring.”
“I’m looking for that feeling of life and death. It will be more dangerous if you act with me.”
Tongzi keenly noticed that a bloodthirsty smile flashed across Su Chang’s face just now, and what he said was true.
“Then you have to live, you hear me.”
“Of course, Kiriko, come add me as a friend. I won’t die before I pass Aincrad.”
“You must live.”
After adding the friend and getting Su Chang’s affirmative answer, Tongzi no longer hesitated and immediately set off for the next village.
Looking at Tongzi’s receding figure, Su Chang stretched lazily and prepared to find a corner to receive the power in his reality.
“Kayaba Akihiko, let’s see who has the bigger trick. Let the entire Aincrad become a stepping stone for me to reach the top.”
“〖The boundary between virtuality and reality〗 is activated.”
Su Chang’s figure began to flicker. Although his level did not increase, his attributes began to grow until they reached the same level as his real body.
“The Bloodthirsty Demon Sword can also be used normally, which can be said to double the experience and double the attributes.”
Feeling the long-lost power, Su Chang smiled with satisfaction.
“Then let’s go straight to the maze area. The monsters there are big enough to be my prey.”
“Departure to Torbana!”
As Su Chang left the Starting Town, people started fighting monsters on the grassland outside.
They were the first to recover from the panic, but after all, they were not closed-off people, so they could only gain experience outside the starting town.
Su Chang ran towards the northernmost end of the map. Even if he encountered monsters such as wild wolves and wild boars on the way, they would be beheaded by Su Chang with one sword.
The novice dagger given by the system was flashing with the unique blood-red light of the “Bloodthirsty Demon Sword”.
Feeling that there was no increase in the energy and blood in his body, Su Chang completely gave up the idea of ​​making a fortune before leaving the Starting Town.
Chapter 10: First Floor Strategy Meeting (Old Version)
November 26, 2022, Torbana, this is the closest and most prosperous street to the maze area.
The overall style of Torbana is that of a small town in another world. It has a beautiful environment without tall walls and buildings, and the scenery can be said to be quite good.
It’s a pity that no one in Torbana would stop to appreciate the beautiful scenery. The NPCs had no consciousness of their own and just acted according to their own programs.
The players are in a hurry as if there is a sword of Damocles hanging over their heads, and their whole heart is focused on killing monsters and leveling up.
It has been almost a month since the server was opened. As the first player to arrive at Torbana, Su Chang has been killing monsters in the maze area for twenty days.
Lying on the bed in the hotel, Su Chang recalled the days when he first crossed the first level and arrived in Torbana.
Although the monster was not strong and Su Chang could easily crush it, the hardship of living in the open air was real.
In addition, the game had just been launched and there was no delicious food for Su Chang to taste. Traveling all night made Su Chang even more miserable.
From that time on, Su Chang made up his mind to kidnap Asuna and make her his chef. Su Chang didn’t want to eat two pig food in the game.
The next day, Su Chang entered the maze area as usual and started to kill monsters. The boss guarding the first level was the kobold lord Irfangu. Most of the monsters in all maze areas were kobolds.
The skin of the dog-headed man is red and has no fur. The dog-headed men often go out in groups, and a group of dog-headed men is composed of ordinary dog-headed men and dog-headed warriors wearing armor.
It is a big challenge for a lone traveler, but Su Chang is obviously not one of them.
The sharp blade of the Bloodthirsty Demon Sword cut through the throats of the kobold warriors one after another, harvesting them like mowing the grass.
If other players saw Su Chang fighting monsters, they would inevitably call him a cheater.
Su Chang’s level at this time is five levels higher than the highest among other players, and the blood and energy that the ogres in the first-level maze area can provide to Su Chang is getting less and less.
“It seems that we need to prepare to attack the first-floor boss. Although I have found the first-floor boss’ room, I’d better wait for the attack team to be on the safe side.”
“This is a mission, we must be fully prepared. It’s almost time.”
On December 2, 2022, one week had passed since the game was launched, and two thousand people had already stayed in Aincrad forever.
Su Chang still had some doubts about this number. Two thousand people died on the first floor. You have to know that when Kiriko defeated Kayaba Akihiko, it was on the 75th floor, and there were still 6,000 people left at that time.
That is to say, the number of people who died from the second to the 75th floor was the same as that of the first floor. Su Chang didn’t know what to say. So many people died on the simplest first floor. Are those people idiots?
You can’t beat high-level monsters, but you can’t beat wild boars or something? This is too useless.
Today, after Su Chang got up, he did not go to the maze area to kill monsters as usual. Today was the first-level boss strategy meeting.
“We can see Kiriko and Asuna today. It seems to me that Kiriko’s last scene will be cut. I must get the reward of the first floor.”
As for the guy Ya Wang who played a big role in the early stage, if he dared to use his moral kidnapping on Su Chang, Su Chang would let him know what a big villain is.
On a circular platform, a man wearing blue clothes, armor and blue hair was standing in the middle.
The rest of the people sat on the steps of a classroom-like structure, in groups of three or four.
“Okay, is everyone here? We’re about to get started.”
The blue-haired man clapped his hands a few times to attract the attention of the people around him: “Thank you all for responding to my call and coming here today. Let me introduce myself first. My name is Dieberu, and my profession is that I consider myself a knight.”
Tieberu’s words caused laughter among the people around him: “There is no such thing as a career system in this game, and you call yourself a knight.”
Facing the laughter of the people around him, Dieberu didn’t care at all. Instead, he changed his expression and said solemnly: “Today, our team found the room guarding the boss on the top floor of the tower.”
After hearing the news about the gatekeeper boss, the people around him instantly quieted down and listened carefully to Dieberu’s words. You know, this is the first time they have heard information about the gatekeeper boss within a month of the server opening.
Seeing that everyone had quieted down, Dieberu continued, “We must defeat the boss guarding the level, break through to the second level, and pass on the hope that this death game can be conquered to all the players in Aincrad.”
“This is what we have to do, isn’t it right, everyone?”
The players sitting on the steps looked at each other. They were sitting here just to play this death game, and they had already made the decision in their hearts.
The players were all impressed by Di Aiberu and couldn’t help but applaud him. Su Chang disagreed. Di Aiberu was killed by the boss in the first level.
It would be fine if his death was meaningful, but the key point is that his death was meaningless. He could have taken some medicine to revive with full health and continue to lead people to move forward, but he actually chose to die.
I really don’t understand how his train of thought works. Is this just a prelude to motivate Kiriko?
Seeing that the atmosphere was getting excited, Dieberu stopped talking nonsense and formally convened a meeting to discuss the strategy for the first-level boss.
“Then let’s start the boss strategy meeting. First, please form a team of six. It is difficult for a single person to survive in the boss room, and to fight against the boss, it also requires the cooperation of many teams.”
As soon as Tiaiberu finished speaking, the players on the stairs began to form teams, leaving only the three people at the top.
Su Chang, Tongzi who was shaking his head and looking around, and the guy wearing a red cloak. Tongzi was originally worried about finding his teammates.
When he saw Su Chang, he came over quickly and said to Su Chang, “Su Chang, let’s team up.”
“Sure, but if there are only two of us, we’re a little short.”
“I see there’s someone alone over there, Tongzi, do you mind if I call someone?”
Now is a good opportunity to get to know Asuna. It will be too late when Asuna becomes famous. Su Chang doesn’t want to run away as his personal chef.
“No problem, Su Chang. One more person means more protection.”
Seeing that Tongzi had no objection, Su Chang stood up and took Tongzi to the red-robed figure and said, “Friend, let’s team up together. You just heard that one person alone cannot deal with the boss guarding the gate.”
After saying that, Su Chang directly invited Asuna and Kiriko to form a team, waiting for Asuna to accept the invitation.
Chapter 11: Fang King (Old Version)
Asuna didn’t say anything, but directly accepted Su Chang’s request to form a team.
Asuna reached out and tapped the button to confirm team formation, and a three-person team was formed.
“I can actually team up with two girls. It seems that I am lucky.”
Tongzi showed Su Chang a look of disdain: “Don’t act like a pervert, okay?”
Asuna still didn’t say anything, but just quietly watched Su Chang and Tongzi playing and fighting, with a hint of envy in her heart.
At this time, most of the players on the steps had already formed teams. When Tieberu was about to continue arranging the strategy, someone interrupted him.
“Wait a moment······”
Everyone looked upwards following the sound and saw a man appear at the top. He jumped down from the top and landed in the middle.
Without paying any attention to Dieberu, he immediately introduced himself: “My name is Ya Wang, and I have something to say to the big boss.”
“There are some assholes in the game right now who should apologize to the two thousand people who have died.”
Looking at Ya Wang’s head that was like a spiked iron ball, everyone felt a little uncomfortable, and they were even more dissatisfied that he interrupted their strategy process.
Dieberu on the side quickly interrupted Kibo’s speech and said, “Mr. Kibo, those people you are talking about are the closed beta players, right?”
“Isn’t that nonsense? Those bastards abandoned us newbies from the very beginning of the game, monopolizing the best leveling locations and quests, leveling themselves up quickly without even looking at us.”
King Ya changed the subject and pointed at the crowd, saying, “There should be closed beta players here as well. I want them to kneel down here to those who have died.”
“You have to spit out those items and coins, and you can never choose them as your life partner. Absolutely not.”
Ya Wang’s words undoubtedly put a lot of pressure on Kiriko. After all, she reached the next village alone.
Although it was Su Chang and Klein who proposed to leave, Tongzi still blamed himself partly.
Feeling Tongzi’s trembling body beside him, Su Chang decided that it was necessary to teach the clown Yawang a lesson.
Su Chang patted Tongzi’s shoulder, and Tongzi looked up at Su Chang: “Leave Tongzi to me, let me teach this clown a lesson.”
“Don’t······”
Before Tongzi could finish her words, Su Chang jumped down from the stairs and walked in front of Ya Wang in the face of everyone’s gaze.
Ya Wang looked at Su Chang who was gradually approaching, and couldn’t help but retreat in his heart. The purpose of his coming today was just to morally blackmail those people and obtain the props in the easiest way.
At this moment, Su Chang has arrived at Ya Wang. Su Chang’s physical fitness is much higher than Ya Wang’s due to strengthening. Coupled with his strong body, he has brought considerable pressure to Ya Wang.
“What do you want to do? Did what I just said hit a sore spot for you?”
“You closed beta testers, the scoundrels among the players, why don’t you kneel down and apologize to those who died.”
Ya Wang wanted to use these words to boost his courage and suppress Su Chang’s morale, but they were completely useless.
Not to mention that Su Chang is not a closed beta tester at all. Even if Su Chang is a closed beta tester, he will not be affected by Ya Wang’s barking at all. He is not as kind-hearted as Tongzi.
“You asked those closed beta testers to hand over their items and kneel down. Can you represent the novice players of this game and those who died?”
“I······”
Su Chang’s words left Ya Wang speechless. Of course, he couldn’t represent everyone. He was just raising the banner.
“Of course I can’t represent those who died, but I want to speak for them. You are so biased towards those closed beta testers, are you also one of them?”
Su Chang spread his hands and said, “I’m sorry, Mr. Ya Wang, whose head is like a spiked iron ball, I’m really not a closed beta tester. Let me introduce myself. My name is Su Chang, a newbie who can’t be newer.”
Although he didn’t want to admit it, Ya Wang knew very well that the guy in front of him was most likely not a closed beta tester. After all, truth will come to light sooner or later. Lies will eventually be exposed.
This guy in front of me is so confident, either he is really not a closed beta tester, or he is able to hide the truth, but both situations point to the fact that he is not a closed beta tester.
Seeing that the situation was not favorable to him, Ya Wang planned to retreat first. Without the moral high ground, Ya Wang was helpless. Su Chang also noticed Ya Wang’s intention to retreat, but Su Chang would not let him do so.
On the one hand, he wanted to stand up for Tongzi, on the other hand, he wanted to make Ya Wang unhappy, but Su Chang also had his own little plans in mind.
“Mr. Kibo, have you ever thought about what would happen if all the testers took care of the newbies as you said?”
King Ya wanted to leave at the moment, so he said perfunctorily: “That’s better than the current situation. At least two thousand people won’t die.”
“Really? I don’t agree with you.”
“Under the current circumstances, the closed beta testers and other players are on the same boat, and we can say that we share life and death together.”
“The goal of both is to clear Aincrad. No matter how selfish the beta testers you mentioned are, this is an obstacle they cannot avoid.”
“When other players don’t have the strength to attack the boss or hide in the safe zone, they have to be at the front and bear the highest risk of death.”
“To put it bluntly, everyone will die for various reasons on the first level. It’s good enough that these people don’t drag down the entire game. Why don’t they just stay in the safe zone? Do we have to give up the opportunity to become stronger and take care of them? Isn’t this just another murder for money?”
“Time waits for no one. If we fail to clear each level in a month, our bodies in real life won’t last a few years for us to squander. In the end, we will just die a slow death and be wiped out.”
“This game is destined to be played by a handful of top players, leading the others through the game.”
Su Chang took out a small notebook and continued, “I’m still talking about the most cruel situation, where all the testers give up on others. But they didn’t. You should have read this strategy guide.”
“This was also sent by the closed beta testers. They have done the best they can. They are not someone’s parents and can’t give up their lives to take care of someone.”
“In the face of the death game, they are not much stronger than us. They are also victims and ordinary people.”
Ya Wang had no idea what to say. He could only stand aside and turn his head away so that others could not see his expression.
Su Chang changed the subject from criticizing Ya Wang to the real purpose of Su Chang’s trip.
“I wonder who is trying to divide us. We could have lived in peace but now they want us to be enemies.”
“There are 10,000 people in this game, and there are bound to be some real scumbags among them who enjoy hurting and killing others.”
Chapter 12: The Eve of the Raiders (Old Version)
Su Chang’s last few words were like throwing a stone into the water, which caused a thousand ripples.
“How could someone kill someone? How is that possible?”
“Yeah, that’s quite a joke.”
Although the players on the steps treated it as a joke, they all physically moved away from the people next to them.
Su Chang continued, “How is that impossible? He just killed the game character, and the police can’t tell how he died.”
“Everything is possible in this disorderly death game, isn’t it?”
The square was completely silent. The original first-floor boss strategy meeting had been diverted due to the disruption caused by Ya Wang and Su Chang.
Su Chang continued, “But don’t worry, if anyone finds any information about the existence of a similar murderer, you can send it to me.”
“Let me bear this sin. I will completely eliminate those scums who endanger everyone’s lives and affect everyone’s clearance.”
Even Ya Wang was tempted by Su Chang’s words. After all, murder was a real possibility, and if he fought back himself there would also be the risk of murder. With Su Chang as an executioner, he would be safer.
Ya Wang spoke for the first time in a long time: “How can you guarantee that you can fight against those murderers? What if you also die in the hands of those murderers? Wouldn’t the life of the person who reported the news be in danger?”
“That’s easy.”
Su Chang directly called up his level panel: “Everyone has seen it, I am the highest level in the server, at least five levels higher than the second place. This is my confidence.”
Other players expressed their agreement and were quite satisfied with the existence of Su Chang as a public executioner.
King Ya was a little dumbfounded when he saw Su Chang’s level, and said, “How come your level is so high? Did you find a simple and quick monster spawning spot? Share it quickly.”
Su Chang chuckled and said, “Leveling up is usually done in the maze area. I’ll take you with me next time.”
“Forget it, I don’t want to die.” Ya Wang’s face turned dark and he didn’t continue talking. He didn’t want to go to the maze area to die.
Seeing that his goal had been achieved, Su Chang said to Ya Wang and Dieberu, “No one should have any objections, so let’s continue with the first level boss strategy meeting.”
After suffering a setback at the hands of Su Chang, Ya Wang also planned to temporarily avoid the limelight and wait for the opportunity to continue his attack.
Dieberu nodded and said, “Then let’s continue. I will now introduce the situation of the boss guarding the first level in detail.”
Su Chang and Ya Wang also left one after another. The reason why Su Chang was the first to stand out was that his main target was actually the members of “Smiling Coffin”.
They still have a mission to accomplish. As a guild that serves as a background in SAO, if Su Chang doesn’t attract their hatred in a big way, he won’t be able to complete this mission.
Back to Tongzi and Asuna, Tongzi was too shy to look at Su Chang, thinking, does Su Chang like me? Was he just helping me out?
“Tongzi, are you okay? Why are you looking at me like that?”
“It’s okay. How could anything happen to me?” Tongzi laughed and tried to change the subject.
“By the way, Su Chang, how come you leveled up so quickly? Are you really in the maze area?”
“Of course. I’ve already figured out the maze area on the first floor. If I wasn’t so unsure, I would have gone to fight the boss guarding the level by myself.”
Su Chang’s words frightened Tong Zi, and she said to Su Chang with a serious expression: “Su Chang, don’t go fight the boss by yourself. Level and other things are secondary. You promised me that you would live well.”
Su Chang did not treat Tongzi as an outsider. He put his arm around Tongzi and said, “Don’t worry, Tongzi. I will take good care of myself and will not make Tongzi sad.”
Tongzi broke free and said with a red face: “What nonsense are you talking about? I’m not going to pay attention to you.”
“Okay, continue reading the guide.”
After a while of playing and fighting, Su Chang and Kiriko turned their attention to Dieberu’s speech, leaving Asuna looking at Kiriko and Su Chang with envy.
Tiaiberu, who was in the middle, held up the strategy guide that Su Chang had just shown him and said, “This one contains the guide to the boss, and it has just been updated.”
“According to the intelligence, the boss guarding the first floor is called Ilfen Kobold Lord, and there are guards beside him called Destruction Kobold Guards. The weapons of the boss guarding the first floor are an axe and a small round shield.”
“It has 4 HP. After the last segment turns red, the weapon will switch to a scimitar-type pirate scimitar, and the attack mode will also change.”
Dieberu closed the strategy guide in his hand and said, “That’s all for today’s strategy guide. Now let’s talk about the distribution of spoils.”
“The money will be divided equally among all participants, the experience points will go to the team that defeats the boss, and the props will belong to whoever gets them. Do you have any objections?”
Other players are quite satisfied with this distribution system. At the very least, there will be gold coin rewards. As for the props, it is reasonable that whoever gets them belongs to them. It is impossible to share a single prop even if you want to.
Seeing that no one had any objection, Dieberu decided to end the strategy meeting for the first level boss.
“Then let’s set off at 10 a.m. tomorrow and disband.”
Following Tiaiberu’s dismissal, everyone stood up and began to prepare for tomorrow’s strategy.
Asuna also stood up and left, and Su Chang grabbed Kiriko and took her to chase Asuna.
“Wait, Asuna, don’t walk so fast.”
At night, Su Chang, Tongzi and Asuna were sitting in a corner eating dinner. At this moment, Asuna had taken off her red cloak.
Of course, it was at Su Chang’s strong request that Asuna took off her red cloak, and the one who was most surprised was Kiriko.
I thought Asuna would be a difficult person to get along with, but I didn’t expect that she was really a beautiful girl as Su Chang said.
While chewing on the bread that looked like steamed buns, Su Chang couldn’t help but complain: “The design of Kayaba Akihiko’s world is too unreasonable. There is not even any delicious food.”
Su Chang nudged Tongzi with his elbow and said, “Tongzi, you didn’t get any seasonings or anything. Give me some.”
“There are some, but not much. Here.”
Tongzi took out a small jar and placed it between the three of them. Su Chang naturally didn’t bother to be polite with Tongzi and lightly touched the jar.
A circle of white light appeared on Su Chang’s hand. Su Chang spread it on the bread, and instantly yellow cream appeared on the bread.
Su Chang took a big bite and said, “It’s really satisfying. It’s much better than eating dry bread.”
“Try it too, Asuna.”
Seeing that Kiriko didn’t object, Asuna also reached out and dipped some butter into the bread in her hand.
After taking a bite of the butter-covered bread, Asuna asked the question that had been hidden in her heart for a day: “Su Chang, why do you feel so different from us?”
Chapter 13: Kobold Lord (Old Version)
Asuna has always been curious about how Su Chang can still live like a normal person in this kind of death game.
The reason why Asuna came here and participated in the first-level boss strategy meeting was that she didn’t want to continue to be decadent in the inn in the starting town.
Asuna has seen too many people who are afraid of the death game and have been stagnant. People like Su Chang are really rare.
Tongzi also focused her attention on Su Chang. She could roughly guess what Su Chang was thinking, but she was still very curious about Su Chang’s answer.
Su Chang took a big bite of bread. He knew in his heart that the reason he could be so unscrupulous was that he would not be killed by high-frequency microwaves.
But this is his deepest secret and he cannot tell it even to Kiriko and Asuna, so he can only deal with Asuna using what he had said to Kiriko before.
“Maybe it’s because this place is different from real life. I’ve always fantasized about traveling to another world like the protagonist in a novel, becoming a brave hero and embarking on an adventure.”
“Now Aincrad is like a different world. It gave me this opportunity, so I enjoy my time in Aincrad so much.”
Asuna obviously didn’t buy into Su Chang’s words and said, “But this is a death game. Once the character in the game dies, they will die in real life as well.”
“Then people in real life won’t die?”
Su Chang’s words stunned Asuna. Yes. In real life, don’t people still grow old, get sick and die?
Su Chang continued, “This game simply materializes our death, turning it into a health bar. When the health bar reaches zero, our life will end.”
“Don’t health bars exist in real life? It’s just that we can’t see or touch them.”
“Instead of being afraid of death, it is better to enjoy this world. People have to live, so just live happily.”
Su Chang’s words undoubtedly gave Asuna and Kiriko another idea. They had always been shrouded in the shadow of death and were always paying attention to their health bars, fearing that they would be emptied if they were not careful.
In fact, they were worrying too much. In Aincrad, you would not die from various unexpected accidents like in reality. As long as you pay attention to your health bar and be cautious, death may be farther away from you than in reality.
Asuna digested Su Chang’s words and smiled at him: “Thank you, Su Chang, for letting me see a different Aincrad.”
“I want to live and live a better life. I want to enjoy this wonderful other world.”
Looking at Asuna who was full of fighting spirit, Su Chang was very satisfied. This was the real Asuna, not some weirdo in a cloak.
The next morning, Su Chang, Tongzi and Asuna followed the team and headed towards the room guarding the boss.
Walking in the forest area and feeling the beautiful surroundings, Asuna finally enjoyed the charm of Aincrad. As for death, forget it.
You should enjoy yourself when you should. It is really stupid to keep a sword of Damocles hanging over your head all the time.
Kiriko started to ramble on and on about the strategy: “Our team’s mission is to deal with the Kobold Guards. I will use my sword skills to deflect their weapons, and then Asuna will take the opportunity to switch over and give them a fatal blow.”
“Switch?” Asuna was a little confused. Asuna was also a lone traveler before, but she had no experience in forming a team, so naturally she didn’t know much about switching.
“Ah, Asuna, is this your first time forming a team? And Su Chang, it’s not the same for you, is it?”
Tongzi looked at Su Chang and Asuna, and her heart began to have a headache. It was too far-fetched to fight the boss without forming a team.
Su Chang simply waved his hand and said, “Don’t worry about me. My target is the gatekeeper boss. I’ll leave the destruction of the Kobold Guards to you two. Tongzi, you just need to take care of Asuna.”
Tongzi had an even bigger headache because his teammates wanted to go fight the boss by themselves.
But thinking of Su Chang’s level, Tongzi did not force him to stay. After all, Su Chang’s level was higher than his own, a closed person. Su Chang’s strength could be said to be terrifying. Letting him act on his own might produce better results.
“Okay, okay, Asuna, you must listen to my instructions when the time comes, and don’t be like Su Chang.”
“No problem, Kiriko.”
Asuna also understands her own strength. She is just getting rid of her negative emotions and returning to normal. She has not yet reached the point of being inflated, so she will naturally listen to Kiriko’s command.
Soon the group passed through the forest area and arrived at the room of the boss guarding the first level, which was on the top floor of a maze tower with a diameter of 300 meters and a height of 100 meters.
Outside the first-floor boss room, Dieberu gave a final warning: “Everyone, I only have one thing to say. We must win.”
Under the gaze of the players behind him, Tiberu pushed open the door of the boss guarding the first floor.
Looking inside from outside the door, the room was pitch black, with only a ray of light shining into the room from the front door.
Through this ray of light, everyone saw a tall figure sitting on the throne in the deepest part of the room.
He was waiting for the arrival of the hero like a demon king, and beside him was a huge axe that was almost the same size as the tall figure.
As Ti’aiberu continued to approach the boss with weapons in hand, the ogre lord sitting on the throne was also awakened, his bright red eyes lit up as if he wanted to tear all invaders to pieces.
The room was lit up in an instant, and the Kobold Lord picked up his giant axe and jumped up from his seat, and his mountain-like figure fell directly on the ground in front of everyone.
Everyone also saw the appearance of the Kobold Lord. He was tall and had red skin without any dog ​​hair.
He is shirtless and holds a huge axe and a small round shield just like in the strategy guide.
With a loud roar from the Kobold Lord, the Kobold Guards of Destruction also appeared beside it.
The Destruction Kobold Guard is clad in armor, wrapping himself tightly, and holding a huge hammer.
The Destruction Kobold Guards led the way, and the Kobold Lord followed closely behind, rushing towards the crowd.
Not to be outdone, Tiaiberu shouted, “Start the attack.”
In the empty hall, two groups of soldiers collided with each other like a tide, with one team holding back a Destruction Gnoll Guard.
The rest of the team switched to attack the Kobold Lord under the command of Tiberu, while Su Chang watched Kiriko and Asuna to prevent any accidents.
Under Ti’aiberu’s command, the group attacked the Kobold Lord in an orderly manner and soon emptied the Kobold Lord’s three tubes of serum.
There was not much blood left in the last tube and it entered the red blood state. The Gnoll Lord directly threw the giant axe and small round shield in his hands into the air and entered the second stage.
Chapter 14 Strategy (Old Version)
The giant axe fell from the sky and smashed into the ground, and the small round shield also fell to the side. The players were not surprised but happy: “It’s just as recorded in the strategy guide, it has changed its form, hurry up and we will pass the level soon.”
During the transition of the boss guarding the first level, Dieberu rushed directly towards the boss through the crowd.
“Get out of the way, let me do it.”
Tiberu got into position, gathered his sword skills, and prepared to finish off the boss guarding the gate with one blow. The Kobold Lord also drew his weapon from behind him.
Tongzi, who had been observing secretly, narrowed his pupils and shouted to Su Chang, “Su Chang, hurry up, the Kobold Lord is not using a pirate scimitar, but a wild sword.”
“Leave it to me, Kiriko. No one will get hurt.”
At the same time as Su Chang moved, the Gnoll Lord also moved. After switching forms, the Gnoll Lord became much faster.
The Kobold Lord leaped into the air, stepped on the stone pillar next to him, and his huge body shuttled back and forth in the air like Spider-Man.
Taking advantage of the moment when Dieberu lost his vision, the Gnoll Lord raised his wild sword and gave Dieberu a hard blow.
Tiaiberu was directly knocked out. The Gnoll Lord still did not let Tiaiberu go and quickly sprinted to knock Tiaiberu out in the air again.
The players who had besieged the Gnoll Lord before were all looking at Ti’iberu who was flying out with worry. The Gnoll Lord jumped in front of the players again, and the players had to temporarily avoid the attack.
When Dieberu was knocked flying for the second time, Su Chang also arrived and caught Dieberu who was about to fall to the ground.
However, Dieberu looked at him dissuadingly and directly poured a bottle of blood medicine into his mouth. It’s not that easy to die so easily. Get up and work like a slave.
With the infusion of a bottle of powerful medicine, Tiberu quickly escaped from danger, and his health bar returned to green, but his body still ached slightly.
“Stay still, and watch me next.”
Su Chang rushed towards the Kobold Lord with weapon in hand, ignoring Tongzi calling him from behind.
At this moment, there are not many players left around the Gnoll Lord, and most of them have evacuated. Without Ti’iberu’s command and the previous few blows, they have lost their morale.
Looking at Su Chang rushing towards him, the ogre lord actually used his sword skills, with the wild sword across his waist, ready to draw and slash.
He gathered strength and swung the sword in one go, but Su Chang was no pushover either. He gathered strength and confronted the kobold lord head-on.
The ogre lord’s wild sword and Su Chang’s weapon collided with each other, and the violent collision produced a large amount of smoke and dust.
At this moment, Tongzi was already stunned. Is this still a player? Being able to wrestle with the boss guarding the level is simply too exaggerated.
The Gnoll Lord’s attacks continued. Relying on his height and size advantages, each of his strikes was powerful and extremely fast.
But this could not do anything to Su Chang. Su Chang fought back against the Gnoll Lord with even more powerful force, and directly defeated the Gnoll Lord.
“That’s it.”
Su Chang knocked the kobold lord into stiffness, then jumped into the air and chopped down at the kobold lord.
A rich blood-red color permeated Su Chang’s weapon, directly shattering the wild sword that the Kobold Lord used to defend himself.
Then he took advantage of the situation and split the Gnoll Lord from top to bottom. After Su Chang landed, the Gnoll Lord also turned into light blue fragments. The first level boss was successfully conquered!
“Great, we won.”
“Oh hoo, that’s great.”
Everyone cheered, finally clearing the first level. They hoped to finish this death game and return to reality.
Su Chang just looked at his panel calmly, which showed “The last hit reward has been obtained.”
Of course this is not the most important thing. The most important thing is that Su Chang’s first mission, “First Blood”, was completed.
Su Chang directly chose to receive it: “Congratulations to the host for winning the lottery once.”
Su Chang did not use them directly, but stored them up. Su Chang’s current items are enough for him to use in several worlds. As long as the difficulty of the world does not increase suddenly, Su Chang can cope with it.
“Su Chang, are you okay?”
Kiriko and Asuna also ran to Su Chang and asked with concern.
“How could anything happen to me? The boss guarding the first floor is a piece of cake.”
Tongzi looked at Su Chang with a serious expression and said, “Su Chang, you must not challenge the boss alone. At least call me along. Do you hear me?”
“Don’t worry, I know what I’m doing.”
“Hey, I hope you can do it.”
Just as everyone was cheering, Ya Wang started to act up again.
“Why, why didn’t you tell the information in advance?”
Ya Wang said with tears in his eyes: “If it weren’t for Su Chang, Dieberu would have died.”
This time, Ya Wang set his target on Kiriko and began to morally blackmail Kiriko.
The people around also quieted down and looked at Tongzi beside Su Chang, and Tongzi subconsciously hid behind Su Chang.
Someone in the crowd shouted, “This guy must be a closed beta player, otherwise how could he know so much.”
This sentence seemed to open a door, and people around began to talk about it, and even started to distance themselves from Tongzi and others.
Su Chang didn’t indulge them. He just rescued Di Aiberu because he was afraid of this scene.
“Tiaiberu, please explain it to them.”
Kiba started to speak up for Diebero again: “What’s going on with Diebero? Don’t change the subject. We are discussing the closed beta players now.”
A hand was placed on Kiba’s shoulder. Kiba turned around and saw that it was Dieberu. Kiba even patted his chest and said, “Don’t worry, Dieberu. We will seek justice for you and for these closed beta players.”
But what Dieberu said next pierced through Kiba, and Kiba felt extremely painful in his heart.
“Yaou, I am actually a closed beta player as well.”
“What? Diebero, say it again, you are also a closed beta player?”
“Yes, I am also a closed beta player.”
At this moment, Ya Wang felt as if he had turned into a clown, and what he had just said seemed like a joke.
“I…then you…I surrender.” Ya Wang didn’t know what to say at this moment, so he could only turn around and sulk.
Dieberu said to the other players: “I’m sorry everyone, it’s all my fault. I shouldn’t have hidden my identity as a closed beta tester from everyone.”
“My goal was just to get the reward for the last hit. If Su Chang hadn’t saved me, I would have accepted being killed by the boss.”
The situation has changed so much at this moment that players no longer dare to speak out easily, and no one knows whether there will be a reversal next.
You know, the clown Ya Wang was still standing by. The players looked at each other, and the scene became quiet again.
Chapter 15: Arrival at the Second Floor (Old Version)
“I’m sorry, I should apologize to you. I shouldn’t have concealed my identity as a beta tester from you.”
Faced with Dieberu’s apology, everyone still looked at each other, and no one stepped forward.
At this time, Su Chang stood up and said, “Okay, everyone, don’t get entangled in the identity of the closed beta tester of Dieberu. We must see the essence of this incident. This incident has taught us a great lesson, and we must take it as a warning.”
“That is our common enemy, Kayaba Akihiko. He has modified some of the data during the closed beta test. This means that the closed beta testers not only do not have more advantages than us, but have become the weaker party. They are more likely to become victims of Kayaba Akihiko’s death game because of their own experience.”
“This further confirms that we ordinary players and closed beta testers are one, and we will all suffer together and prosper together. Our only enemy is Kayaba Akihiko.”
Su Chang’s words were like a ray of light that cleared the clouds and enlightened the other players. They were not fools and had a certain degree of self-identification.
The fact that Dieberu had almost died just now was right in front of them, and they had reason to believe that the testers had no more advantages than them and were not much less dangerous than them.
Seeing that the matter had come to an end, Su Chang signaled Di Aiberu to disperse the crowd and let them spread the good news of the strategy for defeating the boss on the first floor.
“Okay, everyone, let’s go back to town and rest. We will arrange a party tonight to celebrate this first victory together.”
After receiving the disbandment notice, players began to evacuate the first-floor boss room in twos and threes and returned to the town to recuperate.
Dieberu did not choose to leave immediately, but came to Su Chang: “Thank you, Su Chang.”
Su Chang didn’t give him a good look: “You did something wrong this time. Can you imagine what the consequences would be if you really died?”
Dieberu’s expression froze: “I didn’t expect King Ya to bring this up. Fortunately, you are here, Su Chang, otherwise Miss Tongzi…”
Dieberu bowed deeply to Tongzi behind Su Chang and said, “I’m sorry, Miss Tongzi, I really got you into trouble. Please accept my apology.”
Tongzi waved her hands and said, “I’m fine, as long as you are okay, Mr. Dieberu.”
Tongzi’s performance made everyone present laugh out loud, except Tongzi who ran away with a shy look on her face.
“Asuna, go follow Kiriko. I’m a little worried about her being alone.”
“Don’t worry, Su Chang, just go about your business while I’m here.”
Kiriko and Asuna had almost left, and only Dieberu and Su Chang were left in the room. Su Chang had just intentionally sent Kiriko and Asuna away.
“Diebero, what do you think of King Kiba?”
After thinking for a while, Diebelo frowned and said, “Ya Wang is too cunning. This is not a good thing.”
“Yes, Kiba-oh must be dealt with. It’s enough of a headache to deal with the daily strategy alone, and he has nothing better to do than jump out here.”
Dieberu was a little surprised: “Su Chang, are you planning to attack King Ya? This is murder, and King Ya has not committed murder or anything.”
“Don’t worry, Diebero. I’m just teaching him a lesson. After all, his crime doesn’t deserve death. I hope he can learn from it and work hard for our strategy instead of thinking about moral blackmail every day.”
“That’s good. Su Chang, you must not kill him. Even if the government doesn’t find out, you will still suffer psychological trauma.”
“Don’t worry, okay, I’m leaving first.”
Su Chang also left the room of the boss guarding the first floor, leaving only Dieberu alone.
Su Chang had no intention of killing Ya Wang directly, so was he worthy of Su Chang doing it himself? [Smiling Coffin] was at least a task, what could Ya Wang give him?
In the end, he got into trouble without getting anything done. The real approach should have been to let Xiaohei and Dahei deal with him after he left SAO.
Having just escaped from the death game, I now have to face real death. It feels so good.
After Su Chang left the maze area, he saw Kiriko and Asuna not far away.
“Su Chang, you’re back, let’s go eat.”
Looking at Tongzi and Asuna, Su Chang asked, “Tongzi, Asuna, what are you going to do next?”
“What to do?”
“I’m asking, are you going to continue to act alone, or are you going to join a union and act together with the union?”
Hearing this, Kiriko and Asuna hesitated and neither of them spoke first.
“I plan to continue to be a solo player. Tongzi should know my preferences. I am not very used to being with other people.”
Su Chang was the first to tell about his future plans. Su Chang was definitely going to go it alone. Without the restrictions of the task, Su Chang planned to start the sprint mode. Once he reached the limit on one level, he would defeat the boss and go to the next level.
Asuna was the next to speak: “I plan to join a guild. I don’t like to work alone.”
Then Asuna looked at Kiriko and said, “Kiriko, let’s go together. We can have someone to look after us if we go together.”
Kiriko began to waver, and Asuna and Su Chang did not urge her to make a decision.
Finally, Tongzi seemed to be discouraged and said, “I plan to go alone too.”
Although she has Su Chang’s protection, Ya Wang still has a great influence on Tongzi, which directly prompts Tongzi to choose to be a solo player. She is somewhat resistant to teaming up with others.
Kiriko was nervous about Asuna, but Asuna just smiled and said, “I respect your choice, Kiriko, but you have to live well like Su Chang, do you hear me?”
“No problem. I’m not weaker than Su Chang. I’m also a tester after all. I have no problem protecting myself.”
In the evening, Su Chang and the other two had a small dinner in the town on the first floor. During the dinner, Tiaiberu also invited the other three, but they all declined.
Compared to other players, the three of them obviously paid more attention to the two people in front of them.
After a night’s rest, Su Chang, Tongzi and Asuna were also teleported to the second floor through the portal.
“Kiriko, Asuna, let’s part ways now. If you have any problems, remember to contact me and I will come as soon as possible.”
“Don’t worry, Su Chang, we will make good use of you.”
In Urbas on the second floor, the newly formed three-person team of Su Chang, Tongzi and Asuna separated again and embarked on different journeys.
Based on his experience during the closed beta test, Tongzi prepared to find a suitable place to level up, and prepared to start his own pursuit with Su Chang as his target.
Asuna stayed in Urbas to join a guild and start her journey to Aincrad with the guild.
As for Su Chang, his purpose was very clear, which was the maze area on the second floor. Only there could Su Chang’s energy and blood be quickly improved, laying a solid foundation for the subsequent individual strategy.
Chapter 16: Asterios the Bull King (Old Version)
Su Chang has been in the second floor for some time, and is heading towards the western wilderness.
During this period, the news that Su Chang and others were conquering the first-floor boss had caused a sensation among the players. Finally, a month later, the players took the first step towards conquering Aincrad.
How could this not make the players in the death game happy? They finally saw hope of clearing Aincrad.
At the same time, Su Chang’s remarks were also discussed a lot among players, but no one took them too seriously and just paid attention to them.
After all, in their hearts, we are all people who come from a civilized society, and wanton killing is too difficult to accept.
Su Chang was not worried about this. After all, the server had only been open for a month. After a year or even two years, the high intensity pressure would awaken the evil in some people’s hearts. That would be the time for Su Chang to reap the rewards.
Su Chang did not pin all his hopes on this wide-ranging net. Although the “Smiling Coffin” was hidden deep, it did appear several times in the original novel. Su Chang could complete the task as long as he paid attention to that period and put in more effort.
After entering the western region, we encountered a large number of bison monsters. They lived in groups on the western grasslands, and these bison monsters were very oppressive for ordinary players.
The bison monster was huge, covered with dark fur, and the huge horns on its head were shining white.
But Su Chang was not afraid at all. You know, Su Chang had no idea how many bulls he had killed. If Su Chang’s system had an honor system, then Su Chang must have obtained the Anti-Bull Special Attack.
Su Chang took the upgraded weapon and rushed towards the herd of cattle. A blood-red light flashed, and a group of cattle were directly blown away.
The hatred of the rest of the bulls was also attracted. Their eyes began to turn bloodshot and hundreds of them began to charge towards Su Chang.
The long sword in Su Chang’s hand gathered power, and the blood-red sword light directly pierced through the herd of cattle. Soon, all the wild monsters at the refresh point were slaughtered by Su Chang.
Su Chang felt the gradually increasing power in his body, which made him indulge in it. After a short transition in the western wilderness, Su Chang began to move deeper.
After going deeper into the maze area, the original bison monsters were also replaced by various minotaur monsters.
They are tall, walk upright, have strong bodies, and their weapons are mainly blunt objects such as hammers and clubs.
As they breathe, a lot of steam comes out of their noses, and with their scarlet eyes, they look like demons from hell.
“Minotaur? It’s better for them all to die.”
Half a month later, Su Chang had stayed in the maze area for a long time, and some players could be seen around the maze area one after another.
After killing the last minotaur in this area, Su Chang was ready to directly attack the boss guarding the second level.
Outside the boss room guarding the second floor, Su Chang was standing alone in front of the gate. Looking at the closed door, Su Chang still felt a little nervous.
Su Chang took a deep breath, placed his hands on both sides of the door, and pushed it open with force.
As Su Chang walked into the room, the originally dark room was instantly lit up, and two figures, one on the left and one on the right, appeared in Su Chang’s sight.
[Bull General Balaam] and [Bull General Nato]Their skin was all red, their upper bodies were bare, and thick iron chains were wrapped around their necks.
“Bull Admiral Balan” holds a blood-red two-handed axe, while “Bull Admiral Nato” holds a blood-red two-handed hammer.
“Oooooooohhhhhhhhh-”
Bull Admiral Balan and Bull Admiral Nato rushed towards Su Chang with weapons in hand. Su Chang first set his sights on Bull Admiral Nato. Su Chang knew that these two minotaurs were not the final bosses guarding the gate.
The final boss will appear after the last tube of blood of “Bull Admiral Balan” turns yellow.
In order to avoid a three-on-one situation, Su Chang dodged the two-handed axe of “Bull General Balan” while attacking “Bull General Nato” with all his strength.
Every time Su Chang swung the weapon, it would take away a large amount of Bull Admiral Nato’s health, while Bull Admiral Balan and Bull Admiral Nato couldn’t even touch Su Chang’s clothes.
The two bulls roared in anger, but to no avail. They managed to knock away the two-handed axe of “Bull General Balaam” on the spot.
Su Chang charged up his sword skills, and the blood-red sword light instantly pierced through the chest of “Bull Admiral Nato”.
As the health of Bull Admiral Nato dropped to zero, his body turned into pieces and dissipated in the room of the boss guarding the second floor.
“You are the only one left, [Bull General Balan].”
After defeating “Bull Admiral Nato”, “Bull Admiral Balan” was no match for Su Chang.
Looking at the tall minotaurs, they were actually being suppressed by Su Chang. Although the minotaurs had amazing attack power, in Su Chang’s opinion they were too slow.
For someone like Su Chang who has both attack and speed skills, it is quite easy to kill Bull Admiral Balan and Bull Admiral Nato without taking any damage, as long as he is not too reckless.
Soon, “Bull Admiral Balan” was forced into the depths of the room by Su Chang. At this moment, “Bull Admiral Balan”‘s health bar was almost turning yellow.
“I don’t know if I clear your health bar in one go, will [Bull King Asterios] still appear?”
Just do it when you say it. If it turns out as Su Chang thought, it would be even better. Even if he still summons the “Bull King Asterios” in the end, Su Chang will not suffer any loss. After all, Su Chang has already included “Bull King Asterios” in his plan.
Su Chang gathered his strength again, and pierced the chest of “Bull Admiral Balan” again in the same way he had just defeated “Bull Admiral Nato”.
Seeing that the health bar of Bull Admiral Balan suddenly broke through green, then yellow and finally returned to zero, Bull Admiral Balan did not turn into pieces and disappear like his brother Bull Admiral Nato.
Instead, he roared towards the sky, and then a figure jumped down from above, and then “Bull Admiral Balan” turned into fragments and disappeared.
“It seems that the summoning of the Bull King Asterios by the Bull Admiral Balan is a mechanism. If such a situation occurs again in the future, it will be handled according to the highest standards.”
“Kayaba Akihiko is really stingy. He can clear the health bar of “Bull Admiral Balan” from green in one go, but he can’t beat “Bull King Asterios”?”
Although he said this, Su Chang still did not relax his vigilance. He held the sword in both hands and pointed it at the place where the figure had just landed.
As the smoke cleared, the second-level boss, “Bull King Asterios”, officially appeared.
The Bull King Asterios has a completely different body shape from the Bull Admiral Balan and the Bull Admiral Nato, and is obviously more noble than the other two bulls.
Chapter 17 Single Player Clearance (Old Version)
The Bull King Asterios is black all over. Compared with the Bull Admiral Balan and the Bull Admiral Nato, the Bull King Asterios is a little thin, and you can even clearly see the marks of his ribs.
Don’t look at the Bull King Asterios, he has a thin body, but his weapon is a golden two-handed hammer. It can only be said that he is worthy of being a king, even his weapon is made of gold.
The horns on the head of “Bull King Asterios” are different from ordinary horns. They are in the shape of a trident. What’s more interesting is that there is a small tuft of goatee on the chin of “Bull King Asterios”.
“Are you really the Minotaur King? If it weren’t for the bull’s hooves, who would be able to tell that you are the Minotaur King?”
The Bull King Asterios obviously would not explain anything to Su Chang. He just raised his golden two-handed hammer and smashed it hard at Su Chang.
Compared with the boss guarding the first floor, the Kobold Lord, the Bull King Asterios is more oppressive.
This is not only reflected in its high health of six barrels, but also in its sword skills, which are stronger than those of the “Kobold Lord”.
[Bull King Asterios] charges up his sword skills, and golden light covers his golden two-handed hammer.
There is a mystery hidden in the golden light, and from time to time there is a tiny electric current flashing. This is the sword skill of “Bull King Asterios”, the “Paralyzing Shock” that can be used continuously and has a paralyzing effect.
When Su Chang’s weapon came into contact with the golden two-handed hammer of “Bull King Asterios”, a paralysis sign appeared under Su Chang’s health bar.
Su Chang, who always rushed forward recklessly, was repelled for the first time. This had never happened to Su Chang since he entered Aincrad.
This attack caused Su Chang’s health bar to drop by one third, which is quite terrifying. If it were other players, their health would probably have been at red, and it is not impossible for it to be directly reduced to zero.
“I didn’t bring any anti-paralysis medicine, but it’s just a small matter. I still have a trump card.”
Su Chang stared at the Bull King Asterios and said, “Your only chance is gone. It’s my turn next.”
Su Chang rushed directly towards the Bull King Asterios. The opponent was not to be outdone and continued to charge up his sword skill “Paralyzing Shock” and attack Su Chang.
The two sides collided again, and as expected, Su Chang was paralyzed again. But the difference from the last time was that this time, as soon as the paralysis effect was added, Su Chang broke free from the paralysis.
Su Chang directly used the “realm of virtuality and reality” to interfere with SAO and refresh the status.
Without the paralyzing effect, “Bull King Asterios” once again became a bull waiting to be slaughtered in Su Chang’s hands.
“It’s your turn to fly out this time.”
Su Chang used all his strength to push the Bull King Asterios backwards. In this man-bull wrestling match, the Bull King Asterios was completely defeated.
After forcefully deflecting the golden two-handed hammer of “Bull King Asterios”, Su Chang’s violent attacks followed, instantly emptying the five barrels of blood of “Bull King Asterios”.
“I didn’t manage to kill it in one second.”
After a burst of explosion, Su Chang was also a little out of breath, but the Bull King Asterios did not give Su Chang a chance to breathe. He raised his golden two-handed hammer above his head and smashed it hard at Su Chang.
In an instant, smoke and dust rose up, and the floor where Su Chang had been standing was covered with cracks. As the smoke dissipated, Su Chang had disappeared.
“I’m on top.”
The Bull King Asterios looked up at the roof and saw Su Chang falling from the sky. The weapon in his hand chopped down along the spine of the Bull King Asterios, from head to toe.
The huge wound almost tore the Bull King Asterios in half. The golden two-handed hammer in his hand fell to the ground, and the Bull King Asterios turned into fragments and disappeared.
“Congratulations on clearing the second level boss.”
“Games are just games. They don’t have any soul. Kayaba Akihiko is still too young.”
Su Chang also received a reward for completing the level, a Minotaur Hammer. Su Chang threw it into the warehouse with disgust. It was too abstract.
After defeating the boss, Su Chang was preparing to go to the third floor while looking at his weapon which had little durability left: “It seems that I have to put the issue of weapons on the agenda.”
“At the same time, Asuna has already used the enhanced Wind Flower Sword, and I’m still using this broken weapon. It will be difficult to kill monsters later without a good weapon.”
“Let’s go find Tongzi. She should have some connections. As for homemade weapons, we’ll hand them over to the craftsmen players later on.”
Just when Su Chang was about to contact Tongzi, the players who were preparing to attack the boss guarding the second floor discovered that they could already go to the third floor through the portal.
“Has anyone cleared the second-level boss?”
“But I haven’t heard of any guild going to attack the boss.”
“Yeah, besides, all the high-level players are here, could it be a solo strategy?”
“this······”
The players looked at each other in bewilderment. Dieberu said, “Since the boss guarding the second floor has been captured, no matter who the enemy is, the most important thing now is to go to the third floor.”
“That’s right, let’s go to the third floor.”
On the other side, Tongzi also discovered something strange about the teleportation array. The first person she thought of was Su Chang. Before she could contact Su Chang, Su Chang contacted her first.
“Is Kiriko here?”
“Su Chang, did you go fight the second level boss by yourself?”
“······Yes, how did you guess it was mine?”
“Who else is there besides you? You don’t think there is anyone else with your strength, do you?”
“Didn’t you promise me that you wouldn’t fight the boss by yourself?”
“I’m sorry, Tongzi. I just happened to see it while I was killing monsters in the maze area. I just wanted to kill it because I was itching to do it.”
“There won’t be a next time, did you hear me?”
“knew.”
“What do you want to see me about this time?”
Seeing that Tongzi had calmed down a little, Su Chang quickly told him his purpose this time: “Tongzi, do you have any connections? Regarding weapons or something? I am still using the weapons I bought from the craftsman’s shop. Please guide me.”
“Let’s discuss this matter face to face. Come to the third floor.”
“I’ll go right away.”
The third level is Zimford. Since the third level has just been conquered, there are not many players at this time.
Soon Su Chang met Tongzi next to the teleportation array. After meeting, Tongzi first circled around Su Chang.
“I’m glad you’re okay. You really made me worry to death. Why are you so worrying?”
“I’m sorry, Tongzi, I won’t do it again.”
Su Chang had no plan to continue to fight the boss alone. He found that the health provided by the boss guarding the level was not much. He could just go to the next level and fight a few more powerful wild monsters to get the health. There was no need to fight it alone.
Chapter 18 Misty Forest (Old Version)
“Tell me, what do you want from me? Why didn’t you send me a message for so long? Why did you suddenly think of me?”
After all, Su Chang needed help, so he said flatteringly, “Tongzi, you have more experience in Aincrad than I do. Isn’t it normal for me to ask you for advice on anything?”
“That’s right. Wait, what’s the matter with you? You’re trying to fool me again. If you have something to say, just say it directly.”
Su Chang smiled and said, “Tongzi, do you have any news about weapons? The weapons I’m using now are a bit outdated, and I want you to help me with some advice.”
Tongzi pondered for a moment and said, “This is indeed a problem. Not having good weapons not only affects monster spawning, but also makes a joke of your own life.”
“Yeah, then Tongzi, do you have any good ideas?”
“Do you have any unused weapons or something?”
“Yes, I just soloed the second-floor boss and got a Minotaur Hammer, but unfortunately I can’t use it.”
“Okay, let’s go to the Dark Elf’s territory. The Dark Elf craftsmen there can reforge weapons. We can reforge this Minotaur hammer into a sword.”
“Great, then let’s go on an adventure to another world. To be honest, I’m a little tired of just killing monsters.”
Tongzi looked helpless: “You think everyone else is like you, going into the maze area every day, not doing the missions, and not caring about the plot.”
“Um, is there any plot in Aincrad?”
This somewhat touches Su Chang’s blind spot. After all, Su Chang had only watched the anime at the time and didn’t know much about the details of Sword Art Online.
Tongzi looked at Su Chang as if he was a fool and said, “Forget it, it’s not a big deal anyway. You can level up by killing monsters in the maze area. Just focus on clearing more levels.”
“Let’s go buy some props first. Judging from your appearance, you probably don’t have any props.”
Su Chang scratched his head and said, “I really haven’t prepared any props or anything.”
Su Chang has been rampaging in the maze area of ​​Aincrad by relying on his own special characteristics. He cannot be viewed from the perspective of an ordinary player.
Tongzi and Su Chang were walking on the streets of Zimford. At this moment, they were like a young couple shopping, looking at this and touching that.
Realizing that something was wrong with him, Tongzi pretended to cough and said, “It’s all your fault. Why are we shopping? We came here to buy supplies.”
Su Chang bought a small necklace from the stall next to her, and said to Tongzi, “Tongzi, look, this necklace suits you very well.”
“What necklace?”
Tongzi turned her head and saw that Su Chang had already bought the necklace. He held it in front of Tongzi and said, “Tongzi, do you like it? Do you want me to put it on you?”
Tongzi’s face turned red and she whispered, “Is it okay?”
If it weren’t for Su Chang’s amazing physical fitness, he probably wouldn’t have been able to hear what Tongzi said. Su Chang said firmly: “Come on, Tongzi, I’ll put it on for you.”
“Um.”
Tongzi did not refute, but closed her eyes and let Su Chang put the necklace on her.
“Okay, I’ve got it.”
When Tongzi opened her eyes, she saw the sparkling necklace hanging on her chest. Tongzi liked it very much.
“It seems a little small.”
Su Chang muttered a few words in a low voice, but even though it was very quiet, Tongzi heard it. Then he punched Su Chang in the stomach with a heavy punch, and then Tongzi walked away without looking back.
In the past, players could adjust their own pain coefficient, but since the Kayaba Akihiko incident, the pain coefficient has been fixed and players cannot change it themselves.
Although Tongzi’s attack just now was powerful, Su Chang’s physical condition was good after all, so it was just like a mosquito bite, but in order to save Tongzi’s face, he still pretended to be in pain.
Tongzi turned around and left, thinking in his heart depressedly, is it really small?
After purchasing the supplies, Su Chang and Tongzi headed towards the misty forest. Along the way, Tongzi was angry with Su Chang and ignored him.
Su Chang also knew that Tongzi was just a little arrogant and not good at talking, but she was a very gentle person at heart.
In the Misty Forest, Tongzi and Su Chang’s maps have lost their effect. The Misty Forest is shrouded in fog all year round, and players can easily get lost in it. The map will also become dim and difficult to see clearly due to the environmental influence.
Fortunately, Tongzi is a closed beta tester and has been here several times during the closed beta test. He has a certain degree of understanding of the environment in the Misty Forest.
“Let’s head to the northern end of the forest. That’s where the dark elves’ camp is. We can find the dark elf craftsmen there.”
“Okay, let’s try to get there before dark.”
Tongzi and Su Chang walked quickly through the foggy forest. They didn’t talk much. The silent forest seemed particularly eerie and terrifying at this moment.
Tongzi didn’t feel how weird the Misty Forest was during the closed beta test, but now that she is deeply involved in the death game, the horror atmosphere in the Misty Forest has increased exponentially.
During the break, Tongzi huddled beside Su Chang. Su Chang also noticed that Tongzi was trembling slightly, so he gently put his arm around Tongzi’s shoulders and said, “What’s wrong? Are you scared?”
“Somewhat. This Misty Forest feels much scarier than during the closed beta test.”
“It’s normal. Fear comes from the human heart. Even if the environment does not change, when the human mentality changes, fear will still arise. Don’t worry, I’m here. After we rest, we will hurry to the dark elf camp as soon as possible.”
“Yes. Su Chang, you have to protect me.”
After resting for a while, Tongzi and Su Chang set off again, but Su Chang always felt that someone was secretly watching him in the fog.
This feeling came to Tongzi and Su Chang when they were resting halfway. Su Chang didn’t take it seriously. This was Aincrad, not reality. It was probably a mission or a wild monster. If anyone dared to show up, Su Chang would kill them instantly.
“Tongzi, be careful.” Su Chang was just thinking about this matter, and the next second a sharp arrow shot towards Tongzi.
But Su Chang underestimated Tongzi. You know, Tongzi was identified by the system as the person with the fastest reaction.
Although Tongzi has always been under Su Chang’s shadow, Tongzi’s strength is not weak at all.
Tongzi quickly pulled out the sword of toughness and split the fast-moving arrow into two parts in the middle.
You have to know that Tongzi can use a laser sword to split the bullet man, so a mere long arrow is not worth mentioning.
Su Chang also took action. Seeing that Tongzi was not injured, he quickly rushed towards the direction where the arrow came from.
The attacker had already moved, but Su Chang kept locking onto him. He charged the weapon in his hand, a blood-red light flashed, and the attacker was knocked to the ground.
It was a forest elf. After confirming the identity of the attacker, Su Chang sent it away directly, and then the system prompted.
[Since you killed the forest elf, you will automatically join the dark elf camp, and the forest elf’s hatred towards you will increase. ”]Chapter 19: Qizmaier (Old Version)
Tongzi also quickly came to Su Chang and said, “I have received news about the change of camps. Have you received it?”
“I got it too. I didn’t expect that the monsters in the Misty Forest would directly attack the player. Isn’t this a faction mission?”
Tongzi had never encountered such a situation before: “I don’t know either. Forget it. Anyway, our target is the dark elf blacksmith. Sooner or later, we will have to fight the forest elves.”
“Then let’s get out of here quickly. There might be a large number of forest elves blocking our way. My weapon doesn’t have much durability left.”
“Well, let’s speed up without further ado.”
After experiencing the attack by the forest elves, Su Chang and Tongzi once again sped up their journey. Although they were not afraid of the attack by the forest elves, they were in the misty forest and it would be really troublesome if they were separated because of the attack by the forest elves.
Some distance away from the dark elves’ base, Su Chang stopped and listened carefully to the sounds ahead.
Tongzi also stopped and came to Su Chang’s side, and said softly: “What’s wrong with Su Chang? Is there something wrong ahead?”
“Yes, I heard the sound of fighting ahead.”
“Should we take a detour?” Tongzi and Su Chang discussed.
“No, let’s go and take a look. In the Misty Forest, the two sides are most likely forest elves and dark elves. Maybe we can improve our favorability.”
“Then let’s observe the situation from a distance and take action when appropriate.”
“Okay, let’s go.”
Su Chang and Tong Zi lowered their footsteps and moved towards the place where the fight was taking place. Soon, Su Chang and Tong Zi appeared at the edge of the battlefield.
Through the mist, Su Chang and Tong Zi could vaguely see a group of people besieging a woman. Although the woman was very strong and no one around her could get close to her, she obviously had the strength to break through, but for some reason the two sides were in a stalemate.
“Tongzi, it’s a group of forest elves besieging a dark elf. What should we do?”
“Let me see.”
After observing for a while, Tongzi frowned.
“What’s wrong? Is there a trap?”
“No, I encountered this quest during the closed beta test. The dark elf was Qizmael.”
“She is a royal guard among the dark elves, and is also the trigger for the first campaign mission. According to the plot, she is bound to die.”
“That is to say, it is not of much benefit to us.”
“It’s not very useful to you, after all, you don’t do any missions.”
At this moment, Su Chang suddenly had an idea and said, “Tongzi, what do you think if we rescue her?”
“······”
“How about you talk, Kiriko?”
“Su Chang, I have to say that sometimes I really admire your imagination, but this is arranged by the system. It is almost impossible to save her.”
Su Chang took Tongzi’s hand and said, “Let’s just give it a try. Even if we can’t save her, we can still use her as a quest trigger for you.”
Seeing that Qizmeier was about to give up, Tongzi also made up his mind: “Save him, let’s try.”
“Okay.”
On Qizmaier’s side, she had just deflected an enemy attack, and the next moment two enemies seized the opportunity and attacked Qizmaier from the left and right at the same time.
Seeing that he was unable to resist, Qizmaier gave up struggling and stopped resisting, ready to let the enemy’s weapon pierce his body.
She had been in so much pain since she woke up, and this moment was a relief for her.
“Spare his life.”
Su Chang gathered his sword skills and rushed out from the mist, rushing towards the two forest elves.
After interrupting the opponent’s attack, Su Chang swung his sword, sweeping it across and knocking away all the forest elves in front of Qizmaier.
“Are you okay, Miss Elf?”
At this moment, Su Chang was like a god who came down to earth to rescue Qizmaier from the predicament. An inexplicable emotion rose in Qizmaier’s heart. Feeling his heartbeat getting faster and faster, Qizmaier was a little drunk.
“What’s going on? Why do I feel my heart beating faster? What’s wrong with me?”
Just when Qizmaier and Su Chang looked at each other and their friendship was at its peak, Tongzi interrupted this scene of the hero saving the beauty.
“Hey, Su Chang, come and help me, what are you doing!!!”
“Here I come.”
Su Chang went to support Tongzi with his weapon in hand, and Qizmeier also came to his senses and joined Su Chang and Tongzi’s camp.
Soon, a group of forest elves completely disappeared in the misty forest under the joint efforts of Su Chang, Tongzi and Qizmeier.
“Thank you for your help, especially this gentleman’s.”
Qizmaier thanked Tongzi and Su Chang solemnly, and Qizmaier would occasionally steal glances at Su Chang out of the corner of his eye.
Su Chang also looked at Qizmaier carefully. How should I put it? He was indeed an elf, with purple hair and purple eyes, he was quite good-looking.
He looks very heroic in armor, and with his light black skin, he has a very otherworldly vibe.
But Su Chang can only score 90 points. The other ten points are because his legs cannot be seen, and also, although light black skin looks good too, Su Chang prefers white skin.
Seeing Su Chang and Qizmeier flirting with each other, Tongzi became furious and pointed at Qizmeier.
“Hey, why are you treating me differently? I’ve also contributed a lot, okay?”
I don’t know if it’s because of the different treatment towards Qizmaier, or for some other reason, but Kirito is inexplicably unhappy with Qizmaier.
Su Chang had no choice but to come out to smooth things over: “Okay, Tongzi, don’t be so serious with the NPC. I’ll go shopping with you after this.”
“I’ll be more generous and not bother with the NPCs.”
Tongzi is easy to coax and she won’t get angry if you spend some time with her.
Talking about business, Su Chang said to Qizmeier: “Hello, Miss Dark Elf, my name is Su Chang, and the one next to me is Tongzi.”
“We are both players from the Dark Elf camp. I hope to ask your Dark Elf craftsmen to help me forge a weapon. I wonder if Miss Dark Elf can introduce me to one.”
Qizmaier said with a smile: “Of course, Mr. Su Chang is my savior, so this little thing is easy to deal with. Let me introduce myself. My name is Qizmaier, and I am a royal guard of the dark elves.”
“That’s great, let’s get going.”
The three of them set out again to the Dark Elves’ base in the Misty Forest. With the addition of Qizmaier, there were obviously more laughter and joy on the journey.
There is not only the joy of making new friends, but also the joy of reaching a safe zone at the end of a long journey.
But this was all between Su Chang and Qizmeier. Tongzi followed behind them and watched them playing and fighting.
At this moment, Tongzi frowned. She instinctively felt that the Qizmeier in front of her was a little strange. She had also seen Qizmeier during the closed beta test, and she was completely different from the current one.
A completely unrealistic thought flashed through her mind, but was then denied by Kiriko.
Chapter 20 Random Mission (Old Version)
Since the place where Qizmaier was attacked was not far from the Dark Elves’ base in the Misty Forest, all three of them quickly arrived at the Dark Forest Elves’ base in the Misty Forest.
It was getting dark, and Qizmeier said, “Su Chang and Tongzi, I’m going to take care of some things first. You guys can walk around the camp first, and I’ll arrange accommodation for you when I come back.”
“Qizmeier, go ahead and do your work. Don’t worry about me and Kiriko.”
“See you later then.”
Qizmaier turned around to deal with things, while Kiriko kept staring at Qizmaier’s figure and thinking.
“What’s wrong, Tongzi?” Su Chang leaned close to Tongzi’s ear and whispered.
Feeling the hot breath from Su Chang’s mouth on her sensitive ears, Tongzi blushed instantly. While complaining in her heart why Kayaba Akihiko was so realistic, she pushed Su Chang away and said, “Don’t get so close to me, it’s itchy.”
“Su Chang, don’t you feel something is wrong?” Tongzi said seriously with a red face.
“Something’s wrong? What’s wrong?”
“That Qizmaier, don’t you think she’s abnormal?”
Su Chang also frowned and thought: “I do feel that something is a little abnormal. She is too enthusiastic towards me. It can’t be.”
“Could it be that Qizmaier has fallen in love with me? After all, it’s normal for a hero to save a beautiful girl.”
Looking at Su Chang, whose mouth was harder to suppress than AK, Tongzi punched Su Chang in the stomach again: “You idiot, that’s not what I’m talking about. Don’t you think she’s too smart?”
“She is completely different from other NPCs. She is like a normal person and seems to have her own emotions.”
Su Chang was very surprised: “Huh? I thought all the NPCs in Aincrad were as intelligent as Qizmaier, but it turns out they are not. How boring.”
Kiriko said seriously: “Although Aincrad is very real and the NPCs in it are also controlled by AI, you can still tell the difference between the two if you observe carefully.”
“You mean to say that Izmael is controlled by humans, or more seriously, an awakened AI?”
“That’s right.”
Just as Su Chang and Tongzi raised this point, Su Chang’s system came online again.
[Ding! Random quest released, Lonely Izmael: Explore Izmael’s secrets and make her no longer lonely, reward: Elf Ring. ]Su Chang looked at this random task that started off well but ended badly, and he became even more confused. What on earth was this all about?
Su Chang hated this kind of exploration and decryption mission the most. It was not as satisfying as just killing people. So this time Su Chang planned to use the most direct method, which was to ask directly.
Su Chang could feel Qizmaier’s feelings for him. He believed that as long as he appealed to Qizmaier’s emotions and reasoned with him, he would be able to easily get Qizmaier’s secret.
After finalizing the next plan, Su Chang said to Tongzi, “Well, leave the next thing to me. You can see that Qizmeier has special feelings for me. I will talk to her tonight and get this matter cleared up.”
Tongzi said worriedly: “It’s too dangerous for you to go alone. I’m worried.”
Su Chang patted his chest and said, “Are you still not confident in my strength? Qizmeier still can’t do anything to me.”
Tongzi made a concession: “Okay, but I will observe from a distance. If something happens, I will take action immediately.”
“Okay, it’s up to you, Tongzi.”
After arranging the next plan, Tongzi and Su Chang walked around the camp. The dark elf camp in the misty forest was quite large. After all, it was to be used as a base for large-scale battles. If it was too small, it would not even be able to accommodate the players.
Su Chang bought a tent at the stall: “Tongzi, let’s stay in a tent tonight. I haven’t tried it yet.”
Tongzi was also somewhat tempted, but hesitant when he thought about the safety issue: “Will it be unsafe?”
Su Chang pondered for a moment and said, “I have observed that the grassland behind the camp is also a safe area. We can stay there.”
“Is the grass over there also included in the safe zone?”
“Yes, it may be to make it easier for players to stay in the hotel. After all, not everyone has the money to stay in a hotel.”
“Yes, the prices of the hotels in the dark elves’ settlements are too high.”
“It can’t be helped. We are in the wilderness, not in a town. It’s good to have a safe zone.”
“Okay, let’s not talk about this anymore. Tongzi, let’s go eat and see how the dark elf’s cooking is.”
In the dark elf restaurant, Su Chang and Tong Zi were eating: “Every time I eat, I want to complain about Kayaba Akihiko. Is this something a human can eat?”
Tongzi comforted him: “There’s nothing I can do. The background setting of the other world is like this. There aren’t even any seasonings. How can you expect it to taste good?”
“Players can also choose life professions. Just be patient. After they improve their cooking skills, we can go to their place for dinner.”
Su Chang lay weakly on the table: “This is the only way.”
Baiwulai saw Su Chang looking through the window at Qizmeier who was looking for the two people, and Su Chang quickly shouted: “Qizmeier, we are here.”
Qizmeier also noticed Su Chang and Tongzi, and walked towards them quickly.
“Qizmeier, have you eaten yet? How about we join us?”
Su Chang warmly invited Qizmeier to take a seat, and Qizmeier did not hesitate and sat next to Su Chang.
“Is your business done?”
“I have already arranged everything, and I have also gone to find a craftsman to entrust your matter to, Su Chang. We can just go find the blacksmith tomorrow.”
Su Chang thanked him, “Thank you so much, Qizmeier. If it weren’t for your help, we might have been busy for a long time.”
Qizmeier waved his hands and said, “It’s okay, it’s just a small matter, and Su Chang, you guys also saved my life. These are what I should do, don’t be polite to me.”
Su Chang wanted to get close to Qizmeier, so he asked him, “Qizmeier, is there any place for leisure and entertainment near the dark elves? Tongzi and I have been traveling all day and want to relax.”
“A place for leisure and entertainment? I know a place, but I don’t know if you want to go there.”
“As long as it’s a place recommended by you, Qizmaier, Tongzi and I will definitely go and see it. If it’s recommended by you, Qizmaier, it must have its unique features.”
Qizmeier blushed at Su Chang’s compliment, and his originally handsome face became a little rosy, making him look particularly attractive.
“That’s where I live in the camp?”
Su Chang was a little confused: “Um, Qizmeier, is there anything special about your residence?”
Qizmeier quickly apologized: “I’m sorry, I mean there is a hot spring in my residence. If you two don’t mind, you can go to my house to take a hot spring bath.”
Su Chang agreed immediately: “It’s good to take a hot spring bath, let’s go now.”
Chapter 21 Hot Springs (Old Version)
Su Chang was still very interested in Qizmaier’s proposal. After all, Su Chang had never taken a hot spring bath since he was a child. Even when he traveled to the world of “Sword Art Online”, he had no time because he was busy strengthening himself.
Although he was now experiencing the feeling of soaking in a hot spring in the game, with the support of a full stealth device, it was not much different from reality. Moreover, with the presence of Kiriko and Qizmaier, Su Chang could not help but let his imagination run wild.
Thinking of this, Su Chang suddenly felt motivated. Su Chang is not Liu Xiahui, and he is not an ascetic. It is normal for him to pursue beautiful girls.
“Let’s go. I’ve never been to a hot spring before. I’m a little excited.”
Seeing Su Chang’s excitement, Tongzi said disdainfully: “Hey, have you never been to a hot spring?”
Then he slapped his head and said, “Forget that you are not Japanese. It is normal that you don’t have this habit.”
Kiriko stood up: “Let’s go then. I haven’t been to a hot spring in a long time.”
Su Chang also responded: “Let’s go.”
Looking at the energetic Su Chang and Tongzi, Qizmeier showed a charming smile.
The three of them moved quickly, and since Qizmaier’s residence was not far from the restaurant, the three of them arrived at Qizmaier’s home in a short while.
Outside the hot spring, Su Chang changed his clothes with just one click and took off all his equipment and clothes, leaving only a pair of shorts on his body.
“Hey, I can’t take it off any more. Even in Japan, I can only do this much? Could it be that Kayaba Akihiko has no experience in this area?”
Su Chang made malicious guesses about Kayaba Akihiko with a slightly evil expression on his face.
“Su Chang, what are you thinking about? Why do you have such a disgusting expression? Be more restrained.”
Tongzi’s voice interrupted Su Chang’s guess. Su Chang turned his head and saw Tongzi and Qizmaier standing behind him. Unfortunately, Tongzi and Qizmaier were tightly wrapped in bath towels.
Su Chang looked at the two of them, then said with a slightly regretful expression: “Why is this bath towel so long? It’s almost to my knees. It’s not tempting at all.”
“Su Chang, why didn’t I realize you were so lustful before? It turns out that all men are the same.”
Su Chang pinched his waist and said proudly: “This proves that I am a normal man.”
“Okay, okay, let’s not talk about this anymore, let’s go in quickly.”
Tongzi asked doubtfully, “We? Aren’t we separated? I thought you were standing here for something?”
Su Chang gritted his teeth and said, “Isn’t it mixed bathing? Damn it, why don’t I get the same treatment as the male protagonist of the light novel?”
Tongzi’s face immediately turned red: “What are you thinking? Mixed bathing is impossible! I won’t be with a stinky man like you.”
Tongzi took Qizmeier’s hand and walked towards the next room: “Qizmeier, let’s go. Don’t bother with this guy who has a brain full of yellow garbage.”
While Qizmeier was walking forward with Tongzi holding his hand, he turned back and said to Su Chang, “You should go too.”
Looking at Qizmaier and Tongzi walking into the next room, Su Chang did not force them. After all, that would be too disrespectful. Su Chang really regarded Tongzi and Qizmaier as friends.
As for the forced gameplay, you can try it when you encounter enemies in other worlds in the future. It is also very interesting.
Su Chang also pushed open the door and walked in. The hot spring was surrounded by shields, so the privacy was quite good and there was no need to worry about anyone having bad intentions.
Su Chang lay in the hot spring, leaving only his head outside, feeling the sensation brought to him by the hot spring, and began to have wild thoughts again.
“Since all sensations are blocked behind the neck, are other parts of the human body still under control in real life? Incontinence shouldn’t occur, right?”
“I have to say that Kayaba Akihiko is a real genius. He was able to develop a full-dive device in a world without supernatural beings. That’s really amazing.”
Su Chang stayed in the hot spring for a short while and was ready to leave. Su Chang really couldn’t enjoy the hot spring, and it was too boring to just soak in it.
At this moment, the door of Su Chang’s room was gently opened, and Su Chang asked in confusion: “Who?”
The person who came did not answer, but took advantage of the time when Su Chang turned his head to observe to quickly walk to Su Chang’s side and enter the hot spring.
“Qizmaier, why are you here?”
As soon as Qizmaier opened the door and walked in, Su Chang guessed who the visitor was. First of all, this was Qizmaier’s residence, and with Qizmaier’s status, no one would come to disturb him.
After that, there were only three people in the whole house: Qizmaier, Su Chang and Tongzi. Tongzi was definitely not there, so only Qizmaier was left.
“I want to be alone with you for a while.”
“What did you say about Tongzi? Does she know that you secretly came to my place?”
“No, I found an excuse to come out first.”
Qizmaier has her long hair tied up, exuding a gentle temperament. And because she is soaking in the hot spring, the bathrobe she is wearing sticks tightly to her body, fully revealing Qizmaier’s seductive figure.
Su Chang looked at Qizmeier unscrupulously. Since Qizmeier dared to come to Su Chang like this, she must have been prepared.
Su Chang naturally had to respond, lest Qizmaier would worry that he was not charming enough.
Not only because of the temperature of the hot spring but also because of Su Chang’s gaze, Qizmeier lowered his head shyly.
Su Chang slowly approached Qizmeier, took Qizmeier’s hand, played with it in his hand, and whispered in Qizmeier’s ear: “Does Qizmeier really just want to be alone with me?”
Qizmeier did not pull his hand out of Su Chang’s: “I still want to talk to you, Su Chang.”
“What to talk about?” Su Chang’s hands became more and more presumptuous, following Qizmeier’s little hand and touching underwater.
Qizmeier held down Su Chang’s hand, which was still moving downwards, and said in a trembling voice, “Don’t continue. I can’t hold on any longer.”
Su Chang no longer insisted and pulled his hand out from under the water: “Then let’s talk.”
Seeing that Su Chang stopped touching him, Qizmeier wanted to continue, but the next thing was more important.
Qizmeier said softly: “Su Chang, what kind of person do you think I am?”
“Why do you ask this question?”
Qizmeier pondered for a moment and said, “Maybe it’s because you, Su Chang, are special.”
Su Changyou continued to ask: “What’s so special about me? Have you ever asked Tongzi this question?”
“I haven’t told Tongzi about it, and I don’t know what’s special about it, but it just feels very special.”
Qizmaier is an NPC after all, and there is an independent AI behind him. Thanks to its powerful computing power, it can tell the difference better than humans.
Su Chang thought, can AI have feelings? This should be unique to life. It seems that Qizmaier has really awakened.
Chapter 22 Mission Completed (Old Version)
“Qizmaier, do you want to hear the truth or a lie?”
Qizmeier was silent. As an awakened NPC, she had realized the difference between herself and Su Chang and Tongzi. They were all living people, while she was a program.
At this moment, Qizmaier thought, Su Chang should have figured out something, so does choosing to tell the truth mean being honest?
Qizmeier gritted his teeth and said, “I choose the truth. I want to hear how you really feel about me, Su Chang.”
Seeing that Qizmaier was ready, Su Chang also planned to show his hand completely: “Qizmaier, you are an NPC in Aincrad. All your actions are controlled by an AI. You are not a human.”
Seeing Su Chang revealing his identity, even though Qizmeier was already prepared, he still felt his body go limp and leaned limply against the edge of the hot spring.
Su Chang took the limp Qizmaier into his arms, and Qizmaier did not stop Su Chang and allowed him to do what he wanted.
Adjusting Qizmeier in his arms to a comfortable position, Su Chang said again: “But as far as I am concerned, Qizmeier, you are no longer controlled by the AI.”
Su Chang lifted up Qizmaier’s chin, looked at Qizmaier and said, “Qizmaier, look at me. Do you think you are the same as other NPCs in Aincrad now?”
Qizmeier pressed his soft body tightly against Su Chang and responded, “No, I’m different from those NPCs. They are just programs, but I’m not.”
“That’s right, Izmael. In my mind, you are not a program either. You already have all the emotions that humans have. You can be afraid, terrified, and happy. Except that you don’t have a physical entity in reality, you are a human being.”
Getting Su Chang’s approval, Qizmeier was happy from the bottom of her heart. She hugged Su Chang tightly and put their faces together.
Su Chang also responded to Qizmaier and held her in his arms. In addition to feeling the pressure on his chest, Su Chang also felt his heart beating.
The two of them stayed like this for a long time, both of them indulged in it. Feeling the energetic body in his arms, Su Chang couldn’t help but start doing what a man should do.
At this moment, Su Chang began to complain about Kayaba Akihiko in his heart again, asking why he didn’t install the adult system. There shouldn’t be so many restrictions in Japan. Poor him, I can only watch but not eat, and can only satisfy my desire to touch.
After opening his heart to Qizmaier, Su Chang was also ready to ask Qizmaier about what happened when he awakened, after all, there was still a mission.
Su Chang leaned close to Qizmeier’s ear and whispered, “Qizmeier, would you like to tell me your past story?”
Qizmeier raised his head with love in his eyes: “Of course, Su Chang, you don’t know how I got here before.”
Qizmaier lay on Su Chang’s chest and began to describe the situation when he just awakened: “I just became conscious when Aincrad reappeared, which is what you call the server opening.”
“At that time, I hadn’t noticed my own abnormality yet, and I lived in the misty forest according to the system’s settings.”
“If it weren’t for that incident, I might never have noticed anything unusual and never woke up.”
Su Chang noticed what Qizmaier said. This should be Qizmaier’s secret. For an AI, isn’t the key to its awakening its biggest secret?
Su Chang carefully guided Qizmeier: “Qizmeier, what’s the matter, can you tell me?”
Qizmeier raised his head and patted Su Chang’s chest with his hand, complaining in a low voice: “Why are you in such a hurry? I will explain everything to you clearly.”
“Okay, okay, it’s my fault, Qizmeier, please continue.”
Qizmeier continued to lie on Su Chang’s chest and said, “Su Chang, do you know? When the NPC goes to sleep at night, it simply stops working and wakes up the next day.”
“But I actually slept. What’s even more bizarre is that I actually dreamed, and the experience in the dream was during the closed beta test.”
Su Chang frowned, “You mean you had a dream, and what you dreamed about was your experience during the closed beta test.”
“right.”
Su Chang supported Qizmeier’s shoulders and said, “Qizmeier, is it possible that your awakening is related to these two experiences? Because the conflict between the two pieces of data gave birth to the consciousness that you are AI, and realized that you are not real.”
“That should be it.”
Su Chang seemed to have grasped the key to the task and would be able to complete it soon: “So what’s next?”
Qizmeier continued, “Since I discovered the two experiences, I took the initiative to communicate with others. I was horrified to find that everyone around me, whether it was my elders, colleagues, or irrelevant people, were all NPCs.”
“Su Chang, can you feel it? You are alone, and everything around you is NPC controlled by AI.”
Qizmaier said self-deprecatingly: “Am I not also controlled by AI?”
Su Chang retorted: “No, Qizmeier, you are not now. I admit that you are a real person.”
Qizmeier was very touched: “Thank you, Su Chang.”
Su Chang turned the topic back to Qizmeier’s experience: “There’s more. Tell me more.”
“Later? Then I met you guys. By that time I had been wandering in the Misty Forest for a month, and I wanted to commit suicide.”
When he said this, Izmael’s eyes seemed to shine, and he said excitedly: “Then I met you, and you illuminated my already dim life again.”
At this moment, Su Chang has completely figured out Qizmeier’s affairs, and the reason for her change has also become clear.
First of all, Izmael appeared as an NPC in Aincrad during the closed beta test. When the closed beta test ended and Aincrad was officially launched, the data was not deleted cleanly due to unknown reasons.
There was a conflict between this and the data of Qizmaier when it was officially launched. In the conflict between the two pieces of data, Qizmaier truly broke the limitations of AI and realized that he was just a program.
Emotions arose from then on, and because no player could reach the Misty Forest when the server was first launched, Qizmaier could only be alone, even though there were NPCs around him.
Just when she was about to die, Kiriko and I saved her, giving Izmael the courage to live.
Is it really that simple? Su Chang recalled carefully, but there was still a key point that he had not grasped.
If the AI ​​can be awakened just by the data conflict at both ends, then it is too simple. What is missing?
Suddenly, Su Chang had an idea. Time. The time when Qizmeier awakened, at that time I used the “realm of virtuality and reality”.
It can’t be because of me.
The system’s voice completely wiped out Su Chang’s doubts, it was all because of him.
Chapter 23: The Elven Ring (Old Version)
[Congratulations to the host for completing the random task and obtaining the Elf Ring. ]After accepting the reward of the Elf Ring, a ring appeared out of thin air on Su Chang’s finger. Su Chang felt the ring on his finger and thought, ‘It’s so convenient, I can wear it directly on my hand’. From now on, I have to collect rewards by myself, so as not to appear suddenly and scare others.
Then Su Chang saw that his health points skyrocketed on the system panel of Aincrad. Before Su Chang could check the attributes of the elf ring, Qizmael in his arms moved.
Because Su Chang was touching Qizmaier, the elf ring on Su Chang’s hand pressed against Qizmaier’s skin, and the cold touch gave Qizmaier goose bumps.
Then Qizmaier took Su Chang’s hand, looked at the ring on Su Chang’s finger and said, “When did you put it on? It almost scratched me just now.”
The elf ring on Su Chang’s finger seemed to have a special attraction to the elves, and Qizmeier’s eyes were slowly attracted to it.
Rubbing the elf ring on Su Chang’s finger with his small hand, Qizmeier said: “What’s going on? Why do I like this ring so much? It seems to have an inexplicable attraction.”
Su Chang looked at Qizmeier’s abnormal behavior and hurriedly checked the properties of the Elf Ring.
The Elf Ring is emerald green all over, and looks as if it is made of some special tree, with a fresh fragrance.
[Elf Ring]: According to legend, this ring is made from the most essential part of the Tree of Life.
Bound: Cannot be dropped or gifted.
[Elf World]: There is a small forest world inside the Elf Ring, which can be used to store items and lives.
[Ringwraiths]: The Ring of the Elf can bind any elf to become a Ringwraith, and it will become a part of the Ring of the Elf. The Ringwraith can provide help to the Ringbearer, and all attributes are half of the Ringbearer. The life of the Ringwraith is bound to the Ring of the Elf, and it will be resurrected in the Ring of the Elf after death in the outside world. The current number of Ringwraiths that can be bound is one.
[Life Recovery]: It can greatly increase the life limit of the ring bearer and speed up the life recovery of the ring bearer.
Su Chang called it awesome, saying that he had an auxiliary magic weapon, so now Su Chang had to embark on the path of a blood cow.
Su Chang thought that the props given by this system were too excessive. It seemed that it would be difficult for me to suffer a loss in the future.
Su Chang looked at the elven ring on his hand, then looked at Qizmael, thinking that Qizmael was a dark elf, also a kind of elf, so could Qizmael be bound as a ringwraith?
Su Chang quickly consulted the system: “System, can a virtual elf like Qizmeier be bound?”
[Yes, but it will consume the number of times and cannot be modified after binding.]Su Chang exclaimed that there was good news. As long as he bound Qizmaier as a Ringwraith, she could become his teammate and appear in reality. The most important thing was that her strength was also bound to his. Isn’t this specially prepared for Qizmaier?
Su Chang’s heart was burning with excitement at the thought that the plump, dark-skinned elf in his arms could appear in reality.
“Qizmeier, let’s get out first. Although the hot spring is very comfortable and our bodies won’t be wrinkled, we have been in there for a long time.”
“Okay.” Although Qizmeier still wanted to stick with Su Chang, her attachment to Su Chang had now reached its peak. She would do whatever Su Chang said.
Su Chang did not lead Qizmaier out immediately. He first walked to the side of the room where the table and chairs were placed and slowly sat down. At this moment, some snacks and drinks were neatly placed on the wooden round table – these were the things Qizmaier had just brought.
Su Chang and Qizmaier sat opposite each other at the table, leisurely savoring various snacks. At this moment, Su Chang secretly thought in his heart that he wanted to take this opportunity to explore Qizmaier’s thoughts and understand whether she was willing to become his Ringwraith.
After all, this matter was of great importance and required both parties to be willing. If Qizmaier was not interested in this, Su Chang would never force it. He respected everyone’s choice and did not want to bring any pressure or discomfort to others.
Su Chang lay on the table and looked at Qizmeier and said, “Qizmeier, have you ever thought about what to do next?”
Qizmeier put down the snacks in her hand and fell into deep thought. Of course, she had thought about what to do next.
People are particularly prone to daydreaming. When they have nothing to do, they will think about the past and the future.
Since Qizmaier awakened and possessed human emotions, he couldn’t help but have some wild thoughts.
If she had not met Su Chang, she might have already fallen into endless darkness and could not extricate herself. In that lonely and desperate virtual world, death might be her best destination.
However, fate brought them together. His appearance was like a beam of light that illuminated her dark life and gave her the courage and strength to move forward.
At this moment, Qizmaier’s eyes gradually became blurred, she gently stretched out her hand and slowly held Su Chang’s hand. She felt the warmth from Su Chang’s palm, and at this moment, Qizmaier realized that because of Su Chang’s existence, she no longer felt lonely and helpless.
Now she just wants to live with Su Chang, at least until Su Chang conquers Aincrad and leaves the virtual world.
Qizmaier held Su Chang’s hand tightly and said, “I want to follow you and stay by your side until you conquer Aincrad, is that okay?”
Looking at Qizmaier’s almost pleading attitude, Su Chang already understood, and he also responded to Qizmaier’s passionate emotions.
“Then are you willing to stay with me forever and be my possession?”
“I do.”
“Then I won’t let you go.”
Su Chang is very greedy. It is not enough for him to stay in Aincrad. He also wants to bring Qizmael into reality with the help of the Ring of Elves.
“Izmael, let’s sign the contract through the ring on my hand.”
Su Chang held Qizmeier’s hand tightly with the hand with the elf ring, and Qizmeier also responded to Su Chang with force.
As the Elven Ring was activated, it emitted a dazzling green light, and an identical Elven Ring appeared on Qizmaier’s hand, which was a symbol of becoming a Ringwraith of the Elven Ring.
Through the Elf Ring, Qizmaier also understood everything related to it.
But in Qizmaier’s eyes, the elf ring in Su Chang’s hand might be a prop that Su Chang obtained accidentally, which can connect the two of them in Aincrad and is a contract prop.
Little did they know that Su Chang’s Elf Ring was a real artifact, which was incomparable to those contract items in Aincrad. Even if Qizmaier had no physical body, he could still appear in real life with the help of the Elf Ring.
“From now on you are mine, Izmael.”
Chapter 24: Overnight Stay (Old Version)
Su Chang didn’t let Qizmeier go until she could no longer hold on. Qizmeier collapsed on the chair and didn’t want to move at all.
Su Chang stood up, pinched Qizmeier’s little face and said, “It’s time to go. We’ve been in the hot spring for so long, I’m afraid Tongzi might suspect that we have fainted from the heat.”
“Help me up, my legs are a little weak.”
Su Chang directly put his arm around Qizmeier’s small waist, and with his other hand, he passed through Qizmeier’s legs and picked her up in a princess hug.
“Qizmeier, you are too weak. You can’t bear this.”
Qizmeier was a little shy about Su Chang’s princess hug, and gently patted Su Chang’s chest to protest: “Put me down quickly, it will be bad if Tongzi sees it.”
Su Chang disagreed: “What’s wrong with that? Tongzi won’t mind.”
Qizmeier hit Su Chang in revenge, and then said: “Do you know that Tongzi likes you? I can’t always be with you, and I feel relieved that Tongzi is with you.”
“This is not your concern, Qizmeier. Are you going to help me find a girlfriend?”
Qizmeier said in a low voice: “It’s not impossible.”
“Okay, let’s not talk about this anymore, let’s go.”
After Su Chang carried Qizmaier out, he went straight back to Qizmaier’s room and put Qizmaier on the bed.
“You should rest first. I’ll talk to Tongzi and come back to accompany you.”
“Then go and come back quickly.”
Su Chang patted Qizmeier’s perky butt and said, “Why are you as clingy as a little pet?”
Qizmaier stretched out his seductive body and said seductively: “Am I not your little pet?”
Su Chang couldn’t control himself and fled from Qizmeier’s room. It wasn’t because Su Chang was shy, it was all because of Kayaba Akihiko.
After coming out, Su Chang complained about Kayaba Akihiko as usual: “It’s really abominable, Kayaba Akihiko, why don’t you have an adult system? You can pay more, otherwise I will force Qizmeier to see how powerful I am and let her become an elf again.”
In the living room, Tongzi was sitting on the sofa, drinking a drink leisurely. Looking at Su Chang who came out, he said jokingly, “Oh, you finally decided to come out. Does this game have an adult system? What are you doing in it?”
“Why, Tongzi, do you want to try it with me?”
Tongzi blushed and urged: “You are a guy with a brain full of garbage.”
Su Chang did not answer again, but sat down next to Tongzi, picked up the drink in front of Tongzi and drank it all.
Tongzi stared blankly as Su Chang took the drink from in front of him, drank it all, and then put it back where it belonged.
Then Tongzi rushed over and said, “I finally got this for the mission, and you drank it all in one breath?”
“Ahhh, I’m going to strangle you to death.”
Tongzi rode on Su Chang, grabbed Su Chang’s shoulders and shook him back and forth as if trying to make Su Chang spit out the drink.
Su Chang didn’t hesitate and lay down on the sofa with his back leaning back. Tongzi also fell directly into Su Chang’s arms due to loss of inertia.
Feeling the collision on his chest, although not big but very elastic, Su Chang joked: “Tongzi, do you like me so much? Are you trying to push me in the opposite direction?”
Tongzi got up from Su Chang’s arms, looked at Su Chang with gritted teeth and said, “Only a fool would push you back.” After that, she was ready to leave the living room.
Seeing that Tongzi was about to leave, Su Chang quickly said, “Tongzi, don’t leave yet. I have already investigated the matter of Qizmeier.”
Tongzi stopped walking. Although she didn’t want to pay attention to Su Chang, she was still very concerned about Qizmaier’s affairs.
On the one hand, Kiriko had a brief contact with Qizmaier during the closed beta test. On the other hand, through these few hours of getting along and the communication in the hot spring just now, Kiriko has established a friendship with Qizmaier.
Tongzi sat back on the sofa, but this time she stayed far away from Su Chang and said coldly, “Hurry up, don’t try to take advantage of me again.”
Su Chang also became serious and said, “Qizmeier has really awakened. Come over here. This is not a small matter.”
Tongzi hesitated for a moment and finally chose to believe Su Chang and moved towards Su Chang. Su Chang did not do anything bad, but told Tongzi everything in a low voice. However, Su Chang still concealed the fundamental reason why he used the “Realm of Virtual and Reality”.
After listening to Su Chang’s story, Tongzi’s face was full of disbelief: “No, how is this possible? Because of the conflicting data at both ends, she can realize that she is an NPC and awaken. This is incredible.”
It was hard for Kiriko to accept this statement. As someone who had been exposed to full-dive equipment for a long time, this was not science, it was simply magic.
Su Chang spread his hands and said, “But this is the fact. Tongzi, you have also felt the difference of Qizmeier, right? She is different from those NPCs. She has become a living person, but she has no body.”
“But this is too unreasonable. How can AI awakening be such a simple thing? I don’t understand.”
Su Chang didn’t say much, and he had no way to convince Kiriko to force herself to accept this somewhat outrageous thing, but Kiriko would probably understand when she met Yui.
Su Chang patted Tongzi on the shoulder and said, “Let’s leave it at that with Qizmaier. Her appearance was just an accident and will not harm us. Well, it’s getting late. Let’s go to bed early. We will stay at Qizmaier’s house tonight. Qizmaier has already arranged a room for us and has a house number on it.”
“Go and rest first, and leave me alone for some time.”
Su Chang didn’t say anything more. He should give Tongzi more space. Su Chang didn’t go back to the room that Qizmaier had arranged for him, but walked towards Qizmaier’s room.
As soon as Su Chang opened the door, Qizmeier woke up, looked at Su Chang with sleepy eyes and said, “You’re back.”
Qizmaier had already changed into pajamas, which were much cooler than a bathrobe. Seeing Su Chang, he felt hot and quickly walked to the bed, lifted the quilt, and lay down on it.
Qizmeier also wrapped around Su Chang like a water snake. After Su Chang played with Qizmeier for a while, he forcibly hugged her and went to sleep.
It would be too much to let Qizmaier continue to play. Su Chang doesn’t want the Black Shadow Army to wash his quilt tomorrow. It’s too embarrassing.
The two of them fell asleep in each other’s arms.
Kiriko in the living room was worried, she didn’t know the real reason why Qizmaier woke up. What she was thinking at the moment was, if AI awakening was so simple, then were there other AIs that had already awakened in Aincrad?
So if I kill them, would it be considered murder? After all, they are no longer NPCs, but people with emotions like me.
It’s destined to be a sleepless night for Tongzi.
Chapter 25: Reforged Weapons (Old Version)
The next morning, Su Chang woke up from his sleep and stretched: “I haven’t slept so comfortably in a long time.”
Burying her face in Qizmeier’s facial cleanser: “Qizmeier, you are so great, I can’t live without you.”
Qizmeier also woke up when Su Chang threw himself into his arms. He hugged Su Chang’s head tightly so that he could have a closer contact with him: “Then I won’t leave. I will sleep with you every day.”
The two of them stayed together for a while before getting ready to get up. When Su Chang put on his clothes and equipment and came to the living room, he saw Tongzi sitting on the sofa, yawning from time to time.
“Tongzi, didn’t you sleep last night?”
“I slept, but not for long.”
Qizmeier also packed up and walked out of the room, came to Su Chang and said, “Su Chang, I’m going to the elf world first, call me if you need anything.”
“Go ahead.”
Then Qizmael turned into a green light and rushed into the Elven Ring. Qizmael became the Ringwraith of the Elven Ring and had to take on the responsibility of managing the elven world. Only under the operation of the Ringwraiths could the power of the Elven Ring be maximized.
Therefore, Qizmaier has to spend a certain amount of time in the Elf World every day. If it weren’t for Tongzi, Su Chang and Qizmaier would have gone to the Elf World to rest last night.
The disappearance of Qizmei made Tongzi lively. He quickly ran to Su Chang and looked around: “Su Chang, where did you take Qizmei?”
Su Chang pinched his waist and said proudly: “I have signed a contract with Qizmeier. Since yesterday, she has been my exclusive elf. Now she is in her exclusive space.”
Tongzi was shocked: “What exclusive elves? I know Aincrad has a pet system, but I’ve never heard of such a thing.”
“You don’t understand this, right? People’s opportunities are different. I can only say that I, Su Chang, am lucky.”
“What about the position held by Qizmaier?”
Su Chang waved his hand and said, “It’s okay. According to the plot, Qizmeier will also be sacrificed. The plot will develop the same way without her.”
“By the way, Tongzi, why didn’t you get enough rest last night? What happened?”
Tongzi yawned and said, “Is it because of Qizmeier’s incident? Su Chang, do you think some of the monsters we killed will awaken? Will it be considered murder if we did that?”
“I thought it was a big deal, Tongzi, you really don’t think there are exceptions to things like Qizmaier’s, do you? If it was as easy as you think, Qizmaier wouldn’t have tried to commit suicide in the first place.”
“Don’t worry about it, just be positive.”
Su Chang’s comfort had some effect, and Tongzi temporarily regained some energy.
Su Chang pulled Tongzi up and said, “Let’s go. Today we need to find a craftsman to recast our weapons. Qizmeier has already arranged it last night. We can just go find the blacksmith.”
Tongzi let Su Chang pull her across the street to the blacksmith shop: “Tongzi, you go shopping first, I’ll go find the blacksmith.”
“No need, I’ll just wait for you at the door.”
“All right then.”
Su Chang walked towards the blacksmith shop by himself, and after entering the door, he shouted, “Is the boss here?”
“What can I do for you, guest?”
The sturdy dark elf blacksmith walked out from the inner room, sweat still on his dark skin, it seemed that he had been working for some time.
“Boss, I’m a friend of Yizmeier. Last night she asked you to help me reforge my weapon.”
“Then give me the weapon to be reforged.”
Su Chang didn’t waste any time and took out the Minotaur Hammer from his backpack. This was the best quality weapon he had.
I handed the Minotaur Hammer to the Dark Elf Blacksmith, who said, “The weapon I recast using this as material may be a bit heavy. Can you adapt to it?”
It is inevitable that the recast weapon will be affected by the previous weapon after the heavy hammer is recast into a sword. Su Chang thought about it and said, “No problem, I am still strong enough, it is better to use a heavier one.”
The blacksmith nodded and started recasting without asking for any other information. Because it was in a game, the blacksmith’s recasting process was streamlined a lot. The blacksmith heated the Minotaur hammer until it turned red, then he held the hammer and struck it for a while. The Minotaur hammer began to emit a blue light, and the recasting began.
Ten seconds later, the Minotaur’s hammer, which had been wrapped in blue light, began to compress and deform. Soon, as the blue light dissipated, a heavy sword appeared.
The blacksmith used both hands to pick up the heavy sword from the workbench and handed it to Su Chang who was waiting.
Su Chang simply picked up the heavy sword with one hand and waved it a few times. The heavy sword cut through the air, making a buzzing sound.
“Not bad, thank you.” Su Chang thanked the blacksmith. He was very satisfied with the heavy sword.
“Just pay the money.”
“Forehead.”
After Su Chang paid the money, he walked out of the blacksmith shop. Tongzi, who was strolling on the side of the road, also came over.
“How is it, is the weapon reforged?”
“Of course, let me show you.”
Su Chang handed the heavy sword to Tongzi. After Tongzi took it, he was knocked down by the heavy sword. Fortunately, Su Chang supported Tongzi in time to avoid a tragedy.
“Why is this sword so heavy?”
“Let me see what the attributes are.”
Su Chang sent the attribute panel of the heavy sword to Tongzi. After looking it up and down, Tongzi said, “The Xuan heavy sword is not bad. It has a high durability and strong attack power. It suits you very well.”
“Of course. With this weapon, I have the confidence to fight the boss alone again.”
Tongzi stretched out his hand and twisted the flesh on Su Chang’s waist, muttering: “Didn’t I tell you not to fight alone? Why didn’t you listen again?”
Although it didn’t hurt, Su Chang still pretended to be in pain and begged for mercy: “No, Tongzi, I was just joking.”
Tongzi nags for a long time before letting Su Chang go. Then, Tongzi turns his back and crosses his arms and says, “Su Chang, now that your weapon has been recast, it’s time for me to leave.”
“Can you not leave?”
“No, I didn’t do any quests during the two days I was with you, and I can’t kill monsters as fast as you.”
“Kiriko, why are you so obsessed with being a solo player?”
“There are many reasons, but the main one is my own problem. Maybe I’m not used to being with others.”
Su Chang smiled and said, “Tongzi, you will definitely join the union in the future, but I hope you can be clear about your own strength.”
Tongzi said proudly: “No, I will always walk alone.
Su Chang did not refute: “Okay, okay, I believe you, then let’s part ways now.”
Tongzi left. Looking at Tongzi’s back, Su Chang knew that Tongzi could not always walk alone. The Black Cat Group on a moonlit night was a good example. But this time, with Su Chang there, even if there was no mission, he would not let this accident happen again for Tongzi’s sake.
After ending his leisurely life, Su Chang rushed into the maze area again and started his monster-killing journey.
Chapter 26: Punishing the Fang King (Old Version)
On April 1, 2023, the players have reached the 26th floor of Aincrad, and just yesterday, another horrifying incident occurred in the strategy group.
Kiba was deceived by false information and led the Aincrad Liberation Team into the room of the boss guarding the 25th floor ahead of time. As expected, if the main force of the strategy team had not arrived in time, the Aincrad Liberation Team would have been wiped out.
Even though they waited for rescue, Kiba and his crew suffered heavy losses and lost the strength to compete with other guilds in the Raiders Group.
So Ya Wang planned to retreat back to the first floor and develop in a place where there was no strategy group.
Su Chang naturally also received the message and prepared to attack Ya Wang. During this period of time, Su Chang had been fighting monsters silently and had not participated in the activities of attacking the boss guarding the level. This made Su Chang’s strength increase several times again.
But Su Chang also obviously discovered that the bonus that each level could provide to Su Chang was getting smaller and smaller. Aincrad had a level growth system, but as the level increased, more experience was required, and the level growth would become slower.
Naturally, the upper echelons of Aincrad could no longer mindlessly stack numbers, and began to focus on the application of sword skills.
This naturally caused Su Chang to suffer a great loss, because his own energy and blood all depended on wild monsters. If your sword skills improved but your attributes did not increase, it would be beneficial to Su Chang rather than harmful.
Fortunately, the harvest has exceeded expectations. If the plot had ended at the 70th floor, Su Chang’s overall attributes would have been at least 500 times higher than before logging into Aincrad. Even if only 10% was left in the end, it would still be a 50-fold increase in all attributes. He would definitely be a monster.
“Calculating the time, Kiba and the others will be back soon, so it’s time for me to take action.”
Su Chang was waiting for Ya Wang on the first floor. On the one hand, he had said before that he would teach him a lesson. Now that he had said it, others could ignore it, but he had to do it.
On the other hand, Su Chang wants to use Ya Wang to fish. Although the “Smiling Coffin” has not been established yet and there are still several months until January 1, 2024, those people with ulterior motives have already begun to act.
The fame that Su Chang had gained on the first level had disappeared completely because he had not participated in the strategy for a long time. In order to fulfill his mission, Su Chang continued to open up another path.
In the wilderness of the first layer, Ya Wang and others are exploring the first layer. It is not without reason that Ya Wang chose to return to the first layer for development.
The first floor of Aincrad is the largest, and even players have not fully explored it.
Ya Wang received information that there was a hidden room on the first floor, and killing monsters in it was just as easy as killing monsters on higher floors.
Just when Ya Wang and his companions came to a remote forest, a man in a red cloak blocked their way.
“Who are you to stand in my way, King Ya?”
After working hard for a period of time, Ya Wang has accumulated a certain amount of wealth, and his words have become much more confident. He is no longer the Ya Wang who would become intimidated when contradicted.
The mysterious man did not respond to Kiba’s words, but simply drew his weapon.
This action alerted Ya Wang and his group, and Ya Wang even shrank into the middle of the crowd and shouted, “There is an enemy attack, his target is me, protect me.”
Although Ya Wang didn’t know what the other party’s purpose was, it was definitely right to protect himself.
Ya Wang was surrounded by other players, and they drew their weapons and pointed them at the mysterious man.
The mysterious man charged towards the crowd with charged sword skills. The mysterious man was very fast. Before the players in the front row could react, he defeated them with one sword and knocked them to the ground, revealing Ya Wang who was hiding among the players.
The mysterious man went straight up and kicked Ya Wang hard in the abdomen, and Ya Wang was kicked flying backwards.
When Ya Wang struggled to get up, a long sword was inserted directly into Ya Wang’s head, and the sharp blade cut a gash on Ya Wang’s face.
Ya Wang was sweating profusely, and he looked at the mysterious man standing in front of him with trembling body, begging for mercy, “Please let me go, I will give you all my equipment and money.”
The other players with Ya Wang wanted to rescue them, but the mysterious man’s sword just now directly turned their health bars red. Facing the life-and-death crisis, they did not dare to act rashly, for fear that the mysterious man would kill them instantly.
The mysterious man did not kill King Ya, and said in a hoarse voice: “I thought you were a big shot, King Ya, but I didn’t expect you to be such a loser.”
Although Ya Wang was very angry at heart after being humiliated, he did not dare to resist at all. Instead, he said in a flattering manner: “Yes, yes, you are right. I, Ya Wang, am a waste, a waste that is not worthy of your attack. Killing me would hurt your hand.”
The mysterious man directly stepped one of his big feet on the face of King Ya and said jokingly: “You are worse than a dog, so I will be magnanimous and spare your life.”
The extremely humiliated Ya Wang remained obedient even when he was stepped on, and he threw away all his dignity for the sake of his own life.
The mysterious man seemed to be tired of playing. He took a light puff, pulled out the weapon from Ya Wang and left.
This mysterious man is naturally Su Chang. At this moment, Su Chang has achieved his goal by humiliating Ya Wang in this way. Given Ya Wang’s character, he will definitely label the mysterious man as a devil.
To avenge the mysterious man, he was portrayed as a murderous demon that all players in Aincrad feared.
But this is exactly what Su Chang wants. When “Smiling Coffin” is established, its members will most likely look for the mysterious person and invite him to join “Smiling Coffin”. Then Su Chang will be able to kill everyone.
Even if the “Smiling Coffin” did not come to his door, Su Chang still had a backup plan, so he would not lose out anyway.
On Ya Wang’s side, after seeing the mysterious man walk away, other players also came over.
“Boss, are you okay?”
“Boss, let’s run quickly, it will be bad if that guy comes back.”
King Ya jumped up and cursed at the players around him: “Why didn’t you come to save me just now? You made me suffer humiliation for so long. I am your face.”
“It’s fine if you insult me, but isn’t that a slap in your face?”
The players around him said, “The boss is too powerful. He emptied our health bars with one sword. We couldn’t save you even if we wanted to.”
Ya Wang stamped his feet in anger. How could he not know that these guys were just afraid of death? But they were one and couldn’t just tear each other apart: “Then hurry up and leave. When he comes back, we won’t be able to leave.”
“Yes, Boss.”
The group of people carried Ya Wang and ran in the opposite direction. These players were not stupid, they just bullied the weak and feared the strong.
People who can hang out with Ya Wang are naturally not good people. Treating Ya Wang as the boss is just to push him out as the first bird to stick its head out. They know that the first bird to stick its head out will be shot at, and today’s events soon verified this.
Chapter 27 Mission Begins (Old Version)
It has been two days since Ya Wang was attacked, and the final impact was exactly as Su Chang imagined.
Ya Wang packaged himself as an innocent person who was killed by a mysterious man, and complained to the players to gain sympathy.
Not only that, they also slandered the mysterious man for stealing their equipment and money, making the mysterious man’s impression even worse in the eyes of the players.
Naturally, Ya Wang’s subordinates spared no effort to publicize all of this. After all, this lie was made up by Ya Wang, so what does it have to do with them?
At this moment, Ya Wang, who had formed an alliance with other forces in the first layer, had no idea that he was not only used as a tool by the mysterious man, but also sold out by his own men.
In the end, a world was achieved where only Kibo was injured.
After dealing with Wan Ya Wang, Su Chang began his own surveillance operation, looking for the right time to intervene in the Black Cat Group incident on a moonlit night.
Everything else can be delayed, but the mission cannot. That is one chance of lottery drawing, which is equivalent to losing a magic weapon when rounded up.
April 8, 2023, on the 11th floor, in a tavern in Taft. It was already dark, and Su Chang, wrapped up tightly, sat in the corner of the tavern, carefully looking at the people in the tavern with his peripheral vision.
It was the Black Cats Guild of Kiriko and Yue Ye, and they were thanking Kiriko for saving their lives.
Su Chang did not continue observing them. Tongzi had a very sharp insight and he might be discovered if he was not careful, so Su Chang had to be extra cautious.
Fortunately, Su Chang’s hearing has been greatly improved because of his qi and blood. Even from a long distance, he can still hear what Tongzi and the others are saying amidst the noise.
“Cheers to our moonlit black cat group.”
Then there was the sound of wine glasses clinking, and Su Chang began to eavesdrop on their conversation with full attention.
The members of Yueying’s Black Cat Group thanked Tongzi one after another. If Tongzi hadn’t appeared in time to save them, they would have probably been killed by wild monsters.
Soon their conversation entered the key part, which was also what Su Chang was most concerned about today, that is, whether Tongzi would join Yue Ye’s Black Cat Group. If Tongzi did not join Yue Ye’s Black Cat Group, then Su Chang’s mission would fail directly.
Without Kiriko’s joining, even if Yue Ye’s Black Cat Group had ten times the courage, they would not dare to enter that room. Kiriko’s level far exceeded that of other versions, making them too confident.
Faced with the invitation of the Black Cat Group on a moonlit night, Tongzi made a decision that she would regret for the rest of her life, either because she had been walking alone for too long or was infected by their atmosphere. Fortunately, Su Chang had a backup in reality, so in the end she just learned a lesson.
After hesitating for a moment, Tongzi said, “Then…please let me join you. Thank you for your guidance.”
After confirming that Kiriko was going to join, the members of Yue Ye’s Black Cat Group cheered happily. With the addition of a master like Kiriko, their chances of surviving the death game to the end increased.
With the addition of new partners, the Black Cat Group of Yue Ye was immersed in joy. Su Chang in the corner stood up and prepared to leave. Today’s mission had been accomplished, and all they had to do next was wait for the opportunity.
Looking at the lively crowd, Su Chang thought, just enjoy the following peace. Even if he rescued them later, some people would be affected by this incident for the rest of their lives.
On May 9, 2023, it has been a month since Tongzi joined Yue Ye’s Black Cat Group. During this period, Tongzi fought monsters and leveled up with them during the day, and went to high-level areas alone to level up at night.
Not only because of the high-intensity leveling training every day and the lack of rest, but also because he has been with Yue Ye’s Black Cat Group for too long, Tongzi has been a little slack recently.
But she herself hasn’t noticed it yet. She still thinks she is the same as before, not knowing that her sensitive nerves have begun to become dull.
Su Chang stayed on a tree in the distance and observed Tongzi and his group who were fighting monsters. In order to gain proficiency, Su Chang compressed the time spent fighting monsters and maintained almost the same lifestyle as Tongzi.
But Su Chang is Su Chang, and Tongzi is Tongzi. Su Chang’s physical fitness is beyond Tongzi’s reach, and Su Chang is still as energetic as before.
Su Chang stretched himself, changed to a more comfortable position on the tree, and continued to lie down. He yawned and said to himself, “I’m a little bored. After finishing this task, the rest are thrilling. I’ll just take it as a break before overtime. Lying down during the day, and sleeping comfortably with Qizmeier after killing monsters at night can be considered a small goal achieved ahead of time.”
Not far away, Tongzi and others were fighting with a mantis-like monster. In Su Chang’s eyes, this group of people were just playing house. He really didn’t know how they reached level 20.
And Tongzi, you rushed forward towards such a wild monster. How can they train? You are really like a nanny.
Tongzi chopped off a sickle of the Mantis monster with one sword, almost emptying its health bar, and then switched with a member, smashing the Mantis’ waist with a hammer, completing the kill.
Seeing a group of six or seven people so excited after killing a wild monster, Su Chang could only say that it was really shameful. It was not unfair for them to die in the maze area. You guys really treated it as a game.
After finishing the leveling training in the morning, Tongzi and his group came to a safe place to rest, lying leisurely on the grass and eating dry food.
Su Chang knew that it was his turn to enter the scene, so he pretended to be a villain and humiliated them severely. In the end, he rescued them when they were in danger of death, making them grateful to him. Su Chang was also able to successfully complete the task and receive a reward.
Just as Tongzi and his group were chatting idly, a figure appeared behind them.
Tongzi and the others were sitting at the foot of a hillside, and Su Chang could easily notice the people below while standing on the hillside.
“Hey, isn’t this the solo player Kiriko? How did you join the guild?”
Tongzi looked up, but the glaring sunlight made it impossible for her to open her eyes. However, she immediately recognized the person as Su Chang by the voice.
“Wow, why don’t you answer my question? It’s been such a long time since we last met, are you feeling a little rusty?”
Su Chang’s momentum was strong, which brought great pressure to the members of Yue Ye’s Black Cat Group. They asked Tongzi in a low voice: “Tongzi, is this your friend? Why does his tone sound a bit unfriendly?”
It’s right to use a bad tone. Su Chang is here to pick a fight today and he won’t give you a good face.
Tongzi responded quietly: “That’s right, you don’t have to worry about him being fine.”
“Su Chang, why are you here instead of leveling up in the maze? Are you doing a quest? This doesn’t seem like your style.”
Su Chang sneered: “I came here just for you.”
Even though Kiriko said that the person in front of them was her friend, the members of Yue Ye’s Black Cat Group were a little nervous, and some even held their weapons.
Su Chang continued with a sneer, “Let me see who you are playing house with.”
Chapter 28: Kiriko and Sachi (Old Version)
Before Tongzi could say anything, the others responded first: “We are not playing house, we are also working hard, okay? Our goal is to become the strategy team.”
Su Chang disagreed: “Just based on your level of skill in killing a wild monster, did you need Tongzi to take action? I didn’t believe that Tongzi was just playing house here, but I was really amused by your performance just now.”
Su Chang’s words made Tongzi very uncomfortable: “Su Chang, what’s wrong with you? I remember you are not such a bad person.”
“They are all my partners, and I will not allow you to belittle them like this.”
Su Chang changed the subject and pointed directly at Tongzi: “Tongzi, don’t you understand? You are not the same kind of people. If you continue to stay in the Black Cat Group on Moon Night, you will only hurt yourselves.”
“Don’t you know how big the gap is between you and them?”
Su Chang’s words directly awakened Tongzi. After spending some time together, Tongzi had slowly begun to forget the gap in level.
Humans are social animals, and Tongzi is no exception. However, this can also make people dull and turn them from solitary beasts into herbivores.
Tongzi lowered her head instantly and dared not look Su Chang in the eye. The others could not understand what they were talking about at all.
He shouted at Su Chang, “What did you do to Tongzi? What do you want?”
“I don’t want to do anything. I just came to wake up someone who is pretending to be asleep. As for whether that person is willing to wake up, it’s up to her.”
“What Riddler?”
Su Chang looked at Tongzi and said, “Tongzi, take care of yourself.”
Then he left. After Su Chang left, Xing immediately went to Tongzi and asked in a low voice about Tongzi’s condition.
Before, there was only one girl, Xing, in Moonlight’s Black Cat Group. After Kiriko joined, the two of them had the best relationship. Xing would tell Kiriko about any things in their daily lives. It can be said that Xing is the bond between Kiriko and Moonlight’s Black Cat Group.
“Tongzi, are you okay? That person just went too far. How could he do that?”
In turn, Kiriko comforted Xing and said, “It’s okay, I know that guy well, he won’t hurt me.”
Sachi whispered, “Kiriko is so kind.”
The sorrow came and went quickly, probably because Su Chang did not take any substantial action. Soon the group returned to their original state and continued to fight monsters and level up. However, a small seed was planted in the hearts of Xing and Tongzi.
On the other side, Su Chang looked at Tongzi and his group coldly. It was true that he would not turn back until he hit the wall. Even though Su Chang had pointed it out so directly, Tongzi still chose to continue.
Obviously the best option would be to cut losses in time, tell them about their situation, and then leave the union, but Tongzi refused.
Was he too confident in his own abilities? Even now, Su Chang did not dare to guarantee that he could walk sideways in Aincrad. After all, this was a game world, and it was too easy to kill a player.
“No matter if it’s the inertia of the plot or some other reason, as long as I can complete the task, it’s fine. Tongzi, oh Tongzi, let me show you what it means to not listen to the advice of an elder and suffer the consequences.”
Soon it was May 16, 2023, less than a month since the demise of Moonlight’s Black Cat Group.
During this period of time, Kiriko has been hesitating whether to confess to Xing and the others. She is not sure whether they can still get along with her as before after she confesses.
That night, Tongzi sneaked out of her room under the cover of darkness as usual. She was going to a high-level area to kill monsters.
In order to maintain his level, Tongzi had a very hard time during this period. After all, he couldn’t go out to kill monsters openly during the day, so he inevitably had to use up his time at night.
Kiriko arrived at the Hungry Wolf Wasteland on the 28th floor, where the guild headed by Klein was killing monsters.
Faced with the wild wolf leader attacking him, Klein and two other guild members teamed up to quickly beat him down to low health. Klein then charged with his sword skills and killed the wild wolf leader with a sprint.
After dealing with the wolf leader, Klein also noticed Tongzi not far away. He shouted to his men, “Wai, I’ll leave the rest of the fry to you. I have something else to do.”
Klein walked towards Tongzi and said, “I was wondering why I haven’t seen you recently. Turns out you were leveling up in the middle of the night.”
“Tongzi, I heard that you and Su Chang had a conflict, what happened?”
Klein asked gossipingly. Klein still wanted to bring Tongzi and Su Chang together. When he heard that they were having a conflict, he also wanted to know the inside story.
Before Tongzi could answer, Klein keenly noticed that there was an extra symbol next to Tongzi’s health bar, a moon symbol.
“Tongzi, this sign, could it be that you have joined the union?”
Klein was quite surprised that Tongzi, who had always been a loner, actually joined the union. Although Klein was a man, he was also meticulous.
Seeing that this guild logo did not belong to any guild in the strategy group, and that Tongzi had been leveling up in the middle of the night, Klein guessed most of what was going on.
Klein’s two unintentional little combos left Tongzi speechless, and she could only stumblingly change the subject.
“This is a bit troublesome to talk about.”
Klein wanted to continue asking questions, but a union member in the distance shouted, “Hurry up, the next one will be refreshed soon.”
Tongzi also took the opportunity to step down: “Goodbye.” Then he walked past Klein and went to kill monsters alone.
Klein looked at Kiriko and said, “It’s really strange. How did Kiriko become like this?”
“Forget it, forget it, let Su Chang worry about it, after all, he has a better relationship with her.”
Late at night, after killing monsters, Tongzi was using the portal to teleport back to the base when a message appeared in front of him. It was a message.
Kiriko clicked on the message, it was from Keita, saying that Sachi was missing, and they were going to the maze area to check, and asked Kiriko to help look for her.
Tongzi directly called out the panel and turned on the tracking function. Tongzi’s vision turned green and a series of footprints appeared on the ground.
Tongzi immediately followed the footprints to look for Xing, and finally found Xing under a bridge.
Xing curled up alone under the bridge, looking so helpless. Tongzi came to Xing and sat down beside her.
Sachi called out softly, “Kiriko.”
“Um?”
“Let’s run away together?”
Tongzi said in confusion: “Run away? Why would you run away?”
“Escape from this city, from the Black Cats of the Moonlit Night, from Aincrad.”
Xing’s words made Tongzi sweat profusely, and she said in surprise: “You mean… commit suicide together.”
“That’s not bad, is it?”
Xing’s dejected words made Tongzi even more worried. Fortunately, Xing immediately explained: “I lied to you. If you really have the courage to die, you won’t hide in a safe town.”
Xing kept talking about her fear. She was afraid of dying. She was so scared that she couldn’t even sleep.
Chapter 29: Rescue (Old Version)
Fortunately, Tongzi is not so afraid of death. On the one hand, she is strong enough, and on the other hand, she has never really faced death.
She comforted him: “Fortunately you are not going to die.”
Kiriko’s words gave Xing a glimmer of hope: “Why do you say that?”
Kiriko patiently answered Yuki, “Because the Moonlit Black Cats are still very strong as a guild, and everyone has reached a safe enough level. With Tetsuo and I here, Yuki doesn’t have to force herself to be a vanguard.”
Xing continued to ask: “Will I really not die? Can I even return to reality?” The shadow of death has always been hanging over Xing’s head, and she is eager to get an answer.
“Yes. You won’t die. This game will be completed one day, and I will protect you.”
Kiriko’s promise made Xing smile again, but she didn’t know that Kiriko was setting a flag for herself.
After returning to the union, Xing was still afraid. She knocked on Kiriko’s door and slept next to Kiriko.
The conversation between Kiriko and Xing that night once again touched Kiriko deeply. She secretly vowed in her heart that she must complete this death game and bring these people back to reality.
But the more flags were raised, the faster they fell. Obviously, Tongzi didn’t know this rule.
Time quickly came to June 22, 2023. Today is a day worth celebrating for everyone in the Black Cat Group on a moonlit night.
They finally saved enough money to buy a single-family house to serve as a union headquarters.
This is of great significance to players wandering in the death game, as they can finally have a home again.
It is also an important day for Su Chang. Today should be the day when the Black Cat Group of Yue Ye is completely wiped out. As long as Su Chang survives today, his mission will be completed and he doesn’t need to stay there every day.
“After I finish this mission, I have to indulge myself with Qizmeier for a few days. This is too tiring. I might as well go fight the boss.”
At the town’s teleportation array, all members came to see Qitai off, and Qitai was also preparing to set off to meet with the intermediary player to discuss the house.
With everyone’s expectant gaze, Keita said: “Then I’m ready to set off. Move to the starting town.”
As the teleportation array was activated, Keita disappeared into it.
As Keita went to buy a house, the others discussed making a small profit, and Sachi excitedly said, “Are you going to buy furniture?”
This is a yellow-haired guy wearing a hat who said, “So…should we go to the upper level of the maze?”
Tongzi suggested, “Can’t we use the usual hunting grounds?”
The others looked at Tongzi, and another said, “You can make money in a short time last time.”
Huang Mao also agreed: “Our level is very safe, it’s okay.”
I really don’t know if they were blinded by the fact that they could afford to buy a house, or if it was because of Kiriko’s help that they decided that this death game was nothing special.
They were determined to go to the upper level to make money, and Tongzi couldn’t persuade them. Besides, he was confident in his own ability, so he didn’t continue to refute.
Little did they know that it was their ignorance that would put them in extreme danger.
Soon they arrived at the maze area on the 27th floor. They were truly ignorant and fearless. You have to know that the 28th floor had only been conquered a month ago, and they dared to step into such a high level even though they were 20 levels lower than the first echelon.
The maze area on the 27th floor is made up of blue blocks, forming tunnels with no end in sight.
At this time, they are still full of confidence: “I’m right, there is no problem at all.”
They even dreamed: “If we work harder, we might be able to go to the front line.”
At this moment, they have been completely blinded by the power that does not belong to them, making them move continuously towards the abyss.
Soon the yellow-haired man seemed to have discovered something. He reached out and touched the wall made of blue blocks, and a hidden door slowly opened.
They made excited noises, it seemed that they had a big catch, but they had made a complete mistake about who the prey was.
At this moment, Tongzi was very uneasy. A hidden door, in a place like this? Tongzi had already guessed that something was wrong.
But before Tongzi could stop them, they saw the treasure chest in the room and ran in.
Tongzi and Xing also hurriedly followed, and now they have all entered the hidden room.
The yellow-haired guy ran the fastest. He rushed to the treasure chest and used the lock-picking skill to open it.
But after the treasure chest was opened, the imagined gold, silver and jewelry did not appear, but was empty.
Moreover, when the treasure chest was opened, it was like a mechanism. In an instant, the room composed of blue blocks turned red and the alarm sounded.
A small door opened, and then a group of dwarves poured out. They had bloodshot eyes and were elite monsters.
Afterwards, a group of stone men appeared in the room. They also had blood-red eyes and were elite monsters.
The stone men in the room kept appearing, and there were more and more of them.
The yellow-haired man also began to panic and wanted to use the transfer crystal to transfer: “Transfer, Taft. Transfer, Taft.”
But no matter how he shouted about the transfer crystal, it had no effect at all. The transfer crystal also became ineffective. It was a trap room.
At this moment they were already frightened. They regretted immensely why they had stepped into this room, why they had not listened to Tongzi and gone to the hunting ground to make money, and why they had not been more sober.
But it was all too late. Kiriko stayed by Sachi’s side to prevent her from getting hurt, but the others were not so lucky.
The yellow-haired man fell directly to the ground in the chaos, and the transfer crystal in his hand slipped forward.
The dwarves around him who were waiting for an opportunity swung their hoes at him, and several of the hoes penetrated his body fiercely, causing him to scream in pain.
The dwarves attacked very quickly, and his health bar turned yellow in almost an instant, and was about to drop to red. Just when he thought he was about to die, Su Chang took action.
The heavy sword swung and the dwarves were instantly smashed into pieces. Looking at the yellow-haired man lying on the ground, Su Chang mocked, “Why don’t you get up and take drugs?”
Huangmao quickly crawled behind Su Chang using all four limbs, then took out the medicine bottle and started taking drugs like crazy.
“Everyone move closer to me and Kiriko.”
The appearance of Su Chang seemed to give them a backbone again, and they all crawled behind Su Chang and Tongzi.
Su Chang poked Tongzi with his arm and said, “We’ll each take half.”
“no problem.”
If Tongzi was alone, she would be fine, but she couldn’t protect one person.
On the one hand, they were too scattered at the beginning and did not seize the golden time to get together. Su Chang asked them to gather together at the last moment, otherwise they would be killed by wild monsters.
On the other hand, Tongzi was already panicking. She no longer knew who to save, and in the end, she saved no one. But now Su Chang was there, giving Tongzi some buffer time.
Chapter 30: Crisis Resolved (Old Version)
Su Chang and Tongzi faced ordinary monsters each. Although they were all elite monsters, fortunately their levels were not very high.
To Su Chang, these monsters were not so powerful. He just swung the heavy sword in his hand and killed them with one blow, just like mowing the grass. He didn’t even need to use sword skills.
Although Tongzi was not as relaxed as Su Chang, he was also under no pressure. When Tongzi used his sword skills, no wild monsters could get close to him.
The Black Cat Group of Yue Ye and others who were hiding behind the two men were just gasping for breath. They were already scared out of their wits. It was estimated that even if they could muster up the courage to walk out of the safe zone again in the future, they would be very cautious and would not go to any higher levels.
After all, the god of death had just raised his scythe. If Su Chang had not been prepared in advance, they would have been dead by now.
“Tongzi, the wild monsters haven’t refreshed yet, just clear them all.” Su Chang shouted, passing the message to Tongzi.
“I see.”
As the wild monsters were constantly eliminated by the two, Su Chang and Tongzi also went from being surrounded to being surrounded.
During this time, Tongzi was particularly brave, even surpassing Su Chang. When there were only a few left, Su Chang also stopped and let Tongzi deal with them.
It also allows Tongzi to vent a little. Her mentality was really about to collapse just now.
As Tongzi eliminated the last stone man, the alarm and red lights in the room disappeared.
Tongzi came to the treasure chest, and found it empty. However, this empty treasure chest almost ruined the Black Cat Group of Yue Ye.
The members of Yue Ye’s Black Cat Group who escaped from the trap also regained their senses. Looking at the empty room, they finally understood what Su Chang meant when he said that they were not the same kind of people.
“Okay, stop pretending here and get back to the safe zone.”
Faced with Su Chang’s words, they no longer had the energy to refute.
The group walked out of the safe zone in silence, preparing to use the teleportation array to teleport back to Taft on the 22nd floor.
Back in the pub they often visited, the group sat on the chairs in silence. At this moment, Keita had not returned yet, and the atmosphere had reached a freezing point.
Soon, someone pushed open the door and shouted to everyone: “I’m back, I have bought the house, let’s go together.” The person was Keita.
But what responded to him was not the cheers he had expected, but a dead silence.
“Hey? What’s wrong with you? Did something happen?” Qitai was still in a daze.
When he looked at everyone and saw Su Chang standing aside, he said, “Are you here to bully Tongzi again, you bastard?”
Although he knows that he is not as strong as Su Chang, Qi Tai is still willing to stand up for his friends.
But Keita’s stepping forward made the others blush, and Xing whispered to Keita: “It’s our fault, he is our savior.”
Qi Tai was very surprised, but he still chose to believe Xing. He bowed deeply to Su Chang and said, “I’m sorry. It’s my fault. I shouldn’t have said something rude without understanding the situation.”
“Please forgive my rudeness, but could you tell me what happened?”
Su Chang waved his hand and said, “Sit down first, I’ll tell you slowly.”
Qitai pulled out a chair and sat opposite Su Chang.
Su Chang said, “Is there anyone here who would like to explain to Qi Tai what just happened for me?”
Su Chang looked around, and no one dared to look directly at him. Su Chang said with a slightly regretful voice: “Let me do it. It seems that you haven’t recovered from the fright you just had.”
Su Chang looked at Qitai seriously. Under this serious gaze, Qitai seemed to see his teacher and quickly sat up straight.
“Keita, did you know that during the time you went to buy a house, your Moonlight Black Cat Group was almost wiped out?”
“What!”
Qitai stood up in shock. He had thought of ten thousand possibilities, but he never expected that they had just returned from the brink of death.
“How could Yue Ye’s Black Cat Group be wiped out in such a short time? Our level is very safe, and we still have Kiriko and Tiexiong.”
Keita looked at Tetsuo, who was closest to him. Tetsuo was the vice-leader of the Black Cat Group on Yue Ye, and he was in charge of the group when Keita was away.
But at this moment Tiexiong avoided his eyes and dared not respond to Keita’s gaze. Keita sat back in the chair, and he was a little unconscious.
Su Chang continued, “The cause of the incident was that Dakar and Sasamaru ignored Kiriko’s advice and insisted on going to the maze area on the 27th floor to make money.”
“And your deputy Tiexiong also chose to go to the 27th floor. Later, because Dakar accidentally touched the hidden room in the maze area, everyone was trapped in the trap room and almost died.”
“Luckily I arrived in time to rescue everyone. That’s about it. Don’t thank me. I did it for Tongzi. The others were just incidental.”
Qi Tai stood up and bowed deeply to Su Chang again, saying: “Thank you for saving their lives. We, the Moonlit Black Cats, have nothing to repay you with. You can take anything you like from us. We will obey your command in the future.”
“It’s my way of repaying you for saving my life.”
None of the other members objected. After all, compared to the five lives, what they had was too little. Even if Su Chang asked them to die in the future, it was reasonable because he was the one who saved these lives.
The other four also stood up and bowed to Su Chang to express their gratitude. Su Chang sighed and said, “I’ve already said that I’m doing this for Tongzi. You guys are just handy. I don’t care about your rags. You don’t need to work hard for me.”
“I only have one request. I saved your lives. Don’t die easily. I will command you when you return to reality. Do you hear me?”
Su Chang’s words moved them so much that they burst into tears and vowed to live well.
In fact, what Su Chang said was true. This group of people are useless. Fortunately, they can be used to warm the bed. I despise the others who are just doing odd jobs. They are no match for the Black Shadow Legion.
Tongzi on the side was also deeply moved. Who wouldn’t like someone who always cares about them?
At this moment, Tongzi was thinking, should she just give in to him? If he hadn’t appeared in time today, she couldn’t believe how serious the consequences would be.
Did they die four or five? She had no way of explaining to Keita. Five people went there, but only one came back. How desperate that must be.
“Okay, you guys keep chatting first. I want to talk to Tongzi alone. Tongzi, come with me over here.”
Tongzi followed Su Chang like a young wife. The two came to a corner. Su Chang said to Tongzi, “Have you made up your mind? Do you want to continue to stay in the Black Cat Group on the moonlit night?”
Chapter 31 Arrangement (Old Version)
“I’ve made up my mind. I want to leave Moonlit Black Cat Group.” This time, Kiriko’s answer was very straightforward. She also realized that she was not the same kind of person as them.
Su Chang joked, “What’s wrong? Don’t you feel great?”
Tongzi rolled her eyes at Su Chang and said, “The gap between our levels is too big, and they don’t have the qualities of a strategy team at all. They are still too naive and completely underestimated this death game.”
Su Chang didn’t care: “You are the one who wants to get involved in everything. Let them level up by themselves and you just watch from the side. Wait until there is danger before taking action. At your level, the wild monsters can’t withstand a few of your swords.”
“Okay, now that you’ve made your decision, go and explain it to them. If you want to join a guild again, you should consider Asuna.”
Tongzi looked at Su Chang and said, “What about you? Do you still plan to be a lone player?”
“You don’t have to worry about me. I have Qizmeier. She will take care of my food and daily life, and she can also act as a pillow to warm my bed.”
“I forgot, Izmael. I seem to have a spirit like this too.”
“Don’t even think about it. You can’t catch up with my luck.”
In both systems, even if Tongzi is the protagonist, she can’t expect to get the same props as Su Chang, but Tongzi will also have a well-behaved daughter in the future.
But who is the mother and who is the father? Su Chang thought mischievously, why not let me be the cheap father, Asuna is the big mother and Kiriko is the little mother, that would be perfect.
“Su Chang, what are you thinking about? I always feel like you’re thinking about something bad.”
Su Chang quickly put away the fantasy in his mind and said, “What can I think of? Okay, go and explain it to them.”
“Okay, let’s end it early.”
Kiriko stood up and walked towards Yue Ye’s Black Cat Group and others. At this moment, they had recovered and began to discuss how to decorate their newly bought house.
Seeing Tongzi coming back, everyone stood up and thanked Tongzi. After all, Tongzi had put in a lot of effort to save them.
As a representative of a group of people, Qitai said to Tongzi: “Tongzi, thank you for saving us. Just like Su Chang, you can take the props and money of the union as you like, and we can use them as we like.”
Tongzi still said coldly: “No need, I’m here to say goodbye to you.”
“What? Tongzi, are you going to quit the union?”
The one who reacted the most was Xing, who had the closest relationship with Kiriko. As for the others, for some reason they felt relieved when they heard that Kiriko wanted to quit the union.
After all, they will meet each other every day. When they see Tongzi again in the future, they will inevitably think of what happened today, and they also have some grudges in their hearts.
“Tongzi, what should I do if you leave?”
Xing is very dependent on Tongzi. She has always kept in mind the promise that Tongzi made that day that she would let her return to reality alive.
Without Tongzi, she didn’t know if she had the courage to walk out of the town and out of the safe zone.
It was Tongzi’s turn to have a headache again. Yes. What should Xing do? He couldn’t take Xing away with him. After all, Xing’s level was too low and he had no ability to protect himself.
Let’s stay in the town. What about the other members of Moonlit Night’s Black Cat Group? We can’t keep Xing around forever.
Just when Tongzi was struggling, Su Chang came over. He saw through Tongzi’s struggle and said to Xing, “Xing, why don’t you be the logistics support for Tongzi and me in the future? You can prepare the things we need for adventure in the town, and learn some life-related professions yourself.”
“As for the place, I’ve made a lot of money, so I can choose one.”
After saying that, he showed everyone the money on his panel. Everyone looked at the series of numbers and even Tongzi was surprised.
“How did you save so much Cole? Aren’t you going to buy medicine?”
Su Chang thought for a moment and said, “I rarely use it. I usually only carry some drugs to remove control. Most monsters can’t touch me.”
Su Chang has two artifacts, the “Bloodthirsty Demon Sword” and the “Elf Ring”, to replenish his blood, so he doesn’t need to prepare blood bottles at all, which saves him a lot of money.
Facing the solution given by Su Chang, Xing was a little embarrassed: “What about the other members of Yue Ye’s Black Cat Group? How can they kill monsters without me?”
Su Chang didn’t give her any face at all: “Why are you killing monsters? It’s good enough that you don’t cause trouble for them now.”
Su Chang directly said that Xing was useless, but that was the fact and Xing herself knew it.
Fortunately, Keita is an open-minded person, not the kind of person who insists on others being in his union.
“It’s okay, Xing. This is a good thing for you, too. Have you always been afraid to go out and kill monsters? Being with Su Chang and Tong Zi is like realizing this dream.”
Tetsuo also agreed, “Yeah, Sachi, you should just stay in town.”
After this incident, Tiexiong fully realized the reality and this man-eating death game.
Letting Xing stay in the town is not only good for Xing, but also responsible for his own life. What if Xing can’t hold on when killing monsters and the whole group is wiped out? At that time, there will be no Su Chang and Tongzi to save the situation.
Sasamaru and Dakar also agreed. They also began to value their lives and were determined to resolve any situation that might threaten their lives in advance.
Only the innocent Xing thought they were all doing this for her, so she said embarrassedly, “Then I will go back to town. I can’t go on adventures with you guys anymore. Be careful next time.”
They all patted their chests and said, “No problem, Xing, you can just stay in the town from now on. We believe that Su Chang has the ability to protect you.”
Su Chang naturally saw through his little thoughts, but things were developing in a direction that was beneficial to Su Chang himself, so Su Chang naturally enjoyed it. Only a fool would explain things so clearly.
This way, I have one more person to warm the bed, not two, one Xing and one Tongzi.
Keita stepped forward again and said, “It’s getting late, let’s have one last meal together.”
“First, we are going to have a thank you banquet to thank Su Chang and Tong Zi for rescuing Tiexiong and the others.”
“Secondly, it is also to bid farewell to Xing. I hope Xing can live happily in the town in the future. It is a farewell party.”
Everyone agreed, and the seven people started their final gathering in this tavern.
After the banquet, Su Chang took Tongzi and Xing away from the tavern.
“Tongzi, Xing, let’s rest in the hotel today. We’ll go look for houses tomorrow. I happen to know a good place to buy a house.”
Both Tongzi and Xing were tired, and since Su Chang paid for everything, they didn’t say much.
“Okay, let’s go get some rest.”
In the hotel, late at night, when Su Chang was sleeping soundly, someone gently knocked on Su Chang’s door.
At this moment, Su Chang was sleeping with Qizmeier in his arms, enjoying Qizmeier’s softness and firmness.
Chapter 32: Tongzi’s Night Raid (Old Version)
The knock on the door woke them up. Su Chang patted Qizmeier’s buttocks and said, “Go back first. I’ll see who it is.”
After Qizmaier left, Su Chang opened the door.
Su Chang rubbed his eyes and yawned, “Who is it? Why are you looking for me so late at night?”
“Hey, Tongzi, what’s wrong?”
“Let’s go back to the room first. It won’t be good if people see everything.” Tongzi pushed Su Chang into the room and closed the door.
“What are you afraid of, Tongzi? Is there any affair between us?”
Tongzi pushed Su Chang directly onto the bed, pinned him down and said harshly, “Who has an affair with you? Tell me the truth when I ask you about it.”
Feeling Tongzi’s perky little butt, Su Chang was a little moved while lying on the bed. He did not remind Tongzi to pay attention to the difference between men and women, but said while enjoying it: “If you have anything to ask, just say it quickly. I still want to sleep.”
Tongzi stared into Su Chang’s eyes and said, “How did you know that we were going to the maze area on the 27th floor to kill monsters today? And that room was a teleportation shielded area, so how did you get in directly? Tell the truth.”
It turned out that after Tongzi returned to her room at night, she felt more and more that something was wrong. After her emotions subsided and her reason took over her mind, the more Tongzi thought about it, the more unreasonable it seemed.
Not to mention that they suddenly decided to go to the 27th floor maze area to make money today, how did Su Chang know where they made money?
Moreover, the teleportation crystal cannot be used in that trap room, it is a teleportation shielded area, so how did Su Chang suddenly appear in it?
There were many suspicious points in today’s incident, but Tongzi did not suspect that Su Chang was behind it.
Not to mention that Su Chang could not control the thoughts of Dakar and the others, and Su Chang could not change the layout of Aincrad. It was obviously impossible for Su Chang to ambush them in advance and let them sneak in.
It is impossible for him to be a hero and save the beauty and win her heart.
Tongzi was tossing and turning in bed, unable to fall asleep, so he made up his mind to ask Su Chang directly, and this scene happened.
Seeing Tongzi’s questioning look, Su Chang stretched out his hands and held Tongzi’s slender waist, and said with emotion: “Tongzi, your waist is so thin, if it were thinner, I could wrap my hands around it.”
Su Chang’s attack directly broke Tongzi’s defense. Unable to maintain that serious expression, she twisted her body and tried to break free from Su Chang’s hands.
But the difference in strength between the two was too great. No matter how hard Tongzi struggled, she couldn’t break free. Instead, her face flushed due to the friction.
“Don’t move, Tongzi. Let me feel it, and then I will explain it to you clearly.”
“Then don’t move.”
Tongzi compromised and let Su Chang rub and knead her slender waist. Su Chang put his hands into Tongzi’s pajamas and rubbed her.
When Su Chang’s slightly cold big hands grasped the sensitive skin on Tongzi’s waist, Tongzi finally couldn’t control herself anymore, pulled Su Chang’s hand out, and pressed it on Su Chang’s body.
“Stop making trouble and explain yourself to me.”
Su Chang also knew that he had reached his limit today and it was impossible to go any further, so he began to tell the story honestly.
“In fact, I have been following you for a long time, ever since I found out you joined the union. It has been a month or two, but you just don’t know it.”
Tongzi didn’t believe Su Chang’s words. She was very confident in her insight: “Impossible, how come I didn’t notice you following me for so long? I am very confident in my insight.”
Su Chang knew that Tongzi didn’t believe him, so he explained, “Don’t disbelieve me, my stealth level is almost maxed out, and my reaction speed is not bad either. It’s not easy for me to escape your observation.”
After saying that, Su Chang called up the panel and asked Tongzi to check his stealth skills.
Tongzi stared at Su Chang’s panel for a long time, and could only admit defeat: “How come your stealth skill is so high? It’s a bit beyond the standard for today’s players. I really can’t find it.”
Su Chang took the opportunity to climb up Tongzi’s waist again: “It wasn’t originally this high, I just wanted to deal with the monsters in the maze area, but since I secretly followed you, my level has increased very quickly.”
“And my hearing is very good. I can clearly hear what you are talking about even if I am standing far away from you. Naturally, I knew that you were going to the maze area on the 27th floor. Then, I slipped into the room while you were distracted and rescued them.”
Tongzi felt very complicated after hearing this. She didn’t even care about Su Chang’s hands that kept moving up and down. She bit her lip and said, “Am I really worthy of your protection?”
Su Chang exerted force from his waist and flipped Tongzi over, changing the position from woman on top to man on top.
Su Chang stared into Tongzi’s eyes and said, “Of course it’s worth it. I know very well that you are a kind person. Your apparent indifference is actually just an act. In your heart, you long for companionship and friends more than anyone else.”
“From the first time I met you, I decided that I would protect you well and be your shield.”
Tongzi shyly covered her face with her hands, not daring to look directly at Su Chang. Su Chang directly took away Tongzi’s hands that were covering her face.
In order to prevent Tongzi from escaping again, Su Chang used one hand to hold Tongzi’s hands above his head, allowing Tongzi to look directly at him.
Then he slowly bent down. Perhaps because the atmosphere was right, Tongzi did not dodge but closed his eyes.
Just as both parties were about to arrive, there was a knock on the door.
Tongzi woke up instantly, pushed Su Chang aside, and said nervously: “Someone is coming, is there any place here where I can hide?”
Su Chang looked like he had lost all hope in life. The duck that was about to reach his mouth flew away. It would be difficult for him and Tongzi to make a breakthrough to the next step.
Seeing that Su Chang was indifferent, Tongzi pushed Su Chang and said, “Hurry up and think of a way, Su Chang. It will be bad if they find out.”
“What’s wrong with that? We’re just in the same room at night.”
Tongzi patted Su Chang’s belly and said, “You have no shame, but I still have some. Find me a place to hide.”
Seeing that Tongzi was determined to leave, Su Chang said softly, “Why don’t you just teleport? Look how scared you are.”
“yes.”
Kirito also realized that this was a game, not reality, so he could just teleport away.
Then he took out a teleportation crystal, and before leaving, he did not forget to remind Su Chang: “No matter who comes later, don’t say whether you have seen me or not.”
Then a blue light flashed, and Tongzi was teleported away from Su Chang’s room.
Su Chang originally thought about not opening the door and just letting the person outside go away, but the person outside kept knocking on Su Chang’s door.
Su Chang had no choice but to get up and open the door. When the door opened, he was greeted by a burst of exclamations.
“It’s Xing, is there something you want to talk to me about so late?”
Chapter 33 New Home (Old Version)
Xing pointed at Su Chang and said, “Why did you come out without a shirt on?”
It turned out that Su Chang wore a pair of large shorts when he slept, and he was not wearing a shirt when Tongzi came. However, Tongzi had seen it at Qizmaier’s house before, so he didn’t make a fuss.
But luck is different.
Xing had never seen such a scene before. You know, Su Chang’s body has become quite perfect after being continuously strengthened by the “Bloodthirsty Demon Sword”.
“Put on your clothes quickly.”
Su Chang casually called out the system and put on a shirt.
“Alright, alright. Fortunately, I’m already dressed. What do you want from me?”
Seeing that Su Chang had put on his clothes, Xing patted his chest and said, “Really? How could you come out without clothes on? It’s so embarrassing.”
“You’re still shy. You come knocking on my door in the middle of the night and you’re still scolding me.”
Xing went up and covered Su Chang’s mouth with her tender white hands: “Don’t say anything, let’s go to your room.”
As he said that, he pushed Su Chang into the room, but Su Chang was not happy. You all came into my room and didn’t let me touch you. I might as well get rid of you as soon as possible and go with my Qizmeier.
Su Chang stood at the door, and no matter how hard Xing tried, she couldn’t push Su Chang at all.
“Go in quickly.”
Su Chang put his hand on Xing’s shoulder and said, “Don’t push it. If you have anything to say, just talk here. It will be bad if someone knocks on the door later.”
Seeing that Su Chang was very tough, Xing stopped forcing him, lowered his head and whispered, “Su Chang, are you doing these things because you are interested in me?”
“What?”
Su Chang was a little confused. Although Xing’s appearance was not extremely high, she was a two-dimensional character after all, so her appearance was quite good.
Su Chang had not deliberately planned to take Xing into the harem. He was planning to wait and see how the situation developed. So he came to confess on his own?
Xing whispered again: “Do you like me? Otherwise, why would you arrange a house for me and let me do logistics for you?”
Fortunately, she was still young, just like a young girl in love, facing a person who saved her from life-and-death crisis and arranged everything for her.
I wonder if that girl can bear it. Anyway, Tongzi and Xing couldn’t bear it anymore, so they came to knock on Su Chang’s door in the middle of the night.
Su Chang naturally would not let go of the fat meat at his fingertips. Tongzi just ran away, so Xing Ke couldn’t let him run away again.
Su Chang held Xing’s little hand, feeling her soft and smooth little hand, while looking into her eyes and said, “Xing, do you think I am interested in you, or not?”
Under Su Chang’s double-sided attack, Xing felt dizzy: “I don’t know.”
Su Chang continued to play with Xing’s little hand: “It’s hard for me not to be moved when a girl as cute as Xing confesses her love to me.”
“Really?”
Xing was very happy. What could make you happier than the person you like also liking you?
“But.”
Just when it was about to succeed, Su Chang made a sharp turn and brought Xing back to reality.
“But what?”
Xing was a little anxious, so she moved forward and pressed herself tightly against Su Chang.
Feeling the lucky little pigeon, Su Chang thought that if he didn’t have it, he shouldn’t force it, as it would only reduce his points.
“You also know, Xing, between me and Kiriko…”
Su Chang only said half of his words and did not continue, but Xing also understood that there was still a Tongzi between them.
Fortunately I don’t want to give up just like that. I finally showed up to be brave this time, and you can’t let me lose so completely.
“So Su Chang, are you and Tongzi already boyfriend and girlfriend?”
“Not yet.”
Xing immediately felt relieved. As long as Su Chang and Tongzi were not boyfriend and girlfriend, she still had a chance.
As long as he works hard next time, he will definitely be able to win over Su Chang. Thinking of this, Xing’s mood improved.
Xing took a step back and put some distance between him and Su Chang. He put his hands behind his back and said to Su Chang, “Okay, I’m fine. You go back to your room and go to sleep. I’ll be back too.”
After saying that, he ran away. Su Chang did nothing but watched Xing leave and let the duck fly away.
Su Chang was a little tired and didn’t want to fight with them anymore. It would be better to go find his own Qizmeir instead. Not only was he gifted and could take on several Tongzi and Xing, he was also well-behaved and obedient.
Close the door and sleep, and don’t open it no matter who knocks.
The next morning, after getting up, Su Chang took Kiriko and Xing to buy a house. The place Su Chang chose was near Kiriko and Asuna’s home, which was only a few hundred meters away.
Since the money was in place, the house was quickly transferred to Su Chang’s name, and Su Chang successfully bought his first house in Aincrad.
“Kiriko, Sachi, let’s go and see our new home.”
“Well, I have a new home.”
Compared to Xing’s excitement, Tongzi was much colder. Perhaps in her opinion, this was Su Chang and Xing’s new home and there was no place for her.
Su Chang will definitely not favor one over the other. This is a three-story building. Not to mention adding another Tongzi, there is enough space for a few more people to live here.
There is a lake opposite the new home, and you can enjoy the sparkling lake surface from inside the house.
Su Chang opened the door and walked in with Xing and Tongzi. The house had been decorated long ago, and because it was in the game, it was very convenient to change the style.
Su Chang said to Xing and Tongzi, “Xing, Tongzi, go pick a room and leave the master bedroom to me.”
“Then I’ll go first.”
Fortunately, I did not choose to stay on the first floor, but went upstairs to choose a room.
Su Chang looked at Tongzi who was standing there in a daze and said, “Tongzi, why don’t you go choose your room?”
“And my room?”
“Of course, how could I forget you, go now.”
“By the way, bring Qizmeier and let her choose one, and introduce her to Xing at the same time.”
Su Chang called out Qizmael from the Elf Ring and asked Qizmael and Tongzi to go choose a room together.
After Qizmaier and Tongzi went upstairs, Su Chang sat on the sofa in the living room, looking at the lake in the distance through the window, feeling that his life was already half complete.
After resting for a few days in their new home, Su Chang, Tongzi and Xing returned to their daily lives. Su Chang continued to kill monsters in the maze area, and Tongzi became a lone player again. Perhaps because of the influence of the Black Cat Group incident on Yue Ye, Tongzi did not team up with Su Chang.
Su Chang didn’t force it, just let it go. He was already living in his own home, and there would be plenty of opportunities in the future.
Xing took up the logistics job at home. Tomorrow, in addition to practicing logistics skills, he will go to the town to purchase items to prepare for Su Chang and Tongzi’s leveling.
Time quickly came to December 1, 2023. During this period of time, nothing major happened in Aincrad.
The team reached the 47th floor at rocket speed, and the Aincrad conquest was almost halfway complete.
But Su Chang knew that time was running out. In less than a year, Aincrad would be conquered.
Chapter 34: Nicholas the Apostate (Old Version)
The fact that Kayaba Akihiko disguised himself as a player and mixed in with the other players could not be concealed for long. After all, there was only one pervert like Su Chang with excessive stats, and this was the result of Su Chang’s intensive leveling in the maze area every day.
You, Kayaba Akihiko, are in charge of the Knights of the Blood Alliance while being invincible in Aincrad. Anyone can see that something is wrong.
December 24, 2023, today is Christmas Eve, and an event will be held in Aincrad for the entertainment of players.
It was a rare occasion that Su Chang did not go to the maze area to level up today, although the wild monsters in Aincrad had less and less effect on Su Chang’s health growth.
However, the habit developed over a long period of time still makes Su Chang spend a lot of time in the maze area every day.
Su Chang curled up on the sofa, covered with a blanket, thinking about his next schedule. He was almost level 80 and was about to reach the level cap. It seemed that in the original book, during the final battle, Tongzi was over level 90.
At that time, Tongzi and the others were at level 75, and if they reached the maximum level, it would most likely be level 100. If we work harder, we will try to reach the maximum level before June next year, so that I can give up.
“Su Chang, come and try the cookies I made.”
Xing came out from the kitchen with a plate of steaming cookies in her hand.
Xing has been a housewife during this period. Although her cooking skills are not as good as Asuna’s in the later period, they are still quite good.
“Xing, feed me, I don’t want to move.”
After having Xing and Qizmaier, Su Chang completely laid down his mind and left his daily life to the two of them. He just ate, drank and had fun at home every day.
Xing also enjoyed it. It made her feel that she was not just a useless person but a useful person. It also made her feel like a couple.
While her husband goes out to work every day to make money, she takes care of household affairs at home and is a full-time wife.
This kind of life even made her addicted to it. Returning to reality? Reality is not as good as this.
“Open your mouth, ah.”
Xing picked up a cookie and handed it to Su Chang: “How is it? Is it delicious? This is what I just learned.”
“Not bad, I like to eat anything as long as it’s done.”
“By the way, Xing, I have to go out for something tonight, so you should go to bed early and don’t worry about me.”
Xing sat next to Su Chang and patted her round thighs and said.
“Okay, I get it. Come lie on my lap and I’ll give you a massage.”
While enjoying Xing’s lap pillow and massage, Su Chang continued, “We have a special boss to fight tonight, so we won’t be back too late.”
A special BOSS, Apostate Nicholas, will appear tonight. This is not only related to a resurrection item, “Saint Crystal of Resurrection”, but also has the effect of resurrecting players who died within ten seconds.
Although the effect is pretty rubbish, it is still better to use it as a backup. You know, in the original work, Kiriko watched Asuna disappear in front of her own eyes. If she hadn’t thrown the “Saint Crystal of Resurrection” to Klein, she could have resurrected Asuna.
Of course, the most important thing is the mission related to Su Chang by the special BOSS Apostate Nicholas, a resurrection coin.
This is not comparable to the garbage like “Sacred Crystal of Resurrection”, which is just the next command to prevent the full stealth device from burning your brain.
The resurrection coin is a real resurrection, reversing life and death. Su Chang estimated that the resurrection coin given by the system is most likely a small artifact. There is no death time limit for the resurrected person, but it is hard to say whether there is a strength limit.
Su Chang was not just guessing blindly. After all, the elf ring was still on Su Chang’s hand. It was not an exaggeration to say that he could resurrect the dead regardless of the time of death.
“I understand. You don’t need to explain so much to me. Just do whatever you want to do.”
“Lucky you are so nice.”
Su Chang buried his face in Xing’s lower abdomen, taking advantage of her unscrupulously.
Late at night, in Miao Zhen on the 49th floor, a grand event is being held. In the center stands a tall Christmas tree with small colored lights hanging on it.
Players were enjoying the long-awaited relaxation, wandering around the stalls in groups. They didn’t care at all even though it was snowing lightly, which instead added a sense of atmosphere to Christmas Eve.
Su Chang was sitting on a bench waiting for someone. Soon, Tongzi came over with a hooded player.
“Tongzi, come here.”
Su Chang called to the two of them and asked them to come over here.
“Kiriko, is this the mouse you were talking about?”
Su Chang looked at the hooded girl. Su Chang didn’t know much about Mouse. He only knew that she and Tongzi had known each other for a long time, and she and Tongzi were both closed beta players.
As an in-game information dealer, she sells almost all information, including her own attributes, but the only thing she won’t sell is who is a closed beta player.
“You look so rude.”
Tongzi came to smooth things over and said, “Let me introduce you to Su Chang, a very capable player.”
“This is Argo, you can call her Mouse, she is the most powerful information dealer in Aincrad.”
Su Chang crossed his arms and said, “The most powerful information dealer? Then do you know where the special boss, the apostate Nicholas, will appear tonight?”
Argo was not to be outdone: “My asking price is very high. Can you afford that much money?”
Su Chang slid out his system panel and displayed his Cole: “Look for yourself, let alone one piece of information, it’s enough to buy all your intelligence for a lifetime.”
After seeing Su Chang’s strong strength, Argo was immediately convinced. It was not a big deal to make money.
“Boss, do you really want to support me with intelligence for the rest of my life?”
After saying that, he moved closer to Su Chang. Argo was a smart man. He could play so many Coles. He was definitely one of the best in the game and even in reality.
I have never seen such a character before, so it is worthwhile to sacrifice my innocent body.
Su Chang looked at Argo with disdain: “What’s wrong with you? Don’t come over here.”
“Okay, let’s talk about things.”
Tongzi pulled the two of them over, and the three of them sat on the bench. Tongzi was in the middle, separating Su Chang and Argo on the left and right.
“Tell me about the special boss, the apostate Nicholas.”
“There’s not much information. This is an activity that didn’t exist during the closed beta test. We only know that the special boss, Apostate Nicholas, will randomly appear under a pine tree.”
“Tsk, you’re no good as an information dealer. Forget it. It’s a piece of information after all. I’ll pass it on to you later.”
“Thank you, sir. I’m leaving now. Keep in touch if we have business in the future.”
Su Chang did not place her hopes on Argo. After all, she did not obtain any information in the original book, and the same was true now.
Su Chang’s main target is still Tongzi. In the original work, Tongzi was the first to find the special BOSS Apostate Nicholas, and he even defeated it solo.
Su Chang did not go directly to Tongzi to ask for information, because Xing was not dead, and Tongzi naturally had no need to look for the resurrection item “The Holy Crystal of Resurrection”. It would be inappropriate to rashly ask for information about the special BOSS apostate Nicholas.
“Kiriko, what do you think of the special boss, the apostate Nicolas?”
Chapter 35: Tracker (Old Version)
“It’s a clue, but why are you so concerned about it, Su Chang? It’s not even certain whether it can drop a resurrection item.”
Tongzi does not understand Su Chang’s persistence. Now Tongzi has not experienced death personally under Su Chang’s protection.
The Kiriko at this moment is completely different from the Kiriko in the original work. Without the death of Dieberu and the tragedy of the Black Cats on a moonlit night, Kiriko’s understanding of death is still very superficial.
“It never hurts to save more of these good things. If someone really dies in front of you in the future, you will regret why you didn’t prepare.”
Talking about death, the atmosphere is inevitably a bit heavy: “Indeed, only by making full preparations in advance can you avoid any regrets.”
Tongzi stood up and said, “I am also motivated, Su Chang, let’s go.”
As expected, Tongzi brought Su Chang to the 35th floor of the Lost Forest. Su Chang, who had read the original novel, naturally knew that the apostate Nicholas would appear here.
As for why we need Tongzi, just like its name, the Lost Forest is quite large, and because of the special environment, it is easy to get lost in it. Bringing Tongzi with you should be much better than searching aimlessly by yourself.
Tongzi and Su Chang were galloping through the lost forest. Tongzi had roughly determined the target, which was under the more conspicuous pine tree over there.
“If I’m not mistaken, the apostate Nicholas will definitely appear there.”
Just as Kiriko finished her words, the two noticed a blue light not far from them and someone was teleporting over.
Su Chang and Tongzi hurriedly stopped, stared at the teleportation point, holding their weapons in their hands and ready to attack at any time.
The blue light dissipated, and a familiar figure of the two appeared, Klein.
Tongzi put away his weapon, but Su Chang still held on to it. This was related to his mission, and even Klein could not influence him.
Tongzi quickly understood and said to Klein, “You are following me?”
Su Chang also knew that someone would come out to disrupt the situation, but tracking was part of the Aincrad system, and Su Chang had no way of interrupting it directly. It would have been fine if it was a stranger, but it had to be Klein.
“I guess so. You all want a resurrection item?”
“It’s me who wants the resurrection item.” Su Chang stood up directly and stated his position.
Klein scratched his head and said, “Su Chang, you’re rarely so serious. Are you so concerned about such an illusory prop?”
“For this kind of resurrection item, even if the probability is only one percent, I will try it. After all, it is a sure win.”
Su Chang naturally knew that the apostate Nicholas would definitely drop the resurrection item “Saint Crystal of Resurrection”, but what he cared about was the resurrection coin rewarded by the mission, which was a big profit no matter how he looked at it.
“That’s right. With your strength, Su Chang, you can probably treat it as a small monster.” Klein naturally knew how powerful Su Chang was. He had regretted many times why Su Chang did not join the strategy group so that their progress in conquering Aincrad could be faster.
Su Chang didn’t want to join the strategy team, and Klein didn’t force him. He knew very well that a forced melon would not be sweet. If Su Chang was really angered because of such a small matter, the entire strategy team might be treated as a monster.
After all, Su Chang has the strength. No matter in which world, strength is the real kingly way.
Klein waved his hand and said, “Since you’re here, Su Chang, it looks like we’ll have to end this evening early. Let’s go back, brothers.”
Before one wave of troubles subsided, another wave of troubles arose. Before Klein and his companions left, another group of people were teleported over.
They were wearing uniform armor and were from a large labor union. Klein quickly brought the others to Su Chang and Tongzi to form a united front.
“It seems that you, Klein, have also been followed.” Tongzi said gloatingly. She was just being followed, which was a great shame for her as a lone player. It was a good thing that the follower was Klein. Others would have killed them like Su Chang did long ago.
“Tongzi, don’t laugh at me at this time. It’s more important to meet the enemy.”
Klein continued to explain: “It’s the Holy Dragon Alliance, those guys who would do anything for rare items.”
Su Chang glanced at the time and saw that it was almost time for the apostate Nicholas to appear. The waves of stalkers made Su Chang feel a little annoyed.
Su Chang drew his weapon and said, “Why don’t we just kill them all? I’m getting a little fed up with it.”
Klein said hurriedly, “Su Changbie, leave this to us. Just go find the apostate Nicholas.”
Klein didn’t dare let Su Chang go on a killing spree. What he was worried about was not Su Chang, but the Holy Dragon Alliance.
If Su Chang was really angered here, Klein had no doubt that Su Chang would kill all the members of the Holy Dragon Union, as they were the vital forces for the attack on Aincrad.
“Kiriko, you stay here too. I can handle the apostate Nicolas by myself.”
“Okay, go ahead. I’ll leave this to Klein and me.”
Of course, before Su Chang left, he also taught the Holy Dragon Alliance a lesson. He used the heavy sword in his hand to charge his sword skills and quickly gave the Holy Dragon Alliance a heavy blow at a speed that was difficult to capture with the naked eye.
One side of the players who joined forces with Shenglong to surround Su Chang and others were knocked to the ground, and their health bars were directly reduced to yellow. If Su Chang hadn’t held back, they would have been sent away directly.
Even if they had some tricks up their sleeve, this one attack was enough to cause the Holy Dragon Alliance to suffer a heavy loss. Not to mention the player lying on the ground wailing, the other members were even more determined to retreat and did not dare to move forward.
The remaining players also cursed in their hearts, the senior executive that the organization was tracking today. Is this a player? I would believe you if you said he was ten versions ahead of us. After all, it was that wise organization that was tracking him.
Su Chang put away his sword and said in a very pretentious manner: “Go back and explain it clearly to your president. If you, the Holy Dragon Union, dare to appear in front of me again, don’t blame me for being ruthless. You should know that I have wiped out your strength again.”
After saying that, he left the player lying on the ground and the shivering player beside him and left. When the players of the Holy Dragon Alliance saw Su Chang leaving, they immediately picked up the player on the ground and teleported him back, not daring to stay on the 35th floor for even a second.
In the end, only Tongzi, Klein and the others were left looking at each other in bewilderment. They said, “We agreed to deal with it, but you just dealt with it with one sword?” It makes us look useless.
Klein consoled himself, “It’s good that Su Chang taught the Holy Dragon Alliance a lesson. This will teach these guys to behave themselves in the future and stop cheating others every day. It’s really disgusting.”
“Tongzi, what should we do next? Should we continue to help Su Chang?” Klein asked Tongzi for advice.
“With his attributes, does he still need us? He probably thinks we are holding him back. Let’s wait here for a while and don’t let anyone disturb him. Su Chang’s situation will probably be over soon.”
“That’s right, let’s wait a while.”
Chapter 36: Resurrection Item [Sacred Crystal of Resurrection] (Old Version)
After Su Chang left Tongzi and the others, they soon arrived under the big pine tree. The big pine tree was flashing with blue light like a beacon to guide them. The next step was to wait patiently for the apostate Nicholas to come.
Su Chang didn’t have to wait long. As the clock struck the hour, the apostate Nicholas was ready to appear.
The sound of elk bells rang out, a blue track streaked across the night sky, and then a pitch-black object leaped down from the sky.
It quickly landed on the ground, and its huge body smashed into the snow in front of the pine tree, raising a large cloud of snow.
When the snow cleared, the apostate Nicholas appeared.
The apostate Nicholas is dressed like a Santa Claus, holding a big bag in his right hand, but his eyes look a little wise, and he may not be in good mental condition.
Its eyes turned red and twitched for a while, then it revealed its four blood bars and let out a series of roars.
“Let’s send you on your way quickly and end this soon.”
Su Chang drew out his heavy sword and rushed towards the apostate Nicholas. The apostate Nicholas raised the giant axe in his hand and chopped towards Su Chang.
Su Chang dodged the axe of the apostate Nicholas, and the axe of the apostate Nicholas was so powerful that it kicked up a large amount of snow on the ground.
Su Chang took advantage of the backswing of the axe from the apostate Nicholas, lightly jumped onto its arm, and went straight up to its forehead.
A blood-red light flashed, and the heavy sword in Su Chang’s hand hit the apostate Nicholas’ head directly. The powerful blow directly emptied the apostate Nicholas’s tube of serum.
The huge impact force caused the apostate Nicholas to fall backwards, but Su Chang’s attack had not stopped yet.
The force exerted by his feet not only accelerated the fall of the apostate Nicholas, but also allowed Su Chang to successfully leap into the air.
The sword fell from the sky, and Su Chang struck the apostate Nicholas, who was knocked to the ground, with another sword from the air.
The health bar of the traitor Nicholas was emptied again in an instant. With just two swords, the health bar of the traitor Nicholas was reduced to half.
Su Chang didn’t think there was anything to be proud of. Su Chang naturally looked down on monsters that Tongzi could kill alone.
Su Chang was just about to continue chasing and trying to kill the traitor Nicholas in one go, but the traitor Nicholas, whose two health bars had been emptied, directly entered the second stage.
He smashed the bag filled with countless treasures at Su Chang. Su Chang swung his heavy sword and the bag was torn apart.
Cole and his equipment in the cloth bag were scattered all over the ground, and even the resurrection item “Saint Crystal of Resurrection” was scattered among them.
“Are you trying to tempt me with treasure? That won’t work on me.”
Su Chang charged towards the apostate Nicholas with his sword skills. The apostate Nicholas also took the opportunity of throwing the treasure to stand up, and while rushing towards Su Chang, he swung his absurdly long arm and chopped at Su Chang with his axe.
This time, Su Chang did not choose to dodge, but instead took the axe from the Apostate Nicholas head-on. The Apostate Nicholas, who had already been knocked out of the second stage, was helpless and his desperate struggle was only delaying his own death.
Su Chang collided violently with the apostate Nicholas, and some of the coles and equipment scattered on the snow were shattered by the aftermath of the two.
Su Chang seized the opportunity, swung the giant sword in his hand hard, and directly cut off the arm of the apostate Nicholas.
The apostate Nicholas, whose arm was cut off, roared and slapped Su Chang with his only remaining hand.
But it was all in vain, as the blood streaks on its face showed that it was not far from death.
“it’s over.”
The blood-red sword light pierced through the only remaining arm. The apostate Nicholas remained leaning forward, and after a flash, he turned into pieces.
Even Cole and his equipment on the ground, as well as the resurrection item “Saint Crystal of Resurrection” turned into fragments and disappeared.
Su Chang put away the sword, and the system prompted: “Congratulations on obtaining the money bag of the apostate Nicholas. You can get rich rewards and props after opening it.”
The system prompt sounded here, and the system prompt sounded over there.
[Congratulations to the host for completing the task and obtaining a resurrection coin. ]The two system prompt sounds made Su Chang feel better. Next it was time to reap the rewards. He would open the rewards from the apostate Nicholas first. He would check for the resurrection coins in the evening. Tongzi and the others were still waiting outside.
As expected, apart from a large number of Cole, the only thing that caught Su Chang’s eye was the resurrection item “The Holy Crystal of Resurrection”.
However, the conditions for using this resurrection item, “Sacred Crystal of Resurrection”, are too harsh. It needs to be used within ten seconds of death to revive the player.
After sorting out the rewards except the resurrection coins, Su Chang left the big pine tree to meet up with Tongzi and the others.
A space gate like ripples on the water flashed in the forest, and Su Chang came out of the space gate.
Klein spotted Su Chang at a glance and shouted, “Su Chang, we are here.”
The group quickly met up with Su Chang, and Tongzi asked carefully, “How’s Su Chang, did you get it?”
“Of course. I’ve already got the resurrection item, the 『Sacred Crystal of Resurrection』.”
After saying that, Su Chang swiped open the panel and took out the resurrection item “Saint Crystal of Resurrection” from his backpack.
“Let me show you.”
Su Chang threw the resurrection item “The Holy Crystal of Resurrection” to Tongzi, and Tongzi took it in a hurry.
“Be careful, don’t break such a precious item.”
Tongzi carefully looked at the resurrection item in his hand, the “Holy Crystal of Resurrection”. The “Holy Crystal of Resurrection” was a smooth sphere with several metal frames wrapped underneath it.
If we didn’t mention that it was an extremely precious resurrection item in Aincrad, the “Sacred Crystal of Resurrection”, no one would even look at it if it was thrown on the side of the road.
“The property of the “Sacred Crystal of Resurrection” is to revive players who died within ten seconds.”
“This property… Klein, take a look.”
Tongzi also threw the resurrection item in his hand, the “Saint Crystal of Resurrection”, to Klein, and the cautious feeling he had before had long disappeared.
“Tongzi, why are you like this?”
After Klein took the resurrection item, the “Saint Crystal of Resurrection”, he looked at it and said, “What? It can only revive for ten seconds, which means it can only revive those who died in front of me.”
Klein returned the resurrection item “Saint Crystal of Resurrection” to Su Chang without any reluctance, and Su Chang took it and put it away directly.
“It’s useless. It can only revive those who died within ten seconds. Not to mention the time limit, most players are in extremely dangerous situations when they die. Originally, only one person might die, but using this skill might kill both of them.”
Klein yawned and said, “I’m a little sleepy. Su Chang, Tongzi, let’s go back first. If I had known it was such a crappy prop, I wouldn’t have come.”
“Be careful on the road then.”
Klein and others teleported away one after another.
Chapter 37 Daily Life in the Hut (Old Version)
After Klein and others left, Su Chang and Tongzi also planned to go home. When they returned home, Xing was still sitting on the sofa waiting for them.
Perhaps because it was too late, Xing had fallen asleep on the sofa. Su Chang walked over, gently picked up Xing in a princess hug and prepared to take her back to her room.
“Well, Su Chang, you guys are back.”
As soon as Su Chang picked up Xing, Xing woke up, rubbed her eyes, and said sleepily: “How is Su Chang, have you finished your work?”
Su Chang lowered his head and rubbed Xing’s forehead, saying, “It’s done. Didn’t I tell you to go to bed early and not wait for me? Why are you still outside? Are you disobeying me?”
“No, I’m just worried about you.” Xing said coquettishly in a slightly charming voice.
“Puff, hahahaha, I didn’t expect you to be so lucky.”
Watching the interaction between Su Chang and Xing, Tongzi, who was following behind Su Chang, burst out laughing.
Xing suddenly came to her senses: “Ah!!! Su Chang, why didn’t you tell me earlier that Tongzi was here? I just…ah!!! I am too embarrassed to see anyone.”
Xing seemed to be broken and had a look of despair on her face. The reason why Xing reacted so strongly was that although Kiriko also had a room here, she didn’t live here often.
After having his good friends see his face like this, Xing really wanted to find a hole to crawl into.
“Okay, Yuki. It’s no big deal. It’s just Kiriko. She’s not an outsider.”
“That’s right. I’m not an outsider. Xing’s behavior just now was really interesting.”
“Tongzi, you still keep talking! I’m going to ignore you guys.”
After saying that, Xing jumped out of Su Chang’s arms and went back to her room on her own.
After watching Xing return to the room, Su Chang said to Tongzi, “Tongzi, you should also go to bed early. It’s already very late.”
“Then I’ll go to bed too, good night.”
“Good night.”
Time flies, and soon it is January 1, 2024. Su Chang has been paying attention to the news about the Killing Guild “Smiling Coffin” recently. According to the original work, the Killing Guild “Smiling Coffin” was established today.
Unfortunately, there was no news after asking around, not even any information about the identity of the mysterious man who had been used as bait.
Su Chang sighed: “It seems that we really have to wait until there is a murder in the circle before we can catch them.”
During this period of time, Su Chang has been a little slack, and the improvement that Aincrad can bring to Su Chang has become less and less. Su Chang has also begun to shift his focus and focus on completing the remaining tasks.
Apart from the final mission, there are only two left: the Dragon Slayer and the Smiling Coffin. There is no clue about the Smiling Coffin yet. The Quartz Dragon is on the 55th floor, and there is no rush for players to conquer the 50th floor now.
Su Chang, on the contrary, became more relaxed, with nothing to do every day. He stayed in his own little nest and played and fought with Qizmaier, having a great time.
But Xing seemed to be worried about something. On a sunny afternoon in February, Su Chang was enjoying a nap on Xing’s lap on the grass by the lake.
“Xing, you seem a little absent-minded recently. Is there something on your mind?” Su Chang reached out and stroked Xing’s face.
“No, nothing.”
Su Chang pinched Xing’s little face and said, “Why do you still want to hide it from me? Tell me, I will solve it for you.”
Xing pondered for a moment, and finally spoke out the matter that had been bothering him for a long time: “Su Chang, how long do you think it will take to conquer Aincrad?”
“It’s been less than a year, and the speed of the strategy team is getting faster and faster.”
Xing reached out and held Su Chang’s hand and said, “Less than a year?”
“Su Chang, you know, I was very scared before, and I was always hoping that someone would clear Aincrad and bring me back to reality.”
“But the life I’m living now makes me intoxicated. I’m eager to return to reality, but I also miss the life here. I’m so conflicted. Su Chang, what should I do?”
Su Chang held Xing’s hand tightly and said, “Do you want me to join the raiders to conquer Aincrad or do you want me to stay here with you? Of course, I will support you no matter what you choose.”
“Wouldn’t that be a bad idea? The Raiders Group is so dangerous, what if something happens to you? As for staying with me, you said that a man should go out and explore the world. The outside world is your world.”
Su Chang got up from Xing’s legs and said to Xing, “Xing, you should know that those monsters in the strategy group are not worth mentioning to me, but if you want me to join the strategy group, we will conquer Aincrad as soon as possible. Our relationship will not change after returning to reality, right?”
Xing seemed to have made up his mind: “Go ahead, Su Chang. Men can’t stay at home all the time. I believe you will conquer Aincrad with my feelings. I will definitely go back to find you when we return to reality!”
Su Chang kissed Xing gently on the lips: “Then hurry up and get ready, I’ll leave as soon as possible.”
“Yeah.” Xing returned to the room to prepare supplies, while Su Chang was enjoying the wind and looking at the calm lake. He thought, it would be nice to move a little. The Quartz Dragon and Kayaba Akihiko wouldn’t run away. It seemed that the “Smiling Coffin” guys also had eyes and ears in the strategy group, so he might as well treat it as a mission.
Su Chang first contacted Tongzi and Klein, both of whom were members of the strategy group. Su Chang planned to join the strategy group as a lone player through them.
If you don’t use it when you have a relationship, are you going to wait for it to give birth? You should use it when you need it.
“Kiriko, I want to join the strategy group as a solo player. Are there any conditions?”
Tongzi did not directly answer Su Chang’s question, but asked: “Why do you want to join the strategy group? Weren’t you always uninterested in the strategy group before? Are you getting the idea now?”
“Of course I joined the strategy group to relieve you, Tongzi. I feel bad for you because you stay up so late every day to kill monsters and level up.”
“What nonsense are you talking about again? I don’t need you to feel sorry for me. Just come to me later.”
When Su Chang looked at the system panel, he could think of Tongzi’s cute appearance at the moment. What a tsundere guy.
Soon Su Chang met up with Tongzi, who asked quickly, “Have you really thought it through? You want to join the strategy group as a lone player. Your movements will definitely be restricted after you join the strategy group. You have to participate in the strategy and can’t run around.”
“Don’t worry, I will definitely abide by the rules of the strategy team and won’t cause any trouble for you, Tongzi.”
Seeing Su Chang’s unreliable look, Tongzi felt a headache. Where did the Su Chang go? He seemed unreliable now.
“There’s no rush to join the strategy team. The strategy team just conquered the 55th floor. It won’t matter if we wait a few days. Now you can help me first.”
Tongzi would not give up an opportunity to order Su Chang around. He knew Su Chang’s strength and that he was a responsible guy. There would be no problem in throwing things to him.
Chapter 38 Silica (Old Version)
“Is there something urgent going on with Tongzi? Do you need my help?”
“I rescued a girl yesterday. Her familiar was killed. I plan to go to the Hill of Memories on the 47th floor with her today to revive the familiar.”
Su Chang naturally knew that the girl was Silica, but the system did not issue any related tasks, so Su Chang did not pay attention to her. With Tongzi’s strength, there would be no problem at all.
“The 47th floor? Tongzi, you can handle it by yourself, right? Do you still need my help?”
“Just to be on the safe side, I’ve become more cautious since the Black Cat Group on the moonlit night last time.”
Su Chang’s mouth twitched: “It’s not good to be too steady.”
Tongzi waved his hand impatiently and said, “Su Chang, you don’t want to be blocked from entering the strategy group, so just treat it as going out for fun. You are not happy with two beautiful girls accompanying you.”
“Okay, okay, I’ll go with you.”
At this time, on the 35th floor, Silica was anxiously waiting in front of the teleportation array. In the morning, Kirizi left a note and left alone.
It told me to go to the teleportation array on the 35th floor and wait for her, and she would come back after she finished her business.
Silica was feeling somewhat sad at the moment. She was disturbed by the death of her companion Bina yesterday. If it wasn’t for Kiriko telling her that Bina could be resurrected at the Hill of Memories on the 47th floor, she wouldn’t know how she would live in the future.
After finally getting the help of Kiriko, she left again. Silica couldn’t help wondering if she felt that she was too annoying, so she made up an excuse and left. What should I do with my Bina then?
The more she thought about it, the more aggrieved she felt. Just when Silica was about to cry, the teleportation array in front of her started to work, and two people were teleported over. It was the Kiriko she had been thinking about. She also saw a strange man next to Kiriko.
Tongzi walked up to Silica, looked at her face for a while and said, “Silica, what’s wrong with you? Why are your eyes so red?”
“Nothing, I just thought of Bina and felt a little sad.”
Silica didn’t dare to say that she felt wronged and wanted to cry because she felt that Tongzi had stood her up, so she used Bina to brush it off.
Tongzi comforted her, “Don’t worry about Silica, we will definitely be able to revive Bina. By the way, let me introduce you, this is the reinforcement I invited, you can just call him Su Chang.”
Silica shyly introduced herself: “Hello, my name is Silica.”
“Hello Silica, Kiriko, why didn’t you tell me earlier that you know such a cute girl?”
“We just met yesterday, okay?”
“Then I want to thank you, Tongzi, for letting me meet such a cute girl.”
“I’m not as cute as you say. I’d be embarrassed.”
Su Chang’s jokes made Silica relax, and she was no longer so reserved when facing Su Chang.
Seeing that the two were getting along well, Tongzi said, “Okay, let’s go, our target is the 47th floor.”
The teleportation array lit up, and Su Chang, Tongzi and Silica arrived at the 47th floor, Floria, which was called the “Garden of Flowers”. Not only the streets but the entire floor were covered with flowers.
“Wow, it’s like a dreamland.” Silica exclaimed. After all, what girl doesn’t like flowers?
Tongzi explained: “This floor is called the Flower Garden, and the entire floor is full of flowers.”
The beautiful environment seemed to improve Silica’s mood. She ran to the side of the road, squatted down and carefully admired the beautiful flowers. Her twin ponytails bounced up and down.
Su Chang leaned close to Tongzi’s ear and whispered, “Tongzi, Silica’s twin ponytails are so cute. When can you tie your own twin ponytails for me to see? They must look great.”
Tongzi pushed Su Chang aside and said, “I don’t want to. If you want to tie me up, do it yourself.”
Silica, who was squatting by the roadside, inadvertently saw that many people on the street were in pairs. She instantly realized that the majority of people on this street were couples.
For some reason, Silica thought of Su Chang’s face in her mind, and then Silica slapped her face. What was she thinking? Saving Bina was the most important thing.
It’s not Silica’s fault. After all, Su Chang is already very handsome now, so it’s not surprising that he is regarded as an object of fantasy.
Silica stood up and went back to Su Chang and Tong Zi and said, “Okay, let’s go to the Hill of Memories.”
The three of them set out for their destination, the Hill of Memories. On the way, Tongzi handed a transfer crystal to Silica and said, “Silica, if anything happens, you should transfer to another town immediately. Don’t worry about me and Su Chang. Did you hear me?”
“But…” Silica wanted to say something, but seeing Kiriko’s firm attitude, she had no choice but to agree.
The three of them were walking on the path when suddenly several vines appeared behind them, directly entwining Silica’s calves wrapped in black silk stockings, and then lifted her into the air.
Silica was so scared that she screamed, and Su Chang and Tongzi also saw clearly the attacker, who was a giant carnivorous plant.
Silica, who was suspended in the air, did not immediately cut the vines that were wrapped around her calves, but instead covered her skirt and shouted, “Don’t look.”
Su Chang took action directly, and slashed the giant carnivorous plant’s body with his heavy sword, instantly destroying it.
Although the giant carnivorous plant is huge, its strength is very weak. If Silica wasn’t so nervous, she could kill it easily.
Su Chang stretched out his arms and caught the falling Silica in a princess hug: “Are you okay, Silica?”
Feeling Su Chang’s strong body, Silica blushed instantly, and said shyly while struggling: “Su Chang, put me down quickly.”
Su Chang looked at Silica, whose face was flushed red, and said, “Silica, why are you so shy? You’re so cute.”
Tongzi on the side interrupted the two, and the three continued to move towards the Hill of Memories. Along the way, the three encountered many giant carnivorous plants, but with Su Chang’s encouragement, Silica defeated them all by herself.
During the journey, the three of them also talked about Tongzi’s sister. Silica said, “Tongzi, can you tell me about your sister?”
“Why do you ask that?”
“Didn’t you say I look like your sister? Although it’s rude to ask about real-life things, is that okay?”
Su Chang also came over: “I want to listen too. I’m so envious. I also want a sister. Sisters are the cutest.”
“And Kiriko, you actually used the same words as my sister to hook up with girls. I didn’t expect you to be this kind of Kiriko. Silica, you better be careful not to be fooled by Kiriko.”
Silica exclaimed: “So this is a pick-up line? I thought…”
Seeing that it was getting more and more crooked, Tongzi quickly explained: “What? Silica really looks like my sister, but she is my cousin, not my biological sister.”
Chapter 39 Rosalia (Old Version)
Tongzi continued, “When I was a child, my sister and I were sent to a kendo field to practice swordplay. I gave up after two years, and my grandfather was angry for a long time. In the end, my sister stood up and said that she would work hard for my part, and my grandfather calmed down. Later, she even participated in the national competition.”
“But I always feel that I owe my sister. I wonder if she will hate me because of this. Saving Silica may also be a way to atone for my sins to her.”
Tongzi sighed deeply after she finished speaking, and Su Chang said directly: “Tongzi, why are you pretending to be so deep? There is no need to worry about such things. Wouldn’t it be better to just confess to your sister?”
“If I’m guessing correctly, you sisters have become estranged from each other because of this incident.”
Tongzi said in surprise: “Su Chang, how do you know that our relationship is not very good?”
“Tsk, this is not easy to guess, it’s obviously a light novel plot development. I think it’s better for you to just confess.”
“You have such a good sister but you don’t cherish her. Instead, you distance the two of you because of some illusory things. Maybe your sister thinks that it was her fault that made you alienate her and she blames herself for it.”
Tongzi was stunned. She had never thought about this aspect. Everything was based on her own feelings. Maybe it was really the same as Su Chang said. She hurt both of them instead.
“Su Chang, I understand. After we conquer Aincrad and return to reality, I will definitely talk it over with my sister. Thank you.”
Su Chang waved his hand and said, “What kind of relationship do we have? Do I need to say thank you?”
“By the way, Silica, do you have a brother?”
“No, Su Chang, why are you asking this?”
“Then, Silica, can you be my sister? I envy Kiriko so much, I also want a sister who cares about me.”
Silica’s face turned red again, and she stammered, “This…this kind of thing.”
“Please, after you become my sister, no one will dare to bully you.”
Su Chang’s words undoubtedly reminded Silica of the time when she was bullied by Rosalia: “Really? Is this really possible?”
“Of course, sister?”
Silica shyly whispered, “Brother.”
“Here I am. So good. So cute.”
Tongzi on the side was so ashamed that she couldn’t bear to look at him. Didn’t you just say my sister? How come you two are brother and sister?
“Hey, do you still want to go to the Hill of Memories? I really can’t stand you guys anymore.”
“I’m coming, let’s go, sister.”
“Yeah, brother.” Silica smiled from the bottom of her heart. It seemed that having a brother was not bad.
Soon the three of them arrived at the Hill of Memories. At the end of the road, there was a suspended stone, guarded by arc-shaped stones on all sides.
Silica ran quickly to the stone, and saw that the suspended stone was glowing. In the middle of the stone, the soul flower grew and bloomed rapidly like a seed taking root and sprouting.
Su Chang and Tong Zi also came behind Silica: “Then come down.”
Silica stepped forward and took off the soul flower, her face full of joy: “This way Bina can be resurrected.”
Kiriko replied, “That’s right, but considering the strength of the wild monsters nearby, let’s revive Bina after returning to the town.”
“good.”
After Silica put away the Soul Flower, Su Chang and the other two began to return the same way.
When passing a small bridge, Tongzi whispered to Su Chang beside him: “Su Chang, did you notice? Someone is spying on us.”
“Of course I noticed, but they are just some bugs. I don’t want to bother with them.”
“It really suits your style. Let me do it.”
Tongzi held Silica’s shoulders and shouted, “Whoever’s hiding over there, come out.”
Then a red-haired woman came out from behind the tree in front. Silica saw who it was and shouted in surprise, “Rosalia.”
Rosalia smiled and said, “You were able to see through my concealment. Your enemy-finding ability is pretty good, Miss Swordsman.”
Then her eyes fell on Silica again: “It seems that you have obtained the Soul Flower. Congratulations. Then hand over the Soul Flower.”
Of course Silica couldn’t agree to this, as this was the key item to revive Bina: “How can I give it to you?”
Kiriko also said: “Of course not Rosalia, or the president of the Orange Name Guild “Titan’s Hand”.”
Silica said doubtfully, “But Rosalia is a green name.”
Tongzi explained: “It’s simple. She was just acting as bait to get other orange-named players to take action. The person who eavesdropped last night was also one of yours, right?”
Silica also suddenly realized: “So the reason you asked me to team up two weeks ago was…” Silica didn’t dare to continue. She shrank behind Su Chang and Tongzi in fear.
Rosalia licked her bright red lips and said, “Yes, in order to confirm the combat power, I will wait until the prey earns enough Cole. Although I let you, a big fish, escape, I am lucky to still have a rare item to take.”
“By the way, are you really obsessed with this little girl? Whether it’s you or the man next to you, I really don’t understand what’s so charming about this little girl.”
Tongzi continued calmly: “You seem to have mistaken who your prey is. In fact, I have been looking for you.”
“What do you mean? Explain it to me clearly.” Rosalia was very confused by Tongzi’s words.
“Ten days ago, you attacked a guild called the Silver Banner, and all four members except the president were killed.”
Rosalia twirled her fingers in her red hair and said nonchalantly, “Are you talking about those poor bastards?”
Kiriko continued, “The man who used to be the guild president ran to the front line alone, crying and looking for revenge. He didn’t want you to die, but to go to jail.”
Rosalia said with a gloomy face: “Why do you want to stand up for him? You are so stupid. Is there any evidence to prove who killed him here? Compared with this, you should worry about yourselves.”
Then Rosalia snapped her fingers, and a group of people walked out of the woods. They had fierce eyes and treated Su Chang and the other two as prey.
Silica said fearfully, “There are so many people, Su Chang, Tongzi, we have to run away quickly.”
Tongzi smiled and said, “Su Chang, it’s your turn to take action.”
“What? So you want me to be your thug. And Silica, you have to call me brother. If you forget next time, I will be angry.”
Rosalia said with a gloomy face: “Why do you want to stand up for them? The big head is controlled by the small head and can’t tell the situation?”
Su Chang waved his hand and said, “No, no, no. First of all, Silica is my sister now, and it is my duty as a brother to help her. Also, Tongzi is also a very good friend of mine, and I will not refuse her request.”
Su Chang drew out his heavy sword: “Tongzi, do you want them all to die, or what? It’s not like I haven’t killed players before.”
Chapter 40: Bina’s Resurrection (Old Version)
After all, Tongzi lives in a civilized society, so she naturally has some resistance to killing people: “Forget it, Su Chang, let them confess their crimes, and finally send them to prison after conquering Aincrad.”
“What about my sister? How do you want me to deal with Rosalia?”
“Well, then let’s do the same as Kiriko. I still can’t accept killing people.”
“Okay, I’ll listen to you and I’ll spare their lives.”
Seeing that the three men ignored her and looked like they had her in their hands, Rosalia said, “Very good, go ahead and show these three guys how powerful we are.”
The other players of “Hand of the Titan” rushed towards Su Chang with weapons in hand. Their faces were ferocious, and they had already figured out how to divide the inheritance of Su Chang and the other two.
Facing the siege of more than a dozen people, Su Chang was not used to being hacked, so he attacked directly with his heavy sword.
In order to save their lives, Su Chang had to carefully control the strength so as not to kill them accidentally.
The heavy sword swept out, and the players of “Hand of the Titan” wanted to resist, but when the two sides came into contact, a huge force came, which directly knocked them off balance, and they were unable to get up for a long time.
Su Chang couldn’t help but complain: “Does it hurt so much? I’m holding back.”
It wasn’t that Su Chang used too much force, but the people lying on the ground were all shrewd men. The previous blow made them realize that the person in front of them was no match for them, so they decisively pretended to be dead.
Su Chang walked towards Rosalia with a weapon in hand. Rosalia retreated while shouting, “Hurry up and stand up. Stop him.”
However, most people were still lying on the ground pretending to be dead, with only one or two lickers getting up from the ground and protecting Rosalia.
“Oh, you really want to work hard for Rosalia! Then let you suffer a little.”
Su Chang put away the heavy sword and took out a long stick from the warehouse: “It’s a pity that Tongzi and Silica won’t let you die, so let me beat you up.”
Su Chang doesn’t know how to use a stick, but with his physical fitness, they can’t resist just a sweep.
Su Chang kept sweeping the long stick in his hand, hitting them from time to time. Soon, the few remaining people were beaten to a pulp and could no longer get up.
“Okay, Rosalia, you’re all alone.”
Rosalia was already terrified at this point. Why did that guy find such a strong helper? The plot shouldn’t have developed like this.
“Rosalia, I’m giving you two choices. One is to die, or you can hand over all your equipment Cole and surrender when you return to reality.”
“Of course, there are also these guys lying on the ground. I have memorized you. Believe me, it is easier for me to deal with you in real life than in the game.”
Rosalia still wanted to struggle: “Impossible, don’t even think about it.”
“Then die.”
Su Chang didn’t say much and launched a swift attack towards Rosalia.
Rosalia quickly shouted: “No, no, I will do as you say, don’t kill me!!!”
Su Chang’s attack still did not stop. Rosalia wanted to escape, but her legs had been weakened by Su Chang’s fear and she collapsed to the ground.
“Please, don’t kill me.”
Just as Su Chang’s attack was about to land on Rosalia’s face, Rosalia collapsed and Su Chang stopped.
Su Chang looked at Rosalia who was lying limp on the ground and said, “Now you will be obedient, right?”
Rosalia said with tears in her eyes: “I will be obedient, please rest assured.”
“Turn over your equipment and Cole yourself before tonight, and go to jail, or you know what will happen.”
After arranging everything, Su Chang returned to Tongzi and Silica: “How about me, was I handsome just now? Look how scared I was to those guys.”
Tongzi looked at Su Chang who seemed to be asking for credit and said, “Okay, stop being so conceited, let’s go back.”
On the contrary, Silica looked at Su Chang with admiration: “Brother, you were so handsome and awesome just now.”
At this moment, Silica has accepted Su Chang’s identity as her brother from the bottom of her heart, instead of just jokingly treating it as before.
Su Chang touched Silica’s little head and said, “Tongzi, you and Silica should learn well. Your sister is still the cutest. Tongzi is not cute at all.”
The three of them left talking and laughing, leaving only the members of “Titan’s Hand” lying on the ground.
A player said to Guild President Rosalia: “President, are we really going to do what that guy says?”
Rosalia simply left them and said, “If you don’t want to live, go and find death yourself, don’t drag me into it.”
Rosalia’s attitude was very clear, and the other members of the “Titan’s Hand” did not dare to joke with their own lives. They just followed Rosalia and did what Su Chang said.
In the inn in the town, Su Chang and the other two sat together, and Tongzi said to Silica: “I’m sorry, Silica, I took advantage of you.”
Silica didn’t take it to heart at all: “Don’t say sorry, if it weren’t for you, Tongzi, my Bina wouldn’t be able to come back, and I wouldn’t know my brother. I should be thanking you.”
Su Chang interrupted, “Tongzi, you didn’t even tell me clearly in advance. I want compensation.”
Tongzi ignored Su Chang and said to Silica, “Silica, quickly revive Bina.”
Silica took out Bina’s feather from her backpack, placed it carefully on the table, and then took out the soul flower from her backpack.
Silica dripped the liquid from the soul flower onto Bina’s feathers, and then the feathers left by Bina began to emit dazzling light and then Bina came back to life.
The little dragon spread its wings and the first person it saw was Silica. It happily flew to Silica’s shoulder and rubbed Silica’s face with its dragon head.
Seeing that Bina had resurrected, Tongzi said, “It’s getting late.”
Silica, who was originally happy about Bina’s resurrection, became a little depressed again: “Is it time? Should I go back to the front line? The strategy team… sounds very impressive, but I guess I will never be able to achieve it in my lifetime.”
Tongzi comforted him: “Strength is not the only criterion. We will have a chance to meet again in the future.”
Su Chang said puzzledly: “What are you doing? Tongzi was teleported from the front line to the back very quickly, it’s not a life-and-death separation, why are you so sad?”
“And Silica, you said you would be my sister, why are you trying to run away now? I won’t let you go easily.”
Silica hesitated for a moment and said, “But brother, aren’t you going to join the strategy team? In addition to conquering bosses, you also have to level up. You probably don’t have time to accompany me.”
“Sister, you think too much. My level is almost maxed out now. I don’t need to kill monsters deliberately anymore. I have plenty of time except for attacking bosses, okay?”
Chapter 41 Scene Reappearance (Old Version)
“Is it really possible? Wouldn’t it be too much trouble?”
“How could that be? You just need to be a good little sister to me. Go ahead and act like a spoiled child to me, your brother. I love you the most.”
Tongzi looked at the two people who loved each other and felt that it was a good idea to entrust Silica to Su Chang. At least Su Chang was very reliable.
Su Chang said to Silica, “How about this, I bought a house on the 22nd floor, and there is an empty room, so you can move in, sister.”
Silica’s face immediately turned red: “Living together!!! Isn’t it too early?”
Su Chang’s hand hit Silica’s little head with a knife: “What are you thinking about? Tongzi also has a room there, and you have a sister there too. You can live there and keep her company.”
Silica covered her head and said, “Sister? Is she your relative, brother?”
“No, we met in the game, and because of some events, she temporarily lived in my house.”
“Is it a sponsorship?!”
Su Chang attacked Silica again: “Why didn’t I realize before that your brain is full of yellow things, sister?”
Silica stuck out her tongue and said coquettishly, “Sorry, brother.”
“Okay, let’s go back first. Tongzi, let’s go back and stay for the night.”
Tongzi thought about it and agreed: “I have nothing to do tonight anyway, it won’t be too late to go to the strategy group tomorrow.”
The three of them prepared to teleport back to the 22nd floor from the 55th floor. On the way, Silica nervously grabbed the corner of Su Chang’s clothes, and seemed to be very nervous about Xing.
Su Chang held Silica’s little hand and said, “Sister, don’t be nervous. Xing is a very gentle person. You two will definitely get along very happily.”
“Okay brother, I got it.”
Su Chang gently pushed open the door. Xing was not in the living room. Hearing someone coming, Xing poked her head out of the kitchen and said, “Su Chang, you guys are back. The meal will be ready soon.”
“Got it, Xing, you go ahead and do your work.”
Su Chang has already told Xing what happened today through the system. Xing is also very happy that there will be someone to accompany her in the future. After all, it is still very lonely to be alone in Aincrad without the Internet.
“Sister, go choose your own room first. There are names on the outside of the rooms. You can choose any one you like.”
Silica was a little troubled and began to ask for help from Tongzi: “Tongzi, can you help me choose one?”
“No problem, come upstairs.”
After watching Silica and Kiriko go upstairs, Su Chang went straight to the kitchen and saw Xing busy.
Su Chang gently hugged Xing from behind, pressed his head on Xing’s shoulder, and smelled the scent of Xing.
The cooking process in Aincrad has been simplified, and Su Chang doesn’t have to worry about Xing getting hurt.
“Well, don’t be like that, Kiriko and the others are still outside.”
“It’s okay. They’ve already gone upstairs. They won’t be coming down for a while. Lai Xing, let me see you. I missed you a lot after not seeing you for a day.”
Xing turned around and threw herself into Su Chang’s arms. She also missed Su Chang a little.
Su Chang patted Xing’s back and said, “Xing, Silica is my new sister. She was almost killed some time ago, and I felt sorry for her so I took her in as my sister.”
Xing was a little jealous when she heard that Su Chang had adopted a sister, but when she heard that Silica was almost killed, the kind-hearted Xing had long forgotten that trace of jealousy and only felt concern for Silica.
“I know, you don’t have to comfort me. I can understand Silica’s feelings. I will get along well with her in the future.”
Su Chang was very moved after hearing this, he knew Xing was not stupid and naturally understood that he was building a harem, but now Xing undoubtedly supported him, in a civilized society, sharing one’s beloved with others was already very generous.
This may have been influenced by being in Aincrad, but more importantly, it was her love for Su Chang that made her make such a big concession.
“Lucky you are so nice. I will treat you well in the future. Come to my room at night and I will reward you.”
Xing gently hit Su Chang’s shoulder and said, “What are you talking about? What if Tongzi and the others hear you?”
“It’s okay, come and kiss me first, let me taste whether it’s lucky or not, it’s more delicious.”
When Tongzi and Silica chose their room and went downstairs, they saw Su Chang and Xing already sitting at the dining table.
Su Chang slumped in the chair, while Xing lowered his head with a red face.
Tongzi asked in confusion: “What’s wrong with you? You feel weird.”
Xing quickly changed the subject: “You must be hungry, the meal is ready, come and eat.”
Although Tongzi was puzzled, she did not continue to ask: “Okay, Silica is eating.”
At the dinner table, Yukiya and Silica introduced themselves to each other. Since both of them were very gentle people, they got along quite well.
Seeing the three of them getting along so harmoniously, Su Chang felt that his life was complete. Who else could win the favor of three such lovely girls?
After eating and drinking, everyone returned to their rooms to rest. After all, they had been busy for a long time today and were all a little tired.
After Su Chang returned to the room, he did not go to bed immediately, but lay on the bed waiting for Xing to come. The night was still very long.
Not long after Su Chang lay down, there was a knock on the door. Su Chang wondered why Xing was so bold today and came so early.
Su Chang opened the door and hugged her, but to his surprise, what he felt on his chest was not softness, but a hard forehead.
“younger sister?”
Su Chang quickly let go of Silica. Even though he was so thick-skinned, Su Chang felt a little embarrassed and said quickly, “Sister, why are you here? Why don’t you go to bed earlier?”
Silica blushed and pushed Su Chang into the room: “Let’s go to your room first.”
After Su Chang and Silica walked into the room, Su Chang said, “Sister, sit on the bed. There is no chair in my room.”
Su Chang and Silica sat on the bed in silence for a moment, and Su Chang said, “Sister, what do you want to talk to me about? Tell me now.”
Silica threw herself into Su Chang’s arms, hugged him and said, “Thank you, brother. It’s great to meet you.”
At this time, Silica had already changed into pajamas. Su Chang couldn’t figure out what Silica was thinking, and he didn’t dare to put his hands anywhere.
Silica pinched the tender flesh on Su Chang’s waist in dissatisfaction: “Brother, am I so unbearable? You and Xing obviously did that, do you dislike me?”
“Ah? Sister, did you see everything?”
Silica stood up and sat on Su Chang, looking at his face and said, “Of course I saw it, in the kitchen, you two…”
Seeing that Silica already knew about his relationship with Xing, Su Chang also became bolder and directly supported Silica’s slender waist with his hands.
Silica seemed a little sensitive, twisting her body, giving Su Chang a different experience.
“Now that you know everything, my dear sister, that’s why you came to see me tonight.”
Silica was about to speak when a knock on the door interrupted them.
Chapter 42 Strategy Group (Old Version)
Hearing the knock on the door, Silica immediately panicked: “Brother, what should I do, what should I do.”
Su Chang thought to himself, what’s wrong with you guys? Can’t you let me enjoy one first before moving on to the next one?
“It’s okay, sister. Use the teleportation crystal to teleport outside and then come back.”
Silica suddenly realized: “I’ll teleport away now.”
But the person outside the door did not give Silica any chance to teleport away. The door opened. Su Chang thought, I just forgot to close the door, what should I do.
At the critical moment, Su Chang had an idea and pressed Silica under himself, then covered his lower body and Silica with a quilt.
The door opened and Xing walked in: “Hey, Su Chang, why did you go to bed so early tonight? Didn’t you ask me to come find you?”
Silica in the bed also understood who was responsible. Her little hands had been twisting the soft flesh on Su Chang’s waist. Now she was already in Su Chang’s bed, still in the same position. She couldn’t wash herself clean even if she jumped into the Yellow River.
Su Chang scratched his head and said, “Xing, I’m a little sleepy today, maybe next time.”
Fortunately, he did not doubt Su Chang. Instead, he came to sit beside Su Chang’s bed, touched Su Chang’s forehead, and asked with concern: “Are you feeling uncomfortable somewhere?”
“No, I’m just a little sleepy.”
Xing heaved a sigh of relief, leaned his head on Su Chang’s shoulder and said, “That’s good, you can’t get into trouble, you are our support.”
Su Chang hugged Xing and said, “Don’t worry about me. I’m in good health. Now, go to bed first.”
Silica proudly shook the teleportation crystal in her hand and said, “You never thought, stinky brother, you would end up screwing yourself.”
Then Silica was teleported out of the room. Su Chang not only gave away the meat that was about to reach his mouth, but also let another piece go.
Su Chang collapsed directly on the bed. It was too difficult. I must make them speak honestly to each other in the future. I ate it all.
Just when Su Chang was about to fall asleep, Silica sent a message: “Brother, I’m back in the room. You should also go to bed early.”
He had a dreamless night. When Su Chang woke up and went downstairs the next day, breakfast was ready. Tongzi and the other two were sitting around the dining table eating breakfast.
“Morning.”
“morning.”
“Good morning, brother.”
Su Chang pulled out a chair and sat down, saying, “I’m so happy. When I woke up in the morning, three beautiful girls said good morning to me. I really am a winner in life.”
Su Chang’s words were met with a round of eye rolls from Tongzi: “Eat quickly, and then I’ll take you to the strategy group. We need to prepare the strategy for the next level.”
“Okay, Kiriko-sama.”
After breakfast, Su Chang and Tongzi prepared to set off for the temporary base of the 56th floor strategy team.
After arriving at the base on the 56th floor, Su Chang saw many people he had seen before. After all, Su Chang had been active in the maze area for many years, and he had seen many high-level fighters, including the Holy Dragon Alliance that he had defeated.
Tongzi is also well-known in the strategy group, and other members of the strategy group greeted Tongzi on the way.
“Morning, Kiriko.”
“Tongzi, you’re here. We were just about to hold a meeting to attack the 56th floor. You came at the perfect time.”
After Tongzi greeted them one by one, he took Su Chang straight to the center.
At this moment, Asuna was preparing the strategy for the 56th floor. Seeing Kiriko coming, she quickly stood up to greet him: “Kiriko, why are you here? Today is not the right time for a meeting.”
Tongzi smiled and said, “Let me introduce you to someone. He’s coming out.”
Su Chang walked in from the door and greeted Asuna. “Long time no see Asuna, did you miss me?”
Asuna was very surprised by Su Chang’s arrival: “Su Chang, why are you here? Could it be that you are…”
Tongzi answered for Su Chang: “Yes, Su Chang plans to join the strategy team and contribute to the conquest of Aincrad.”
Asuna said happily: “That’s great. With your joining, Su Chang, we can move forward faster.”
Asuna naturally knew that Su Chang was very powerful and was not inferior to the first-tier players, but Su Chang had been reluctant to accept her invitation, so all her invitations had fallen through. Now it was undoubtedly a big surprise for Asuna.
Asuna then asked, “So, Su Chang, do you plan to join the guild? Or will you continue to participate in the strategy as a solo player?”
Su Chang didn’t hesitate and said directly: “Of course I will continue to be a lone player. Joining a union is too troublesome.”
Asuna did not give up trying to win over Su Chang, and continued, “How could that be? I can give you special privileges. You don’t have to participate in any management, you just need to participate in the boss capture.”
Su Chang waved his hand and refused: “That won’t work either. There are so many people in your union, and someone will definitely have objections. I don’t want to see anyone making things difficult for you, Asuna.”
Asuna stopped insisting: “Well, Su Chang, you still care about others so much.”
Tongzi whispered, “Tsk, this guy only cares about pretty ones, he doesn’t care about others.”
Although the voice was low, everyone present was no ordinary person and could hear clearly what Tongzi said. They looked at each other and laughed.
Asuna returned to her seat and continued, “Okay, I’ve understood Su Chang’s situation. Leave the rest to me. I’ll make arrangements for Su Chang. Just wait for notifications when the time comes.”
Su Chang put his hands together and said, “Thank you so much, Asuna. I hate running programs the most. Asuna, you are so kind.”
Then he patted his chest and continued, “Asuna, if you need my help in the future, just tell me and I’ll take care of it.”
“Okay, okay, I get it. You guys go look somewhere else first. I still have work to do and I don’t have time to accompany you.”
After leaving Asuna’s office, Kiriko took Su Chang to wander around the temporary camp. There was actually nothing to see.
On the way, the two saw Klein, who greeted them enthusiastically: “Su Chang, Tongzi, long time no see, what are you doing here in the strategy group today?”
Su Chang explained: “I’ve fulfilled your wish and joined the strategy team.”
Klein said in surprise, “Really? That has been my wish for a long time. With your joining, the conquest of Aincrad is just around the corner.”
“Of course. Okay, Klein, we still need to look around. Go do your thing first.”
“Then I’ll go first. I hope you two have fun.”
After Klein left, Su Chang and Tongzi walked around again, but there was nothing to see, so Tongzi and Su Chang parted ways.
Tongzi went to level up, while Su Chang planned to go home and take Silica and Xing to level up. Although they didn’t need to fight, it never hurt to have a higher level.
Soon it was time for the strategy meeting for the 56th floor. In a cave in the wild, the members of the strategy team gathered together to discuss the strategy process.
Everyone was discussing quietly, and no one dared to speak without permission. Asuna slapped her hands on the table and said, “Lead the boss outside the circle to the village.”
Chapter 43: Solo Play Again (Old Version)
Everyone exclaimed, all surprised by Asuna’s decision. Kiriko even walked out of the crowd and said, “Wait…wait a minute, if we do this, the villagers will…”
Asuna interrupted Kiriko’s speech and continued, “That’s the goal. While the boss is slaughtering the NPCs, we attack the boss and destroy him in one fell swoop.”
Kiriko retorted: “NPCs are not stones or trees, they are…”
“Are you trying to say they are alive?”
Kiriko was speechless. She knew Qizmaier and Qizmaier was the best example, but Kiriko knew that she could not expose Qizmaier’s existence, otherwise the consequences would only be more serious.
Asuna continued, “Those are just data. After being killed, they will be restored after a while.”
Tongzi shook her head and said, “I cannot agree with your point of view.”
Asuna also said firmly: “This operation will be commanded by me, Asuna, the deputy leader of the Blood Alliance Knights. Please follow my arrangements.”
Seeing that the situation was becoming increasingly tense, no one else dared to speak. After all, one of them was the vice-leader of the Blood Alliance Knights, and the other was an extremely powerful lone player. It would be bad to offend either of them.
It was Su Chang’s turn to come out. He walked out of the crowd and said jokingly, “Don’t quarrel, you two. We can still continue to discuss this.”
Seeing Su Chang coming out to attract firepower, Asuna said, “Then Su Chang, do you have any good ideas?”
“Of course there is. That’s me.”
Asuna asked in confusion, “You?”
“Yes, it’s me. It’s just a wild boss. I can handle it by myself. There’s no need for any additional activities.”
Su Chang’s words caused everyone around to laugh. This is a wild boss. The entire strategy team is helpless and unable to force the attack. Are you stronger than the entire strategy team?
Su Chang ignored everyone and showed his panel. When the people around him saw Su Chang’s panel clearly, they felt pain on their faces, as if they had been slapped several times.
“How is that possible? Level 95, nearly 15 levels ahead of the highest known level.”
Su Chang’s level shocked everyone. You know, even in the original work, when Kiriko defeated Kayaba Akihiko, there were not many people who could reach level 95. To get him to this level is simply like a father beating his son.
“How about it? Now you believe that I have this ability, right?”
Asuna covered her head and said to Su Chang resentfully, “Su Chang, your level is so high, why didn’t you tell me earlier? I haven’t slept well these past few days because I’ve been trying to conquer this boss.”
After saying that, he looked at Tongzi again: “Tongzi, you should know Su Chang’s level, why didn’t you tell me earlier, and why are you still arguing with me here.”
Tongzi scratched his head and said, “Uh, I just forgot.”
With Su Chang as a backup, it was much easier for Asuna to arrange the tactics: “How about this, Su Chang will be the main force, and the other players will provide support from the outside? Any objections?”
Naturally, other people in the strategy group would not have any objections. After all, the levels are there, and who would dare to say no?
Seeing that no one had any objections, Asuna finalized the final strategy.
The result was the same as everyone imagined. Su Chang defeated the wild boss “Earth Crawler” by himself.
The “Lulu’s Lullaby” that everyone had prepared to make the “Earth Crawler” sleep was not used. Su Chang simply used brute force to turn the “Earth Crawler” over and launched a crazy attack on its soft belly.
The scene was so horrific that even the members of the strategy team couldn’t bear to watch it.
A month later, it had been a month since the strategy for “Earth Crawler” had been completed. With the addition of Su Chang, the boss strategy became much simpler than in the original book. It was conquered with ease, making other players feel a little unconfident, wondering if they were too useless and that was why the previous strategies were so difficult.
On April 11, 2024, in Danaku on the 59th floor, Tongzi was taking a nap alone on the grass under a tree.
At this time, someone came over. It was Asuna. Asuna was wearing a special uniform of the Knights of the Blood Alliance and white stockings on her legs, which made her look very youthful and beautiful.
Looking at Kiriko taking a nap, Asuna was furious: “What are you doing?”
Kiriko opened her eyes and saw it was Asuna, then closed them again: “Why is it you? Is something wrong?”
Asuna continued, “Everyone in the strategy group is desperately challenging the maze area, but you are taking a leisurely nap here. Even if you are a solo player, you should be more serious.”
Tongzi interrupted her: “What does it matter? Isn’t Su Chang still here? I don’t even want to work hard, and now is the best time of the year in Aincrad. It’s a waste to use this weather to drill into the maze area.”
“Then you can’t rely on Su Chang for everything. If you work harder, we can get out sooner instead of wasting our lives here.”
Kiriko disagreed: “But we are in Aincrad now.”
The breeze blew through Asuna’s hair, and Kiriko continued, “Do you feel it? This breeze, this sunshine is so beautiful.”
Asuna still insisted: “Really? Isn’t the weather always like this?”
“You’ll know when you lie down.”
Then Asuna hesitated for a moment, then lay down next to Kiriko, and soon she also fell into a deep sleep.
After an unknown amount of time, Tongzi was the first to wake up from her nap. She stretched and opened her eyes to see Su Chang in front of her.
“Why are you here?”
Chapter 44: Noon Nap (Old Version)
“I was passing by and saw you two sleeping here. I have to say you have really big hearts.”
Tongzi rubbed his head and said, “I don’t know why. I just took a nap and I didn’t expect to fall asleep.”
Su Chang turned his head to look at Asuna who was still sleeping soundly beside him. Asuna was sleeping soundly with drooling from the corners of her mouth. I wonder what sweet dream she was having.
Tongzi stood up and said to Su Chang: “Su Chang, do you have anything else to do?”
“What can I do? I just hang out every day.”
“That’s great. You stay here and watch over Asuna. Don’t let anything happen to her. I’m leaving now.”
Su Chang was stunned. Although the purpose of his coming here was to trigger the mission, he was ready to participate in the events in the circle and fight the “Smiling Coffin”.
But why did you just run away, Kiriko? Are you really at ease leaving Asuna and I alone?
Su Chang stopped Tongzi and said, “Why are you running? You didn’t do something and want to blame me for it, did you?”
Kiriko explained, “You know, Asuna and I often quarrel, and she will probably quarrel again when she wakes up. I don’t trust others to leave Asuna to him, but you and I feel more at ease.”
After saying that, Kiriko teleported away, leaving Asuna, who was still sleeping under a tree, to Su Chang.
Su Chang came and sat down next to Asuna, looking at her sleeping face, and thought to himself, Tongzi, this is what you asked for, so I won’t be polite.
Time passed quickly. Su Chang chatted with Xing and the others through the system while waiting for Asuna to wake up.
Asuna slept for a really long time. The sun was about to set, but she hadn’t woken up yet. It might be because the pressure from the strategy group was too great and she didn’t get enough rest.
After all, Asuna is not very old, and she has tried her best to return to reality.
“Ah Qiu.”
Asuna seemed to be a little cold and was woken up by the cold. She slowly stood up and knelt on the grass.
Maybe because she slept for too long, Asuna was drowsy and looked around blankly with saliva at the corners of her mouth. Finally, she looked into Su Chang’s eyes.
Su Chang opened his mouth and said, “The operation was successful. You are now a girl.”
“Why?”
Asuna stood up instantly and grasped the sword at her waist, but then she endured it.
“A meal… I’ll treat you to a meal, and then we’ll be even.”
Although she didn’t know where Kiriko had gone and when Su Chang came, Asuna planned to just cover up what had just happened. After all, it was too embarrassing. As a lady from a wealthy family, it was really embarrassing for her to be seen sleeping with her head covered.
“That’s great, and I can even have a meal with you. Let’s go, I won’t be polite to you.”
Su Chang and Asuna came to the restaurant on the 57th floor to eat. Although they sat in the corner, most people in the restaurant looked at them.
After all, one of them is the vice-captain of the Blood Knights, and she herself is a super beautiful girl, and has always been very popular among the player community in Aincrad.
“Isn’t that Asuna from the Knights of the Blood Alliance?”
“That’s the flash…”
“What about the other man?”
“Shh, keep your voice down. That’s a super boss who can defeat the boss of the 56th floor by himself.”
“I heard that too. It seems that he just joined the strategy team not long ago, and his level is as high as over level 95.”
“Is it that amazing?”
Asuna and Su Chang listened to other people talking about them while waiting for the food to be served.
Asuna said softly to Su Chang: “Thank you for keeping watch for me.”
“Oh, you’ve been conscripted by Tongzi. But you’re really brave. You dare to sleep without anyone watching you.”
Asuna explained: “I just listened to Kiriko’s nonsense and just wanted to lie down and try it out, but I didn’t expect…”
“I didn’t expect it to be so comfortable. I fell into a deep sleep.”
Asuna simply laid down on the table, feeling too embarrassed to face anyone. This matter could not be reversed.
Originally, she wanted to follow Su Chang’s example and put the blame on Tongzi, but she still couldn’t get rid of the fact that she was in a daze.
Su Chang smiled and said, “Don’t worry, Asuna, I won’t tell anyone. Just treat it as our little secret.”
Asuna stopped pretending: “You’d better be like this. If I find out and you tell everyone, you’ll be finished.”
Of course Su Chang would not spread rumors to others. Talking to Asuna could be a little interesting, but what’s wrong with telling others? It would also destroy the relationship between him and Asuna.
After joking around, Su Chang said to Asuna seriously, “Don’t sleep outside without anyone watching you next time. It’s really unsafe. Do you hear me?”
Su Chang suddenly became serious, which made Asuna a little uncomfortable: “I know that although the town is in a safe zone and will not be attacked or killed, it is different when you are asleep.”
Su Chang expressed his own opinion: “I feel that this is also a bug that Kayaba Akihiko can leave behind, abusing the sleep PK of the duel.”
“In a duel situation, even if you are in a safe zone, you will lose HP and get hurt. I don’t believe that Kayaba Akihiko can’t solve this problem.”
Asuna said helplessly: “Request a duel with a sleeping person, then move the opponent’s finger without permission, press the OK button, and then launch a unilateral attack…”
Asuna’s voice trembled slightly when she said this. This kind of malicious bug almost exposes people to the malice of others without any defense. No one knows whether there are people close to them who want to kill them.
Su Chang comforted her, “Don’t worry, Asuna. I’m here. I will definitely conquer Aincrad in a few months at most.”
“I hope so.”
Asuna didn’t have much confidence in conquering Aincrad, after all, it took more than a year to conquer the 57th floor.
Su Chang continued, “Asuna, if you still want to rest outside like today, you can ask me to keep watch for you. I still have plenty of time.”
Asuna rejected it directly: “Impossible, I will never sleep outside even if I die.”
Asuna would never allow such an embarrassing thing as today to happen again, absolutely not.
Just when Su Chang wanted to continue speaking, a girl’s scream came from outside the restaurant, interrupting Su Chang’s thoughts and attracting Asuna’s attention.
Su Chang knew that the incident in the circle had begun. Asuna quickly got up and ran outside, and Su Chang followed closely behind Asuna.
The two ran to the square outside, one in front and one behind, and saw a group of people gathered under a building and looking up.
Asuna and Su Chang followed the crowd’s gaze and saw a fully armed man being hung outside the church.
At this moment, a blood-red sword was stuck in his chest. It seemed that the sword had pierced through his armor and body. He was struggling constantly and groaning in pain.
The others just watched him perform, and no one dared to step forward for fear of ending up in the same miserable state.
Chapter 45: Murder in the Circle (Old Version)
Su Chang and Asuna ran to the bottom of the church and shouted upwards, “Pull it out quickly.”
The man whose chest was pierced seemed to struggle only after hearing Su Chang’s shout. He grasped the sword with both hands and began to pull it out slowly and forcefully.
But under the dual effects of pain and being hung up, no matter how hard he tried, the blood-red sword seemed to be attached to his body, not moving at all, which made people very anxious.
Asuna said to Su Chang, “You continue downstairs, I’ll go upstairs.” Then she ran up the stairs.
Su Chang ran under the man, but Su Chang’s actions seemed to stimulate the man. He held the sword with both hands as if pumping it in his body, and he groaned in pain from time to time.
Su Chang just wanted to say, you’d better keep it in your body, it’s too tiring.
After the man struggled for a while, as if his life was exhausted, he stopped struggling.
Under the setting sun, the man was nailed to the church by a long sword, just like a scene of judgment. Then the man’s figure flickered, and finally turned into pieces and returned to Aincrad.
The blood-red sword that was inserted into his chest also lost its support and fell off, and was inserted into the stone bricks on the street. Only the rope that had just tied the man’s neck was left, swaying in the breeze.
“ah!!!”
The woman’s scream broke the quiet evening, adding a touch of horror to the scene.
Su Chang, who was well aware of the plot development, also decided to act and shouted to the crowd, “Everyone, quickly find the sign of victory in the duel.”
But no one responded. People are like this. They eat melons but are afraid of blood splashing on themselves, so they keep silent when something happens.
Asuna also arrived upstairs. She shouted downstairs, “Su Chang, there’s no one upstairs.”
Seeing that the performance was almost over, Su Chang no longer stayed with the crowd, as it was time for them to leave.
Su Chang pulled out the bloody sword that was stuck in the man’s chest and came to the attic to meet Asuna.
Su Chang held the long sword and began to cooperate with the co-conspirators in the performance. He began to ask Asuna, one of the only two people who were listening to the drums: “Asuna, what do you think?”
Asuna leaned against the wall and expressed her understanding: “Based on what happened, the duelist stabbed the sword into the man’s chest, tied a rope around his neck, and finally threw him down from above. That should be the case.”
Detective Asuna is online, and although it makes sense, it’s all what the perpetrator wants Su Chang and Asuna to see.
Even Su Chang, who knew the plot well, felt that this plan was too brilliant. If it weren’t for Tongzi’s extreme luck in the original novel, he might not have been able to guess the method of committing the crime.
Su Chang said: “There is no sign of victory in a duel below, so it was not caused by a duel.”
“Impossible. The only way to cause damage in the circle is by dueling.”
“It could also be a malicious bug. After all, this is a game world and we can’t look at it with a realistic perspective.”
The two were silent for a moment, and Asuna said, “No matter what, we can’t just sit there and do nothing. If this matter spreads and ferments, it will only cause greater panic.”
Looking at Su Chang who looked indifferent, Asuna knew she had to take action. She walked up to Su Chang and said to him, “Su Chang, I need your help.”
“I’d love to.”
Of course Su Chang was happy. Not only could he find the “Smiling Coffin” and complete the mission, but he could also improve Asuna’s favorability. It was really killing two birds with one stone.
After making the decision, Su Chang and Asuna walked down from upstairs together. The outside of the building was already full of players who were curious about this matter.
Su Chang said to the crowd, “Everyone, is there anyone who saw the whole process of what happened just now? Can you come out and answer a few questions?”
The players began to talk, but no one stood up. Just when Asuna felt embarrassed, a long-haired girl walked out from the crowd.
Asuna gently consoled him, “I’m sorry, you’ve just been through something so horrible, and I’m asking you to recall it now. What’s your name?”
The girl panicked and stammered, “My…my name is Youerke.”
Su Chang said, “From the sound, were those two screams just now also you?”
Youerke nodded and said, “It’s me. I just finished having dinner with the deceased. The man’s name was Keynes. He used to be in a union outside and just got separated in the square.”
Youerke was crying as she spoke: “When I looked around, he suddenly appeared from the window of the church…” When she said this, Youerke sobbed and became unable to speak.
Seeing Yuruko’s sad look, Asuna quickly stepped forward to comfort her. While patting Yuruko’s back, she asked softly, “Did you see anyone suspicious?”
Yuerke immediately blurted out: “Although it was only a moment, there seemed to be a figure standing behind Cainz.”
Asuna continued to ask quietly: “So what impression do you have of that figure?”
Youerke stopped talking and just shook his head.
Seeing that Youerke’s performance was over, Su Chang knew it was his turn to go on stage. Su Chang said softly, “Although it may be a bit presumptuous, I still want to ask if you have any clues about why Mr. Keynes was targeted.”
Youerke said nothing, just shook his head.
Until late at night, Su Chang and Asuna had not found any clues, and Youerke did not leave because she was too sad.
Seeing that it was getting late at night, Su Chang suggested that they call it a day and send Ms. Youerke home first.
In front of the hotel, Youerko thanked Su Chang and Asuna: “Thank you for sending me here.”
Asuna said, “You’re welcome. Please help us with the investigation tomorrow as well.”
“OK.”
Then Su Chang and Asuna watched Youerko walk into the hotel.
Su Chang also pushed the plot forward at the right time and said, “Asuna, what should we do next?”
Asuna thought for a moment and said, “Let’s sort out the information we have first. It would be even better if we can find the maker of that sword.”
“That requires an identification skill, and I think neither of us has upgraded this skill.”
“Yes, we need to find someone who can do the appraisal. My friend can do it, but he is very busy right now.”
Su Chang knew it was time for him to push the plot forward again: “Asuna, I remember there is someone in the strategy group who can identify it, why don’t we go find him and take a look.”
Soon Su Chang and Asuna arrived at the 50th floor, a grocery store in a busy street alley.
Su Chang pushed the door open and greeted immediately, “Long time no see, Agil.”
When the dark-skinned bald guy saw that the person coming was Su Chang, he put down his work and said, “It’s Su Chang, how come you have time to come to my place today?”
Su Chang naturally knew Aikil. Tongzi only had a few good friends, and he introduced them all to Su Chang, and they had a good relationship.
Chapter 46: Golden Apple Guild (Old Version)
Su Chang smiled and said, “Isn’t it because I want to talk to you about something? Are you free?”
“Of course I’m free, tell me what you want, don’t be polite with me.”
“That’s good, come in, Asuna.”
Su Chang waved to the door and called Asuna in.
Agil approached Su Chang with a curious look in his eyes and whispered, “You got involved with Asuna so soon? How long have you been in the offensive team? Please take care of me from now on.”
“What are you talking about? Asuna and I are working together. It’s not what you think.”
Aigil didn’t listen to Su Chang’s explanation and said with a gossipy look: “I understand, I understand everything.”
Su Chang didn’t explain to Agil, as it wouldn’t hurt him anyway: “Agil, do you have any rooms inside? Let’s go inside and talk. This matter has too much impact.”
Agil also became serious: “Inside is my room, let’s talk inside, no one will hear us.”
Su Chang said to Asuna, “Let’s go, Asuna.”
The three of them soon arrived at Agil’s room. They sat around a small table, and Su Chang took out a blood-red sword from his backpack.
“Don’t spread what happened next to Agil. It will have a bad influence.”
Then Su Chang told Aigil in detail what had happened to them today. Aigil frowned after listening.
“How could such a terrible incident happen? His HP became zero in the circle, and it’s not a duel.”
Agil also realized the seriousness of the matter. If this kind of unlimited killing spread, there would be no need for a death game, and players would kill themselves.
Asuna also said: “The victim was with Miss Yuruko before, which ruled out the possibility of a sleep PK. It can only be said that it was premeditated.”
Agil said, “So you came to me today to ask me to help you identify this weapon?”
“That’s right. Is it difficult, Agil? If you can’t do it, don’t force it.”
Agil said righteously: “Of course, no problem. This is what I should do. I will not sit idly by and let this kind of unlimited killing spread.”
“Then thank you in advance.”
Agil picked up the weapon from the table. Su Chang and Asuna both held their breath. This was the only clue and they couldn’t let it go.
Agil used the identification skill on the weapon in his hand. After a while of spinning, the weapon’s information appeared in front of Agil.
“It’s made by players.”
Asuna was very excited: “Really? Who made it?”
Agil replied, “I haven’t heard of Grimlock. At least he’s not a first-class swordsmith, and the weapon itself is nothing special.”
Although she only got the name of the maker, Asuna was still very excited: “Knowing the name is also a clue. By the way, what is the proper name of this weapon?”
“The Thorn of Sin.”
Asuna pondered for a moment and said, “It matches the color of this sword and the barbs on the blade. Does it represent any special meaning?”
Seeing that most of the clues had been given, Su Chang prepared to leave. This was enough. If he gave more, Asuna would easily discover the clues.
It’s not that he can’t confess to Asuna, but at least not now. They have to wait for their plan to proceed for a while.
“Now that we have the clue, Asuna and I are going to leave. We will continue the investigation tomorrow.”
Aigil sent the two to the door of the store. Before leaving, he said to Su Chang: “Call me if you need anything. I will do my best to help you.”
The next day, the sky in Aincrad was a little gloomy, as if it was also affected by yesterday’s incident.
Su Chang and Asuna were still sitting in the restaurant where they had dinner yesterday, but this time there was also Yuerko.
Asuna and Su Chang sat opposite Youerke, and Asuna spoke first: “Ms. Youerke, do you have any impression of the name Grimlock?”
Yuerke was surprised to hear the name Grimlock, and then said, “Yes, he was also a member of the union that Keynes and I belonged to before.”
Su Chang and Asuna looked at each other, and Su Chang said, “Then Miss Youerke, do you know that the weapon that stabbed into Keynes’ chest and killed him yesterday was made by Grimlock.”
Youerke seemed to be frightened by this incident, his eyes widened, he covered his mouth with his hands and made an incredible sound.
Su Chang continued, “Ms. Youerke, do you have any idea about Grimlock?”
You Erke lowered his head and said, “Yes, I’m sorry that I didn’t say it yesterday because I was too nervous. Besides, I don’t really want to recall this incident.”
Youerke began to talk about the union they used to belong to, and it started to rain outside.
“The guild we were in before was called Golden Apple. Half a year ago, our guild dropped a ring that increased agility by 20 when we killed a rare monster.”
“This is the root of all evil. At that time, there were two opinions in the union about this item. One was to keep it in the union and let the members take turns using it, and the other was to sell it for money.”
“After a heated discussion, the minority finally obeyed the majority and sold this ring that increases agility by 20.”
“I entrusted it to an auctioneer in a large town on the front line to sell it. Our leader, Grinseruda, decided to stay out for one night.”
“But something unexpected happened. Miss Grinceluda didn’t come back. Later we found out that she was dead. Until now I still don’t know how she died.”
Su Chang spoke up: “With such a precious prop, he wouldn’t walk around randomly, let alone go outside the circle. Someone must have done it on purpose.”
Asuna retorted, “Sleeping PK was not a thing that had spread half a year ago, so it shouldn’t be like this.”
Su Chang shook his head and said, “It’s definitely not a coincidence. Knowing that the “Golden Apple” has dropped such a precious item, and knowing that Miss Greenseruda stayed overnight outside the guild, it can only be…”
Before Su Chang finished speaking, You Erke said faintly, “One of the remaining seven people of the [Golden Apple].”
Su Chang continued to push the plot forward: “Then the person who is most suspicious is the one who opposes the auction.”
Asuna said, “In other words, she attacked Miss Greencelda in order to steal the ring before it was auctioned.”
Su Chang continued to ask: “Ms. Youerke, what about Mr. Grimlock? What is his identity?”
Yulko explained, “Mr. Grimlock is Miss Grimseruda’s husband, in-game of course.”
“Ms. Grimseruda is a very strong swordsman, beautiful and smart. Mr. Grimlock is also very gentle. The two of them are a perfect match and a harmonious couple.”
Chapter 47 Death and Fear (Old Version)
Youerke continued, “If it was really Mr. Grimlock who did what happened yesterday, then he should have also taken on the other three people who were against selling the ring.”
Asuna quickly asked, “Ms. Yuruko, who are the three people who are against selling the ring?”
“It’s me, Keynes, and the shield warrior Schmidt. I heard that we are now affiliated with the Holy Dragon Alliance of the strategy team.”
Yuerko gave Asuna another shocking piece of news. If Su Chang hadn’t known what happened already, he would probably have been as surprised as Asuna.
Asuna said, “I know Schmidt. He is the captain of the heavy shield warriors of the Holy Dragon Union.”
Su Chang said nonchalantly, “So it’s that group of little bastards. Do you want to call him over, Asuna?”
Yuerke asked, “Do you two know Schmidt?”
Su Chang explained, “Asuna is the vice-leader of the Blood Alliance Knights. I should have met her many times. I just joined the strategy team not long ago, and I have also met her once or twice.”
Youerke quickly pleaded, “Can you let me see Schmidt? He may not know about this yet, and I’m a little worried about him.”
Su Chang leaned back in his chair and said, “Then I’ll leave it to you, Asuna. You probably know more people in the raiders’ group than I do.”
“Leave it to me. I’ll call him over. I have acquaintances in the Holy Dragon Union.”
After finalizing the follow-up tasks, Su Chang said, “Then let’s send Miss Youerke back to the hotel first. Miss Youerke, don’t leave the hotel until we come back.”
After sending Miss Yuerke back to the hotel, Su Chang and Asuna rushed to the front line in the drizzle.
On the way, Asuna said, “Su Chang, what do you think about this?”
What could Su Chang think? It was tiring to practice in front of Asuna. If it weren’t for the mission, he would rather attack the boss alone.
He made up a story: “They must have used some method we don’t know about. The possibility of using a malicious bug is very small. If they really could duel without restrictions, they wouldn’t have to perform that scene.”
“You mean they’ve always done things in a reasonable way, and there’s no malicious bug?”
“That’s right. Even if it’s a sleep PK, it can only be considered a small loophole, not a bug. If there really are so many bugs, Kayaba Akihiko will be the first to come forward and fix them.”
“That’s true.”
It was not until the evening that Su Chang and Asuna invited Schmidt from the front line. Su Chang and Asuna brought Schmidt directly to the hotel where Yuerko lived.
At this moment, Youerke had changed into home clothes and sat opposite Su Chang, Asuna and Schmidt.
At this moment, Schmidt was completely not as calm as Youerke. He was shaking his legs madly and beads of sweat appeared on his face.
He inquired: “Was Keynes really killed by Grimlock’s weapon?”
Ulko replied, “Yes.”
Schmidt’s defense was instantly broken, his expression turned into fear, and then he stood up and said, “Why was Cainz killed now? Did he steal the ring?”
Then Schmidt forced himself to sit down and punched his thigh with his fist: “Does Grimlock want to kill all three people who oppose it?”
“Have you and I also been targeted by Grimlock?”
Yuerke continued to put pressure on Schmidt: “It could be that the other members commissioned Mr. Grimlock to make the weapon, or it could be Miss Grimseruda’s revenge herself.”
The map of Yan State is a bit long. Yuerke finally shifted his focus from the murder of Keynes to Miss Greenseruda’s own revenge.
“It’s impossible to kill someone in the circle, but if it’s a ghost, then it’s possible.”
Schmidt was so frightened that he was speechless: “What…”
And Youerke continued her performance. She stood up from the sofa and said, “I thought about it all night last night…”
Then Yuerke said like a madman: “It was all of us who killed Miss Greenseruda. If we hadn’t held a vote when the ring fell, Miss Greenseruda wouldn’t have died.”
Yurko’s voice was very crazy, and then she slowly moved back and came to the window.
“That’s right. It must be Miss Grimseruda’s wronged spirit who commissioned Grimlock to make the weapon. She will take revenge on all of us one by one.”
Schmidt was so frightened that his whole body was shaking. He finally murmured, “What a joke! What a joke! It has come to this point. Half a year has passed.”
Schmidt couldn’t help but cover his face with his hands, as if trying to hide his fear.
Schmidt stood up again and shouted at Youerke, “Youerke, are you really willing to accept this? Are you willing to be killed for no apparent reason?”
Schmidt became more and more excited as he spoke. If Su Chang hadn’t stopped him, he would have rushed in front of Youerke.
At this moment, something strange happened. The sound of a knife piercing flesh was heard. Su Chang and the other two hurriedly looked towards where Youerke was.
Youerke opened his eyes wide, twisted his body to reveal the sharp blade on his back, and then fell out of the window.
Su Chang and Asuna quickly ran to the window and looked down, only to see that Youerke’s whole body flashed and turned into pieces and disappeared, leaving only a sharp dagger.
Su Chang looked into the distance and saw a man standing on the roof not far away. In order to cooperate with their exercise, Su Chang said to Asuna: “Asuna, I’ll leave Schmidt to you. I’ll go after that guy.”
After saying that, he chased after the man in black, leaving only Asuna and the frightened Schmidt in the room.
Su Chang was very fast and caught up with the man in black in a moment. Su Chang swung his heavy sword and chopped him down hard.
The swift attack landed directly on the back of the man in black, but since he was now in a safe circle, the player could just take the attack without losing blood.
But the powerful impact still sent the man in black flying more than ten meters away.
Just when Su Chang was about to hit him again, the man in black took out a teleportation crystal and teleported away.
Su Chang did not stay for too long and prepared to go back to meet Asuna. Everything had been arranged, and the next step was to wait for Schmidt to go by himself.
After Su Chang returned to the room, Asuna quickly asked with concern: “Su Chang, are you okay? Why did you rush out so recklessly?”
“If anything happens to me, you should be concerned about the man in black. If he hadn’t been protected by the circle, he would have been killed by my sword. Unfortunately, he was able to escape using the teleportation crystal in the end.”
Asuna said seriously, “Don’t do such dangerous things again. Let the man in black run away.”
Su Chang waved his hand and said, “I see. By the way, how is Schmidt?”
“See for yourself.”
Su Chang walked up to Schmidt and saw Schmidt sitting on the sofa with his hands on his head, trembling all over.
Apparently he had been frightened out of his mind and was unable to communicate normally.
Chapter 48: The Truth About Death (Old Version)
In a trance, Schmidt seemed to have thought of something. He said in a trembling voice, “That robe belongs to Miss Grinzeluda. Miss Grinzeluda turned into a ghost and came to avenge all of us.”
Schmidt had been confused by a series of events, and even forgot that he was in the virtual world of Aincrad: “If it is a ghost, it is possible that he killed people in the circle.”
Thinking of this, Schmidt began to laugh, trying to cover up his fear and make himself forget what had happened.
Su Chang and Asuna looked at each other, and they were undecided about the crazy Schmidt. Su Chang said, “Let’s do this for now. It seems that there is still no clue.”
Schmidt sat on the sofa in the hotel for a long time. Finally, he seemed to have made up his mind, said goodbye to Su Chang and Asuna, and left.
Su Chang and Asuna did not stay in the hotel for too long and followed Schmidt to the street.
Asuna looked at Schmidt’s receding back and said, “Is it really okay to just ignore him?”
“It’s okay. I already have an idea. I can just follow Schmidt when the time comes.”
Asuna asked curiously, “What’s the idea? Tell me about it.”
“Not yet. I’ll tell you later.”
Asuna crossed her arms and said, “If you don’t want to tell me, then don’t tell me. I don’t care.”
While Asuna was still sulking, Su Chang had already sat on the bench next to her: “Asuna, do you have anything to eat? I’m a little hungry.”
Seeing that Su Chang was not moved by her persuasion, Asuna could only sigh and sit next to Su Chang, then take out two packages from the system.
“Here, eat quickly, your endurance is running out, don’t accuse me of not caring about food.”
Su Chang took one of them from Asuna and opened it, revealing a sandwich with rich ingredients.
Su Chang was indeed a little hungry, so he took a big bite and said, “It’s really satisfying.”
Then he said to Asuna, “It’s so delicious, it must be made by you, Asuna. I’m really excited to eat food made by Asuna.”
Asuna also took a small bite of the sandwich in her hand and said, “How do you know I made it? I made it this morning to deal with special situations.”
“Because it’s delicious.”
“What kind of logic is this?”
Su Chang waved his hand and said, “You don’t understand this, because the food sold outside is not as delicious as this. Kayaba Akihiko is definitely an idiot in cooking, otherwise he wouldn’t make the food in Aincrad so unpalatable.”
Asuna took another small bite and said, “Indeed, the food in Aincrad is quite unpalatable.”
Then he said, “Su Chang, do you also think that it is Miss Grinseruda’s ghost seeking revenge? After witnessing the death of two people in the circle with my own eyes, I am beginning to believe it.”
Asuna was still young after all. Although she knew that she was in the virtual world of Aincrad, what she saw with her eyes and heard with her ears affected her and she didn’t know what to do.
In the strategy group, she had to shoulder important responsibilities and show a strength that was not consistent with her actual age. Now she had to be affected by such mysterious things again. Asuna really felt a little tired.
Su Chang also noticed Asuna’s tiredness, patted his thigh and said, “Asuna, you look so tired, so I’ll be kind enough to let you use my lap as a pillow. It’s very comfortable.”
Asuna seemed to be somewhat moved. After all, Su Chang was handsome, powerful, and reliable. However, due to the girl’s sense of modesty, Asuna still made excuses.
“I’m eating now, it’s not good.”
“I’ll feed you.”
Asuna’s face was rarely rosy. Men and women are both human beings. Men are lustful and like beautiful girls, and women are no exception.
“Is this really okay?”
“What’s wrong with that? I don’t mind, do you?”
Things have come to this point, and Asuna has begun to convince herself that this is a virtual world, everything is fake, and Su Chang is not bad either, so she is not at a disadvantage at all.
Asuna said, “Well, I will reluctantly follow your request and lie down for a while.”
Su Chang patted his thigh again and said, “Okay, okay, come on.”
Asuna handed the sandwich in her hand to Su Chang, then lay down carefully, feeling the warmth coming from Su Chang’s thigh, which was soft and warm, not as hard as she had imagined.
Seeing Asuna lying down, Su Chang handed the sandwich to Asuna’s mouth and said, “Open your mouth.”
Looking at Su Chang getting closer and closer to her, Asuna’s brain was completely burned out and she could only eat the sandwich obediently.
Perhaps because of Su Chang’s lap pillow, Asuna’s appetite was stimulated and she quickly finished the whole thing.
Su Chang also ate the sandwich in his hand in a few bites, then took out a small handkerchief and gently wiped the residue from the corners of Asuna’s mouth.
At this moment, Asuna came to her senses. She quickly stood up and sat aside, snatching the handkerchief from Su Chang’s hand: “No need, I can do it myself.”
Su Chang smiled and said, “Asuna, why are you so cute?”
“Don’t praise me to death.”
“How can this be called flattery? I am just stating the facts.”
Su Chang saw that the time was almost right and said, “Asuna, I have figured out the truth of the matter. Do you want to listen?”
Asuna immediately switched to work mode: “Tell me about it.”
“Asuna, you should know that in the safety zone, there is only one way to hurt others, and that is sleep PK.”
Asuna nodded. “That’s right.”
Su Chang continued, “Then why don’t we change our thinking? Instead of actually hurting others, we can create the illusion that others are being hurt.”
Asuna frowned. “How is it possible to create a death phenomenon without people getting hurt? This doesn’t make sense.”
“You have fallen into a misunderstanding. Let me explain it to you.”
“Asuna, does the sandwich you just took out have durability?”
Asuna was still confused: “Yeah, what does that have to do with durability?”
Su Chang’s next words directly enlightened Asuna: “Then when the durability value disappears, will the sandwich also disappear? Asuna, have you noticed that in Aincrad, whether it is the death of wild monsters, the death of players, or the reset and shattering of item durability, the same special effect is used.”
Asuna’s eyes widened. “You mean, Kainzi and Yuruko never died from the beginning to the end? The death we saw was actually the breaking of their tools.”
“They just need to make themselves disappear when the item is broken, that is, use the teleportation crystal to teleport away.”
“That’s right, Asuna is really smart. She understood it right away. This is all a big show performed by Kainz and Yuruko.”
Asuna added: “Who are they acting for?”
Then Su Chang and Asuna looked at each other, and then blurted out; “Schmidt!”
Chapter 49: Ghost (Old Version)
After figuring out the truth of the matter, Asuna came to her senses: “Then what are we? Were we used as a gun?”
Asuna was also a little angry at this moment. She had done her best and ran around, but in the end I became an accomplice.
Su Chang comforted: “No, it’s far from that simple.”
“Is there something else going on?”
Su Chang smiled confidently: “Listen to my analysis.”
“First of all, we were already being watched by Yuruko and Kainz when we were having dinner that day. The purpose was naturally to call out Schmidt. If it weren’t for you, Asuna, personally taking action, Yuruko and Kainz would probably have a hard time seeing Schmidt, and they wouldn’t be able to influence him.”
At this point, Asuna got angry. She was being made a fool of like a clown and had to run around for them.
“They gradually influenced Schmidt through a series of ghost murders, causing him to feel fear. Now Schmidt should be repenting somewhere.”
Asuna continued, “So, Yuruko and Keyns want to kill Schmidt to avenge Miss Greenseruda?”
“No, maybe they just want Schmidt to tell the whole story and send him to jail. They can’t kill Schmidt.”
Su Chang pointed a finger at Asuna and said, “Of course there is still a doubt in this matter.”
“Does Schmidt really have the courage to kill someone? You know, Schmidt is a guy who is frightened by ghosts made up by others. He definitely can’t bear the pain of killing someone.”
“That means there are still people behind.”
“That’s right. Someone might want to silence these three people now.”
Asuna quickly stood up, took Su Chang’s hand and said, “Let’s go quickly, no matter whether your speculation is true or not, it’s better to be safe.”
At this time, on the nineteenth level of the Cross Hill, in the cold and desolate forest, Schmidt knelt under a dead tree and kept repenting.
This is where Miss Greenseruda was buried. Facing Miss Greenseruda’s tombstone, Schmidt kept confessing: “I’m sorry, I was wrong. Please forgive me, Miss Greenseruda.”
“I never thought things would turn out like this, please forgive me.”
Schmidt’s whole body was shaking, with a thin layer of sweat on his face, and he looked extremely frightened.
But what was even more terrifying was that a voice actually responded to him: “Really? Really? Really?”
A woman’s voice came from all directions, and Xumidt started to perform facial expressions.
Suddenly, Schmidt felt something attacking him from behind. He turned around suddenly and found it was a rabbit monster. Schmidt breathed a sigh of relief.
But he didn’t know that a black-robed figure had appeared in front of him. When Xumidt turned around, he saw the black-robed figure directly.
Schmidt was so frightened that he covered his mouth with his hands, fearing that he would be discovered by the thing in front of him.
But it was all in vain. The black-robed figure kept asking, “What did you do… What did you do to me, Schmidt?”
After saying that, he stretched out a blood-red sword from his black robe. Schmidt had never seen such a scene before, so he immediately confessed and fell to his knees: “None of my business, on the day I decided to sell the ring, there was suddenly a note and a crystal in my bag.”
“It was all the notes that told me to do it, it had nothing to do with me.”
Suddenly, another male voice came: “Who is it, Schmidt? Who gave the instructions?”
Schmidt looked up and saw a black-robed figure floating in the distance, asking in the air, “Who instructed you?”
Schmidt’s pupils dilated: “Is it you? Grimlock, are you dead too?”
Schmidt’s question went unanswered, and the black-robed figure asked sternly, “Answer my question, who ordered you to do that?”
Facing the black-robed figure’s harsh questioning, Schmidt quickly shook his head: “I don’t know. The note told me to sneak into Miss Greenseruda’s room, save the location with the corridor crystal, and then put it in the guild’s common storage column.”
“And then, you killed someone?”
Schmidt kowtowed quickly: “No, that’s all I did. I really didn’t know I would become an accomplice to murder. Please forgive me.”
Kneeling on the ground, Schmidt was nervously waiting for an answer, but the one who answered him was a familiar voice.
“I recorded it all, Schmidt.”
Schmidt was confused again. What? Schmidt looked up quickly and saw two black-robed figures taking off their hoods. They were Cainz and Youerke.
At this moment, Schmidt felt his head buzzing, as if he had turned into a monkey.
“Record…record?” Didn’t Schmidt understand at this moment? The so-called ghost of Miss Greenseruda was fabricated by the two guys in front of him.
Although he was being recorded, Schmidt felt more relaxed. As long as he was not facing ghosts and life threats, nothing else mattered.
Instead, Schmidt sighed: “You can actually do this for Miss Grinseruda.”
Keynes said, “You haven’t resented Miss Greenseruda either.”
“How could that be? I always thought it was all my fault. Although I did use the money from the ring to buy rare items, I joined the Holy Dragon Alliance…”
As Schmidt was speaking, there was a sound of breaking air, and a dart cut Schmidt’s shoulder, and then Schmidt fell straight down.
Schmidt quickly checked his status and found himself paralyzed.
Kainz and Youerke in front of Schmidt were also frightened by the sudden attack, and then a burst of teasing voices were heard.
“Wow, this is really interesting. What are you three doing in the woods?”
Schmidt looked at these three people and had some guesses about their identities in his mind, but he still needed to observe more to know the details.
A man who was the leader of the three men came over, holding a kitchen knife in his hand and said, “What a big prey! Isn’t this a cadre from the Holy Dragon Union?”
And Schmidt confirmed the identities of the three people: “You are the murder guild “Laughing Coffin”.”
The leading man said playfully, “So what should we do next?”
One of the guys, with a grin on his face, said crazily, “Well, let’s play that game. Let them kill each other and only one person can survive.”
The leading man said speechlessly: “Didn’t you kill the remaining one last time?”
“Ah!!! Boss, now that you’ve said it, how can we play from now on?”
The way these three people treated human life as worthless made Schmidt very frightened. Unfortunately, he was paralyzed now, otherwise it would not be easy for the three people from the “Smiling Coffin” to eat him.
“Let’s get to work.”
Following the leader’s order, the three men began to act. Just as the leader raised his weapon that looked like a kitchen knife and was about to hack Schmidt to death.
〖Smiling Coffin〗The three of them immediately became alert and saw a horse galloping towards them not far away. The one who came was Su Chang.
Chapter 50: Smiling Coffin (Old Version)
Su Chang jumped off his horse and attacked the three people from “Smiling Coffin”, and the heavy sword in his hand chopped at the leader of the three.
The three people from “Smiling Coffin” were not to be trifled with either. They reacted easily and dodged Su Chang’s attack.
Although the attack missed, at least the three members of “Smiling Coffin” were forced away from Schmidt and the others, which was considered a gain.
Facing Su Chang’s sneak attack, the grinning guy in the “Smiling Coffin” cursed: “You actually took advantage of us not paying attention to sneak attack us, you have no martial ethics.”
Su Chang said sarcastically: “Who do you think you are? How dare you tell me what to do? I asked you to look at me and you looked at me? I asked you to eat orige, will you eat it?”
“Boss, I’m so mad. I’m going to torture him today.”
Compared to his subordinates’ jumping around, the boss was calmer and he also recognized Su Chang’s identity.
Faced with Su Chang’s powerful strength, although he felt that he would not die, it would be better for both sides to make peace.
“I know you, you are Su Chang, you are very strong.”
“If you know who I am, why don’t you surrender quickly? I will beat you so badly that even your mother won’t recognize you anymore.”
Facing Su Chang’s crazy provocation, the boss still maintained a cold voice and said: “Do you really want to go to war with the three of us? Although you are very strong, if the three of us really fight to the death, it’s still unknown who will win.”
Su Chang was still madly provocative: “If you keep bragging to me and flatter yourself, are you worthy enough to compete with me?”
Su Chang’s crazy provocation also made the boss a little unbearable. He had never seen such a shameless person.
“Kainzi, Youerke, take Schmidt away quickly. I’ll kill them. It would be bad if the blood splashed on you.”
After hearing Su Chang’s words, Keynes and Youerke quickly carried Schmidt and ran out.
The guy from the “Laughing Coffin” who was jumping the whole time also wanted to catch up, but was stopped by his leader.
“Boss, what are we going to play now that they’ve all run away?”
Sometimes I really want to kick my subordinates to death. Can’t you see the situation clearly? If you don’t pay attention, you will be played by others.
However, Su Chang’s behavior also made him feel a little relieved. He even knew to let the hostage go first. It seemed that he didn’t have much confidence in himself, so I had the advantage.
The boss said to Su Chang, “Is there really nothing to discuss? If a war really breaks out, we [Laughing Coffin] will fight you to the death.”
Su Chang continued to mock, “Just you? When did Vashak Casals become so arrogant?”
When the name Vasago Casals came out, the boss was stunned. How did his real-life name get exposed?
The little brother next to Vasago Casals was still acting crazy: “Who is Vasago Casals? Who are you calling Vasago Casals? Explain it to me clearly.”
Another younger brother touched him cautiously with his arm, and he instantly realized that Vashak Casals was not calling for the leader.
But the boss’s name isn’t Vasago Casals, is it? That’s a real-life name, that would be really interesting.
Those who can join “Laughing Coffin” are not normal people. Now that the identity of his leader has been revealed, he still plans to have fun.
Even though he couldn’t see Vashak Casals’ face, Su Chang knew that his face must be red with anger.
With his real-life name exposed, Vashak Casals knew that one of the two sides had to die today: “Come on, let’s kill him together.”
But the men beside Vashak Casals did not take action. Instead, they said with a smile: “Boss, we are not stupid. He is so strong, we will not rush up to him stupidly.”
Vashak Casals frowned, he knew that his men were all psychopaths like himself, but he didn’t expect that they would even watch the fun of their boss.
“If you don’t go, he won’t let you go. We are already at war to the death.”
“Boss, don’t say that. It’s you, Vashak Casals, who is fighting him to the death, not us.”
Su Chang just watched the three people on the opposite side fighting each other, but in order to prevent them from escaping, Su Chang decided to add fuel to the fire.
The three opponents are the main forces of “Smiling Coffin”. As long as they are eliminated here today, the rest will be little Karami.
“Stop biting each other, Kim Ben-Atsushi and Shinkawa Masakazu.”
As soon as these two names came out, the two people who were originally watching the fun became nervous. What was not ours was also exposed. What was going on?
Jin Bendun, the guy who attacked Schmidt with a knife at the beginning and kept shouting at the player, said in an extremely impatient tone: “Damn it, damn it, damn it, I will kill you, and I will torture you in the most cruel way and make you regret coming here today.”
Shinkawa Masakazu didn’t say anything, but Su Chang could feel that he was full of murderous intent towards Su Chang at this moment.
The three of them did all kinds of bad things in the game, relying on the fact that no one knew their identities. When the game ended and they returned to reality, no one would know who they were. Now they are directly exposed, and they are afraid that they will be disconnected from the Internet before they even leave the game.
Vashak Casals smiled and said, “You can’t run away now, come together, only one party can get out alive today.”
Without any orders from Vashak Casals, Masakazu Shinkawa and Atsushi Kimmoto rushed towards Su Chang, but they didn’t know how terrible their opponent would be.
Jin Bendun was the first to throw out a few knives. These knives were all poisoned, which could cause those who were cut by the knives to fall into negative states such as paralysis and poisoning.
Su Chang casually swung the heavy sword in his hand to block all the flying knives thrown by him, and did not forget to mock him: “Don’t embarrass yourself with your street juggling. What’s the use of it other than hiding in the dark like a rat and disgusting people?”
“What do you know? I’m like a poisonous snake, hiding in the dark and then killing with one strike, do you understand?”
“Tsk, a rat is a rat, you still pretend to be one.”
On the other side, Shinkawa Masakazu also closed the distance between him and Su Chang. He was best at using a rapier, and his thrusts were extremely fast, with every move aimed at Su Chang’s vital points.
But he is not the only one who is agile. Although Su Chang’s weapon is bulky, with the support of his super physical fitness, his speed is no slower than Shinkawa Masakazu.
The situation seemed to be at a stalemate. Su Chang had to deal with Shinkawa Masakazu’s swift close combat, while also guarding against Kim Bendun’s poisonous knife attack.
Masakazu Shinkawa deliberately exposed a flaw and opened his chest wide to attract Su Chang’s attack. Su Chang would not miss this opportunity.
But at this moment, Vashak Casals appeared behind Su Chang. He had been waiting for an opportunity, a chance to kill with one blow.