I like traveling the most

Since the day he rescued Asuna, Kobayashi divided the team into two groups.

He and Aqua were in one group, and the rest of the group was in another.

At the same time, Kobayashi and Aqua were going to change their activity range back to the starting town, while the others continued to kill monsters here to increase their levels, and would go to the next town when their levels were similar, without waiting for them.

With Koharu's information, and the fact that Sato Kazuma and others were already quite strong, there shouldn't be any problems.

As for Kobayashi's level, he would need to work harder and run back and forth between the two towns to level up.

Thanks to the fact that this game doesn't have a so-called fatigue value, even if the health value drops, you can just drink potions to replenish it. Leveling maniacs can even level up in the wild for 24 hours. The only thing to worry about is energy. After all, people are not machines, and it is impossible to maintain a high level of concentration endlessly. Forcing yourself will only hurt yourself.

But it's not a problem for Kobayashi. He is a great magician and a top adventurer of LV8. He has no pressure even if he doesn't sleep for a month.

There's no need to worry about Aqua's level.

This game has a saying that you can team up with your sister to level up. If you fall behind, you can easily catch up after going to a higher floor, so there is no need to rush.

After having a definite plan, Xiaolin and Aqua returned to the starting town.

Aqua's daily task is to enlighten those confused, hesitant, helpless, and afraid players. She doesn't ask them to cheer up again, but only asks them not to go to extremes and do stupid things like suicide when they collapse in their hearts.

Originally, the stupid goddess was too troublesome to do such a thing, but after Xiaolin said that she could take this opportunity to recruit believers, she immediately became enthusiastic.

If you say recruit believers, she won't be sleepy.

This world is like a virgin land waiting to be mined, and Aqua can't help but be tempted. At the same time, Xiaolin can try his best to reduce the panic in the players' hearts and let more people help them pass the levels.

It's a win-win situation for them.

——It means they win twice.

At first, Aqua planned to perform a talent show, gather a large number of players and then give a speech, but the performance that was once successful is now useless.

Because Sword Art Online is a death game, people with ideas will go to kill monsters and level up to increase their chances of survival, and will not stop for this; people without ideas have even given up the hope of survival, so how can they have the leisure to watch talent shows.

The stupid goddess thought that her only forte was useless, and she immediately collapsed and cried for a whole day. Kobayashi finally comforted her.

After that, Aqua changed her strategy.

The stupid goddess always had a muddle-headed attitude towards everything, but she was never careless about her believers. She would do anything for her believers.

So, she made a decision that was both energy-consuming and time-consuming, but down-to-earth and effective.

—— Comforted them one by one.

Very much in the style of the stupid goddess. What else can Kobayashi say about such a goddess?

Of course, she accompanied her.

"If you hesitate for too long and come to an answer, you will regret it no matter what you choose. You will regret it anyway, so just choose the happiness of the present. Don't worry too much about your old age. Even the gods don't know whether you will be smiling in the future, so just enjoy the present.

It's the world's fault if you don't want to work hard, the environment's fault if you have a bad nature, and your genes' fault if you are ugly. Don't blame yourself, just put the blame on others."

Aqua put her hands together and counseled the man with shining eyes. It was hard to imagine that he was still half dead just now.

"Ms. Aqua, I feel much better! Thank you! Sorry for causing you trouble!"

"It's okay. My biggest wish is to be able to recover. Come on, follow me now and shout the spell to recover: Eris's chest is padded."

"Eris's chest is padded."

"One more time! Eris's chest is padded!"

"Eris's chest is padded!!!"

The man said it loudly, as if this spell really gave him a lot of courage. Then he said goodbye to Aqua and Kobayashi, straightened his chest, picked up the long sword and walked out of the town.

With Aqua's comfort, he successfully walked out of the haze and decided to cheer up. No, maybe he cheered up too much.

Aqua looked at the man's back and put her hands together as if she had sent the hero to the other world.

The stupid goddess is good in every way, but she likes to persecute the goddess Eris.

I'll apologize to that goddess after I go back.

After two weeks of hard work, the panic atmosphere in the Origin Town has gradually dissipated. The stupid goddess has successfully healed the psychological trauma of no less than a hundred people, which is undoubtedly a good thing worthy of praise.

"Let's go to the next area."

"Okay!"

Aqua followed Xiaolin happily.

The Origin Town is very large, occupying almost 20% of the area of ​​the first time, and it is divided into several areas, about one kilometer in diameter.

There are many players here, and it is difficult for Aqua to appease all the players alone.

When the two of them walked in an alley, Xiaolin felt that someone was following them behind them, and the enemy search skill also gave a warning at the same time.

Is my feeling actually prior to the system?

Interesting.

What's more interesting is that someone actually followed me.

Xiaolin walked calmly, casually took Aqua's hand, and walked towards the depths of the alley.

In recent times, the two of them have often been wandering around the streets and alleys. The main reason is that players often huddle in the corners of the alleys. I don’t know who stipulated that wanderers must survive in alleys. Those players also followed suit, inadvertently making Aqua’s job more difficult.

"Go this way."

Walking into an alley, Xiaolin took Aqua to a hidden corner. Thanks to this period of exploration, he was able to take advantage of the geographical location.

"Xiao Lin, why are you here?"

"Shh, someone is following us."

Xiao Lin signaled the stupid goddess to stop talking, and the two of them just hid their auras and hid in the shadow of the corner. Due to the angle, the entrance to the alley could not be seen clearly.

Not long after, a man wearing a cloak whose appearance could not be seen clearly walked into the alley in a hurry. When I got to the depths, I turned my head left and right, and when I didn't see anyone, I also realized that this was a dead end.

Fooled!

As soon as he understood this, Xiaolin and Aqua blocked the way out.

"Hello, stalker."

"...Tsk."

The cloaked man pressed his hat, and there was a reluctant click of tongue coming from the secluded alley, as if he was unhappy about being exposed.

Xiaolin's friendly greeting did not receive a response, so he continued to ask.

"Who sent you and what is your purpose? Of course, you can refuse to answer, but I'm not sure what I will do."

Full of threats.

"Ah, admit defeat and admit defeat."

The cloaked man raised his hands and opened his cloak at the same time. This is a cute girl with short golden brown curly hair and a beard painted on her cheeks, giving her the appearance of a small animal.

"Introduce yourself, my name is Argo."

"oh."

"...Don't you know me?"

"Should I get to know you?"

"Hmm, so you're not a closed beta player?"

Xiao Lin's cold attitude seemed to let her know some information. But these don't matter to Xiao Lin, he is more concerned about other things.

"Who asked you to follow me?"

"It's me. Because I thought you guys were interesting, I wanted to see what you wanted to do, and then I found that you seemed to be doing something very interesting."

The smile is a little sly.

But because the girl looks cute, she won't be annoying.

"Let me introduce myself again, I am Argo. Although I may be boasting, I am an excellent information dealer and can collect any information. And no matter what information it is, I will sell it as long as it can be sold, including me. value. So if Mr. Xiaolin needs it, you might as well add him as a friend.”

The fact that she came to do business in person meant that she thought Xiao Lin was a potential customer, and she mentioned Xiao Lin's name in an understatement, which indirectly proved her strength.

You must know that during this period of time, Xiao Lin never revealed his ID. The one that was obviously revealed was Aqua, and Argo was able to find out...

"Have a hand, I'm a little interested in you."

"Thanks."

Argo received the friend invitation from Xiaolin, and the smile on his face became even brighter, like a small rodent.

"Then, as a mortal, let me tell Mr. Kobayashi my values."

"No need, I'm not interested."

"What are your measurements?"

"……hehe."

Xiao Lin didn't say anything, but that contemptuous smile said everything. Most women would gnash their teeth in anger if they were offended in this way, but Argo laughed indifferently. In addition, her laughter is somewhat nasal, which is also very distinctive.

"So, you came to us specifically, you didn't just want to do business, right?"

"No, no, actually I accepted someone's commission and came to you specially."

"Entrustment?...Tell me about it."

"I hope to write something on the title page of this book."

Argo took out a pamphlet from his arms.

【Guide Book】

This is something that is given out for free at the item shop, and it is a booklet that any player can pick up. This booklet was specially compiled by beta testers for other players. It contains most of the strategies and warnings, which is also a strategy book.

"Did you prepare this?"

"Yes. I call it the Argonauts Guide. What about it? It's a good name."

She laughed again.

He is really a weird person. He says that no matter what kind of information it is, as long as it can be sold, he will sell it. He looks like he is only interested in profit, but he also distributes guide books to other players for free.

"You said you wanted to write something, it couldn't be the one I was thinking of."

"As expected of Mr. Xiaolin, your guess is right!"

hiss--

Should she be said to be courageous or ignorant? She dared to do such a bold thing. Didn't she know what the final result would be?

Xiaolin can already predict that the starting town will become the water city of Alcanredia. Players here will definitely recommend this kind of thing to other players with great enthusiasm after meeting them.

No, I'm already getting scared.

Seeing Xiaolin's silence, Argo said anxiously: "Hey, hey, Mr. Xiaolin doesn't want to refuse, right? This is also a good thing for you, right?"

"It is indeed a good thing, but I would like to know, why do you do this? What is the reason?"

"Because it can help more people."

Her purpose is simple, to help those players who are confused and frightened by panic.

During this period, Argo collected a lot of information, and the one that moved her the most was the fact that nearly two thousand people had died, including many closed beta players.

This gave her a hint of panic about the future.

And then Aqua appeared, and her words seemed to have some magic, igniting the desire to fight in the hearts of those helpless players. This was obviously a very good thing, so I thought of using the strategy book to convey these words of encouragement (but in reality they were bad).

"Actually, it's more about starting a business."

"...Ha, let's just treat it like that."

Of course, these words were not what Argo really meant, but since she said so, why didn't Xiao Lin obey?

"Just...don't regret it when the time comes. You have no idea how destructive it will be."

"Hahaha, no matter how destructive it is, it's better than dying in the game, right? It's better to turn this game upside down and surprise that hateful Kayaba Akihiko!"

It seems that Argo also has a lot of resentment towards Kayaba Akihiko.

"I said, what are you talking about."

Aqua puffed her lips.

Looking at the foolish goddess with clear eyes, Xiaolin touched her long sky-blue hair.

"It's nothing, it's just that this lady is very interested in your teachings. How about it, do you want to have a good chat with her?"

"Really?! Oh my, this lady, you are very discerning. Come on, let's have a good chat!"

With that said, Aqua walked towards Argo with a smile on her face, like a member who wanted to pull an innocent person into the rubber of her shoe.

Argo was a little frightened. She looked at Xiaolin as if asking for help, but Xiaolin gave her a thumbs-up gesture, telling her to come on, and then left.

Argo was a little scared at first, but soon realized that Aqua's teachings didn't seem so scary.

It's completely different from the shoe glue in my impression. It's more like putting out a broken Bible!

...It’s not good, I feel a little regretful.

"Miss Aqua, may I ask if there is any special meaning to the fact that Eris's breasts are padded?"

"No. This sentence is just a slogan. Saying it will make me happy. So, be sure to put it on the front title page!"

"No point? I understand, I will delete it."

"Why?!"

When she heard that Argo was going to delete the most soulful sentence in the teachings of Axis Cult, Aqua couldn't hold back any longer. But no matter how she hugged Argo's thigh and cried for mercy, the intelligence agent remained unmoved. She had already decided to delete this useless sentence.

"Okay, the goal is achieved, I'll leave first."

Argo waved his hand to Xiaolin and said before leaving: "To express my apology for following you just now, I will give you a piece of information for free. Today in Torbana Town, a first-level boss strategy meeting will be held. Mr. Xiaolin expressed his gratitude. If you are interested, you might as well go and take a look.”

"I've known this for a long time."

Looking at Argo who kept laughing in the distance, Xiaolin rolled his eyes angrily.

The strategy meeting was convened by some well-known players. Xiaolin and others were naturally invited, and they were notified as early as a week ago.

What a useless piece of information.

At this moment, an email was sent from Xiaolin's system, and the sender was Darkness.

It said that the beautiful girl they had saved, Asuna, was missing. Someone said that they saw her going to the maze area. Sato Kazuma and others had already gone to look for her. They told Xiaolin about this and asked what to do.

...Huh?

Did the idiot goddess’ comfort have no effect? Or is it that Asuna is too fragile and has thoughts of death?

How can this be done?

I have finally saved him, but I will not agree to die again.

For such a girl who is always thinking, the solution is very simple, just let Aqua brainwash her dozens of times.

With this thought in mind, Xiaolin took Aqua and ran towards the maze area.