Infinite Trial from the Giant

After spending a night outside the base town for the first time, Xia Tian and Loki accepted the mission "Secret Medicine of the Forest". After successfully defeating the designated plant-type monster, they completed the mission and continued to move towards the next stop.

The labyrinth area can definitely be regarded as the most iconic building in the entire Aincrad. This type of high-tower-type building is distributed on every floor, and basically, if players want to reach the labyrinth area, they basically need to explore the entire floor before they can find the way to the labyrinth area. In other words, the large town on each floor provided for players to rest and prepare is the starting point, and the labyrinth area is the end point of the corresponding floor.

At this moment, Xia Tian and Loki, who had successfully arrived at the small town called Torbana, had already seen the "end" of this level.

"That's the labyrinth area." Standing on the street, Loki pointed at the towering tower in the distance and said, "The boss's room on the general floor is at the very top."

"That means the first thing we need to do is to find the floor boss's room, right?" Xia Tian looked at the high tower in the maze area, and the content of the additional objective one immediately emerged in his mind.

Kobold Lord...

Without Kirito, it seems I have to make corresponding preparations, and also consider whether there are other fighters besides that woman.

"Well, although I remember the location of the boss room during the closed beta period, I don't think it will be the same as it was during the closed beta period. We can only explore it bit by bit." Loki called up the map and said, "Other players should have entered the maze area. Fortunately, the map information can be shared. If we can share the explored map data, I think the exploration speed will be much faster. Let's ask Mouse if there is any relevant information before making a decision."

The existence of Rat did save a lot of trouble to a great extent. After all, she had already made her name known during the closed beta period, and almost all closed beta players knew of her existence. So now that the server is officially opened, a group of closed beta players saw the familiar ID and were naturally willing to do intelligence business with her.

Loki soon made contact with Argo, or the mouse, and after waiting for a while, a figure in a hooded cloak appeared in front of Xia Tian and Loki.

He is not very tall, with a professional-looking smile under his golden brown hair. Three animal-like whiskers are painted on each of his cheeks using makeup props, and this special whisker look is the most important feature of the mouse Argo.

"Hey, you two, what information do you need?" With a unique nasal tone, Argo took the initiative to greet them.

"Regarding the current progress of the map exploration in the maze area." Loki did not bother to exchange pleasantries and spoke directly.

As if she had anticipated that Xia Tian and Loki would need this information, Argo reached out and called up her own menu. Then a parchment scroll materialized in her hand, and she also quoted a price.

"one thousand."

"How come...it actually costs a thousand?" Loki's eyes twitched. "I wonder if this is too expensive? The data on this map is not complete."

"Yeah, of course." Argo nodded as if it was a matter of course. Then she tossed the map data scroll in her hand and said with a smile, "But if you can provide me with map data to supplement that maze area later, I will return five hundred to you. And if there is updated map data later, I will also provide it to you for free. So in fact, you only have to spend five hundred. Doesn't it seem very cost-effective?"

"You are still so good at doing business."

I have to say that Argo is indeed an information dealer. You know, one thousand Kohl may not sound like a lot, but right now the game is in the early stages of its launch, and players haven't even passed the first level, so the sources and quantity of Kohl are not particularly abundant. And not to mention the enhancements, just eating, staying, and buying daily consumables all require money, so it is indeed as Loki said, selling the incomplete map data in Argo's hands for one thousand is not cheap. However, Argo offered a follow-up condition that as long as the new map data can be brought back, she will return five hundred, and even the completed map can be obtained for free.

In this way, as long as the spare money is not too much, I believe that any player who has bought a map from Argo will choose to "sell" the map information they have explored back to Argo. After all, she is the only famous intelligence dealer at present, and her approach also indirectly helps to integrate the data from different players, saving the trouble of collecting intelligence everywhere and integrating it by themselves.

"Thank you for your patronage. I look forward to your new data." Argo accepted the 500 kol that Loki had traded with him with a smile, left a witty remark, and turned away.

He read and received the map data purchased from Argo, then copied his own map data again and gave it to Xia Tian. As a result, the current progress of the exploration of the maze area was smoothly presented to Xia Tian and Loki.

Just as the maze area looks from the outside, the interior of the tower-shaped building is divided into a certain number of floors. During the closed beta stage, the maze area on the first floor had a total of twenty levels. Although it is unclear how many levels the maze area on the first floor is divided into now, on the maze area map that the two have updated, the area on the first level has been fully explored.

"It's quite efficient. The map of the first floor seems to be no different from the closed beta stage. I just don't know if the location of the treasure chest has changed. But since we have already explored it completely, even if it has changed, the treasure chest must have been opened by someone." After saying that, Loki turned to look at Xia Tian and asked, "Xia Tian, ​​what should we do? Should we set off for the maze area now, or should we rest for a night? Although I mentioned before that there is a safe area in the maze area where we can rest, it's impossible to rest well in that kind of place."

Ever since the night they passed through the forest, Loki had done exactly as he said and shared with Xia Tian all the information he knew about the game without reservation. Now he even let Xia Tian make the decision on how to act.

"Then let's take a rest for a night. I also want to wander around this town first." After taking a look at the maze area in the distance, Xia Tian made a decision.