Infinite Trial from the Giant

Return to Torbana, trade the newly acquired map data to Argo, and then get Argo to update the latest version of the map that integrates other players' data, then take a rest and continue the next day. This has been the main rhythm of Xia Tian and Loki's life in Torbana for nearly a week.

As time went by, it was not only the closed beta players who became active, but also some newcomers who had experience in other online games gradually stepped out of the starting town and began to fight to leave this place. However, the experience from other online games could not bring any advantages to these "old players", but instead became a stumbling block for them. It was completely impossible to use the previous game experience to deal with the world of Sword Art Online.

"You guys, are you interested in selling me information about the monsters you encounter?"

On this day, he found Argo again to exchange map data as usual. After the transaction was completed, Argo did not leave directly as usual, but asked one more question.

"Monster intelligence?" Loki was a little confused. "Do you need this? Don't you have this information?"

"If you're asking why it's necessary, you have to pay one thousand kol first." Argo responded, shaking his finger.

"Can even this be considered intelligence and sold for money..."

"do you need?"

"No, no, no. What kind of information on monsters do you need? Any information is fine, right?" Loki asked while waving his hands repeatedly to refuse.

"Anything is fine. The types of monsters, their names, the materials they drop, the methods of dealing with them. Not only that, but also the tasks you have completed, the content of the tasks, the methods or tricks for completing the tasks, and the rewards you get from the tasks. You can sell all of these to me, and the price won't let you suffer a loss." Argo listed a series of acquisition information at once.

Xia Tian, ​​who was listening nearby, immediately understood Argo's purpose in collecting these things.

"Are you planning to make a strategy manual for the new players?" Xia Tian did not intend to pretend not to know, but directly told Argo's purpose.

When Xia Tian said this, Argo's body paused noticeably, and her eyes slowly moved from Loki to Xia Tian.

There are quite a few players who trade with Argo, so even if she is willing to remember the appearance information of these players, she can only leave an impression on a part of them. Among them, Xia Tian and Loki have been included in Argo's impression list. After all, not everyone can provide a very sufficient map data. It is not surprising that large teams can reach this progress, but it is indeed impressive that a team of only two people can achieve this level.

However, the impression was only relative. These days, it was always this ordinary-looking young man named Loki who talked to him, while another young man named Xia Tian who looked easy to get along with never said much. Argo, who didn't care much about it, didn't expect that the other party would directly reveal what he was thinking.

"What a surprise." Argo looked at Xia Tian with curiosity without any hesitation.

Argo's words were equivalent to acknowledging Xia Tian's words. Loki nodded thoughtfully: "Strategy manual, you are really thoughtful, but this is indeed very convenient. Even for closed beta players, it is impossible to remember all the information clearly."

"This isn't just for the closed beta players." Xia Tian looked directly into Argo's eyes and smiled faintly, "I'm afraid it's more for the novice players who don't know anything."

"You guessed it right." With a snap of her fingers, Argo passed Loki and stood in front of Xia Tian. She only reached Xia Tian's chest and looked up at him. She said, "If I remember correctly, your name is Xia Tian, ​​right? I haven't paid much attention to you, but I didn't expect you to guess my thoughts so clearly. How about this, why don't you guess again, how much I plan to sell this strategy information for? If you guess right, I can provide you with a copy of the strategy information for free."

"So when you say sell, are you talking about closed beta players or novice players?"

Xia Tian asked with a smile.

"Oh?" Argo's expression became more interested. "Will it be different?"

"If we give it to novice players for free, their chances of surviving and clearing the game will be greater, right?"

free?

Loki laughed in his heart.

No matter what, it is impossible to get free information from that Argo...

"You... in a sense, you're pretty scary." The laughter that Loki expected didn't come out. Argo stood in front of Xia Tian, ​​and the teasing tone was no longer there. "This is the first time I've met a character who can get relevant information from me without paying."

How could he guess my thoughts so easily?

Who is this guy?

In fact, no matter how good Xia Tian was at observing people's words and expressions, he couldn't know what Argo was thinking. In fact, he didn't know about this matter at first. It was only when he was exploring the maze area that he suddenly thought of the strategy book mentioned in the original book that was distributed to players for free in the prop shop. He planned to find it for reference but found that it was not for sale. So he asked Liz, who had already added him as a friend, and then he learned about the relationship between Argo and the strategy book.

At this moment, Argo proposed to purchase relevant monster information and mission information, and Xia Tian naturally guessed her purpose at once.

"Huh? Xia Tian is right? You don't plan to charge for that strategy information?" Loki on the side was even more surprised.

"To be precise, we don't charge money to novice players. Loki, forget it. And Miss Argo, don't forget your promise, although I should have gotten it for free." After correcting Loki's words, Xia Tian continued to smile at Argo.

This time, Argo finally showed a hint of surprise on his face: "You mean you're not a closed beta player?"

"I never said that I was, right? Oh, this is also considered as information, but since you gave me the guide for free, I'm not a closed beta player, so I'm giving you this information for free. If anyone buys it, just remember to let me know."

After a moment of hesitation, Argo finally laughed softly.

"You are very interesting. I'll take note of you. So, are you willing to sell me the information about monsters and quests you have?"

"Of course, I will tell you everything I know."