Infinite Trial from the Giant

"Speaking of which, Loki."

"Ok?"

"how old are you?"

"Nineteen, what's wrong? Why are you asking my age all of a sudden? You should be about the same age as me, right?"

"One year younger than you." Xia Tian answered, glancing at Asuna lying on the grass beside him, "But nineteen, it should be fine. After all, you look quite young."

At this time, the two were in a circular open space in the forest outside the maze area. After bringing the unconscious Asuna out of the maze area, the two found this place to rest while waiting for Asuna to wake up.

"What are you mumbling about? What are you planning?" During the time that he had teamed up with Xia Tian, ​​Loki had gotten to know Xia Tian a little better. When he heard Xia Tian's words, he immediately asked.

"Nothing, just asking."

Just when Loki was about to continue asking questions, Asuna, who was lying beside him, moved a little and then gradually regained consciousness.

In the moment before she lost consciousness, Asuna knew she was going to die.

After all, the place where he fainted was in a dangerous maze where monsters roamed everywhere. He was unconscious and had no ability to resist. He would definitely be torn to pieces easily by the monsters.

Although I seemed to have seen other players before I passed out, I was undoubtedly a huge burden when I was unconscious. Helping me would probably put them in danger. No one would be willing to take this risk, right? Besides, even if I wanted to help, how could I help?

Asuna herself was well aware of the weight limit. After all, if it weren't for the weight limit, she would have brought more spare rapiers and medicines.

and many more....

Am I...not dead?

Asuna, who felt extremely dizzy, soon found that she was now conscious, and the soft feeling on her back was nothing like the cold floor of the labyrinth area.

This is where?

Thinking of this, Asuna slowly opened her eyes.

The high tower representing the maze area is not far away. Since I can see the high tower of the maze area from here, there is no doubt that I am now outside the maze area.

what happened?

"Oh? She's awake."

Before Asuna could think about the answer to this question, a voice came into her ears. Slowly turning her head, Asuna saw two figures sitting beside her.

"How do you feel? You really don't care about your life. If you hadn't met us, you would have died in the maze area now." Seeing Asuna wake up, Loki temporarily put aside what Xia Tian had just muttered. He looked at Asuna and said in a helpless tone: "Are you thinking that you are not dying fast enough?"

After listening to the other party's words and realizing once again that she was not dead but was rescued, Asuna clenched her teeth and squeezed out the first words she said after meeting the two people.

"Don't...meddle in other people's business..."

"Minding my business?" Loki opened his mouth, then looked at Xia Tian and said in an unhappy tone, "Hey, I took such a big risk to rescue you just now, you should at least say thank you."

Although Loki had a certain favorable impression of Asuna after Xia Tian lifted her cloak in the maze area and let him see her face, this favorable impression had long been worn out by the repeated risks of facing monsters on the way out. At this time, the other party's words of meddling in other people's business directly ignited the dissatisfaction in Loki's heart that had not yet dissipated.

"Mind your own business." Asuna repeated it again, but this time her tone was a little softer, more like she was just being stubborn.

Xia Tian was about to speak when a message alert interrupted him. He took a look and found that it was a message from Liz.

"You should be out of the maze area now. The man named Diabel seems to have found the boss's room. We will hold a strategy meeting in the central square of Torbana in the evening. Don't forget our agreement."

Have you found the boss's room?

Xia Tian couldn't help feeling a little regretful. The idea that had come to his mind before in the maze was that if he and Loki were the first to discover the BOSS room, could he try to initiate a strategy meeting and be responsible for commanding the battle himself? When dealing with the giant toad, he deliberately invited N to join the team. This was because Xia Tian wanted to master the ability to command the strategy against the BOSS so that he could better create conditions favorable to himself in the subsequent battles against the BOSS.

If it's still that Diabel, it seems like there's no chance this time.

Thinking about this, Xia Tian turned to Loki and said, "Someone has found the boss room. A strategy meeting will be held in Torbana in the evening."

"Have we discovered it already? The progress is very fast. We have just explored to the eighteenth floor." Loki was surprised and happy at the same time.

It’s been almost a month, and I’m finally going to start conquering the BOSS on the first floor.

"If you continue to fight like that, you will eventually die in the maze. But since you have the courage to go to the maze, even if you are prepared to die, you must have thought about completing the game and leaving here, right?" Xia Tian turned his gaze to Asuna again and said, "You just heard that the BOSS's room has been discovered. The other players will hold a meeting to discuss strategies for the BOSS this evening. If you are interested, you can go and join us."

"Besides, when you were fighting the Kobold just now, it was easy to tell that you were a newcomer. Although your sword skills were good, it would be better if you could master more details."

"What details do you mean?" Asuna seemed to no longer be bothered by the issue of meddling in other people's affairs. After hearing Xia Tian's words, she asked directly.

After Kayaba Akihiko's declaration, Asuna had waited in the inn of the town of origin, and after waiting for two weeks without receiving any news about the real world, she gave up. Just as Kayaba Akihiko said, there was no way for the outside world to rescue the people in this world, and similarly, up to that time, a thousand names had been crossed out on the monument of life located on the street of the town of origin, and there was still no sign or news of breaking through the first level of the maze, which finally became the last straw that overwhelmed Asuna.

There was no way to rescue them outside, and a thousand people died just in the first level, which meant that clearing the level was an impossible task.

The only remaining outcome is death.

With the belief that she didn't want to stay in the dim hut and die like a zombie, Asuna stepped out of the starting town to go all out and learn how to fight to the best of her ability. For her, even if she was really going to die, she had to always remain herself and die on the road ahead, so that she would not regret it.

However, although she is an elite trained by the Yuki family since childhood, as a novice who has never even played online games, she seems to be much weaker in this area. She only knows how to practice sword skills blindly. When she heard Xia Tian say that there are more details that need to be mastered, she naturally has to follow up with the other party's words and ask.