Infinite Trial from the Giant

Something is different.

Originally, in Asuna's mind, the final outcome in this world would only be death. The only difference was where to die, how to die, and whether to die early or late.

However, ever since the first-level BOSS was shattered before her eyes and the cheers of the crowd rang out, Asuna felt that something was different, as if a ray of light had suddenly fallen from the originally boundless darkness.

There were only forty-four people. No, the others only played a supporting role. There was only one person who really played the key to victory or defeat. He was able to lead them to successfully conquer the first level. This incident truly planted a seed of hope in Asuna's heart.

As long as I become stronger like him, I will definitely be able to...

The scene of Xia Tian fighting against the Kobold Lord made Asuna find a goal worth striving for and pursuing for the first time in this world.

The first thing is to become stronger as a novice player, but if you continue to figure things out alone, you don’t know how many detours you will take. Now there is an excellent reference target in front of you.

Perhaps it was with this mentality that Asuna, who was invited to "continue to team up together", silently followed Xia Tian and Loki to a house in a more remote area of ​​Urbas.

"This is it. During the closed beta test, I could barely afford to stay in a hotel with the remaining Kol I had because of weapon enhancement. I was lucky enough to find this place." Pointing to the three-story building not far ahead, Loki said, "This kind of house is not only cheaper than a hotel in rent, but the interior space and facilities are also much better than a hotel. It just may take a little more effort to find it." After saying that, Loki subconsciously glanced at Asuna.

Asuna was still wrapped in her cloak. As if she had noticed Loki's gaze, she took the initiative to speak: "As agreed, you two will rent one floor and I'll rent another."

According to Loki, although the house has three floors in total, except for the first floor where the NPCs live, there is only one large room on the second and third floors. Although there are many small rooms inside to accommodate multiple people, there is only one door for the exit of the room on the first floor. In this case, it is naturally impossible for Asuna to live on the same floor with two grown men, Xia Tian and Loki.

"Ha, of course." Loki went to see Asuna just to confirm whether she was serious about renting the same building with them. Now that Asuna took the initiative to speak, he didn't say anything more.

The three of them walked into the house. Since they were the first group to arrive at the second floor after defeating the Kobold Lord, there were no other players in the entire town of Urbas except them. This house that was hard to find for players to rent was naturally still empty. After paying the rent, the second floor became the residence of Xia Tian and Loki, and the entire third floor became Asuna's exclusive space.

"See you tomorrow." After leaving a message in the corridor, Asuna went straight upstairs.

"This place is really better." After entering the room on the second floor, Loki first inspected the entire room, exclaimed with satisfaction, and then walked towards the living room, "Xia Tian, ​​you choose the room first... Wow." After walking into the living room and seeing Xia Tian, ​​what he wanted to say was immediately interrupted by an exclamation.

Xia Tian was seen standing in the middle of the living room, the weapon in his hand was not his original armor blade, but a wild sword that was more than one meter long.

The blade was shining with cold light, and the guard, handle, and the scabbard held in Xia Tian's other hand were all dark red in color. They looked almost the same as the weapon in the hands of the Kobold Lord. The only difference was that it was slightly shorter than that of the Kobold Lord.

"This is..." Just as Loki was about to ask where the knife came from, he suddenly realized, "Is this the reward for the last strike?"

Nodding, Xia Tian tried to raise the knife above his head with one hand, and replied: "Well, it's called the Lord's Blade."

"This one looks very powerful." Loki said as he came closer.

"Of course it's more powerful than the previous armor blade, but I guess it won't be as convenient to use as the armor blade for a while." Xia Tian tried to swing it left and right. Due to the length and weight, it really couldn't be as flexible and fast as the armor blade.

Watching Xia Tian trying to swing the weapon, Loki suddenly seemed to remember something and asked quickly, "This weapon is not a curved sword, right? Do you have the corresponding weapon skills?"

Although Sword Art Online does not have a career system, there are a wide variety of weapons in the game. Not to mention the most common swords, there are also weapons such as long axes, spears, darts, and grappling hooks. Each weapon has its own weapon skills, such as the curved sword mastery and one-handed sword mastery that can be learned at the beginning. These mastery skills will enhance the strength and efficiency of the player's use of weapons to a certain extent, and can learn the sword skills of the corresponding weapons. Moreover, a considerable number of weapon skills can only be learned after the basic weapon skills are gradually mastered to a certain degree. For example, Asuna's rapier mastery is derived only after the one-handed sword mastery reaches a certain level of proficiency.

As for the dual-sword style that Kirito later mastered, it was an exception among exceptions.

Although players are not unable to use corresponding weapons without learning corresponding skills, even if they are equipped with them, not to mention how much power the weapons can exert on the players themselves without mastering skills, the fact that they cannot use sword skills is enough to be a headache. Without sword skills such as Starburst Air Slash and Solar Eclipse, the two-sword style will not be so deterrent.

It was with this in mind that Loki asked this question.

"Got it. The mastery of the Nodachi seems to have appeared by itself after I got this weapon." Xia Tian said, and opened the menu. In the skill column, there was indeed the weapon skill of the Nodachi, just below the curved sword.

"Then do you want to change to this weapon?" In fact, to be honest, Loki did not recommend Xia Tian to change the weapon he was using. You know, many times, a rare weapon is not necessarily powerful. In the final analysis, it depends on the player's own mastery. If the mastery is not good or the compatibility is incompatible, it will drag oneself down instead. And the Lord's Blade in Xia Tian's hand, just by looking at it, you can tell that it is definitely not an easy type of weapon to master.

However, this was just his own idea after all. Facts time and time again made Loki clearly understand that Xia Tian was different from himself, and his own ideas and opinions did not apply to Xia Tian.

His eyes swept across the slender blade in front of him, Xia Tian slowly sheathed the knife, and gave the answer with a smile.

"why not?"