Attribution

[Buzz...buzz...]

The ugly cry of the monster rang in her ears, and the ugly appearance of a low-level monster named Wasp was reflected in her eyes. The girl waved the long sword in her hand indiscriminately.

Then, a small monster that could easily fly close to people at low altitude rushed towards the attacker, and directly hit the attacker in the face.

"Damn it, it's too much!"

Cursing the monster that was already flying on the other side and flapping its transparent wings, the girl looked dissatisfied at the smiling young man standing aside.

This person is a beta player of the game, and he talked to the girl in the town of the beginning a few hours ago.The other party's name is Riaru, which is of course not his real name, but whether it's his name Riaru or the girl's name Mana, they are all false names put on for the purpose of participating in the game, and there is no need to add an honorific name.

"Liar, you're still laughing!"

Mana patted her dizzy head and walked slowly to Liar's side.She didn't dare to attack rashly anymore, because this game is a veritable death game. Once the HP reaches zero, the brain in the real world will be burned.

Mana, whose real name is Kosaka's real name, is just an ordinary high school student. She goes to school seriously every day and occasionally plays games. She lives an ordinary life.My friend's boyfriend participated in the closed beta of a game called SWORDARTONLING and strongly recommended it. After the game was released this year, he queued for two days to help him buy three sets of games. This is the process of his real name being imprisoned in this world.

At first, I just put on the dangerous machine out of curiosity. I sneaked for two hours with the help of my friend’s boyfriend’s internal test account, and I was deeply fascinated by that feeling. After that, I worked hard to save money, and finally launched the game When I got the machine.

However, I never imagined this would be the result.

Once HP reaches zero, it will die.

The words of Akihiko Kayaba, who created this world, have driven many people into despair.A month has passed, and Mana has never dared to step out of the town of beginning. If the beta tester who happened to meet on the street today suggested to take her out, she would probably continue to stay.

At the very least, staying there won't hurt you. No one wants to imagine what the body looks like in the real world.

There were also times when Mana stood on the edge of the circle, only one step away from entering the battle zone, but she never crossed that hurdle after all.

Now, even with the leadership of the beta tester, Mana does not dare to face too fierce monsters. The Hornet is already a low-level monster that cannot be lowered. According to the normal rules, it is possible to fight wild boars and the like at the very beginning. Monsters, with the same difficulty, can get twice as much experience as the hornet, and maybe you can get common ingredients like [Boar's hind legs], but looking at the brutal beast with long fangs, Mana dare not near.

It doesn't matter if she has little experience, being able to step out of town is a big improvement for her.

"Sorry, I don't want to laugh either, but you are so cute."

Today is the rest day that Liar set for himself. As a beta tester, he has a lot of information in his mind, and it is also a great pressure. If he does not give himself a proper rest, he will just keep fighting monsters and upgrading , then I am afraid he will go mad.

Ever since the players changed back to their true colors through props and holding small mirrors, there were very few female players in SAO. Today, I occasionally went back to the town of the beginning and saw such a confused and timid girl standing on the edge of the square , I couldn't hold back for a moment and went to talk.

It seems that his impulsive behavior is not harmful, and clumsy girls can always arouse boys' desire to protect.And he just felt uncomfortable seeing the girl's innocent appearance, and wanted to smash her naive self-paralysis.

Staying in the town can only rot, that's not safe.And he was able to deduce from the girl's unfamiliar words and innocent expression that this guy would not have any hatred for the beta testers.

There have been about 2000 deaths in the first month of the game. They have no power to fight and can only lose to this virtual world. A large number of people are unwilling to admit this, so many people began to vent their hatred to the world that they used to sneak in before. Some people who have passed, the so-called beta testers.Some people even thought that so many people died because of the selfishness of the beta testers.

And this girl, this girl named Mana, absolutely did not have the courage to blame others for her resentment.After all, she is just a weak human being.

"You can't swing the sword indiscriminately, as long as you make the first move, the system assistance will help you complete the subsequent series of attacks."

Liar raised the hammer above his head, making a starting position that Mana didn't recognize.

"It doesn't matter even if the monster moves around, as long as the initial movement is done well, the subsequent system assistance will make it easy to hit."

While speaking, Liar's hammer emitted a light green light. When he stepped on his foot, he rushed towards the wasp in mid-air at an extremely fast speed, and landed about one meter away from the wasp. heavy weapon.

With a bang, the wasp uttered its last mournful cry, and then dissipated into scattered glass-like shards in the air.

"do you understand?"

Liar walked back to Mana's side and patted the girl who was two heads shorter than him. The tall figure looked extremely kind.

Mana didn't know how to answer him, but she just focused on another monster flapping its wings in mid-air and making an unpleasant noise.

It is natural to understand, but whether you can do it or not is another matter...

She had a two-hour beta test experience. At that time, she didn't need to worry about life issues. When monsters attacked, she would subconsciously run away, not to mention that it was already a matter of life now.

How could an instinctive reaction be so easily corrected?

She holds up the iron sword in her hand. This is a novice weapon given to her by Liar. It is said that she can get it after completing a simple task on the edge of the town of beginning. It is a very common and popular novice weapon.All her initial equipment had been sold to NPCs at an extremely low price. For a month, she lived in the most rudimentary hotel, with only hard bed boards and old tables in the narrow room.She ate rock-hard black bread every day, and even so, Cole spent most of the early days.

She has never even been out of the town of the beginning, and she has a strong resistance to talking to NPCs, so it is impossible for her to do any tasks.What's more, I don't know anything about the weapons, armor, equipment, etc. of this game.

The leather jacket and trousers she is wearing now and the hard metal shoulder pads were all thrown to her by Liar. In addition, Liar also gave her a big cloak, the kind with a hat that can hide her appearance .

As a rare female player, there are always some scenes that I don’t want to be seen by others. I have to say that Liar is really a considerate person.

Seriously raised the sword and dragged it to the side, stepped forward slightly with his left foot, bent his legs slightly, his eyes locked on the Hornet not far away, his brows were tightly frowned, the sword in his hand began to emit a yellowish light, Before Mana could react, the body already wanted to move because of the support, and he simply followed the drive and took a step forward. For a moment, he felt his heart beating faster, his body was very light, and his movements were fast. When he came to his senses, he had already In the end, he cut the hornet with a sword.

"is that a lie."

After successfully launching the sword skill for the first time, Mana was indescribably excited, but when she saw the ferocious buzzing wasps rushing towards her, she screamed in panic, then turned and ran away.She didn't want to be pricked by the long spikes.

She still couldn't kill monsters in seconds like Liar, and the sword only cut half of Toad's HP.

"Don't run away!"

Liar yelled helplessly, and the next moment he quickly dealt with the wasp with only half of its HP left.

As the monster polygon dissipated, a purple window appeared in front of Mana, on which it was written that the experience points she got were only single digits.

"In that case, you should adjust your posture and continue to attack. Low-level sword skills can be used again in a short time."

Mana also knew this, but, seeing the monster that was rushing over, how could she consider continuing to attack, even if it was just a wasp, it was much different from the real size.That head is as big as a human's head, and you don't usually see it at all.Even if you search the entire earth, can you really find a wasp as big as a human head?

"What you did just now is very good. Calm down, don't worry, pause for a while at the beginning of the action, feel that the skill is about to be activated, and then cut down the sword, this feeling."

"This is a good start, just get used to it slowly, if you are afraid, just keep playing the Hornets to practice."

Liar patted Mana's head, kindly like a brother next door, which made Mana feel very comfortable.In this death game, everyone gradually became strange, and people who became more and more neurotic made her deeply feel that she was really close to death.I haven't met that real friend until now, probably I have already run into the maze with my boyfriend and struggled.

"If possible, it's better not to hide in the town of beginning."

Mana nodded, not noticing Liar's eyes that suddenly became dangerous against the light. She also had this understanding in her subconscious mind, thinking that "it's not okay to go on like this", but after all, she didn't have the courage to step out of the town.

Although it's just a small step now, but if you keep this pace, you can always move forward.

Under the guidance of Liar for more than two hours, Mana began to be able to destroy the wasps by herself, and also experienced the refreshing feeling of crushing monsters.

This feeling is addictive, especially under the threat of death, the precondition of life and death makes the refreshing feeling several times.

Monsters and the like can also be solved with their own hands.

Mana tightened the sword in her hand, and looked up at the golden floating clouds and the red sky.The surrounding grass is gently swaying with the wind under the glow of the red sunset, and the blushing color looks gentle and quiet. In such a scene, the irritable wasp seems to become cute.

"That... Lial... thank you..."

With a wide field of view, as long as the eyes are focused on a certain place, the world will be truly suspicious. No matter how many times you look at it, the beautiful Aincrad does not look like "in the game".

It's really amazing to be completely stealthy. If there is no threat of death, it is really a wonderful thing to be able to stand on this land.

The gloom accumulated in her heart for a week seemed to dissipate with this beautiful sunset, and Mana made a decision in her heart.

Fight, even if you die in the maze.

Fortunately, if you are conservative, you will not be sacrificed.Mana didn't want to passively bear the negativity of this world. She couldn't say that dying at the hands of monsters was better than hiding in towns, but she didn't want to bear the freedom that might be brought about by other people's sacrifices.No matter what you can achieve, as long as you work hard, at least you have a clear conscience.

She's just a timid high school girl.

"Then, it's almost time for me to leave. Tomorrow, I will hold a meeting on the first-floor boss. I have to prepare for this evening."

"Yes! Thank you very much! If possible, please give me more advice in the future."

Mana bowed nervously. Judging from Liar's appearance, he looks about 20 years old. He is much older than himself. He is a veritable big brother. His slender eyes always have a gentle smile, and his hair is The spirit is maroon, and the eyes are always flashing with sly light, but he doesn't look like a bad guy, which is why he followed him out of the town.

Mana didn't know the word-of-mouth of the beta testers, she just thought that the beta testers were all great people.After learning that Lial was a beta tester, Mana unconsciously became respectful.

"It's nothing, just ask me if you don't understand anything in the future."

"That's right!" Liar stretched out his right hand, waved his index finger and middle finger together in the air, and exhaled skillfully out of the window.

Then, Mana received a friend request message and gave her a questioning look.

"It will be much more convenient in the future."

After a moment of hesitation, Mana tapped the "YES" option in front of her.

"Speaking of which, do you want to come to feel the fighting atmosphere at tomorrow's boss strategy meeting?"

"is it okay?"

"Of course, the location is on the periphery of the labyrinth area, but it's also inside the circle, so I don't have any worries."

"This battle must be successful no matter what, we have to set foot on the second floor, and then tell people that this game is not unbeatable!"

"But to get there, you have to pass through grassland forests and lakes..."

"If you want to go, I can be an escort."

Mana has just made up her mind to "fight". She also wants to experience the atmosphere of these brave people more closely. It may be a long way, but the level of monsters on the first floor is not very high. After buying the equipment that Liar gave her, she naturally saw the improvement of her corresponding ability attributes, which made her feel a lot more at ease.

It's just that there is no problem if you go there, not to mention there are high-level beta testers as guards.So she nodded vigorously.

"Then, please."

"See you tomorrow."

In this virtual world, Mana felt a sense of anticipation for tomorrow for the first time.