Attribution

Mana greeted Liar and ran up the stairs. She felt that something was wrong with Chen, so she wanted to catch up immediately. Maybe the battle just now had stimulated him to a certain extent.Because Mana is like this, after the battle just now, the ups and downs of emotions make her very uncomfortable now, probably Chen is also the same.

We need to find him quickly.

Stepping onto the street on the 20th floor of No.25, Mana looked around, only to feel that it was empty and a little uneasy. Most people were still preparing for the [-]th floor, and probably only some people ran up there alone, so what should they do now? What are you doing, you won't make trouble for yourself by showing off on the street.

Lone walkers are not very popular, especially the army loves to trouble solo players.

There was no sign of Chen around, and Mana, who was already proficient in using various commands in the game, of course opened the map immediately, looking for the cursor representing Chen's location.

When Mana didn't notice, Chen had already left the team. Fortunately, he had a friend who added him before, and he could still be found on the map.

It's one thing to find the cursor, quite another to find the person.

Mana followed the map's instructions to a relatively open sandy land on the edge of the town. The cursor showing Chen on the map was here, but she didn't see anyone when she looked around.There is a depressing environment in front of me. It is said to be a sandy land. The sand piled up is a bit like a miniature desert. Today is a strong wind, which makes this land even more depressing.

But the place in front of me is the kind of empty space that someone would see at a glance, but no one can be seen, what's going on...

Mana became anxious. According to Liar, if Chen wanted to disappear, no one would find him, but why would he suddenly want to disappear?

Of course, Mana wouldn't just leave like this. She walked slowly on the land covered with yellow sand, carefully paying attention to the traps on the road.Anyway, I can't see anyone, so it's better to focus on the ground.She didn't learn the skill of finding enemies. Chen and Lian would be enough to have this skill in the team. If she learned it, it would be a waste of skill slots. With her ability, she would not go alone.

Without the ability to detect enemies, people or monsters around you cannot be found in time, and the cursor must be within a certain distance to appear.

She walked around the venue roughly, but found nothing, but she didn't want to leave just like that, so she stood there and shouted twice, but no one answered, and finally sent an email to Chen in desperation and returned to the office. town.

Chen is a calm person anyway, so there shouldn't be any major problems.If Liar was here, he would probably easily say: "Don't worry about that guy, he will come back after a while." Presumably this is also the life experience that Liar summed up.

Do you really have to get used to this guy disappearing from time to time...

When they returned to the town, Liar and the others had already found a place to live.In this regard, Mana had to admire them.As if they were equipped with radar, they could always find the most remote, cost-effective, comfortable, and most suitable place for members of a team to live in the first time.

It is said that this is also based on calculations, but as far as Mana understands, it should not have anything to do with the calculation of where to arrange the houses that can be lived in on the map... Even if Mana doesn't understand those professional things, she is not an idiot enough to listen to them Such words!

This floor is very short of water. Based on Mana's observations so far, the buildings on this floor are all made of mud, and there are few green plants on the edge of the town, let alone rivers or lakes. The wind is obviously stronger than the previous floor. .It was night at the moment, and the wind blowing on his body brought not only air-conditioning, but also the tingling sensation of small sand scraping his cheeks.

The residence Liar and the others found happened to have a well in the backyard. At least, they didn't have to worry about drinking water on this floor.On previous floors, the grocery store in the main street had bottled mineral water for players to drink, but this floor does not.

After confirming the place to stay, Mana is going to get the supplies first, and then have a good night's sleep. After a good rest, it will be more effective if she upgrades the next day. There was no NPC who released the mission reward as a weapon. In desperation, she listened to Liar's advice and decided to do a few missions that could get strengthening materials first. As for the weapon, she left it to Liar to make.

On the mountain on the 25th floor, there are a large number of monsters based on bandits. Defeating the bandit leader there can get very good iron mother props. The props accumulated by the entire team are enough to create new weapons for Mana and Lian. Yes, other people's weapons are replaced soon and do not need to be replaced again.

After paying enough for the accommodation, Mana went to the armor shop in the center of the main street, where she needed new gloves.

In principle, a fixed percentage of the money they get should be handed over to Liar, and the rest is free to squander. Liar is responsible for intelligence collection, weapon forging, and other major tasks for various needs or team expenses. The proportion handed over to him is about 40.00%.If there is an urgent need for money, it can be withdrawn with Lial, which can also be regarded as the role of the humanoid mobile bank. If he does not keep some of it in this way, it may cause a headache when the money is really needed.In terms of personal hobbies, this group of people spend money without blinking an eye.For example, McGee's fishing equipment, Lian's musical instruments who have learned music skills, and Mana and Chen's more expensive room fees and food.

Even so, everyone's pockets are rich, and McGee always needs to replace new shields, so the cost is relatively high, and Liar's skills are not able to build shields.The remaining Lian, Mana and Chen have accumulated a lot of Cole.

Mana has a goal, and she has never forgotten the resolution she made on the first floor. On the floors above 15 floors, she will take time to inquire about the price of the house every time she reaches a new floor, and then continue to save money. It's still far away, but one day, she will be able to own a house of her own.

McGee also went to the armor shop with her. For McGee, who is a heavy shield fighter, the armor shop is a place he frequents, not to mention that McGee himself has a natural preference for huge shields.McGee in the armor shop is definitely not irritable, but crazy.

Just like a girl seeing a diamond, McGee's eyes would light up the moment he saw the shield, and he leaned over to see every pattern.He already has a rare shield dropped from a monster, but he still has to visit the armor shop once a day.

He buys one of every shield he doesn't waste, but goes there every day to look at it, enough to show how much he loves it.

To be honest, Mana didn't like going out with McGee at all.

McGee is a born fighter, he not only has the fortitude of a fighter, but also the militant nature of a fighter.Many times, just a few words, he may fight with the other party!And when he was in the armor shop, he stayed for a long time, and Mana was too embarrassed or afraid to urge him.

Mana just bought a gauntlet, and it was over soon. In desperation, she could only sit on the bench in the armor shop, silently watching the tall figure of McGee who kept admiring the shield.

McGee, who is tall and burly, squatting on the ground with the look of a dog seeing meat, is really out of harmony...

Mana opened the window casually. Although the mail bar didn't jump, she still clicked on it. Of course, Chen didn't reply, and she shouldn't be disappointed, but her heart felt empty and uncomfortable.

Bored, she clicked through the options in the window one by one, and then clicked back one by one, resting her left elbow on her knee and resting her chin in her hand, she was very bored.

She has never paid too much attention to the people around her, which has something to do with her timid and introverted personality.Different from the foundry room of the weapon store, some armor stores have display windows, in which are displayed the most expensive items in the store. It costs a lot of Cole to buy.

This armor shop is such a high-end armor shop. There are only two items in the window, one is a breastplate belonging to the category of light armor, and the other is a heavy armor helmet.This kind of precious item does not need to pay Cole to the NPC to buy it, but to directly touch the item and complete the task attached to the item to get it, which is very troublesome.

At first, Mana thought it was incredible, because it was really strange that such a huge mud house could be made of transparent material.People can directly see the environment inside the store from the outside.Standing in front of the window of the armor shop was a boy with a pale complexion. His dark brown short hair was neat and neat, but his bangs were very long, blocking his eyes so that people could not see his expression clearly. Only his tightly pursed lips could let people know He was not in a good mood, under his messy bangs were a pair of gloomy eyes, staring at Mana firmly.

I don't know how long he has been standing there, he may have been there since Mana entered the armor shop, or he may have just arrived.Mana and McGee stayed in the armor shop for more than half an hour. When they came out, they happened to pass by his side and brushed shoulders with him.

Mana was very careless at this time, she passed by him, still walking upright, her unhurried pace seemed to match the excited McGee.Although McGee will not spend money on shields, but he will buy them decisively when he sees one he likes very much. He has just bought a new shield and is in a state of excitement.

The boy clenched his clenched hands and shouted, "Gaosaka!"

If someone pays attention to him, they will probably find that his trembling body represents uneasiness, but the young man is the kind of person who does not have a high sense of presence, and few people in this newly opened floor with few people will put extra Focus on him.

But his voice was so loud that Mana and McGee, who were not too far away, could probably hear it.

Mana trembled all over, turned around abruptly, and met the eyes of the boy who had already walked towards her.

She couldn't quite see the boy's eyes, and the boy seemed to have deliberately let down his hair to cover the upper part of his face, but Mana recognized that look.

"Mr. Tianjing?"

As the boy approached, she became more and more sure that this boy was someone he knew, and she became a lot more excited after knowing who the other party was.

McGee, who was walking in front of her, noticed her abnormality, looked dissatisfied at the boy who walked in front of her, and then smacked his lips impatiently.

"Hurry up and go."

McGee never showed tenderness to a certain girl. He would blush when he saw a very beautiful girl, such as Asuna, but he would not force himself to be gentle to a girl.When the clearing team meeting was held, he once rudely refuted Asuna's opinion because of differences of opinion. Of course, these are what Lian said.

"Wait a minute, he's mine..." Mana hesitated, but still said, "Uh... friend."

Mana was relieved to see someone she knew, but the boy in front of her didn't look like the person she knew anymore, so she was very uneasy, and when McGee yelled at her, she became even more embarrassed.

"Well, it will be fine in a while."

The boy was very thin, half a head taller than Mana. Mana moved closer and said, "Long time no see." Her warm brown eyes revealed deep worry.

The boy's face is too pale, which is rare in SAO, it's not a normal color, if I have to explain it, it's probably...

"are you sick?"

Mana looked at the boy's precarious body, reached out to lift his bangs, and touched his forehead.

If the other party has a fever, you will feel an unusual temperature during this contact.

"Huh? Will you get sick in the game?"

The boy's voice was a little hoarse, and his surprised expression was very real, probably he really didn't know that people can get sick in SAO.

"Well, if the real body is sick, the character in the game will be sick too."

Lian, whose physical fitness was a little weaker among the few, had been ill before. At that time, Mana was really anxious, and she always had the illusion that he might die at any time.

Mana materialized a bottle of juice and handed it to the boy.This is what she prepared with her skills. It contains not only fruit juice and water, but also low-alcohol alcohol bought from an NPC. It tastes very good.

"Well, I don't even know."

"No wonder I always feel groggy recently."

The boy's voice was very low, as weak as a typical patient. He took the bottle that Mana handed over and took a sip.

Seeing such a boy, Mana always felt that she couldn't let it go, she turned her head and said to McGee, "Please go back first, I will settle him down." She voluntarily took the boy to find a place to stay up.

In fact, the best place is the residence that Liar and the others found, but this kind of base-like place is really not suitable for bringing an outsider back.When she was looking for tasks before, she also found a few good places to stay, of course not as good as what Liar found, but the environment is much better than the hotel.

She brought the boy to a house in a certain alley. The NPC of the owner is a child. The plot is that the parents of the child go out to find seeds that can grow in a harsh environment, so the master bedroom in the house The room is empty, that is, it can be rented to the player.

Mana paid for the room for him, added him as a friend and transferred the right to use the room to him, and then put him on the bed.

"Anyway, take a break first, and I'll come see you tomorrow."

Seeing an acquaintance, Mana had a lot to say and ask, but the situation of the other party was really not very good, so Mana decided to take it easy.

After handling everything, she was about to leave, but the other party held her hand.

"Don't go."

The boy should have said it in a moment of impatience. Mana looked at him with some trouble, and it was difficult to make a decision.

The young man also seemed to see her difficulty, so he softened his tone.

"Stay with me for a while, talk to me."

The boy's frail appearance was too weak for people to ignore. Mana was exhausted at the moment, but she really couldn't bear to reject the boy, so she nodded and sat on a nearby chair.