Attribution

Olivier was about 5 minutes late, which is very rare. Usually, he is a very punctual person.When he came, he looked a little hesitant, as if he wanted to say something to Mana, but finally shook his head and showed a smile.Mana felt strange, but she didn't ask any more questions, because probably she couldn't ask anything.

"Awaited."

Because the goal of the attack had been explained in the email before, Olivier took the lead and walked towards the destination.Mana followed behind him. This young man who was half a head taller than himself looked thin from the back, but his physique was unexpectedly solid. He had known him for a long time, but he felt a sense of distance that was not too close.When the two are alone, Olivier is usually not very good at smiling. He only smiles when he wants to comfort her or encourage her. His kindness is not expressed through a smile.

When she arrived at the forest where the dark elves lived, Mana was startled.

There are some strange-shaped trees growing in that forest. If you don't look carefully, the hazy shadows of the trees alone are like demons lurking in the darkness. Rows of crows should really land on such trees.

It is said to be a tree, but there are no leaves at all as far as the line of sight is concerned. They are all dry branches. Most of the extended shapes are distorted. The ground is also very dry. The ground is cracked, and obstacles that look like metal grow out of it.

It is not until deeper that there are living plants.Mushrooms and dark green grass growing under the roots of trees.

Mana tried to touch the mushroom in the dark environment, but the cooking skill could not recognize it, and it was an unpickable object.

It was Olivier who picked the mushrooms under Mana's dumbfounded gaze.

"This is poisonous. It cannot be used as food, but it can be used as medicine. Most of it is poison."

Olivier has practiced medicine skills. As the floor rises, the recovery potion is not strong enough, far inferior to recovery crystals, but as long as the skills are not weak, because not only the medicine for restoring HP, but also poison And medicines with additional status, of course antidote and recovery are the most basic.

"Poisonous mushrooms..."

Mana took a closer look at the pitch-black mushroom, and found that there were very light gray spots on it, and then she was sure that it was not edible.Normally, she wouldn't dare to eat such strange-looking things even if they were not poisonous, for she was afraid that she would feel nauseated when she saw the same kind of food in the real world in the future.

"In addition, the crows here cannot be eaten, they are poisonous."

Olivier explained patiently: "These dead trees are not really dead. This is a special kind of plant that bears fruit without leaves or flowers. Of course it is poisonous. The crows here Eating those fruits also becomes poisonous, so there are no ingredients you can use here."

It’s probably not easy to find ingredients on this floor. Floors without sunlight will definitely not be full of vitality. However, if you find edible natural ingredients on this floor, it will definitely be very rare and delicious.

anyway……

"There are really crows here..."

"Of course, don't you think the environment here fits well with crows!"

"So you have seen it?" Mana asked.

"Well, I came here for a walk yesterday, and monsters will be spawned not far ahead, so be prepared."

After being reminded by Olivier, Mana realized that this place is not in the circle, and she should not be too leisurely.

Olivier, who is equipped with a two-handed assault gun, of course wants to play as a striker. This high-output weapon has reached the point where attack is the best defense, but the freezing time after attack is a few tenths of a second longer than other weapons.Moreover, that weapon is very heavy. If it were Mana, her meager strength would not be able to carry it at all.Although her one-handed straight sword also has a branch of the heavy sword, but she is equipped with weapons made of light metal.

It is also a light weapon, the one-handed straight sword is not as fast as the rapier, but it is generally more durable than the rapier, and the use of weapon defense skills is also more advantageous.And her sword is still much higher than the rapier in terms of weight.

Accompanied by blue flames, a gray-black monster named Dark Elf 1 appeared not far ahead.The monster is about [-] meters tall. It has no skin or muscles on its face. It looks like a skeleton. It has horns on its head, and its limbs look very metallic. It is wrapped in flax-colored linen around its waist, and its upper body is equipped with armor.Its weapon is an axe, which can bring great visual impact when swung by it with its thin iron rod-like arms.

But the most important thing to pay attention to is...

"Is this an elf?" Mana couldn't help but look at the monster charging towards them with a weapon in front of her.

Shouldn't elves be small and cute with pointy ears and transparent wings?what is this!Skeleton soldiers?

"Maybe elves who don't know magic look like this, I'll go first."

Olivier made a joke and rushed out.Generally, when you think of elves, you think of magic. There is no magic in the world of SAO, so there is nothing wrong with the perversion of elves in SAO. Let’s understand it this way...

Mana is paying attention to the battle situation, ready to switch at any time.Olivier's attack was terrifying. When he rushed over, the grass on the ground was cut off by the wind brought by the weapon.The attack precisely landed on the monster's chest, even though it was protected by armor, the monster's HP still dropped by one-third.

"Switch!"

Mana was brought back to her senses by Olivier's shout, and she was fascinated by the boy's attack.

Mana's body made a downward movement, and the one-handed sword skill "Sonic Impact" launched following the system's recognition allowed her to rush behind the monster at a very fast speed, and the attack hit.However, the damage she can cause to monsters is only one-third of the remaining HP, which is far behind Olivier.But she was more nimble than Olivier, she activated her body technique at the same time as she finished her sword skill, and kicked from behind the secondary stiff monster.

Physical skills can cause far less damage than sword skills, but sword skills can be cooled during the time when physical skills are activated.Olivier's sword skill had already cooled down, and Mana launched the simpler sword skill "Upper Slash" when the monster was staggered by her kick.

The attacks of the two people crossed in the air, and when the two stood firmly on the ground, the monster had already dissipated into pieces.

A window for gaining experience appeared in front of them. Mana and Olivier smiled at each other, and continued to move forward without saying anything.

They had a kind of tacit understanding before, just like relatives, when two people with high levels get together, they can show the strength of 1+1 greater than 2.

The area of ​​the forest is very large. Basically, this direction is all the way to the edge of this layer, but there are only two roads. The two of them spent an afternoon and finally conquered one-third of this route. two.

What made them stop was the fork in the road.

"Which way?"

Olivier handed over the choice to Mana.The map of the non-labyrinth area does not need to be explored, but just looking at the flat map, nothing can be seen.It can only be known that one side extends the same road as before, leading to the end of this layer, and the other side extends to the central area of ​​the forest. The map shows that there is a dark circle there.

No matter how you look at it, this is the place in the middle that looks more like a boss...

After Mana expressed this idea, she was denied by Olivier.

"Not necessarily. It seems that on the tenth floor, there is an option similar to this one. The small boss stays on the side of the map. In the middle is a road with many obstacles and a treasure chest with traps."

"But those cases are rare."

That being the case...

"Sure enough, let's take the middle path. If we find a treasure chest, it's fine not to open it. This path is relatively short, and there is plenty of time to turn back."

"That's right, that's over here."

The route in the middle is very short, and it takes about 30 minutes to walk.There are very few monsters on the road, and you can only encounter one every 5 minutes, which is really strange.

When they got to the center, the two breathed a sigh of relief. The scene in front of them convinced them that they didn't choose the wrong path.

It was a small ring-shaped square with an iron platform in the middle, on which stood... the smallest night elf I have seen so far, about two meters tall, and looks the same as the others, except...

"Could it be a female night elf..."

Of course, Mana has some basis for saying this. The night elf on the high platform was wearing a pink skirt, and her upper body was also armored. Puff sleeves.

"Probably... right..."

This uncomfortable collocation also shocked Olivier. Generally, teenagers of this age are still very concerned about the appearance of girls.He looked away, trying not to look at the eerie monster.

"Should we go straight up and kill her, or call Chen to fight again?"

Of course, Mana didn't forget Chen's words. Although she didn't think that this monster could hinder her and Olivier, it would be too dishonest not to contact Chen after promising him.Do what you promised to do.

"I raise my hands in favor of contacting Brother Chen."

Mana noticed Olivier's expression, then looked at the monster on the high platform that seemed to be dancing but was actually writhing strangely, and nodded.

"OK."

I heard the monster's roar from a distance, maybe it was singing, it was very unpleasant, coupled with that shape and posture, I'm afraid Olivier would be slow when attacking, so call Chen to be on the safe side.

However, Chen did not reply to the email as soon as she thought, and she waited for about 10 minutes before receiving a reply. During this period, Mana once had the urge to go to him and was stopped by Olivier.Concern leads to chaos, which always makes her forget the fact that if Chen really has something to do, it will be even more troublesome if she goes.

[wait for me.It may take a while. ] Chen's replies were as few as his words, but it could be seen that he was in trouble.

While they were waiting for Chen, some unexpected guests came.