Argo didn't say the answer, but Kirito, who knew it well, also had his own guess: "A neutral city outside the circle, right?"
There are areas outside the circle that can prevent hostile forces from using crystal items and communication. This will happen if you accept a mission that pits players against each other. If it can be used for a long time, it must be of high difficulty.
For epic missions, taking the area occupied by the neon server and the density of epic missions in the service area as a reference, having two European and American servers is the limit.
Argo: "This matter cannot be participated by people with completely oriental faces. Tongzai, if you can constantly rely on plot missions to get to know combatable NPCs, you should find a way to take on more similar missions and obtain friendly NPCs. You will know what to do with the rest."
Come on. Let’s report that they are safe first and let them stop being impulsive. It’s better to concentrate on improving their strength first.”
At this time, Argo's [Enemy Search] reacted.
"It doesn't matter, it's Fei who's back." Kirito stretched out his hand to stop Argo, who was subconsciously on guard. Unlike himself who had personally obtained permission from the original fallen fairy goddess, Argo, who had not received direct consent, would still have a hostile relationship with the system even if he could ride Fei.
, and the object cannot be identified in advance due to the level gap.
"Eh? Is this lady late for coming back?" Fei turned into a human form, flapped her little wings and glided to the ground, asking.
"No, I just came back too. So, how is it?" Argo asked.
"It's almost the same situation as you thought." Fei pointed at the central tower of Aincrad and said, "Sure enough, all the floor guardians ten floors away have disappeared, and most of them have their doors open, leaving only the third floor.
The gate leading from the sixth floor to the seventh floor is still inactive - that is, the guardians on other floors were defeated by players and city guards during the siege or occupied the town. Now some people have heard about it and headed to the fourth and fifth floors.
I visited the main street. Is there anything between the sixth and seventh floors? It seems to me that there is no difference except for the style."
"I see." Kirito said in an old-man tone, holding up his chin, "I think back then, people, including the old man, would respectfully call people who were trapped on the sixth floor of a digital puzzle game and gave up on the strategy.
'Sudoku Master', I heard that there will be rewards for solving the puzzles, maybe now you have to solve the puzzles to enter and open the door to the seventh floor."
"But the most disgusting thing about it is that the puzzles change every day at midnight, and there won't be the same one for a month!" Kirito's last words were full of emotion, without any performance.
Argo patted Kirito again: "But this is good news, Tongzi, ride Fei up and take care of all the tasks on the sixth floor. Come on. I will temporarily be your full-time intelligence agent until Leafa and
Asuna, the price is only 500,000 koels, isn’t it interesting?”
"………………"
"Tong Zai? Are you too happy to react?"
"No, um, anyway, let's explain it to the others first and then get on the road." Kirito couldn't say. Now Fei's appearance index as a girl is as good as Asuna's human form. Naturally, she has become a dragon queen.
Even though he was equipped, Argo said that letting him ride it always felt like riding on a naked girl.
I haven't felt this way before. Argo deliberately teased him like this to make him feel good about becoming a dragon knight in the future.
However, for now, let’s contact everyone and report the situation. It’s not good to leave people in the hotel all the time.
As a result, everyone who was eager to save people actually came to help.
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Hong Kong ○ Taiwan server, Velutia——
"Xiaoyou...are you sure this method is okay?"
"It's okay, sister, this is outside the circle but it is indeed a pretty safe place, right? It's just right for the bounty to be placed in the ring."
"But I have made a lot of money these days, but Xiaoyou has not forgotten the original purpose, right?"
"I haven't forgotten, find local residents (NPCs) with suitable abilities to hire as assistants? How strange. I thought that in a world where you can make money by fighting monsters, in a place that is prone to bankruptcy, there should be a lot of people who develop their strength for money.
Woolen cloth."
Velutia is not a city, but an outdoor area between two casinos. It is a flat road and vast grassland, and there are no dangerous monsters. Even the monsters here have been killed by casino lords with special skills.
Clan members were captured and thrown into cages and fighting arenas for people to watch for entertainment and bets on.
Of course, there are many games of various types, and there are quite a few people who have lost everything because of this. Even players who are in the SAO medium and have lost most of their wealth and life and equipment until only a pair of big pants are left - it should be said that they committed suicide because of this.
players all exist.
As for why high-roller gambling is so popular, in addition to the fact that the virtual currency here is no different from real money to players trapped in SAO, enough chips can be exchanged for various things that seem to be enough to destroy the balance of the game, increase the survival rate, and even make it possible to survive once and for all.
The final equipment props.
Although there is no one who can win that level of chips.
Some players also believe that the system itself determines that once the number of chips held is close, the failure rate will be 100%. Strong players will definitely not do this, but ordinary players and wealthy NPCs who are willing to give it a try still exist.
In this place and this background, Kirito carried out tasks in nearby cities according to the information provided by Krampis. The others went to "prepare equipment and props" somewhere, and Yuuki was accompanied by Ran outside the circle.
The arena is set up safely. In order to be more like a normal business and avoid suspicion, challengers have to charge a challenge fee of 5,000 koels. If you beat Yuuki, you can get 50,000 koels - this is not a lot of money for people who can enter the casino.
, and can scare away hardcore players passing by.
At present, their team's net worth can be scraped together to collect more than 100,000 kels, so it is not that they cannot afford the bonus.
Ran doesn't participate in the duel, he just acts as a brake to prevent Yuuki from getting lost.
The rules of the duel are "first strike to win". You must first clean-hit the opponent with sword skills or cut off half of HP (which will lock the blood) to win. In addition, most NPCs are powerful because they rely on high attack and high defense to crush them - sao
You can't design something whose power exceeds that of human nerves, so it doesn't matter even if an opponent with a slightly higher level than Yuuki appears.
As a result, after a few days, Yuuki was invincible, made a lot of money, and many onlookers placed bets, but no one could be hired as a temporary companion.
After a while, an elegantly dressed man holding a Western sword walked through the crowd and expressed his intention to challenge, and threw a money bag towards Lan.
Ran put it into the item column, confirmed that no item had been added but that the money column number had increased by 5,000 koels, and nodded towards Yuuki.
Yuuki's operation dialogue pop-up window confirms that the system-approved duel has begun.