"The combat power is more than twice that of Mingming, which is quite incredible." Fei said to Argo, "But we were at a disadvantage at that time, and the enemies were not all mixed soldiers. There were even some on both sides who could defeat them with just a few cooperations.
My evenly matched guy, Kirito, is more like a soldier, but he also keenly realizes that the reason for being at a disadvantage is the incompetence of the commander. Although there should be a highly respected commander, he is unable to participate in the command because he is 'sick'."
"Then Tongzi completed the task of finding medicine and treating diseases in a short period of time?" Argo asked according to the traditional game routine.
However, she guessed wrong. Fei said with a speechless expression on the plot: "No, he used words to persuade the respected commander to command the battle and boost morale, so that the whole army received multiple buffs and skills, and morale was greatly boosted. In fact,
, that guy is pretending to be ill, he is just depressed because something too shameful happened - he was really cheered up by Kirito's words. Even so, it was not enough to completely turn the tide of the battle, Kirito even fought back
I sent an enemy team to surround our commander, and used some log materials I obtained in the past to make a mechanism and destroyed some of the enemy's siege equipment in one go... Anyway, I didn't have the chance to transform back into my dragon form and look majestic. It's a pity that I'm paraphrasing it.
It’s still pretty bland.”
"No, I can imagine Tong Zai's chaos. But it sounds like Tong Zai mainly hinders the siege rather than killing the enemy. It should not be just a lack of strength. He..."
Argo thinks that Kirito doesn't want to kill anyone, even if the target is an NPC.
However, Argo guessed that there is another reason that a player should take for granted, that is, once Fei seriously participates in the war, his contribution to the battle will definitely be great, and Kirito will definitely receive very little experience points. In fact, in SAO's player mercenary system, it seems that
In order to prevent production-based players who have the ability to make a lot of money from hiring fighting NPCs to help them, a mechanism is set up to greatly reduce the experience points and proficiency gained by the player when the hiring fighting NPC is stronger than the player.
Then they played puzzle games around them together.
While having dinner, Fei asked casually: "Argo, do you know what mission Kirito is doing? Since it is by the way, there must be a new companion."
"This is information I haven't been able to collect. Unless the puzzle-solving NPCs can also become companions...wait, puzzle-solving...the local puzzle-solving experts are not...hey, hey, hey." Argo put down his tableware and stood up abruptly.
stand up.
"What's wrong? Is it a dangerous mission?"
"No, the mission itself is not dangerous. It is easy to say, but that is when no outsiders interfere. Some adventurers like us will openly rob homes and kill people in order to satisfy their own desires. That mission will be impossible in the future.
The battle situation and the wealthy lord passing outside the circle are very dangerous! I was negligent, because I knew this, so I didn’t consider doing that mission at the beginning. We have to catch up with Tong Zai!"
"Are you going to stop his mission?"
"..." Argo hesitated for a moment and shook his head, "We can't solve the puzzle game in the square. Interrupting the mission will be a waste of his efforts. We followed secretly and encountered someone who might be going to kill people and steal wealth.
He will be stopped, defeated and arrested... I hope I can still catch up."
"Then, just show me the way. I'll transform into a dragon and fly you there. Although Argo, your running speed is probably faster than mine, I can ignore all kinds of obstacles and terrain."
Argo shook his head: "I don't know what stage Tongzi has reached in the mission. This is not a single-line mission moving between two points. I don't know where the possible gangsters will appear, so there is no need to take a shortcut to the front."
Meaning, we can only catch up according to the mission route."
She swallowed the cheese sandwich in a few mouthfuls, drank the soup that she wanted to enjoy slowly, and the majestic cake in a few mouthfuls before saying, "Let's go."
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Kirito accepted the mission at the Lord's Mansion and hit the road.
The lord is a thin man named Sailong, who openly entrusts adventurers who come to the city to lift the curse of the puzzle game.
He said that the curse of puzzle games originated from the previous lord. The former lord sent Isagurus to be a person obsessed with puzzle games. One day, a traveler who came to visit him gave him a puzzle game. After failing the challenge, he used it in anger.
The golden magic cube in hand killed the traveler, and sent Isaac Goulus crazy. He also disappeared without a trace with the golden magic cube, and then the curse spread.
Considering that the appearance of the level boss on this floor is a golden magic cube, most people would think that it is an incarnation.
Puzzle games everywhere are causing great inconvenience, so Lord Sailon hopes someone can save the city.
Considering the uniqueness of the SAO story mission today, it is really unrealistic for no one to take it for so long - rather than this, it is better to say that the other trustees have failed, and the closed beta players probably have no interest in participating in this mission. After all, this
The focus of the mission is to enjoy the puzzle drama, and there is no profit. Today, SAO only has one life. If you have that time, you might as well use the useful closed beta information to kill more monsters and explore for treasures.
Because of this, Kirito doesn't want to lead his teammates.
However, there are several players queuing up behind Kirito, but this has nothing to do with Kirito.
To lift the curse, you first need to investigate the case, which basically requires a lot of time to find the relevant parties. The parties may not be at home, or go out to work or travel far away, or maybe even their jobs have been transferred. In short, one of the reasons why no closed beta players are willing to accept it is very clear, and
Another reason is——
Kirito knew that the so-called traveler did not exist. In fact, the previous lord appointed his heir, not Sailon, but his lover, Saiano. The angry Sailon used a golden magic cube to smash the former lord to death, and his lover, Saiano.
Unable to bear the accusation, he took the golden magic cube and left without saying goodbye.
If the player entrusted by Sailong shows enough wisdom to get close to the truth during this process, Sailong will poison the player and imprison him in the underground maze of the lord's mansion, allowing the player to break through the underground maze on his own (with very little gain). There are some answers to the question.
The core of the curse.
Regardless of whether it can be solved or not, after the time limit is reached, Siano will rescue the player, and then after appropriate dialogue, they will break through the maze to lift the curse - the maze is set to be a test left by the previous lord, but Siano cannot solve it by himself
Only then did he come up with this strategy.
In short, Kirito used the shortest investigation route he knew to get closer to the truth, and went to another town, Sribas, to find the next clue - this city has pleasant scenery, rich food, no puzzle game curse, and the former lord's villa.
It's located right here.
But Kirito wanted a quick victory and had no intention of admiring the beautiful scenery or tasting delicious food, and went straight to the villa.
It's just that that person is really obsessed with puzzle games. The door lock of this villa is a combination lock similar to that of puzzle games.