Kirito clapped his hands and said, "I'm sorry for embarrassing Saiwen. It's not that I didn't expect it at all. Let's not talk about this matter for now. Asuna and Saiwen will stay here first, and the others can go there first and use the corridor crystal to bring the two of them."
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Hamster Pisi chuckled and said: "Hoho, you are so decisive. There are not many precious corridor crystals, right? This kind of prop that can arbitrarily connect two recorded points in space must be used at critical moments, right?"
"It concerns the lives of our companions and the possibility of returning to...that world, so now is the critical moment."
"Really? Then I suggest you whip up more cream to make snacks..."
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"Thank God you don't have to be a 'weak' me to lead the way on foot, but can you find a better position?" shouted the hamster Pisi who was hung upside down behind Kirito again.
"Then, do you want to support your upper body?" Prosham, who was behind Kirito, stretched out his hand.
"No, that's not necessary. The two of them held my upper and lower body respectively as if they were preparing to throw away the corpse. Moreover, this position is quite convenient for blocking the wind and sand." Hamster Pisi said expressionlessly.
"But even in the desert, we have never heard of such a terrible sandstorm climate!" Lisbeth, who was behind Prosham, tightly wrapped her sandproof cloak and shouted angrily.
"Hey... isn't it common knowledge that sandstorms will occur in the desert?"
"Let's not talk about the mainland, what are the conditions for sandstorms to occur in the current terrain of Aincrad?"
"Don't ask me, you can complain to God Spirit about the weather and climate."
"But fortunately, Silica is here, which helps a lot." Lucos said behind Lisbeth.
"But being able to tame such a big monster to protect us from the wind is also a credit to Lucos and me." Gawei behind Lucos was slightly proud.
"Ah ha ha ha ha..." Silica, who was in front of Kirito and also at the front of the team, rubbed her hair and smiled sheepishly, but her smile was obviously very stiff, as if she was not actually worried about Lucos.
It's like being happy to be praised but a bit angry.
She was the most relaxed because King Kong was riding on her back. Although everyone else wanted to go up, King Kong didn't seem happy about it.
Without King Kong, they would have to withstand stronger sandstorms.
What's more, the threat is not only windy sand, but also poisonous centipedes and scorpions from time to time. There are also some normal poisonous monsters that appear in the desert. Although the individual is not very strong, in the desert itself, it is in a state of slow blood loss and physical stamina.
It is also very draining on the spirit, and if you are unexpectedly stabbed and bitten, you will be poisoned, weakened, and other debuffs, and the possibility of falling down and dying suddenly is quite high.
In addition, there are many strange-shaped weathered rocks that look like road signs. However, the shapes of the rocks are very distinct but similar, giving people the illusion of spinning in place.
Without Yui to guide me, I am afraid that I will lose my way and my will will be exhausted, and there is a great possibility that I will lose strength and fall down before my HP is cleared.
Kirito suddenly waved his hands and shouted, and the hamster was thrown up, and the two screams overlapped together.
"If Sprite, who is in charge of the landscape and nature, Cardinal, who is in charge of the balance of monsters, and System, who is in charge of everything, really exist, if you have humanoid
Come down quickly, let me complain to you and then beat you up like a BOSS!" he shouted.
"Hey...brother, has your brain been burned out by the desert heat? Water!" Leafa from behind screamed in fright.
"No, just yell here to stay awake."
"Isn't it about to burn out?"
"Well, although I am smaller now, my weight plus the total weight of my equipment has not changed." The hamster Pisi, who was hanging upside down again, said proudly with his head held high and his arms crossed.
"I told you before that you should prepare more cream snacks. Do you regret it now? Hee hee." She added.
"Yes, I didn't expect that it was not a joke." Prosham said, facing her directly.
"When have I ever lied to you about getting things like this?"
Of course, what is needed is not the cream itself, but the fact that many snacks in this world are indispensable for cream, and those snacks related to cream have various buffs with spell effects, and they also have a delaying effect on the reduction of physical strength because of the high fat content.
Not small, this point is very straightforward in SAO.
In a place where you can get debuffs even if you are attacked unexpectedly, even if you don't lose much health, it is really important to have gain buffs to offset them.
It just needs to activate the nutritional effects of various foods to turn them into buffs, which requires extremely high [Chef] skill proficiency.
Everyone is fighting very hard now. In order to prevent themselves from falling down due to a large pile of debuffs in this extreme state, once a monster approaches, they cannot solve it in the most efficient and economical way as in the past, but take turns.
Immediately use your heavy sword skills to kill him instantly.
After an unknown amount of time, they finally saw a square pyramid-shaped building, which was a pyramid-like place.
"Is that there, Yui?"
"Yes, Dad."
"Okay, everyone, please work harder and don't fall behind now! Is anyone falling behind?"
Everyone took turns reporting in from front to back, and at the end Lyfa's voice confirmed that everything was okay for the time being.
"It would be great if there was water in it. We have run out of water resources," Lisbeth said.
"If it's safe inside... just use the cloister crystal, and ask Asuna and Saiwen to bring more water, okay? I feel like if I don't drink water, even if my HP is full and there is no debuff... I will kneel down."
Lucos, who was supported by Wei, had to plead.
"Lucos, we don't have any HP gauges right now. If it doesn't work, it's a sign that our HP is turning red. There's obviously so much fat somewhere, so just hold on," Gawei said hurriedly.
"Isn't it just because it's too heavy that I can't stand it?" Someone said something.
Leafa felt like she had been shot while lying down, even though she was obviously okay.
When everyone entered the interior of the pyramid, they suddenly felt cool.
Not only that, there is actually a water source here, which is also a "spring of recovery" that is equivalent to a recovery point. It not only quenches thirst, but also restores physical strength and life.
However, everyone was not in that mood for a while——
"There's a monster!"
"Is it the immortal type? Asuna will definitely cry when she sees this."
"Obviously they looked pretty good, I mean when they were alive."
There are dozens of undead monsters around the Fountain of Recovery. Although their faces and skin colors are no longer good and they look like zombies, their hairstyle and equipment look quite good, and they seem to be very strong.