"It's decided. I'll take Silica to Level 58 tomorrow. I'll go there to get some ingredients tasks by the way." Shota patted the table and said to the other people: "That's it?"

"I don't have any objections. But aren't you going to the 68th floor tomorrow to participate in the BOSS strategy of the Blood Alliance Knights?" Kirino said a little strangely: "Have you forgotten what you promised others?"

"...It seems I really forgot."

Shotazu suddenly understood and said, "Tomorrow I promised Asuna to go to the Blood Alliance to help with odd jobs."

"Then I'll take Silica to the 58th floor tomorrow." Saori smiled at Silica, then turned to Black Cat and Kirino and said, "You two can practice your leveling on the front line."

"I have no objection. Then I will be responsible for taking care of Silica the day after tomorrow."

Black Cat nodded and agreed to Shaori's arrangement.

Silica looked at a few people and felt that it was a bit embarrassing for her to ask others to train like this, so she said: "Actually, I can train by myself. I have such good equipment..."

"We don't mind the trouble." Kirino looked at Silica and said seriously: "After all, we are not only good friends, but also guild partners. Silica-chan, you also want to be able to fight with us as soon as possible, right?

"

"Um."

Silica nodded. She didn't want to be just a little sister, or a mascot-like character. Now that she had joined them, she also hoped to become a person like them.

"Well, if we take you to level up, the leveling speed will be super fast. Look, isn't it almost 45 today?"

For Silica, the experience of leapfrogging monsters is very high. Not to mention that Kirino will basically not encounter any troublesome opponents except bosses on the 55th floor, and can easily defeat the monsters in a few hits. In the past, the average

It takes about ten days to level up, but now, you can almost level up in less than two days.

"When she reaches level 60, her speed will slow down significantly." Black Cat used reality to attack other people's beautiful fantasies. When Kirino wanted to refute, she changed the subject again and said: "However, plus

The equipment she carries is barely enough to enter the first three levels."

The so-called first three floors are the three floors calculated based on the highest progress of the current strategy. These three floors are regarded as the holy land for leveling in line with the frontline strategy team. After all, the current shortest record is to conquer one layer in three days.

, but the strategy relies on concerted efforts, and not many players have improved their levels in the past three days. In order to prevent excessive losses on the unknown layer, most players, including some large guilds, will temporarily stay within the scope of the third layer.

Level up, rest, refresh equipment, and complete tasks.

"Hey, why is Asuna not in my friend list?"

Shota checked the friend list and found that Asuna's name was missing, so he asked with some confusion: "Delete me as a friend? Or..."

When he thought of another guess, Shota's expression suddenly changed.

Saori quickly checked her friend list, then breathed a sigh of relief and said, "I'm scared to death, Asuna is still here."

"That's good, that's good."

Shota also breathed a sigh of relief. He almost thought that Asuna was accidentally killed. You know, there are only nine people in Shota's friend list, 4 people from his own team, plus Kirito, Asuna, Heathcliff,

Klein, and five people from a certain intelligence businessman. At least, from the beginning of the game until now, he has never seen his friends disappear.

Of course, if you delete your friends yourself, it’s a separate matter.

"Wait a minute, why did Asuna delete my friend?" Shota was a little confused about the situation, so he said to Saori: "Saori, please help me ask."

"Oh, wait a minute."

Saori nodded and sent a message to Asuna.

Black Cat glanced at Kirino, and then said to Shota: "I think you must have done something perverted to her."

"Huh?" Kirino seemed to realize something, and asked Shota with a straight face: "Tell me the truth, what exactly did you do?"

"There's nothing. The last time we communicated was when she asked me for cocoa beans. Wait, did she want to take the cocoa beans and keep it for herself without making any contribution?"

Shota seemed to realize something, and said to himself: "Sure enough, she is right, women will do anything for chocolate. Hmm."

"Asuna said that her hand slipped and she accidentally deleted you as a friend."

"..."

Shota was silent, and then asked Saori: "Ask her if her hands were covered with chocolate or oil that would make her slip like this."

It's impossible, right? If you delete a friend or something with your swipe, even if you accidentally click on the friend's name and then accidentally click on delete, can you still ignore the pop-up confirmation box and click OK?

"Asuna said we will meet at the entrance of the maze on the 68th floor at ten o'clock tomorrow."

Saori obviously did not convey Shota's words to Asuna...

"Then work hard tomorrow." Black Cat stood up, walked to his room, and said, "I'm going to take a rest first."

"I'm going to wash the dishes first, and then I'm going to camp out at night to see if I can come across rare ingredients."

Now that tomorrow's matters have been decided, Shota has to do his own thing.

The next day, at ten o'clock, on the plaza on the 68th floor, Shota walked out of the blue legendary door.

"Mr. Shota, I'm waiting for you."

As soon as Shota came out, he saw a young man wearing the uniform of the Blood Alliance Knights with white background and red edges walking towards him and said: "The deputy leader has been waiting for a long time."

"I'm not late, am I?"

Shota checked the time and found that there was still one minute before ten o'clock, so he said to the young man in front of him: "Sorry to trouble you, Lira."

The name of the dark-haired boy with a popular face in front of him is Lira. He is also considered a very powerful person in the strategy team. Although he is not big, he follows the sword and shield route like his guild leader, and is nicknamed Little Shield Wall. In the Blood Alliance

He is also a leader in the knights and is Asuna's right-hand man. Since they have fought together, Shota and him are not strangers to each other.

"Yeah." Lira took out a crystal and said, "Teleport!"

Another burst of light flashed, and the two of them appeared at the entrance of the maze area.

"The deputy leader should be not far ahead. We have already explored the map of the labyrinth area. The vice president and the others have probably set off first."

Lira explained to Shota, then looked at his outfit and said hesitantly: "Mr. Shota, why don't you change your equipment first?"

"Ah, no, no, no."

Shota waved his hand. As long as he participated in the frontline battle, it was impossible to hide his unique skills. He explained a little and said: "Even though I am covered in cloth armor, my defense is no worse than yours."

,lira."

"Deputy leader, we've arrived at the boss's room."

Asuna, who had taken the first step to clear the way, had already stood at the door of the boss room on the 68th floor. After hearing the report from her subordinates, she replied a little impatiently: "I can see it myself."

"..."

The slightly exhausted two-handed swordsman had no choice but to close his mouth. Then the sword and shield warrior beside him winked at him and told him not to talk too much. His boss was in a mood lately.

The two-handed swordsman nodded with understanding. After all, women...there are always a few days every month that they cannot be messed with.

"Where's Lira?"

After waiting for about five minutes, Asuna asked the only female dagger user besides her, "Has he arrived?"

"We're almost there, we're already at the previous corner."

The ordinary-looking, or rather cute, dagger user checked the friend mark and reported to Asuna: "We will see them in about three minutes."

"Um."

Asuna nodded, then leaned against the door of the boss's room, with her eyes closed and her hands folded across her chest, her index finger tapping her arms rhythmically.

"Deputy Head."

Not long after, Shota and Lira saw the four people waiting at the door. After Lira called out to Asuna, Shota found that there were only six people in total including himself, so he looked at them strangely.

Lila next to him said: "There is only one team in total?"

The current record for the smallest number of people to kill a boss is ten. This is the first time that a six-person team has happened.

"Well. The situation of this boss is a bit special." Lira nodded and explained to Shota: "So the optimal number of people we chose is six."

"What about Heathcliff? Why didn't he come?"

"The leader is leading another team to attack the abyssal mammoth today."

"Oh. Your blood alliance is very thoughtful. The wild boss and the first-floor boss actually want to get the first kill at the same time." After Shota said casually, he had already walked in front of the other four people. He waved his hand and wanted to kill the boss at the same time.

Asuna said hello: "Yo..."

"snort."

Asuna let out a cold snort.

"..."

Xiang was so embarrassed. If he was angry, it should be him who was deleted as a friend for no reason. He was really worried about Asuna's life and death for a while.

It's not necessarily true that after she accidentally deleted her friend, she found that it took her a long time to realize the problem, and now she's so angry?

That's the only reason.

Shota thought of himself and found an excuse for Asuna. If he accidentally deleted Asuna's friend and it took half a year for her to realize that someone was missing from his friend list, then he himself would be angry.

Although he felt that the possibility of accidentally deleting friends was almost zero...

"Lira, please explain the boss situation and division of labor."

"Yes, deputy captain."
To be continued...