On the outer edge of the maze on the second floor, a place more suitable for players to level up, a battle is going on at the moment.
"Great! Success!"
After concentrating on firing a combo of daggers, Silica jumped with joy as she watched the monster disappear into pieces before her eyes.
What the girl just successfully used was the intermediate dagger rush skill "Bite" that can be learned after leveling up.
As for why she is so happy, it is naturally because this skill can greatly speed up the girl's monster spawning efficiency. The humanoid monster just now was a bit difficult to deal with, but now it can be easily solved.
It's just that the little girl seemed to be a little too excited and didn't recover for a while, thus ignoring the approaching threat.
"——!"
Another lizard monster sprang out from the ground behind it until it turned into pieces in the frightened eyes of the girl with short hair and twin tails. The whole process was completed within a few seconds.
Maintaining a dull and frightened expression, the girl was hit on the head with a knife.
"ah."
Although the pain system has been adjusted, Silica still covered her head.
When she realized she was wrong, the girl stuck out her tongue in embarrassment and looked at the person beside her who was still moving her knife.
"I told you before, this type of lizard people appear in pairs."
"Hey hey hey..."
"..."
For girls who try to act cute and get through, they will receive more severe 'sanctions' from a certain teammate.
…
Yuuki and Silica have been leveling in this area for a while. Although there are not many monsters, they have more experience points, and no one knows about this area, so they can level up quietly.
Although he brought this dagger girl on a "whim", Yuuki found that she was quite adaptable to the game. With her leading the team, the little girl's level was steadily improving.
But there is still a long way to go before we can defeat the boss together.
(…Calculating the time, it should be almost there.)
It has been quite a while since the players arrived at the second level. She did not go to the boss room because she had to train Silica, but after those players accumulated experience on the first level, these days should be enough for them to determine the boss.
location.
Two days ago, she heard that someone had discovered what was suspected to be the boss's room on the second floor, but she didn't go there to confirm it because of the poor condition.
I looked at the sky and saw that the sun was almost invisible.
"...Let's go, it's almost time to go back."
"Uh-huh!"
Following Yuuki, nodding their heads, the two of them walked towards the town.
Returning before seven o'clock every night is now a consensus among players who go out to areas outside the city.
The second-level main town "Urbas" is a town that hollows out the middle of a ring-shaped mountain, leaving only the outer town.
The moment they stepped into the city gate, the melodious bells had not yet ended, seeming to remind the players that it was time to rest.
But today, many players could still be seen busy chatting at the gate, and then some players began to walk towards the central square.
As expected by Yuuki, a player has determined the room of the boss on the second floor.
It's just that when this information was made public, another piece of information was also circulated.
Players who want to participate in the strategy this time must be representatives of guilds or groups.
This is the so-called elite strategy.
Of course, players who don't accept it can also go there individually or in teams, but basically no one will do this, even the closed beta players.
The reason is simple, because no one wants to die.
In the absence of resurrection, no player is willing to take the risk even if there is a special reward for the last hit.
So in order to be able to participate in this guide, a player named "Diabelu" who has accumulated a lot of popularity on the first level is recruiting players who have not yet joined the guild, and seems to be preparing to establish a new guild.
"Let's go and have a look too."
Saying this, Yuuki walked toward the gathering place with Silica, who looked excited.
Of course she didn't want to join someone else's guild, she just wanted to see if a certain swordsman in black would appear here now that the "black coat" was taken away by her.
After passing through the alley in the east block, the two appeared on the outskirts of the square. Different from the few passers-by in the past, today it can be said to be brightly lit. More than three digits of players gathered here, surrounding the center.
Sitting together in Da Yuantai, they were excitedly discussing their adventures on the first floor.
Soon after he took Silica and found a corner to sit down, the real owner appeared accompanied by two players.
"Today, everyone is willing to respond to my call and gather here. Thank you so much! Although most of you are here because they know me, let me introduce myself again! My name is "Diya"
Beru', he considers himself a profession, so he should be regarded as a 'knight'!"
Patting his chest, the blue-haired knight smiled heartily, making people feel very contagious.
After he finished speaking, "It's appeared! Diabell's knight declaration" was also heard from below. "Haha, hurry up and start, I can't wait to join your guild.", similar responses.
One after another, the charm of his personality is evident.
After holding her cheek and roughly confirming that there was no figure in black, Yuuki, who was a little bored, had to calm down and watch Mr. Knight's speech.
…
"...Then next, I am willing to join..."
"Wait a minute, Mr. Diaber."
Some low words came, interrupting Diaber's final words.
"My name is 'Kibaou'. Before that, shouldn't some guys apologize to the dead players?"
The man with a mustache jumped down from the steps and pointed at everyone in the stands and said.
("Kibaou"? Ah, that's the guy.)
After a little recall, Yuuki remembered 'which green onion' it was.
The villain who uses moral kidnapping to cover up his greed must be this kind of guy.
"...There should be a dozen or so closed beta players here, sneaking in! If I don't make these guys hand over their money and props, and then kneel down and apologize to everyone, I won't be able to accept their actions no matter what.
It belongs to our comrades! I can’t accept it even if I die!”
He kept talking about his "high opinions", as if he was the embodiment of justice, which made Yuuki very unhappy.
Just when Yuuki was about to stand up and slap him in the face, someone stood up faster.
"--I do not think so!"
The whole place suddenly fell silent.
(This voice...isn't possible...)
Putting down her hand, Yuuki looked at the three people wearing cloaks sitting in the first row.
One of them seemed to be trying to dissuade the person who spoke out, but the one sitting in the middle stood up decisively and walked up to the gloomy-looking "Kibaou".
"Sorry, I don't think so!"
Repeating her words firmly, the cloaked girl walked to the stage and lifted her hood.
That was the face that made Yuuki unable to remain calm.