During this brief break, Kiriko wanted to pull Yuuki away.
"No, there must be something wrong. Even if it's a BOSS, it shouldn't be like this! This is only the master of the tenth floor. We were able to defeat the master of the ninth floor. There's no reason why we can't even put up a fight against the master of the tenth floor."
Yuuki wanted to hold on a little longer.
Furious sword strikes! Phase recoil! Sword dance!
The eyes within the warrior lord's ghost mask flashed a blood-red light.
……
Aincrad, tenth floor.
A village far from the central town.
There is a floating teleportation stone in the middle of the village, but its core has not been activated.
Several white beams of light rose up, and the figures of the corresponding number of people appeared one after another.
Four people in total.
Yuuki and the others were fighting against the floor boss, the Samurai Lord... or rather, they were being completely defeated unilaterally.
The teleportation stone in the village has not been activated because this is the gathering place of the team they have chosen. Although it is a small village, the fact that the teleportation stone can be placed there represents a special geographical location. It is located relatively close to the tenth-level maze area and can be added to the strategy at any time. However, in order to prevent the players from the lower levels from causing trouble, they did not activate the teleportation stone core.
An unactivated teleportation stone has no teleportation effect, and even if you have a teleportation crystal, you cannot come here. Yuki and others obviously returned by resurrecting.
To resurrect means to be killed once.
"sorry!"
Yuki bowed and apologized, because it was her stubbornness that implicated Kiriko and others, otherwise everyone could have escaped unscathed.
Except for Yiji who was already injured.
"Hey, why are you guys back?"
Ichiki was about to leave for the maze area to continue fighting, but before she could start, she saw that her other teammates had already returned. She was a little confused. If she remembered correctly...
Glancing at the Teleportation Stone whose core was still gray, and Yuuki who looked extremely apologetic, Ichihime shut up tactfully.
"Feel sorry."
Lan also apologized. Although the matter had nothing to do with her, Yuki was her sister and she couldn't let her bear the responsibility alone.
"It's okay, no need to be so serious, it's normal to get beaten to death while playing games."
Mitt waved his hands repeatedly and continued, "Besides, the closed beta test is almost over now, so it doesn't matter, right? Tongzi."
"Ah? Yes, that's right."
Tongzi also responded to this.
"Yes, that's right! Look, I died twice, and it was still like that."
Although she didn't know what happened, Yiji also echoed a few words to ease the atmosphere.
"However, that boss is indeed too strong. We simply cannot defeat it at this stage. If I am not mistaken, it is the 'Gatekeeper'."
Kiriko stated her inference.
"Gatekeeper?"
This was the first time Lan heard this term.
“It’s a transformation from one stage to another.”
As a high-level player, Mitt naturally understood this and continued, "It's like when we first faced the first-level BOSS. At that time, we had a preliminary understanding of SAO's mechanism and adapted to the operation. Then we formed a multi-person team to 'difficult' pass the level. After that, our strategy became extremely smooth, but now we have reached another stage."
"Easy, normal, and hard. If you have ever played an arcade game, you should know that these are the difficulty settings of the machine. We just transition from easy to normal."
"After going through the normal level, the opponent in front of me has become a difficult one. If I don't continue to complete the next round of advancement, there will be no possibility of passing the level."
"This is the so-called gatekeeper, forcing players to accumulate in the lower levels and thus delaying the game progress. It seems that the official has set a threshold for the closed beta stage. That's right, if too many levels are cleared during the test period, won't the playability drop significantly after the official launch?"
……
"Yes, that's it."
Kiriko nodded and said with certainty: "This is a plot kill. We can't defeat the tenth floor BOSS no matter what. Maybe when the official server is launched, the challenge difficulty of that BOSS will decrease. After all, the current Samurai Lord is just a blocking machine that prevents us from exploring the upper levels. It seems that the strategy can only stop here for now."
"impossible……"
Hearing this, Yuuki murmured something in a low voice.
Kayaba Akihiko said that someone would be waiting for her on the eleventh floor, and that was definitely not a joke, he spoke in such a serious tone, she would not admit that it was all just a lie to tease her!
In this case, it means that the BOSS on the tenth floor can be conquered.
The fact that she cannot conquer it only shows that she is lacking in some way.
"……Um?"
Kiriko vaguely heard what Yuuki said, but the voice was too soft.
"I'm so sorry."
Yuuki apologized to everyone again.
"I told you it's okay."
Mitt waved his hands repeatedly to indicate that it was okay.
After apologizing, Yuuki turned around and left.
"Ah~ The combat experience is negative again."
The combat experience she had gained previously had already been used to upgrade her skills. With little remaining experience, Yi Ji looked at the minus sign in front of a string of numbers and was at a loss for words for a moment.
"The closed beta test will end in a few days anyway, so let's just wander around the lower levels these days. Speaking of playing this game, it seems like we've been staying in the caves in the labyrinth area the whole time, and haven't really appreciated the scenery of Aincrad at all."
Mitt said, swinging his sickle.
"Yoshi, that's a happy decision!"
Ichihime also agreed, but after waiting for a long time, she still didn't hear Kiriko's voice, so she turned her head to look at the latter and found that the other party was in deep thought.
"Mr. Kiriko?"
Mitt asked.
"Ah? Either is fine."
Kiriko came back to her senses and responded casually, but her thoughts were still on Yuuki who had left. Although she was not good at communicating with others, no, it should be said that precisely because she was not good at communicating with others, she was very sensitive to other people's emotional fluctuations.
Yuuki, something's wrong...
Thinking of this, Tongzi opened the friend list and sent a message to Argo.
……
While grilling an elite monster with charcoal, Ootenzu noticed that Yuuki and the others had failed in their attack.
Yuzhongjin naturally knew the difficulty of the Samurai Lord.
In order to forcibly guide the "gatekeeper" of stage change, the combat AI is strong and the skill linkage is particularly smooth, but its various attributes remain in the previous stage.
Can be defeated, but is extremely difficult.
If it were Tamamonomae, he would be able to solo the Samurai Lord even if he only used the player template. This is the difference in combat skills and killing skills.
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[Skill "Spell" upgraded to level 6! ]
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[Skill: Spell (LV: 6)]
[Effect: Increases spell effect by 75%, with additional skills "Overload" and "High-speed Chanting".]
[Overload: The spell preparation phase ends and the spell can enter the charging phase, increasing the spiritual power consumption and increasing the damage by the same proportion, up to a maximum of 400% of the basic upper limit.]
[High-speed Chanting: Casting speed is reduced by 50%. This skill cannot be synchronized with "Overload".]
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"Overload" and "High-Speed Chanting" have very similar effects. One releases stronger power but takes longer to charge, while the other can release double the spells according to the basic casting time.
The total firepower is similar, but the way it is displayed is completely opposite.
But that's true, this kind of derivative skill itself is not too transcendent.
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[Exploration Mission: God of Hunting 1 (Completed)]
[Quest requirements: Eliminate 1000 (1000/1000) elite monsters in the dungeon alone.]
[Task rewards: gold coins*50W, magatama*130, random R-level shikigami*3. ]
[You get Witch Master (R)*1, Mountain Boy (R)*1, and Gouchang (R)*1. ]
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Classic sorcerer.
Shantong, Yuzhuanjin still has one card that he hasn't used.
The last taste of dirt, ah~
He's an indescribable guy.
There was no need to explore further, so Yuzhong Jin dealt with these shikigami. Now the only tasks left were to destroy Aincrad and defeat twenty boss monsters alone.
The former is not the right time yet, but the latter...
There are still two days left, so take a break first.
……
Aincrad, the tenth-floor maze area.
Yuuki was alone, standing in front of the door of the boss room.
The friend list flashed from time to time, accompanied by a series of rapid "beep" prompt sounds. Yuki knew that it was a message from her sister Lan. Although she left a note in the hotel room before leaving, it still didn't work.
Sister Lan always treats her like a child. Although Yuki knows that she is indeed just a child, she shouldn't be so worried.
It's clearly in the game.
Yuuki lowered her voice to the lowest level and decided to turn a deaf ear to the outside world in order to have some peace and quiet. She then opened the door. Mr. Kiriko and Mr. Mite were not planning to continue their strategy, and she couldn't force them to do anything. But could she give up?
Sorry, Yuuki can't do that.
The BOSS on the tenth floor must be defeated no matter what, and she must also go to the eleventh floor.
That was something only she knew, and only she had the necessary reason to continue the strategy.
I can't bother anyone else anymore, whether it's Mr. Tongzi, Mr. Mite, Miss Yiji or Sister Lan.
"Come on! Warrior Lord."
Yuuki draws his sword and confronts the boss.
The clanging sound of the sword stopped after only ten seconds.
In a remote town on the tenth floor of Aincrad, Yuuki descended from the pillar of light. This was her new resurrection point. She fought with the boss and was defeated in just a few rounds.
Being killed is not a big deal, it will just deduct combat experience, but it will not affect the skills that have already been upgraded.
Yuki didn't care about the combat experience. Even if he tried hard, he couldn't complete the stage-by-stage growth within two days, so he had to find another way.
Take the BOSS’s own mechanism as the entry point.
Keep challenging yourself, again and again.
Rush back to the BOSS room and the battle continues.
Yuuki used the rapier in his hand to block the samurai lord's first blow, and followed with the second blow. He had to be fast, accurate, and more ruthless, otherwise he would never be able to keep up with the BOSS's combat AI.
Neutron shock!
Although wearing armor, the BOSS's armor value is not high, especially its health is not much different from that of the ninth-level BOSS. Yuki quickly launched five consecutive attacks, but four of them were blocked by the BOSS.
Such superb sword skills are much better than those of a player like her who has only learned for less than two months and is just playing around.
From more than ten seconds to dozens of seconds.
