The Age of Heroic Spirits in the Eyes of the Reincarnated.

Chapter 19: One step ahead, every step ahead! (Please read! Please read! Please read!)

[Main Mission 2: ...Enter the SAO game world.]

[Task status: Completed. 】

【Reward 1 free attribute point. 】

The SAO game world has a total of 100 floors.

at the moment.

In the center of the town where the first level "Town of Origin" was located, blue flame curtains suddenly rose up.

As the light curtain dissipated, one player after another entered the game world.

After the players arrived, some began to wander around and interact with the NPCs in the city to explore the differences between the game world and the real world outside.

Some are more looking forward to fighting and confronting wild monsters, so after using the initial funds given to each player by the game to buy novice equipment, they rush to fight outside the city.

Some people even regard this place as their second world and directly start socializing…

Just now, a handsome boy approached a cute girl and invited her to form a team:
"Hey, let's form a team."

"Eh? How can this be so embarrassing?"

"Come on, come on..."

A burst of laughter.

The entire town of Origin is filled with a cheerful atmosphere.

“I wonder how many people will still be able to laugh after a few hours?”

However, Li Xia has no control over what other people choose.

Now he just wants to race against time to level up.

Try to kill as many monsters as possible to gain experience and increase your level as much as possible before the setting that "players will be resurrected in the starting town after death" disappears.

The current time is 13:17 in the afternoon. At 30:, all players will be forcibly teleported back to the starting town by the game developer Akihiko Kayaba. At the same time, the mechanism where players will be resurrected in nearby towns after being killed by wild monsters will also be removed by GM Akihiko Kayaba.

In other words:
The four and a half hours from 13:17 to 30: is actually an adaptation period given by Kayaba to all players entering the SAO game world.

The purpose is to allow players to master their respective game characters during this period of time.

If there was a survival guide for Sword Art Online, these would be crucial hours.

Naturally, Li Xia would not waste these few hours of precious time.

According to the prior agreement, the five people met at the northwest corner exit of the Player Landing Square as quickly as possible and went straight to the weapon shop and pharmacy there.

After adding up all the initial gold coins for the new players, the five of them bought weapons from the weapon shop that were more suitable for their respective strengths and experiences.

When Li Xia saw that Yang Jie and Xu Che both chose the spear, he quickly reminded them:
"Don't you use swords?"

Yang Jie is compatible with Shisui, and Xu Che is compatible with Kakashi. Logically speaking, both of their talents tend to be inclined towards using swords and knives.

"Brother Xia, for the sake of the team, we can't be careless in the early stages."

"Yes, our elders taught us spearmanship in the early years. The spearmanship skills acquired through years of experience are ultimately more advanced than the sword skills learned in just three months. This should be a chance for us to try and make mistakes."

This response surprised Li Xia.

But it makes sense.

"Okay, let's go outside the city and try our hand at the wild monsters first."

"it is good."

Outside Beicheng.

Like many ordinary players, the five of them started to try their hand with the slime-level level 1 wild boar.

“This game is so realistic. The monsters and the environment are so realistic.”

“If you ignore the skill effects and the character’s health bar, it really looks just like the real thing.”

"Indeed, the feeling of facing the wild boar is no different from fighting wild beasts in the outside world."

“Maybe that’s one of the redeeming qualities of this game.”

Listening to the surprised voices of ordinary players who were practicing killing monsters around him, Li Xia smiled but said nothing.

As the first virtual reality game on the market, SAO abandons the magic element and only retains sword skills and physical attacks.

This kind of gameplay that pursues a high degree of freedom is undoubtedly quite addictive.

But now there is a resurrection mechanism, so people don’t feel the extreme pressure that they will really die if they die once.

It was not until the evening that these ordinary players realized how shady the game developer Kayaba Akihiko was.

"How do you feel?"

After seeing that his best friend Wang Teng quickly mastered the various skills of the virtual body in the game after some attempts, Li Xia asked the other three.

“It’s not difficult.

As long as the initial action is completed and then the sword skill is activated, the system will then help the player to hit the target with the skill.

It’s just that this approach is a bit rigid.”

"It's really simple. Just pause for a moment and feel the skill charging, and then the sword skill or gun skill will be successfully triggered."

The pound was hit out.

Yang Jie tried again and again, and he used his gun skills according to the system's instructions.

It only took him two shots to kill a level 1 wild boar with full health bars.

The next moment, the game page popped up spontaneously, showing...

Experience: +24.

Gold: +30.

Materials: +2.

It’s really not difficult to get started.

Of course, this is for five people.

Even Xia Zhijin, the smallest of the five, has three years and five months of fighting experience.

In fact, at the beginning, the little girl was always a little restrained, and facing the head-on collision with the wild boar, her movements were sometimes out of shape.

"Xia Zhijin, are you okay?"

Li Xia casually expressed concern at the time.

But when she heard this, the girl was immediately excited and became less shy:
"Student Li Xia, I'm fine."

In reality, the basic attributes of her small arms and legs are indeed not as good as those of a normal adult; but it does not mean that the elementary fighting courses she received in the three years of junior high school are worthless, nor does it mean that the fighting skills she learned after various special training in the five months of high school, especially the three months after she met the heroic spirit, are just fancy moves.

This is something that most ordinary people in Sword Art Online cannot compare to.

The protagonist of the original novel, Kirito, became the protagonist because of his innate gaming talent and the education he received since childhood. After all, before he became autistic, he was a kendo genius in the gym.

Although there are huge differences between the real world and the game world.

But at least in the early days, people who have fighting experience and swordsmanship skills in the real world will be much stronger than ordinary office workers.

In reality, how could you expect ordinary office workers who have never killed a chicken or a duck to suddenly pick up swords and fight wild monsters?
It takes a long time to get over that hurdle in your heart.

Especially when wild beasts are rushing towards them aggressively, many people subconsciously dodge and flee, and it is difficult for them to fight back with the weapons in their hands in the first time.

"Whoosh..."

Xia Zhijin adjusted his mentality and when faced with the wild boar's charge again, he swung his sickle and killed the boar with one strike.

Experience: +24.

Gold: +30…

And becoming more and more skilled.

Getting more and more comfortable.

…Five people were outside the city quickly mastering their virtual bodies in the game world, while the rest of the players were hanging out, socializing, chatting and gossiping.

Five people were frantically killing monsters and leveling up, while the rest of the players were laughing and watching the scenery.

It has to be said that the game world of SAO is really beautiful, and the various scenes can be used as a popular check-in spot for Internet celebrities. Players feel like they have entered a brand new fairy tale when they are in it.

And in some ways, it's even more real than reality.

Besides, from the perspective of ordinary people, they don’t mind spending one more day leveling up.

This also causes many people to miss the best time to level up.

After all, when you level up now, even if you are killed by wild monsters, you can still be resurrected in the resurrection temple in the city! There will be no resurrection as a novice benefit in the future!
Ten minutes later.

"How does it feel? Can you perfectly control your virtual body?" Li Xia asked.

Yang Jie: "Brother Xia, I'm fine."

Xu Che: "Me too, it's easy."

Xia Zhijin: "I'm fine here too."

Wang Teng: "I just tried to abandon the inherent sword skills given by the game system and create my own skills. As a result, I was able to perform the movements, but due to the current properties of this virtual body, I cannot fully display the sword skills passed down by my grandmother. This also makes the damage not obvious, and it is no different from ordinary attacks."

Li Xia's eyes lit up when he heard this, and then he said:
“There’s no rush yet.

This is actually a good thing.

This means that as long as we raise our levels and improve our attributes, the swordplay and knife skills we have mastered in the real world can be replicated in the game world.

By then, this will be one of our trump cards.”

The four of them naturally understood this truth, and were therefore greatly excited:

I didn't expect such a good thing!

"By the way, do you feel differently about your respective virtual bodies?"

Li Xia asked again.

Because he had realized during the previous run-in that his vision was probably broader than that of ordinary people.

In other words, his [human vision] is abnormal.

Human visual acuity refers to the degree of visual angle of the naked eye.

Normal humans have a horizontal field of view of 124 degrees, with a maximum horizontal field of view of 156 degrees for one eye and 188 degrees for both eyes. The field of view of the two eyes overlapping is 124 degrees, and the comfortable field of view of one eye is 60 degrees. All game characters in the SAO game world developed by Akihiko Kayaba also use this data.

But Li Xia discovered that his was a little different.

It was more like getting some blessing from the white eyes.

Not only does their perspective differ from that of ordinary people, but they can also see farther than ordinary people.

"My dynamic vision is better than I imagined. I feel like it has received some help from the Sharingan." Wang Teng made this guess after pondering for a moment.

As for the other three?

Yang Jie and Xu Che both said that they had one eye with good dynamic vision. The reason for this may be that their real bodies were replaced with an activated Sharingan in the previous three months. Although they were only temporary substitutes for the double magatama, they did not expect that they could be slightly blessed on the game characters.

Xia Zhijin shook his head.

She didn't feel anything.

It is probably because this little girl has not yet opened her eyes.

"It seems that we have discovered another major advantage over ordinary people!"

Li Xia smiled.

It makes everyone more motivated and confident.

“Okay, there’s still plenty of time left, so according to the plan, you can go directly to the next town to level up.

Step by step, step by step.

But hurry up."

They all had some general information about dangerous places and relatively safe routes obtained from the original protagonist Kirito, so even if their current level was only level one, they could reach their destination smoothly if they were careful.

And his real purpose is to try out a safe path before the "resurrection" privilege of the game character is cancelled by Kayaba Akihiko.

The information Kirito gave them might not be correct later on.

According to the original timeline, after the madman Kayaba personally took action, some monster data and some map data would be modified. In other words, after the game was publicly tested, some changes had actually been made.

At this time, it is undoubtedly necessary to explore a safe path first.

"What about you?"

Yang Jie, Wang Teng and others asked.

Li Xia hesitated for a few seconds and smiled:

"You guys go first, I'll be there in a bit."

As a former fan of the Sword and Fairy series, before he turned against it, he really liked to dig into some small details.

For example, how to quickly get funds after entering the game?
The answer is simple:
That's interception!
Seize the opportunity of "European Emperor's Little Sister" Silica.

This was originally an early opportunity that belonged to this 12-year-old European-style little girl, and it was most appropriate for him to borrow it as start-up capital.

then:

Find the church...

Found a little grey kitten nearby...

Follow the cat along the way, through the scattered alleys and waterway bridges...

Finally, we came to a ruined building covered with vines.

There is a dilapidated courtyard inside.

Walking towards the center, the floor suddenly collapses. After falling underground, you can find a treasure chest as big as a backpack from an area covered with various debris.

The treasure chest just happened to contain wealth worth 20 gold coins and a rare dagger with a red scabbard, the quality of which far exceeded the strength of the novice period.

"Others only start with 1,000 gold coins, but I start with 200,000...

Hey.

With this 20 yuan, there are many things that can be done.”

Later, in order to make up for the little girl Silica, he planned to recruit her into the guild after establishing it and then take care of and train her.

Drink the water and remember its source.

the other side.

On the way to the next town.

Depending on the number of people acting together, the game system will promptly refresh the corresponding number of wild monsters to block the road in a specific section of the road.

Suddenly, four level 2 wild wolves appeared in front of the four people, blocking their way.

"One head each, cover each other."

"receive."

Just as the wild wolf approached the few people, the basic Bagua body skills that they had learned in the past three months were put into use.

The four men and the four wolves narrowly missed each other, and the latter were slashed in the vital parts.

Killed instantly.

...

[Hidden Mission 6: Travel around the world and visit all the towns and villages on every floor.]

【Task status: Unfinished. 】

[Reward: For every ten-floor travel mission completed, you will receive 2 free attribute points.]

(End of this chapter)