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

Chapter 22: A Small Profit! Killing Two Birds with One Stone!
"From what I know about Kayaba Akihiko, the guy who developed the gaming helmet and created this completely virtual space, what he just said is all true!"

"That is to say, from now on, life and death here will become a reality..."

'Once the game character dies, I will really die!'

This game has become a death game.

This is the inner monologue of Kiritani Kazuto, and it is also the inner monologue of the person who once admired Kayaba Akihiko very much and understood his style of doing things.

"Yada..."

As a small mirror fell from a hand and shattered on the ground, screams began to spread across the square:
“No…no!”

"Are you kidding..."

"let me out…"

"I want to get out of here..."

"Asshole, I have a date next, and the fruit of my four years of love cannot be ruined like this."

"What are the gaming operators thinking? Do they want us to die?"

"Damn it, tell me this isn't true..."

The crowd fell into chaos.

Various insults came one after another.

Just as all kinds of insults filled the square, the outer transparent wall that originally blocked the entire square began to collapse.

Seeing this, Kirito and other closed beta test players prepared to take action.

Most of them had reached the eighth floor during the internal test and knew a lot of information about this game world, so it was not difficult for them to guess what would happen to the Starting Town in the future.

To put it simply: there are more people and fewer monsters.

However, if players want to upgrade quickly and gain relative self-protection capabilities, they must kill a large number of wild monsters to accumulate the experience bar of their game characters.

However, for a long time afterwards, the Starting Town was clearly unable to meet the upgrade needs of nearly 10,000 players.

Therefore, as long as you are smart and want to gradually get ahead of others in terms of level and equipment, you will understand the truth that "you must avoid this wave of leveling up". It is best to reach the next town first and then enjoy the better leveling environment there.

The nature of competing with eight or nine thousand people for monsters is completely different from competing with a few hundred people for monsters.

"Come here, Klein."

Kirito dragged away the friend he had been playing with for the entire afternoon.

The two of them entered a dark alley together.

...

At the same time, two girls, one pulling the other, also ran straight towards the north gate.

...

Just when the fastest reacting testers couldn't wait to take action.

Li Xia and others also took action.

However, their approach is completely different from that of the closed beta testers.

Li Xia raised a loud speaker that he had prepared in advance and then shouted to the crowd in the square:
"Don't panic, I'm a closed beta tester. I have information that will help you level up and survive better."

As soon as the words fell, they swept across the entire square.

It also made all the players who were still confused and at a loss in the field have a glimmer of light in their eyes.

The reputation of the closed beta testers had not yet been ruined.

Every closed beta tester is a pillar of support for ordinary players.

It’s definitely right to hold it.

"Brother, please take me."

"Brother, I will be very obedient."

"Boss, from now on you are my boss..."

The players who were still staying in the square were excited again.

"Quiet!
If you keep talking nonsense, I will turn around and leave!"

As soon as Li Xia gave the warning, the situation was immediately under control.

One by one, the players calmed down again.

Seeing this, Li Xia picked up the loud speaker and continued:
“I know you are anxious, but please don’t be anxious.

I know you envy the closed beta testers, but I hope you don't envy the closed beta testers.

Because you actually have a huge advantage that closed beta testers don’t have.”

what?
"There are only a thousand closed beta testers, but there are nearly nine thousand ordinary players. Apart from those with poor talent, timidity, and eccentric personalities, there should still be many who are brave enough to stand in front and accept challenges, and there must be many talented latecomers who will surpass the others.

This is our first major advantage.”

"The closed beta testers, relying on their experience accumulated during the internal beta test, have an intelligence advantage over ordinary players, at least before the eighth level. They will also be able to get hold of some high-quality leveling locations and channels before ordinary players. This is inevitable.

But they will also bear greater risks.

Because their number is too small, only a few hundred to nearly a thousand people, which leads to a serious lack of options for them to team up to level up together, and they don't trust each other very much. And the wild monsters they face at the forefront are often higher levels and more dangerous. If you are not careful, you will die silently in some corner.

On the other hand, ordinary players...

There are nearly 9,000 people, so everyone can choose to team up with more people to level up."

Li Xia talked freely.

It attracted the attention of almost all the players present.

"When two or three closed beta testers work together, it is a test of their mutual trust. They always want to get higher levels, wear better equipment, and gain more sense of security. When they work together, it is inevitable that they will be wary of each other. But it is different for us ordinary players. In order to improve trust, we can level up in groups of five or six or even more than ten people.

Even if there are treacherous villains among them, it is not a big deal.

Even though the leveling efficiency is much lower, it is safer and less likely to cause accidents, right?
Even if there is no trust between each other at the beginning, the feelings and recognition can be deepened through a long period of adjustment.

This is our second biggest advantage.”

"As for the third advantage..."

Having said this, Li Xia suddenly paused.

However, the other players who were already waiting anxiously were very anxious:
"Tell me quickly, what advantages do we have?"

"Yeah, big brother, don't keep me in suspense..."

With a "backbone" and some confidence, everyone calmed down again and looked at Li Xia and others with extremely burning eyes.

"The third advantage is that the closed beta testers fight and level up in order to live better, or for various reasons, they want to pass the level and leave this world earlier, so they risk their lives to level up. We can't envy them for this. But we just need to know that we only need to follow them and level up slowly, and grow steadily.

The closed beta testers are lone warriors, and we ordinary players are their reserves.

They have cleared the level, and we will be liberated as well.

What's wrong with you and I just sitting back and reaping the benefits?
The fishing of the fishing...

Those who need to train their secondary jobs should train their secondary jobs... We ordinary players are just lower in level than the front-line testers, have worse equipment, and are not as cool as them.

But it is much better than going directly to the front line to explore unknown areas.

Isn't it? "

"Everyone should have their own way of living. There is no need to imitate those closed beta testers. What's wrong with understanding yourself, knowing yourself, and experiencing a different life? Why do you have to compete with others to see who has a higher level?
Don’t testers need to maintain their weapons, buy medicines, and stimulate their taste buds with unique-tasting food?
They need it!”

"Since they need it, we can take what we need from them!
Kayaba Akihiko didn't force everyone to go to the front line to die!

He has already said that this is the world he created. Since it is a brand new world, everyone will naturally have their own way of living! "

When everyone heard this, they thought about it and realized that it was indeed true.

But many people were confused as to why the tester in front of them told them this?

How could they know that if Li Xia had not done this today, according to the original plot development, ordinary players would have blindly gone out to level up because of losing their composure, resulting in various accidental deaths of at least two thousand players in just one month!

Because of this pain point, the ordinary player group was repeatedly guided and provoked by a villain named "Ya Wang". Many of them would inexplicably resent those closed beta players who went to the front line and relied on their early experience to grow rapidly but also took on greater risks.

At one point, both sides were very unhappy.

But with the bridge that has been established between the closed beta testers and the general player group today, the nature of the situation is different.

Although the Starting Town will still be a disaster area for leveling, it will not easily lead to the impulsive behavior of blindly taking risks to kill monsters.

We can form a group of five or six people and use the mode of multiple shieldmen and other weapons to team up and kill monsters together, taking care of each other.

This can greatly reduce the probability of accidents.

Without the accidental deaths of more than 2,000 people in the first month, as long as the closed beta testers do not rely on their own levels and equipment to oppress ordinary players, the terrible situation of confrontation between the two sides will not arise.

Many more people will survive.

The more free attribute points they can obtain, the better.

"By the way, as a closed beta tester, I will provide you with a great convenience here."

As he spoke, he took out a thick stack of books that had been bound to the player character's personal backpack:
"This is some valuable information I obtained during the closed beta test. It can help everyone survive better in this game world."

'what? '

'This guy actually gave them intelligence pamphlets?'

"Is there such a good thing?"

The crowd exploded again.

The look he gave Li Xia became more and more passionate.

Li Xia saw that the time was right and raised a finger without blushing or beating her heart:
“Everyone can come to me and buy only one copy, which costs only 300 gold coins.

It’s very cheap and affordable.”

The purchasing power of gold coins is still very large. One gold coin can buy a piece of black bread, which serves as a meal for the game character.

Each small notebook cost ten gold coins and was made by Li Xia in the bookstore in Holenka Village when they had some time to act separately in the afternoon.

After making the first book, you can go back to the NPC bookstore and ask the NPCs to copy more for you.

Just pick it up at the address.

“Okay everyone, there’s not much time left, I’ll be heading to the next town soon.

These intelligence manuals are available in limited quantities.

First come, first served.

Please queue up to buy it."

300 gold coins are definitely a lot for most individual players today.

On the one hand, players can also resurrect in the afternoon for four hours, and kill a wild boar outside the city to get 30 gold coins. It is impossible that the people in the square did not kill monsters to level up in the afternoon, and anyone who went to kill monsters could not have killed a few wild boars.

On the other hand, Kayaba Akihiko teleported everyone back to the city by force. During this period, no one could ignore the GM's restrictions and squander the small treasury accumulated in the afternoon.

The most important thing is: the initial capital of new players is 1000 gold coins.

Therefore, he was really conscientious in only allowing ordinary players to pay out 300 gold coins.

And the small notebook he provides is definitely worth the money.

After all, it was part of the information Kirito had gathered during the closed beta test.

"what?
Still want to charge money?

And it’s 300 gold coins?”

"It's so expensive? Why don't you just go and rob it?"

"Yeah, why is this person like this?"

"As a closed beta tester, we've already given you a lot of face by allowing you to use the advantages you gained during the closed beta test to level up first. Isn't it a bit too much to charge you money?"

When they heard that they had to pay, several guys immediately refused to do their job.

At the same time, many people felt a little uncomfortable.

"Who the hell are you?

What the hell are you talking about?

If you don’t want to buy it, you don’t have to. We’re not forcing you to buy it!”

Yang Jie opened his mouth and retorted.

"Humph, we are ordinary players, a vulnerable group. Shouldn't we be taken care of by you closed beta testers?"

One of those people continued to fan the flames and shouted.

Yang Jie sneered at this:
"I have no house, no car, no savings in the outside world. I live in a dark and narrow basement. I do backbreaking physical labor every day and eat moldy bread. When I am working diligently and hard to contribute to the development of the city, why don't you people who live a glamorous life come out to help me?
You want me to take care of you at this time?

You're the only one with a big face?

Stop the moral blackmail and get out of here if you don’t want to buy!
If you keep talking nonsense, next time we meet in the wild, don’t say I didn’t give you a chance to fight!

Damn, the social atmosphere is corrupted by rubbish like you."

This speech, which combined reason with fists, naked threats and sarcasm, instantly stunned the entire audience.

free?

Free is not free.

He doesn't owe these indigenous players anything.

Seriously speaking, it is these people who owe them a favor.

"I'll buy!"

Obviously, there are many ordinary players present who understand the importance of this manual:

"Here are three hundred gold coins..."

Sword Art Online, the original money unit is "Kol", but it is not very friendly to those who have not watched the show. I changed it to gold coins.

Easy to understand
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(End of this chapter)