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

Chapter 23 This game is not that hopeless! (Please read on!)

The first person opened his own small treasury to buy a small intelligence notebook.

How can the rest of the people sit still?

Players near the front row:
"I want it too, I want it too..."

“Please give me one too…”

The players in the back row are even more anxious:
"Those in the front should take it easy, leaving some for those behind."

Why is this happening?

Of course it’s because everyone wants to live a better life!

For a better chance of survival!

To survive!
What Li Xia grasped was the instinctive desire of ordinary players to grasp at straws when they are confused and fearful.

The crowd's enthusiasm for the intelligence manual far exceeded the expectations of Xia Zhijin, who was blending in with the crowd and preparing to act as a stooge.

She was originally going to be a stooge.

In case no one comes.

But now it seems that she is of no use at all.

"Student Li Xia, you are amazing."

"You discovered and utilized this fleeting favorable factor in advance. It's really amazing."

The little girl's eyes are sparkling.

Because only by putting yourself in the shoes of the crowd can you feel the urgency of the crowd from afar.

This made me realize how powerful the person who sells survival manuals is.

When is the time when players gather most?
It is undoubtedly the current time point.

In addition, when is the time when people’s hearts are most turbulent and confused, and when they need a sense of security the most?

Without a doubt, it is also the current time point.

Therefore, at this time, it is easiest to sell anything that can help players save their lives, even if it is just a piece of information.

There will be more difficulties in the future.

...

[Hidden Mission 12: The Richest Man.]

[You are the richest player in the SAO game world. Maintaining this status will earn you additional free attribute points. Every 5 days the title lasts, you will be rewarded with 1 free attribute point. This task can only be triggered by the richest trialists in the game world. ]

"Ah this..."

Li Xia, who was selling small notebooks, suddenly received this message and was stunned: Is there such a good thing?

"Big brother tester, it's my turn. Here are three hundred gold coins. Give me one copy."

"Brother Closed Beta Tester, can you add me as a friend?"

"Brother beta tester, please don't sell out all at once."

Seeing the bookseller standing there in a daze, someone became anxious.

Seeing the pile of books that the other guy had placed next to him getting shorter and shorter, the players in the back rows became more and more impatient.

It’s no wonder that those people at the back are excited and anxious.

Didn’t you hear what others said?
Limited quantities, first come first served!
No matter if there will be middlemen after this incident, at least for now, I have to get one first!
What's more, the little notebook contains valuable information provided by the closed beta players.

Compared to these, 300 gold coins are really not a lot for them.

Of course.

There was another important reason why everyone was so eager to buy. That was that after reading the contents of the intelligence booklet, the first few dozen buyers were all excited, and some even stored the booklet in their backpacks as if it were a treasure, fearing that it would be lost or taken away by others.

This kind of performance naturally confirms the importance and relative authenticity of the contents recorded in the small notebook.

"How to kill monsters effectively?"

“How to steadily increase your level?”

“Rough gameplay advice for mid-level players?”

"The booklet also provides a lot of information about wild monsters."

"He is definitely a closed beta player."

This manual, based on the content alone, is worth the money!

"Old Xu, why is Brother Xia so sure that these indigenous players will buy it?"

Wang Teng asked in a low voice.

Xu Che thought for a moment and responded softly:

"Thanks to the help of Mr. Kayaba Akihiko!"

If Kayaba Akihiko hadn't forced everyone into an unknown dead end, players wouldn't have cared about the intelligence notebook at all.

They will be more willing to explore and discover on their own.

To satisfy your curiosity.

But after Kayaba personally came out and explained the interests involved, no one could take this intelligence manual lightly, even if it was just for their own lives.

What they are buying is no longer intelligence, but their lives.

"Will there be some smart people trying to steal our business?"

"At least not at this juncture.

How could a smart person not understand the cost of offending several of our testers?

Being targeted by a few of us high-level testers is not a good choice.

You know, Brother Xia and Yang Jie did not hide their levels when they traded with others. Level 5 was unique even for the closed beta testers at that time.

In addition, there is a high probability that there are no tough characters with photographic memory among the players; even if there are, it is too late for them to make intelligence manuals now, as it takes some time to make such a thing. It would take even more time to ask the professional NPCs in the city's bookstore to copy a large number of small books on their behalf.

By the time those people have copied the intelligence manual, we will have sold out and left."

"That Kayaba Akihiko won't target us, right?"

"It's just a small amount of money earned from closed beta intelligence. This kind of petty tricks are not worthy of his attention."

The entire SAO game was designed by someone else, and you tell me he would care about this?
"Ah, Brother Xia is really thoughtful. He has considered everything we didn't think of before and made a lot of money by taking advantage of it. He is worthy of being Brother Xia."

"Yes, you are worthy of being Brother Xia! If it were us, we would never have thought of such an opportunity to make a lot of money by selling the situation! It is even more impossible to get 30,000 gold coins to make 3,000 manuals in the first place!"

(Thanks to the European Emperor Silica.)
Ten minutes later.

Nearly three thousand manuals were sold by Li Xia and Yang Jie.

Each small notebook makes a net profit of 290 gold coins.

In other words, the cost of 30,000 yuan earned back nearly 900,000 yuan in just a short while.

In this safe zone within the starting town, a small villa that is large enough for ten people to set up a guild residence only costs 20 gold coins.

If you consider the gains from killing monsters, the upgrades of weapons, the repairs of equipment, the consumption of medicines when killing monsters, etc., even the closed beta testers who have taken the lead will need to reach more than ten or twenty levels to have a chance of making it.

If it were an ordinary player, it would probably take around level 25 to save up 20 gold coins.

For an ordinary player team of five or six people, it needs to be around level 20.

(This is the case with the Moonlit Black Cat Group in the original novel)
However, Li Xia's situation is different.

After taking advantage of the bargains, I can now buy four or five houses.

"By the way, after we spent all afternoon killing monsters and completing quests, it seems that we only have less than 1 gold coins left, right?"

Looking at the nearly 900,000 gold coins in his hand, Wang Teng couldn't stop smiling.

Xu Che was also very satisfied:
"Well, potions really cost money."

If it weren't for the consumption of stamina potions, with their five-man team's super high monster-killing efficiency, it would be no problem to save 30,000 gold coins in an afternoon.

With eight or nine hundred thousand gold coins plus the remaining one hundred thousand gold coins from intercepting Silica's opportunity, the assets easily exceed one million!
…that’s it.

Is this the end of it?
If it was before the side quest was triggered, Li Xia would definitely leave without saying a word.

But since the first side quest and the fifth hidden quest have been triggered, the situation is different.

Using the money to buy a house or exchange equipment is no longer the first option.

[Game system: Congratulations to the player for achieving one million gold coins on the first day of the game. A Level 2 Guild Certificate will be awarded.]

[Level 2 Guild Certificate: By consuming this item, players can establish a large player guild. ]

A voucher suddenly appeared in the game character's backpack.

The moment he saw the guild certificate, Li Xia had a new idea: he wanted to get more from this mission copy.

"Look what this is?"

He showed the guild certificate he obtained to a few close friends.

Upon seeing this, they were all shocked.

"Brother Xia, do you want to...?"

"Yes, I want to build a guild to help us advance steadily in the future. Let's give it a try. I feel there is a lot of room for operation here. Anyway, we won't lose anything."

Several people looked at each other, and then nodded in unison:

"it is good."

After receiving affirmation from his companions, Li Xia no longer hesitated.

Created a guild using the guild certificate.

Then, while everyone in the square had not yet left, he picked up the megaphone again:

“Don’t be in a hurry to leave.

Next, I will establish the first guild in the SAO game world... [Liberator]!
Our guild advocates "sharing information and resources as much as possible for a fee" and "uniting all players to jointly conquer SAO, this death game"!
Now, we sincerely invite like-minded Taoists to join us.

Anyone interested can apply to me.”

This move really caused a thousand ripples!

It not only shocked and numbed the players on the field.

Kayaba Akihiko, who was observing from the dark, was also slightly surprised:
"Has the system mechanism I left behind been triggered? It's triggered before I even entered the venue? What an amazing young man."

Then he set his sights on Li Xia:

"Your name is Xia, right?

Interesting tester!
So how far can you go next?"

This game seems to have a few unexpected surprises.

"It seems that I should log in as well...

summer…

I look forward to the day when we meet in the game!"

at the same time.

Many people who had similar or even the same ideas as Li Xia came forward and came to his side.

For example, Xinka, the president of the largest SAO guild "Aincrad Liberation Army" in the original work, is the manager of the largest online game comprehensive intelligence station in the island country, and his ideas coincide with those proposed by Li Xia.

In the original novel, this man single-handedly built a large guild with the most guild members.

If we hadn't been unable to seize the early opportunities and attract some of the best testers to join us, we wouldn't have been so constrained in the middle and late stages. We wouldn't have been plotted against by that sinister villain, Ya Wang.

This guy is very capable.

Unfortunately, the wrist is still a little bit bad.

of course.

Not only ordinary players who have not experienced the internal beta test have joined the group, but there are also quite a few closed beta test players.

These closed beta testers are naturally not looking forward to ordinary players.

The ones they were optimistic about were a few high-level members of the same kind, led by Li Xia.

With such experts leading them, they will naturally be more confident.

...

2022年，11月6日，下午18点36分。

The first guild in the SAO game world was born.

Guild headquarters: The town of origin.

Number of members: 500.

500 people are enough. Too many will make the team bloated. We will then select the best and keep the real elites. By then, we will have at least mid-level players and some auxiliary players who specialize in secondary jobs.

(The data in this book is mainly based on the anime. Some other novels set the guild items to be dropped on the fourth level. Adjustments are made here. Everything is for the trial-takers, which can be regarded as a convenience provided by the secret realm rules.)
(In addition, the personal main menu that Kirito opens after defeating the pig-headed boss on the first floor also displays the "guild" column.)
(Based on this, I made a bold second assumption.)
[Hidden Mission Nine: Establish a Guild.]

[Task status: Completed. 】

[Task Rewards: 1. Establish a small guild of 2 people and own a guild base. Fully staffed, free attribute points will be awarded. There is still a lack of guild bases.

2. Establish a large guild of 5 people and own a guild base. Fully staffed, you will be rewarded with free attribute points...】

"Friends who haven't joined yet, please don't worry. Just focus on leveling up in the starting town. Once the guild's level is raised, I will send out invitations to everyone."

Li Xia said passionately.

Afterwards, he left Yang Jie and Xu Che as the guild's instructors, and the two of them taught the guild's ordinary novice players how to better hunt wild boars and other monsters near the Starting Town, in order to earn the favor of guild members.

The most valuable thing about this wave is the goodwill of hundreds of people. No matter what, we must control it in the hands of our own people.

In addition, Xinka was retained as one of the cadres, and a big pie in the sky called "Vice President" was drawn to entangle him, so that he would work hard for the guild.

then.

He took Wang Teng, Xia Zhijin, and fifty players with relatively good combat skills to form an "advance team" of more than fifty people. After completing the configuration and supply of all aspects, they headed straight for the next town.

He wanted to tell those malignant testers how the elite vanguard team, which was formed by concentrating the wealth of hundreds of people, had dominance over the overall situation in the early days when their individual strength was not that exaggerated.

"Set off."

Watching the team of dozens of people carrying the spark of hope set out on their journey.

this day.

Most of the ordinary players trapped in the game world suddenly felt less desperate.

...

"It feels different. I've never been this nervous when killing monsters before."

On the road ahead, more than fifty level 2 wild wolves suddenly appeared.

That scene.

Even Li Xia and Wang Teng didn't dare to face the sharp edge when they met him.

They could only rely on the strength of the crowd to form a formation and deal with the enemy in groups of two or three.

"Luckily I spent the whole afternoon killing monsters and leveling up to get familiar with their characteristics, otherwise I might not be able to adapt to this rhythm so quickly."

"Be careful and don't make any mistakes. One mistake could cost a life."

"clear."

With two people directing the march from the front, the process was relatively smooth.

Although wild wolves occasionally broke through the defense line and rushed into the crowd, causing a moment of chaos, they would soon be killed by the crowd.

"Fortunately, the first batch of players we selected had a good mentality. They did not disrupt the formation and did not cause trouble for others..."

"Well, once they get used to facing wild monsters, everything will be fine."

(End of this chapter)