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

Chapter 37 His figure carries light! (Please read on!)
After a nice bath, it was getting late, so Li Xia took Asuna back to the small hotel in the town.

Along the way, the two chatted a lot.

I was even asked what I thought of the beta testers.

"Hey, Captain Li Xia, what do you think of those closed beta players?"

The face hidden by the cloak could not reveal his emotion.

"Why do you ask?"

"Because some people have always accused them of being cold-blooded, of abandoning their companions and only pursuing their own interests... But you, Captain Li Xia, have been actively and enthusiastically sharing information with ordinary players, and even compiled very useful free booklets for them, such as the [Survival Guide for Insignificant Players] and the [Advancement Guide for Mid-Level Players]."

As she spoke, the 15-year-old blonde girl took out two small booklets.

It is a survival manual provided by someone for the vast majority of players.

Of course, those who enter this death game are not just adults, there are also many minors like her, even children of eight or nine years old and elderly people of seventy or eighty years old.

And there are quite a few of them.

It's not impossible to let the children and the elderly go to the front line to conquer the floors, but it's completely unnecessary.

In addition, some people are indeed cowardly, weak to the core. It's fine for them to hide in the back and do some small business, fight monsters, and contribute a little to the logistics of the entire player group, but if you let them go to the front line and face death, it will be more difficult for them than killing them on the spot.

These were originally obvious things, but the only person who could actually implement and sort out and reconcile them was the person in front of me:
"Captain Li Xia, I want to ask you, can this game really change a person's nature?"

She didn't know why there were such big differences between people.
Li Xia blinked: "Hey, you actually went to the grocery store to pick up these little things I wrote?"

"Well, thank you for doing that for all the players."

It was because she knew that the person in front of her was a good person that she dared to visit his home to take a bath.

If she hadn't had a hurdle in her heart and was not afraid of being abandoned by the people around her again, she would have accepted the invitation to join the club from the person in front of her a long time ago.

“Actually, I’m not as good as you think. I just want a better result.

Besides, I am actually a bit despicable.

You just don’t know this other side of me.”

Looking at the beautiful starry sky in the SAO game world, Li Xia pondered for a moment, then asked:

"You asked me about the beta testers. Do you have a grudge against any of them?

If you can, please tell me and I will keep it a secret for you."

And Asuna really needs someone to talk to.

I need to vent the sadness in my heart.

So, she roughly recounted the story between herself and her best friend Tu Ze:
"A friend of mine in the real world is also a friend who relies on each other and is inseparable after coming to this world.

We have always been such good friends, but I don’t know why she would chase a wild monster for rare equipment at that time.

She chose her equipment over my safety...

Before that, we had clearly always supported each other...

Why did it become like this? "

Tears fell down.

I have been holding back that grievance for too long.

"Tell me what wild monster she was chasing."

"It's a rat monster."

"Rat monster? Are you sure?"

"Ah."

"So...what weapon does she usually use?"

"The scythe."

"I see. I think I understand."

Li Xia stroked his chin thoughtfully.

"What do you understand?"

The girl took off her cloak, her face full of curiosity.

"The equipment dropped by the rat monster is usually a one-handed sword, which is the equipment you usually use. And she uses a scythe, so she naturally won't compete with you for equipment. In other words, she probably didn't chase the rat monster for herself..."

"Eh?!"

...

2022 October.

The player community has initially formed the awareness of forming a strategy team to conquer the maze floors.

On the 3rd, the first small-scale early strategy team set out on the journey.

At the top of the first level maze, the boss room.

As everyone filed in, the door behind them closed.

The originally dim room suddenly became colorful and bright.

Deep in the room.

On the throne.

A several-meter-tall dog-headed man with four blood grooves suddenly opened his eyes and stood up.

Its weapons are a long axe and a round shield, and it is covered in iron armor. It has three major skills: blocking, weapon exchange, and defense breaking.

When the health bar is reduced to the last bar, the weapon will be switched to the forbidden machete that can release group impact and group paralysis skills.

As long as there are more than 3 players around it, this skill can be triggered continuously.

Originally, if everyone had this accurate information and was more careful, there shouldn't be any casualties.

However, Li Xia, who was foresighted, did not disclose the news about the forbidden machete to the outside world.

He just warned everyone in the guild not to rush forward to snatch the boss's final blow! Everyone should focus on saving their lives!
As for why you kept it to yourself?

If you put yourself in their shoes, you will understand.

One reason is that he didn't want to reveal himself as the kind of person who has foresight. After all, the information he obtained from multiple intelligence channels was that "the boss will switch to a scimitar as a weapon when his blood is only left."

Everyone else said it switched to a scimitar, but he said the boss would switch to a forbidden machete.

Isn't this actively exposing another identity that you don't want outsiders to know?
Furthermore, he wanted to use the boss's hand to test Kirito's identity one last time.

then.

Just as everyone worked together to deal with the boss and its subordinate elite monsters, they successfully beat the guarding ogrell until only a bar of health was left, and it was in a very low health state.

"Chance!"

"It's finished!"

It’s time to grab the knife!
"Team C, surround the boss. I'll be the output."

Among the non-guild members, many, led by a blue-haired figure, rushed towards the kobolds.

That figure was Diabel.

The Team C he called out was his own team, and the team was full of his fellow testers.

In the original book, this guy did the same thing.

"clear."

Six or seven people threw the attached monsters to other teams, while they prepared to take the final blow to kill the boss and obtain the only equipment reward.

Then, the boss threw away the long axe and round shield in his hands, and pulled out the forbidden machete wrapped in layers of gauze hanging on his waist.

The moment the Forbidden Machete showed its edge, Usagi and other top testers who participated in this strategy operation all changed color, and some even shouted and warned:
"No, the information is wrong! Retreat!"

"Diaberu, come back. The information about this boss has changed since the closed beta test!"

"It doesn't use a scimitar, but a forbidden broadsword... Any boss that carries that kind of weapon will have their group skill triggered!"

"Everyone, disperse!"

Unfortunately, it's too late.

The group skills of the several people who were besieging the Kobold boss have been triggered.

A gust of air swept across, paralyzing all players within ten meters.

It's hard to even move a finger.

"Roar…"

The dog-headed man opened his mouth and spit all over Diabel's head and face, causing him to lose all color in an instant, with fear filling his eyes:
"How could...how could this happen?"

The others wanted to rescue, but the large-scale paralysis effects on their bodies were still there, and they were unable to provide any help.

What's more, they also have to face attacks from affiliated monsters.

You should know that the information given in the intelligence is: there are only three elite monsters around the boss. If the boss is not killed, these monsters will reappear even if they are killed.

But in fact, when the boss has only one health bar left, it can summon up to six elite monsters!
Twice as much as reported in the intelligence!
And each monster requires a team of three or four people to deal with it to ensure that there are no accidental casualties!

Therefore, for non-guild players, everyone is busy taking care of themselves and has no spare energy to carry out rescue.

The forbidden broadsword slashed fiercely at the blue-haired young man.

With just two slashes, the damage can exceed the young man's current safety blood line, thus causing the damage to overflow and kill instantly.

"Diabeloo!"

The Ya Wang, who had drunk the wedding wine together, now made a heart-wrenching call.

He hoped more than ever that a miracle would happen.

"Pfft..."

A knife.

Diaberu screamed and flew out, and the originally green health bar turned a dangerous red.

Exclamation marks almost covered his eyes, so eye-catching.

This made him suffocate with despair.

But the second knife came again!
If the knife flashes upon you, you will surely die.

That’s when:

"Whoosh whoosh..."

More than twenty kunai-like throwing weapons attacked the ogre boss from different directions.

That was sent by the elites of the Liberator Guild.

It also really interrupted the life-threatening attack of the ogre boss.

"Can this still happen?"

All non-guild members in the audience showed expressions of astonishment, shock, and even surprise.

"The damage caused by a thrown weapon is definitely not enough to draw the boss's hatred and interrupt its rhythm; but if there are enough of them, the nature will be different."

Li Xia jumped out to Diabel's side, then ran to the back while holding the guy in his arms, and explained softly.

At this moment, his figure seemed to be tinged with a warm luster.

His voice is even more refreshing.

(End of this chapter)