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

Chapter 38 Maintainer! (Please read!)
With more accurate information about the boss.

It’s easier to deal with nature.

It's only a matter of time before the Raiders come.

Kirito and Klein cooperated to grab the monster, but were slightly blocked by Wang Teng and Li Xia. Taking this opportunity, Yang Jie and Xu Che assisted each other to kill the monster. After nearly a month of running-in, they switched between attack and defense smoothly.

With more than 10 guild elites throwing flying blades to interrupt the rhythm of the kobolds from meters away, the whole process became more and more smooth.

"die!"

The scimitar scraped across the boss' chest and cut off the kobold's neck. The two men attacked, one in front and one behind, leaving the kobold no chance to counterattack.

"Ow..."

With a monster's scream, the kobold's huge body finally exploded into a large number of light spots.

Finally, scatter them into stars.

"S-succeeded?"

"Well done."

"Long live!"

Seeing that the decisive blow was successful and the boss guarding the level became a thing of the past, the vast majority of people who participated in the strategy cheered from the bottom of their hearts.

Only Kirito smiled reluctantly.

Especially after seeing Xu Che obtain the top-quality equipment "Midnight Coat" dropped by the kobold, he seemed to take several deep breaths before calming down.

After all, according to his understanding of the plot, this equipment should be his.

But now, someone has intercepted it again.

...

[Main Mission 3: The first floor of the maze tower, participate in the boss battle, and clear the level to reach the second floor.]

[Task status: Completed. 】

[Reward: 1 free attribute point. ]

...

Near the portal to the starting town.

That is the clock tower in the center of the original square.

Without warning, a special blue halo appeared.

"what is this?"

"Look at the system prompt, the boss guarding the first floor has been captured..."

"The first floor has been opened?"

"Can we go to the second floor now?"

"Great!"

"After nearly a month, I finally defeated the boss guarding the first floor!"

The ordinary players in the starting town who received the system message were all excited.

"The changes here in the clock tower actually opened a portal. Next, we just need to wait for the group of people who killed the boss to activate the corresponding portal on the second floor. Then everyone can go to the second floor through this portal!"

"Portal?"

"Yes, it's a very convenient passage."

While the discussion here was still going on, two important things happened in the second area.

One is that Li Xia took Xia Zhijin and the guild elite group to the main landmark city area of ​​this layer: Urbas.

This is a town that was hollowed out in the middle of a circular mountain with a diameter of about 300 meters, leaving only the outer part.

It’s nowhere near as big as the starting town.

However, this newly opened town is bound to be full of novel attractions for players. It won't be long before this place will become a "disaster area" for leveling. Therefore, Li Xia and his party took the large amount of money accumulated over the past twenty days to search for high-quality weapons in the shops in the city, and at the same time completed relatively simple NPC tasks that provided rich experience.

Although reselling equipment is shameful, it makes money.

The SAO game system will balance prices at any time, so there won't be a bad situation where a new batch of equipment is immediately refreshed after you buy it in the store. This also means that in the short term, high-level equipment in Urbas and several towns on the second floor will be scarce.

They purchased thousands of pieces of equipment at factory prices, cleared out every store, and immediately activated the portal to return to the starting town.

Back to the square where it all began.

Then sell it at a premium and make a small profit.

Making seven or eight hundred gold coins from a weapon is just right.

The weapons and armor on the second floor generally cost several thousand or even close to 1 gold coins, which is several times more expensive than the equipment in the starting town. It is really conscientious to earn only to gold coins from it. Especially the higher quality armor, which is absolutely in short supply for players.

After all, armor is related to one's own life.

Players with deep pockets will not be stingy.

As the news spread, players who knew that the portal to the upper level had been opened returned to the starting town square, and there was an endless stream of players who came to buy high-quality armor. This is also a hidden benefit that the elite strategy team should have.

Of course, if you want to enjoy this wave of small benefits, you have to be the first to see the business opportunities before many people, then rush to the main city area on the second floor to purchase the finished products in the store, and then return to the starting town first to sell them at a premium.

The three links are indispensable.

Li Xia created a wave of small benefits for the guild's elite members, worth thousands or even tens of thousands of gold coins each. Wang Teng, Yang Jie, and Xu Che blocked the lone traveler Kirito's way in the wilderness area on the second floor.

The three of them at this moment were extremely surprised.

Because just now, Kirito actually left everyone behind and came to this remote place to open a treasure chest, and obtained a rare equipment of this period!
It seems like the other party knows many secrets of this game!
Or rather, it has happened many times!
"Kirito, right? Shouldn't you tell us something?"

In front of Kirito was Yang Jie, who was playing with a rare +7 weapon.

Behind him is Wang Teng, who is also equipped with many luxurious outfits.

Xu Che is also hiding in the dark.

Xu Che used the stealth effect of his early divine outfit, the Midnight Coat, to sneak around. Even though Kirito's reconnaissance skill was very high, it was difficult for him to detect his presence.

"What is there to say? Didn't you guess it? Trialists!"

Kirito snorted.

"Sure enough! The novice trial is really not easy!
I just want to say that even if the rules and mechanisms are full of traps and people will fall into them if they are not careful, it is unlikely that out of 1 novices, only 10 can get out alive, right?
It turns out there are hostile trialists we don’t know about!”

Wang Teng grinned.

There was murderous intent in his eyes.

“Hostile Trialist?
Oh, you think too highly of yourselves.

If I were also a trial-taker, I would never let you gain such a big advantage right from the start."

Kirito gritted his teeth and snorted.

When I thought about the trial-takers I had to clear out when I entered this dungeon, I wondered what methods they had used to build a large guild with hundreds of players under their command.

Only those who have experienced that exploding feeling know how terrible it is.

But I have never seen such a monstrous person among all the previous trial participants? !
Many of the former trial-takers did not need him to do anything himself, and were killed by SAO's game mechanism and the strict secret realm rules before he even entered the dungeon to lock and clean it up.

(Either the main body simply starved to death in the outside world, or someone kindly took off the gaming helmet and showed concern for him.)
There were also some who had survived various underworld mechanisms and traps but had their identities exposed, and they were all killed one by one by him using his familiarity with the plot. Very few were able to make it through alive.

Those rookies are so cute.

However, he never expected that as a junior [Maintainer] of the secret realm, fighting at home and with the memories and experience of the previous 19 times, he would suffer such a huge setback this time.

You know, this time he not only has the experience of the previous 19 times, but he also replaced the male protagonist of this copy!

Logically speaking, it is the right time, right place and right people!

But because he entered only ten days late, all the advantages of time, place and people went to the opposite side! He was forced into an extremely embarrassing and dangerous situation!
Damn it!
Damn it!
When did maintainers become so passive?

"You're not a trial participant?"

Wang Teng and the other two were very surprised.

"Trialist? You are just our prey."

Kirito curled his lips in disdain:
“We should have waited until they were fattened before slaughtering them.

Unfortunately, I was too impatient and careless, and actually thought about playing tricks on you in this game world, so as to find a little fun. By the way, I gradually established an ambiguous relationship with the heroine.

Humph, if I had known this, I would have replaced Sugo Nobuyuki."

As long as that person is replaced, no trial-taker will be able to escape the imprisonment when passing the level.

After all, I underestimated the enemy because I had been successful for more than ten times.

“The trial takers are just prey?
Fatten them up and then slaughter them?

who are you?
What is this secret trial about?"

Yang Jie's eyes looked ferocious and scary at this moment.

Is the real danger of the secret trial here?
Damn it, are these so-called trial-takers just pigs raised by others? !
Fucked.

What is the truth behind the so-called secret realm?
"Want to know?

Tsk tsk, what a pity. What’s the use even if I let you know certain things this time?
You can’t take the memories of this place with you.”

"Speaking of which, since you don't know my true identity, why did you attack me?"

Kirito was very confused about this.

He didn't know where he went wrong.

"Tsk, it turns out that you are not omniscient and omnipotent, and we might kill you."

The two men moved.

The other waited for his chance.

(End of this chapter)