Planting the World Tree From Pirates

The twentieth floor of Aincrad is a world of trees.

The most famous place is called [Xiangyang Forest].

On this floor, the main monster living is the evil tree spirit.

The difference between the 20th floor and the 19th floor is actually not big, and the overall improvement of the difficulty of the evil tree spirit is not high.

but.

Because almost all of this floor is made of trees, the movement restrictions of the players are quite large, and the sword skills are not very good.

Therefore, if you want to conquer this layer, you must pass the agility aspect.

Otherwise, you may suffer a big loss!

I have to say that the trees in Xiangyang Forest are really lush.

As soon as you step into this place, you can hardly even see the sky.

If the enemy search skills are not enough, the possibility of getting lost is extremely high.

However, the scenery of Xiangyang Forest is indeed very beautiful.

The sun shines through the branches and leaves and falls on the trees. Because of the Tyndall effect, the "pathways" formed by sunlight can be seen everywhere, which looks very beautiful.

Compared with other themed floors, the air quality of this floor in Xiangyang Forest is really beyond imagination.

After taking a few deep breaths, it seems that the soul has been baptized, and the mood will inevitably become happy.

And at this moment, the sound of birds flapping and chirping continued to sound.

Muye looked up and saw a large number of birds flying away in groups.

In this regard, Makino did not feel strange.

The SAO system settings are extremely realistic, and many scenes are almost not much different from reality.

With so many flying birds fleeing, deep in the forest, there should be players fighting against dryads.

Muye didn't take the plunge. If someone was spawning monsters, he might have been thought to be robbing monsters in the past, and the possibility of conflict was extremely high.

but,

Just as Mu Ye was about to leave, he suddenly heard a melodious voice.

music?

Makino was surprised.

In the world of SAO, things like music are still owned.

Especially in towns, in taverns, there are NPC bards playing instruments.

However, this kind of music is almost all "system music" set by Kayaba Akihiko.

If you hear it for the first time, you might even enjoy it.

But the more times I listened to it, the more aesthetic fatigue I gradually developed.

After all, NPCs aren't creative either, and it's impossible to expect them to play new music.

But this song is obviously not system music.

It sounds surprisingly good!

Muye immediately became interested, and immediately followed the sound and rushed to the depths of the forest.

The more in-depth, the clearer the singing, no longer intermittent.

Listening to the voice, the singer should be a young girl, and her voice is surprisingly good, like a professional singer.

Even without tuning and accompaniment, it is still very endearing.

Is it her?

Makino couldn't help thinking of a girl named Yuna!

Yuna is a singer in real life.

In SAO, when it comes to singing alone, there should be few people who can match her.

Of course, the dragon envoy Silica is also good at singing.

However, when Silica sings, it is more for entertainment, just sing and play.

But the singing coming from this is very special, especially when a bonus "buff" appeared on his body, Mu Ye immediately had a judgment.

It should be Yuna who sings!

In SAO, it is really rare to be able to buff your companions with singing.

Yuna should have started the "Bard" sub-profession!

However, at this moment, Muye suddenly felt that the singing became more urgent.

Like something happened unexpectedly!

Did something happen?

Makino didn't hesitate, and the speed soared to the extreme.

The closer you get, the faster the singing becomes.

The buff formed by the singing voice was interrupted twice, but it was quickly resumed.

This shows how fierce the battle is!

Later, Makino even felt a sadness and determination in the singing...

Muye's speed is already fast, and now he has a singing buff bonus on his body, and the speed is more like the speed of lightning.

after a few seconds.

When Muye arrived at the scene, he immediately discovered how bad the battle situation was.

Several evil dryads are surrounding the two players in the middle.

And one of them was the singing girl. At this time, she was bound by the vines stretched out by the evil dryad.

It can be clearly seen that the evil tree spirit is bound with great strength, and Yuna's face is particularly painful.

In SAO, people are attacked without real pain. But there is a very strange, very uncomfortable feeling.

but.

Yuna didn't stop singing, which caused the evil dryad's main hatred to focus on her.

for a while.

The binding of the vines became stronger and stronger, and Yuna's HP began to plummet.

In just a short while, it turned from yellow to blood-red warning color.

This is very dangerous, or there is a risk of death.

"Oops!"

Makino screamed badly.

He was still three or four hundred meters away from the place where the two were trapped, and he still needed some time to travel.

At this moment, the evil tree spirit actually tied Yuna's neck.

Yuna's singing is immediately interrupted!

"Yona!"

At this moment, Makino saw the boy who was tied with Yuna, and his body suddenly moved.

The situation of the boy is not that Yuna is much better.

At the same time as being bound, he was also beaten by the tree whip of the evil tree spirit, and his HP continued to drop.

However, at the most critical juncture, the boy managed to unleash his sword skills.

It fell directly on the body of the evil tree spirit, and one of the evil tree spirits was even killed directly.

Makino's eyes lit up.

The young man's attack power is good, as long as he works harder, he can completely get rid of the shackles of the evil tree spirit.

While Makino was running wildly, he felt a little strange.

This young man's attack power is so high, these tree spirits should not be his opponents, how could he end up like this?

What's more, there is also Yuna's buff bonus.

next second.

What made Muye feel extremely unbelievable was that the boy who had just risen for a few seconds actually withered again.

Not only did he fail to break free from the bondage of the tree spirit, but he was bound even more tightly.

How is this going?

Then, Makino saw a large number of tree spirits who were still focusing on Yuna just now, and the hatred was concentrated on the boy.

In just a few breaths, the boy's blood was drawn below the danger line.

"Riji!"

Seeing that Eiji was in danger, Yuna, who had just breathed a sigh of relief, opened her mouth to sing again.

In an instant.

Yuna's buff as a bard was once again added to the boy named Eiji and Makino.

Unlike last time, the main effect of this buff is defense and blood recovery.

The health bars of Yuna and Eiji, as well as the health bars on their bodies, are all quickly recovering.

for a while.

The speed of Ruiji's blood loss was equal to the speed of blood recovery.

Of course, this also caused Yuna to be set on fire by all the evil dryads again.

The blood on Yuna's body is about to end.

but.

For some reason, at this moment, Makino suddenly felt that the flow of time seemed to have slowed down a lot.

Yuna had a smile on her face, her singing kept going, and the expression she looked at Eiji was full of determination.

Is she planning to sacrifice herself to save Eiji?

At this moment, Makino saw a soft white light appearing on Yuna's body.

Under the shroud of this ray of light, those evil tree spirits, as if they had fallen into evil, loosened their bondage to Yuna and Eiji.

This is......

Makino felt extremely incredible.

However, the time that this soft light appeared was too short, and it almost disappeared in a flash.

But even this moment is enough to change a lot of things.

Eiji got out of the shackles and instantly displayed amazing sword skills, and several evil tree spirits were immediately killed.

At this moment, Eiji struck an unimaginably high damage.

When Muye arrived, the surrounding tree spirits were all killed.

Makino was surprised, Yuna and Eiji were a little weird to escape!

Is this also... a mind skill?

However, this is not the time to consider these things.

Muye swung out a few swords at will, and the remaining evil tree spirits were directly beheaded by Muye.

The speed of Makino's beheading was so fast that both Yuna and Eiji were somewhat unresponsive.

But, there's no doubt about it...the two were rescued!

The two who survived the catastrophe directly hugged each other, crying and laughing for a while, and Muye ate a mouthful of dog food unexpectedly.

Swish, swish, swish!

With the sound of the leaves rubbing violently, Eiji and Yuna's expressions suddenly changed.

Perhaps because all the evil tree spirits were killed just now, several more powerful tree spirit leaders appeared.

"Be careful!"

Eiji pulled out his sword in an instant, and immediately protected Yuna behind him.

And Yuna also planned to sing for the first time, adding buffs to Makino and Eiji.

Then.

Eiji and Yuna both saw that Makino was like chopping vegetables and melons, destroying all the tree spirits.

The two were suddenly dumbfounded. Who was the one who came to save them?

This is too strong!

Makino naturally didn't know what Yuna and Eiji thought.

At this time, he unexpectedly looked at the pop-up window that appeared in front of him.

This shows the pop-up window for giving the last blow to the monster and getting the item dropped by the monster. Makino is no stranger to it.

When attacking the defense boss, most of the monsters' last blows were hit by Muye.

Therefore, Muye has such a high rank and wealth.

but.

This time, the items dropped by the Treant Lord still surprised Mu Ye.

Because the drop this time is a... lute!

You must know that all the drops that Makino has obtained before are either weapons or armor, and the worst is the material for forging weapons, as well as various crystals.

This is the first time that musical instruments drop props.

Is it because of Yuna?

Makino couldn't help thinking of the soft light that appeared on Yuna's body before!

For Muye's life-saving grace, the two are grateful to Dade.

When they learned Muye's name, the two were immediately surprised.

It is really the name of Makino, and it is really too loud in SAO.

After confirming Muye's identity, the two were both excited and at the same time completely relieved.

If it was Muye, he wouldn't be too worried that Muye would be malicious to them.

The leader of the Wings of Freedom, the strongest guild in the strategy group, the king of strategy, the sword god...

Makino's reputation is quite good!

Not to mention Yuna, even Gozawa Ruiji admires Makino very much.

After the excitement, the atmosphere soon became extraordinarily warm.

However, this is not the place to talk.

After walking out of Xiangyang Forest completely and returning to the main block [Labelque] on the 19th floor, Yuna and Gozawa Ruiji both had a feeling of escaping from death.

For Muye, the savior, the two became more and more grateful.

After passing through the gate of hell, I can feel the beauty of life even more.

In order to express their gratitude, Eiji and Yuna invited Makino to dinner.

At the dinner table, after a few glasses of beer, the conversation between the two slowly opened.

What Makino wanted to ask was, of course, Yuna's accidental outburst, but it might be a little rude to go straight in like this.

In the end, Makino chose a more secure way of questioning.

Hou Ze Ruiji, Yuna's real childhood sweetheart, is also called "Nautilus" in SAO's ID.

Makino said strangely, "Nautilus, I see that your sword skills are very superb and your damage is sufficient. Why are you being forced to such an extent by the evil tree spirit?"

Speaking of this, Houze Ruiji's face suddenly became sad.

"I may be a mild FNC patient."

Makino wondered, "FNC?"

Eiji Houzawa explained in a disappointed manner, "FNC, which is the English abbreviation of [Not suitable for full stealth]. As the name suggests, there will be a kind of error when the brain and the neural device are connected... My movements and It feels like there are always some problems, like network delays!"

After hearing Ruiji Houze's explanation, Makino suddenly realized, and then he couldn't help but take a breath.

Network lag when playing games?

This is a bit too fucked up!

Makino immediately understood the reason why Ze Ruiji burst out for a brief moment before and after, and he immediately stiffened and failed to break free.

In the game of death, it is indeed a miracle that it has the problem of "network delay" and can go all the way to this day.

Muye, an outsider, felt a little creepy just thinking about it, and Houze Ruiji, the party involved, could imagine the pain in his heart.

Yes, Hou Ze Ruiji was full of endless remorse.

If it weren't for him, Yuna wouldn't be caught in the death game of SAO.

He clearly swore long ago that he would protect Yuna no matter what happened, but every time it came to the critical moment...too powerless!

He really didn't want to endure this feeling of powerlessness of watching Yuna get hurt and not being able to do anything anymore.

He's had enough!

Perceiving the loss of Gozawa Eiji, Yuna directly held Eiji's hand and gave him care and encouragement with practical actions.

Houzawa Ruiji didn't say anything, just held Yuna's hand tightly.

Dog food, dog food everywhere!

Jealousy separates him!

Seeing that Yuna and Eiji had sprinkled enough dog food, Makino asked the question in his heart.

"Yuna, when you and Eiji were in extreme danger, your singing briefly made the evil dryad loose the bond between you and Eiji. Do you know how you did it?"

After Makino said a word, Houze Ruiji became curious.

As Yuna's childhood sweetheart, the two support each other all the way, and Eiji knows a lot about Yuna's ability as a sub-professional bard.

In a sense, Yuna is not good at fighting.

Therefore, every time he encounters a battle, he basically investigates and plans in advance.

Yuna is essentially just an obedient enforcer!

And this time, the two really came to the point of death.

If Yuna hadn't let the evil dryad loose at the critical moment, the two of them wouldn't even wait for Muye to come over, and their HP would have been cleared directly.

Seeing Makino and Eiji with glowing eyes, Yuna suddenly felt a little embarrassed.

Because she didn't know how she did it.

Makino was not surprised, because Lisbeth didn't even know that the sword of victory she forged contained her prayers and blessings for Makino.

Muye: "Can you tell me what you thought at the time?"

Yuna's pretty face couldn't help blushing, feeling a little embarrassed.

"Do you have to say it? Can you not say it?"

Muye suddenly realized that there might be something wrong with his question.

After all, it involves a girl's mind.

Girls, after all, thin-skinned!

Makino: "Can you just tell me, I promise not to tell Nautilus!"

huh?

Why can't I tell him? He would be so jealous!

However, Houze Ruiji hadn't opened his mouth yet, but he saw Makino's right hand connecting the dots, and soon a prop was taken out from the prop bar.

When she saw that it was a lute, Yuna couldn't move her beautiful eyes away.

Lute and bard, this is a perfect match!

She has wanted one for a long time, but unfortunately she has never had the chance to get started.

At SAO, there are no shops that specialize in musical instruments.

At least on the first 20 floors, she has never seen it!

Unexpectedly, today Makino actually took out a lute.

Makino handed the lute to Yuna and said, "I took the liberty, but your state is very important to me!"

Hear Makino's words.

Yuna and Eiji were both surprised at the same time.

It's really hard to imagine that even she doesn't know what's going on, it's so important to a big man like Makino... very important!

Yuna took a deep breath and said, "Luten or something, let's forget it. Makino, you are the savior of Eiji and I. It's my honor to be able to help you."

However, just as Yuna was about to speak, she was interrupted by Makino.

How can there be any reason to take back the gift he gave?

Makino insisted that if Yuna didn't accept it, he wouldn't listen.

Yuna and Eiji couldn't help crying and laughing, but they were also very moved.

Trapped in the SAO world for a long time, the gap between players is deepening.

Yuna and Eiji can't trust the others anymore.

but.

Makino gave the two long-lost kindness!

After receiving the lute, Yuna and Eiji's attitudes became obviously more cordial.

Yuna was meticulous about everything, and began to explain her final state of mind.

"At that time, I saw the HP on Eiji's head drop sharply, and it was about to be cleared. My heart was like a tear in my heart, and I couldn't imagine the days without Eiji. I'm thinking, no matter what, I have to save Eiji, even if I die!"

Pain and desperate desire?

Makino couldn't help thinking of the situation when Kirito and Asuna broke through the system limit!

Makino's guess was indeed correct.

The so-called mind skills may be the explosion of the most extreme emotions.

Do anything, even forget yourself!

And this is accompanied by great pain.

And after the pain, it is the most extreme struggle and counterattack.

Could it be that the essence of the mind skill is... the wound of the heart?

but.

This made Muye still a little unacceptable!

Mind, mind, he is a great swordsman, and he is still a god of death who can completely blur.

The will of the mind, should be stronger than Lisbeth and Yuna in any way?

Could it be that the key to the acquisition of mind skills is not how strong willpower is, but to face oneself and surpass oneself?

Makino's mental will is like the Himalayas, and Yuna and Lisbeth's mental will is like a valley.

If Makino wants to surpass, he must break through on the basis of the Himalayas?