owlsbooks Chapter 623 Kayaba Akihiko's Ambition
Chapter 623 Kayaba Akihiko's Ambition
Chapter 623 Kayaba Akihiko's Ambition
"I never thought that Chris was the goddess Eris."
Sato Kazuma held his head and muttered, "That's right. If you think about it carefully, Chris looks almost the same as the goddess Eris, and their little movements are almost the same. More importantly, if she is not a goddess, why would she collect artifacts?"
The goddess's arrival made everyone crazy, especially Sato Kazuma who saw the goddess' transformation with his own eyes.
If it was before, he would definitely have figured it out, but after two years in SAO, he had forgotten a lot of details. It wasn't until Eris transformed in front of him that he suddenly realized it.
The sun has completely set.
Kobayashi and others are currently at a party venue in the commercial district. This is a venue reserved by the commercial street, and all the people related to the festival have gathered here for a banquet.
Not only the presidents and executives of the commercial district, but also the Eris and Axis cultists were present.
Kobayashi and Sato Kazuma were sitting in the corner, mainly listening to Sato Kazuma's complaints.
"What's wrong? Are you worried about Chris being a goddess, or is it..."
"That's not what I meant, it's just... ahhh, how can I explain this irritable mood?!"
Sato Kazuma held his head and yelled.
It’s not that Kobayashi can’t understand. He just feels that the gap is too big after Chris suddenly became a goddess and her status became higher.
Of course, Sato Kazuma was just going crazy for a moment, and he would soon say that identity and the like were not a problem, and then launch an offensive against Eris.
“That’s enough, Kazuma, stop yelling!”
“Aqua…”
Sato Kazuma looked at the stupid goddess drinking heavily across from him and said, "Hey, can we call the believers of both religions to the same venue and stay together? This would be no different from locking the goddess and the devil in the same cage."
"Wait a minute, I don't like what you said."
Aqua said drunkenly, “Even though the Eris believers are a bit annoying, comparing them to demons is too pitiful anyway! And this is a celebration party after the festival, right? My children will not quarrel at a party!”
In fact, Sato Kazuma compared the Axis cultists to demons.
But forget it.
Just as Aqua said, the Axis believers in the venue did not pick a fight with the Eris believers. Instead, they rushed to pour wine for them and played happily.
Seeing this scene, Sato Kazuma couldn't help but complain: "Does it mean that as long as we keep holding banquets, you can live in peace forever?"
"I always feel like you look down on us." Aqua took a sip of wine and nodded, "But generally speaking, that's right. By the way, this also applies to me. If you want me to be obedient, give me expensive bubbly wine every day."
"You finally admit that you are the one who caused the trouble!"
Sato Kazuma slammed the table.
Kobayashi had already been dragged away by others at this time, and the person who dragged him away was Vanir, and next to him was Kayaba Akihiko, who was wearing a white coat and had a cold face.
"What's wrong, you two?"
"I just want to talk to you about something."
Vanir put his arm around Xiaolin's shoulders and said, "Thank you very much for helping to bring these people here. After hearing about Kayaba's floating castle, I was very moved and decided to help him build it! Of course, the big devil on the last floor became me, and after passing the 100th floor, the box that jumped out still contained "Thank you for your patronage!"
"…Are you a devil?"
"I am the devil."
Vanir laughed viciously.
Kobayashi sighed helplessly and said to Kayaba Akihiko: "Is that okay? This guy is a very bad person. If you listen to him, your floating castle might become a failure."
"What's wrong with that?"
Kayaba Akihiko smiled, a rare expression, and said, "Who says you have to get a reward for clearing a dungeon? Isn't getting nothing part of the fun of the game? And you can just put the prize from the 100th floor on the 99th floor."
"Have you... also been assimilated into a devil?"
Kobayashi was speechless.
Do you think this is a good thing?
No, no, no, it's not!
Think about it carefully, if someone passes the 99th floor and gets an extremely generous reward, then they will definitely flock to the 100th floor, thinking that the reward on the 100th floor must be even more generous.
The strength of the BOSS guarding the 100th floor is indeed very strong, but after clearing the level, there is only a lonely thank you for patronage. The huge sense of gap may make the adventurers collapse.
“What is this world going to become?”
Honestly, he already regretted bringing Kayaba Akihiko into this world.
"However, building this floating castle will take a long time, and it will be more difficult than imagined." Kayaba Akihiko sighed slightly.
Unlike Aincrad, which can be built by simply typing codes on a computer, Kayaba Akihiko, as the builder, had to consider more.
"Yeah, that's right..."
Xiaolin was silent.
A normal underground city can only accommodate five or six people at most, but the Aincrad that Kayaba Akihiko wanted to build is a floating city that can accommodate tens of thousands of people. No, it should not be described as a town, its size is equivalent to that of a country.
"Your wishes are really ambitious."
"Haha, I will make it happen no matter how long it takes."
Kayaba Akihiko's tone was calm but firm.
Xiaolin never doubted him. After all, this stubborn man worked hard to build a game and server just because of a dream he had when he was a child. If he could realize it in reality, he would definitely be more persistent.
"Don't worry, with my help, this wish will definitely come true! Huhahaha——"
Barnil laughed heartily.
It originally just wanted to build an ordinary underground city. Even if it had a place, it would still cost a lot of money to decorate and renovate it. However, now with the help of Kayaba Akihiko, it can not only transform it into a floating city, but it doesn't even have to pay for it!
Because Kayaba Akihiko's plug-in is fantasy creation!
"Ah, but a lot of things need to be changed."
"what?"
"Like a teleportation array or something like that."
Kayaba Akihiko touched his head and said, "The teleportation array in Aincrad uses code to rewrite the location, but in reality it uses real teleportation magic. And the teleportation magic in this world consumes a lot of mana, so I...ah ba ah ba..."
He said a lot, but Xiaolin couldn't understand him at all. This was probably the world of scientific researchers.
And Xiaolin doesn't plan to go this way.
but……
"Yes, I think you are short of manpower. Although I can't help you with manpower, I can give you some pointers."
Xiaolin gave him the information about doll creation.
"Here. It was a stupid reincarnated person before. His cheats were all fantasy creations like yours. He always wanted to create a puppet maid, but unfortunately his ability was limited and he didn't succeed. And one day he suddenly realized that instead of creating it by groping in the dark here, it would be better to just go find it, so he gave up later."
After hearing what Kobayashi said, Kayaba Akihiko had a strange expression on his face.
Xiaolin continued, "In addition to the information left by the reincarnated person, there is also information I got from another puppet master. As for the strength of that master... Liu Zi, come here."
The puppet maid walked here.
"It's about the same as Liu Zi."
"...Wait, you mean she--Ms. Liu Zi is a doll."
"right."
"Well……"
Kayaba Akihiko remained even more silent.
Dolls have no souls or anything like that, which means they are completely dead. However, such beings can log in to SAO, a new-age game that requires a soul (brain nerve) connection.
“This puppet is incredible.”
"Right."
Seeing someone praising Liu Zi, Xiao Lin looked very proud, and said at the same time: "I think this should be of great use to you. After all, NPCs cannot be played by humans."
"Um...that's right."
Unlike the NPCs in Aincrad that would appear in large numbers just by typing a few codes in the game background by Kayaba Akihiko, if this world wants to make Aincrad lively after it builds it, it really needs puppets or something like that to act as guides for the adventurers.
"It helped a lot."
"You're welcome. By the way, all of Liu Zi's parts are made of gears, and her ability is similar to stopping time."
“I see.”
Kayaba Akihiko marveled at the vastness of the world, and at the same time secretly made up his mind to create better puppets.
"By the way, how do we deal with the monsters?"
The monsters in Aincrad are codes that cannot be typed out in reality, and fantasy creation cannot create living things, otherwise the previous reincarnated person would have worked hard to make puppets.
"Huhahaha——"
Vanir laughed and said, "Don't worry, I've already thought about it. When the time comes, we can just go to the Demon King's army to capture them! If that doesn't work, we can summon the people of Hell. I'm sure they will be happy to come!"
“…You are truly a devil.”
Xiaolin complained.
The people of hell...the demons will never die. Even if they die, they will just return to hell and wait to be summoned again. As long as the Duke of Hell, Barnil, is around, monsters can be summoned endlessly.
I feel really sorry for the adventurers who will try this out in the future.
"Besides, I'm leaving."
"So fast?"
"Well, because I want to build the floating city as soon as possible."
Kayaba Akihiko said so.
Kobayashi had guessed that this day would come. Although Axel was full of talented people, there was obviously no room for him to display his talents, so he planned to leave here first and come back after the floating city was built.
"It's a floating city anyway, isn't it normal for it to fly?"
"And it can also become a legend. If an adventurer accidentally climbs up and clears the level to get the treasure, I think the adventurers will definitely go crazy! Hahahaha, I really look forward to that day! By the way! Kayaba, in order to prevent you from accidentally dying, just change your job to a lich!"
Vanir suddenly said this.
"Hey, don't talk about this kind of thing at a celebration party with the goddess and her followers present."
Xiaolin couldn't help but complain.
After careful consideration, Kayaba Akihiko said, "No, let's wait a little longer. I don't know what effect specializing will have on my skills. If something unexpected really happens, I will specialize."
"Yeah, that's it."
Barnil didn't force it.
"Then let us go."
"Eh? Vanir, are you going with us too?"
"Of course. We are helpers. How can we not go?"
Vanir said it as a matter of course, leaving Kobayashi dumbfounded.
Hey, hey, hey, what will happen to Wiz if you leave?
Did you just leave her to me?
As if he understood what Xiaolin wanted to say, Vanir said with a smile: "Haha, don't get me wrong, this is not my true identity."
"What do you mean?"
"Look, here."
Vanir pointed to the number on the forehead of his mask, and Kobayashi saw that the original Roman numeral Ⅱ had become Ⅲ. Because of the two contrasting colors of white and black, he did not notice it.
"This is my clone. My real body is still in the store. But don't worry, this clone has all my strength, so it will be fine even if it encounters danger!"
"oh oh……"
As expected of the Duke of Hell, its strength is unfathomable.
I'm also glad that Vanir has no ill will towards Xiaolin and the others, otherwise I might not be able to defeat it when they meet for the first time.
After that, the two said goodbye to the party.
He is on the road to building a floating castle and wreaking havoc on the world.
And at this time——
"Yeah! Today is my birthday, what on earth do you want?"
Sato Kazuma suddenly yelled.
Birthday?
Is today his birthday?
Aqua also said at this time: "So it's your birthday? Kazuma, happy birthday. Okay, give me a present."
"Huh? Gift...what did you say? Why should I give you a gift?"
“Oh, right, Kazuma, you’re an idiot who doesn’t understand the customs of this country. Well, let me tell you, this country believes that the birthday person is able to spend a year safely thanks to everyone, so the birthday person should be grateful on his or her birthday and give gifts to the people who take care of him or her on weekdays.”
"seriously?"
Sato Kazuma expressed Kobayashi's thoughts, because even he didn't know about this custom.
"But Aqua doesn't need to send me off."
"why?"
"Because of you, I'm the one who usually takes care of you, but you always cause me trouble! How can I possibly give you a gift!!!"
The two of them had a huge argument.
At this time, Chris suddenly came up and said, "There is no such custom. Kazuma, happy birthday, I will give you a great gift later."
"Asshole, you lied to me like that!" Sato Kazuma grabbed Aqua and yelled, "You old woman with an unknown birthday and unknown age! Tell me your birthday and age! Tell me!"
“Ahhh! Kazuma, you said something you shouldn’t have said. Be careful or I’ll make you suffer divine punishment!!!”
Aqua fought back.
As she gradually fell into a disadvantage, she quickly ran to Xiaolin for comfort.
Sato Kazuma wanted to bully Aqua relentlessly, but was taken away by the soft-hearted Chris. If it were the old Chris, he would never be able to persuade Sato Kazuma, but knowing that her true identity was the scum of the Goddess Eris, he still followed her out obediently.
I really wanted to know what would happen between Chris and Sato Kazuma, but they couldn't move at all in Aqua's tight grip.
But he also heard Aqua's birthday and age.
It was unexpected.
(End of this chapter)