owlsbooks Chapter 606: No, I need to grow my brain
Chapter 606: No, I need to grow my brain
Chapter 606: No, I need to grow my brain
After taking away all their equipment and Cole, Kobayashi generously let them go.
After all, he had a good relationship with Xinka, the guild leader of the army, and it would not be good if things became too awkward. Of course, Kobayashi still sent an email to explain the matter, explicitly and implicitly expressing his willingness to give him an explanation, but he did not receive a reply.
A feeling of uneasiness came over me.
Leading a group of high-spirited children back to the church, Aqua generously treated the children of the church to a sumptuous dinner and mingled with them.
No matter whether it was an adult or a child, the silly goddess could always fit in. Even Xiaolin was impressed by her exaggerated social skills.
at this time--
Yui looked at the happy scene and stretched out her hands to everyone at the table.
"Everyone's heart... is..."
"Yui? What's wrong?"
Seeing Yui's frightened expression, Aqua quickly hugged her in her arms and held her delicate hands.
"Yui, it's okay, I'm here, don't be afraid, I will always be with you..."
Like a lullaby of comfort, Yui's expression was no longer frightened, but she still seemed to remember something, frowning and biting her lip.
"I... I have no place to live, and I have always been... alone... in a very dark place..."
Suddenly, her face lifted up and a loud scream came from her tiny throat.
"Ah...ahhh!"
The rustling sound was like a system failure, and even Kobayashi had never heard it before. The next moment, Yui's stiff body began to vibrate violently, as if it was about to collapse.
“I’m so scared… so scared…!”
"It's okay, it's okay, I'm always here."
Aqua was radiating light, just like a true goddess.
Then she took Yui to the room to rest for a while, while Kobayashi played with the children outside. During this time, he was curious about the army.
"Sasha."
"Yes?"
"I want to ask about the military. As far as I know, although they are overly tyrannical, they are still keen on maintaining law and order. But yesterday, those people were already equivalent to criminals. When did they start to become like this?"
That was what pissed him off.
Being bullied right under my nose, I always feel like a failure as the vice president.
The corner of Sasha's mouth twitched, and she said, "About half a month ago, I began to feel that their policy had changed... Some people began to make the same intimidation in the name of taxation, and some people turned the other way to ban such behavior. The scenes of military members opposing each other were constantly staged. I heard that it was because of the power struggle among the upper echelons..."
Power struggle?
This kind of situation will happen in large guilds, so Xiaolin is determined not to recruit other players. After all, there are all kinds of birds in a big forest.
"Then why didn't you say anything?"
"Well... I've already troubled you a lot. If you ask for more, it would be..."
"How can you have such an idea? Don't you know that the more you give in, the more they will push their buttons?"
Xiaolin was a little angry.
This idea seems to be to avoid causing trouble for the Akusis Church, but now the church is nominally under the jurisdiction of the Akusis Church, and daring to come here to collect protection fees is a provocation to them.
Sasha looked embarrassed.
"Ah... I know you don't want to trouble others, nor do you want to conflict with them. But no matter what, you have to consider the children. What if what happened today happens again and I happen to be away?"
"sorry."
She lowered her head.
This was also due to the negligence of Kobayashi and others.
It’s still the same problem. There are too few people available in the Axis Church. With Alice becoming an idol princess, Sato Kazuma busy managing the Chamber of Commerce, and Darkness and Aqua being completely unable to help, it’s difficult to take care of all of this.
“I will talk to Kazuma about this, and I will also notify Xinka.”
The military's behavior is disgusting.
But Xiaolin had no way to eradicate this phenomenon and could only ask them to restrain themselves.
At this time, there was a knock on the church door.
Sasha was slightly stunned.
"Hey, are there another guest?"
She looked at Xiaolin, as if asking if he was the one who asked her to come, but he denied it with a slight shake of his head.
Because it was a public facility with no way to lock the door, the visitor pushed open the door.
A slender female player appeared in front of the two.
Her long hair was tied into a ponytail, and her pretty face could be described as smart and clever, with a pair of azure blue eyes that shone impressively.
Although covered by an iron-gray cloak, the female player was wearing a dark green top, loose pants at the thighs, and metal armor that shone faintly like stainless steel, which was the standard uniform of the army. There was also a short sword hanging on the right waist, and a black whip tied up in circles on the left.
"Yuriel?"
After seeing her, Xiaolin was slightly stunned.
The woman in front of him once wanted to join the Axis Cult, but had to give up because of Kobayashi's belief that he would not accept combat players.
The two knew each other not only because she was Xinka's secretary, but also because she had learned from Kobayashi how to use a whip... Although no one knew how she managed to combine the whip and the silk thread, the two still had some common topics.
All in all, the relationship between the two is good.
"I thought Xinka would just send an email, but I didn't expect to send you? No, or is it a protest against what I did?"
"No, that's not the case. On the contrary, I want to thank Mr. Kobayashi for doing a great job."
understood.
The people who were punished were not from their side.
"So, what does Xinka mean?"
"President Xinka is not in the guild at the moment... No, the reason I came here today is because I want to ask Mr. Kobayashi for something."
"Please?"
The feeling of uneasiness grew.
Yuriel nodded and continued, "I'll explain from the beginning. The name of the army wasn't used a long time ago. It became the army after the former vice-chairman, who is now the actual ruler, King Kiba, took control of the real power."
Ya Wang, a very familiar name.
On the 25th floor, his guild was annihilated by PoH's design. Feeling disheartened, he ran to the initial town to recruit a new group of players, and then joined a guild and became the vice president before he was able to return to the strategy group.
"Xinka... He definitely doesn't want to form an organization like the current one that only cares about itself. He just wants to distribute intelligence, food and other resources equally to as many players as possible."
Yuriel's expression was very unpleasant.
The Axis Church had the same idea at the beginning, and Xinka also hoped to join the Axis Church, but was unsuccessful, so he established the guild.
In fact, Xinka’s idea is very good. Hunting monsters with a large number of people can not only avoid crises as much as possible, but also obtain a stable income to be distributed evenly. This idea itself is not wrong.
But the essence of MMORPG is the scramble for resources among players, even in a game like SAO which is in an extremely abnormal state.
No, that's probably why it's like this.
Even the Axis Cult, with only ten official members, does not need so much equipment and resources, so the excess resources can be distributed to the children who cannot go outside the circle.
But this is not the case for large guilds like the military.
The guild needed a lot of resources, so how could they squeeze out resources for others? In addition, everyone has selfish motives, thinking that why should they risk their lives to kill monsters and level up, but should give resources to others. As the guild members were dissatisfied, Xinka gradually lost his power and became a mascot.
At this time, Ya Wang jumped out.
He used the excuse that Xinka was adopting laissez-faire, and together with the players in his group, he proposed to strengthen the system and change the name of the guild to the army. Then he promoted the recognized policy of hunting criminals and efficiently monopolizing the maze area.
At the beginning, because they maintained friendly relations with other guilds, they were able to abide by the etiquette of the maze area. However, they continued to occupy the maze area for a long time with majority violence. In addition to rapidly increasing the guild's income, the power of the Yawang faction also gradually became stronger.
Recently, players of the Yaou faction have also become complacent, and even the neighborhood circles have begun to intimidate people in the name of taxation.
The one who suffered the most severe blow yesterday was the vanguard among that group of people.
When Xiaolin heard this, he understood.
Ya Wang also lost control.
He must have been thinking about occupying the labyrinth area, collecting a large amount of resources, and keeping them in his hands. But his indulgence made his subordinates mistakenly think that they didn't need to be afraid of anyone, so they did such a ridiculous thing.
This is what Ya Wang did. Like ordinary people, he only saw the petty gains in front of him and never expected that things would gradually become extreme.
Xiaolin thought he must be very distressed now.
"However, the Kibo faction also has a weakness, which is that it only cares about increasing its assets and continues to ignore the game. This has caused a lot of players to feel alienated. In order to suppress this dissatisfaction, Kibo recently made an absurd bet and selected a dozen of the highest-level players from among his subordinates to form a strategy team and sent them to the front line to attack the BOSS."
If the purpose is to conquer floors, then it is understandable to seize the resources of middle and lower level players.
After all, games are just games, and they are worthless when you return to reality.
But now it seems they didn't do that.
"Even though we were at a high level, it's undeniable that we were no match for the Clearers... In the end, it led to the team's defeat. Kiba-sama also received backlash for his reckless behavior, and we almost exiled him."
Almost means no.
Yuriel wrinkled her tall nose and bit her lip as she spoke, "Three days ago, the desperate King Kiba used a coercive strategy to frame Xinka. He used the corridor crystal with the exit set deep in the maze to exile Xinka in turn. At that time, Xinka believed King Kiba's words that he should disarm and have a good talk, so he did not bring any weapons. It was impossible for him to break through the monster group from the deepest part of the maze alone and come back."
That explains it all.
I guess Xinka didn't even bring the transfer crystal, so he couldn't come back. In addition, it is impossible to send messages in the maze area, so he didn't reply to the email.
but--
"Three days ago, on the monument of life..."
"His name is still on the monument of life, so he should have successfully reached a safe area. However, the location is deep in a very high-level labyrinth, so it seems that he can't move. As you know, messages cannot be transmitted in the labyrinth, and it is impossible to connect to the guild warehouse inside, so the transfer crystal cannot be sent to him."
——Entrance PK
Kobayashi and the others also knew about this method of using the corridor crystal with the exit set at the depths of despair to kill others.
Xinka was no exception, but he probably felt that even if they turned against each other, he was still the vice president of the same union, so he shouldn't go to such lengths. Or, he didn't want to think that way.
“He’s just too nice.”
Yuriel sighed softly.
Xiao Lin also thought so. One should not have the intention to harm others, but one must be on guard against others. Xinka was just too careless.
Yuriel continued, "The only ones who can operate the scroll of the Guild Master's Promise are Xinka and Kiba. If Xinka never comes back, everything in the guild will fall completely into Kiba's hands.
As a support, I was responsible for not preventing Xinka from falling into the trap. I had to rescue him. But my level was not enough to break through the maze, and I couldn't count on the help of the players in the army. "
She bit her lip in a pleading tone.
"After hearing Mr. Kobayashi scold them, I suddenly thought of you... Maybe I feel that it is too thick-skinned to make such a request, but please, please come with me to save Xinka."
uh-huh?
The request was, as she put it, very cheeky.
After all, the hearts of people in SAO are the most unpredictable, and they may very well be plotting to lure Kobayashi and others out of the circle and persecute them.
However, with Kobayashi's understanding of the military and his relationship with Xinka and Yuriel, he can still tell whether something like this is true or false.
Even the call could not be made, and it was obvious that Xinka was trapped in the maze.
"Okay, I agree to help."
"Really?! Thank you, Mr. Kobayashi!"
Xiaolin waved his hand.
Saving Xinka was not just because he was a friend. You have to know that no matter how much the Axis Church helps players who can't kill monsters and level up, there are still many people who can't get resources. The help of the army will reduce a lot of their workload, which is why Xiaolin wants to rescue him.
"By the way, Yuriel."
"Yes, what's wrong?"
"Kiaou wanted to gather the resources, right? So he should have gathered a lot of resources. Did he say how to use them? They can't just be stored in the guild's warehouse, right?"
I've said it before.
There is no such thing as inflation in SAO. As long as you take good care of the equipment you buy, you can sell it back at the original price, or even at a higher price.
Keeping money is the stupidest thing to do.
"It's not like those few high-level players just spent all their money on buying high-level equipment, right? That's the money earned by hundreds of people."
"Yes, we were also very curious, so we checked it secretly, but..."
"Just what?"
"Except for the fact that he said he would give it to a 'goddess', nothing else was found. We don't even know who the 'goddess' is. I guess we can only find out after everything is over."
goddess?
goddess?!
It is known that Aqua is a goddess, and Kibo was once her younger brother. Recently, the stupid goddess has been spending money lavishly, but Sato Kazuma has not complained...
Looking at the sumptuous dinner on the table and the children eating with relish, Kobayashi's brain was preventing him from thinking any further.
Oh no, I need to use my brain!
"Um... Master Kobayashi?"
"It's okay! Don't worry, I will save Xinka!"
Xiaolin nodded heavily.
(End of this chapter)