owlsbooks Chapter 605 Yui
Chapter 605 Yui
Chapter 605 Yui
someday.
Aqua came back with a little girl.
This was an extremely common thing. After all, all the younger players in Aincrad had joined the Axis Cult to seek refuge, so of course they accepted everyone who came.
But it was just a quick glance.
That’s right, everything is so casual, just an inadvertent glance.
Xiao Lin didn't see any mark on the little girl.
Because in order to obtain supplies, they need to join the Akusis Cult, of course, they don't need to do anything. Sometimes Sato Kazuma even leads them to upgrade and adapt to the game, so players have joined one after another.
In SAO, the vice president of the guild can see the basic information of players, and in order to ensure the safety of guild members, he can see their names and locations.
However, the little girl brought by Aqua did not have any identification.
"Xiao Lin, I found a system bug!"
Aqua held the little girl's hand and ran over excitedly.
Xiao Lin was slightly stunned.
BUG?
To be honest, it is impossible for a large-scale game to be free of bugs, but some games do not call them bugs, but game mechanisms. The same is true for SAO, so obvious bugs should be almost invisible...
"What do you mean?"
"Look, look! This child can't access her system panel!"
"……oh?"
Xiaolin was a little surprised.
The system panel is something that every player has. It determines whether the player can survive successfully in Aincrad. Even some NPCs have system panels.
"Yui, show it to Xiaolin."
"Ok."
Little girl... No, Yui's right index finger and middle finger slid down together, but the window did not open.
Xiaolin twitched the corner of his mouth.
Her name is Yui. The system panel cannot be opened, but Kobayashi seems to know who she is.
Just as she was thinking this, Yui waved her left hand this time, and the next moment a purple window appeared under her hand.
"Appeared!"
"Hey, isn't this a bug?"
Yui cheered happily, but Aqua looked obviously disappointed.
"Yui, can you let me see the window?"
"Windows?"
Yui looked confused.
Xiaolin took her right hand and moved her small fingers intuitively, pressing the button that should be for switching to visible mode.
really--
The homepage of the menu window is basically divided into three areas. The top is the name displayed in English and a slender health bar and experience value bar. The right half below is the equipment doll, and the left half is a list of command buttons.
Although the style design such as the option image display can be customized freely, the basic configuration cannot be changed.
Having said that, at the top of Yui's window, there was only a strange name displayed, [Yui—MHC001], which was similar to Ryu Zi's number. Apart from that, there was no health bar, experience bar, or even level.
Although there are equipped dolls, there are far fewer command buttons than usual, only props and settings exist.
"Hey, is this also a system bug?"
Aqua suddenly became happy again.
This guy……
"That's not the case. Rather than calling it a bug, it's just how it was designed."
Kobayashi thought for a moment, handed a cloak to Yui, motioned her to accept it, and then put the cloak back on.
The whole process was very smooth.
"What? No problem."
Aqua pouted again, but she hugged Yui and said, "Forget it, it doesn't matter anyway. Right, Yui!"
"Yes!"
A smile appeared on Yui's face.
Then, Aqua suddenly said, "Xiaolin, let's go out for a walk. It's boring to always stay in the church."
"Since when have you always been in church?"
Xiaolin complained.
However, when he saw Yui's expectant eyes, he still felt a little soft-hearted.
"Well, let's go out for a walk!"
"Yeah! It worked!" X2
Aqua and Yui clapped their hands in the air. It turned out that these two people did it on purpose.
……never mind.
When we say we're going out for a walk, we're just walking around the starting town on the first level.
However, this is the largest city in Aincrad after all, so the functions necessary for adventure are naturally more sufficient than other streets. In addition, with Sato Kazuma's continuous operation, prices are much cheaper, and there are also many businesses such as hotels.
If we only consider efficiency, it would be most appropriate to use this place as a base.
But in fact, for the strategy groups and high-level players that Xiaolin and his friends knew, almost no one stayed in the Starting Town, after all, it took a lot of time to go up and down the levels.
the most important is--
Xiaolin raised his head and looked at the floor of the second floor.
As long as you stand in the square, you can recall what happened at that time, so many players are unwilling to face it and choose to stay away from the starting town.
The three of them were walking down the street.
The Transfer Gate Plaza in the Starting Town is quite spacious, enough to accommodate 10,000 players when it began operations two years ago.
In the center of the perfectly circular space with a stone floor, there stood a huge clock tower, and below it was a transfer gate that was emitting a flickering blue light.
The concentric circles of narrow flower beds surrounding the tower extend outward, with several elegant white benches arranged in between.
On a nice afternoon like this, it was not surprising that there was some noise because there were players taking a break everywhere. However, all the people I saw were moving towards the transfer gate or the square exit, and almost no one stopped or sat on the benches.
If it is a large-scale street on the upper level, the transfer gate square is always mixed because of countless players coming and going.
Some people were chatting about all sorts of things, some were recruiting team members, and some were setting up simple stalls to sell goods. It was almost impossible to move forward in a straight line because of the crowds.
After a brief rest, they continued walking towards East District 7.
There is a church there.
Although Aqua had some complaints about that church, she changed her attitude after classifying it as Axis.
Come to East District 7.
There is an exceptionally tall spire opposite the wide forest on the right side of the road. On top of the spire with a blue-gray stone roof, a metal ancient Egyptian cross made of a combination of a cross and a circle is shining.
That is the symbol of the church.
This is a facility that every town has at least one. The altar inside can remove the monster's special attack - the curse, and bless the weapons against undead monsters.
In SAO, where magic elements are almost non-existent, it can be said to be the most mysterious place.
In addition, as long as you continue to pay Kell, you can take over a small room in the church and use it instead of a hotel.
We arrived at the two huge doors of the main entrance.
Aqua didn't knock on the door, but pushed it open. Since it was a public facility, it couldn't be locked.
After the door was opened, a large group of children rushed out.
"Aqua-sama!"
"Aqua!"
"Goddess!!!"
They surrounded Aqua, Kobayashi and Yui all at once, and Yui was so scared that she grabbed Aqua's sleeve and hid herself behind her.
Soon, a female player with short hair, big black-framed glasses, a simple blue dress, and a small dagger on her waist came out.
"Aqua-sama, Kobayashi-sama."
Her name is Sasha.
This was the player that Aqua had helped on the first floor. Because she was not good at fighting and had experience in taking care of children, she was assigned to take care of these children.
A little boy yelled, "Master Aqua, you haven't come to see us for a long time!"
"I'm sorry, I've been too busy lately and can't spare any time."
Aqua's smile was so gentle that she looked like a goddess! ...Oh, no, she was the goddess.
"Let go!"
Seeing that they were going too far, Sasha reprimanded them, "Aqua-sama is a member of the Clearance Team. They've worked hard to get us out of this game as quickly as possible, so you shouldn't ask for more!"
"I...I know."
The little boy pouted.
No, no, no, if you say that the other members of the strategy team are very hard-working, I won't deny it, but how can this girl who only knows how to eat, drink and have fun all day be busy? She just played too much and forgot about you.
It’s a pity that Xiaolin cannot say this, otherwise their faith will surely collapse, which would be a very cruel thing for them.
"Right, that's right! If I also upgrade and go to the front line..."
"No! Absolutely not!"
Sasha spoke sharply and seemed determined not to agree.
Xiaolin didn't need them to go to the front line. After all, the current members of the strategy team were strong enough, and he wouldn't use children...except Alice.
Aqua squatted down, held the little boy's hand, and said, "It's okay. With us here, you don't need to take risks. You just need to grow up with peace of mind. Even if I want to help, I have to wait until you learn more knowledge."
The words of the stupid goddess were very useful. The little boy nodded heavily to indicate that he would definitely work hard.
Afterwards, led by Sasha, they went to a small room on the right side of the chapel to drink tea and chat.
"Um... I wonder what brought Aqua-sama and Kobayashi-sama here this time?"
Although she said that, her eyes kept looking at Yui who was hiding behind Aqua.
She mistook it for the new kid.
It was the same in the past, when Aqua brought children who couldn't go outside the safe zone to her for care.
however--
"No, I just came to take a look because I haven't been here for a long time."
"……Eh?"
Sasha looked at Yui.
But she didn't ask. After all, people are different. Alice, who is about the same age as the children, is a well-known idol princess and even the runner-up of the world's number one martial arts competition. I guess this little girl is similar?
"By the way, Sasha, how have you been lately?"
"Yeah, that's good. Mr. Kazuma often comes to play with the children and brings a lot of supplies. Under his leadership, the children's level is relatively high, and it is safe for them to roam around."
"Yeah."
Although Sato Kazuma seems to be out of touch and never shows up, he is very responsible and cares about these things.
Kobayashi feels relieved to have him as his backup.
"So, we've been targeted recently..."
"Being targeted? Who?"
Sasha's calm eyes suddenly turned serious, and just as she was about to continue speaking——
"Teacher! Teacher Sasha! This is terrible!"
The door suddenly slammed open.
Several children rushed in.
"Really? This is very rude to the guests."
"Now is not the time to talk about this! Teacher Sasha, Lady Aqua, and Brother Gin have been captured by those guys in the army!"
The little boy who just said he was going to the front line was crying.
"what?"
Sasha stood up resolutely as if she had become a different person, and asked the little boy, "Where is he now?"
"In the open space behind the prop shop in East District 5, the army sent ten people to block the road. Only Gotha escaped."
"I know, I'll be there right away!"
Sasha turned around and said apologetically, "I'm sorry, Aqua-sama, Kobayashi-sama, I didn't expect this to happen. I have to go save those children, so let's talk later."
"Teacher! We want to go too!"
The little boy shouted so loudly, and several children behind him also made sounds of agreement.
"No! You all wait here!"
Sasha scolded loudly.
The children looked at her pitifully.
"The army... the army? How dare they bully my people... Good, very good! Kill them, kill them now!"
Aqua couldn't stand it anymore and slammed the table.
She is a real fighter. She is the type who can tolerate any situation, but if anyone dares to bully her believers, she will fight to the death to show you!
"Don't worry, I'm a pretty capable person, and I'll definitely help you bring Silver back. Okay, Sasha?"
"Thank you, Master Kobayashi, for bothering you!"
Sasha bowed deeply.
Xiao Lin was also slightly angry.
Good man, I was so busy dealing with the BOSS on the front line that I forgot to deal with you.
I’m going to teach you a lesson!
The three of them quickly arrived at East District 6.
When we were in front of an NPC store and a courtyard of a civilian house, we saw a group of people blocking the path ahead. Judging from their uniform gray-green and black iron equipment, the group of at least ten people was definitely the military.
When Saxia arrived at the scene, the army players noticed her and turned around with malicious smiles on their faces.
"Hey, here comes the babysitter."
"…Release the children quickly!"
"Don't say such harsh words. I'm just teaching them some social common sense and will let them leave soon."
"That's right, paying taxes is a citizen's obligation after all!"
The men who were trapped there let out sharp laughs, especially the man and woman who were surrounded by them. Even their equipment was forced to be removed but they were not allowed to leave.
This made Aqua instantly furious.
"Xiao Lin!"
"Ah, I know."
Kobayashi kicked over one of the players who were gathered there, and Aqua quickly went over to comfort the two men and women.
“Hey…hey hey hey!”
At this moment, one of the military players came to his senses and shouted, "Who are you? Do you want to hinder the military from carrying out their mission?"
"and many more."
A man whose equipment looked more advanced than the others came forward to stop them. He seemed to be their captain.
"Although I have never met you, do you know what it means to be an enemy of the army? Do you want me to take you to the headquarters for a good talk?"
His narrowed eyes were filled with a ferocious light, and he even pulled out the huge broadsword from his waist, making deliberate movements as if to threaten Xiaolin.
"We still have to go outside the circle, huh?!"
"Go outside the circle?"
Hearing his words, Xiao Lin suddenly laughed angrily: "Okay, then go outside the circle, I will let you know who you have provoked!"
The silk thread tied him tightly in an instant.
The silk thread was of a higher level than his equipment, and the absolute power difference brought by the level made it impossible for him to break free.
"You are really brave. Even Xinka was polite to me, but you dared to shout at me and even come to my territory to collect protection money. Can I assume that the army is declaring war on me - on the Axis Church?"
Xiaolin pulled him to the ground.
It was clearly an extremely excessive act, yet everyone else looked at the man in front of them with horror.
"X-Xiao Lin...?!!!"
The sharp voice brought everyone back to their senses.
“It’s ever-changing!”
"It's over, it's ever-changing! I told you not to come to the first floor, but you didn't listen!"
The others didn't dare to move, not even to run. Axis was one of the top two guilds in Aincrad, so they couldn't run away even if they wanted to.
Looking at the male player who was shouting just now but now lowered his head like a defeated rooster, the children all showed satisfied smiles on their faces.
(End of this chapter)