owlsbooks Chapter 581 Resurrection Item Get Daze
Chapter 581 Resurrection Item Get Daze
Chapter 581: Resurrection Item Get Daze~
June 24, 2023
10:30 am
In the meeting room of the Axis Church, many people gathered here.
Kobayashi said as the host: "Although it is a bit embarrassing to force everyone to come here on a day when you might want to spend the night with someone, I think everyone here has received emails or learned about the intention of calling everyone here through various channels."
The players gathered here are all familiar friends, and there is no so-called social opening.
Besides, they were more concerned with other things.
Klein, the guild leader of Fenglinzan, slammed the table and shouted, "Xiaolin, the email said that there will be resurrection items dropped in this event, is that true?!"
After he shouted like that, the expressions of the others began to change.
You have to know that SAO is a true death game. When your health points reach zero, you will definitely be eliminated instead of being resurrected from the Black Iron Palace. But this time, a resurrection item appeared, and its significance can be imagined.
Kobayashi shrugged.
"Although I want to admit it, rumors are just rumors after all, and no one can confirm it."
"But the NPCs on each floor have started to issue corresponding tasks and pass on the same kind of information. I don't think this is aimless. At least Kayaba Akihiko wouldn't do such a boring thing."
Kirito spoke up.
He admired Kayaba Akihiko very much, so he could guess a little bit of his thoughts. Although he was angry that he turned SAO into a death game, if a resurrection item appeared... he couldn't help but clench his fists.
Then, a pair of hands rested on it.
It's Asuna.
She nodded and said, "I also heard about the resurrection item from the leader. In fact, the Blood Knights originally planned to participate in this event, but the guild mission conflicted with the event, so the leader said he would give up."
"Really? That's really good news."
Haruko nodded.
Although the Axis Cult and the Knights of the Blood were both two guilds that stood at the top of Aincrad, they had different focuses. If the Knights of the Blood expressed their intention to participate in this event, it would be hard to say who would get the resurrection item in the end.
Agil said solemnly: "The problem now is that regardless of whether the appearance of the resurrection item is true or false, the players have been attracted by the event, and we have many opponents."
He's right.
After learning that a resurrection item has appeared, Krillin activated his Face Fruit ability and summoned familiar players to help the Axis Cult obtain the resurrection item. Among them were Klein's Fuuinzan, Agil's Four, Koharu and Rinko, and Kirito and Asuna.
It's just that Xiaolin's face is not that big, or in the face of the temptation of the resurrection prop, many people want to get it. In this way, players who give face need to intercept players who don't give face.
"We'll talk about this later. Let's first listen to the information about the apostate Nicholas."
Kobayashi pressed his hands down, signaling a certain intelligence businessman with a beard on his cheeks and a sly smile to speak.
"Argo, please."
"no problem!"
Argo stood up and took out first a scroll, then a map.
"Let me explain it to you. First, I got this puzzle scroll from my various investigations. Its function is to indicate the path of the apostate Nicholas. Then I solved the puzzle and learned that the apostate Nicholas would appear in the Lost Forest on the 35th floor at midnight tonight."
"Is the information accurate?!"
"Please remove the last word. Who do you think I am?"
Miss Mouse raised her head and chest with pride.
She is the most famous and the best intelligence dealer in the whole of Aincrad. No intelligence can escape her eyes and ears, especially when she is good at solving puzzles, which helps her go further and further on the road of intelligence.
By the way, the whereabouts of the apostate Nicholas was Argo's first-hand information, and she did not sell it to anyone else.
This is also the benefit of making friends with intelligence dealers.
"That's it."
Xiao Lin then spoke again: "Although we know the time and location of the event boss, we don't know anything about its mechanism and value. In addition, there are players from other guilds who are eyeing it covetously..."
“It’s going to be a tough battle.”
Kirito added.
Everyone was slightly silent.
Klein seemed to be unable to bear this atmosphere and shouted, "Hey, hey, hey, why are you guys being so cautious? Didn't we not know the mechanics and abilities when we were attacking the BOSS? There's no difference, right? Besides, the information hasn't been leaked!"
"That's not the way to say it..."
Xiaochun felt helpless about his thick nerves.
When conquering the floor BOSS, the top members of the conquering team worked together, and their combined combat power and skills were the best in the game. But now, not only do they have to deal with the BOSS, but they also have to deal with other equally top players, and they may even be under siege.
"No, I don't think it's a big deal."
Agil said, "Have you all forgotten? When we were on the fifth floor, weren't we also on guard against the other members of the capture team while attacking the floor boss? Mr. Klein is right. It's no different from that time."
“Right, right!” Klein shouted as if he had found a companion.
Xiaolin also nodded: "Agil is right. If we want to get the resurrection item, we must be prepared to fight against all the top players. Of course, I don't think we will fail."
The game is pretty unfair sometimes.
If it really comes down to actual strength, even Sato Kazuma can easily defeat everyone.
"There's no point in thinking so much. No matter what, someone is needed to stop the other players. Xiaolin, come and assign the teams."
After Asuna became the vice-leader of the Blood Knights, she had a thorough understanding of these things and quickly grasped the thread of the problem.
Xiaolin nodded.
"As Asuna said, I will split into two groups, one to attack the boss, and one to stop other players. The latter is the most difficult of the two tasks, so if you have any questions, you can ask them now."
Considering Asuna's special position as the vice-leader of the Blood Knights, she could not stop other players and could only join the mission to capture the BOSS. And Kirito, her temporary partner, could only join in.
In the end, the people who conquered the BOSS were Krillin, Ryuzu, Huihui, Aqua, Kirito, and Asuna. There were only six people to conquer the event BOSS, which was exactly the configuration of a small team.
Huihui has a guild flag, an Axis flag that has been amplified to +45, which can amplify the attributes of guild members by 180% and also has various support effects. She is a famous flag bearer in the strategy group - but she can only run with the flag in every battle.
The purpose of bringing Aqua along is simple.
I don't know why, but the stupid goddess is particularly hated by monsters. She is always targeted by monsters for no reason. Her presence can ensure that others can do their best to output. I was worried that she might accidentally drop to zero HP and die, but now that she has Feiyulong, she can recover HP through various means, making her a very useful bait.
No one else has any objection to this allocation.
Kobayashi had to balance the combat power, and even block the player's group to have more combat power, so he merged Alice, Darkness, Kureya and others into the second group.
After the meeting ended, everyone went to prepare themselves, as everyone knew that tonight would be a tough battle.
Time gradually came to 21:00 late in the night. The square was full of couples walking towards the hotel arm in arm. While everyone was still immersed in the festive atmosphere of Christmas, the Axis Cult and its group started to move.
Thanks to the teleportation mechanism in Aincrad, they did not need to run from the first floor to the thirty-fifth floor, and they could quickly reach their destination using the teleportation crystals.
After transferring to the 35th floor, they arrived at a very quiet square that was completely different from the front line. Perhaps because it was a little far from the main battlefield of the middle-level players and the main street was a rural area that was not worth visiting, they still avoided the players' sight and ran towards the Lost Forest.
The maze on the 35th floor is divided into countless quadrilateral areas. Since the connection points between the areas are randomly alternating, it is almost impossible to break through without a map prop. At this time, the map that Argo has cracked is needed.
Following the map, they stared at the marked blocks and worked their way back to the area. After two unavoidable battles, they finally arrived at the block before the target fir tree.
There are still thirty minutes left.
No one spoke, but quietly organized their props in preparation for the next battle.
"--who is it?!"
Sato Kazuma, who had the highest enemy-finding skill, suddenly shouted. Because of his shout, everyone subconsciously drew their weapons and looked towards the forest at the same time.
Three seconds later—
"It's me! Please don't be nervous."
Several people came out of the forest.
"...Xing, and everyone else?"
Kirito was extremely surprised, he didn't expect that everyone from the Moonlit Black Cats would appear here.
As if he understood Kirito's look, the leader Keita explained, "I heard from Yuki that you guys were going to do a special mission, so I thought I'd come and help."
幸？
Kobayashi looked at Xing who was hiding in the shadows, and then at Asuna. The low pressure emanating from the vice-leader of the Blood Knights made a certain black-clad swordsman sweat profusely.
Soon after, many more players appeared from the transfer point behind.
The leader was the long-unseen Diabel, followed by the army's Xinka and Yawang, and other guilds of all sizes. Hundreds of people appeared on the 35th floor.
I didn't expect this floor would be so lively one day.
Kobayashi and his companions were very careful in their actions. They had not been discovered along the way thanks to Sato Kazuma's high-level exploration skills. The only explanation was -
Keita looked apologetic: "Sorry, Xiaolin."
“We’ll talk about this later. It just so happens that you want to help too, so why don’t you join them in stopping these people? Kazuma, I’ll leave this to you.”
"no problem!"
Sato Kazuma held a short sword in his hand and turned his back to face the other guild members. Klein, Rinko Koharu, Agil and the others followed suit.
"Go ahead, Senior Kobayashi!"
"Okay, let's go!"
Kobayashi led a few people into the last teleportation point. The last one, Aqua, was reluctant to go in, but was kicked on the butt by Sato Kazuma and flew in.
"Asshole Kazuma!!!"
The only thing left in the labyrinth area was the wailing of the stupid goddess.
After entering the teleportation point, the huge fir tree stood quietly in the same place as I remembered, bending in the same way as I remembered. This square area with almost no other trees was covered with snow and shone with pure white light, looking like a plain where all life had been extinct.
The moment the clock in the corner of their vision struck midnight, a bell rang from somewhere, and several people raised their heads and looked toward the treetops.
With the dark night sky, or more precisely, the bottom of the upper layer as the background, two rays of light continued to extend. Looking closely at the domestic product, it seemed to be a huge sled pulled by some strange monster.
When they reached right above the fir tree, a dark shadow flew down from the sled, and Kobayashi and the others took a few steps back.
The one who landed on the ground with a big kick of snow was a monster about three times the height of an ordinary person. Although it still looked human, its arms were abnormally long, and because its body was bent forward, it almost rubbed the ground. Its small red eyes shone under the shadow of its abnormally protruding forehead. The lower half of its face was covered with gray curved beards, which were even long enough to reach its lower abdomen.
Strangely, the monster was wearing a red and white shirt and a conical hat of the same color. He held an axe in his right hand and a large bag full of things in his left hand.
The developer who designed this guy probably wanted a large group of players to feel both scary and funny when they saw this ugly version of Santa Claus.
Then Nicholas began to speak his lines.
Kobayashi didn't listen, but took advantage of this gap to call on everyone to prepare for the attack.
"Megumin!"
"Good! Here comes the flag!"
As soon as the little loli came in, she stuck the flag into the snow without saying a word, and the attribute amplification effect befell Krillin, Ryuzi and Aqua.
"Very good! Let's go!"
Krillin, along with Ryuzu, and Kirito and Asuna, rushed towards Nicholas.
As for the stupid goddess Aqua...she was being chased by the BOSS at this moment, howling as she ran away.
Nicholas's level is not high, so he is not a numerical monster, but strangely, he does not have any special mechanism. The only thing you need to be careful about is that he will occasionally spill something from his handbag. Sometimes it is a pitch-black potion, and sometimes it is some monsters of the same level.
But they were all very weak, including Nicholas, and they killed them in less than 30 minutes. The remaining bags also turned into light and disappeared. Of course, they did not really disappear, but were all collected into the system.
It went incredibly smoothly.
After all, Nicholas is an event BOSS. The purpose of its appearance is to bring benefits to the players. If the difficulty is the same as that of the floor BOSS, what kind of benefit is it?
The biggest problem in obtaining the event rewards is to confirm the location where Nicholas appears and how to deal with other players' attempts to snatch them away. Xiaolin did all of these with his own face.
"Everyone, check the item list to see if there is a resurrection item."
After hearing this, everyone started to recruit lists.
The new item list was filled with an outrageous amount of items, including weapons, equipment, gems, crystals, and even food. It must be said that the rewards for the event boss were generous. Unfortunately, Xiaolin did not find the resurrection item from his list.
Kirito and Asuna also shook their heads.
Liu Zi also said no.
"Aqua? Stop crying and check the item list."
Just now, the stupid goddess was being chased by the BOSS. From the beginning to the end of the battle, Nicholas didn't pay attention to others, as if the hatred attribute had completely disappeared.
Could it be that the apostate meant that he was unhappy with any goddess?
Aqua was crying as she looked through the list of items, and then her expression changed from crying to laughing. It seemed that she had gained a lot.
"The resurrection item... is this it?"
She turned the window for everyone to see.
[Sacred Crystal of Resurrection]
Select the item from the automatic menu, or hold it in your hand and shout "Resurrection: Player Name". As long as it is used between the time when the target player dies and the time when the effect light completely disappears (about ten seconds), the target player can be resurrected.
"This is too tasteless."
The stupid goddess complained first.
Her resurrection magic can perfectly revive a person even if ten hours have passed, let alone ten seconds. Of course, she despises such useless magic.
But in the eyes of Kirito Asuna, this item is already very good. Think about it carefully, how can those players whose brains have been damaged be resurrected?
(End of this chapter)