owlsbooks Chapter 563 Special Effects
Chapter 563 Special Effects
Chapter 563 Special Effects
"Is that really not a special skill?"
"No."
"really?"
"real."
"hiss----"
Argo Tactics leaned back and gasped, and immediately looked in awe of the man in front of her. She looked like a mouse and her sudden weirdness was quite cute.
The two were currently in a cafe on the main street of Urubas on the second level.
Sato Kazuma and the others did not follow directly, but went back to complete the remaining tasks on the first floor. During that gap, Kobayashi received a system email from Argo, which said that he hoped to know clearly the skills he used in the BOSS battle.
It has to be said that she is a successful intelligence broker.
Regardless of the source of the information, she knew what happened in the boss battle in less than two hours after completing the game. Her keen sense of intelligence is amazing.
Of course, Argo would not collect intelligence in vain. She also exchanged it with special skills during the closed beta period. Even though Kobayashi said that this was not a special skill, she had to believe it after repeated confirmation and live performance.
"Ah... What a pity, 5W Ke'er is gone."
"5? Who is so generous?"
"I can't tell you that. The most important thing about selling intelligence is protecting customer information. Sorry."
Kobayashi was just a little surprised and mentioned it casually.
In fact, Argo still has a bottom line. Even though she always says that she can sell her measurements for money (and she actually did that), there is still one piece of information that she will never sell.
That is the true identity of the closed beta player.
Maybe the person who bought the special skills from me is also a closed beta player. Ordinary players are still immersed in the joy of completing the game, but only closed beta players are thinking about how to accumulate advantages. How can they miss out on a special skill like Xiaolin's?
Argo leaned over the table and said sarcastically, "I think my boss is very special now."
"……Why do you say that?"
"You see, the boss's skills are not recognized by the system, which means they have no damage at all. The boss's output must be borne by others - so the sickle user uses all powerful but highly stiff skills, right?"
"Yeah, indeed."
Xiaolin thought about it and nodded.
Argo sighed again. "So, Boss, it's strange that you and her entrusted your lives to each other."
“But it doesn’t seem special to me.”
"……Eh?"
Kobayashi smiled at the dumbfounded intelligence dealer.
Argo was no fool, she suddenly realized that this was a common occurrence for the two of them, and she couldn't help but start to wonder what their professions were in real life.
"Okay, that's the end of my topic."
Xiaolin tapped the table with his fingers, reminding Argo who was lying on it, "Miss the intelligence dealer, you won't forget what you promised before, right? In addition, if you want to use the special skill [Meditation] as a reward, you don't have to. I already know this information."
“…Aaaaa——”
After a brief silence, Argo suddenly screamed like crazy, scaring all the passers-by.
"What, what happened? Why are you yelling all of a sudden?"
"Not only did I lose 5 Cole because I didn't get the intelligence, but my attempt to fool people with the [Meditation] skill was discovered... I'm at a huge disadvantage!!!"
Such wailing that makes anyone sad and cry is really... really pleasing.
After all, he loves to see people get humiliated.
In order to maintain her credibility as an intelligence agent, Argo finally revealed a special skill - Taijutsu. This was the origin of her whiskers and her nickname "Mouse". And it happened to be on the second floor, so she could do it directly.
"Woo woo woo, what a big loss, what a big loss."
"Don't pretend to cry here. This is not your only special skill."
There are many special skills, some of which can be learned by an unlimited number of people, and some are unique. The standard examples are Kirito's [Dual Swords] and Heathcliff's [Holy Sword]. Taijutsu is a skill that everyone can learn after accepting the prerequisite quest.
Of course Xiao Lin understood why she was pretending like that.
"I promise not to spread it or use it to make a profit."
"…Really, Boss?"
"real."
"Thank you so much!"
Argo smiled happily after hearing Xiaolin's answer. She looked cute and cunning, just like a smart mouse. She should have a lot in common with Huihui and other problem children.
"Well, after this, I have some information I want to buy from you."
"What kind of information is that?"
"Information on creating a guild."
In fact, Kobayashi asked Kirito this question after the boss battle. However, this player who was a lone wolf during the closed beta told Kobayashi that he did not know about the information about the establishment of the guild. It is a reasonable explanation that he did not care about the guild because he was a lone wolf.
"The guild's information, does that mean the boss has this idea?"
"Yes."
Kobayashi did not deny it.
Creating a guild was a necessity for them. In addition to recruiting more talents, it could also give some sense of security to those who felt lonely and frightened on the first floor, and it could also play a logistical role in Xiaolin and others' strategy.
"Then boss, you've asked the right person! The guild mission is on the third floor..."
Afterwards, Argo told Kobayashi the information about the Guild Master's mission, and Kobayashi readily paid for the information.
Seeing Xiaolin being so generous, Argo's eyes lit up, and he wanted to sell all his information to Xiaolin. However, the numerous and complicated information was of no use to him at all. In the end, he only symbolically selected a piece of information about flying sword skills.
In fact, it is an advanced version of the [Throwing] skill.
You have to know that there is no magic in SAO. The only weapons that can perform long-range attacks are flying swords, and they are actually used as auxiliary weapons.
The attack mode of betting all your ability points on the flying sword skill and then throwing flying knives to hit monsters is certainly very exciting, but in the death game, except for Xiaolin, no one would use this kind of ability for fun.
...Sato Kazuma counts as half.
In addition, this flying sword is not a real flying sword, but a material of monsters with paralysis poison and corrosive acid, such as the poisonous sting of a giant venomous bee, the tail of a black scorpion, etc. If Xiaolin can obtain those things and add special effects to the silk thread...
In the game, it is actually a very famous genre.
——Special effects flow!
So after getting the information, Kobayashi started leveling up on the second floor with Aqua and the others.
Originally, Xiaochun gave the most suitable leveling location in the village in the east, but now Xiaolin had to come to the village of Marome, southeast of Urubas on the second level, to hunt the most troublesome type of monster in the early stages - the wind wasp.
This is a bee-shaped monster with green stripes on its black body.
At fifty centimeters in length, it would have been the largest insect in the world if it appeared in the real world, but among the monsters that inhabit Aincrad, it is classified as the smallest.
For a game with a second-tier leveling point, its health and attack power and other abilities aren't very high, so it's not a difficult monster for Kobayashi and his friends.
…It should have been like this.
“Hey! Darkness, why did you rush into the monsters without caring about anything? Even though you drew the monsters’ hatred away, you almost died just now!”
"B-but... the feeling of being paralyzed by a bee sting... is wonderful!"
Sato Kazuma glanced at the perverted female knight whose cheeks were flushed and she was enjoying herself, then pointed at Aqua and Megumin in the distance and loudly blamed them.
"——You two over there, are you here for an outing? Help me kill monsters!"
"Wait a minute Kazuma, I'm the high priest, I can't fight monsters at all!"
“Kazuma, I’m a great mage. If it were magic, I would be able to easily deal with it, but there’s nothing I can do now.”
What they said makes sense.
However, anyone with a discerning eye can tell that it is an excuse.
Yunyun and Rain, both great magicians, were still busy fighting monsters, while Aqua and Huihui were simply shooting basketballs.
"Okay, I get it. So you two are useless, right? In that case... Senior Kobayashi, kick them out of the team."
"I agree."
“Eh——————?!” X2
When Kobayashi nodded in agreement, Aqua and Huihui were stunned, and then cried and shouted that he would help and not abandon them. Sato Kazuma took the opportunity to make the two lazy people sign a lot of unfair contracts and exploited them. For some reason, this man seemed to have become tough in the game, even Kureya was often suppressed by him.
Maybe it's because he has come to a field where he is good at, so he is so confident.
But that's a good thing.
I hope Sato Kazuma can keep it up.
While they were arguing, several major events also happened in SAO.
The first thing is to clear the first level.
Although it has been a month since the server was launched, and nearly a thousand people have died during this period, the remaining players have seen hope of clearing the level, and many have even mustered up the courage to take up arms to contribute to the clearance. It must be said that Aqua has made a great contribution to this.
Then there is the division of players who attack the BOSS.
Because the identities of the closed beta players, mainly Diabel, were exposed, some players thought that he organized these people to attack the BOSS for his own benefit, and wanted to snatch the props dropped by the BOSS's final blow, and used them as tools. In fact, Diabel did have such an intention, so he did not make any excuses.
Even without Kirito, there was still a gap between the closed beta players and the ordinary players.
In addition, Ya Wang still left the group.
What he hated the most were the closed beta testers, so he took away a lot of people under the banner of opposing the closed beta testers.
In fact, this is very common in the game. The only difference is that Diabel is a closed beta player. This identity has been over-interpreted, causing his kindness to become intentional. It can only be said that Kiba's words indirectly hurt Diabel... No, considering that he indulged Kiba to accuse, it should be said that the boomerang pierced himself.
Finally, Kirito and Asuna left the team.
Kirito, a lone wolf player, is not good at teaming up with others, so he left the team after the boss defeat battle was over.
As for Asuna... Darkness sincerely invited her to join, but the rich girl still refused. After regaining her spirits in the battle with the BOSS, she decided to rely on herself to become stronger and not hold others back.
I really don't understand her self-esteem.
Kobayashi did not make any move to stop Asuna's decision.
You know, the ten of them are illegal, and they are likely under the surveillance of Kayaba Akihiko. He might suddenly attack them one day. If Asuna dies accidentally, they will be sinners.
Taking this into consideration, Xiaolin decided that all people who would join the guild in the future would have to be support staff who did not need to fight monsters, level up, or leave the city.
Oh, yes, there’s also No-Brain and Unhappy… Wrong, it’s Rinko and Koharu.
The two of them originally wanted to go with Xiaolin and the others, but since Xiaolin was coming here to hunt the more difficult flying monster Wind Wasp, they had no choice but to go their separate ways.
In addition, Koharu's attitude towards Sato Kazuma has changed a lot.
It was not like the usual disgust and resistance, but rather the arrogance suddenly decreased and the coquettishness suddenly increased.
Kobayashi didn't know what happened exactly, but Darkness said that when Koharu was distracted by Kobayashi's battle with the boss, it was Sato Kazuma who stood in front of her and blocked the attack of the kobold guards.
Is that the time——
Kobayashi remembered that Sato Kazuma suddenly shouted during the battle that there were some ogre soldiers and asked others to help.
Not bad, you underestimated him.
It looks like spring is coming for Sato Kazuma.
But that's just how he is. Normally he's laughing and even acting so funny that it's unbearable, but when it comes to the critical moment, he becomes incredibly handsome.
You can tell when you see him break into the palace at night and charm Kureya and Rain to death.
Is this another kind of contrast?
Xiaolin began to think.
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On the tenth day after defeating the first-floor boss, the players, including Kirito and Asuna, the so-called front-line strategy group, finally broke through the wide maze area filled with strong minotaurs and arrived at the hall where the second-floor boss was waiting for the players.
There are still eight teams challenging the BOSS this time, and Diabel, Ya Wang and others have come here again.
But compared to the previous players who only relied on enthusiasm and did not pay attention to level factors, the players who participated in the strategy this time are almost all stronger players.
Kobayashi didn't know about this until Sato Kazuma told him.
It is said that some high-level players with strong skills feel indignant that even small fry can defeat the BOSS and pass the level. Some are angry and humiliated because of their previous fear and retreat, while others cannot accept it because of the self-esteem of the high-level players, so this time, powerful players rushed here to prove themselves.
So the battle to defeat the BOSS began.
I have to admit that the quality of the players this time is much higher than the last time, and the cooperation between the players is very smooth. Even Diabel's command has become easier. They are all a group of well-known players.
However, it pales in comparison to Krillin and Ryuushi.
"Hey, hey, hey, what is that..."
"That attack method seems weird no matter how I look at it!"
"Is there any need for us to exist?"
Players who saw it for the first time all stared wide-eyed at the second-floor BOSS - Colonel Bull Nato, who was holding a giant hammer. The master and servant were flying up and down. The acrobatic-like attack method was just pleasing to the eyes. The BOSS's health dropped at a speed visible to the naked eye, and there was no room for them to intervene.
The new players who had just joined the strategy group finally understood why the BOSS on the first floor was so easy to defeat, and even there was a ragtag group of so many weak players without any death.
With teammates like this, I can really do great!
(End of this chapter)