owlsbooks Chapter 558: Axis's Teachings Are Poisoning SAO
Chapter 558: Axis's Teachings Are Poisoning SAO
Chapter 558: Axis's Teachings Are Poisoning SAO
From the day he rescued Asuna, Krillin divided the team into two groups.
He was in a group with Aqua, and the rest were in another group.
At the same time, Kobayashi and Aqua will change their activity range back to the starting town, while the others will continue to kill monsters here to increase their levels, and when the levels are similar, they will move on to the next town without waiting for them.
With Koharu's information and the strong capabilities of Sato Kazuma and others, I think there won't be any problems.
As for Xiaolin's level, he needs to work harder and run back and forth between the two towns to level up.
Thanks to the fact that this game doesn't have a fatigue value, even if your health drops, you can just drink potions to replenish it. A leveling freak can even level up in the wild for 24 hours. The only thing you need to worry about is your energy. After all, people are not machines. It's impossible to maintain a high level of concentration endlessly. Forcing yourself will only hurt yourself.
But it is not a problem for Xiaolin. He is a great magician and a top adventurer of level 8. He has no pressure even if he does not sleep for a month.
There is no need to worry about Aqua's level.
In this game, there is a saying that you can team up with your sister to level up. If you fall behind in level, you can easily catch up by going to a higher floor, so there is no need to rush.
After having a definite plan, Kobayashi and Aqua returned to the Town of Origin.
Aqua's daily task is to enlighten those confused, hesitant, helpless and afraid players. She doesn't ask them to cheer up again, but only hopes that they won't go to extremes and do stupid things like suicide when they mentally break down.
Originally, the stupid goddess was too lazy to do such a thing, but after Kobayashi said that she could take this opportunity to recruit believers, she immediately became enthusiastic.
If you talk about recruiting believers, then she won't be sleepy anymore.
This world is like a virgin land waiting to be mined, and Aqua can't help but be tempted. At the same time, Xiaolin can also try his best to reduce the panic of the players and let more people help them pass the levels.
It’s a win-win situation for them.
——referring to the fact that they won twice.
At first, Aqua planned to perform a talent show, gather a large number of players and then give a speech, but the performance that had always been successful is now useless.
Because Sword Art Online is a death game, people with ideas will go and fight monsters and level up to increase their chances of survival and will not stop for this; people without ideas have given up even the hope of survival, so how can they have the leisure to watch talent shows.
The stupid goddess thought that her only skill was useless, and she broke down and cried for the whole day. Kobayashi had a lot of trouble to comfort her.
Then Aqua changed her strategy.
The Stupid Goddess has a laissez-faire attitude towards everything except her believers. She is never careless and will do anything for them.
So she made a decision that was both energy-consuming and time-consuming, but also down-to-earth and effective.
——Comforting them one by one.
She has the style of a silly goddess. What else can Kobayashi say about such a goddess?
Of course I am here to accompany you.
"If you hesitate too long and come to an answer, you will regret it no matter what you choose. Since you will regret it anyway, just choose happiness in the present. Don't worry too much about your old age. Even the gods don't know whether you will be smiling in the future. So just enjoy the present.
If you don’t want to work hard, it’s the world’s fault. If you have a bad nature, it’s the environment’s fault. If you are ugly, it’s your genes’ fault. Don’t blame yourself, just put the blame on others.”
Aqua clasped her hands together and tried to counsel the man with shining eyes. It was hard to imagine that he looked half-dead just now.
"Ms. Aqua, I feel much better now! Thank you! Sorry for causing you trouble!"
"It doesn't matter. My greatest wish is to be able to recover. Come, follow me now and chant the spell to recover: Eris's chest is padded."
"Eris's breasts are padded."
"Again! Eris's breasts are padded!"
"Eris's breasts are padded!!!"
The man said it loudly, as if this spell really gave him great courage. Then he said goodbye to Aqua and Kobayashi, straightened his chest, picked up his sword, and walked out of the town.
With Aqua's comfort, he successfully came out of the haze and decided to cheer up. No, maybe he cheered up too much.
Aqua looked at the man's back and clasped her hands together as if she had sent the hero to the other world.
The stupid goddess is good in every way except that she likes to persecute the goddess Eris.
I'll apologize to that goddess when I get back.
After two weeks of hard work, the originally heavy atmosphere of panic in the Town of Origin has gradually dissipated. The Stupid Goddess has successfully healed the psychological trauma of no less than a hundred people, which is undoubtedly a good thing worthy of praise.
"Let's go to the next area."
"it is good!"
Aqua followed Xiaolin happily.
The starting town is very large, occupying almost 20% of the area of the first town, and is divided into several areas, each about one kilometer in diameter.
There are many players here, and it is difficult for Aqua alone to appease all of them.
As the two of them were walking in an alley, Xiaolin felt someone following them, and the search skill also gave a warning at the same time.
Do my feelings take precedence over the system?
interesting.
What’s even more interesting is that there are people who would follow me.
Kobayashi walked calmly without stopping, casually took Aqua's hand, and walked towards the depths of the alley.
Recently, the two of them often wandered around the streets and alleys, mainly because the players often hid in the corners of the alleys. I don't know who stipulated that wanderers must survive in the alleys, and those players followed suit, inadvertently increasing Aqua's work difficulty.
"Go this way."
Walking into an alley, Kobayashi led Aqua to a hidden corner. Thanks to the time he had spent exploring, he was able to take advantage of the geographical location.
"Xiaolin, why are you here?"
"Hush, someone is following us."
Kobayashi signaled to the stupid goddess to stop talking, and the two of them concealed their presence like that, hiding in the shadows of the corner. Because of the angle, the entrance to the alley couldn't be seen clearly.
Soon, a man in a cloak whose face could not be seen clearly hurried into the alley. When he reached the end, he turned his head left and right, but he did not see anyone and realized that this was a dead end.
be cheated!
As soon as he realized this, Kobayashi and Aqua blocked the way out.
"Hello, stalker."
"...Tsk."
The cloaked man lowered his hat, and in the quiet alley there was an unwilling smacking of lips, as if he was unhappy about having been exposed.
Kobayashi's friendly greeting received no response, so he continued to ask.
"Who sent you and what is your purpose? Of course, you can refuse to answer, but I'm not sure what I would do."
Full of threats.
"Ah, I admit defeat."
The cloaked man raised his hands and opened his cloak at the same time. He was a cute girl with short curly golden brown hair and a beard on his cheeks, giving people the appearance of a small animal.
"Let me introduce myself. My name is Argo."
"Oh."
"...Don't you know me?"
"Should I get to know you?"
"Hmm, so you're not a closed beta player?"
Xiaolin's cold attitude seemed to let her know some information. But it didn't matter to Xiaolin, he was more concerned about other things.
"Who asked you to follow me?"
"It's me. I thought you guys were interesting, so I wanted to see what you guys were up to, and then I found out that you guys seemed to be doing something very interesting."
The smile is a little sly.
However, because the girl looks cute, she doesn't make people feel bored.
"Let me introduce myself again. My name is Argo. I may sound boastful, but I am an excellent information dealer. I can collect any information. And no matter what the information is, I will sell it as long as it can be sold, including my numbers. So if you have any needs, Mr. Kobayashi, you may add me as a friend."
The fact that she came here in person to conduct business meant that she thought Kobayashi was a potential customer, and the fact that she mentioned Kobayashi's name so casually indirectly proved her strength.
You know, during this period, Xiaolin never revealed his ID, and it was obviously Aqua who was revealed, but Argo was able to find it...
"There is a trick. I am a little interested in you."
"Thank you."
Argo received a friend invitation from Xiaolin, and the smile on his face became even brighter, like a small rodent.
"Well then, as a killer, I will tell you my numbers, Mr. Kobayashi."
"No need, I'm not interested."
"What are your measurements?"
"……hehe."
Xiaolin didn't say anything, but that contemptuous smile said it all. Most women would get angry and gnash their teeth if they were offended like this, but Argo laughed without caring. In addition, her laughter had a nasal tone, which was also very unique.
"So, you came to us specially, not just to conduct business?"
"No, no, actually I accepted someone's commission and came to you specially."
"Commission? ...Tell me about it."
“I hope to write something on the title page of this book.”
Argo pulled out a small booklet from his pocket.
【Guide Book】
This is something that is distributed for free in the item shop, and it is a booklet that any player can pick up. And this booklet is specially compiled by the closed beta players for other players, and it contains most of the strategies and warnings, that is, the strategy book.
"Did you prepare this?"
"Yes. I called it the Argo Strategy Guide. What do you think? It's a good name, isn't it?"
She laughed again.
He is really a weird person. He says that he will sell any information as long as it can be sold, and he looks like he is only interested in profit, but he distributes strategy guides to other players for free.
"You said you wanted to write something, could it be what I was thinking of?"
"As expected of Mr. Kobayashi, you got it right the first time you guessed it!"
hiss--
Should we say that she is courageous or ignorant? She actually dared to do such a bold thing. Doesn't she know what the final outcome will be?
Xiaolin could already foresee that the starting town would become the water city of Alcanretia. After seeing other players, the players here would definitely recommend this kind of thing to them with great enthusiasm.
Oh no, I'm starting to get scared.
Seeing Xiaolin's silence, Argo said anxiously, "Hey, hey, hey, Mr. Xiaolin, you won't refuse, right? This is a good thing for you, right?"
"It is indeed a good thing, but I really want to know, why do you do this? What is the reason?"
“Because it can help more people.”
Her purpose is simple, which is to help those players who are confused and frightened by panic.
During this period, Argo collected a lot of information, and what moved her most was the fact that nearly two thousand people had died, including many closed beta players.
This made her feel a little panic about the future.
At this time, Aqua appeared, and her words seemed to have some magic, igniting the fighting spirit in the hearts of those helpless players. This was obviously a very good thing, so I thought of using the strategy book to pass on these encouraging (actually bad) words.
“In fact, I want to start a business.”
“…Heh, let’s just leave it at that.”
Of course, this sentence was not what Argo really meant, but since she said so, how could Xiaolin not obey?
"Just... don't regret it later. You have no idea how much damage it will cause."
"Hahaha, no matter how destructive it is, it's better than dying in the game, right? Why not turn this game upside down and give that damn Kayaba Akihiko a big shock!"
It seems that Argo also has a lot of resentment towards Kayaba Akihiko.
"I say, what are you talking about?"
Aqua puffed her lips.
Looking at the stupid goddess with clear stupidity in her eyes, Kobayashi touched her long sky blue hair.
"Nothing, it's just that this lady is very interested in your teachings. How about having a good chat with her?"
"Really?! My, my lady, I can see you have good taste. Come, let's have a good chat!"
Aqua said as she walked towards Argo with a smile on her face, as if she was trying to pull an innocent person into becoming a member of the shoe glue club.
Argo was a little frightened. She looked at Xiaolin for help. Xiaolin gave her a thumbs up, signaling her to cheer up, and then left.
Argo was a little scared at first, but soon found that the teachings Aqua talked about didn't seem that scary.
It is completely different from the impression of shoe glue, this is more like a Bible of trash!
...Not good, I feel a little regretful.
“Ms. Aqua, is there any special meaning behind the phrase ‘Eris’s breasts are padded’?”
"No. This sentence is just a slogan. Saying it will make me happy. So, you must put it on the front page!"
"No point? I see. I'll delete it."
"Why?!"
Hearing that Argo was going to delete the most soulful sentence in the Axis doctrine, Aqua could not hold back. But even though she hugged Argo's thighs and cried for mercy, the intelligence dealer remained unmoved. She had already decided to delete this useless sentence.
"Okay, the goal has been achieved. I'm leaving now."
Argo waved at Xiaolin and said before leaving, "To apologize for following you just now, I will give you a piece of information for free. Today in Tolbana Town, a meeting on how to capture the first-tier boss will be held. If you are interested, Mr. Xiaolin, you may want to go and take a look."
"I already knew about this."
Looking at Argo laughing as he walked away, Kobayashi rolled his eyes in annoyance.
The strategy meeting convened some famous players, and Xiaolin and others were naturally invited, and they were notified a week ago.
This is really useless information.
Just then, Kobayashi's system received an email from Darkness.
It says that the beautiful girl they rescued, Asuna, is missing. Someone said that they saw her go to the labyrinth area, and Sato Kazuma and others have gone to look for her. They told Kobayashi about this and asked what to do?
...Huh?
Did the stupid goddess's consolation have no effect? Or was Asuna too fragile and had thoughts of death again?
How is this possible?
I won't allow someone who I rescued with great difficulty to die again.
For a girl who is always thinking, the solution is very simple. Just let Aqua brainwash her dozens of times.
Thinking of this, Kobayashi took Aqua and ran towards the maze area.
(End of this chapter)