Ternal was the town closest to the maze area on the 25th floor of Ain Grand. Tenar was particularly lively today. Other than the original NPCs, a large number of players had gathered here. These players were all members of the Strategy Group. They had come here because of a single person.
The day before yesterday, the army had failed to raid the 25th floor BOSS. Yesterday, Xia Feng had asked the Blood Alliance Knights, Wind Forest Volcano, and the others to gather all the players from the Strategy Group to hold a meeting on the 25th floor's Boss. Today, most of the players in the Strategy Group were here.
The meeting was held in the town center. There was a high platform where NPCs announced the news. The place was also very spacious. Xia Feng stood in front of the stage, talking to Asuna, Kirito, Heathcliffe, Klein, and the others.
"It's almost time." Heathcliffe reminded.
Xia Feng looked around and saw hundreds of people gathered here. Most of them were gathered in guilds, chatting and laughing. It was very lively, unlike the first floor's boss battle. Seeing that it was already the appointed time, Xia Feng took a loudspeaker and went up the stage.
"Everyone." With the loudspeaker, Xia Feng's voice suppressed everyone present. Everyone quieted down for the time being and focused their attention on Xia Feng.
"I am Xia Feng. You all already know the purpose of gathering everyone here. Just yesterday, we received some unfortunate news. Another group of players who fought hard for the game had left us forever. I don't want to talk about this matter anymore, so as not to dampen everyone's confidence. I just want to remind everyone not to forget that people will die in this world!
Perhaps some players have already adapted to this world, and they are even addicted to the power that the game gives us. However, I hope that everyone can understand that this is not a transmigration, and that Ain Grand is not a real and complete world. Our strength in this world is built on our weak bodies in the real world. Yes, at this very moment, outside of Aingrunt, in the real world, our bodies might already be as thin as bones, lying on the bed unable to move, relying on injections to survive.
"Even so, I believe that our family, friends, and loved ones are waiting for us to wake up. "This world is ultimately fake. It is not our home, but a cage. We must conquer it and return to our real world. Don't take any chances! Don't wait passively! Because no one knows how long our bodies can last in reality!”
Xia Feng's voice was stern when he said the last sentence. It could be said to be deafening, and all the players were moved. It wasn't that no players had thought of this before, but when they thought about it, they would always hope for luck and subconsciously deny and avoid this possibility. Xia Feng had said it loudly in front of everyone on the high platform, and the impact was much stronger.
Xia Feng paused for a moment and looked around. When he saw that everyone had calmed down, he said,"Now, let's start discussing the BOSS crusade. Most of you here have some gaming experience, so you should know that the difficulty of a game like SAO will increase significantly after a certain level. According to the information that the surviving army players had received, the BOSS on this floor was far stronger than any of the previous bosses. It was impossible for a single guild to take it down. Everyone had to work together.
We once fought together against the enemy. Today, we will fight together again. I hope that as many people as possible will participate in this crusade, but I have to remind you that this time, the BOSS room cannot use the teleportation crystal. If you are not strong enough, it is very likely that you will die in vain. Therefore, if there are people who are unwilling or not strong enough to participate in the battle, please leave now. I will not see you as cowards or deserters. I only hope that if we fail this time, you will work hard to level up and increase your strength. When you are strong enough, you will complete our unfinished work!”
Xia Feng's last sentence was already filled with determination, but if the members of the Strategy Group were afraid of death, they would not have gone to the front lines. He waited for a while, and a small number of players left intermittently. In the end, Xiafeng roughly looked around and saw that there were still around 300 players left. This was a little out of his expectations. The strategy team had originally had around 500 to 600 players, but due to the heavy casualties of the players who had occupied the third floor, the number of players had decreased drastically. The remaining portion did not come as well. He originally thought that there would only be around 200 players left.
Nodding his head in satisfaction, Xia Feng continued,"Very good. Although I said that we might fail, I want to make it clear that our goal is the hundredth floor. No matter how strong the BOSS on the 25th floor is, it can't be stronger than the BOSS on the 100th floor. If we can't even defeat the BOSS on the 25th floor, how can we talk about conquering the BOSS on the 100th floor and defeating this world! Therefore, we must not fall here! In this battle, we will go all out. We will definitely win!”
"Oh!"
"Oh!"
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The ordinary players below the stage were excited. They raised their hands and cheered. Even the leaders of the major guilds applauded, even though they were praising Xia Feng's ability to boost morale and not being as hot-blooded as ordinary players.
Xia Fengxu pressed his left hand to signal for everyone to be quiet. Then, he continued,"Next, we'll arrange the details of the crusade.”
"Wait a minute." At this moment, someone shouted from below the stage. A player that Xia Feng didn't know walked forward. "Shouldn't we decide on the leader first?”
The players standing in front all focused their gazes on this person. The players behind also wanted to look up at him, but he had a cheeky smile on his face and was unmoved.
Xia Feng looked at him with some ridicule. He had just aroused everyone's blood and increased his reputation. This was not a good time to find fault. This crusade had gathered most of the players in the strategy team. In addition, the difficulty of the BOSS was extremely high. The army had failed first, causing a huge uproar among the players and attracting everyone's attention. Once the crusade was successful, it would definitely have a huge impact on the players, and the leader of the crusade would also gain a huge reputation. Therefore, there would definitely be people who had some ideas. He had expected such a situation, but he did not expect it to be a player he did not know. He was probably instructed by someone.
This person was also somewhat helpless. He had thought that Xia Feng would take the initiative to bring up the matter of leading the team. Who would have thought that Xia Feng would not be polite at all and directly regard himself as the leader. After the speech, he began to arrange the relevant matters. Fortunately, he was thick-skinned and courageous enough to force himself to make things difficult for Xia Feng at such an inappropriate time. The instigator behind him also took a fancy to him and let him do this.
Originally, this crusade had been initiated by Xia Feng. No one else had the prestige to gather so many players, and he was also powerful enough. Logically speaking, he should be the commander. It was not that he cared about the position of leader, but this crusade concerned the future of all the players. He would not allow anyone to fight for power and profit and trip him up. After all, this was also related to whether he could go back smoothly. Although Kirito had successfully conquered the game in the original novel, now, with his participation, many things had changed from the original novel. The most important thing was that Asuna did not become a lover with Kirito. If the original novel was still true, no one would have blocked the blade for Kirito during his duel with Heathcliffe.
In Xia Feng's view, only by having him or Heavenscliffe lead the army could they guarantee the success of the crusade. As for the others, their military strength had been greatly reduced, and they did not even participate in this strategy meeting. The leader of the Holy Dragon Alliance was a villain, and the remaining guilds were all small guilds. Their leaders did not have the experience or ability to command a large number of players.
"Do you think there's someone more suitable than Xia Feng?”Before Xia Feng could speak, Klein came to support him.
The man glanced at Klein and shook his head.""Of course Guild Leader Xia Feng is the commander, but no one said that the commander and the leader must be the same person! In my opinion, we can choose another team leader to handle other matters so that Guild Leader Summer Wind can share some of the burden and focus on commanding the BOSS battle.”
"Then who do you think is suitable?" Asuna sneered.
"I see ~"
"I already have a plan for this matter.”Xia Feng suddenly interrupted him. This caught him off guard and he thought," Why did he not play by the rules? How could he continue before he finished speaking? He still wanted to speak, but Xia Feng didn't give him the chance. Seeing that everyone's attention was focused on him again, he continued to talk about walking.
"We will use an indirect method of selection. Each guild and solo player will each elect a substitute leader. Then, the candidates will vote among themselves, and the one with the most votes will become the leader.”
Everyone pondered for a while, and finally, the Holy Dragon and the Scumbag Guild Master expressed their stance first.
"This isn't fair. Those small guilds only have a few people, so it's one vote. There are so many people in our big guilds, so we only have one vote.”
That's right, in this situation where there were fewer people, it was more appropriate to directly elect them instead of indirectly elect them. The reason why Xia Feng arranged this was because he had other plans.
"No." Xia Feng shook his head. "If we choose to directly elect them, the players will definitely choose people from their own guilds. At that time, even the guild with the largest number of players would only account for a little over one-fifth of the total number of players. With such a small support rate, it would definitely not be enough to command everyone. An indirect election could cover all the players from various factions and represent the opinions of the players. Moreover, small guilds lacked manpower, resources, money, power, and influence, so they could not get more votes. On the contrary, the candidates of the big guilds had the ability to canvass votes. When the time came, it would depend on everyone's ability. Only those who had enough ability and could get the most votes could be the leader of this matter.”
Xia Feng was actually using a confusing tactic here, because a direct election could also be used to canvass votes. However, if they were directly elected, such as the Holy Dragon Alliance, they would do anything they could. Under coercion and bribery, ordinary players would find it difficult to resist. In addition, they had the most players, so it was very likely that they would be selected. Xia Feng couldn't accept letting that sinister and despicable man be the leader. On the contrary, if they were to elect him indirectly, the representatives of the various factions would gather together and they would not sit idly by and watch Guild Leader Wretched Man use some despicable methods. Moreover, the representatives of the various forces should at least have some courage and foresight. They would not be easily coerced and bribed like ordinary players. Under those circumstances, it would be difficult for a loser with a bad reputation to run for the election against Heathcliff, who was second only to him in power, and Xia Feng, who had a high reputation.
"Then, does anyone have any other opinions?”Xia Feng asked. Of course, he mainly asked the leaders of the major guilds. Other ordinary players could not influence this matter.
"I agree." Klein was the first to step forward. He and Xia Feng were good friends, and it was common for them to help each other. Although he didn't understand Xia Feng's plan, he still expressed his support.
"I agree." The second person to express his stance was Heavencliffe. Although he was only a game designer before entering SAO, he could still manage the Blood Alliance Knights into the strongest guild in the future. His foresight was extraordinary, and he could probably see through Xia Feng's plans. However, this matter was beneficial to him, so he naturally would not object.
"I agree."
"Agreed."
"No objections."
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The leaders of the various guilds expressed their opinions one after another. Although the guild leader of the Holy Dragon Alliance wanted to oppose it subconsciously, it was difficult to go against the general trend. In addition, he did not understand Xia Feng's plan at the moment. He only felt that it sounded reasonable, so he could only agree.
"Okay, after this strategy meeting is over, the various factions will quickly select their representatives. Tonight, at 10 o'clock in the evening, the second round of selection will be held at my guild's headquarters. Before I entered SAO, I had often been the commander of game dungeons. My experience told me that most of the time, the failure of conquering a BOSS wasn't because the BOSS was too difficult, nor was it because the players weren't strong enough. It was because the players didn't listen to my commands. This BOSS crusade is of great importance. I hope, no, I demand that all players must listen to my orders. This wasn't my first time commanding a BOSS battle, and everyone knew me well. If I told you to go, go ahead. Don't be afraid, I won't send you to your death, whether you're my friend or foe. On the contrary, if I want you to retreat, don't even think about dealing more damage. If he didn't listen to the command, it would be fine if he died, but he was afraid that he would cause the death of others. "For this, I need to arrange for the participants to practice and cultivate tacit understanding and obedience. I'll form a team this afternoon and pull them out for practice tomorrow.
As for the time of the BOSS crusade, it is still to be determined until you meet my requirements through practice. In addition, regarding the distribution of benefits, as usual, Coll would split it equally, and whoever found the item would get it. Next, we'll do a statistics on the players."
After that, he counted the players, divided them into groups, selected them, arranged the drills, and so on. He was busy for half a day.
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