Two thousand people died in the first month of the game. In the end, there was still no way to solve the problem from the outside. What was worse was that there was no news from the outside.
The gamers were divided into four groups.
The first was about half of the people who did not believe in the conditions that Hayaba Kyokihiko had proposed and were waiting for external help.
The second group made up about 30% of the players. This group of about 3,000 people was a group that actively helped each other to survive. Their leader was the male manager of the largest online game intelligence website in Japan.
The players were divided into several groups under his command. They managed the items they obtained and collected information together. Then, they went to conquer the maze area with the stairs leading to the upper level. The leader's own group occupied the " Black Iron Palace " in the central square of the starting town to store supplies and give various instructions to his subordinates.
This huge group did not have a name at first, but after they began to distribute uniforms to all the participants, someone began to call them by the sarcastic name of " army."
The third group was estimated to have about 1,000 people. This was a group of people who had wasted Cole without any plan at the beginning, but they were not motivated to fight monsters to obtain resources, so their lives were in trouble.
Finally, there was the fourth group. Simply put, it was the remaining people. There were about 50 small groups formed by players who did not belong to a large group with the goal of conquering the strategy. There were about 500 people. These groups were called guilds. They made good use of the mobility that the army did not have to carry out actual raids and combat strength enhancement operations.
In addition, there were also a very small number of people who chose the profession of a worker or merchant. Although they only had about two or three hundred people, they had formed their own guild to cultivate their skills in order to earn the necessary money for their daily lives.
The remaining 100 players belonged to the faction that Shiroya and Kirito belonged to. They were independent of the four factions and were known as " solo players."
In this one month, White Night and the others had already risen to level 10 and above, close to level 11.
Following Kiriko, no, Kirito, who was known as the Crap Killer among the closed beta players, had the advantage of intelligence. White Night and the others arrived at the new leveling point before everyone else and took on all the valuable local missions. Moreover, the two of them were bold and skilled. It was normal for them to kill monsters of a higher level. Although their leveling speed was extremely fast, this method of playing was simply courting death in the eyes of ordinary players.
Shiroya completely ignored Hayaba Kyokihiko's threat of death. After all, with his body's strength, the electric current could not hurt him at all, even if it was directed directly at his brain. And Kirito was completely risking his life. This made Shiroya sigh in admiration that Kirito was indeed worthy of being the protagonist Zhong Tiandi's beloved!
In addition, Shiroya had also figured out one thing during this month, and that was that Hayaba Akihiko wasn't a person suited to making games. Other than the bosses on each floor being carefully designed, the rest of the security was just perfunctory. There were only a few types of monster templates on each level. Adding a root of fur and changing the color would be a new monster. The scenery looked beautiful and moving, but in fact, it was all optimized with ready-made graphics. There were only four types of weapons, sabers, spears, swords, and hammers. At most, they could be added with a small number.
If it wasn't for the fact that it had a completely realistic touch, this game could be called a lousy game. Kirito's expression was quite interesting when Shiroya said this in front of him. After all, Hayaba Kyokihiko was Kirito's idol, and this game was also his favorite. If it wasn't for Shiroya's logic and the fact that Kirito really couldn't beat him, Kirito would probably have fought him to the death.
However, Kirito, who was with Shiroya, had a feeling that this guy couldn't be the illegitimate child of the lucky girl or that he had used a cheat. This was because killing monsters with White Night would always result in rare materials or items dropping. Sometimes, when he was alone, his drop rate would drop to the bottom. The most troublesome thing was that most of the materials that White Night dropped were ingredients. Thanks to these high-level ingredients, White Night's cooking skills had actually reached the level of " complete learning " in just a short month.
This speed would probably scare a lot of people, but Kirito knew very well that this guy's skill proficiency was completely piled up by those high-grade ingredients. If anyone who liked to cook saw this, they would definitely kill him. However, it was also because of this that the food that Shiroya made was so delicious that it almost made people swallow their tongues. Kirito already suspected that if he were not in the virtual world, he would probably gain 30 pounds in this month.
Not long after, they received an invitation to participate in the first floor's Boss strategy meeting. The meeting venue was a place similar to the Roman Colosseum. The first thing White Night saw when he arrived was Asuna, who was wearing a cloak.
"It's an honor for everyone to respond to my call today. My name is Tirbeiro. As for his profession…he felt that he was a Knight.”As he spoke, the host, the blue-haired man in blue armor, knocked on his chest with his hand and revealed a bright smile.
The surrounding players smiled kindly and jeered," There's no class system here."
"Last night, my team found the Boss 'room at the top of the tower.”Instantly, the entire place fell silent.
The so-called top of the tower was a staircase leading to the second floor, but it was not as simple as just one floor. Each level would be further divided into many smaller levels, which the players called a maze.
The monsters in the maze were more ferocious than those in the wild. Shiroya, Kirito, and the others had also cleared the entrance of the maze, but there were too many people inside, so they rarely went to the maze area except for a few necessary missions.
"We have to defeat the Boss and head to the second floor. One day, we will definitely be able to clear this death game. We must pass on this faith to everyone in the Town of Trials. This is the duty of all the players gathered here!”
"Oh!" It had to be said that the guy on the stage also had a gift for giving speeches. The audience's emotions were quickly stirred by him.
"Okay. Now, please form a team of six. The Boss guarding the floor was not a party that ordinary players could casually form. Therefore, if they formed a party, they could provide timely help.
"Sigh…Must there be six people?”Kirito looked at White Night. There were only two of them here.
"It doesn't matter. We can find external help. That's not bad!”White Night pointed at Asuna, who was covered in a cloak. There was no one around her now.
"Hey, I see that you don't have any teammates. We don't have enough people here. Do you want to form a team?”Bai Ye went up to strike up a conversation.
Asuna did not say anything. She looked at Shiroya for a while and nodded in agreement. Shiroya waved his hand and called Kirito over.
"Alright. It's almost done, right?" Tirbehlu, who was also a closed beta player, hosted the meeting excitedly." Then, next…"
"Wait a moment!" A person with a rather unconventional hairstyle jumped in." My name is Tooth King. I have something to say before I fight the BOSS. Amongst you, there should be someone who apologizes to the 2000 people who have died so far, right?”
"Mr. Tooth King. Are you talking about the original closed beta players?”Tirbelu asked, his expression not very good.
"Of course, the bastards inside disappeared from our eyes the day the game started! He hunted efficiently, occupied a favorable farming spot, selfishly raised his level, and then pretended to be nonchalant. It must be among you bastards! They should kneel down and apologize, hand over their hidden money and equipment, or else they would become party members. I can't entrust my life to them!”
"Idiot!" White Night pursed his lips and threw out such a sentence. This guy said it nicely, saying that he wanted justice for those who died. To put it bluntly, his true purpose was to obtain benefits.
" What did you say?!" The Tooth King obviously heard White Night's words and couldn't take it anymore." What do you mean? Am I wrong? Or are you one of those bastard beta players?!”
"I said you're an idiot!" Bai Ye sneered and stood up." You mean to ask the closed beta players to hand over all the items that are above the average level of the players, and then distribute them equally among all the players. Am I right?"
The Tooth King nodded proudly.
"That's why I said you're an idiot!" Bai Ye's next sentence made his face turn green." Let's not talk about why first. Let's talk about the same equipment. Do you think it will be more useful in the hands of a closed beta player with rich gaming experience? Or could a newbie who had just entered the game exert more power? What is your intention in weakening the strength of the top players so that we can slow down the 100th floor?!”
White Night's accusation was placed on the Tooth King's head, and the Tooth King immediately broke out in cold sweat.
"Admittedly, the death of 2000 people is very sad, but they were not killed by the Beta Testers. Why should they bear these sins? To put it bluntly, even if the closed beta players announced the location of the monsters, with the strength of these rookies, they would only be courting death if they went!”White Night snorted coldly."Humans are born unequal. Only a small number of people are destined to have the strength to raid a Boss. Most people are destined to be idle and wait for death. What's wrong with closed beta players working hard to improve their combat strength? To think that you could think of splitting all the equipment! To let the players who were attacking the BOSS wear lousy equipment and the people who were doing logistics in the resting area wear godly equipment, were you trying to trap everyone in the game?”
As he spoke, White Night kicked the Tusk King away. He took out a booklet from his backpack and threw it at the Tusk King's face." This booklet was distributed free of charge in the Item House. It marks all the known dangers and strategies for quests, as well as the corresponding monster grinding locations. This is the joint effort of all high-end players. Almost all the closed beta players participated in the compilation. But even so, 2,000 people still died. I didn't want to say much about this, but I felt that we should be discussing how to learn from our mistakes and avoid death as much as possible. We should be discussing how to quickly carry out the raid, not how to pull all the players 'strength to the same level. That was impossible. Don't ever forget that even if the strategy is successful, we only have two short years. That's all I have to say.”After saying that, White Night went back to his seat, while the idiot named Tooth King left dejectedly.
The surrounding people also fell silent. Two years-this was the maximum amount of time that the medical technology of the outside world could sustain the life of a player. However, everyone had forgotten this fact when they were trying to clear the game.
But now that White Night had brought up this restriction again, it was equivalent to adding an invisible shackle to all players. After that, no one disturbed the discussion. The meeting ended smoothly. Everyone fell into confusion about the future because of Bai Ye's words.
"Oh right, I have something to add!" Bai Ye suddenly thought of something." Don't trust the information in the booklet too much. It's just a reference. By now, many of the players had realized that the public release version was very different from the beta version. No one had fought the BOSS yet, so it was best not to make any conclusions.”
" What Shiroya-san said makes sense. In that case, it's best to be careful! The strategy meeting ends here!" Tirbehlu rubbed his chin and thought for a moment. He decided to believe in White Night's suggestion." Regarding the issue of remuneration, the money will be equally distributed to everyone. The EXP belonged to the party that defeated the BOSS, and the equipment belonged to whoever obtained it. If there were no problems, they would set off at 10 o'clock sharp tomorrow morning. Meeting dismissed!”
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