White Night and the others had expended a lot of effort and even used a favor to invite the members of the Blood Alliance Knights out. Of course, it was not so simple just to exterminate a mere orange name guild," Titan's Hand." His main goal was actually to deliberately make a declaration to tell the killing guild," Smiling Coffin," that they had noticed him.
The Smiling Coffin was a killing guild that had been active since the 50th checkpoint. The guild leader, Poh, had contributed a lot in the battle to conquer the 50th checkpoint, where many people had died. As a result, he had obtained a heavy short sword that was also a God-Devil weapon like the Illustrator and the Wangshu Sword. It was the Killer Kitchen Knife. This was also a nickname because this short sword looked too much like a kitchen knife, so no one remembered its real name. Poh, who was originally a shortsword expert, became even more powerful after obtaining this sword. However, he disappeared after the 50th floor.
After Poh left the strategy group, the Smiling Coffin Guild gradually began to surface. All of them were Red Names who killed for fun. They were never tired of researching all kinds of new ways to kill people. For example, they used paralyzing poison to paralyze others and torture them to death. By the day White Night and Kirito attacked the Titan's Hand, more than three digits of players had died by their hands.
The Smiling Coffins hunted high-level players, which also caused the strength of the strategy team to decrease. However, the harm they brought was far more than that. Under their influence, the number of killing guilds began to expand, and the Titan's Hand was just one of them.
Clearly, White Night's target had been the Smiling Coffin from the very beginning. This was a commission from Heathcliff, a purge of the Murder Guild. Even Kazuhiko Hayaba, the mastermind behind the incident, couldn't tolerate the players killing each other before the strategy was completed. Therefore, he had entrusted White Night to investigate the matter of the Smiling Coffin and would organize the players of the Strategy Group to destroy it.
Kirito had left the front line because he had accepted a request from the Silver Flag guild leader, while Shiroya had been gone for quite some time. Although the Smiling Coffin was arrogant and unscrupulous, it was still a small matter. However, due to the cohesiveness of the individual members of POH, the internal organization of this guild was extremely tight, and their anti-reconnaissance ability was also very strong. In addition, they were skilled in using the game's settings to erase crimes and find evidence. After that, White Night had not been able to find any traces of them, and the death toll was still rising. The guide had also advanced to the 60th floor.
Kirito had already obtained his exclusive skill," Nikatan-Ryu." As a Warrior who had added points to Agility, he was indeed faster than Shiroya, so it was normal for him to obtain such an exclusive skill. But similarly, as a powerhouse who was equally famous as Kirito, and also the player with the strongest attack power in the entire game, how could Hayaba Kyokihiko let Shiroyuki go? As a result, White Night also obtained his own exclusive skill, Flying Fairy Sword.
It was unknown if Hayaba Kyokihiko had seen Gu Long's " Lu Xiaofeng ". This was a skill that was as powerful as Yap Koo-Cheng's " Heavenly Fairy ". It could even be said to be an instant death skill. No one could withstand this attack without dying unless they had the exclusive skill-" Holy Sword " and the BUG of Heathcliff.
Of course, this move was not without weaknesses. After all, if the attack power was so strong and there were no weaknesses, then this game would be impossible to play. The Flying Fairy Sword had a prerequisite before it could be activated, which was to accumulate power. Moreover, it took a full minute. Although it could be moved midway, if it was attacked by someone, the state of accumulation would be broken and it would need to be re-accumulated. This was a bit similar to the Red Dragon Emperor's Cage Hand.
Moreover, the Celestial Sword was not particularly fast when it was used. If one's Agility reached a certain level, they could dodge this move. Of course, there were less than five people in the entire team who could dodge this move with White Night Sword Technique, and that included the humanoid BUG, Hitzcliffe.
Although he had these two shortcomings, White Night was able to make up for them to the point where he could almost be called an external killer.
Kirito plopped down on the ground." I'm not going to fight anymore. I'm so tired and…" Kirito looked at his left hand. It was originally a one-handed sword with decent attributes, but it had been damaged by White Night's Wangshu Sword until its durability was depleted. "The weapon was also damaged by you. I can only find someone to forge another one.”
This was the fifth time that the two of them had sparred after obtaining the exclusive skill. The result of the five spars was that Kirito had been completely defeated. The reason was that the attack power of White Night's Flying Fairy Sword was too strong. Ordinary weapons would have their durability depleted and shattered upon contact. It was also thanks to Kirito that the durability of the weapon on his left hand was depleted after being hit by White Night for a while.
"Haha." Shiroya patted Kirito's shoulder with a smile and said,""It's about time you found a weapon suitable for your Illustrator.”Right now, White Night was feeling very good. Before he had obtained the Wangshu Sword, he had always been defeated by Kirito in sparring because of the lack of durability of his weapon. Now, he could finally hold his head high and exhale.
"You're right, but where can I find a suitable blacksmith?”Kirito scratched his head in annoyance.
"Speaking of blacksmiths, I do have a candidate.”Bai Ye opened his friend list and gathered Lizbet's information." Lizbet is Asuna's friend. She was also the one who forged my Wangshu Sword. Her craftsmanship is very good. You can try it out with her.”
"Alright, I'll give it a try!" Kirito stood up from the ground after memorizing Lizbet's address. It was one of his strengths to do things as he pleased.
At the same time, in a player's shop on the forty-eighth floor of Lindas Town, a baby-faced girl with cute freckles and soft baby pink hair was holding a hammer that didn't match her appearance at all. She was preparing to smash the metal materials on the workbench.
" Morning, Liz!"
The sudden opening of the studio door and the sound made the girl who was about to knock on it tremble and hit the corner of the anvil.
"I'm sorry, I'll knock properly the next time I come in.”It was Asuna who pushed the door open and walked in with an apologetic smile on her face.
"I don't know how many times I've heard this.”Liz sighed and stopped what she was doing. She walked up to Asuna and said,""Good morning…Also, why are you here so early?”
Asuna looked at the cute girl who was shorter than her and handed her weapon over.""Ah, please help me deal with this.”
Liz was Asuna's good friend and the creator of her weapon. Usually, she did not look for her own blacksmith from the Blood Alliance Knights. Firstly, their skills were not that good. Secondly, it was better to find a girl of the same age as her than a group of men, right?
"It's not to the point where it can't be used, right? Isn't it too early to use it for polishing?”After checking the weapons, Liz asked Asuna in confusion,""You want to level up? Or…"
"Ah, no, I just need you to help me keep it shiny.”Asuna quickly explained her purpose.
"So suspicious." Liz leaned closer to Asuna's face and realized that she seemed a little different from before. Not only did she start wearing earrings, but she also seemed to have used some special materials to make up, applied lipstick, and touched her eyebrows... Her originally beautiful face was now breathtakingly beautiful.
Wait, makeup? There were no cosmetics in the store.
"Asuna, you, you put on makeup?”
"Eh? Ah, you mean this?" "A friend gave it to me," Asuna explained. Isn't it amazing? He could actually make cosmetics in a show. If he could sell them in large quantities, he would definitely earn a lot of money.”
As long as she was a girl, she would love to be beautiful. This was human nature. However, cosmetics were not particularly difficult to make. It just took a long time to find plants of the right color and ensure that they were non-toxic.
However, most of the people with high alchemy skills were men. They did not care about these things. As for the girls with low alchemy skills, although they wanted to try, they all ended up failing. After all, who would like to put a red poison on their lips that would cause them to feel bitter and lose HP if they accidentally licked it?
"Could it be a gift from a man?" Liz sized up Asuna with malicious eyes.
Asuna felt a little uncomfortable being stared at by Liz like that. This thing was indeed a gift from White Night, and the one who made it was Kirito. Of course, this did not mean that Kirito had awakened some bad attributes and was ready to change his profession to Kiriko. It was just a by-product obtained when he was refining medicine.
"It's indeed very suspicious. Today is an ordinary day. Doesn't your Blood Alliance have an event? He heard that he had been stuck on the 59th checkpoint for a while now.”
"Eh? It's fine, it's fine."
"You can go to the guild later," Asuna said shyly. It's mainly because I have an appointment with someone tonight and didn't want to disturb you when you're busy in the afternoon, so I came earlier.”
"Tell me the truth. Who do you want to meet?”Liz suddenly approached Asuna and said,""Don't hide it."
"Can you not say it?" Asuna didn't dare to look into Liz's eyes and turned her head away with a slightly red face.
"I see. No wonder I feel that you're a little strange every time I see you in the past week. So you have a boyfriend.”Liz nodded and said with a smirk,""Isn't that so?"
"That's definitely not the case!" Asuna blushed even more when she heard Liz's words. She looked at Liz out of the corner of her eye and hesitated for a moment before saying,""Is it really that obvious?"
"Hmm…at least the Asuna of the past wouldn't ask me to sharpen her sword, and she wouldn't put on such a shy little girl's face. In the past, you spent every day in the maze, trying to conquer it. I was worried that you would be too nervous. I didn't expect this, hehe."
"Is that so?"
"So, who is it?"
"You should know him, right?"
"Then all the more reason for me to see who it is!”
"Don't. Forget it." Asuna quickly shook her head and said,""It's really not what you think. It's just my wishful thinking.”
"Huh?" Liz had never thought that Asuna, who was ranked in the top five of the cutest and strongest female players, would have one-sided thoughts.
"He…what kind of person is he?”
"Hmm…he looks like a lazy guy, but he's a very reliable guy at critical moments. He saved me many times during the guide!”Asuna was looking up at the sky as she recounted this, and her face was flushed with happiness.
"Don't be a love-struck fool…If your pursuer finds out, he'll be so envious. However, does saving you many times mean that he is stronger than you?”
"Yes." Asuna nodded without hesitation. In order to increase her credibility, she added,""Last night, when I fought him, I only lasted ten seconds in the first attack mode.”
"Last night?" Liz immediately grasped the key point.
"It's not what you think. I'm just doing a mission.”
"Then let me guess who it is? Don't tell me it's that guy called White Night who accompanied you to forge a God-Devil Artifact last time!”It was a woman's nature to gossip. Even though she was helping Asuna maintain her equipment, Liz still didn't forget to tease and get information from Asuna. In the end, Asuna covered her red face and ran away as if she was running for her life.
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