Chapter 19 First Floor Boss Strategy Meeting

  For some time afterwards, Yakumo Kokoro teamed up with Cilica to level up.

  What surprised and admired Cilia was that Yayoi Moku actually went directly to the Labyrinth District to level up, bypassing the wilderness!

  She didn't know that Silica was having a hard time dealing with the new wild boars even with the help of healing from Mii-kun, let alone those powerful outdoor bosses.

  And in the maze area, even ordinary monsters are not much weaker than outdoor bosses!

  "Brother Mo... is really amazing..."

  Hei Yun Mo and Xilika were in a party, and she had been leveling up with him in the maze district all along. Her level-up speed was far beyond that of ordinary players.

  Thanks to Bina's help and Hachirou Moku's intentional protection, Silica was able to follow Hachirou Moku to the Labyrinth District without encountering any danger.

  It's often Yumichika who charges forward alone to attract the monster's hatred and then kills it by himself.

  While Bina is in charge of treating Yagumo Hatake's HP.

  Although Cilica herself felt guilty for not being able to help Hachiguma Ink, Hachiguma Ink gently stroked the girl's small head and comforted her, saying: "Cilica is also very amazing, if it wasn't for Cilica letting Bina come treat my HP, I wouldn't be able to level up so recklessly in the dungeon district!"

  Because of Yagumo's words, Cilica was able to focus on following Yagumo in the Labyrinth District to level up.

  The two are in a party state, so even if the monster is killed by Yakumo Suke alone, Silica can still get experience.

  In SAO, players in a party do not receive the full experience points for killing monsters, but rather have their experience points adjusted according to the number of people in the party.

  When two players team up, each player can get 70% of the experience from any monster killed by a member of their party.

  If it is a three-player team, each player gets 65% of the experience from any member killing monsters.

  For every additional member in the team, the experience points gained will decrease by 5%, until it stops decreasing at 50%.

  So, players who team up to level must have each member participate in monster killing in order to gain the maximum benefits.

  Like the case of Hachiko and Celia, all monsters were killed by Hachiko alone, while Celia was responsible for healing HP and making soy sauce on the side, which would more or less slow down Hachiko's leveling speed.

  Even if their speed had decreased, the leveling speed of Yayoi Moku and Cilica was still far beyond that of other players who were leveling in groups.

  Even surpassing the speed of those elite players who leveled up alone.

  Nothing else, just Ba Yun Mo is too strong.

  Even in the Labyrinth District, there are few monsters that can withstand three rounds of attacks from him.

  Under this leveling method that seems extremely crazy to ordinary players, the levels of Hachiguma Muku and Cilica are rising at a rocket-like speed.

  Unconsciously, it has been a month since Sao opened the server.

  For a month, Hachiguma and Cilica have been coming to the Labyrinth District every day to level up and open up new maps. However, no matter how strong Hachiguma is, with Cilica added in, they are still only two people, and they have yet to find the room of the first floor's boss.

  On this day, countless players received a message.

  Someone is preparing to hold a meeting on the first floor's conference square about how to defeat the first floor guardian boss.

  "Moe, shall we go and take a look too?"

  Xilika lifted her head and looked at Bachiru Moku beside her.

  Following Yiyun Mo's training for a month, Xilika was very clear that if Yiyun Mo joined in, this time the strategy to defeat the first layer guardian boss would be destined to win.

  In just one month, nearly 2,000 players have died from various accidents.

  Every time she thought of that number, Cilica couldn't help but feel a chill run down her spine, and she looked at Yakumo Sumeragi with eyes full of utmost gratitude and reverence.

  "If it weren't for Moe, I might have died in some unexpected way too?"

  At this time, Hachiguma and Cercis were in a certain town on the first floor dealing with various items that had burst out of the monsters in the dungeon area that they couldn't use.

  Although Silica had once proposed selling these items to players at a higher profit than selling them cheaply to NPC shops, Yui Kanzaki turned down the proposal.

  He had no interest in spending a lot of time setting up stalls, and letting Cilica set up the stall to sell props alone was also unacceptable.

  Xilika had no choice but to give up.

  Looking at Cilica who was asking herself, Yakumo Mokou nodded slightly.

  "Okay, let's go take a look too!"

  "Ah!" Cilica laughed happily.

  Aingelrant first floor, Tubana.

  In the center of the town, there is a building similar to an ancient Roman Colosseum.

  Today, a player-organized meeting will be held here to discuss how to defeat the first layer's guardian boss.

  When Hachiguma Sumi and Cerica appeared in the conference venue, many players had already arrived here, gathering in twos and threes to discuss something among themselves.

  Everyone's eyes widened in shock at the sight of Hachirou and Cilica's luxurious equipment.

  Circa leaned against Hachiguma's body a little fearfully, trying to avoid the players' line of sight.

  "Don't worry."

  Patted Silica's small hand, Bachou Moku led her to the top step of the audience seats in the conference hall and sat down quietly, waiting for the meeting to begin.

  After sitting down, Bachiko Moku took advantage of the terrain and sized up all the players in the conference room.

  His gaze was soon drawn to two people.

  A black-haired youth with a very delicate appearance, and a female player wearing a cloak that obscured her face.

  Although it was unclear whether the young man was Kirito or not, the hooded girl, Yui, had confirmed her identity.

  Asuna was the only one in the conference room who wore a hood that covered her face.

  As if she felt Yagumo's gaze, Asuna moved and turned her head to look at Yagumo.

  Yagumo Mukuro immediately gave Asuna a friendly smile.

  Bang! Bang! Bang!

  A burst of applause suddenly drew the attention of all players in the conference venue.

  In the center of the meeting hall, a blue-haired man wearing knight's armor and with a long sword at his waist said loudly: "I think almost everyone has arrived! So our meeting will begin!"

  "Let me introduce myself, I'm Diaberu, and as for occupation, I dub myself a knight!"

  Hahaha...

  A burst of laughter erupted in the meeting room.

  This game doesn't have strict professional divisions, so Diablo's words made people feel happy and relieved.

  After everyone's laughter had subsided, Diablero's face suddenly turned serious.

  "Ladies and gentlemen, not long ago, I and my companions found the Guardian Boss's room in the Labyrinth District!"

  "Whoosh——"

  Everyone was shocked at once.

  "Really?"

  "Are you kidding me?"

  "Found the boss's room!!?"

  He raised his arm and pressed down, signaling everyone to be quiet. Diabel then continued, "We must defeat the boss and advance to the second floor!"

  "No matter what, we must clear this game!"

  "We must tell everyone that sooner or later one day we will be able to leave this death game alive!"

  "Gentlemen! Now that you're sitting here, don't you have such thoughts too?"

  He raised his right hand and Diabero clenched his fist tightly, with a serious expression on his face.

  "Really?!"

  In the meeting venue, players looked at each other and immediately a round of applause started from sparse to thunderous!

  The players all burst out in loud roars.

  "Right!"

  "That's right! We're going to conquer this game!"

  "Add the second layer!"

  Looking at the players who were already fired up, Hachiguma Moku smiled at Cilica: "This Diavel, isn't too bad as a leader!"

  "Really!" Celia said, "If there were more players like that, we'd definitely be able to clear the game!"

  As if thinking of something, the girl turned her head and looked at Yakumo Suke, her expression becoming even more radiant.

  "And also, there's Mo Ge too!"

  "Hehe..."

  Seeing Cilia trust herself so much, Yagumo Taro couldn't help but shake his head in embarrassment.