Chapter 23: The Moonlit Black Cat Gang's Plunder
It has been more than two months since I cleared the first layer of Aingolangte.
More than two months is enough time for those players and guild powers that were originally able to shine in the original work to become well-known to everyone.
Because of the clearance of the first layer, some players who were originally disheartened suddenly found that this game was actually solvable.
The BOSS of guarding the pass is not invincible!
After clearing the first floor, elite players began to organize spontaneously to tackle the game and free everyone trapped in SAO.
They were called strategy groups by all players!
The initial raid team consisted of dozens of guilds of varying sizes, which made a lot of efforts to conquer the game, but at the same time, they also paid a heavy price.
In order to capture the game, there are constantly groups of players who die in battle and forever disappear in the game, also disappearing in the real world.
Later on, the leaders of the attacking group became the Four Great Guilds!
Fenglin Huoshan, Military, Holy Dragon Alliance, Blood Oath Knights!
Apart from these four major guilds, there is another force that cannot be ignored, and that is the solo players!
These solo players are either participants of the closed beta test, possessing first-hand information to quickly strengthen themselves, or they are seasoned RPG gamers who, even without participating in the closed beta test, can rely on their past gaming experience to become elite!
Thanks to the efforts of all players in the raid party, SAO's clearing speed has increased dramatically.
But in the hearts of all players, even strategy group players, there are only two people who truly deserve their admiration!
To be exact, it's a two-person team!
White Fox Young Master Bayun Mo! Wyvern Princess Cyllica!
The two of them alone cleared the 10th floor of SAO! And the entire raid party of players barely managed to clear the 10th floor as well!
Two people, together with all strategy group players, each cleared half!
At present, SAO has already been cleared up to the 20th floor!
Every time, if Hachiguma and Cilica discover the Guardian BOSS's room before the strategy group, it means that the Guardian BOSS of this floor will be attacked in advance by Hachiguma and Cilica!
Hachiko and Cerica have become a legend in the hearts of players!
However, as one of the myths, "Wyvern Princess" Celia was very clear that she had been fooling around from start to finish.
Although Silica's level and equipment far surpassed those of ordinary players, even the elite players of the strategy groups, with the long time spent in the dungeon area with Yui, every battle against the gatekeeping BOSS was taken care of by Yui alone.
Cirilla is just using Bina to heal Hachigen Ushoda's HP from behind.
Perhaps in the eyes of others, Silica's importance in the party for healing HP is not lower than Yui's, but Silica herself knows that even without her, Yui can still solo the Guardian BOSS!
Facing such a Silica, Yakumo Sumeragi didn't show the slightest impatience or disdain from start to finish. Instead, every time Silica spoke words of comfort when she couldn't help herself, this behavior moved Silica deeply.
Sometimes, in the still of night, Silica can't help but think to herself: has she become a burden to Kirito? If she weren't there, would Kirito be even stronger, and could they clear SAO even faster?
Dusk falls.
Hachiguma and Cerica walked out of the 20th floor labyrinthine district and were on their way back to town.
Suddenly, a group of people appeared in front of me.
To be accurate, it was one group of people surrounding another group in the middle.
"Hey, Mo-ge, it seems like something's happened up ahead......" Silica tugged on Baiyun Mo's sleeve, pointing forward with a worried expression. "Shall we go take a look?"
After spending several months in SAO, although she had the protection of Yui, Silica still came into contact with many dark aspects of the game and was no longer as innocent as she initially was.
As soon as she saw this situation in front of her eyes, Silica subconsciously thought that someone was robbing the players.
This is the wilderness, where players are allowed to PK each other.
Baiyun Mo raised her eyes and took a look at the situation in front of her, then led Silica over.
The two had not yet approached, but they attracted the attention of those people.
As they watched Hachiguma Moku and Cercis walk over, the players were taken aback for a moment. When they saw the two's equipment, especially the white fox on Hachiguma Moku's neck and the Pina on Cercis' head, those people widened their eyes in unison.
"This outfit..."
"Could it be the White Fox Young Master and the Winged Dragon Princess?!"
"Heavens... it's actually them..."
Walking up to the crowd, Hachirou's eyebrows slightly furrowed.
The players in the outer circle have orange player symbols on their heads.
Orange, indicating that these players have engaged in malicious PK behavior towards other players within a short period of time.
They took another look at the five people, four men and one woman, who were surrounded in the middle, with only half of their yellow HP left. Yaiba Kuroba and Cercis exchanged a glance, understanding the situation before them.
"You...are robbing us?"
Taking a step forward, Bayun Mo spoke up, his tone was flat, but the crowd felt an enormous pressure.
The pressure under a great reputation.
"Who... who are you?"
Although he had already made a guess about the identity of Yayun Mo, the first player still asked a question with some trepidation, and his expression was full of caution and fear.
Baiyun Mo didn't answer directly, instead he pulled out a folding fan from his waist and gently opened it, revealing the nine-tailed fox picture on the fan.
This folding fan, after countless enhancements by the blacksmith using various precious artifacts and crystals on the original novice folding fan, was reborn as the divine equipment known as "Ask the Heavens"!
To upgrade a new whiteboard equipment to divine level, the investment of Yayumi Sumi is enough for him to buy ten regular weapons of the same divine level again.
Who made Ba Yunmo explode with countless equipment over this period of time, but none of them were fan-type?
Yakumo Sumi, who had grown accustomed to using a folding fan as a weapon, was unwilling to use those swords, so he could only resort to strengthening his new folding fan.
"White Fox Questions Heaven!"
This folding fan called White Fox Asking Heaven is already a symbol of his identity, just like the nine-tailed demon fox Bai on the Eight Clouds Ink Slab.
Seeing this, everyone no longer had a shred of doubt.
Some reluctantly looked at the four men and one woman surrounded by themselves, and the leading player saw that the expression in Yayoi's eyes became more and more severe, and could only lead his own people to leave.
"Consider yourselves lucky!"
After the group of players who had surrounded them left, one of the taller male players among the four men and one woman walked forward with a grateful face and bowed to Yakumo Mukuro: "Thank you for saving us!"
"Thank you!" The three men and one woman behind him also thanked him.
Baiyun Mo smiled and waved his hand, saying: "No need for formalities, by the way, who were those people just now?"
When Hachiko Moku mentioned those people, the man at the front showed an annoyed expression on his face and then said with a tone of resentment: "They didn't get along with us in real life either, so when we met them in the game, they always gave us trouble... Ah, I haven't introduced myself yet. My name is Keita, and I'm the leader of the Moon Night Black Cat Club. These are all my schoolmates from the same club, so we formed a guild together in the game!"
Black Cat Squad on a Moonlit Night?
Yún Mò Lù's expression turned clear, unexpectedly saving the tragic guild that was destroyed by Kirito in the original story.
Yakumo Suke glanced at the short-haired girl in the crowd who was looking at him with a curious and timid expression, and smiled lightly.
That girl is Xin Mei, right?
