Comprehensive Manga: The Master is not here today

Chapter 134 Asuna begins to like games, but the game of death

In this VRMMOPRG game SAO, which has just been released to public beta, Fujimaru Ritsuka and Asuna are both complete novice players.

However, there are differences between novice players and novice players.

Although Fujimaru Ritsuka is not familiar with the specific settings in SAO, as an old gamer, she at least knows some general rules and settings.

And Asuna, who has only occasionally played some free games on her mobile phone, is a complete newbie.

"In short, buy weapons and equipment first, and then go outside to fight monsters and level up."

"Ok."

After Fujimaru Ritsuka made the decision, Asuna nodded obediently, and the two left the birth square and followed the road in front of them.

Although I am not familiar with the map at all, novice equipment shops should be easy to find. They are usually not too far away from the spawn point, and they are often very conspicuous, such as a blacksmith shop.

The most important thing is that today is the first day of the game's open beta, and there will definitely be a large number of players gathering near the novice equipment store.

Unlike her clear goal, Asuna followed her closely, looking around curiously, like a leisurely tourist.

"found it."

Sure enough, not long after, a blacksmith shop where players gathered appeared in front of the two people.

The manager of the blacksmith shop is an old man with a white beard with thick arms and a majestic figure. He looks unsmiling.

"Are you ready to set off, adventurer? Let's take a look at the equipment first!"

When someone approached, he would speak his lines and display the store options. After clicking on it, a dazzling array of weapons appeared in front of her.

One-handed sword, two-handed sword, katana, dagger, mace, scimitar, spear.
SAO is a game that sells cold weapons and sword skill systems. It only has rare magic elements and does not even have long-range weapons.

It's somewhat extreme.

She was cursing in her heart while selecting in the store, and finally chose a decent one-handed straight sword.

Let’s first COS a wave of Grandpa Tong.

On the other side, Asuna chose a novice rapier after choosing for a while.

"Then let's go level up."

"Ok!"

Facing the wild boar that rushed toward her, Asuna nervously held her breath and took a stance. The rapier in her hand gradually glowed red, and then——

"Yeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!"

The sword skill was activated, Asuna's figure turned into a flash of light, and she sprinted forward, passing by the wild boar's figure.

The wild boar grunted a few times as it struggled, and finally fell to the ground and dissipated into pieces.

".Yes, successful?"

This time, without the help of Fujimaru Ritsuka, she finally succeeded in defeating a wild boar monster by herself!

An indescribable sense of joy and accomplishment surged into her heart. Asuna could no longer hold back her excitement and cheered happily.

"Great, finally succeeded!!"

"congratulations!"

Fujimaru Ritsuka applauded her and smiled.

Suddenly realizing that there were other people nearby, Asuna immediately felt a little embarrassed and restrained her movements.

Then, she happily thanked Fujimaru Ritsuka:

"Thank you Ritsuka. If you hadn't been there to teach me patiently, I probably wouldn't know anything and could only wander around the town, right?"

Buying equipment and fighting monsters, this was the first time she felt that playing games was so interesting.

More importantly, even though she and Ritsuka were just strangers who had just met in the game, the other party was able to teach her so enthusiastically.

This experience was very magical for her.

Fujimaru Ritsuka waved her hands and said with a smile:

"It's okay, it's okay, this is the essence of MMO!"

Asuna was a little confused and said:

"MMO? What is that? Isn't it SAO?"

Hearing this, Fujimaru Ritsuka smiled and explained to her:
"SAO is the abbreviation of the game name, and MMO, or MMORPG, is the abbreviation of the game type to which the SAO game belongs."

"MMORPG, the full name is Massive Multiplayer Online Role-Playing Game, which is a massive multiplayer online role-playing game."

"In this type of game, the interaction between players, that is, social gameplay, is often one of the core selling points of the game, and the 'one' can even be removed."

"In other words, the most fun is to make friends in the game like we do and then form a team to play together!"

"I see."

Asuna nodded suddenly, then looked at her again, and asked suspiciously: "But speaking of it, Ritsuka, are you really a novice player like me?"

"Not only does he know so many things, but he also performed very well when fighting the monster just now."

"You're not lying to me, are you?"

"how come,"

She smiled and explained:
"I'm new to this game, but I've played other games before, so I know the basics."

"As for fighting, this wild boar is just a novice monster. If you use mathematics to compare its strength, it is probably equivalent to addition and subtraction within ten."

But when faced with her explanation, Asuna's focus was a bit strange.

"In other words, am I barely able to do addition and subtraction within ten?"

The desire to win buried deep in her heart was aroused, making her a little reluctant.

At this time, a breeze blew, and she squinted her eyes slightly, subconsciously looking into the distance.

The endless grassland hills, the gorgeous sunset dyeing the grassland golden, the dreamlike floating island above the grassland, and the huge floating tower, Aincrad.

"so beautiful."

The fantastic and beautiful scene in front of her calmed down her impetuous heart, and she couldn't help but let out a sigh.

At this time, she suddenly understood why some classmates in school liked playing games so much.

Play the role of your dreams in the game, experience things you can't touch in reality, meet a group of new friends, and start a brand new adventure.
It's like starting a whole new life.

Thinking of this, she couldn't help but glance at Fujimaru Ritsuka beside her.

She liked this strange new friend whom she had just met for less than half a day, and who often fell into thinking for no apparent reason.

Although we have only known each other for less than a day, it feels like we have known each other for many years. The time spent with each other is very peaceful and relaxing.

But that’s about it.

She glanced at the time and saw that it was almost 05:30 in the afternoon. If she kept playing like this, she might be discovered by her mother.

must leave.

"Sorry, Ritsuka, it's time for me to quit the game at this time."

She smiled with some regret and said:

"next time."

"Boom! Boom! Boom!."

Suddenly, a huge bell from the Town of Beginning interrupted her speech.

At the same time, in her surprised and confused eyes, Fujimaru Ritsuka and her body began to glow, and then her vision flashed, and the surrounding scenery suddenly changed.

"Eh, this is!?"

She quickly glanced around and found that they suddenly returned to the birth square, and a steady stream of players appeared, quickly filling the entire square.

"Ritsuka, do you know what's going on?"

She approached Fujimaru Ritsuka a little uneasily and asked her.

At this time, the same question rang out among various player groups, and the entire square became extremely noisy.

Fujimaru Ritsuka did not answer her question immediately, but raised his head and said:
"Look at that."

Asuna followed Fujimaru Ritsuka's gaze.

I saw a red diamond-shaped color block showing 'warning' appearing in mid-air, and then multiplied instantly, covering the entire square at an extremely fast speed.

The bright red color made the players a little uneasy and caused a burst of noise again.

At this moment, masses of blood-colored liquid flowed out from between the color blocks, gradually forming a huge faceless man in a bright red cloak in mid-air.

"what is that?"

"Why no face?"

"very scary."

"Maybe it's a celebration of the launch of the event?"

Amidst the surprised looks and speculations of all the players, the other player opened his big hand and said in a low voice:

"Players, welcome to my world."

　However, playing MMOs is too time-consuming and feels like working, so I can no longer afford it.

　　You can only play stand-alone games like Vampire Survivor.

　　By the way, can I post songs in the comments?
　　
　
(End of this chapter)