Comprehensive Manga: The Master is not here today

Chapter 150 Before Exploration
After listening to their self-introductions, Kirito subconsciously began to analyze in his mind.

The levels of the two of them, as well as the skills [Weapon Defense] selected by the three of them at the same time, were within the range of his expectations.

Generally speaking, after using a weapon to successfully defend against a monster's normal attack, the player's own blood will not be deducted. However, if the enemy's attack value is too high, even if the attack is blocked, part of the player's blood will be deducted.

The effect of [Weapon Defense] is to further reduce the damage suffered by players after using weapons to withstand enemy attacks.

After the proficiency is improved, a derivative skill named [Defense Counterattack] will be further illuminated, which can interrupt the enemy's offensive and provide additional attack opportunities, which is the rebound mechanism.

However, the judgment of rebound is very strict, and if you are not careful, it can easily turn into a situation where you suffer full damage. Especially in today's SAO, it is very dangerous.

But in general, [Weapon Defense] is indeed a universal skill. It can not only improve the fault tolerance rate, but also provide a high-risk and high-yield rebound mechanism in the later stage.

In short, this is undoubtedly a must-learn skill for high-level players.

In addition, some people may think that it is a bit strange to have a rebound mechanism in an MMO game where numerical values ​​are the mainstay.

But considering that SAO already uses [Sword Skills] as its selling point, it is not that surprising that most of the monsters and bosses after the third level are proficient in using [Sword Skills].

In other words, in SAO, although numerical improvement is also undoubtedly the main theme, it does pay more attention to the players' own skills than other MMO games.

This is why, as MMO newcomers, Fujimaru Ritsuka and Asuna are able to stand out among their fellow MMO veteran players and become the most influential figures in SAO.

In addition, Asuna's choice of speed-increasing [Mercedes] and life skill [Cooking] are also reasonable.

As for Fujimaru Ritsuka's [Sword Throwing] skill, it is probably used specifically for support, and the opponent also retains a skill slot like him.

There is nothing to say about weapons. Asuna's Wind Flower Sword is a rare weapon dropped from monsters. Although it has the same quality as the [Toughened Rapier], its attributes are better.

And what Fujimaru Ritsuka uses is a rare mission weapon from the same series as the [Sword of Tenacity] in his hand.

As for strengthening, Asuna's +2 sharpness and +2 speed are in line with her identity as a rapier user and are quite satisfactory, but Fujimaru Ritsuka's +4 sharpness does seem a bit extreme.

However, this characteristic seems to have begun to appear when they first met and she chose the [See Through] skill without hesitation.

Although he still had some concerns about her choice, after all, the other party had proven through these two weeks that there was nothing wrong with her choice and ability, so he didn't say much in the end.

Let him see with his own eyes what kind of technology matches this confidence.

So after introducing their respective information to each other, he officially joined the team of Fujimaru Ritsuka and Asuna as a new member, and also confirmed Fujimaru Ritsuka as the captain.

After finishing his meal, he checked the time, 6:40 pm.

Normally, he wouldn't rest until one or two o'clock in the morning after killing monsters. It only takes half an hour to walk from here to the maze area, and an hour to go back and forth, leaving at least six hours of exploration time.

Of course, this is when he is alone.

Now that he has joined the team, he will naturally have to discuss with Fujimaru Ritsuka and the others what to do next.

So he opened his mouth and asked the two of them:

"What's next? When do you plan to start exploring the maze area?"

"Ah."

Regarding this question, Fujimaru Ritsuka didn't think much and answered with a smile of course:
"Since you've had dinner, let's rest today."

"Okay, then what?"

Kirito nodded subconsciously, then suddenly froze, wondering if there was something wrong with his hearing.

Today, rest first?

He looked at the two girls in front of him in confusion, but their expressions were normal and they didn't seem to find anything strange.He had no choice but to confirm again carefully:
"Um, I didn't seem to hear clearly. How long is the break? Half an hour?"

Fujimaru Ritsuka replied with a smile:
"Rest until tomorrow morning."

"Eh?"

He subconsciously uttered a tone of doubt again, with a helpless expression.

real or fake?

He repeatedly checked the expressions of Fujimaru Ritsuka and Asuna, and after realizing that they really didn't seem to be joking with him, he asked cautiously again:

"Please allow me to take the liberty of asking, are you always like this? Or is it because you have other things to do later?"

Fujimaru Ritsuka smiled and replied:
"There's nothing else. We usually do it like this, practice during the day and rest at night."

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real or fake? ?
He suddenly fell into silence, his heart was messy, and he felt a little unbelievable about this.

Although it is said that we practice leveling during the day and rest at night, the sun has not completely set yet, right?Where is night? !
As if she could see the doubts in his heart, Asuna comforted him:

"Don't worry. Although you rest early every day, you will be more efficient at killing monsters after you have enough energy, and you won't lag too far behind the progress of other players."

"Forehead,"

After Asuna's words stunned him for a moment, he suddenly remembered that the two people in front of him were not casual players, but top players who came from behind as novice players and then rushed to the forefront in one fell swoop.

In other words, this is how they surpassed them?
With the action pattern of waking up in the morning and starting to farm monsters, and then calling it a day at dinner time, could they easily surpass them who worked hard to level up day and night?

Are we really playing the same game?

The sudden explosion of information made him feel like his outlook was shattered, but the levels and equipment of the two people in front of him could not be deceived, and he could only accept this cruel fact in the end.

"Ok."

He took a deep breath and let it fall into a long sigh.

Then he looked at the town outside the restaurant. He remembered that there were a few worthwhile tasks in [Tolbana]. Since he had a rest today, he could just go and do those tasks first.

Thinking of this, he asked the two of them curiously:
"But if you rest so early, what will you usually do next? You won't go back to your room to sleep now, right?"

"of course not."

Asuna smiled and said:
"In the rest of the time, we usually take a stroll around the town to see if there are any missions worth taking on."

"For example, from the farmer in the western village, you can receive a mission called [Counterattack Cow]."

"The mission reward is a prop called [Yoghurt Cream], which can turn the cheapest brown bread in the prop shop into butter bread. It's quite delicious."

"Last night, Ritsuka and I completed that mission together."

Kirito heard this and responded with a smile:
"It's that mission, I know. I'm also preparing to take on that mission. After all, the portable black bread tastes really bad."

While communicating, he couldn't help but feel a little emotional.

Unexpectedly, now that SAO has become a death game, there will still be players like Fujimaru Ritsuka and Asuna who are willing to continue to enjoy this game.

On the other side, Asuna glanced at Fujimaru Ritsuka next to her and showed a smile.

If it weren't for her, I would never be like this, right?
　Coming!
　　
　
(End of this chapter)