Comprehensive Manga: The Master is not here today

Chapter 160 Discrimination?Speech from the Knight
Hearing what the other party said, Asuna immediately frowned, looked at the other party with sharp eyes and said displeasedly:

"What do you mean, are you looking down on female players?!"

Hearing this, the other party spread his hands innocently and said:
"I'm just stating the facts. After all, among so many players here, aren't you the only two beautiful female players?"

When he spoke, he deliberately emphasized the pronunciation of 'beautiful', as if he was sarcastically saying that they only appeared here because of their appearance.

"You bastard!"

Asuna immediately glared at him.

Not only Asuna, but also many players in the square stood up and looked at each other with indignation. Some even wanted to duel him immediately.

The other party didn't seem to expect that his speech just now would arouse such fierce anger. He took a half step back timidly, and then pretended to be calm and shouted:

"I'm just discussing the matter and putting forward my own opinions. Didn't I say that everyone is welcome to express their opinions?"

It turns out there are such players here too.

Kirito thought.

Except for a few female-oriented games, in most video games, male players account for the majority, and among top players, male players have an overwhelming advantage.

Therefore, most of the time female players are very popular, but at the same time, there are indeed cases where some male players look down on female players, which is called [sexism].

At this moment, another clear male voice came from the other side of the square:

"Excuse me, may I speak?"

The speaker was a tall one-handed swordsman wearing various shiny armors. After seeing him, the player group became slightly commotion.

Kirito could understand the commotion. After all, the guy in front of him didn't look like a handsome guy who could play VRMMO games.

In addition, the long, wavy hair on either side of his face was dyed a bright blue.

Since there are no hair dye props for sale in the store on the first floor, you can only get them by dropping props from monsters or buying them from players who own the props.

Regardless of his appearance and behavior, he is a very capable guy.

Fujimaru Ritsuka also looked at the other party, showing a slightly surprised look. She didn't expect him to appear in this way.

At the same time, she nodded and smiled:

"Of course you can, please."

After getting Fujimaru Ritsuka's permission, the man showed a refreshing smile and said:
"Let me introduce myself first. My name is [Diabel], and I think my profession is [Knight]."

"Where does the career system come from?"

"Your profession is [current deposit], right?"

As soon as the other party spoke, the atmosphere in the square immediately became a lot more cheerful, and everyone began to make fun of him.

"Ah ha ha!"

Diabell smiled nonchalantly, then looked at the rough man who spoke and said with a smile:

"Friend, before I speak formally, can we know your name first?"

The other party crossed his arms and said:
"My name is [Darko]."

"Okay, Mr. Darko, your point of view is that you think Ritsuka is not strong enough to be a commander, so you objected. Is that correct?"

"Tsk, you can say that."

Darko clicked his tongue and reluctantly agreed with Diabel's conclusion.

Then, Diabel asked:
"In this case, please allow me to take the liberty of asking, where did you advance in the maze area?" Regarding this question, Darko frowned deeply and seemed unwilling to answer, but in full view of everyone, he just said: Neng held his neck and said in a strong voice:
"Eighth level. But so what?! Doesn't it mean that if the advancement speed is not fast, then we are not qualified to give opinions?"

"of course not."

Diabell smiled and said:

"If that's the case, no wonder you have misunderstandings about Ritsuka-san's strength. Let me explain it a little bit."

Saying this, he looked at the players in the square and said loudly:
"My team and I just found the passage to Level No. 19 yesterday, and we just started exploring it not long ago."

"I think that our team's advancement speed is already fast. I think most of the players present should still be in the range of No. 17 to No. 19, right?"

Many players nodded in agreement. The range Diabell mentioned is actually probably the overall advancement progress of the current first-tier player group.

Therefore, Korda, who has only reached the eighth level, is also a frontline player, but strictly speaking, he should be a second-tier player, and there is a big gap between him and the top players.

He himself should also be aware of this fact, that's why he said what he just said.

After receiving responses from all the players, Diabel continued to look at Korda and said with a smile:
"As you can see Mr. Korda, all the players here are top game masters, but most of them have just reached the No. 19 level of the maze area."

"However, in this case, Ms. Ritsuka and her team have already cleared the entire maze and found the BOSS's room on the first floor."

"Such irrefutable and amazing results, aren't they enough to prove their strength?"

"well said!"

"You have quite a skill!"

"You're so handsome, you damn cash-in guy!"

"As expected of a [Knight]!"

Diabell's wonderful speech made the players couldn't help but cheer, and his team members clapped excitedly, looking very proud of their captain.

The fact is just as Diabell said, for the group of players struggling on the front line, they know best what an amazing achievement it is that Fujimaru Ritsuka and others discovered the BOSS room, which also illustrates how powerful the opponent is.

Because of this, they tacitly agreed with Fujimaru Ritsuka as the conductor.

In the final analysis, [strength theory] is the mainstream in the game, and Fujimaru Ritsuka's strength has won their recognition, and that's it.

Not to mention that some of the players present had received help from Fujimaru Ritsuka and the others, and were die-hard fans and the most loyal followers of the two girls.

Korda's current behavior has undoubtedly kicked the hardest iron plate in SAO and offended the people who shouldn't be offended.

To a certain extent, this social death is no different, right?
".Humph!"

Diabell's aboveboard attitude and very reasonable speech once again created a one-sided atmosphere in the square.

Upon seeing this, Korda's face turned blue and blue, but he did not choose to sit down again like Kibaou. Instead, he snorted hard and left the venue without saying a word.

No one cared about his departure, and some even applauded him.

At present, the number of people participating in the meeting has exceeded the upper limit of 48 people. At that time, choices will definitely need to be made based on strength. Korda, who has just arrived in the eighth level area, may be excluded even if he stays.

The other party's choice was quite wise.

After Korda left, Diabell bowed very gentlemanly to Fujimaru Ritsuka and Asuna in the center of the square, and returned to the team amid another boo.

Fujimaru Ritsuka smiled and said:
"Thank you to Mr. Diabell for speaking up, and thank you all for your support, but I hope that the next meeting can continue to go smoothly."

"If this continues, I'm afraid it will have to open until the afternoon."

(End of this chapter)