Comprehensive Manga: The Master is not here today

Chapter 161 The meeting ends, Kirito and Diabell
Fortunately, there were no more weird accidents next.

After confirming Fujimaru Ritsuka as the conductor, she then began to exercise the responsibilities of the conductor and organize players to form teams.

Most of the players here have their own teams, but if you want to conduct a BOSS strategy, you must not let your teams be so disorganized and fight independently.

So after a simple split and reorganization, three teams of tanks with shields or heavy armor were divided, three main attack teams with high mobility and high firepower, and two support teams equipped with long weapons.

Since Fujimaru Ritsuka needed to be the commander, the captaincy of the team was handed over to Asuna, and four more temporary members were recruited to become the sixth team responsible for the main attack.

At this moment, Kirito calmly returned to their team.

The number of people participating in the meeting exceeded the maximum number of players, so several players were eventually eliminated through comparisons of equipment quality and skill proficiency.

But even so, these people are undoubtedly important players in the future strategy. Fujimaru Ritsuka and Asuna personally expressed their apologies and encouragement to them, which made them a little flattered, so the atmosphere was quite harmonious.

After the teams are assigned, the next step is the self-introduction of each team leader.

The most impressive among them are naturally Diabell, the captain of the first team, and Kibaou, the captain of the fifth team, who all performed in the meeting just now, and of course Asuna, the captain of the sixth team.

In addition, the captain of the second team [Agil], with his dark skin and bald tough guy appearance, also attracted a lot of attention in the hearts of players.

Then there is the confirmation of the distribution of money and props dropped by the BOSS after the battle, which is also a very important issue.

In MMOs in recent years, the drop distribution mechanism for large-scale raids such as BOSS guides has appeared in many forms, such as rolling dice, independent drops, or all falling on the ground, relying on players to pick them up, etc.
However, SAO during the closed beta period adopted a rather ancient final kill mechanism, that is, the props dropped by the BOSS after death will directly appear in the prop column of the player who killed the player.

In this case, even if there are rules that determine the ownership of the treasure by rolling dice, the player who actually obtained the treasure must be willing to hand it over honestly.

However, this is obviously quite a test of human nature.

Moreover, in a chaotic team battle environment, as long as the player who obtains the treasure intentionally conceals it, others will have no way of knowing whose hands the treasure is.

Therefore, in order to avoid the resulting division of the player group, Fujimaru Ritsuka only set a simple and clear rule such as [the money is divided equally among all players, and the person who obtains the props directly owns it].

"Finally, there is information about the first-level BOSS."

Fujimaru Ritsuka took out an [Argo Strategy Manual] from his backpack and said to everyone:

"I don't know if any of you here have noticed, but just this morning, the strategy manual has been updated again, with new information about the first-level BOSS during the closed beta period."

As soon as these words came out, the players present suddenly made a commotion, obviously not paying attention to this matter.

But she did not immediately ask the players to go and get the reading, but continued:

"My team and I have confirmed that the BOSS on the first floor is still the [Kobold Lord] from the closed beta period, but the opponent's attack mode may have changed from the closed beta period."

"Therefore, although I hope you can read the information in the strategy manual carefully later, please do not rely too much on it."

The players nodded to show their understanding.

It was now approaching noon, so she announced directly:
"Then the meeting is dismissed. After two hours, please gather directly at the exit of [Valtona] to the maze area to start the official strategy."

"understand!"

After the disbandment order was issued, the players evacuated in droves and rushed to the prop shop, preparing to receive the latest version of the strategy manual.

At this time, Fujimaru Ritsuka, who had always behaved calmly and generously, finally relaxed and let out a long sigh of relief, feeling a little tired at the same time.

"Ritsuka, thank you for your hard work, but your performance was perfect!"

Asuna hugged her arm affectionately and congratulated happily.

She also laughed and said:

"Thank you for being here, otherwise I wouldn't be able to do it alone."

Although Asuna didn't speak much, the content and process arrangement of her speech today were finalized with Asuna's help last night. All she did was to continue her speech as planned. "How could it be? You handled the emergencies just now so well. You're not good at giving speeches. Are you lying to me?"

Asuna teased her.

"Of course not, I just have some experience in dealing with such things."

She scratched her head and laughed.

She is not boasting. Although she is not good at speaking, she should be considered relatively good at handling emergencies.

At this time, Asuna suddenly remembered something and said:
"Speaking of which, where is Kirito?"

At this time, except for them, almost all the other players in the square had left. After Asuna glanced around, she didn't find Kirito at all.

So, she guessed:
"Could it be that you left with other players to prevent exposure?"

Fujimaru Ritsuka was a little dumbfounded after hearing this. Is this too cautious?
However, it's not that he can't understand the other party's mood.

She thought for a while and said:
"Anyway, let's send him a message first to confirm the situation."

Kirito's thoughts were indeed what Asuna guessed, so after seeing a group of players leaving, he also quietly left the field, deciding that it would be better to maintain his identity as a solo player during this period.

But before he could get far out of the square, he was stopped by an unexpected figure——

The person in front of me is Diabell, the handsome young man who shined in the meeting.

Kirito was a little confused, wondering why the other party would leave his teammates behind and come alone to stop him.

They don't seem to know each other or have any interactions, right?

"Well, what's the matter?"

"[Kirito]-kun, can I call you that?"

However, Diabell called out his name accurately the moment he opened his mouth, which made Kirito feel a little bad.

Why did the other party know his name?

He couldn't remember when he became so famous.

and many more!

If he is famous, he was indeed famous in SAO, but——

That was in SAO during the closed beta period!
Sure enough, looking at Kirito's wary eyes, the other party smiled and said:

"I'm not deliberately investigating you. I'm a closed beta player just like you, but I didn't inherit the game name from the closed beta period. Of course, my appearance is completely different."

"But Kirito-kun, your game name is still the one from the closed beta period, and you still look like a lone player, so it's easier to guess."

No, I have just returned to being a solo player.

"So, what's the matter?"

After listening to the other party's explanation, Kirito did not completely let down his guard. He knew that he was somewhat famous during the closed beta period, and he knew clearly that it was not a positive reputation.

Sure enough, this time Diabel's expression became a little more serious and asked him:

"I want to confirm that when you come to the meeting this time, do you really intend to contribute to the BOSS strategy?"

"Or do you just want to seize LA?"

(End of this chapter)