Comprehensive Manga: The Master is not here today

Chapter 185: Cleared the second level, but something is wrong

According to the information from the closed beta period, the BOSS on the second floor is named [Bull General Balan], and his follower is [Bull Colonel Nato]. There is only one follower in total, and the weapons used by the two monsters are war hammers.

The difficulty of the second level strategy is that both the BOSS and the followers can perform a special range sword skill, which will cause a temporary paralysis effect that slows down the movement of the player who is hit.

The BOSS will also continuously use this skill. If he is hit again under the paralysis effect, it will become a longer-lasting coma effect, which is quite dangerous at that time.

After Fujimaru Ritsuka and the others arrived at the BOSS room, they opened the door and took a rough look at the situation inside. At least the appearance of the BOSS and the followers were not much different from those during the closed beta. Of course, other changes made after the open beta should also be taken into consideration. .

After determining the information about the BOSS and followers, including the attack methods and sword skills recorded during the closed beta period, the next step is the allocation of personnel.

Since the number of people participating in the strategy meeting has reached nearly [-], the players who participated in the strategy had to be selected based on the composition of the team.

However, after a round of selection, Fujimaru Ritsuka suddenly discovered that the vast majority of players participating in the strategy were still those in the first-level strategy team. This was probably a step ahead and a step ahead.

Because the number of players participating in the strategy did not change much, only slight adjustments were made in the end. The overall team configuration was almost the same as on the first level, and Kirito also returned to the team.

The next step was to determine some details of the battle, but at this moment, Fujimaru Ritsuka suddenly heard a system prompt, and someone sent her a message.

It's Argo.

"Wait a moment."

After reading the message from Argo, Fujimaru Ritsuka quickly stopped the strategy meeting and said to everyone:

"It's [Mouse Argo], she said she has the latest information about the second floor BOSS."

After hearing the words Argo and the latest information, everyone who was still a little confused suddenly became quiet.

In terms of intelligence, Argo is the only and most powerful intelligence dealer in SAO today, and the information she gives is worthy of everyone's seriousness.

After waiting for a while, a large piece of text information was sent over. After a quick glance, Fujimaru Ritsuka immediately forwarded the information to each captain, who then forwarded it to the respective team members.

The moment everyone saw the information, their expressions couldn't help but change. After everyone carefully read the above information, they couldn't help showing expressions of joy and fear.

The urgent information sent by Argo introduced the hidden BOSS on the second floor that did not exist during the closed beta period, or the real floor BOSS [Bull King Asterios] added after the open beta.

After experiencing the name fraud of the "Legendary Hero", Fujimaru Ritsuka did not immediately think that he was Asterios of Chaldea, which was indeed the case.

Although it is the real BOSS of the second level, it only appears when [Bull General Balan] has only the last health left, and has a special skill [Lightning Breath]. You can tell by the name that this is a A long-range attack, the player hit will directly enter a coma state.

At the same time, the information provided by Argo also provided strategies for the strategy.

Before activating the skill [Lightning Breath], the BOSS's eyes will flash, and if the crown on its forehead is hit at this time, its attack will be deflected upward and its action will be delayed.

In order to prove the authenticity of this intelligence, Argo also attached the source of the intelligence at the end.

This is a mission that is automatically triggered after she enters the dense forest near the maze area on the second floor. After solving a series of errands in a row, she will be able to obtain information about the real BOSS [Bull King Asterios] .

Since it is the information provided by the mission reward, there should be nothing wrong.

There is no doubt that if they had not received this information from Argo, the consequences would have been disastrous when faced with the sudden appearance of the real floor BOSS.

"This is undoubtedly a vital piece of information, and we must thank the other party."

Fujimaru Ritsuka's speech was unanimously recognized by everyone, and Asuna also said:

"And since there will be a mission to provide BOSS information, then we should not just push forward blindly, but also actively explore the nearby areas."

Fujimaru Ritsuka nodded, but this will happen later. Now that accurate information has been obtained, the next step is——

“Get ready for the strategy.” ˆ ˆ ˆ “Oh oh oh oh oh oh oh ——!”×n
  "Win!"

"Long live!"

"The next step is the third floor!"

"I almost didn't dodge the attack just now. It was really scary."

As for the strategy for the second-level BOSS, although there were occasional minor mistakes during the strategy, overall it went smoothly beyond expectations because the monster's attack patterns and skills were exactly the same as the information they knew.

One of the difficulties in the original strategy was to hit the crown on the BOSS's forehead before it performs [Lightning Breath]. However, since it has a tall body of over six meters, it is difficult to do this with ordinary attacks.

Fortunately, not only Fujimaru Ritsuka, but also many players in the support team chose the [Flying Sword] skill that allows for long-range attacks. Therefore, throughout the entire battle, the BOSS did not perform an effective breath attack from beginning to end. It can be said to be quite frustrating.

"but."

Among the players cheering and celebrating, Fujimaru Ritsuka was relieved, but at the same time he felt a little strange.

Because this time the BOSS strategy was so smooth.

It's not that everything goes smoothly, but based on her understanding of BB, it is normal for accidents like those on the first level to occur during the battle, and even a sudden crisis that may lead to the group's destruction is not too outrageous.

Everything is in line with the intelligence, but it's a little abnormal.

Moreover, Yui told her before that BB seemed to be very busy during this period. She originally thought that he was busy designing more difficult levels to torture her. But that doesn't seem to be the case now.

So, what is BB busy with?
  "Ritsuka, what's wrong?"

Noticing that Fujimaru Ritsuka's expression was not so happy, Asuna came over and expressed concern.

She shook her head and smiled:

"It's nothing, it's just that this strategy went too smoothly, and it feels a little unreal."

"It does feel that way."

Asuna responded with a smile and then said:

"But this is also the result of everyone's hard work. Everyone worked hard to improve their skills and levels, and strengthened their equipment, plus the key information provided by Miss Argo. The reason why there is such a relaxed ending is because the difficulties are dispersed to Did you win every step before?"

Was she comforted?

Fujimaru Ritsuka suddenly felt dumbfounded, but still smiled and nodded:
  "That's right, then let's go to the third floor."

The third floor is a floor with the theme of [Forest], but it is not an ordinary forest.

On the third floor, the trunk of the smallest tree is one meter in diameter, and the height can reach more than thirty meters. Looking at it, there are all tall and ancient trees that cannot be described as giant trees, just like elves living in a fantasy world. Forest-like.

Not only the scenery, but also the design style of the main city [Zimford] on the third floor is very different from the first two floors.

It was a town built by three giant trees that were close together, thirty meters in diameter and hundreds of meters in height. Except for the transfer gate square in the open space between the three trees and the conference square a little further to the north, Most of the buildings in the town are hidden inside three giant trees, like skyscrapers.

While admiring the unique and beautiful scenery around them, everyone gradually arrived at the central square on the third floor. Repeating the operations on the second floor, Fujimaru Ritsuka opened the transfer door again and waited quietly.

After a while, with the influx of ordinary players, cheers and applause also sounded again.

The third floor, arrived!

(End of this chapter)