Comprehensive Manga: The Master is not here today

Originally, Kirito had been prepared that after he joined, the entire team might need to adjust for a period of time.

However, after encountering and dealing with three kobold soldiers, they had successfully adapted to the rhythm of three people's cooperation, which was unexpectedly smooth.

More importantly, although he has not yet seen Fujimaru Ritsuka's performance that can be called "unparalleled", he has discovered her as an excellent commander and supporter.

In the maze area, in addition to the honest monsters wandering on the road, there are also surprise monsters hiding in the blind spots of the player's vision in various ways.

When the player walks up to these monsters unknowingly, these nasty guys will suddenly jump out and attack the player immediately.

If players do not react quickly, they may fall into a very dangerous situation.

In their three-person team, whenever they encounter such a situation, Fujimaru Ritsuka can use the [Sword Throwing] skill to hit the monster immediately, attract hatred, and provide him and Asuna with extra reaction time. .

Such behavior not only greatly improved the error tolerance rate in the battle between him and Asuna, but also alleviated the mental pressure caused by the need to additionally guard surprise monsters.

And if he was alone, he could only tighten his nerves and move forward cautiously.

And in the face of this unexpected situation, Fujimaru Ritsuka was still able to calmly issue combat orders to them, and methodically eliminate the crisis step by step.

This fearless reaction in the face of danger and calm command strategy were what surprised him the most.

If he hadn't already known that Fujimaru Ritsuka had basically played single-player games before, he would have thought that the other party was the president of a large guild in an MMO game.

It's even possible that the other person is also the leader of an organization in real life.

It is the combination of this series of factors that allows them to basically maintain a safe state, and at the same time, the advancement speed is not too slow.

After reaching the fifth level, they began to gradually meet some other players. Unless the other players were in a dangerous situation, they would pass by silently and continue to move towards their goals.

The ultimate goal of all players on the front line is undoubtedly to climb to level 20, find the BOSS room, and attack the first-level BOSS to prove to others that they can really pass the game on their own.

But right now, the three people's goal is to reach the tenth to fifteenth level first.

According to the information provided by Kirito during the closed beta period, monsters above level 10 will drop two levels of weapon strengthening materials, +5 and +6, which are also the strengthening limits that can be reached at the first level.

Under normal game conditions, their current state is more than enough to challenge the first-level BOSS, but considering the current situation, it is better to strengthen them to the limit as much as possible before proceeding with the strategy.

So they planned to slow down the pace temporarily after reaching the tenth level, and slowly advance upward while acquiring strengthening materials.

Since the floor passages of the open beta and the location had changed from the closed beta period, they could only search patiently.

Except that the first five levels went smoothly, starting from the fifth level became more troublesome. It took them a whole morning to advance all the way to the eighth level.

Based on their current speed, it would only take three days to explore to level 20 and find the BOSS's room.

If you also include the time for brushing strengthening materials, four or five days at most will be more than enough, and then——

"Anyway, let's eat first!"

Fujimaru Ritsuka's happy words came, interrupting his thinking.

At the same time, he felt a sense of hunger in his stomach. It was early twelve o'clock at noon, and it was time for dinner.

So the three of them found a safe spot and began to rest and eat.

After sitting cross-legged, Kirito eagerly took out a piece of black bread from his backpack and the [Yoghurt Cream] he received after completing the [Counterattack Cow] mission last night.

The two only need to be combined briefly to turn into a delicious brioche bun, enough for him to enjoy a meal.

"By the way, Ritsuka, Asuna, you guys."

Want it?

Just when he was about to ask, he looked up and saw that Asuna not only took out the same black bread and butter as him, but also a sandwich and a drink of orange juice that he had never seen before, and he fell silent.

By the way, Asuna also used the [Cooking] skill.

"Thank you Asuna, I'm starting!"

Fujimaru Ritsuka happily picked up a sandwich and ate it. At the same time, she gave Asuna a thumbs up and praised vaguely:

"Uh-huh! (yummy)!"

"Thank you. Eat slowly and don't choke."

Asuna admonished her as she thoughtfully placed a glass of orange juice in her hand, as gently as Yamato Nadeshiko.

After doing all this, she looked at Kirito and smiled:

"Would you like to try Kirito? Sandwiches and orange juice. I have plenty here."

Then, she said with some regret:

"It's a pity that there aren't many ingredients that can be collected on the first level, so this is all we can do for the time being."

To this extent?

While other players can only eat black bread in the maze, here you can eat butter bread, sandwiches and orange juice, but you say it's only 'to this extent'! ?

Regarding Asuna's Versailles speech, he only wanted to say——

"Thank you, then I'm welcome!"

Take a bite of the sandwich, sip your orange juice, and have a brioche bun for dessert, it's heaven!

So delicious.

Kirito thought happily.

Teaming up with Fujimaru Ritsuka and Asuna is definitely the best decision he has ever made since entering this game!

After finishing the extremely luxurious lunch, the three of them took a short nap in the safety zone and then continued to move forward.

After some time, the three of them finally successfully advanced to the tenth level.

"Next, let's slow down temporarily and advance slowly while brushing materials."

Fujimaru Ritsuka once again confirmed the next policy with the two of them.

After reaching the tenth level, the level of monsters reaches level 6. In addition to the low-level monsters that will continue to appear, there is another monster named [Ruin Kobold Soldier], holding a spear.

It would be fine if it were a single monster, but if it accidentally provoked other kobolds at the same time, coupled with the long attack range of the spear, the level of trouble would go up to a notch higher.

After Kirito shared the information from the closed beta period, they discussed the general countermeasures, and then slowly began to explore the tenth level.

However, before the three of them could reach the depths, they suddenly heard the sound of violent collision of weapons and the mixed roars of players and monsters.

Sounds like a multiplayer squad just like them.

But at the same time, they also heard the roar of more than one monster, which seemed to be something bad.

So they quickly approached the source of the sound, and soon saw a team of players fighting multiple monsters.

Due to attracting more than the normal number of monsters, the player team in front of them has become a mess, fighting independently and without any organization at all.

If this continues, there may be casualties.

So, the three of them looked at each other, decisively drew their weapons, and chose to join the battlefield.

"Hold on, we're here to help!"

I'm coming!