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After Xiaolin listened to Kirito's story silently, he leaned back slightly and took a breath.

"...In other words, that guy——Morut challenged you to a half-loss duel, and after reducing your HP to almost half, he thought of inflicting a heavy blow on you with an axe. Damage. If successful, you will die due to total loss of HP?"

"Well, that's right."

"The most important thing is, because this is mutually recognized PK, his buoy will not turn orange as a criminal? In other words, it is the same legal method of killing players as monster PK... It can be called one-on-one PK Come on."

Since it is a game, there must be PK.

Kobayashi can even rudely assert that any game cannot run for a long time without player-player battles. MMORPG games like Sword Art Online are indispensable for battles.

There are three PK methods in this game.

The first to bear the brunt is the death match, which is to win by reducing the opponent's health points to zero. Originally, in the game, even if the health value reaches zero and dies, you can still be resurrected in the Black Iron Palace. However, after Kayaba Akihiko took the resurrection function offline, no one used this method to PK.

Then there’s the first-hit win-lose mode that players don’t quite use. To put it simply, the person who attacks the opponent first and causes damage wins. However, this PK method is very beneficial to people with high agility attributes, and is very unfriendly to players with strength and defense expertise, so very few people use this method to PK. .

Finally, as Kirito just said, it is also a commonly used PK method among players, the half-loss victory or defeat mode.

In fact, this PK method is no different from a death match. As long as PK is regarded as a life value divided by two, it is a death match for whoever reduces the opponent's health value to less than half first. However, the half-loss mode will ensure that players will not die, so it is very popular among players who like PK.

But this is it, someone took advantage of it.

Infinite reduces the player's health to nearly half, but does not choose to kill the opponent, but looks for opportunities to use more powerful skills to reduce the opponent's health to zero in one fell swoop.

Any game has so-called priorities.

For example, the competition between skills and dodge is who is faster, so that it is easier to confirm whether the attack hits.

In this game, the highest priority is the health value. Once hit, the health value will be reduced first no matter what. This is why in the original work, Diabell did not drink potions after being attacked by the BOSS, because the health value continued to drop. He was pronounced dead by that time.

But there are several problems with using this reasonable method of killing.

The first is the strength of one's own strength. If you can't defeat the opponent, why reduce your health? The second thing is to accurately judge the health value. If you are not careful, your health value will be less than half and you will be judged as the winner. What is the point of killing the opponent? Finally, one's own attack power must reach the standard, otherwise how can it be possible to reduce the attack power to zero?

This is probably why his profession is an axeman. After all, the attack power of an axeman is the highest among all professions.

Of course, this method is only useful at low levels. As the level increases, everyone's values ​​will increase. Even in the PK mode of half-loss victory or defeat mode, the health value will not drop to zero with one blow.

...No, actually this technique is not suitable for some people.

For example, Darkness, in order to experience the pleasure of more damage, added all the values ​​​​to defense and health, so even if her level is low, she will not die in the half-loss mode PK.

But this is still a method.

No matter what, as everyone has not yet reached a high enough level, they still pose a considerable threat.

Xiao Lin sighed slightly: "That guy is quite smart. Fortunately, he can think of such a method."

"Right, right! I also think he is very powerful!" Kirito's tone became high-spirited, as if he had found a close friend.

"You, why do you admire me so much? You almost died."

"Well..."

Looking at the dark swordsman scratching his head in embarrassment, he could understand the other person's mood.

The admiration of players.

Kirito admires Morut for finding new routines just as much as he admires Krillin for finding new routines in the game and making them shine.

But admiration does not mean that Kirito approves of the other party. On the contrary, he hates the other party's bad behavior.

"So, why is he looking for you to PK? Could it be that he doesn't like you and wants to kill you? Kirito, did you do something to make him angry? For example, snatched an elite monster from the wild or something? "

"No, I didn't do it! Although I often did it during the closed beta period, I have never done it in the official game!"

"Isn't that what I've done before?"

"I--!!!"

Kirito wanted to cry but had no tears left.

This was also the reason why Diabell was so wary of him. It was all because he had done so many bad things during the closed beta period that he was in such a difficult situation now. It could only be said that it was all retribution.

"But I don't think that's the case."

"Why do you say that?"

"Judging from the situation, that guy Morut is probably not just a PK player like a hedonistic murderer who kills whenever he wants. I think the reason why that guy asked me for a duel is because he wanted to hinder my preparations. The task of conquering the forest elf camping. I want to take advantage of the time I am holding back to pit the [Dragon Knight Guild] and the [Liberation Army Guild] who are preparing to carry out tasks in the camp... No, I should say I want them to fight. "

Kirito frowned.

He realized the seriousness of the problem.

By the way, the Dragon Knight Guild is the guild founded by Diabel and Linde, and the Liberation Army is the guild founded by Kibaou. Together with Kobayashi's [Acusis Guild] and several lone wolf players such as Kirito and Asuna, they formed the initial strategy group.

"Forest elf camping mission..."

Xiao Lin and others did not do that task because they wanted to form a guild, so they did not know what happened, but they could guess what his motives were.

——To hinder the raiding group.

Generally speaking, the motive may be to take advantage of the chaos after the struggle to unify the two guilds and then become a leader...that is, the desire to gain fame, or to plunder the money and equipment dropped by players who died on the battlefield. That is, out of desire for money and possessiveness.

This is conventional thinking.

But are reputation and material desires really more important than one's own life...that is, the desire to survive?

In this world, no matter how high your status is, how much Kol you save, or how rare your props are, if you lose to a monster or player once and your HP drops to zero, all your efforts will be in vain. He will truly die without being able to return to the real world and be imprisoned in an electronic prison.

Morut's actions were not worthwhile at all. They were just deliberately hindering the strategy of the death game.

It should be impossible for such a person to exist in this world, let alone one who is willing to risk death and leave a safe town to enter the dangerous wilderness.

When the topic was brought up again, Kirito's serious look seemed to reveal something unusual.

"That guy's motive is to hinder the Raiders Group... In other words, treating him as a spy sent by the party running the death game probably explains why he acted like this."

After saying that, he stared at Xiao Lin with burning eyes, as if asking for approval. ...It seems that it's not just that, there is another meaning that can be sensed in his dark pupils, a bit like questioning and judgment.

Xiaolin shook his head: "No, I don't think so. The reason is very simple. If the game is about to be completely conquered now, it is possible that he will jump out to hinder it. But you must know that SAO has a total of one hundred floors, and it starts secretly from the third floor. It’s too early to be active... at least I’ve never seen a troublemaker jump out so early.”

"Speaking of shit stirrup..."

Kirito's expression was a little awkward.

This was the first time he heard such vivid yet uncomfortable words, which shocked his little heart.

Then he nodded.

"I think so too. Jumping out so early will only put players on guard. What he did is putting the cart before the horse and stimulating players' desire to clear the level."

Kirito is young, but he is not stupid.

Especially when his parents died in a traffic accident, staying with relatives made him mature mentally. Coupled with his natural acumen for games far beyond ordinary people, he soon discovered the truth.

"That is to say——"

"Kirito."

Before the truth surfaced, Kobayashi interrupted him: "There is a limit to a person's ability to bear it. It's not uncommon for people to jump from Aincrad when they can't bear it anymore, so they will do worse things. It’s not impossible.”

Keigo Higashino said something very well.

——It’s just unwarranted malice.

This is the bad nature of human beings, there are always people who do such abnormal things.

Kirito's voice became even deeper: "I think that guy's purpose is not only to split the strategy team, but more likely to control the psychology of most players and induce them, and finally let them kill people... It can be called inciting PK. "

There is a smell of danger in the air.

This is undoubtedly bad behavior.

PKing with monsters and players is also based on clearly malicious behavior, but people who do such things still have to bear certain risks.

If you don't understand the mechanics of fighting monsters or make mistakes when gathering monsters, you will be attacked and die; if you PK with players simply, you may lose and die.

But inciting PK is not the case.

People who do this kind of behavior can completely avoid direct risks. Because you can stay in the circle and induce individuals or groups to fight with each other.

Although the success rate is relatively low compared to the first two, no matter which world there are, there will be people who are good at controlling other people and fishing boats.

Of course, Morut may have acted like this by coincidence or unconsciously. But Kirito has encountered other people who have the clear intention to kill others.

Kirito seemed to be talking to himself and asked, "Could they be the same person?"

"If this is the case, then Morut is the only heterogeneous and exceptional PK player currently existing in Aincrad. But if it is not the same person, the situation will be more serious."

"More serious means..."

"If they are different people, we should think that they are acting together. In other words, they are partnering up to carry out PK... No, it may not be just two people working together, maybe there are three people, four people, or even a larger scale than this The PK Group exists in Aincrad."

Xiaolin's voice was extremely calm.

But at this moment, a cold wind blew by, and the night scene that Asuna had said was atmospheric just now made Kirito feel bitingly cold.

Why?

Why do this?

If you kill a player in current SAO, that person will never be resurrected and will actually die in the real world.

Morut and the others don’t want to conquer the game?

Don't want to leave this world?

Kirito opened and closed his mouth and let out a dry and hoarse voice: "Maybe... they never considered leaving or anything like that from the beginning. If the HP reaches zero, the player will really die, so they only think about PK." ...No, it should be said that he only wants to kill people.”

Maybe he couldn't understand that someone would do such a thing.

But suddenly, Kirito thought of what Kobayashi had just said, that it was just unwarranted malice, and he suddenly understood the reason why the other party did this.

That's right, just unwarranted malice.

Feeling a click from behind, Kirito quickly turned around, looking extremely alert. He completely forgot that he was in a restaurant at the moment and was in an absolutely safe zone within the circle. The conversation just now gave him a big blow.

Then he saw Asuna, Aqua and a large group of people coming in noisily from outside, and couldn't help but be stunned for a moment.

"Asuna, you found a lot of coins!"

"If you want it, Ms. Aqua, I'll give these to you."

"Really?! Thank you!"

The stupid goddess has no idea how to be polite.

Seeing this, Sato Kazuma hit her on the back of the head with a knife, making Aqua scream in pain.

"——Don't take other people's trophies. They worked so hard to pick them up. How can you be so shameless?"

"Then share some of your loot with me, Kazuma."

"don't want."

"Don't be so stingy! You picked up the most loot this time, right? I remember there was a rare necklace! Ah, it's so annoying, why can't I use magic that increases luck! Kazuma, you cheating player! "

"Don't be stupid! I can find these all because of my own efforts!"

The two got into a quarrel about the spoils. Darkness and Asuna stepped forward to persuade them, while Alice, Megumin and the others came over to share the results of the battle.

With this interruption, the dangerous atmosphere completely dissipated.

Xiaolin touched Alice's head and said to Kirito: "That's it. We have established a guild after all, and those guys shouldn't come over recklessly to find trouble, but you two are different, be careful. ... Of course, if If you want to join us, you are very welcome.”

"…Thanks for the kindness, but no need."

Kirito thought for a moment and then refused.

He is still more accustomed to being a lone wolf player. After all, joining a guild means being constrained and the progress of upgrading will be slowed down. In addition, his current reputation is not very good. Joining a guild is likely to discredit Xiaolin's guild.

Asuna didn't know whether it was out of concern (love) for Kirito or for other reasons (wanting to live a world of two), but she also refused.

So they separated again.

It doesn't matter, we're just not in the same guild, and we'll form a team together when defeating BOSS, so there's nothing to regret.

After saying hello, we walked towards the guild base.

On the way, Aqua shouted that she was going to exchange these coins for koels, and everyone else agreed to go along.

Xiao Lin did not collect the relics, so he stayed on the street waiting for their return.

But suddenly, he felt a gaze falling on him. After thinking about sending Aqua an email asking them to go back after exchanging the coins, he walked towards the depths of the side path.

The twists and turns are enough to make people confused about the direction.

And when he reached the deepest part of the trail, he stopped, without looking back, but shouted loudly: "Come out. Your lurking skills are very proficient, and even my exploration skills didn't respond. But unfortunately, I was blind to my sight. Very sensitive."

Tap tap tap——

There were slight footsteps behind him.

Turning his head, he saw a player wearing a cloak, whose face could not be seen and whose gender could not be distinguished, appeared behind him.

"...Is today a fan meeting?"

Xiao Lin sighed slightly.