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Chapter 571 You regret my shadow - SAO version

It is a joy to clear the fifth floor with only three teams and no one died, but everyone knows that the next problem is the key.

"Sorry to bother you at this time, but-"

Xiao Lin looked around: "Everyone present, has anyone obtained the guild flag?"

Basic rules of SAO.

The props dropped by monsters, including the Demon King, will appear directly in the props inventory of those participating in the battle, while other players...even the team members will not know.

Strictly speaking, the system still allows everyone to visualize the menu window and then check each item held in it one by one. However, the content of the item bar is the most private personal information in SAO. Displaying it is equivalent to standing in front of others without any clothes, which is undoubtedly the case.

Not to mention Kobayashi, not even a tough president like Kibaou can forcefully inspect members' props.

Of course, this inquiry is not to force the people present to hand over the flag, but to confirm whether the guild flag is really dropped on the fifth floor, so as to determine whether there is an assassination guild on the fifth floor of the guide - PoH and others are behind the scenes. .

"Please don't get me wrong, I am not asking you to hand over the flag, but there is another reason."

"...That's right. Someone who got the flag, please explain it, please."

Kirito also asked the people present.

Xiao Lin wouldn't worry about someone hiding it, not to mention that almost half of the people present were members of the Axis Guild. A total of eighteen people in the three teams were members of the Axis Guild, and they would be notified if they received the guild flag.

But when Kirito saw almost everyone shaking their heads, his heart gradually sank.

To be honest, this is something they don't want to see.

This time it was three teams that forced their way through, and no one died yet, but what about next time? If someone falsely claims that the BOSS on the sixth and seventh floors will drop powerful props, do they still have to risk their lives to break through the levels?

until--

"That...flag should be at my place?"

A little loli raised her hand.

"Megumin?"

"Did you get the flag?"

"That's awesome! You obviously have no attack power."

Aqua and others happily came forward, but their words of congratulations were not so pleasant. Megumin didn't say anything. She materialized the guild flag prop she just got and displayed it in front of everyone.

Kirito breathed a sigh of relief.

At least it means that there is no handwriting of PoH behind this, and it is possible that he has not thought of this yet.

Xiaolin was not surprised that the props fell into the hands of his own people. After all, they accounted for two-thirds of the total number of people-twelve of the eighteen people were members of the Axis Guild, which was more likely than anyone else. Surprisingly, the guild flag did not fall on Sato Kazuma, who had the highest luck value, but on Megumin, whose attack power was almost zero.

At the same time, he finally realized why the other closed beta players were unhappy with Kirito. Anyone who works so hard to defeat the BOSS with a lot of health, and ends up being plucked by someone else will definitely go crazy with anger.

"Give it to you."

"...Why give it to me?"

Xiaolin lowered his head, looked at the guild flag that Megumin handed over, smiled and said: "Take it. Just don't you really hope to participate in the BOSS strategy battle every time? With this, even the people in the strategy team can Nothing more can be said."

"But……"

Megumin hesitated.

She is not good at fighting, so joining the strategy team to occupy a position will cause problems.

Sato Kazuma mocked: "When did the little red devil chuunibyou little loli shrink so much? Besides, aren't you very good at using this?"

"……What?"

"Look. This guild flag is only effective if it is erected on the ground. This means that one player must stand still. And because of the explosion magic, you are always paralyzed and unable to move. You are not the best at lying on the ground. Not moving yet?"

"Are you trying to say that I'm a burden?"

"It's obvious."

"You guy... you're just Kazuma!"

The little loli bit it excitedly.

The two of them made a fuss, making everyone around them laugh.

After solving the problem of the guild flag, everyone gradually relaxed. Agil, Kirito and others gathered together and began to review the BOSS battle just now.

This is also the practice of the strategy team.

Look for the mistake you made just now, keep it in mind, and make corrections next time.

"First of all, I want to thank everyone for your hard work. And...thank you. It's all thanks to everyone's hard work that we were able to defeat the BOSS. Although there were many unexpected developments, facing the strongest BOSS so far, I think everyone They all exerted their highest fighting power.”

This is of course.

After all, we have only been on the fifth level for a few days, and everyone has not yet improved their level. Even the proficiency of equipment and skills is about the same as that of the fourth level. It can be said that they rushed to pass the fifth floor without any preparation.

It's rare in games.

"But what I want to say is that this does not mean that everyone has enough strength to challenge the sixth floor BOSS."

This idea that "a few elite players can pass the level even if they gather together" must be extinguished, otherwise the joint force will be disbanded in an instant. This is also a situation that Xiaolin and other smart players do not want to see, and PoH is most willing to see it.

"We all understand what Mr. Xiaolin said."

"That's right. We've already cleared five levels, and the strength of the five bosses is obvious to all. How can we feel relaxed?"

"That's right. We almost got wiped out just now. I don't want to defeat the boss with just these few people anymore."

The others discussed it at once.

But the dagger user of Team Agil still said, "From my point of view, it may be a bit bad to say this...but the reason why we were able to defeat this boss full of mechanisms without anyone dying is probably because it was a small elite team of 18 people. If it were the upper limit of the joint force of 48 people, it would be impossible for everyone to continue to dodge the lines on the floor."

"It was just an accident. No one can be sure what the mechanism and values ​​of the next level of the boss are, so if you don't make full preparations, you will die if you are not careful."

Kirito's tone was full of warning.

He was afraid that such people would take chances and lose their lives in vain. Kirito stopped preaching until the dagger user raised his hands to show that he was wrong.

Then, another member of Team Agil sighed, "Ah, although Xiaolin and Kirito have made a lot of contributions in the battle just now, I think the MVP this time should be awarded to Miss Darkness."

"Huh? Me?"

Darkness pointed at herself blankly.

"Indeed, Miss Darkness, as the only tank, was able to withstand the attack of the Golem BOSS head-on. Her strength is enough to be recognized."

"That's right, she saved me several times."

"I was saved by her too. That back figure standing in front of me makes people feel very reassured."

Words of praise continued to come.

The female knight blushed. I don't know if she was shy because of the compliment, or embarrassed because it was different from the actual reason.

Kirito also sighed: "I have never seen a knight as powerful as Miss Darkness. Not only is she a keen sense of battle but also protects her comrades. She is enough to be called a top tank player, almost stronger than those professional players."

"Yes. Sometimes I wonder if Miss Darkness is a real knight." Asuna looked at the back of the perverted female knight with admiration.

It is true that it was Alice who saved her, but the princess is still too young to worship her.

On the other hand, Darkness, without revealing her true nature, has blonde hair and blue eyes, tall and plump figure. At first glance, she is quite feminine and cold. When she wears formal clothes, she will show the temperament of a rich lady. Asuna hopes that she will become such a person in the future.

"I didn't expect that you two have such a high opinion of her."

Kobayashi was also a little speechless.

But he couldn't destroy the idol in other people's hearts, so let this misunderstanding continue. Besides, Darkness did a good job this time. She was able to rescue people in time whenever they were paralyzed. She also saved the stupid goddess at the critical moment. In addition, she was the only tank in this BOSS battle, so it was no problem for her to be the MVP.

For this reason, Darkness has a new title.

——Iron Wall.

It is like an iron wall that can withstand any attack from the enemy, which is very suitable for the tank profession. But isn’t it a bit too much to call a girl with this title?

Darkness wanted to cry but had no tears, and was also teased by Sato Kazuma, Aqua and others.

The topic came to an end.

Agil opened the window, glanced at it, and then looked at Kirito, reminding him: "It's already half past eight. At this time, the other members of the strategy team may be catching up. Kirito, have you thought about how to get back from here?"

This time, the BOSS was commanded by Kobayashi, but it was Kirito who summoned these people, so the next arrangements still had to be made by him.

"Well... since we might run into them if we go down the maze, we can just use that staircase to go up to the main street on the sixth floor, and then go back to Kaluluin through the portal there. After finally defeating the Demon King, there should be no one who would not want to see the sixth floor before others, right?"

"That's right!"

"I'm getting excited!"

"The sixth floor, oh!!!"

The others cheered, and then ran up quickly as if they were competing to see who could reach the main street on the sixth floor first.

Kobayashi and others followed slowly behind, they were not in a hurry, but were looking at the guild flag that Huihui got.

——Flag of Bravery.

It is not a pure prop, but is classified as a weapon, classified as a spear, but its attack power is the lowest level. Kirito said that this is the same as the closed beta period.

But the magic effect it comes with is amazing.

During the battle, when it is erected on the ground, guild members within a radius of 15 meters will be given various support effects. Take the fifth floor as an example. Even if it is a hall with a diameter of 30 meters, as long as you stand in the center of the room, the whole room will be covered by the effect range.

The condition for use is to register the guild name on the flag. It seems that as long as the player is qualified as a guild leader, just press the authentication button at the bottom of the attribute bar.

At that time, the guild's emblem will be registered, and the pure white flag will automatically be dyed with the guild's emblem, and the registered guild will no longer be able to change.

In other words, it is unique.

As long as the guild flag is printed with the emblem of the Axis Guild, Xiaolin will use it to attract members of the strategy team, and many people will choose to join the guild.

If used properly, all the forty-eight people in the combined attack force can be replaced with guild members.

No wonder Kibaou and the others were scared.

If that were the case, there would be no place for them in this game.

Unfortunately, the purpose of the Axis Guild is to only recruit life-style players. After all, strategy players always have to go to the wild. If Kayaba Akihiko secretly stumbles, it will harm other ordinary players.

As for handing it over, it's even more impossible.

Since they chose first-come, first-served, why should Xiaolin be polite to them? It was because they didn't abide by the agreement first. So instead of handing it over, Xiao Lin would wait for them to show off and make them angry.

At 8:50 in the evening, the strategy team led by Kibaou finally reached the fifth floor.

According to the information provided by Argo, they set off from the town at eight o'clock in the evening. It was quite impressive to be able to pass through the maze area in one hour. Unfortunately, they encountered the unreasonable Argo. Using the cracked map, Xiaolin and others arrived at the maze tower in just ten minutes, and the time was still at three o'clock in the afternoon.

Kibaou and others, who arrived late, saw Kobayashi standing in the BOSS room, the guild flag in Megumin's hand, and the door that was originally the BOSS location but was now open, and they quickly realized that what happened.

Kobayashi didn't say anything, just asked Megumin to flap the flag back and forth. The Axis Guild crest displayed on the flag made Queen Kiba almost break her teeth in anger.

The expression is funny.

At this time, someone rushed out and pointed at Kobayashi and Megumin: "Mr. Kibaou! There are only two of them! We have too many ways to get the flag back!"

"Do you mean to grab it?"

"Yes! We have four teams, and they only have two people. No matter what..."

"You idiot!"

After roaring with a voice like thunder, Kibaou grabbed him by the collar.

He lifted up the opponent's short avatar, as if he was going to hit the opponent's nose with his head, and roared: "The guild flag information you brought is indeed correct, but no matter how important the prop is, in order to obtain it, you will attack the other person." If the player wields a sword, we are just an ordinary criminal group! Think carefully about why we exist!"

I have to explain it again.

Kibaou's nature is not bad, he is just like most ordinary people, he is a bit ambitious, hates the rich, and likes to kidnap morals to fight for his own interests. But if you ask him to kill someone, he can't do it...at least he can't do it now.

"Sorry to make you hear such boring words. So can you tell us how you plan to use it?"

"As you can see, the coat of arms of the Axis Guild has been engraved on the guild flag, but I promise you that I will never force or have any tendency to let other players join the guild. Rather, I will reject those players. Players who come here for the guild flag.”

Kibaou was stunned by Kobayashi's words.

At this time, the short player roared again: "Who will believe this! If you say this now, you will definitely recruit a large number of outstanding players in the future, and then control the entire Aincrad!"

"No, I believe him."

"Varied----!"

The short man looked at him in disbelief and said after a while:

"Mr. Kibaou, you will regret it!"

"Shut up, I am the president!"

…

I didn't expect to see a scene where you regret my shadow here, but Xiaolin was a little surprised by Kibaou's decision and couldn't help but look up at him.

Later, Xiao Lin realized that since the guild flag had already been used, there was nothing he could do if he didn't believe it, right?