Pokémon Breeding House Starting from Pirates.

The 1400 trainers who left will never see their Pokémon again. As for the 1400 Pokémon who were left behind, they all have their own feelings.

Some Pokémon are very sad and upset, and it takes some time for them to heal their inner pain.

What makes them sad is not the separation from their trainers. In fact, creatures like Pokémon are easier to let go than humans.

They are very simple-minded, so as long as they know that their trainers can still live well after separation, they will let it go. They may not be able to adapt for a while, but they will not be sad for the rest of their lives. They will just silently wish them the best.

The reason these Pokémon are sad is because these trainers are unwilling to take them to the 101st floor.

In the eyes of the Pokémon, if it were them, they would send their trainers home even if they faced the risk of death.

It can be said that they have always done this in Aincrad.

However, their trainer was unable to do this, even though the 101st floor was not actually their home.

The little guys looked a little pitiful, and half of them chose to go offline directly and return to the Pokémon Island.

Some of the little guys are so slow that they don't even realize that their trainers are unwilling to take the risk of losing their lives for them, or maybe they realize it but just don't mind.

The Pokémon that did not choose to "go offline" continued to follow the main group, preparing to go through this final "story" and accompany SAO until the last moment.

Among the 3400 players who stayed, at least 2900 were at the middle and lower levels.

This makes most people pessimistic about the upcoming battle.

After all, it has been made very clear that the boss is "stronger", and it is for this reason that those trainers who are not strong-willed enough choose to return to the real world.

Therefore, the vast majority of players prefer to develop safely for a while before taking on the challenge together.

But some people can't wait.

For example, Zack.

Under the pretext of [getting information about the Boss], he took several members of the guild to look for the Boss's location.

If you want to open the teleportation array on the 101st floor, you need to first find another Boss hidden on the 100th floor and then defeat it.

But no one knows where this boss is, and there is no way to investigate.

Because there is no so-called maze area on the 100th floor, it is wilderness everywhere.

Fortunately, the 100th floor is located on the top of the conical floating tower of Aincrad, and the area is very small. Even if players use a carpet search method, it won’t take much time.

On June 6rd, Zack heard that the Trainer's Association had found the location of the Boss.

Zack also rushed to the marked coordinates as soon as possible.

But when he saw the Boss's appearance, he was a little confused.

The boss's name is [Kobold Lord].

That’s right, it’s the Boss on the first floor. I didn’t expect that he has become the Boss guarding the teleportation array on the 101st floor.

No player rashly attempted to launch an attack. After all, no matter how they thought about it, they felt that this Kobold Lord must have been strengthened or updated.

But Zack couldn't help but want to give it a try.

The opportunity to reach the 101st floor was right in front of him. He was so eager to try it that he always had the [Corridor Crystal] in his left hand ready to use it, so he would not be killed instantly. It was not that he could not give it a try.

"At the very least, we have to test the strength of this thing and bring some information back to the others."

Zack didn't expect to be able to defeat the boss in his first attack, let alone a solo attack.

He had very low expectations for himself, just wanting to try out the boss's approximate ability value.

With this mentality, Zack swung the huge sickle behind him towards the kobold lord.

Swish.

The spinning sickle cut the kobold lord in half.

[Congratulations on defeating the 'Kobold Lord']

[Congratulations on obtaining: The teleportation crystal that opens the 101st floor teleportation array]

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Looking down at the crystal clear blue crystal in his hand, Zack fell into deep thought.

Could it be that a bug occurred after Aincrad was conquered?

Isn't it said to be a stronger boss?

Zack now suddenly discovered that the level of this kobold lord was only Lv.10, exactly the same as the one on the first level.

With Zack's current level of Lv.100, he would naturally be killed instantly without even having a chance to enter the second stage.

When Zack brought the crystal that opened the teleportation array back to the town and summoned all the resident players, everyone fell silent.

"So, is this a prank that Kayaba Akihiko left behind?"

Shang Mei frowned and thought.

Anyway, after what happened in SAO, she felt that the man was capable of anything.

"No this should be for 'screening'."

Kirito thought for a few seconds before speaking.

Kayaba Akihiko was his former idol, and Kirito knew everything about him. He thought that there must be a reason why the man did this.

And the deeper meaning is screening.

"filter?"

Asuna was stunned for a moment, then came to her senses, "You mean, the trainers and derelicts who have left?"

"Yeah, that's right."

Kirito nodded. He had the same idea and was 90% sure of this guess. "Well, we need to screen out those players who are not willing to risk death to take Pokémon to the 101st floor."

"What's the point?"

"Maybe. There might be a 'reward' on the 101st floor reserved for those of us who dare to stay."

Kirito pinched his chin and expressed his guess uncertainly.

One of the reasons why he had such a guess was what Izuna told him before.

'Make your choice after careful consideration.'

So what is the choice?

Izuna is part of the data in SAO, and it is obviously unusual data, so he must know something about the 101st floor, which is why he gave Kirito the same hint in the end.

"Is it what you said? We'll know after we go and see it, right?"

Zach didn't care if it was for screening.

He just wanted to know if he could see the floating bubbles again when he reached the 101st floor.

The next moment after he said this, Zack crushed the crystal in his hand.

A blue vortex teleportation array instantly appeared in front of the players.

"Let's go."

Zack was the first to fall in.

The other players looked at each other, and then rushed in with their Pokémon.

. . .

The 101st floor, Pokémon Park.

There is actually nothing special about this floor. It is just a beautiful natural park without any wild monsters.

In this Pokémon Park, there is a natural environment suitable for Pokémon of most attributes to survive and play.

It’s not that I would say this floor is exquisitely made.

The first one hundred floors are the result of many years of hard work by Akihiko Kayaba. This floor was temporarily built at Dark's request, and there are many scenes that overlap with the floors below.

However, the purpose of this layer itself is not for players to watch or play with Pokémon. Its real value is just to provide players with a platform and place to say goodbye to Pokémon and make life choices.

But, there are also Easter eggs on this floor.

And players can only trigger the choice after discovering the Easter egg.

"Hey~"

"New~"

"Meow~"

As soon as they arrived at this level, before the players could react, the Pokémons ran towards a small valley in front of them.

"Heracross, where are you going?"

"Follow me."

"This is the home of the Pokémon. They are very familiar with this place. We just need to follow them."

The players hardly hesitated and followed their Pokémon with doubts in their hearts.

Those 'negligent people' took out the [Broken Diamond Contract] from their backpacks with a sense of purpose.

The broken diamond contract is actually a locked Pokémon ball that has turned gray.

And now, the button of the grey Pokémon Ball in their hands was glowing red.

"Let's go and take a look."

Zack looked at the large group of Pokémon that continued to move in a certain direction, and followed with the remaining derelicts.

As they continued to go deeper into the valley, they came to a relatively open grassland.

In the center of the grassland stands a huge stone tablet.

Hundreds of Pokémon have been waiting there for a long time under the stone tablet.

"Bubble~"

"Floating Bubbles!"

When Zack looked at the Pokémon that was floating towards him while shouting, he immediately recognized it as his own floating bubble.

"I'm sorry, I was too careless at that time."

Zack rushed over and hugged the floating baby tightly in his arms, rubbing the soft little guy hard.

He was finally able to say what he had always wanted to say.

At this time, Zack is no longer the feared killer in SAO, but the young man who has just embarked on an adventure with his Pokémon.

[Repair: 'Broken Diamond Contract' (requires approval from both the person who failed the duty and the Pokémon)]

"Floating bubbles?"

In fact, Zack didn’t understand why the diamond contract was still needed at this time.

He estimated that he would soon leave Aincrad as well.

But there is always such an obsession in my heart, which is to leave a perfect solution for this journey. If there is no diamond contract, then this journey cannot be called perfect in any way.

"Bubble~"

Floating Bubble nodded.

The grey Pokémon ball quickly turned red and white, and the button that had been locked opened automatically, allowing the floating bubble to enter it again.

[Congratulations on obtaining: Diamond Contract]

【Memories are pearls, friendship is diamonds. 】

Until this moment, Zack deeply agreed with this sentence.

The other negligent people were willing to come here simply to make up for some of their past mistakes. They were forgiven by their Pokémon and their broken diamond contracts were repaired.

Only at this time did they have the energy to look at the huge stone tablet.