The Age of Heroic Spirits in the Eyes of the Reincarnated.

Chapter 31 Snowball! (Please read on!)

However, what surprised everyone even more was

The two girls actually declined this extremely rare invitation.

Then he left here quickly.

"Brother Xia, you were rejected?"

Wang Teng smiled happily.

It was rare to see his big brother being humiliated, especially when the other party was just a native of this mission copy. If Xu Che and Yang Jie knew about this, they would definitely be happy for a long time, right?
The other guild members were also grinning.

There was no way. The day before, a team of beta testers who were full of confidence requested to join the club, but the leader of the club didn't think highly of those people with great potential and confidence, and simply rejected them. But what about today? The leader took the initiative to invite, but was rejected?

What's so good about those two little girls?
and many more.

Our team leader looks like he is the same age as those two girls!

No way, no way...

Is it true that they are in love with each other?
Right.

Young people.

"Do you think I invited them to join because I was attracted by their beauty?"

Li Xia glanced at everyone with a strange look on her face.

"no no…"

"No no…"

But no matter how you look at it, it seems like what he says doesn't match what he means.

"Oh, even you are like this. I'm afraid the two girls who just left will think that I am attracted to you!"

Li Xia shook her head and laughed.

"Isn't it, Brother Xia?"

Wang Teng blinked.

"Of course not."

Of the two, one of them climbed to a higher level maze area that many closed beta players were unable to climb during the two months of the internal beta test, and he is likely to have internal beta test intelligence that Kirito, the protagonist of the original work, does not have, such as partial data on many wild monsters below the 8th floor and even maze area bosses, as well as some map information.

This is still of great value for the guild's subsequent development.

Furthermore, Usagi's level is also in the first tier among the thousand closed beta testers, and his performance during the closed beta test is almost second only to Kirito. It's a pity that he didn't have the fate of being a solo player like Kirito. Because he became a solo player too early, he fell before Asuna grew up, so he didn't see her again in the middle and late stages.

As for Asuna?
Whether it was the wisdom shown in leading the team to conquer various dungeon bosses in the middle and late stages, or the talent in swordsmanship, or the ability to command on the spot, or even the strong willpower that surpassed the paralysis effect of the system...

They all have their merits.

Among them, he values ​​the "tactical talent" of the Strategy Ghost the most.

This is exactly the reason why we invited this woman to join the team.

However, he was not in a position to say these directly.

"Forget it, let's just say the time has not come yet. Next time, they won't refuse me again."

"Ah? Why, Brother Xia?"

"You will know then."

Li Xia smiled and stopped talking about this topic.

Because if Asuna's plot line does not change, he will have at least four more chances to invite her to join the team.

And even if the plot line changes, as long as nothing happens to the girl, there will be at least two more such opportunities.

Therefore, he was not disappointed because he failed to successfully intercept Grandpa Tong this time. On the contrary, he wanted to see how far the best friends Usagi and Asuna could go after going through hardships together.

"Okay, let's continue to kill monsters and level up. There are quite a few traps and treasure chests in this area."

Originally, these treasure chests were game traps built by that old bastard Kayaba Akihiko for the player group, or more precisely, for those closed beta testers who had access to some internal test intelligence. It was a sinkhole!
Whoever is greedy will be caught.

If you are not careful, you can kill several people.

In the original book, more than 300 testers died on the first level, thanks to these treasure chest traps.

But after being used by Li Xia, it became a shortcut for the guild's elite members to quickly upgrade!

As long as everyone does not act stupidly and does not rush ahead for quick success; as long as there are enough stamina potions prepared and everyone is always in a state of high stamina and healthy health; as long as everyone advances steadily and ensures that the durability of their main equipment is within a safe threshold... then casualties will hardly occur and accidents will hardly happen to everyone.

Everyone’s upgrade speed will not be any worse than the experience of gaining experience at a rocket speed on the first afternoon.

After all, this is much more efficient than searching for monsters all over the wilderness map.

There are twenty or thirty of them at one brush.

Especially after a team member has learned the trap-laying skills provided by the game system, the reverse hunting of high-level goblins becomes more efficient.

Just imagine, if a player who has mastered this trap-laying skill also sets a circle of traps near the trap treasure chest, what kind of exciting scene would it be when those high-level goblins rushing out of the system's secret door step on them?

The treasure chest was clearly a trap set for the players, but it was used by everyone and turned into a trap for monsters.

How easy and enjoyable will the whole hunting process become?
then.

In this underground area.

Only 4 days.

As they became more and more adept at it, they opened all the treasure chests that were easy to find.

The members of the elite group reached level 8 one after another through constant drug use and high-intensity hunting.

They took advantage of the huge advantages accumulated on the first afternoon, as well as the convenience of sharing more experience in team mode, and even reached level 9 one after another.

Among the closed beta testers, Kirito, the lone ranger who upgrades very quickly, still has a small amount of experience slots away from level 9.

You know, this is Master Tong, the leveling maniac.

In the early days, the advantage of the implicit team rule of killing monsters as a team and giving the person who needs experience the last blow to the monster, thus allocating more experience, gradually emerged. It is simply not comparable to the leveling of a single player in the same amount of time.

In addition to the upgrade in level, the team members also have different degrees of equipment upgrades.

I can only say that the treasure chests in this area are really valuable.

Not only did he obtain a lot of excellent equipment that was better than the common bronze equipment sold in the weapon shop in Horenka Village, such as the pair of Agility Boots; he also obtained several rare equipment that were considered top-quality in the first-level area, that is, rare equipment with special auxiliary abilities like the poison resistance ring. The better the equipment, the higher the level, and the more monsters you kill, the higher the skill proficiency you will improve. With the three factors that affect combat effectiveness and survivability adding up to each other, the snowball is getting bigger and bigger.

The only thing that is not very friendly is probably the financial burden brought by consumables such as stamina potions and equipment.

Because eighty to ninety percent of the gold coins obtained after killing monsters in each round are spent on various potions and equipment repairs.

In other words.

They spent a lot of gold coins and several days to gain the experience of rapid upgrade.

It's not perfect.

...

"Cheers, everyone."

In a tavern in the village of Holenka, everyone raised their glasses.

This place is already reserved at the moment.

Those sitting inside were all elite members and guild cadres of the Liberator Guild.

There are also some elite candidates in the outer circle.

Everyone was laughing and having fun, and the air was filled with a relaxed and cheerful atmosphere.

"Thank you, team leader, for leading us to level up quickly, leaving behind almost all the closed beta testers. Thank you to the cadres for teaching us how to survive better. Thank you to the guild for providing us with a high-quality leveling environment. Thank you to the captains for protecting us..."

"grateful…"

"cheers!"

After seven or eight days of getting along, not only did everyone become more familiar with each other, but they also became more and more accepting of the young man sitting on the main seat.

His imagination runs wild, and he even thought of using treasure chest traps to help everyone upgrade quickly.

Even if someone had the idea of ​​such a bold idea in the early days, who would dare to implement it?

Even if someone wants to implement it, who can guarantee its execution?
But these are not problems for their team.

With just one word from the team leader, everyone’s trust is almost full. How can they still be as skeptical as they were in the early days?

Everyone rushed forward, shouting.

And only with comparison can one feel doubly fortunate.

In just 4 days, the number of players displayed in the Starting Town decreased by more than people.

Among them, more than half are arrogant testers.

In contrast, in their guild, only one person died.

Moreover, he was a guy who brought his own death upon himself and almost implicated his companions.

If that guy wasn't greedy and didn't cause trouble, their guild could even achieve zero deaths.

Under such circumstances, it would be difficult for them not to like their own leaders and cadres.

"By the way, Captain, there is basically no money left in this area of ​​the crypt. Should we move to another place?"

Andrew asked.

Treasure chests that have been opened are different from wild monsters. They will not refresh.

Continuing to raid the dungeons on a large scale is clearly not cost-effective.

Li Xia had a plan for this, but he didn't rush to express his opinion. Instead, he looked around at the people present:

“Do you have any places to recommend?”

These words immediately opened up the conversation.

"Captain, how about we go to a town further north?"

"Captain, you can go to the villages and towns in the east to have a look..."

"The forest in the central area can also be explored..."

You and I talked at the same time and made many suggestions, but none of us gave the answer that Li Xia wanted.

It was not until a female elite member named Greenserlu whispered that they should go to the forest where the man-eating grass grew that Li Xia's eyes began to show some different colors.

“A forest of man-eating grass?
What's there to hunt in that place?
If I remember correctly, the small man-eating plants on the outskirts of the forest are level 1 to 4 monsters, right?"

Not as high as the level of the goblins.

The experience brought will not be too rich.

Even at the deepest point, there are only some large man-eating plants of level 5-6.

"Ms. Greenserlu, tell me, why did you suggest that we go there to level up?"

Li Xia smiled and gave encouragement.

This married woman faced the gazes of the crowd and boldly gave her own explanation:

"That forest does have few high-level monsters, but our leveling efficiency may not be low. After all, as long as there are enough small monsters for us to hunt continuously, we can actually gain experience faster than killing most high-level monsters... The key is that there are not many casualties."

"An endless supply of wild monsters for us to hunt? Hmm? Miss Greenserlu means... [Man-eating grass with fruit]!"

Someone reacted.

"Yes."

The young woman in her twenties nodded:
"Once the Man-eating Plant with Fruit is attacked, it will release a special gas that attracts nearby wild monsters. As long as we arrange the formation in advance, there will be no shortage of wild monsters to gain experience and gold coins."

"For other players, wild monsters are something to be avoided like snakes and scorpions; but for us, they are just mobile experience packs."

Hearing this, Li Xia raised the corners of his mouth in satisfaction.

Unexpectedly, among the guild's elite group, there are people who share the same heroic vision as him.

And she's a woman.

It's so rare.

Why does this older sister make him feel so familiar?
(End of this chapter)