Anime Crossover: Master is Not Here Today

"Given the current situation, I think it's safer to increase the margin of error than to increase risk for the sake of minor additional damage that doesn't yield significant returns."

"So this is ah."

Fujimaru Ritsuka nodded in realization, then decisively chose to add the skill [Insight].

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Seeing Kirito's bewildered expression, she laughed:

"If you only need a two-thirds hit rate on weak points, I think it's quite achievable."

Is it easy to implement?

Kirito felt that the other person either misunderstood the number two-thirds or misunderstood the adjective 'easy'.

But then, he suddenly remembered that during the battle just now, the enemy's attacks on the man-eating plant seemed to have almost all hit the monster's weak points.

Surely he didn't misremember?

Moreover, he remembered that Fujimaru Ritsuka said she played more single-player games. Could it be that she was a hardcore gamer?

If that's really the case, then it makes sense.

This also explains why the other party, as a new player, dared to bring another complete newbie who had never played the game before. It was probably due to their confidence in their own skills.

After all, in terms of pure combat, the difficulty of hardcore single-player games and the skill required from players are significantly higher than those of VRMMO games.

Even with these thoughts in mind, seeing Fujimaru Ritsuka's delicate and adorable face, he couldn't help but mutter to himself:

An incredibly cute and skilled female gamer, she's practically a dreamlike character straight out of a light novel.

At this moment, Fujimaru Ritsuka continued to laugh:

"Moreover, being able to directly see through the weaknesses of unknown monsters eliminates the cost of trial and error, which can be considered as indirectly increasing the margin for error."

"From this perspective, it seems there's no problem."

Kirito nodded and smiled in agreement, accepting Fujimaru Ritsuka's choice.

Whether he accepts it or not seems to have nothing to do with him.

After a while, and having eliminated a dozen or so small carnivorous plants along the way, the three finally arrived at Holenka Village.

Unlike the grandeur of the initial town, Holenka Village is exactly like a small medieval European village, poor and dilapidated.

Regardless, this was a safe zone designated by the system, and all three of them breathed a sigh of relief upon reaching it.

"Let's upgrade our equipment first."

Kirito led the two to the blacksmith's shop in the village.

At this time, other players had appeared in Holenka Village, most of whom were probably closed beta testers.

The moment they saw the three figures, almost all the players' eyes, whether subtly or openly, were fixed on them.

If nothing unexpected happens, it's all because of Fujimaru Ritsuka and Asuna, right?

Kirito was mentally prepared for this situation.

After all, they are both rare beauties in the real world, and they have come together.

Just looking at it is a feast for the eyes; it's no exaggeration to call it the most beautiful sight in SAO!

Well, of course, this is just his personal opinion for now.

Although he was mentally prepared, the occasional scrutinizing and jealous glances cast his way while admiring the two women's beauty still put him under immense pressure.

However, he accepted the pressure!

Upon arriving at the blacksmith shop, after selling the common materials dropped by monsters, Fujimaru Ritsuka bought herself a leather half-body coat with decent defense, and a bronze spear with slightly higher attack power than the beginner spear.

According to the information provided by Kirito, the quest for her rare polearm is only available in the fourth area.

During this period, apart from weapons dropped by monsters, she could only use the weapons provided by the system shop.

On the other side, Asuna changed into bronze light armor, which corresponds to the [Light Metal Equipment].

Although it's called light armor, it only looks like it has an extra metal breastplate on the chest area, but of course, the increased defense is real.

Even so, it added a touch of heroic spirit to Asuna, giving her a unique charm.

After upgrading their equipment, the three of them went to a house deep in the village. Inside the house was a middle-aged woman, who was the NPC who gave out the quest.

Kirito submitted the quest directly, and while receiving repeated thanks from the other party, he also obtained the other party's family heirloom sword, the rare one-handed straight sword [Tough Sword].

It's just that the appearance isn't very good; it doesn't look much different from a beginner's straight sword.

Then Asuna accepted the quest, and after accepting the quest, the other party began to explain the quest introduction and content.

Since they couldn't skip the mission, the two listened to the gist of it: the aunt's daughter was sick and needed to be cured by consuming rare items dropped by monsters as medicine.

While the other person was speaking, occasional childish coughs could be heard from inside the room; it must have been their daughter.

Finally, the old woman finished speaking, and Asuna officially received the mission. She then immediately took out the [Man-eating Plant Embryo] that she had prepared beforehand and completed the mission in an instant.

The rare weapon she obtained is called the [Tough Rapier], and its appearance is almost identical to the beginner rapier.

However, after completing the task, the aunt did not return to her original state. Instead, she got up, put the two embryos into a pot to boil, and then carefully put the boiled medicine into a cup and carried it into the room.

The three did not leave immediately, but quietly watched the woman's every move.

Following her movements and turning their gaze into the room, the three quickly discovered a girl of about seven or eight years old lying on the bed.

"Agatha, here, this is medicine that the traveling swordsmen specially brought back for you from the forest."

"After drinking this, you will definitely recover."

".Um."

Agatha rose slightly, took small sips to finish her medicine, then looked curiously at the three people outside the door, and suddenly gave a shy smile:

"Thank you, big brothers and big sisters."

(End of this chapter)

Chapter 145. Parting, Fujimaru Ritsuka's Other Strength

145.

2023-11-28

"Aside from the moment they accepted the mission, the reactions of the mother and daughter behind them were so realistic; they looked just like real people!"

After finishing her mission and stepping out of the house, Asuna couldn't help but exclaim in amazement.

However, as a player experiencing the game in depth for the first time, she didn't know what this meant, so she could only express her surprise and admiration.

"Yes, I was stunned for a moment too."

Fujimaru Ritsuka smiled and agreed.

At the same time, she wondered if BB had not only improved the AI ​​performance of the monsters, but also improved the AI ​​performance of the NPCs, which caused this situation.

BB, are you planning some kind of Omnic Crisis with me?

She was somewhat worried about this, since it did seem like something BB would do.

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Kirito followed silently behind the two, not uttering a word, his head lowered to obscure his face, making it impossible to see his expression.

Fujimaru Ritsuka quickly noticed his unusual behavior and asked with concern:

"Kirito-kun, what's wrong?"

".nothing."

The other person seemed to want to pretend nothing had happened, but the moment they opened their mouth, their slightly choked voice was immediately revealed.

"Kirito-kun, are you alright?"

Asuna looked over with some concern upon seeing this.

Seeing his clumsy disguise exposed instantly, Kirito felt somewhat embarrassed, but this also somewhat offset the sadness in his heart.

So he looked up at the two of them, wiped away the tears from the corners of his eyes, and forced a smile, saying:

"I have a younger sister at home. What I just saw reminded me of some things from the past, so..."

Seeing the little girl named Agatha lying in bed drinking her medicine, he suddenly recalled the time when his younger sister Suguha had a cold and he frantically made her ginger soup.

Although it was just simple ginger soup, it was still a difficult task for him, who had never cooked before.

When he brought the ginger soup he had made after accidentally injuring his finger to Suguha's bedside, Suguha, who usually loved to bicker with him, looked at him with a touched expression—

He was homesick, missing his younger sister Suguha, his father, and his mother.

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Although Kirito didn't directly express his true thoughts, Asuna, being a top student, still understood his implication, and her mood couldn't help but become somewhat depressed.

How could she not miss home?

Although there are various problems in her family, it is still her home.

Of course, she was fortunate to meet Fujimaru Ritsuka, who helped and encouraged her so that she did not go to extremes.

Hey, hey, hey, why did the atmosphere suddenly turn so sad?

Seeing that the atmosphere between Asuna and Kirito continued to deteriorate, she had no choice but to quickly change the subject:

"By the way, Kirito and Asuna both leveled up just now, right? Congratulations!"

"Kirito-kun, do you have any suggestions for allocating attribute points after the upgrade?"

After submitting the quest titled "The Secret Medicine of the Forest," in addition to obtaining rare weapons, the two also gained experience points, and a golden light rose from their bodies, which was the sign of leveling up.

Kirito had already reached level three by defeating monsters, and then leveled up to level four after gaining experience points from the quest.

Asuna, who was only level 1 to begin with, was directly upgraded to level 2.5 and a little over.

Hearing Fujimaru Ritsuka's question, the two finally returned to reality, and Kirito smiled upon hearing it:

"Attribute point allocation in SAO is very simple, and there's nothing particularly noteworthy about it."

Since SAO's main selling point is its [Sword Skill System], although each character has many hidden attribute values, players can only control two attributes—