Anime Crossover: Master is Not Here Today

Strength and agility.

Each level up grants three attribute points, which players can choose based on their own situation: either a Strength/Agility ratio of 2:1 (Strength-based) or a Strength/Agility ratio of 1:2 (Agility-based).

In addition, there are more extreme builds that allocate points to pure strength or pure agility.

As for the 1:1 balanced skill point allocation, based on his understanding, it doesn't work in most games.

Kirito's stat allocation leans towards strength, while Asuna, as a rapier wielder, undoubtedly leans towards agility.

As for her, she, like Kirito, focuses on strength-based stat allocation.

After the two finished adding points, she smiled and invited Kirito:

"Next, Asuna and I are going to start grinding monsters and leveling up. Kirito-kun, would you like to come with us?"

During this time together, Asuna developed a good impression of Kirito and looked at him with the same anticipation.

"my words"

Faced with Fujimaru Ritsuka's invitation and the expectant looks from the two of them, Kirito hesitated for a moment before politely declining, somewhat embarrassed:

"At my current level, the experience I can gain in this area is already very low. Next, I plan to go deeper into the area to level up."

"So, sorry."

For a moment, he really wanted to say yes.

However, everything he has now is because he chose to abandon his newly met friend Klein in the Town of Beginning and decided to become a solo player.

If he agreed to join them and betrayed his initial choice, he would feel sorry for Klein and himself.

"Well, then there's nothing we can do about it."

Although somewhat disappointed, Fujimaru Ritsuka didn't dwell on it too much, but instead smiled and said:

"Let's wait until Asuna and I catch up in level before we talk about it."

"And no matter what, at least we'll be able to reunite when we're taking down the first floor's main boss."

"makes sense."

Hearing this, Kirito relaxed, scratched his head, and replied with a smile:

"I think I'll have a hard time finding a team that will accept me by then?"

"If possible, I really hope you two won't reject my team-up request then, please!"

As he spoke, he made a somewhat exaggerated gesture of request.

Seeing this, Fujimaru Ritsuka and Asuna exchanged a mischievous glance and teased each other:

"That depends on Kirito's strength at that time, and whether he will hold us back."

"Yes, I will try my best!"

"Hahaha!" ×3

After saying that, the three of them looked at each other and smiled. In SAO, which had become a death game, Asuna and Kirito laughed from the bottom of their hearts for the first time.

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After parting ways with Kirito, Fujimaru Ritsuka and Asuna arrived outside the leveling area in Holenka Village and began leveling up.

Because they obtained enough information from Kirito, saving them time on trial and error, and because their teamwork was surprisingly good, their leveling speed was very impressive.

However, Asuna soon discovered that rather than saying that the two of them cooperated very well, it was more accurate to say that Fujimaru Ritsuka's command ability was very strong.

"Asuna, to the left!"

"Yes!"

"Asuna, watch out behind you!"

"Yes!"

"Asuna!"

"yes!."

While fighting, Fujimaru Ritsuka can also keep an eye on her situation, providing timely reminders and commands, and even occasionally offering crucial support.

Although she already knew that Fujimaru Ritsuka was very skilled when fighting the wild boar in the initial area, now, her opponent was displaying another kind of strength in front of her—

Strong command ability.

Although fighting monsters is extremely dangerous, under Fujimaru Ritsuka's command, she seems to have entered a wondrous state.

Now, just like Fujimaru Ritsuka before her, she dances gracefully in battle.

However, even as a top student, she couldn't describe this mysterious feeling in concrete terms.

However, she clearly understood one thing—

Ritsuka is really strong!

(End of this chapter)

Chapter 146 Leveling Up, Servant Conversation

146.

2023-11-28

Although it was due to her command and support, Asuna herself had very high gaming talent and was beginning to improve, with a very obvious rate of growth.

Given more time, she will probably be able to completely catch up with the skill gap between herself and veteran players.

Of course, Asuna still has a long way to go in terms of understanding the game.

On the other hand, while taking care of Asuna, her own monster-killing speed did not slow down at all, and was even faster than Asuna's.

If Kirito were still alive, he would be utterly astonished by what he saw before him.

Her hit rate on the weak points in combat has far exceeded two-thirds, approaching 100%.

Moreover, this is not a situation where normal attack opportunities are sacrificed in order to deliberately pursue hitting weak points.

Her attack frequency was perfectly normal, yet she managed to land every single blow on the monster's weak point, a feat achieved entirely through her exceptional skill.

That's amazing enough, but the fact that she can also take care of Asuna makes other players wonder if she's cheating.

It is precisely because Asuna is a true new player that her evaluation is limited to the level of 'very strong'.

However, for Fujimaru Ritsuka, the current situation was actually quite easy. At least the danger of these small man-eating plants was far less than that of the real magical beasts she had encountered.

In addition, thanks to the extra weakness damage from [Insight], even at level 1, she only needs three normal attacks to reduce a monster's health to a sliver.

After reaching level two and allocating attribute points, three normal attacks are enough to defeat a monster.

Therefore, they were able to kill monsters very quickly, and by dusk, they had both successfully leveled up to level 4.

"call--"

After clearing out the monsters that had spawned in the area once again, and watching the sun gradually set on the horizon, Fujimaru Ritsuka breathed a sigh of relief and smiled at Asuna beside her, saying:

"It's getting late, let's call it a day for now?"

"I got a lot of materials from killing monsters. After selling them all, I should be able to have a decent dinner later!"

Asuna's eyes lit up upon hearing this, and she was also somewhat expectant.

However, thinking about the information Kirito had previously revealed to them, she became somewhat worried:

"Kirito said that veteran players like them level up very late at night. Is it really okay for us to rest so early?"

Now that she had decided to face the battle head-on, her competitive nature made her unwilling to fall behind others, so she worried that they might fall behind the progress of the most advanced players.

"Don't worry, we're very efficient at killing monsters. As long as we can maintain this momentum, there won't be any problems."

Fujimaru Ritsuka smiled and said:

"Except for a few people, everyone's sleep needs are roughly the same. They level up at night and get up a little later in the day; if we rest early, we can get up a little earlier the next day."

"This way, we can avoid leveling up at the same time as other players and ensure that we get more resources."

"makes sense."

Asuna suddenly realized.

Then, she held up her finger and emphasized in a serious tone:

"Moreover, whether it's studying, working, or fighting, it's very important to balance work and rest. If you force yourself to work hard without resting, your efficiency will actually decrease."

Asuna nodded in agreement again, then, as if remembering something, couldn't help but tease:

"In the end, it's just that you want to rest, Ritsuka, right?"

She scratched her head and laughed:

Well, you could say that.

So the two of them returned to Holenka Village, chatting and laughing, sold all the common materials they had obtained from killing monsters in their backpacks, and had a hot meal.

Although everything was just virtual electrical signals within the game, it was still so delicious that it brought tears to my eyes.

According to the information provided by Kirito, hotels that usually display the sign "INN" are actually the lowest-end hotels in the game—that's the kind of hotel they stayed at yesterday.

In addition, there are many rooms available for rent even though they are not explicitly stated as hotels.

Although it's more expensive than a hotel, the conditions are better.

And with Kirito's recommendation, they successfully rented a room with a bathroom in Holenka Village.

Don't ask why there are bathrooms in medieval European rooms; it's just Japanese fantasy.

"It really is a bathroom!"

Looking at the long-lost bathroom, Asuna covered her mouth with her hands in disbelief, overwhelmed with emotion.

Since game characters are essentially just a bunch of data code, they naturally don't have the concept of getting dirty. SAO also doesn't seem to have any kind of cleanliness value for characters.

Even so, if Asuna doesn't shower for a day, she always feels dirty and uncomfortable.

At this moment, she couldn't wait to take a good shower!

But just then, something occurred to her, and she smiled and invited Fujimaru Ritsuka: