"Let me start with the first level. We've already progressed to the first boss, [the wounded kobold king Ilfang]. This boss won't pay attention to us at first; he'll be healing in place, and he's invincible during that time."

We need to use the giant stone traps in the scene to attack the kobold minions next to him. After the kobold minions are killed, there are two possibilities: one is that he will immediately wake up and devour the lives of all the minions around him, restoring his maximum health to eleven-twelfths.

If he doesn't wake up, repeat the process. If he only wakes up after all the kobold minions have died, he'll only have 1 health point left; someone can just touch him to kill him. Aside from that, his other behavior patterns are similar to the first level, but slightly stronger. Just watch out for his whirlwind attack and crimson fan when he's enraged.

"It seems we should find someone with better luck to fight this boss," Swata said with a smile. "The difference between a boss with a sliver of health and one with almost full health is huge."

"That's right, so whoever is confident in their luck can volunteer to play the puzzles. But I don't want to fight a full-health boss. If anyone manages to unleash a full-health boss, they'll be hanging from a tree and getting their fingers flicked, understand?" Solin added a couple of jokes. "Next, let's talk about the second level. There will be a long path and a short path on the second level, and each path leads to a number puzzle. I'll solve it, and we should try to take the short path. Then, when we get to the second boss on the second level, we'll call it a day and head home. We'll talk about the second boss tomorrow, understand?"

"understood!"

The members of the strategy team below replied that they knew they couldn't remember too much at once, and if they tried to force it, they might have to trouble Sorin with his high-impact on-site command. It was better to proceed steadily and surely. Some of them had seen the strategy for the second boss in the maze area in the strategy guide; it was the kind of boss with a mechanism that looked like it would give anyone a headache.

"May the guiding blue star shine forever for you! Now, all of you, set off!"

Solin slung his baton back behind his back and then uttered one of his recently popular, very "Warrior King" lines. Of course, they didn't have a convenient vehicle like the pterosaurs, so with so many people wanting to get to the maze area, they'd have to rely on their own two feet. Fortunately, the five areas leading to the central passage opened together, making the journey to the maze area actually much shorter than the previous levels.

The maze area they traversed on the first day didn't require too much effort, and the group quickly advanced to the location of the first boss, the wounded Kobold King Ilfang. Their resting place was a large pit, with twelve small Kobolds sitting in a circle around Ilfang, seemingly fast asleep.

"Hello everyone, welcome to Sword Art Online brought to you by MagicTV and Suolin. This is our first time starting our live stream from the Labyrinth area, because this Labyrinth area is actually similar to the dungeons in previous MMORPGs. Today, we're going to stream the first boss of the sixth Labyrinth area, the wounded Kobold King Ilfang."

Sorin walked to the front of the mechanism, finished explaining this part, and then waved to the Edelweiss team members behind him, "Who's confident enough to come up and fire a shot? Asuna, why don't you give it a try?"

“I’ll do it.” Asuna nodded, walked to the mechanism, and nervously pressed the button. Suddenly, small stones began to fall from the head of one of the kobold soldiers, followed by a large rock that crushed it to death. Of course, this scene was censored, or rather, SAO couldn't display truly realistic blood effects, so Sorin could only see a polygonal shape.

“Actually, I always wanted to complain that the blood effects were like a defective product, but thinking about it, this game is rated R15, so it's normal that the blood effects aren't very realistic.” Sorin gave Asuna a thumbs up, then looked at the other members behind her. “So, after we killed the first kobold, Ilfan still hasn't woken up. Well done, Asuna!”

"Shall I try again?" Asuna asked tentatively. However, Sorin shook his head and randomly pointed to someone from the crowd, "Sparrow, come and give it a shot!"

"Alright, boss." Sparrow rubbed his hands together, walked to the mechanism, and pressed the button in the same way as before. It was the same process again, and Ilfang still hadn't woken up.

Next up to try was Yuna. Sorin now even suspected that the game might have a "lucky draw" bonus for female characters, because after Yuna defeated the third kobold soldier, Ilfang was still asleep.

"Hey, President, why don't you go up and give it a try?" Yura suddenly asked, not wanting to miss out on the fun. "I always felt that you should have pretty good luck, President."

"I'll do it... Are you guys really that eager to fight the boss?" Solin chuckled. He walked to the button, pressed it, and shouted, "Everyone, prepare for battle!"

Another large rock fell from the sky, killing a kobold soldier, but this time the impact was much greater. Sorin watched as Ilfang in the center of the arena shook his head, picked up the long katana beside him, and stood up from the ground.

A strange red light emanated from his chest, instantly enlarging and swallowing the remaining eight kobolds around him. The dog became lively and energetic, brandishing its long sword twice and roaring at Sorin, who was high up.

You are not prepared!

"I still don't understand how that sentence translates to 'You're courting death'." Solin casually remarked before leaping down from the platform with the Azure Lightning Soul in his hand. After swinging it twice in mid-air, he landed steadily on Ilfang's neck.

"Yura charges in with a taunt to engage! DPS, wait ten seconds to establish aggro before attacking, I'm riding him!"

One hundred and nine, Dragon Man's 剣を喰え (Additional update 11/75)

In fact, the dungeons in Sword Art Online rarely have such naturally large elevation changes that allow the War Staff to be used effectively. Generally, if you want to control monsters, you need to use the War Staff's sword skills to jump in place. Kirito previously commented on this hidden weapon that appeared on the sixth floor, saying that it was too difficult to operate and had low damage, so almost no one used it.

The host changed the subject because his face looked too dark.

I understand the logic, but there's no saving me from having bad luck.

[It wasn't bad luck, was it? They pulled three lines before without incident, so it's understandable that the streamer went up and pulled one to activate the boss.]

"We'll use our skills to get on Ilfang's head and start thrusting our war club back and forth. The damage isn't too high, but after he's had his fun, he'll fall to the ground. Then we can take the opportunity to attack. If we coordinate well, we can break his head..."

Solin gripped the mane on the back of Ilfang's neck tightly with his left hand, while simultaneously flicking the blade of the Azure Lightning Soul out from the front, thrusting it back and forth as he had said, at a speed so fast that the viewers in the live stream thought they were watching some kind of philosophical film.

[Sorin: Watch my Blackbird's attack speed after getting Silver Moon! It's like masturbating!]

[Scene Recreation]

[Wait a minute, is the girl still here? Is it really okay for the streamer to use such suggestive language?]

The girl is downstairs and can't hear the streamer.

[Below... I understand]

"Let me tell you what it means for Jing Ke to assassinate the King of Qin—his hairy legs were carried on his shoulders, did you see that?"

Solin's commentary has been consistently poor lately, though viewers in the livestream still enjoy his witty remarks. Ten seconds have passed, and Yura has firmly established aggro after two Shield Slams and a Taunt, while Solin's Mount cast is nearing completion.

During this time, all the DPS players had nothing to do, except for Yuna, who used this time to cast the [Sharp Concerto] buff. Yuna had recently leveled up her [Bard] skill, so she now had four buffs, and the time it took to apply each buff had been reduced to ten seconds.

At the end of the riding skill, Sorin's character will perform a three-hit slash. Then, as Il falls to one side, he leaps backward and lands steadily on the ground. He casually swings his war club, then switches to his one-handed sword and charges forward, quickly approaching Il's head.

“Note this: while this war staff is basically based on the Insect Glaive skills from Monster Hunter, it doesn’t have the marking to apply Insect Powder or stacking the Three Insects buff, so its damage output isn’t very high. But actually, the Insect Glaive isn’t a weapon with particularly high damage output.” Sorin said this while drawing his Phantom Blade from his Kaleidoscope, performing a vertical slash followed by a Kasaya Slash and a high-speed spinning attack before sheathing the blade. “We see that Ilfang has temporarily transformed into Rinpoche, so we can now focus on attacking its weaknesses to deal significant damage. Of course, this Ilfang is different from the first one; it starts with a Greatsword, so it might use a Whirlwind Slash when its health drops to 50%. We need to switch to the Greatsword in advance and be ready to use a Counter-Strike to block the damage.”

Ilfang struggled to his feet three seconds after collapsing to the ground. However, in those three seconds, everyone except for players with special skills like Solin had finished their combo and their health had dropped to 50%.

"Whirlwind Slash is about to be activated. Main tank, pay attention to your positioning. Cloth and leather armor users, stand behind the main tank!"

Solin quickly shouted, and upon hearing the keyword "Whirlwind Slash," these seasoned players lined up behind the tanks in their respective squads, ready to continue attacking at any moment.

As expected, the first thing Ilfang did after getting up from the ground was to sheathe his long katana back to his waist. Then, a blood-red arc of light swept across the shields of the six tanks at the front, followed by a three-hit sword skill, "Crimson Fan," which struck Yura, who was currently the number one aggro target.

"Push forward and keep attacking! There might be another 25% chance. When that happens, I'll call out and we'll switch back to our previous positions!" Solin shouted at the top of his lungs before rushing back to Ilfang's side, switching between his dual daggers and curved sword for damage, while keeping his katana in his hand the whole time.

"All tanks, stop attacking. Give me primary threat. Everyone, save your abilities. After Whirlwind at 25%, burst them down in one go!"

Although they didn't know what their guild leader was up to, the six tanks stopped what they were doing. And the DPS players, without threat generation, naturally couldn't steal Sorin's threat, so after twenty seconds of output, Sorin's name finally appeared at the top of the threat list.

"The health bar is down! Everyone, reposition yourselves and unleash Whirlwind Slash!"

Seeing that Ilfang had 26% health above his head, Sorin immediately shouted something. After everyone was in position, he jumped and slashed, then spun and flew, taking away 1% of Ilfang's health. He then immediately rolled behind Yura.

It was the same familiar move. After briefly sheathing his sword, Ilfang used a quick-draw slash to knock back six Ts, then pointed his sword at Sorin. Sorin, after the whirlwind slash had passed, rolled out from behind Yura again, his weapon now a katana, pointing directly at Ilfang while carefully observing his movements.

"Auntie's Big! Insightful Slash!" Just as Sorin saw Ilfang raise his katana, about to unleash the [Crimson Fan] skill on him, he also raised his katana, assuming the starting stance for [Insightful Slash], "Seeing through like the wind!"

[That was a beautiful cut!]

[No wonder he's known as the man who embodies the essence of foresight.]

[Isn't the textbook on the dragon *Draconis*?]

This penetrating slash firmly blocked Ilfang's sword strike, and then a flash of light swept past his eyes, obscuring his vision.

"Ascend! Dragon! God! Sword! Devour my enemies with the sword of the dragon!" Sorin leaped into the air, his powerful slash striking Ilfang directly, accompanied by his spirited shout, "The rest of you, follow up and take them down one wave at a time!"

[A gay guy unzipped my pants!] *N

The dragon's strike was incredibly accurate, instantly killing Ilfang in the head and reducing his health to 10%. While he was performing his attack, his teammates weren't idle either, unleashing a barrage of attacks that took away the remaining health of Ilfang.

The massive body once again collapsed to the ground under the players' onslaught, turning into pale blue fragments that then vanished with the wind. Solin casually tossed the Illusionary Light into the air, where it spun once before sheathing itself again and pointing it forward.

"First layer destroyed! Rest for ten minutes, then proceed!"

110. There's a tree in the university that has hung down on many people, called Advanced Mathematics (Bonus Chapter 12/75)

Ten minutes later, everyone who had been resting stood up. The Edelweiss members, who had just defeated the first boss, were in high spirits, so Solin decided to push the progress forward today and take down the second boss.

"Alright, after defeating the first boss, we'll be entering the second level. The second level is a large corridor, and there are two routes to choose from when you first enter."

As Suolin explained, he led the group forward. At the end of the stairs from the first floor to the second floor was an empty room. There was a large door at the twelve o'clock position and another at the nine o'clock position, with some things written on each door.

"There are two paths here. The one at twelve o'clock is the long way, which involves a long detour, but the puzzle there is relatively simple. The one at nine o'clock is the short way, but the puzzle there is more difficult to solve."

As Suolin spoke, he walked directly to the door at the nine o'clock position and carefully examined the questions on the door.

Find the Fourier series expansion of the function f(x) = arcsin(sinx)

"What the hell? Who brought paper and pen?" Solin looked at the text that made him want to send the door to meet Fourier on the spot. His head buzzed and he felt like his head had grown bigger. "I've been out of school for two years and you want me to do this kind of thing?"

If the problem weren't so frustrating, he could have sought help from outside the arena. Unfortunately, Fourier series expansions involve fractions and summation symbols, making it difficult for anyone in the audience to solve them and send the answer via live chat.

In fact, there is indeed a group of people who can pass on the answer to this question to him, but their current situation is a bit delicate.

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In a small alley in Tokyo, a group of six people were running at high speed, followed by a group of police officers.

"Don't worry, I used to beg for food and run a small stall in Beijing, so I'm pretty good at dealing with cops." Chu Ziyu boasted as he ran, "These half-baked cops from Tokyo can catch us? You're kidding me."

"Please, stop nagging, you shameless jerk. If you were really that capable, you could set up a street stall in Beijing and not have your stall overturned by the city management, instead of ending up singing folk ballads." Grace bluntly exposed him, glancing back at the same time, "They're really close. Do you have any non-lethal weapons to give them a shot?"

“My weapon is deadly once it's fired, you should understand.” Mo Tianfang pointed to the Mox anti-materiel sniper rifle hidden in the guitar case on his back, then waved his hand, “IQ, did you bring something else with you?”

"That's not a good idea. Right now they're only catching illegal immigrants. If they actually use that kind of thing, wouldn't it cause an international problem?" Monica said this, but what she was holding betrayed her thoughts. She was holding a stick-like object with a ring of blue adhesive stuck to it. "Are you sure you want to throw it?"

"Throw it away if you can, get rid of them quickly and go back to pack everything up... Damn it, I told you we should have moved on if we couldn't find it in Tokyo." As soon as Grace finished speaking, Monica threw the ice cream-like thing behind her.

The police officers, mistaking the unidentified object for a grenade or something similar, immediately dropped to the ground, only to be struck directly by the lightning mine. Lightning mines are indeed non-lethal weapons; when they activate, they cause intense dizziness and paralysis to those nearby.

By the time the police officers recovered from their dazed state, the group of six had vanished without a trace. One of the younger officers picked up his gun from the ground, intending to continue the pursuit, but a slightly older officer immediately stopped him.

"Don't go. You have no idea what kind of opponents we're facing," he sighed and said.

"But doesn't their presence threaten the safety of Tokyo? Are we just going to let them go like this?" The young officer looked at his senior with disbelief and asked.

“You’re still too young, there are some things you don’t understand yet,” the senior replied with a wry smile. “But I can tell you that their existence will definitely not threaten the safety of Tokyo, you can rest assured about that.”

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【rua】*N

This checkpoint has stopped countless pineapple-rubbing heroes from the Mighty Men's Village, and now it's even stopped old man Suolin!

"...I won't do it again."

Solin sighed deeply, then threw his notebook and pen on the ground in a fit of frustration. The notebook, filled with various formulas and interspersed with many scratches, lay forlornly on the ground. The Edelweiss Guild members watched Solin; although they wanted to help, the only one among them who could solve the problem was unwilling to act, resulting in a stalemate.

"Why don't we take the longer route? We've already wasted a lot of time," Yura suggested. "It's just a matter of walking a bit further and fighting a few more monsters; it's not too much trouble."

"Wait a minute, there's no rush. I might need some off-site assistance, so wait for me." Solin said, opening the live stream page and typing in a string of characters.

The elegant Mr. Solin has issued a bounty: Find the Fourier series expansion of the function f(x) = arcsin(sinx) (10000 Magic Points)

The live stream chat had been flooded with requests for answers to this question, but Suolin forgot that he had chosen a time when most university students were in class. It wasn't until five or six minutes later that he received a private message from the platform.

[Dokkaebi: Answer.jpg]

[Dokkaebi: I was busy earlier and just saw this now]

“OK, thanks for the answer, Yaoben. Now let’s input this answer… Okay, the door is open.” Solin said, casually transferring the 10000 magic points of the bounty to Grace, then walked to the other side of the door. “Next, I remember there’s a maze. There’s a rule in mazes: always stick to the right wall to get out, so we don’t need to rush. On the way, I’ll tell you about the skills of the second boss in the sixth maze area.”

"There are two bosses: the Dragon Sword and the Fearless Armor. The health of these two bosses is linked, but you need to fight both bosses together or they won't lose health. After you reduce their health by half, these two things will merge into one card... I mean, the Dragon Knight, and their attack pattern will change accordingly."

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