This second dimension is too immortal

"It ended a long time ago. As for the result, we'll talk about it after everyone arrives. But what's going on with you? Have you conquered the wild BOSS?" The girl called Kirino-chan said with a puzzled look on her face. Her name is Kirino Takasaka, and her identity is the same as that of Yui Doma. They are both friends that Zhao Wu and Erya met through the game.

"Ahaha, well..." When asked a question about the BOSS, Doma Mai looked a little embarrassed.

"Well, it seems that there is no strategy to capture it."

Looking at the embarrassed expression of Doma Mei, and the two people on the other side who were still bickering, Kousaka Kirino guessed the situation of the three of them and felt speechless at the moment.

"Well, let's not talk about us for now. What about the others? Soji...uh, where are Niya and the others?" asked Doma Mai.

"Oh, they are still at the meeting. Although the meeting is over, there are still some follow-up matters to discuss. As for me, I don't like the environment there, so I'll leave first." said Kousaka Kirino.

"Oh," Tsuchimime nodded.

The meeting that Kousaka Kirino mentioned was actually a meeting held by a very prestigious strategy player.

After the BOSS room of the first level was discovered, the player spontaneously gathered many strategy players to discuss the strategy for defeating the BOSS guarding the first level.

As the ones who discovered the location of the first BOSS room, Zhao Wu and others were also invited to attend this meeting.

However, obviously not everyone likes to attend meetings. For example, Zhao Wu and the other two did not go.

So in the end, the people who attended the meeting were Nia, a girl named Saori, and Kousaka Kirino who went to take a look out of curiosity.

"What was the result of the meeting?" asked Doma Mai.

"The result will definitely end in a bad mood, it's such an obvious thing." Before Kousaka Kirino could answer, a voice interrupted. The two looked and found that Zhao Wu and Gabriel had stopped bickering.

Well, judging from the fact that Zhao Wu is smiling and Gabriel is unhappy, it seems that this time the outcome will be Zhao Wu's victory.

"Xiao Wu, why do you think so?" asked Domama curiously.

"Please, what time is it now? Five days. It has only been five days since that incident. Most people, including you guys, are still feeling uneasy. In this situation, what's the difference between attacking the BOSS and committing suicide?" Zhao Wu said to Doma Yui and Kousaka Kirino.

She was very clear about the situation of her friends and knew that although they pretended to be calm on the surface, they were actually not much different from other players.

As a good friend who has always been with them, she has felt emotions such as fear, confusion, and anxiety more than once.

Of course, this is normal. After all, they are only in high school. When encountering such a thing, it is impossible for them to calm down immediately like the protagonist in the novel, right?

If you really count, there are probably only four people in the entire game world who can still maintain a normal mind.

Zhao Wu himself has Erya, plus a useless golden-haired guy who calls himself an angel, and a white-haired guy who calls himself an evil god.

Not to mention Zhao Wu and Erya, the other two also don't show any fear of the current situation at all. They are just the same as usual.

And perhaps it was precisely because of the presence of people like Zhao Wu around them that these girls were able to suppress their fear and anxiety and choose to level up with them, preparing to complete the game as soon as possible and return to their families.

"It's totally unrealistic to want to defeat the BOSS in the early stages. Even though our average level is above level 10, don't generalize this concept to other people. Kirino-chan, you should know this, right? The highest level of those who attended the meeting is probably just level 10, right?" Zhao Wu said.

"Well, that's right. So even though the person who presided over the meeting wanted to form a strategy group, many people did not respond to him." Kousaka Kirino spread her hands helplessly.

"That's how it is. Apart from the three of us, the only one present who's passed level ten is the guy chairing the meeting. The others aren't even that good."

"So, it's simply unrealistic to form a strategy team at this stage. In my opinion, maybe when we are almost level 30, they may be able to put together a team that meets the requirements to attack the boss guarding the level." Zhao Wu said.

Hearing this, the girls all nodded in agreement.

You know, the reason they're generally higher level than others right now isn't just because they're able to level up in dangerous, high-experience maze areas. There's actually another reason for this. Of course, we'll talk about that later. For now...

"Huh?" As he was speaking, Zhao Wu suddenly cried out in surprise, attracting everyone's attention.

"Xiao Wu, what's wrong?" asked Domama.

"Uh...I seem to have received a strange mission."

In response to Domama's question, Zhao Wu frowned and said.

"Mission?" The girls looked at each other.

"Yes." Zhao Wu nodded, then opened the game panel and showed it in front of several people.

The girls gathered around Zhao Wu curiously and looked at her game panel, and they actually saw a task with the word "new" on it.

Echoes from the depths of the maze

Mission description: There is a mysterious movement in a corner of the maze area. Go and take a look, you may find something.

Chapter 489 Magic?

Zhao Wu showed considerable interest in this task, which was triggered for unknown reasons.

After the task was triggered, she immediately found Erya who was attending a meeting and prepared to talk to her about this matter.

However, when Erya threw the same weapon in her face with his backhand, Zhao Wu was shocked.

"Why do you also have this task?" Zhao Wu said in confusion, looking at the task on Erya's task panel that was exactly the same as his own.

"Tsk, I was just about to ask you, I thought it was a task that could trigger a hidden skill. Now it seems that since you have triggered it, there is probably no hope." Erya said a little uncomfortably.

Although this is a game world dominated by swords, there are actually many powerful hidden skills in this game. Generally, they will automatically appear in the player's skill list after meeting certain specific conditions or tasks.

The reason why Zhao Wu was so interested in this suddenly triggered task was naturally because of this.

Of course, since it is a powerful hidden skill, it is impossible for two people to have the same hidden skill at the same time in the game, so the current situation of the two people basically eliminates the possibility of triggering the hidden skill prerequisite task.

This is just a task that appeared out of nowhere. Maybe it is indeed a hidden task, but it definitely has nothing to do with hidden skills.

"Hmm... Damn it, I don't want to do this mission anymore when I think about it..." La shrugged his shoulders, and Erya suddenly became a little uninterested.

Seeing her like this, Zhao Wu looked at her with disdain and said, "No, I'm talking to you. Is your understanding still stuck in the closed beta period?"

Zhao Wu reached out and grabbed Erya's shoulders, shaking them vigorously. "Wake up, wake up! Now's not the time to be picky. This is a hidden quest! According to our closed beta test, the rewards for a hidden quest in the early stages of the game were not much different from defeating a wild boss! What are you complaining about, you bastard?"

"Uh uh uh ah ah, I, I get it, stop shaking it!!" Erya obviously also remembered this and immediately shouted like begging for mercy.

Hearing this, Zhao Wu let go of Erya. Erya felt a little dizzy from being shaken by Zhao Wu and squatted down.

"Well, let's do this mission next. We'll go to that guy Argo first to see if there's any useful information. I remember that I didn't hear anyone triggering this mission during the closed beta test, and I don't know if that guy has any goods." Zhao Wu said.

The Argo she mentioned is a player who also participated in the two closed beta tests of Sword Art Online. She met Zhao Wu and Erya during the first closed beta test. After the public beta test of this game, Zhao Wu met Argo again not long ago.

As for Argo, she is not a player-chaser. Her behavior is more like that of an intelligence dealer in the game, specializing in providing various game information to players.

Of course, for now, Argo probably doesn't have much information. After all, the game has just been launched, and as a non-strategy player, Argo can only cover a few areas, so naturally she doesn't have much information.

Well, actually, most of the information she currently sells to other players is actually learned from Erya and the others. The proceeds from the sale of information are split 50-50 between the two sides.

But to be honest, as an intelligence dealer, Argo's sources of information do not all come from Zhao Wudu and others. She also knows quite a few closed beta players and often exchanges information with them.

That's why Zhao Wu thought of looking for Argo to see if she had any information related to this mission.

As for the first level, in the cognition of Zhao Wu and others, according to their current level, they can basically go to most places.

After all, except for some special wild BOSSes, the levels of most wild monsters will not exceed the number of floors too much, and this is no exception even in the maze area.

Of course, that was their previous thought. Now if you ask Zhao Wu and the others whether they can walk sideways on the first floor, their answer will definitely be no.

As for the reason...

"Hey, hey, hey, you're not kidding, are you? In a place like this, a place like the first level maze, the existence of monsters above level 30 is too outrageous, isn't it?"

"Does that guy named Kayaba Akihiko really want us to complete this game? People like that definitely won't be able to go to heaven after they die, you bastard!!"

Hiding in a secluded corner in the first-level maze area, Gabriel watched a dozen people wearing black robes, who looked like cultists, walking by.

Looking at the average level of about thirty above them, Gabriel extended a sincere greeting to Kayaba Akihiko.

"Indeed, at first I thought it was just a wild boss, but there are so many..."

Beside Gabriel, Zhao Wu also said with a headache.

There is no need to look at the original novel. In the original novel, there are about 10,000 people trapped in the game. But now, according to Agor's information, there are about 50,000 players in the entire Sword Art Online, which is five times more than in the original novel.

Given this situation, Zhao Wu had long anticipated the increase in the difficulty of the public beta, but what she didn't expect was that the difficulty would increase so horribly!

On the first floor where monsters are generally below level 10, there's actually an area in the maze where the average monster level is around 30?

My goodness, let alone ordinary players, if these few of them barged into this place without any preparation, they would probably be in trouble.

This is so fucking awesome!

However, no matter how much they hated it, there was nothing they could do, because the reason they came to this place was all because of the hidden mission triggered by Zhao Wu and Erya.

After exchanging some information about the maze area with Argo, Zhao Wu and Erya dragged the reluctant Gabriel, the three people with the highest levels in the entire game, to the maze area.

Although others also wanted to come, Zhao Wu and Erya ultimately did not let them come considering their situations.

And the facts have proved that this consideration was indeed very thorough. Otherwise, in this situation, having too many people would cause more trouble.

"How is it? Is there any update on the mission?" Zhao Wu retracted his head and asked Erya who was standing beside him.

When faced with Zhao Wu's question, Erya's expression froze for a moment, then he looked at Zhao Wu with a strange look and said, "Uh... well, how about we do this task again after a while..."

Zhao Wujia Baili: ???

Upon hearing this, not only Zhao Wu, but even Gabriel, who had been quite reluctant all the way, looked at Erya with confusion.

"Why?" they both said in unison.

"...I can't say for sure, just watch for yourselves." Erya said, with a pained look on his face as he showed the task panel to the two of them.

Upon hearing this, Zhao Wu and Gabriel took a look and their eyes suddenly widened.

Are you kidding me? How is this supposed to be done?

The two looked at the task, and then looked towards where the black-robed men were gathered outside.

There was only one line of words above the task.

You have discovered the secret deep in the maze. Now, the evil cultists seem to be planning to summon some kind of evil being. For the sake of world peace, stop them!

Damn! Stop your sister! You really think highly of us!

Zhao Wu couldn't help but curse inwardly, thinking, this crappy game has such a huge level difference, each level up is a huge improvement, and now you want me to stop a group of cultists over level 30?

Is this really a task that can be accepted at a level 10 or so?

"Right, I feel that instead of doing this mission, it's better to go back and find a way to kill the wild boar on the grassland. Although it's a BOSS, at least it's the only level 30 one." Erya said, spreading his hands.

This crappy task is simply outrageous and is simply not something they can complete now.

"Go, go, go, we must go."

Zhao Wu nodded and immediately prepared to leave this place.

Are you kidding? Didn't you see the quest description? These level 30 cultists were summoning something. She couldn't even imagine what level of monsters a group of level 30 monsters could summon.

It’s better to run away quickly to avoid being discovered accidentally, otherwise it will be sent directly.

After Zhao Wu finished talking to Erya, they walked in the direction they came from. However, before they had gone far, they heard Gabriel's voice coming from behind.

"Hey, you two, don't be so anxious, something's going on!!"

"Um?"

Hearing this, Zhao Wu and Erya both looked back at Gabriel with strange expressions, only to see that Gabriel, who had originally looked reluctant, was now looking in the direction of the black-robed man with great interest.

What do you mean, is there something wrong?

The two looked at each other, and finally couldn't resist their curiosity, so they quietly returned to their original place, gathered next to Gabriel and looked outside.

I saw that where the black-robed men were gathered, dozens of them stood in a circle with their heads bowed, holding something that looked like a staff... Is there magic in Sword Art Online?

Zhao Wu and Erya looked at each other, both feeling a little unbelievable.

When did Sword Art Online start having magic? Is this really the game Sword Art Online we're in?

"....Tell me, is there a possibility that we actually entered the wrong game, so we haven't found Zhao Si until now..." After a moment of silence, Erya whispered in Zhao Wu's ear.

They have never given up looking for Zhao Si, but so far, not only have they not found him, they haven't even seen a hair of Zhao Si. Even Agor, who has a wide network of contacts and many acquaintances, was confused when asked if she knew Zhao Si.

"Sword Art Online, Death Game, plus the person you mentioned meeting before, it must be correct, but..." Zhao Wu didn't know what to say.

They definitely entered the right game, but it seems that this game is quite different from the Sword Art Online they know.

Could it be that this is the reason why they still can't find Zhao Si?

Zhao Wu couldn't help but fall into deep thought as he watched the bright red lines emerge from thin air and converge into a circular magic circle under the feet of the black-robed man not far away.

Chapter 490 Meeting.

Throughout the world of Sword Art Online, you can often see things related to magic, or legends related to magic.

However, in reality, neither magic nor bows and arrows can be learned or used in the player's game system.

Just like the background setting of the floating city of Aincrad, this is a place where magic and bows and arrows are banned. Here, people can only use the swords in their hands, and the name Sword Art Online comes from this.

However, what appeared before the three people now could be considered a magical existence no matter how you looked at it, right?