In the arena, the wind blew across the ground, raising yellow smoke. Everyone around the round table fell silent, and the atmosphere suddenly solidified.
Closed beta players are players who conduct internal testing before the game starts. They use their information advantages to act in the death game first and have a lot of resources at their disposal. Even though Ye You continues to publish game strategy information and novice guidance on the public channel, he still faces hostility from many players.
After all, Ye You has never played Sword Art Online and cannot provide detailed information, such as 'Where are there efficient tasks to take on' and 'Which location is suitable for spawning monsters'? Only real closed beta players know these.
Because the information is incomplete, it becomes a "deliberate concealment" in the eyes of some people, and some people are secretly adding fuel to the fire. This statement slowly rears its ugly head, and then among low-level players and players who hide in safe areas and dare not go out. a consensus.
Ye You could only smile and shake his head: "Those who don't save themselves will not be saved by God."
If you don’t work hard yourself, you blame others for not helping you enough? Do you think free help is too cheap? Therefore, he no longer provided information for free, but adopted a transaction method.
The transaction amount is not large and is within the reach of everyone. Even so, it still caused considerable emotional backlash.
And this process also gave Ye You a deeper understanding of people's hearts: for some people, when the help they are given becomes a habit, they will take it for granted and ask for it shamelessly without any self-knowledge.
Therefore, the gap between ordinary players and closed beta players will not be eliminated because of good deeds. Ye You didn't bother to take care of it, it was troublesome. Just let time and the innate adaptability of humans get used to 'this is how things are'.
Therefore, when Kibaou said that all members of the Akatsuki were closed beta players, everyone's eyes focused on him with bad intentions. If you don't express your stance at this time, it will be easy for someone to accuse you of being a closed beta player.
With one sentence, Asuna was thrust into the spotlight.
"No." Asuna stood straight, denying with a calm expression and a sonorous voice. She was simply stating facts.
Kibaou was aggressive: "If you are not a closed beta player, how could you level up so quickly?"
Asuna glanced at him lightly, thinking that Kibaou was like a circus clown. No, not even as good as a clown. At least a clown can make people laugh, but the person in front of him can only be annoying.
Kibaou breathed a sigh of relief: "We must defeat the boss. There are some things I must say, in order to attack the hundredth floor and to liberate everyone trapped here!" He put his hands on the table: "First of all, some people , shouldn’t we apologize to the 800 people who have died?”
The leader of the Dragon Knights, who was on Kibaou's right, asked appropriately: "Are you talking about the closed beta players?"
"Yes!" Kibaou waved his hands in an exaggerated manner: "Those guys have monopolized good experience locations and tasks since the beginning of the game. They only allow themselves to quickly increase their levels without caring about everyone else's life and death."
"It is indeed very excessive." The leader of the Dragon Knights narrowed his eyes and said.
They are currently the leaders of the two guilds with the largest number of people, and they have considerable say in the strategy group meetings. At this moment, some people were already whispering among themselves, but some were still in a wait-and-see state. The leader of the Blood Alliance Knights was like this. He just tilted his chin and looked at the two people at the head of the round table without saying a word.
Asuna understood at this moment that even if she denied her identity as a beta tester, it would be impossible because Blank and Neet Ji were too strong. In the perception of these people, only closed beta players can reach that level. But only real closed beta players will understand that the level of those three people can no longer be achieved by relying on 'information advantage'.
However, even if the closed beta players understand the truth, it is impossible for them to reveal their identity and come out to speak for the Akatsuki Car Guild. After all, even if the beta testers have an advantage in the early stage, there are still nine out of ten ordinary players here, and they will more or less have opinions about the beta testers.
Kibaou crossed his arms, "Asuna-san, what do you think? Are the beta testers going too far?"
Asuna scanned the focus and said, "Strategy information should indeed be shared, so as to speed up the strategy and reduce more losses."
This is also the purpose of Asuna's participation in this meeting. Nagato said that there was only one year, and once the data invaded reality, unpredictable tragedy might occur. Asuna hoped to concentrate her effective forces to attack the 100th floor as soon as possible and update all the Aincrad data.
Hearing Asuna's answer, Kibaou nodded with satisfaction: "Then all of our resources should be allocated reasonably so that we can attack more efficiently."
"Reasonable distribution? What is reasonable?"
Kibaou's tone softened: "Actually, whether we are closed beta players or ordinary players, we are all trapped here. From this point on, we are all comrades. Our desire to get out is true. "
Kibaou's words of taking a step back made Asuna feel uncomfortable. Sure enough, he changed the subject the next moment: "As long as beta testers spit out your extra money and equipment, you can get everyone's forgiveness, and the information must also be All will be shared unconditionally, and at the same time, we must deliver the final blow to all future bosses. In this way, everyone will be able to gain experience and equipment."
His words made everyone commotion. It was indeed... a very tempting suggestion. To obtain money and equipment in this world, most of the time you have to fight monsters, so it is not an exaggeration to say that you can gain it with your name. Most of the people gathered here are guild leaders, so they naturally understand what is most beneficial.
Facing the silent gazes of everyone, Asuna's hand under the table started to tremble. This is no longer negotiation, just a naked threat.
Kibaou held his head high proudly. If she refused at this moment, she would undoubtedly push the guild to the opposite side of everyone. When the people from the Holy Dragon Alliance found themselves, they thought the other party was just a small guild worth mentioning, but they didn't expect it to be able to give good suggestions. This proposal to use righteousness to intimidate the Akatsuki Car was fueled by them.
"Yes, all resources are concentrated in the hands of a few people, and they cannot play their maximum role at all."
"Reasonable allocation according to the situation will be more conducive to the process of the strategy."
"Isn't this what our strategy team exists for?"
"There should be no selfish motives at this time."
Driven by thoughtful people, such voices gradually emerged in the meeting, and finally a unified opinion was formed. Facing the crowd's encirclement and suppression, Asuna looked ugly and said nothing.
what to do
Is it to push Akatsuki's position to be on the opposite side of the strategy team? She should agree to Kibaou's request... The buzzing in her ears started to buzz, and she resisted the urge to cover her ears. Asuna stared at the wooden table tightly, pursed her lips.
It doesn't matter if it's just her, Asuna just doesn't want her companions to be stigmatized as selfish. Meeting them in a desperate situation, Asuna felt that this was the greatest luck in her life.
The slanting sunlight from the setting sun dyed the arena bright red. In such an atmosphere, a voice suddenly came,
"Well, what you said makes sense. But, I refuse."
Looking around, a black-haired boy slowly walked up to Asuna and stood still under the setting sun. Asuna looked sideways with an upward gaze, and saw orange light dancing in his hair, and said in surprise: "Ye You!"