The main menu that appears under the bell sound effect has two parts.
On the left is a menu tab that can be clicked. Options such as the prop bar, skill bar, system settings, etc. are all there. As long as you tap on it with your finger, you can browse and select.
On the right is a humanoid outline that can show the current props and equipment status. It is called an equipment doll. Click on the relevant parts of the doll, such as the hands, and there will be weapons that you can choose to equip or remove. Of course, The prerequisite for the equipment is that it is in the item column.
Currently, only the body part of Luo Zhen's equipment doll has equipment, that is, the simple cloth outfit on his body, which has low defense and no additional effects. It is a free equipment given at the beginning of the game.
As for weapons, you have to go to the weapons store to buy them yourself.
At the beginning of the game, each character can get a currency called Col as starting capital, which is also the so-called game currency.
In Aincrad, this kind of game currency is the common currency and needs to be used in various places.
If you use the game currency as the starting capital to go to the weapons store, you can buy the weapons you need to fight monsters, earn experience points, upgrade your level, or collect monster drops.
Of course, Luo Zhen also has starting capital now. The amount of capital is the same as other players. There will be no preferential treatment just because he is a closed beta player. This part of SAO is very fair.
If you want to earn more money, you need to fight various monsters and run various tasks. If you are lucky, you can open a treasure chest with rare items, or obtain them from defeated monsters and resell them. But it’s a good opportunity to make a fortune.
By the way, in SAO, the only things that players can improve by upgrading are STR (strength), AGI (agility), HP limit and the grid used to use skills.
In addition, whenever upgrading, players can obtain a certain number of free attribute points, which can be used to increase the values of str (strength) and agi (agility). The distribution of points will determine the positioning of the player's character.
For example, Kazuto standing in front of Luo Zhen, during the closed beta period, this guy was a speed type based on agi (agility). It should be the same this time, right
On the other hand, Luo Zhen's position is a bit vague.
After all, there is probably no one in the entire SAO who can use the same combat mode and positioning as Luo Zhen, right
Without further ado, Luo Zhen is now planning to log in as a friend with Kazuto, and then race against time to get to where he wants.
"I hope it's still there..."
Luo Zhen was thinking this secretly in his heart while preparing to apply to Kazuto to log in as a friend.
The next second, a window flashed in front of Kazuto.
"The player rozen has asked you to log in as a friend. Do you accept it?"
At the bottom of this window, the options yes and no appear.
Kazuto pressed the yes option without hesitation.
Then, in front of Luo Zhen, a window also popped up.
"Player kirito has become your friend."
Looking at the character name displayed on the window, Luo Zhen said angrily.
"As expected, you still adopted this character's name, Kirito."
This is really nothing new.
You know, in the real world, Kazuto's name is Kirigaya Kazuto. The current character name is just an abbreviation of his real name. What's new
Kazuto also refuted this.
"Didn't you also use the character name from the closed beta period? And I still don't know why you used this name, Rozen."
Of course that's because that's my real name, idiot.
Luo Zhen, who had just complained about others using their real names, had no sense of the same lack of originality. He checked the only name on the friend list and then hid the main menu.
"Okay, I'm going to do that. If you want to go out to the practice area, just call me, Kazuto."
Hearing this, Kazuto nodded without any objection.
"Then I'll go to the weapon shop first, and don't forget to bring the things you need to bring. Otherwise, the closed beta players will be killed by level 1 monsters in the wild on the first day of the game. Then It’s so embarrassing, Qinghe.”
Hearing this, Luo Zhen curled his lips.
"In this world, please call me by my character name."
Luo Zhen just corrected him like this.
"Then you should also call me by my character name."
Kazuto...no, Kirito said the same thing.
"knew."
After leaving such words casually, Luo Zhen waved his hand, once again showed a speed that would not be found in the real world, and flew away in the other direction.
Looking at Luo Zhen who was gradually walking away, Kirito had a look of envy in his eyes.
"If only I could have that."
It's a pity that Kirito has tried before, but he can't get the target as smoothly as Luo Zhen.
"I'd better improve my sword skills."
Kirito shook his head, and then used his foot power without any confusion and ran towards the weapons store.
… …
Less than half an hour into the game, many players are still fumbling around in the towns and have not gone out into the wild.
The only people who would run out of the wild at this time are the game maniacs during the closed beta period who rush to the weapon shop non-stop, have purchased weapons, and are ready to level up like crazy, right
Of course Luo Zhen can be regarded as a game maniac, but he doesn't go to the wild just for leveling up.
"I hope that one is still there..."
Luo Zhen just kept talking like this while rushing out of the gate of the Town of Beginning.
After arriving at the starting town, what appeared in front of us was a vast grassland spreading in all directions.
There are forests in the north of the grassland, lakes in the south, the walls of the starting town to the east, and the infinitely extending sky and clouds dyed golden to the west.
Aincrad is a giant city formed by stacking 100 floors, showing a pyramid-like structure.
In other words, the further up you go, the smaller the floor area is.
On the contrary, the area on the lowest level of Aincrad is the largest.
According to the data, the diameter of the first layer of Aincrad is ten kilometers.
Luo Zhen's destination is the forest north of the starting town.
If you want to go there, you have to cross several kilometers of grassland.
If it were in the real world, this would be a challenge that would be difficult for Luo Zhen to accomplish without using familiars.
But in this world, although the player character has hidden physical strength, it depends on the player's physical strength.
If you move or exercise in a way that exceeds the current burden of physical strength, the physical strength will decrease, making the player feel tired.
In other words, as long as he does not run at a speed that exceeds the burden of his physical strength, his physical strength will not be reduced too much, and he can fully support Luo Zhen to reach the forest several kilometers away.
However, until then…
"Wooji!"
A strange cry reached Luo Zhen's ears, causing Luo Zhen to stop.
Then, Luo Zhen saw it.
Not far in front of him, a wild boar with blue fur and red eyes appeared.
The buoy shown is red.
The name is Manic Mountain Boar.
Needless to say, it was a monster.
Level 1 monster.
Looking at the wild boar glaring at him, Luo Zhen hesitated for a while and then decided.
"It's just a good idea to see if the combat power improvement method that worked during the closed beta period is effective in this officially operational world."