Maze area, twentieth floor.
Needless to say, this is the closest place to the second floor of Aincrad.
From a physical perspective, the top floor of the maze area on the first floor is just connected to the bottom of the second floor.
As long as you pass this level and find the stairs leading directly to the upper level, you can go to the second level to meet new maps and new challenges, as well as new dangers and opportunities.
Unfortunately, the staircase leading to the second floor is located in a room.
In this room, there is the strongest monster guarding boss on this floor in terms of setting.
It's the biggest difficulty on a floor.
It is the biggest obstacle on a floor.
Only by knocking it down can players be considered to have conquered a floor and can proceed to the next floor.
Now, a total of sixty players are here.
"Gulu..."
I don't know who swallowed the saliva, so that the sound could be heard clearly in the surroundings.
However, no one laughed at this player.
Because, the scene presented in front of you is indeed enough to make people swallow their saliva with nervousness.
There was no light around, only candles burning on the walls.
The air was silent, filled with a heavy pressure that others could casually feel.
Sixty players stood in front of a simple door.
It was a door made of gray stone, very tall and heavy, with a terrifying relief of a beast-headed monster on the surface.
Looking at the relief and being slightly exaggerated by the surrounding environment, the players couldn't help but feel nervous.
Even Luo Zhen stood in front of the door, looking steadily at the door in front of him.
"Is this where it is?"
Luo Zhen looked to Diabel beside him to confirm.
"Yes."
Diabell opened the main menu, checked the map, and then nodded heavily.
In other words, behind this door is the room where the boss guarding the floor is.
In the room, there should be a staircase leading to the second floor.
"Whether you can climb that ladder depends on what happens next."
Luo Zhen's words made the tension on the scene even more intense.
Diabell turned around in this situation and looked at all the players present.
"As you can see, in front is the room of the boss guarding the floor."
Diabel said this with an unprecedented solemn expression.
"I hope everyone can get through here smoothly."
"No, we must pass here."
"Otherwise, players imprisoned in this world will never gain hope."
Diabell said such words, which made a famous player tense up.
Including Kirito, Argo, Agil, Kibaou and others.
At this moment, both closed beta players and ordinary players are like this.
Even Asuna didn't say anything about it.
Because everyone knows that Diabel is not alarmist.
"The players gathered here can be said to have the highest combat power in SAO today." Kirito said in a low voice: "If the people here fail, or are simply wiped out, then the news will be released immediately Spread throughout the entire first floor, and let the pessimistic thought that this game cannot be conquered penetrate into everyone’s hearts, right?”
"That's right." Argo agreed with Kirito's statement and said the same: "If it really turns out to be like that, it will take more time to form a second attack force again, and there may even be another one. No one will challenge me."
This is why Diabell attaches so much importance to this strategic battle.
If this guide can be successfully completed, then players will realize that this game is indeed being cracked step by step, and they and others will not just sit back and wait. By then, more people will have the courage to go out of the town and work hard to level up. , thus catching up and becoming the force to conquer this game.
On the other hand, if it fails and even the top player group cannot conquer the simplest level 1, then the other players will think that there is no hope of cracking the game, and they will fall into despair.
Therefore, although this is only the first level, it is a crucial level.
If it can be conquered, players will be able to skyrocket.
If it cannot be conquered, players will never be able to see the future.
It is precisely because he realizes the importance of this offensive battle that Diabel keeps repeating these words.
"I don't want to say any more unnecessary words."
Diabel raised his weapon.
"Now, I have just one message for you."
That is…
"Must win!"
Diabel declared so loudly.
"""""oh!"""""
The players immediately shouted out one by one, echoing Diabel.
Diabell then looked at Luo Zhen.
Luo Zhen didn't hesitate and nodded directly.
As a result, the two commanders of the assault force turned around at the same time and faced the gate ahead.
Immediately, two hands representing the future and hope stretched out from the two people and rested on the door.
"Rumble..."
The next second, with a heavy door opening, the door was pushed open.
The players, led by Luo Zhen and Diabel, slowly walked into the room.
This is a rectangular space extending deep.
The width of the space is twenty meters, and the distance from the gate to the deep wall is about one hundred meters. It is very spacious, and also very dark, without a trace of light.
However, when the players stepped into this room, the entire room suddenly lit up and turned into a brightly colored hall.
And in the deepest part of this space, there is a simple but huge throne.
The players all saw it one after another.
On top of that throne, there was a huge figure.
"Zheng..."
The huge figure's eyes suddenly lit up and turned red.
"call…"
Within the sound of strong wind, the other party slowly stood up from the throne.
Only then did the players see each other's full picture clearly.
Wearing red fur.
He is over two meters tall.
The body is as strong and bulky as that of an orc.
In his hand was an ax carved from bone, while he was equipped with a buckler made of leather. There was also a knife-like weapon about one and a half meters long stuck at the back of his waist.
This is the kobold lord Ilfang, the guardian boss of the first floor of Aincrad.
"Guluaaah!"
A frightening roar resounded from the other party's mouth.
With the sound of this sound, three heavily armed kobold guards jumped down from several openings high on the left and right walls and came to Irfan.
"Then...is that the guarding boss of this floor...!?"
"And there are guards...!"
"It's the same as what was mentioned in the intelligence!"
“It’s also the same as the defensive boss during the closed beta period!”
"Very good!"
The players were first shocked by the huge body of the defensive boss, and then they let out such a big cry of joy.
"Luo Zhenjun!"
Diabell shouted to Luo Zhen.
"I know."
Luo Zhen nodded calmly.
"So…"
After pulling out the from his back, Luo Zhen pointed the tip of the sword forward.
"Start attacking!"
Following Luo Zhen's order, the players roared and rushed out in one breath.