After that, the strategy team took the joining of the "Knights of the Blood Alliance" as an opportunity to break into the maze area on the 26th floor and found the room of the boss guarding the floor in less than a few days.
As Luo Zhen said before, there was no extremely scary difficulty jump on the 26th floor as the strategy team was worried about. Instead, it was like returning to the past state. With the efforts of the players in the strategy team, it was eliminated. A successful breakthrough.
The reason why it can be so smooth is that there is no big jump in difficulty, and the addition of the "Knights of the Blood Alliance" is also a reason.
With the addition of this powerful guild, the strength of the strategy team has returned to its previous state, and may even be slightly better.
After all, compared to the former "Aincrad Liberation Team", although the number of "Knights of the Blood Alliance" is not large, every one of them is an elite.
Especially Asuna, after several amazing battles, Asuna, who was finally called "Flash" by the players, became a top player in the strategy group who could be ranked in the top five.
In the "Knights of the Blood Alliance", there is not only Asuna, the deputy leader, but also Heathcliff, the extremely powerful leader.
Luo Zhen remembers it clearly.
When the strategy team rushed into the defensive boss's room on the 26th floor and faced the fierce attack of the defensive boss, Heathcliff showed off the unique skill of the and resisted the fierce attack of the defensive boss alone, knocking him to his feet. How shocked were the players in the strategy team when he showed off his terrifying strength by using a sword skill that had never been discovered before.
Especially Kirito, as if he had discovered the true truth in SAO, his eyes looking at Heathcliff were full of shock and immersion, as if he were in a dream, and he still didn't come back to his senses for a long time until the end of the strategy battle.
Under such circumstances, the fact that Heathcliff had unique skills could not be hidden, and it spread all of a sudden.
This made all the players in the server commotion. At the same time, they also talked about the leader of the "Knights of the Blood Alliance", making Heathcliff's reputation expand at an alarming rate.
Of course, Asuna's reputation is also expanding, even more exaggerated than Heathcliff.
The reason is naturally that this beautiful rapier user not only has extraordinary strength, but also has a good appearance that can definitely be ranked among the top five in the entire server. Therefore, it was widely reported in the news. As Luo Zhen had previously expected, it didn't take long. A very large fan base was gathered.
However, these fans have no idea that in the strategy team, Asuna's reputation has expanded in another way.
In what form
It doesn't mean how beautiful it is, let alone how powerful it is, but how cold and rational it is.
After joining the strategy team, Heathcliff rarely attended any meetings except for the strategy battle for the defensive boss, and handed over all leadership of the "Knights of the Blood Alliance" to Asuna.
As a result, Asuna got the right to speak many times in the strategy team meetings and began to show her extraordinary commanding skills.
Just like the players who commanded the "Knights of the Blood Alliance" on the 26th floor to attack the boss in the training area, Asuna turned out to be a completely different novice in the past, frequently giving very reliable and useful advice.
However, Asuna's opinions were basically impersonal.
For example, Asuna would not consider the personal reasons between players in the strategy group, and would sometimes suggest breaking up the combinations and cooperation between guilds for the sake of a reasonable strategy.
For another example, in order to break through the maze area within the predetermined time, Asuna would often suggest that the players in the strategy team force themselves. Although it was not enough to not even give them rest time, it would not allow the players to have their own entertainment. With leisure, the reason is that there is that kind of time to waste, so it is better to try your best to conquer the current floor and liberate all players.
If it were another person, he would have started to complain or be dissatisfied, right
But the problem is that all of Asuna's suggestions are both reasonable and appropriate, making people dare not say anything.
Therefore, gradually, players in the strategy group began to refer to Asuna as the "Ghost of Strategy".
As long as it's for the sake of the strategy, you can do your best like a ruthless devil.
Therefore, Asuna is called the "Ghost of Strategy".
Coincidentally, in the minds of players, Luo Zhen, the unrivaled commander, also has the title of "King of Strategies".
However, the opinions between the and the are often at odds.
No, it should be said that Luo Zhen always rejected Asuna's opinions, which gave people a feeling of disagreement.
It was nothing at the beginning, but as the number of strategy meetings increased, Luo Zhen and Asuna also had many quarrels.
In the end, Luo Zhen will use his sharp tongue to silence Asuna, and Asuna will become silent and stop making comments. But in the eyes of outsiders, Luo Zhen The relationship with Asuna is naturally not very good.
But in general, under the leadership of Luo Zhen, the strategy team, after the breakthrough on the 26th floor, once again continued to break through the current floor as before.
Of course, the strategy team did not encounter difficulties.
For example, when you reach the 30th floor, the difficulty suddenly increases. When you reach the 40th floor, the difficulty also suddenly increases. It is much higher than the difficulty increase between the previous floor and the next floor. Much more.
Fortunately, there will be a moderate increase in difficulty every 10 levels. This has been expected by Luo Zhen. Luo Zhen was also prepared for it and finally succeeded in breaking through.
Until the 50th floor, just like the 25th floor, the difficulty suddenly increased significantly, which once put the players in the strategy team into many dangers.
That time, even Luo Zhen took several risks, and finally, with the help of Cai Die and Hua Die, who had finally been cultivated, he successfully maintained a lossless record and broke through the 50th floor.
In this way, nearly a year passed.
The frontline floor has been advanced to the 55th floor.
At this time, nearly a year and a half had passed since the day when SAO officially became a death game.
On this very day…
"Ouch!"
In the maze area on the 55th floor, in a room whose walls were made of steel, Luo Zhen closed his eyes tightly and was attacked by a one-horned ghost holding a huge steel knife in his hand.
"Uh-huh!"
The sound of the huge steel knife cutting through the air was extremely harsh.
Facing this blow, Luo Zhen didn't even open his eyes, but when the attack was approaching, he suddenly turned to one side and avoided the knife with the smallest movement.
"Ouch!"
The one-horned ghost screamed in anger, and slashed down the sword in his hand frequently, but Luo Zhen completely avoided all of them with the smallest movement, and could not even touch a hair.
Until a certain moment, Luo Zhen suddenly rose up. Taking advantage of the opportunity where the One-Horned Ghost's attack failed and the weapon could not be withdrawn, like a streak of blood, he fiercely blasted the one-handed sword flashing with sword skill effects into his body. Heart area.
"Pfft!"
The long sword pierced the heart of the horned ghost and emerged from its back.
"Ouch!"
The one-horned ghost let out a death scream, and then its entire huge body froze blue.
"boom!"
The next second, the one-horned ghost broke into polygons and exploded.
Luo Zhen then opened his eyes and showed a big smile.
"The magician's final step, the mind's eye."
Here, Luo Zhen learned it formally.