Aincrad, Floor 55.
This is a land of ice and snow.
The practice area is a dry wilderness with very few plants.
Directly below are beautiful conical snow-capped mountains.
There is a small village a little far away.
On the other side of the vast snowfields and deep forests, the pointed roofs of each house in the main street area are lined up side by side, looking like chimneys, which is quite distinctive.
Luo Zhen came out of the maze area that stood in the distance, teasing the two familiars while slowly walking towards Grandham, the main street on the 55th floor.
Grantham is also known as the Iron City.
Because, unlike other towns that are mostly built of stone, the main buildings in this town are huge spiers, made of shining black steel. The smelting and gold carving crafts are quite prosperous, resulting in many Players who practice their production skills settled here, but the streets have no street trees at all. In this autumn season, it gives people the impression that it is particularly cold when the wind blows.
Luo Zhen was walking on the streets of this city, walking under the gaze of pedestrians while holding a newspaper and reading the latest reports.
"The belonging to the strategy team will set up a base in the newly arrived 55th floor, and use the 55th floor as the guild headquarters?"
Luo Zhen was reading this latest news, scratching his head and shrugging his shoulders.
"You actually chose this place as your headquarters. Do you really intend to completely implement the cold steel image?"
After nearly a year, the number of people in the strategy team has increased much more than before. If you include those who usually don't attend, there will be hundreds of people in total.
In the past year, the "Knights of the Blood Alliance" also absorbed many powerful players and replaced many eliminated players, and finally maintained the number of dozens of players.
Although there are only a few dozen people, there is no doubt about the strength of the "Knights of the Blood Alliance". Not to mention that the members are extremely powerful. As the deputy leader, Asuna has such a resounding title as "Flash", not to mention the hope of the "Holy Sword". Zclif, even though the game has been in operation for nearly a year and a half, it is still only confirmed that he has unique skills. It is naturally impossible for players to think that they are not strong.
Even because of the existence of "Knights of the Blood Alliance", recently some players have gradually compared "Red Wings" and "Knights of the Blood Alliance", thinking that "Knights of the Blood Alliance" is stronger and they should be sao The strongest guild in the country.
In fact, in terms of strength, there is really no gap between the two sides.
In terms of members in the group, both the "Red Wings" and the "Knights of the Blood Alliance" only have dozens of people. Both sides follow the elite route, and one side only accepts closed beta players, and the other side is very strict and picky, so within the guild there are only a few dozen members. Each of the members is very powerful, and their strength is at the top of the top in the strategy group.
In terms of high-end players, there is Kirito in "Red Wings" and Asuna in "Knights of the Blood Alliance". Both sides are strong enough to rank in the top five of the offensive strategy group. Kirito may be better, but Asuna cannot. How weak Kirito is.
As for the presidents, Luo Zhen and Heathcliff are both legendary figures.
One is to use two familiars, which can firmly control even the defensive boss, turning it into a target. He also has very high leadership skills, and has maintained a record of no casualties in the strategy so far. division>.
One is that he has a unique skill, both in terms of defense and attack power. It is extremely high, surpassing all players. Even in the 50th floor, which was extremely scary at the time, he could resist the boss of the defensive floor alone for ten minutes. Faintly there is the which is known as the strongest player.
Both sides have their own merits, and are often compared by players.
In view of this, there have been frequent rumors recently that the and the are preparing to compete for the title of the strongest guild, resulting in disputes.
Especially Luo Zhen and Asuna, one is the president of and the other is the deputy leader of . They represent the two guilds, but they often have disputes in the strategy meetings of the strategy team. People It's normal to have such thoughts.
Thanks to this, the , which has always been eyeing the title of the strongest guild, has become increasingly hostile to the . In the recent strategy meeting, Zahad picked on Asuna for the same reason. It's a very common thing.
In a nutshell…
"It's been a very troubled time lately."
Luo Zhen put away the newspaper in his hand, and while leaving behind such remarks, he stepped into the transfer gate square of Grand Sam under the pointing and comments of the players on the roadside.
"Transfer! Panareze!"
With the appearance of the transfer effect light, Luo Zhen returned from the 55th floor to the 24th floor, heading towards his guild's base.
Of course, the voices surrounding Luo Zhen’s comments and discussions have become more and more numerous and complex.
"After nearly a year, this level is no longer just two levels away from the front line, but has been reduced to the point where it can't even be considered a middle level."
Luo Zhen looked at the crowd around him, which seemed much livelier than on the 55th floor, and thought to himself.
"Is it time to change the base?"
Otherwise, if you keep like this, you will be recognized when you take Cai Die and Hua Die on the street. If there are so many pointing fingers and comments, it will be too annoying.
Not to mention, locating the base at a lower level will also cause a lot of troubles.
Apart from anything else, there are countless middle-level and even lower-level players who come here and ask to join the guild. It would be too troublesome to refuse them one by one. It would be more appropriate to move the base to a higher floor.
"I remember that the guild still has a lot of operating funds. The loot from the last time I hunted the boss in the training area hasn't been distributed yet. Let's find some time to sort it out."
Thinking about such things, Luo Zhen returned to the bar.
"jingle!"
Amidst the pleasant ringing, Luo Zhen opened the door of the bar and walked in.
At this time, all the members of the guild would be hunting in the maze area, making the bar empty, right
"Goo!"
"Woo!"
Cai Die and Hua Die flew into the bar and occupied the counter position with ease.
But when Luo Zhen thought there was no one in the guild, someone spoke to Luo Zhen.
"You...you're back...!?"
Some panicked sounds came from a player sitting at the bar.
I saw Kirito sitting on the bar, holding a drink in his hand and looking a little panicked.
"Hoo ho..."
Luo Zhen was startled for a moment, then showed a sly smile.
Because Kirito is not the only one in the guild.
"Luo... President Luo Zhen..."
The person who greeted Luo Zhen with such a nervous voice was a girl.
Luo Zhen naturally knows this girl.
It is Sachi, a member of the "Moonlit Night Black Cat Group".
At this time, Kirito and Sachi were sitting in front of the bar counter, and they were very close to each other, as if they might be next to each other at any time. There was an ambiguous atmosphere inside.
In this situation, how could Luo Zhen still not know what happened
"Sorry for disturbing you."
At that moment, Luo Zhen answered immediately, turned around, and prepared to walk out of the bar.
"etc!"
Kirito ran out.
Xing, on the other hand, was blushing and couldn't say a word for a long time.