The Linda Division on the 48th floor of Aincrad. The main street on this floor is dotted with criss-crossing waterways and various houses designed with waterwheels. This is the most ideal holy land for all forging players.
Many players also regard this place as their must-visit place to rest and recharge their equipment, and Le Yuan is no exception. One of the important factors that affects a person's strength in Aincrad is equipment, not to mention someone like him. A player on the front line of leveling.
"Ashley's Tailor Shop", as the name suggests, the owner of this shop is named Ashley, and he is also the first player in Aincrad to have the tailoring skill to the full value. It can be said that Aincrad's No. 1 among Lonte tailors, what’s even more rare is that Ashley herself is a rare beauty. She is in her early 20s. It can be said that in terms of charm and intellectual beauty, she is even better than Asuna. If It's not that Asuna has a reputation as the flower of the strategy team, then there is no doubt that Ashley is the most beautiful female player in Aincrad.
"Ding bell—" Le Yuan walked into Ashley's shop, and the doorbell rang.
I saw a long-haired intellectual beauty wearing a white backless gauze dress, yawning and sitting up from the lounge chair, turned her head and glanced at Le Yuan, then closed her eyes again and lay down.
Le Yuan walked to the counter and tapped the counter lightly and said, "Ashley, the agreed date has arrived. Can we start now?"
Ashley remained silent and just turned her back to Le Yuan. She seemed to have fallen asleep and could no longer hear Le Yuan's voice.
Le Yuan was not angry at Ashley's reaction. Of course, no one in Aincrad would be angry with her. As the best tailor in Aincrad, Ashley has her unique quirks— She only takes orders that she likes, or she only works hard when she is happy.
Seeing Ashley's expression of not getting up after being beaten to death, Le Yuan clicked on the item bar, took out a bamboo basket and said: "Get up, I brought a gift, ah, the durability is falling so fast. .”
“Ugh—” Ashley jumped up from the lounge chair, took the bamboo basket from the counter, and opened the cover and said, “You guy, why didn’t you invite me to the feast? The delicious taste of S-level ingredients is really exciting!" Ashley took out the pastries in the bamboo basket and took a bite, muttering and looking at Le Yuan.
"Haha, didn't I forget about this? At that time, I only remembered to invite acquaintances and friends from the strategy team. I accidentally forgot this. I'm sorry." Le Yuan rubbed his head as if he had just remembered.
I saw Ashley swallowing the remaining cake in one gulp and then licking the crumbs on her fingers. **** carefully licked her fingers and squinted at Le Yuan. She said as if giving her an explanation: "Then Liz Where's Bet? That little girl probably isn't very familiar with you, right? Is she also a member of the strategy team, or is she your friend?"
"Uh - she, she is my employee, I invested a lot of money in her store!" Lisbeth's current store is indeed funded by Le Yuan for a large part. In a sense, Le Yuan Yuan is the real boss.
"Pfft - look at how nervous you are." Ashley pointed at Le Yuan and couldn't help but smile: "Don't worry, we have made an agreement. Besides, haven't we worked together many times? This should be your fifth edition. You have your clothes, okay, give me your clothes." Ashley stretched out her hand.
Le Yuan changed out of the black coat "Judgment of the Abyss" and handed it to Ashley and said: "Yes, after all, you can perfectly transfer the properties of clothes to new clothes. Only you, a master, can do it. Please trouble me." ”
"Of course, otherwise why would you find me, the strongest tailor in Aincrad?" Ashley took the coat and began to smelt and forge new clothes.
Soon, Happy Abyss's "Judgment of the Abyss" was melted into a piece of black attribute essence, and then Ashley took out the new coat she had prepared and blended the essence into it.
"Huh—" The whole process lasted less than twenty minutes. Ashley touched the non-existent sweat on her head and said, "Okay, this is a rare masterpiece of mine. It's an advantage for you."
Le Yuan looked at the newly acquired coat and happily paid the reward. He smiled and said goodbye to Ashley and was about to leave. Unexpectedly, he was stopped before he could turn around.
"Mr. Le Yuan, the man who helped us eliminate the Smiling Coffin..." Ashley's voice faintly entered Le Yuan's ears, making Le Yuan's heart tremble, "Can't we have a good chat with the little girl? Really? Am I not as pretty as that little girl? "
"Ah-" Le Yuan waved his hands quickly and immediately explained to Ashley: "No, no, no, I have something urgent to do, so it's not that I don't want to talk to you more. So that's it, I'm in a hurry today, So goodbye!"
Le Yuan left Ashley's shop as if he was running away. Having dealt with her many times, he knew very well that Ashley's personality was not like her quiet lady appearance. On the contrary, the little devil's side was more prominent.
Leaving Ashley's shop, Le Yuan came to Lisbeth's blacksmith shop. The purpose of course was to further strengthen the weapons in his hands. If the two swords that have been strengthened to 35+ want to become stronger, they have to rely on Lisbeth. Zibet, the forging master, helped.
"Ding bell—" was the same bell as the door. As soon as Le Yuan entered the door, he only saw Hannah, the NPC clerk hired by Lisbeth. Le Yuan couldn't help but asked: "Hannah, where is Lisbeth? I remember this She should have set the time. Did she go out for something?"
Hannah shook her head and said with a smile: "Mr. Leyuan, Miss Liz is in the forging room with Miss Asuna and Miss Kiriko. Do you need me to inform you?"
"No, you can continue your work. I'll go find her myself." With that, Le Yuan walked around the counter and entered the forging room.
Before entering the forging room and walking down the stairs, I heard Asuna's voice not far away: "Liz, thank you so much!"
"It's okay, it's just restoring durability. But Asuna, aren't you going to get a new weapon?" This was Lisbeth's voice.
"Yes, Asuna, find a chance to ask Liz to help forge it again, otherwise the battle in the future will be very difficult." Kiriko advised.
"But, wouldn't this be troublesome Liz? Forging a good sword should require very rare metals." Asuna said a little embarrassed.
Le Yuan had already come behind the three of them and said, "In that case, why not collect them together?"
"Le Yuan, what's wrong with you?" Tongzi was the first to see Le Yuan ask.
"Me? I'm here to see Lisbeth. I want to further strengthen my sword. She said that she has to collect some materials in person." Le Yuan said and walked up to Asuna and continued: "How is it? If everyone acts together, it will be more efficient!"
"That's an interesting suggestion, but where should we find the materials?" Asuna happily accepted.
"On the 55th floor of the west mountain, in the mountains covered with ice and snow, there are many rare and good materials." Lisbeth said eagerly: "This opportunity is rare, but I want to collect enough at once. It would be great if you could help.”
That afternoon, the four of them were ready to go. This trip to collect materials could be said to be uneventful. Even if they were attacked by monsters, they were quickly reduced to pieces under the attack of the three masters of the strategy team.
At night, the snow and wind on the mountain became heavier and heavier after darkness fell, and it seemed that the four of them would be unable to walk in such heavy snow.
Tongzi suddenly said to everyone: "Hold on a little longer, not far away, I remember there is a hidden cave, where we should be able to survive this snowstorm safely."
After walking for half an hour, everyone found a secret cave hidden in the ice and snow. Several people lit a fire and recovered their strength in the gradually warming cave.
In the middle of the night, it was time for the shift change agreed between Tongzi and Leyuan. Leyuan walked to the entrance of the cave and said, "Okay, Tongzi, go in and rest. I'm here to pick up your shift."
"Huh? Is the time up?" Tongzi's eyes slowly returned from the distance to the front, as if she had just woken up, and said sheepishly: "Sorry, I remembered some previous experiences, so I will trouble you later." After that, Tongzi wanted to turn around and go back to the cave to rest.
Le Yuan looked at the huge icicle hanging faintly in the distance and said two words: "Kirito..."
Le Yuan's voice was very soft, almost undetectable amidst the sound of wind and snow, but Tongzi's body paused as if she heard some terrifying sound and she asked tremblingly: "What, what?"
"Kazuto Kiritani, have you heard of this name?" Le Yuan turned to look at Kiriko and asked: "Judging from your reaction, you should know about Kazuto Kiritani."
"Who are you? It is impossible for other people to know this name. It is only right that the name Kiritani Kazuto does not exist in this world." Tongzi looked at Le Yuan excitedly, as if she wanted to see it from Le Yuan's face. Something comes out.
"It doesn't matter who I am. What's important is that I want to help all players break out of SAO's cage. That's no problem, former Kirito-kun." Le Yuan said calmly.
"How did you know?" Tongzi's expression changed completely. One hand was already on the sword behind her back. It seemed that if Le Yuan made any change, he would strike at Le Yuan with thunderous force.
"How do you know?" Le Yuan grabbed a piece of snowflake with his hand. The snowflake melted quickly in his hand, leaving only a little water stain. Le Yuan looked into the distance and said, "This should have happened just now, I can infer from your performance."
"Just now? I didn't do anything at all just now." Tongzi recalled her words and performance and found nothing wrong.
"I have noticed you a long time ago, Kiriko. From the beginning of the game, you have an incredible understanding of the entire world, and this understanding is beyond the level you should have as a beta tester... and also about Asuna and Li. The attitudes of Zibet, Heathcliff, Klein, etc., and even your behavior when facing Sachitoki not long ago. Every time you act unnaturally, it deepens my suspicion. Your behavior patterns and fighting methods are superhuman. Experience, this is by no means the level you Kiriko should have, I am right, the reborn Kiritani Kazuto! No, it should be the time traveler Kiritani Kazuto!"
Le Yuan didn't say a word, and Tong Zi's face turned pale. When Le Yuan finished his last sentence, Tong Zi's hand had completely dropped. She just asked in a low voice: "What time traveler, about my rebirth?" How did you know?"
"Sure enough, you should have heard of parallel space. This world should be just a branch world of your 'last life'. Your current female body is the best expression. Although it is basically the same as what you are familiar with, but En and I You must be completely confused about the Grant Alliance." Le Yuan is sure that the Kiriko in front of him should be the effeminate individual after the male Kirito traveled to this world, or an individual who has received the memories of men in the parallel world. In general It is still within the category of aborigines.
"Don't worry, we are from the same country. I will help players break through SAO and return to reality. After all, this is my mission!"