Chapter 378 Pokémon Dating Conference (Part 1)

October 31st.

One month has passed since Kirito and Asuna were together.

In the cabin on the 22nd floor.

"Asuna~ wake up, I'm going to take Ula and Heracross to the Pokémon blind date meeting today~"

Kirito returned to the room after washing up, and saw that his girlfriend was still sleeping, so he walked up and gently stroked Asuna's cheek.

"Oh no, I forgot, there is an event held by the president today."

Asuna rubbed her eyes in a daze, and it took a while to recover.

Four months have passed since the public beta of the game began, and the progress of the entire SAO has reached 39%, that is, to the 40th floor.

In this October, because of the existence of the seven-day alliance celebration event, the level of players has increased rapidly, which has accelerated their progress and is almost catching up with the first two months.

Since the public beta was launched, more than 7,000 of the 50,000 players have gone in four months.

Some committed suicide, some died at the hands of monsters, and of course at least half died at the hands of other players.

With more players, there are all kinds of people, and the number of bad guys is about five times that of the original, and these people are constantly trying to attract those players who are not firm in their positions to join their evil carnival game.

Under such circumstances, the death toll is about 14% less than that of the original at the same time, which is already very good.

Among them, at least 500 red-named players died at the hands of the two guilds [Avengers] and [Wanderers], and more than 2,000 yellow-named players survived by chance, but they also lived under surveillance.

The two guilds can achieve this level naturally because they have enough people, covering three levels of high, medium and low.

The [Wanderers] guild established by Kirito has become the second most populous guild in SAO, second only to the [Army], with a number of up to 3,000 people.

However, because they are all individual players, there is no need to spend special effort to manage them.

The Avengers Guild founded by Zack has also become a "killing guild" that scares the red and yellow players. There are only more than 300 people, the same as the Akatsuki. When there is work in it on weekdays, seven or eight people form a team to hunt red names.

After the seven-day alliance celebration event, players have gradually begun to have a sense of stratification.

High-level.

The highest seven or eight levels belong to the territory of the strategy group.

This is not a monopoly, but it means that resources should be given to those players fighting on the front line. Those in the major guilds who are unwilling to participate in the front-line strategy battle are also not eligible to occupy resources in the high-level.

This part of people is only 10%, which is about 4,300 people.

Middle-level.

Belong to those players who are eager to enter the strategy group or have the potential to enter. There are also some special guilds that can use most of the resources here.

There is actually only one so-called "special guild", which is the Avengers.

All other guilds have tacitly agreed that the special guild of the Avengers can use more resources in the middle level, because it is this guild that ensures that the players in the middle and low levels are not killed indiscriminately.

This group of people accounts for 30%, about 13,000 people.

Low level.

These are the groups who are just hanging around in SAO, waiting to be rescued or just getting by. The rest of the players are basically in this group.

Of course, it doesn't mean that all the players in these levels are useless.

At least the food and medicine production of the middle and high-level players basically comes from the hands of the low-level players.

Although they don't dare to face danger on the front line, at least they have tried to improve their secondary occupation level so that they can be of some use.

At the same time, the Pokémon in the first 40 floors have almost all found their trainers, and the number of players with the secondary occupation "trainer" has soared to 3,000.

This means that there are at most 2,000 wild Pokémon in Aincrad, and they all live in the 40th to 50th floors.

The place after the 50th floor is the birth point that Pokémon cannot choose when the server is launched.

In the room.

Asuna is already sitting in front of the dressing mirror to dress herself up.

There are no NPCs selling cosmetics in the game, but there is a secondary profession called "makeup artist".

There are also female players who choose this secondary profession as their main focus, but it is obviously unlikely to make money, because the vast majority of players in the game are male.

"I didn't expect that Pokémon can lay eggs."

Kirito stood behind Asuna and helped her comb her hair, and said something funny at the same time.

A week ago, members of the Trainer Association suddenly discovered a strange phenomenon in the wild.

It was a wild Nidoran and Nidoran, two Pokémon snuggling together.

This is not surprising. It is not that no players have discovered wild Pokémon traveling together before, and even wild Pokémon will live together.

However, the strange thing is that when Nidoran and Nidoran are close, a "" sign will appear above each other's ID.

Some trainers guessed at the time that these two might be lovers. After all, players can get married, so Pokémon seems to be nothing impossible, especially in their view that Pokémon are creatures with their own emotions.

Since they have their own emotions, it seems that there is nothing wrong with looking for a partner and falling in love with other Pokémon.

With curiosity, the trainer observed for a while longer.

The result was a scene that made him stunned.

At that time, he observed whether there were any red-named wild monsters approaching. When he turned around, he saw white light coming out of Nidoran and Nidoran, and then with a "poof", a small purple egg appeared behind Nidoran's butt.

He took a "screenshot" of this scene, and immediately returned to the guild headquarters to show it to the president Shang Mei.

The latter also rushed to the scene without stopping.

Unfortunately, Nidoran and Nidoran had disappeared at that time, as if they were hiding.

Soon, the news that Pokémon could "get married and lay eggs" was released, and the trainer group was boiling all of a sudden.

This SAO is too boring. Any random thing can make people talk for a long time, let alone such a big thing as Pokémon laying eggs.

Shang Mei was also very excited. After three seconds of careful consideration, she decided to launch a "Pokémon blind date conference" activity led by the [Trainer Association].

At present, the number of members of the [Trainer Association] is 2,000, far exceeding half of the total number of trainers.

No other trainer would feel dissatisfied if they initiated this activity.

"Well, I'm so curious, what do Pokémon eggs and newly born Pokémon babies look like."

Asuna's motherly love overflowed as soon as she heard about the baby, and she hugged her face and began to imagine.

She is a woman who likes children.

In her imagination, she held a small Heracross in her left arm and a small Heracross in her right arm.

"Hehehe"

As she thought about it, Asuna began to drool.

"Uh."

Kirito looked at Asuna in the mirror, who looked like a pervert, and shrugged helplessly.

Based on his understanding of Heracross and Heracross, it would be difficult for these two children to find a partner.

But he didn't want to interrupt Asuna's beautiful fantasy, so he didn't say anything.

Half an hour later.

"Asuna, are you ready?"

Kirito had been standing at the door in the sun for ten minutes.

He estimated that it was almost time, stretched his body, and looked back into the house.

"Wait! It's almost time!"

Asuna's voice came from the inner room.

But she was not dressing herself, but dressing Heracross and Ulla.

"Ulla!"

"Da-me! Wear it even if you are not used to it. Maybe other little female cats will like you at first sight."

Asuna held down the struggling Ulla and hung a small blue bell around his neck.

In addition, there was a beautiful wreath on the big ears on Ulla's head.

"Ulla"

Ulla lay on the floor with no desire to live.

His handsome, cold and arrogant heroic appearance was all sealed from the moment he put on this bell.

"Hey."

Herakros next to him was heartless and let Asuna swing it early.

There was a beautiful pink bow on the huge horn in front of his forehead, and he was wearing a weird pink skirt.

Although he is a boy, Asuna wants to dress him up like a girl.

Fortunately, Heracross doesn't care.

Otherwise, if it was Ura, he might run away from home.

"Okay! Let's go~"

After playing with them for a while, Asuna took the two Pokémon out the door.

"Hmm"

Kirito was embarrassed for a moment when he saw the two Pokémon.

However, after seeing Ura's expression, he almost couldn't help laughing out loud, but fortunately he still held back.

"(The two Pokémon) are pretty, right?"

Asuna asked Kirito expectantly.

"(You) are pretty."

Kirito looked at Asuna and nodded.

The Pokémon blind date meeting was held on the 28th floor.

This floor is full of fantastic ideas, and its painting style is childish, which is Kayaba Akihiko's imagination of the outside world when he was a child.

There are sunflowers with smiling faces, cartoon birds hovering in the sky, small lakes filled with duck toys, and even magic notes and rainbow bubbles everywhere.

There is no better party for Pokémon than this floor.

"Wow! So many Pokémon! This is the first time I've seen so many!"

"Yes, it's so shocking. I didn't expect there are so many Pokémon I've never seen before. How many Pokémon are there in Aincrad that we haven't seen yet?"

When Kirito and Asuna arrived at the event site, they were stunned by the scene in front of them.

All kinds of Pokémon and trainers filled the entire town.

Cute, simple, and full of vitality are the painting styles of the 28th floor at this moment.

"This is simply a paradise that only exists in my imagination."

Asuna looked at the scene in front of her with shining eyes and murmured, "It would be great if Pokémon were everywhere in the world."