Chapter 353 Closed Beta Test Ends

May 30th, the last day of the closed beta test.

All the closed beta test players came to the central square of the 45th floor for a banquet. This is also the highest floor they have conquered so far.

Of course, it was the Dark trio who actually conquered this floor. The fastest of the other players had just defeated the boss of the 38th floor.

"Wow! That Pokémon is so cool!"

"Yes, this is a mount. It would be so cool to have a Pokémon like this during the public beta test."

"I must find a way to get one during the public beta test."

"The closed beta test is over today. I have to sort out the information from tomorrow."

In the central square, at least more than 900 of the 1,000 closed beta test players gathered here.

The most eye-catching one is undoubtedly the trio standing in the center.

The Pokémon that has come to SAO now is not only Darkrai, but also Madara and Izuna's Arcanine.

Madara is called the 'ceiling' and is recognized as the strongest player during the closed beta test.

Izuna is called the ‘Sword Saint’ and is recognized as the best swordsman during the closed beta. His true identity has been speculated by countless players, and there are even rumors that Izuna is the master of a certain sword dojo in the real world.

These two people are so powerful that they can win by letting the Pokémon take action without taking action in a fight with others in the wild.

The level of the two wind speed dogs is Lv.57, which is equivalent to a player of Lv.45 when converted into the player's attribute panel.

Except for Dark, the highest level among the players is only Lv.48. How can they beat the experienced wind speed dogs?

Wind speed dogs are fast in themselves, not to mention that Pokémon are not the fixed monsters in SAO. Players even have difficulty avoiding the attacks of wind speed dogs.

As for Dark.

Nicknamed ‘soft rice king’, he is recognized as the first person to eat soft rice during the closed beta. More than a dozen equipment slots on his body are all rare equipment, all of which are brushed out by Madara and Izuna.

Although Dark is nicknamed the soft rice king, no player dares to say that he is weak.

Because in the duel arena, Dark's win rate ranks third, second only to the first two.

In the duel arena in the town, there is no equipment advantage. The equipment, level, and attributes of the two sides will all be balanced, and only their respective skills will remain unchanged.

Under such circumstances, Dark's win rate can still remain third, which is enough to prove his strength.

Moreover, in the duel arena, trainers can bring Pokémon to the field to fight together. The existence of Pokémon is counted as a "passive skill", but Dark has never asked Darkrai to help unless facing Madara and Izuna.

This also makes other players more aware of Dark's strength.

In addition.

Dark has another name called "Trainer", that's right, it's the name of the profession.

He is not only the first trainer to appear in the player's field of vision, but also the person who knows the most about the trainer profession. He has revealed a lot of information about this profession and Pokémon to other players, so players directly call him by the profession name.

However, Dark just wanted players to meet Pokémon earlier and pay more attention to Pokémon, so he told them some information.

"Brother Sirona!"

Dark was chatting with the wind speed dog holding Madara, and Kirito suddenly came over.

"Hey, little Kirito, what's up?"

"Can I add your Instagram?"

Kirito smiled a little embarrassedly. He already regarded Dark as his friend, while Madara and Izuna were more like the kind of prestigious uncles.

"Instagram?"

Dark tilted his head and pondered for a while, then he remembered that this was a social software on the Blue Star in his previous life, and then patted Kirito's shoulder mysteriously, "Little Kirito, do you believe in fate?"

"Huh?"

Kirito was confused.

"See you during the public beta, if we are destined, we will meet again."

Dark's words were equivalent to rejecting Kirito.

This hit the latter hard.

He thought he and Dark had become friends, but the other party didn't even add an Instagram, and originally wanted to play together after the public beta.

".Okay."

Kirito nodded frustratedly, and then he was about to leave awkwardly.

"Wait, I say, you have been secretly learning Uchiha style swordsmanship from Izuna for so long, why don't you go and say goodbye to him?"

Dark pulled Kirito back, and then let the bullied wind speed dog go.

"Ah, yes, I'm going now."

Kirito thought about it, and it was indeed the case.

In the past twenty days, he did learn something from Izuna.

Two days ago, he practiced with Suguha. Although he hadn't touched the bamboo sword for a month, he was still able to suppress Suguha, and the latter even said that his swordsmanship was better than before.

"Also, don't mention adding friends to them. We will see each other again during the public beta. When we meet, you will definitely recognize them at a glance."

Dark grinned, and then let Kirito go.

For Kirito, Dark treated him as a junior.

After all, although Kirito has not yet accepted Izuna as his master, in his opinion, this is a done deal. When the public beta is launched, Kirito will truly be his junior.

"Yes."

Although Kirito didn't quite understand why Dark was so sure, he still trusted the big brother he knew in this game.

After that, Kirito walked to Izuna's side.

At this time, Izuna was holding a big bone for the wind speed dog to chew. Although the food in this game can't really fill the stomach, it can also taste the taste, just treat it as a snack for the wind speed dog.

"No need to say goodbye, it won't be long before we meet again."

Although Izuna didn't look up, there were only two or three people who came to see him.

"I still thank you for your teachings these days. Can I study with you again during the public beta?"

Kirito bowed to Izuna.

"You should have learned swordsmanship there, right?"

"Yes, but I gave up because I think kendo is too hard, and it's not what I like."

"Then why are you willing to do it here?"

Izuna raised his head and looked at Kirito.

In his era, you can't stop learning swordsmanship just because you don't like it, because not learning it will increase the possibility of being killed by the enemy.

As for the era in which Kirito lived, he had also heard from Dark that it was a relatively peaceful country ruled by law.

Without having to face the threat of death all day, he could understand giving up studying.

The reason why they created peace was to give the younger generation more freedom, so that they could not do something because they did not like it, and they did not have to worry too much about dying because of it.

"Because."

Kirito hesitated, and he did not quite understand what kind of mentality he had.

How could a 13-year-old boy know so many things?

"It doesn't matter if you can't figure it out for the time being. It should not have any impact on you whether you learn it or not. However, if you want to learn swordsmanship from me again during the public beta, you have to give me a reason."

Izuna had a cold face throughout the whole process, but her tone was still gentle.

The cold face was because the faces of the Uchiha clan were naturally handsome and arrogant, not that Izuna really gave Kirito a cold look.

"Okay, thank you again."

Kirito felt a little complicated, but he still bowed to Izuna and said goodbye.

The time soon came to 00:00.

June 1st, Children's Day is coming.

Blue beams of light flashed in the square at the same time, and all players were forced to log off at the same time.

When they logged off, Kirito looked at Dark and the others, but because they were facing away, Kirito did not see the subtle expressions on the faces of the three people.

00:01.

The originally huge square was suddenly left with only the three of them and three Pokémon.

The blue beams of light that flashed on them just now were just a trick, and they actually didn't have to log off at all.

"When will the public beta start?"

"According to the original trajectory of this world, it will be on November 6th, but now..."

Dark frowned and estimated a little, "Next month, July 1st will be fine."

The reason why the original world line SAO had to wait until six months before the public beta was because many bugs appeared during the closed beta period and needed to be improved.

The most important thing is that Kayaba Akihiko needs to do a lot to transform this game into a 'killing game'.

Not only must he secretly adjust the electromagnetic pulse intensity of the NERvGear, but he must also set up a large number of difficulties and traps in the dungeon that were not available during the closed beta period.

That's why it took a lot of time.

Now with the help of Porygon-O, even though there are much more content to be added in the public beta than in the original, it's still not a problem.

"That's pretty fast, let's come back in a month. To be honest, I'm a little tired of playing this month."

Ban stretched.

"Well, the difficulty is too low, and the attack modes of those monsters have basically been figured out."

Izuna stroked the wind speed dog out of boredom.

"Jingyan will add a less complicated AI in the public beta, so that each monster has seven or eight sets of attack methods. By then, even the small monsters in the wild will be more powerful."

"Didn't you say that you want players to just attack? Isn't this slowing down the pace?"

Ban looked at Dark in confusion.

"Please, during the public beta, 5,000 Pokémon will be born into this world. That's 5,000! Even if the strength of the Pokémon is greatly reduced, it will still be a very terrifying force."

Dark spread his hands helplessly, "If the monsters and bosses in the wild are not strengthened, then players may not even need half a year to conquer SAO."

"What should we do in the next month?"

"You can go to the sailing world to play. If you want to explore that world, it will take at least a hundred years."

Dark gave the Uchiha brothers an idea,

"As for me, I want to help Jingyan fulfill his dream since he was a child."