Chapter 106 [There Is a Liar in Front, so There Is No Horse in Front]

Kibaou looked at the tusk of the hound carried on Rock's shoulder.

He swallowed silently.

This large curved sword with a slightly undulating blade is the weapon of the Hound Knight.

How wonderful, my name is Kibaou, and you call Hound Teeth, how well matched we are...

Kibaou subconsciously stretched out his hand——and then shuddered suddenly.

Because Rock had already looked at him.

"You want it?" Rock asked.

I kind of want to...

Kibaou instinctively wanted to nod.

But then I thought it was impossible. The hound tusk is one of the best equipments currently available. How could it be given to others with just one mouthful...

But... in the Airey Church before, the other party did invite everyone present to upgrade with him. Is it possible that this guy is serious?

Kibaou licked his lips and wanted to say, Brother 111, are you really giving it away?

"I want it, brother..." Kibaou's voice was a little hoarse.

"Then keep thinking."

Rock turned his head.

Okay, okay, Kibaou gritted his teeth.

"You don't understand." Rock's voice came again: "The better your equipment, the more you dare to fight monsters. The more you dare to fight monsters, the easier it is to die."

"So I'm doing it for your own good."

"What a unique insight, brother." Kibaou's friend immediately slapped his thigh and called him a genius!

I am a unique beast! Kibaou's eyes widened in anger.

Kibaou really wanted to write a piece of advice on Rock's back: "There is a liar in front of me, so there is no horse in front of me."

But he didn't dare.

Because he was no match for Rock and his party, he could only watch the hound tusk getting further and further away from him.

The four of them walked straight past him, like passing by a stone.

…

Blessing point south of Lake Yakir.

A few people and the intelligence merchant Argo sat at the blessing point to rest.

"You actually defeated the Hound Knight?" Argo still feels a little incredible until now.

"It's just a fluke." Rock slowly wiped the weapon.

Argo was very excited: "This is big news. I must sell it. I think many people will be looking for you by then!"

Rock looked up suddenly.

"...Of course, I won't sell it without your consent." Argo smiled.

"You can sell it, but you have to exchange it for information." Rock's action of maintaining the weapon paused slightly: "I want to know all the information about the arena you mentioned before."

"Arena..." Argo hesitated.

This information was one of the few that she didn't really want to spread.

"How about I exchange it for other information?" Argo tried to get away with it.

"No, you may not know more information than I do."

Eh! I can't stand hearing what you say.

This is simply a provocation to an intelligence businessman!

Argo put his hands on his hips, glanced at Rock's hound tusk angrily, and then swallowed his anger again.

"Okay..." She felt helpless: "But please don't spread the word."

"The reward for winning the Arena is life and admission to the Hall of the Round Table."

The so-called life means one more life.

The effect of this bonus is simple and easy to understand.

Every time you win in the arena, you will get one more life. As long as you win enough in the arena, the Faded One can continue to be resurrected just like the game in Rock's previous life.

Although it is difficult to revive in a soul-based game, it is still easier than clearing the level in one life.

As for the Round Table Hall... it is one of the few safe places in the border area.

The main thing is that there is a blacksmith there, and this is important.

Player enhancements have basically reached the upper limit now. If you want to further enhance your weapons, you can only find the blacksmith NPC in the game.

These two rewards hit the pain points directly.

Whether you want to go to the round table hall in the safe zone to survive, or you want to continue to become stronger, or you want to protect multiple lives...

They all have to go to the arena to fight...

Argo's words silenced everyone for a moment.

But soon everyone returned to their normal mentality. The world was ruined anyway, so it didn't matter.

"I'm going to be separated from everyone for a while." Rock, who was cleaning his weapon, said suddenly after Argo finished speaking.

This time Kirito and the others were really silent.

The previous trip to Wu Lin made Rock feel that his strength was improving too slowly, so he wanted to speed up the progress.

Naturally, in order to speed up the progress, we have to take some risks, which is not suitable for taking Kirito and the others with us.

Rock: "I know a trap treasure chest that can send me directly across the map to Galid. I want to go there to get equipment and magic."

Argo's eyes widened instantly.

Suddenly he looked at Rock.

She had just collected this information, but Rock already knew it.

"Then why don't we all go together?" Kirito was very puzzled.

"No, no!" Argo tried to stop him: "It's very dangerous in Galede. I know that some people were accidentally teleported there. There are poisonous pools everywhere over there!"

Poison pond?

Klein's expression changed and he remembered the poisonous pool in the Drifting Cemetery. He had a friend who chose a useless person and died in the poisonous pool at the beginning...

"No...it's not the Poison Pool, it's the Scarlet Corruption, which is more terrifying than the Poison Pool. If it were the Poison Pool, I wouldn't be separated from you..." Rock himself also found it difficult.

Gallid is full of scarlet corruption. Even the faded ones can't survive there. It's too dangerous. Rock has no confidence that he can get through with Kirito and others.

"But..." Kirito frowned. He thought that it was enough to take steady steps. There was no need to take such risks.

"We are running out of time." Rock raised his head and looked at Kirito: "How long do you think our real bodies can last?"

"Two years or three years?"

It is impossible for them to live here forever. The real body is still in the hospital and is being taken care of like a vegetative person, so every day here is a countdown.

Rock's words were like a warning bell, which instantly awakened the other three.

During the time spent with Rock, from the Aire Church to the fog forest, and then back to Yakir Lake, the relaxed atmosphere of the few people along the way even made them forget that this has always been a life-threatening game.

"No, I'll go with you." It was Klein who spoke. He was really worried.

He had a psychological shadow on the combination of the poison pool and his friends.

"It's fine if Kirito wants to come with me, but you can't, Klein." Rock was merciless.

Klein has a tendency to self-destruct. If he goes to the Scarlet Corruption, this guy might start to fantasize about sacrificing himself to save his teammates.

Rock pointed to the Yakir Lake in the north.

"Klein, do you see the Yakir Lake in the north?"

"Under the ruins over there, there is an old man called Blood Finger Hunter Yura. He is good at using a katana. His weapon is a long-toothed katana. You can learn katana from him."

Klein was silent.

The intelligence merchant Argo on the side had a bright look in his eyes, as if a dung beetle saw it...

"As for Asuna, you can go with me later. I'm going to go to the hillside I just passed by to get the [Royal Scroll]."

Rock remembered that there was a corpse on the mountain west of Yakir Lake, and the Royal Scroll was placed next to the corpse.

The Royal Scroll recorded two magics, [Kalia Swift Sword] and [Shining Sword Circle], which must be learned.

Asuna also needs to learn magic.

There is such information!

Argo was ecstatic and was about to write it down, but then she thought about it and remembered that Rock would take the scroll away later. It would be useless for her to write it down.

"As for Kirito..." Rock looked at Kirito.

"I can go to the broken house of the warriors in the south of the arena... There is an NPC named Bernal who teaches combat skills there. I can learn combat skills from him." Kirito indicated that he didn't need to take care of himself.

Kirito continued: "And Rock, the Storm Foot War Ash you got before may not need to be beaten on the weapon by the blacksmith. Just give it to Bernal, and he may be able to teach you directly."

Argo nodded aside. She knew this information. After the public beta, the NPC intelligence was higher...

It is indeed possible to give the war ash directly to Bernal, and the other party will teach the player combat skills.

"Really?" Rock hesitated: "I originally wanted you to level up in the Weeping Peninsula. The monster level there is very suitable for us, and there are several good weapons there."

"I remember the greatsword named Great Sword and the Sword Skeleton Great Sword are both in that place."

Argo's eyes lit up and she quickly began to take notes.

But then she began to regret it again, because it was useless to write it down.

Argo remembered that the road leading to the Weeping Peninsula was guarded by soldiers, and these two weapons still needed to be obtained in person with strength, otherwise they would not be obtained.

This is also the current situation of the faded. If you want to get good weapons, you have to defeat powerful enemies, and if you want to defeat powerful enemies, you need a good weapon. It's a dead cycle.

"You arranged so much for us...what about you?" Kirito suddenly asked.

"How do you solve the problem of scarlet corruption?"

Rock hesitated and looked at Argo.

Argo immediately waved his hand, "I am Kirito's friend, don't worry! We intelligence merchants also have integrity. Some information will never be sold."

She really wanted to hear it.

The most natural driving force for becoming an intelligence dealer is a gossipy heart.

Rock: "I know a path that can pass through Stonewell City. You don't need to challenge Grek the Limb-joiner to reach the next map point: Lake Lienia."

Argo: ! !

"I, I, I, I... I heard it right!"

Is there such a hidden path?

In the Elden Ring, if you want to become the King of Elden, you must collect the Great Runes.

And each Great Rune is guarded by a powerful person, and Grek the Limb-joiner is one of the weaker ones.

It is also the first, well, second big BOSS that players encounter.

The first one is the incarnation of the evil omen demon, which is actually more powerful than Grek. Most of the internal test players are stuck here.

A small Stonewell City can be said to have gathered two early BOSSes, and a bunch of level soldiers, keeping the faded firmly in the starting point of Nimgefu.

If you can bypass Stonewell City...

That would be great!

Argo was so excited that she immediately stood up and said to Rock: "Please! Please take me with you!"

She could see that Rock was probably a very advanced internal test player and knew a lot of information.

Argo wanted to walk this hidden path with Rock.

"No, who are you sending to?" Rock refused at the speed of light.

"Just let me go with you... I'll do anything you ask me to do!" Argo's eyes were filled with tears.

"Then go and kill the limb-attached Greg for me."

Argo: "..."

"Please, except for this... I'll do anything you ask me to do!"

Asuna frowned on the side, and Kirito dragged her down with an unhappy look.

Our serious teammates are about to separate, and you still want to join in the fun.

Kirito covered Argo's mouth as she was shouting: Once in a Lifetime Request. He motioned Rock to continue.

This operation is too risky. If Rock is not completely sure, then everyone must go together, at least there will be someone to take care of them on the way.

Rock: "In Lake Lienia, there is a prayer called: [Healing of Flame], which has the effect of curing abnormal conditions."

"Whether it is poisoning or the accumulation of scarlet corruption, it can be eliminated by this prayer."

Klein's face finally relaxed a little after hearing that the poisoning could be eliminated.

"I'm not going to separate from you right away." Rock explained his plan to Kirito and others.

First, get the royal scroll with Asuna, and then find teacher Selen to learn magic.

Then go north to the warrior's house, and find Bernal with Kirito to learn combat skills.

Finally, go to Lake Lienia, get the flame prayer, and then teleport back here, go to the ruins of Lake Yakir and use the teleportation treasure chest to quickly arrive at Galid.

"It sounds quite reliable." Kirito nodded slightly.

"You take such a big risk, what kind of weapon do you want to get?" Argo couldn't stop his curiosity, and then immediately swore: "I swear on my chastity that I will never leak it."

"It's just a staff and a spell."

"Staff?"

"Well, a staff with an S bonus, a meteorite staff." Rock said.

Added S?

Argo and Kirito widened their eyes at the same time.

Nowadays, weapons generally have a D bonus. Only when they are strengthened to the highest level, such as strengthening to 25, can a staff with an S bonus appear...

How could there be such a strong staff in the early stage?

This is not just destroying the balance of the game... Oh! This broken game doesn't seem to be balanced either.

"That is a staff that cannot be strengthened. Although it is initially increased to S, it can't be made stronger."

If possible, Rock also wants to play it safe, but he must first get the meteorite staff.

This thing is really useful in the early stage.

His talent also has a bonus to magic, so he must develop in all aspects, and even prayer will be learned at that time.

"Is there no way to strengthen it..."

Kirito understood a little bit. This is probably a god-like outfit in the early and middle stages.

If you get it in the early stage, you can basically make a smooth transition.

Kirito breathed a sigh of relief: "Since you have already decided, you don't need to ask us..."

He is like a wife who feels helpless when she sees her husband working outside.

I hope my husband will succeed, and I also hope he can come home safely.