Chapter 99 [There Is an Intruder Ahead]

The night was as dark as ink, and fear was like a needle, piercing the ears.

Asuna's face was pale.

She finally mustered up the courage to trust others once.

Could it be that she fell into the trap of luring and killing players?

Klein was also sweating immediately, and his footsteps moved quietly, standing farther away from Rock.

Kirito was a little sensitive to the word "third day", because he remembered that day was when the first-line players first met the tree guards.

Kirito looked carefully at the "wandering knight armor" on Rock.

Suddenly he remembered someone he had met.

Asuna came out a little late from the beginning of the guidance, and did not follow the first echelon to fight the tree guards, so what she heard might not be comprehensive.

At that time, there was a wandering knight player who was red all over and kept trying to kill other players. He was very aggressive.

There was even a player who died directly at his hands.

This made Kirito, who saw all this at the time, immediately think of the game mechanism of "invasion".

During the internal test, the internal test players stayed in their own worlds. If they wanted to PVP, they needed special props to enter other people's worlds and fight with them.

After entering other people's worlds, they would be covered with a layer of blood-red.

In order to prevent the other party from continuing to kill people, Kirito and other internal test players have been squatting on the other party. They have remembered what the player looks like.

However, that guy only appeared once and then disappeared.

Kirito and the other internal test players were on guard in vain.

Afterwards, in order not to cause panic, the internal test players tacitly said that the dead player was probably injured by mistake, hoping that this matter would be temporarily exposed.

"No way?! Did you kill the invading guy?"

Kirito thought about this clearly and stared at Rock in horror.

Rock looked harmless, but he was such a ruthless person.

No wonder the other party did not appear the second time.

"There is no way, that guy targeted me and was forced to fight back."

Rock obtained the armor of the wandering knight but never equipped it. He just quietly mixed in the first echelon as a useless person.

Not wearing armor is to reduce the weight, quietly keep up with the speed of the first echelon.

"You are really amazing to be able to kill the invader of the Wandering Knight profession..."

Kirito was a little impressed.

Among the ten initial professions, the Wandering Knight is the profession with the best initial armor.

The Useless Man started with only a stick.

Kirito felt that it was quite amazing to be able to defeat the Wandering Knight with the Useless Man, not to mention that it was an invader who had killed the player.

"I was just playing a little trick at the time." Rock shook his head, and the armor of the Wandering Knight made a slight collision sound under his action.

The equipment of the magic ring has no occupation restrictions, only attribute value restrictions.

After he killed the invader, the opponent's armor naturally fell into his hands, as well as all the runes of the invader.

Kirito breathed a sigh of relief, and after confirming that it was Rock who killed the invader.

He immediately explained to Klein and Asuna everything that happened on the third day.

The tense bodies of the two finally relaxed.

The stone in their hearts also fell.

But then Asuna asked in confusion: "Even if you are afraid that the internal fighting among players will cause panic, you shouldn't hide it like this, how can you just let it go?"

Kirito looked a little unnatural, not knowing how to explain to Asuna.

"Because it is not an ordinary internal fight among players, or it is not an internal fight among players in our world."

Rock, who had already put on armor, spoke from his mask, sounding a little cold: "Right? Kirito."

Kirito's body stiffened, and then nodded helplessly.

Rock: "Asuna, how many players do you think will play a game on the first day of its release?"

"Uh... 10,000, 20,000?" Asuna had never played the game and was not sure.

Rock: "It can be seen that you have never played the game."

"Yes, there must be more than 10,000 people playing in the Ring of Law, but here..." Klein suddenly realized.

"But we only have nearly 10,000 players here... right!"

This time even Klein understood.

During the beta test period, each beta test player enjoyed a separate world, invaded each other's worlds, and competed with each other.

During the public beta test period, it was...

"Every 10,000 players were divided into one world, and we invaded and competed with each other in different worlds. At the same time, only one person in all worlds could become the King of Elden!" Kirito raised his head and said.

"Of course... this was just our guess before the beta test players."

"That invader could also be a player from our world..."

Kirito frowned. The survival pressure in this broken world was already huge, not to mention the unimaginable competition pressure.

Don't live!

If this uncertain news spread, it would only give the players' morals, which were heading towards corruption, another step on the accelerator.

Asuna and Klein were completely speechless.

If there were other players like them who were desperately surviving at the same time, and they had to compete with each other...

Just thinking about it made him feel that his life was over.

Rock didn't speak, but squatted down and grabbed a handful of soil from the ground.

It gave him a delicate and real feeling.

He was absolutely certain that this was a world of data, but sometimes he couldn't help but doubt it all...

Rock remembers that the props for invading other worlds were given out by the NPC White Mask.

White Mask was chopped down by players on the first day of this world.

On the third day, players from other worlds invaded this world...

Rock doesn't think this is a coincidence.

He did not rule out that this was White Mask's revenge.

But in this case, is it the same NPC shared by players in all worlds?

Are NPCs unique?

Perhaps this is also the reason why I couldn’t meet the initial guide NPC Melina.

There is only one Melina, but she has to choose a person whose destiny has faded among hundreds of thousands of players.

However, there is still too little evidence.

Rock can't come to a conclusion so early. Only by meeting Melina or the witch Lani can he solve this doubt.

"But, how about it? After knowing that I have killed people, do you still dare to join us?" Roque turned back to look at the other three people.

"Of course!" Klein clenched his fists: "I promised them that I would live with them!"

"Me too! I must live well." Asuna also raised her astrological staff.

Kirito was silent for a while.

Originally, he felt that there were too many people and it was not safe to level up at night, but now it seems that Rock's strength is not weak...

Maybe you can really level up with the Grek soldiers in the forest north of Airey Church.

But let’s forget about Jinlin Cave...

After he thought about it, he raised his head and said to Rock: "Let's go. I know where there are Grek soldiers in the forest north of the church. I will take you there."

…

The map is larger than Rock imagined, but as Faded Ones, if they go all out, they won't be too slow. After all, it's not far from Airey Church.

The soldiers in the forest ahead were patrolling at night, but Kirito looked cautious.

It's okay during the day, but at night, the soldiers' night combat qualities are much better than those of the players, and many players even suffer from night blindness at night.

But the soldiers who survive in this world seem to have long been accustomed to fighting in the dark.

"Rock, Klein, you two, be careful. You are wearing armor. It is easy to make noise in advance to attract the attention of the soldiers."

But before Kirito could continue to explain the tactics.

A black shadow beside him rushed out.

"Wait a minute, Rock——" Kirito thought.

But the next moment, he was surprised to find out.

"No sound?! How could it be?"

Even though he was wearing heavy armor, Rock didn't make a sound.

This is the ancient magic technique "Evading" that he learned at Hogwarts, and the secret ninja skills he practiced in the Ninja School.

Like a black shadow, it appeared directly behind the Greg soldier.

"Puff——"

The straight sword passed through the chest, and he stabbed quickly in the back.

One hit triggers execution!

Execution will enhance the damage of the Faded One's blow, and when the enemy is instantly killed with more than 150% damage, the runes gained will be increased by an additional 20%.

If you add that the executed monster has the gift of the golden tree and has five times the runes of golden pupils...

Rock's movements did not stop. He was obviously wearing a knight's armor, but he was as nimble as an assassin, executing every enemy he saw with one sword after another.

So strong!

Stronger than me!

Kirito looked carefully at Rock, who was killing the Gray soldiers under the moonlight.

He thought about the fact that he had previously rejected Klein's companions because of their numbers, because he did not dare to make such a guarantee.

Once he agreed to Klein at that time, it meant that he would be responsible for the lives of Klein's companions. This was a promise that needed to be carried with his life.

If something happens to Klein's companions later because of his instructions, even if Klein doesn't say anything, he will definitely blame him in his heart.

Kirito thought like this and subconsciously looked at the golden tree in the distance.

People will always trust those who are stronger than themselves. This is a heavy expectation.

In order to escape this heavy pressure, a strong person who is trusted will pursue a strong person in a higher position.

Until this expectation reached its limit, the strongest king of mankind was born.

To become the King of Elden, how much power is needed, and how many expectations do you need to bear?

Kirito didn't know.

But at least at this moment, Kirito wanted to pass on his hope to Rock.

If there was someone who could survive this terrible world, he felt that that person might really be Rock.