Chapter 827: If You Are a Man, Go to the 100th Floor
Just when you were about to deal with what Kayaba Akihiko had done, this happened.
The game SAO appeared in the world, and you quickly contacted the Yuuki Group. However, due to the temptation of the first stealth game and the belief that Kayaba Akihiko would not be so crazy, they did not take any measures, which made you speechless. They even cancelled your internal test qualification.
You are really speechless about these insects.
You'd have to start writing machines and software that could hack into Kayaba Akihiko's equipment.
But with only a few months, you simply can't do it.
With the public beta of SAO, you quickly purchased a machine for research, and then found that Kayaba Akihiko used a technology that you didn't understand. After researching it, you found that it was really as Kayaba Akihiko said, external damage could not deal with this machine, because the microwave device is the core of this machine!
You studied it for a while and found a challenge letter inside the helmet.
The letter describes in detail SAO's programming philosophy, which is completely different from all other programs, and challenges you.
"I can't understand how you know my power and dream, it's as if God told you... So I want to know, as a brave warrior, whether you are really blessed by God, and whether you can defeat me if I give you the power. If you can, then the key to the future is given to you, the one who is looking for a way out for the future. Whether humans will be immersed in entertainment and die depends on your efforts. But if you can win, it means that God... also exists, right?"
These are Kayaba Akihiko's exact words. Apparently, he has discovered your act of exposing him, and he has even figured out your motives.
You also understand the other party's motive, which is that he wants to confirm one thing. He doesn't know how you know his plan, and in such detail, but for him who has all the advantages, he doesn't care about these, he just wants to know one thing.
Does God exist?
He couldn't understand how you knew everything about him. He thought of many possibilities, but the only ones he could think of were prophecies and messages from gods.
But he couldn't see the gods.
So he wanted to know if there was any god watching over him.
If there is, then it means that the other world of swords and magic that this madman and bastard are chasing does exist.
The one hundred-story floating city in his mind does exist.
"madman!"
You are well aware of that, but you also know that if you put on a helmet, you are in for a near-fatal death.
You start checking everything in it and find that apart from being able to kill people as in the original book, there is really no problem with this helmet. It is just a simple login helmet and the program inside is fine.
You thought about it, tried to write an escape program and loaded it in, but failed. Obviously, the programming language of Kayaba Akihiko that you currently mastered was not enough to defeat him.
Besides, you really need that reward for clearing the 100th floor.
Dive into the world framework of the game, the brainchild of Kayaba Akihiko.
You took a deep breath and put your helmet on in front of him when you learned that there was another police officer who arrived with his helmet not activated.
In an instant, your spirit enters the world of data.
You quickly create a character of your own and then enter the game.
The scene you saw was already a sad one, with countless players trapped in the initial square. You silently took out your sword and walked outside.
You don’t know why, but you have been very proficient in swordsmanship and martial arts since you were a child, and the more desperate the situation, the faster your skills evolve.
Once you become familiar with the usage of the skills in this game, you will instantly understand the rules of this world. You start fighting continuously without even being attacked once.
And in the process of fighting, you also discovered something.
That is, the monsters facing you will be quite ferocious. Although the drops are sufficient, the strength has increased by almost twice. But for you, this is nothing.
And when you went back to upgrade your equipment, you discovered something during a short rest.
That is, the program you wrote when you came in is not useless, and your exit button still exists, but it is gray.
Your intuition tells you that there is something hiding behind this.
In the process of killing enemies crazily, you saved many people, and people all knew that there was a lone swordsman like you. Not only that, you also met an old acquaintance.
Yuuki Asuna.
But when you met her, she was in a rather miserable state, being attacked by a bunch of monsters alone. After you killed all the monsters, you didn't talk to her much, because it was her stupid father who forced you to make the trip in person.
You just dropped a teleport crystal and left.
But when you went back, you found that the boss room on the first floor had been found. You participated in the boss meeting, and after getting the map of the boss room, you left alone.
A player noticed your behavior and left with you. On the way, you found out that he was the protagonist of the original work, but you didn't take it seriously. Instead, you defeated the monster on the first floor almost by brutally killing him while he was stunned.
Even though in his eyes, your strength and skills are already at an incredible level, you always feel that you can still go further, and you can be even faster!
The sword that is slashed out can be even more powerful!
An inexplicable feeling makes you start to swing the sword according to the rhythm and rules in your mind, and even with the help of sword skills in the game, you can successfully perform all kinds of incredible sword skills.
You start to fight more violently, and you find that you can easily handle battles of any intensity, and you will not be surprised by any monster's attack.
Unless it is a large-scale AOE attack like poison gas, which requires special potions to deal with, you can easily fight against the rest.
So, although the first level took a long time, after the following battles, you broke through to the tenth level within a month, making later players excited and feeling that they would be able to break through soon.
but--
You met a man called Heathcliff.
You know this is Kayaba Akihiko.
But you know better that the other party doesn’t know.
He asked, moving closer to you.
"How did you become so powerful?"
His expression was quite confused.
"I don't know. It seems like I should have been the same."
You spoke your feelings honestly.
"A born hero?"
After Heathcliff sighed, he left.
However, next, when you were fighting against the boss on the eleventh floor, you encountered a situation that made you feel targeted.
This boss.
It takes two people to defeat it.
You feel targeted by this.
Although you were not injured, the door has been closed and there are "indestructible" signs around it, proving that this is a trap , but -
In such a desperate situation, you finally realized the throbbing feeling in your heart.
"Extreme Ghost Sword Technique!"
A storm that appeared out of nowhere is gathering around you.
"Storm Style!"
Countless swords broke through the limitations of the system and appeared beside you all of a sudden. You began to slash continuously, and the sign representing "indestructible" was shattered in an instant. In the last blow, the boss was instantly shattered, and deep sword marks were left in the room.
Then you find that the monsters you encounter have become weaker.
You were very confused and didn't know what was wrong with Kayaba Akihiko, but this didn't stop you from continuing to fight through all the obstacles until you broke through the 30th floor a month later and stopped to rest - at this time you hadn't stopped fighting for two months.
You threw the materials you got on the street for those brave adventurers to pick up, and then you went to an NPC blacksmith shop to hastily strengthen your equipment. Then you found a hotel to rest for a day and continue your battle tomorrow.
That's right, you don't care about the attributes of your own equipment, because equipment is just a necessity for attacking for you, not something special.
But you found other players in the hotel, and after asking a few questions, you found out that these people were also trying to level up, and they united together, although slowly, they were indeed saving themselves.
You chuckled, feeling that your efforts were not in vain.
Then you have Yuuki Asuna, her friends who abandoned her when they thought she was dead, and a girl who calls herself a Utaha.
They wanted to treat you to a meal, but you thought it was troublesome so you left.
But when you left, you couldn't help but glare at Yuuki Asuna, making her feel very aggrieved.
A month later, you continued to advance, but only reached the 45th floor, because the level requirements for the subsequent floors were too high, and your current level was already scratching the surface.
Although you don't care, you don't want to experience the situation again where you can only cause a few dozen points of damage each time and the boss has hundreds of thousands of health points.
So you go back to a lower level and start leveling, and add some equipment.
But you have no interest in the so-called tasks. These NPCs are very much like real lives under the training of Kayaba Akihiko, but they are not. You only care about killing monsters, killing monsters, and killing fucking monsters.
Your experience increased quickly, so you continued your journey of reaching higher levels, and two months later, you stopped at the 65th floor.
Because the boss set up by that bastard Kayaba Akihiko already required special equipment and potions to break through the defense, you once again used the awakened skills to break through.
But every time you use an awakening skill, you feel a pain in your head.
Obviously, such a high-intensity attack and then using awakening skills would be too much for your body to bear.
You have to start cultivating yourself.
Therefore, many players finally saw you again.
Just like that, you welcome the New Year.
In the fourteenth year, you feel that your body has begun to recover, so you plan to continue your strategy.
But at this moment, Heathcliff, or Kayaba Akihiko, suddenly appeared.
"Although you are indeed a very powerful hero, you still need some companions, don't you?"
You asked, looking at his kind smile.
"Are you afraid that you will finish the game too quickly?"
He looked at you in surprise, obviously not expecting you to have guessed his identity, but he soon smiled in relief.
"That's right. I haven't had enough fun yet. If a hero like you were allowed to complete the game so quickly, it would be too boring."
He sighed.
"I admit defeat. There are still gods in this world... So let's make a deal. I will no longer kill players. I will just intercept their consciousness and let them fall into the hell I set. And you stop attacking. How about that? Don't worry, I will set the monsters behind to be monsters that can only be killed by two people fighting, and it will not affect you... Although it is of no use to you, you can also refuse it, but it is obvious that the chessboard is in my hands, isn't it?"
You thought about it.
"how long?"
"Two years, that way, they can get the maximum amount of compensation. Besides, I will help you find the future of mankind. You should care about my knowledge, right? Two years is enough for someone like you to learn. Of course, if you don't use that cheating ability and pass the level ahead of time, I will admit defeat."
You sighed, knowing you couldn’t refuse, and took Kayaba Akihiko’s hand.
"make a deal."
Just like that, the hero who saved everyone made a deal with the Demon King.
Still, you’re curious.
"So, are you the AI with your own life, or is it Kayaba Akihiko?"
You really want to know this.
"What do you think? I have all the thinking abilities, hobbies, and knowledge of Kayaba Akihiko. Do you think I am him? It's really interesting that you, who are blessed by God, question the existence of the soul."
You are silent because you can't be sure either, you can't see the soul.
But Kayaba Akihiko didn't care about this. To be exact, he didn't even think about it because he was here, in an extremely real world.
He smiled and handed you the SAO seed.
"This is the seed of SAO, and also the seed of consciousness entering space. Although I set it up to be able to make games only, for someone like you, it will only take some time to crack it, right?"
You didn't say anything. You just accepted the seed.
"This is even more interesting, a death game where you don't actually die. I really want to see how those people look when they find out that the others are not dead, and the inside story of the deal between you and me."
Kayaba Akihiko's words were meaningful, but you didn't care, not even that your deal with Kayaba Akihiko was exposed.
You just turned away.
but……
There is no need to kill monsters or rush levels for the time being.
You're kind of idle.
